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Hello everyone and welcome back to

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Campbell Soup Podcast

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. We hope you're having an amazing day

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so far and we're excited about our

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topic today . We're going to be talking about

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one of life's superpowers

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.

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I love that , and actually I have

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a verse that goes with it , which always

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helps if this podcast is going

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to be on discipleship , and

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it's actually I was doing my devotions

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with my son Silas , and that is not

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me projecting to try to

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be super spiritual Power move

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, but what it is is just we

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were going through it and this just jumped

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out to me and I was like what ? And then him

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and I began to talk about it , and then I started

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talking to you about it and then we just

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said we're going to talk about it one day , and today's

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the day .

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And here we are talking about it .

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We are talking about it . The scripture verse

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that jumped out to me is Genesis , chapter 40

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. And this is the story of Joseph , and

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I mean we could do podcast after podcast just on the

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story of Joseph , his ability to dream dreams , his

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ability to run from Potiphar's wife , being able to handle prison

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you know all the different things and then being

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promoted to Pharaoh's second in

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command . But this verse really jumped out

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to me , and it's in the middle of that

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, while he's still in jail , and it says

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when Joseph came to them in the

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morning so he's in prison he came

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to the cupbearer and the baker and he came to him

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in the morning and he saw that

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they were troubled . So we asked Pharaoh's

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officers who were with him

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in custody in his master's house why

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are your faces so downcast

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today ? And they said to him we

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have had dreams and there is no one

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to interpret them . And

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Joseph said to them do not

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all interpretations belong to God

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? Please tell them to me . And

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so I think that what jumped out to me

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is really a

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life superpower , and

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that is the ability to tell what

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is going on in people's

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lives that are around

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us , and in this case

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, rachel , in the same

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setting . So it's not just if

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everything in your life is going well then

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you're able to see somebody

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not doing well , no

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, they were . All three of them were in prison . So it would be so easy to Joseph

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to just stay downcast or focus

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on his own injustice , his

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own problems , his own hurts , own

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injustice , his own problems , his own hurts

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. But instead he has this incredible superpower of saying , hey

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, these two guys aren't acting normal . The scripture says their heads

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were down . And

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being able to recognize that and not just

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go past the moment and like , oh , we're all

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in prison , we should all have our heads

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down , like what made this day

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more down than the other day of prison

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. And so that is a superpower

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that , if you and I can grab a hold of it

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, will change our life . Because this was

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the domino effect that actually

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got eventually Joseph

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in front of Pharaoh and then made ruler

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over all of Egypt except for

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Pharaoh .

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Yeah . So we want to talk today about this portion

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of scripture that Joseph had a

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superpower and it was being

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good with people . It was reading the

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room . Well , it was seeing

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people and recognizing they were in

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distress and not ignoring it , but maybe addressing

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it and having an answer and

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having God as the answer . But I just

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, first of all , we're going to jump into this but I love

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this portion of scripture . I love this text

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because , if you know the story

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of Joseph , joseph didn't always

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read the room . Well , joseph , in

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the beginning of his life , did some pretty socially

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awkward things where

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he wasn't reading the room , wearing

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his coat of many colors to skip down

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the road to bring his brother's lunch and then tell

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him dad gave me this beautiful colorful

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robe that you don't have . That was when

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Joseph lacked any

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kind of relational IQ . But

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I just think it's really cool that Joseph

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grew . He didn't go . Well

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, that's just my personality type . Well

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, that's just how I was raised . Well

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, I'm not going to give to someone if

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I'm going through something bad myself , like

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. There's all these things we can learn from this

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season of Joseph's life where Joseph

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, first of all , joseph grew in

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prison . Joseph stopped

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being relationally

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unaware , joseph stopped

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only thinking of himself during

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what season ? The season that was hard for him , and

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so that's kind of what we want to talk about

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today is this podcast is not for people that

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just want to be good with people and life

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is good for you . But what about when you're going through the

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storms of life and you've got enough

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on your plate and God asks you

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to look up and see somebody else ? And that

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is where Joseph found his superpower

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and really it promoted him .

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Yeah , I man , rachel , you

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just added so much that I hadn't even really

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thought of . So I'm still like , oh

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, I mean , he really did . He learned

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that . And unfortunately , I'm

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the kind of person that would be like Joseph

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. I sometimes only learn in prison

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, like you know what I mean , like I'm

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not a really quick

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learner , sometimes of the good times

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, sometimes it's those bad moments

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that I actually that's where I learned my

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lesson , and maybe

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you're like that , and really he chose

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not to become bitter

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, but he became better . And

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so even in your worst

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relational dynamic , no

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matter what season you're in

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the middle of , we all have

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the same opportunity to respond

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, like Joseph , whether this is going to really

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make us bitter or it's

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going to make us better . And so I

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love that . I love that he eventually

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passed this test and it it really does

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set him up for , as you

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were referencing to what

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he was like before , and then , of course

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, historically , we have now history

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of what he was like in the future the

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room he was going into , he understood

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with his brothers

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you know how to deal with them

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when they came and his dream was actually

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fulfilled , like ha

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ha . I told you no

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, that's not how he responded . It was

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his heart said . Maybe

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it was God , what you know , don't get mad

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at yourselves . It was God that put me in this position

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to help save us . I mean just everything

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about him , Rachel . So true is that he grew

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in that , and this is an incredible

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superpower the ability

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to stop looking

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at yourself and see the people

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around you . And so let's talk about

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that maybe a little bit , and I know we go back

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and forth on different things , but it's

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so easy . Everything in society

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today , even modern psychology

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, really wants us

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to look in within ourselves

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and to really think

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about us and to really even make

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choices that if this

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person doesn't benefit , you then

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get rid of them . If they're not

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cheerleading you , then

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you don't need them , and you

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will miss out on life's

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superpower if you always

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are looking at yourself or looking

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at others as a frustration instead

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of maybe a chance to be able to help .

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Yeah , it's so deep . I mean the thing

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. The reason why it's a superpower is because

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not everyone is going to get ahold of this principle

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, especially in a self-absorbed

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world like we live right now . It's how

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did that make me feel ? If somebody's

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holding you back , let them go . And you

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know we have empowered people so

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much . I think that you know , back in the fifties

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, no one would ever set boundaries

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. That wasn't a thing like you know

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. Um little kids were to be

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seen and not heard , and if your

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husband was abusive to you , you just took

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it . And you know there were a lot of things back

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in those years where people did not

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stand up for themselves . And now we've gone the

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opposite direction , to try to correct where

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we have over-corrected , where now everyone

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is so sensitive to their

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own boundaries , their personal boundaries , that we've become

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really selfish and self-centered

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and we always are measuring

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life through the window of how

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does this affect me ? And that's a horrible

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, small and really

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, in the end , self-depravating

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way to live , because God has created

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us to be generous , to change

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the atmosphere , to look and see

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people the way he sees them . So that's

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why it's called a superpower , and I love the

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redemptive story of Joseph's life

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, because I just love how he started

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. He did not start with a propensity

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to think of others . He started

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as a very favored little

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boy and um , you know that

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coat of many colors and he didn't know how to

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wear that . Well , and honor that

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without making other people feel like , you

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know , a little bit jealous and all of the

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things , and so that's . I think that that's

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why it's such a beautiful story is it doesn't

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really matter where you come from . It

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doesn't really matter what your Enneagram

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number is . This is something that God

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has called us all to work on . Is we're

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, if we're going to spread the good news of the gospel

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, if we're really going to be the hands and feet of Jesus

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, then we , one of the things we have

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to have is this superpower of

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seeing others , even

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while we might be in prison . There

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might be areas in our life that we haven't

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conquered and we want to see changed

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, but sometimes those are the hardest times

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to see other people and be

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the answer . And I just want to read this and then give it back to

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you . Proverbs 3 , verses 3

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through 4 , says it's

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an answer to what we're talking about . Let

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love and faithfulness never leave you . Bind

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them around your neck , write them on

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the tablet of your heart . If you

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think about that love and faithfulness

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, can I see through the filter of

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okay ? What can I love about

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this person that's being ornery , edgy

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, attacking me , whatever it might

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be ? And love and faithfulness . And

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I love verse four of Proverbs three . It says

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then you will win

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favor and a good name

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in the sight of God and

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man , and I think sometimes

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Israel . Christians are really good at

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earning the favor of God

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and talking about their relationship

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and their righteousness and how godly

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they are and how ungodly

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the world is and drawing that stark definition

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. But there's this other part

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that God has called us to and

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it's a really powerful part of being a Christian

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and a witness is not only

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gaining favor with God

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, but the Joseph superpower

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part of and man .

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Yeah , and it really is part of

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before we even can get into the great commission

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or some of that , like , even if

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we were going to do a podcast on evangelism

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, the first thing is , if you can't get

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this superpower , it's going to be really hard

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to evangelize . When I was running

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the marathon and I'm not just trying to bring

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that up every time- oh , we're going to have a month

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of this guys . But there

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were these guys that had , like , this speakerphone

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right and they were preaching

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the gospel to all the runners going by

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and it was like they

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didn't read the room . Nobody

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right there while they're running

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is like oh , plant that seed

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, like it just sounds like , and you

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can't even hear it and you're just half

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of us have headphones in it . Just , it seemed

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insincere and not something

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. And this Joseph starts

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the ability to

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talk about God to these

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two people , because he was

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aware , and if he would not have been

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aware , it would have open up an opportunity

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to share the gospel , which

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would be a thousand times more

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effective than giving them

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those old school tracks that say you're burning

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in hell . Right , you know what I mean . And it's like

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we miss these moments

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that are superpower moments

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. I think we've had some conversations I

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know you have with some neighbors

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and I'm so grateful

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because you're probably better at it , you've got more superpower

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than I do but you read it

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and it was like I would have just gotten

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in the car and said you know , hey , and

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left and you read something

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how are you doing what you were in

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the hospital , what I've never met you before ? Oh

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, you're single mom , you're

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going . Oh , can I pray with you ? I mean , you're just really good at that , and

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what I like is you are good at

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that , but Joseph got good

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at that , and so I can get good at that

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too .

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We all can and um , you know , I

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think the reference to that that I just want

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to bring up is the power of God , because

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today marks

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the 10 year anniversary of my mom being

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in heaven . She passed away 10 years ago to this day

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and I just remember

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this one time when my mom was going through chemotherapy

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and she was so weak they

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had to stop early because her body just

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could not take any more . She had fainted

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and it was just horrible and I had walked

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her out to the car and they wanted me to stop

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by the pharmacy to pick up this medicine

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because she was kind of having an allergic

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reaction and she was hanging onto life

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not just hanging onto her bad

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day by a thread , she was hanging onto life

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by a thread . And I pulled

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into this busy Seattle pharmacy

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and my mom she looked pretty good

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, she was cute , she had a cute little jogging

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suit on . So

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on the outside people wouldn't have been able to see

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what kind of a day where we had

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just come from . We had just come from oncology

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. I mean it was serious

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, we were facing death and um

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, and she wanted to get out of the car and get

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out at the pharmacy and talk to the pharmacist

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with me . So she was getting out of

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the driver's seat and this man , a grown

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man with kids , came by and

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wanted to get into the pharmacy quickly and literally

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pushed my mom while

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she was struggling to get up and get into the door . And

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I watched it and I was just so

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frustrated with that . But it marked

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me and it made me just

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vow to God , god , I

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don't want to be so obsessed

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with what I need in a store

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and I have not done it right every time

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, but I want to look people in the eyes and I

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want to know , god , what's their story

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, what ? Where did they just come from

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? What are they hanging onto by

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a thread ? And I think that when you

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go through that was a prison season for me with my

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mom , where

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I'm like I wanted her to live , I wanted you know , and she didn't , and watching her fight for

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her life and trying to be normal and another human that is doing well in life , you know

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, who knows what his story was . But it marked

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me that we can just be

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so obsessed with our own

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little lives and getting our list done that

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we can literally push people that are dying

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and hurting and need encouragement

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right out of our way , and

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I think that's why I try to see people . To

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be honest , it's not like I'm this special person

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, but when you see the effects of not

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seeing people to that extent it

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makes you live your life a little differently

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and go , yeah , why is my neighbor

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limping ? Well , instead of just saying

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, oh , my neighbor's limping , and then

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moving on with my life , well , why is my

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neighbor limping ? So

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I went over and started talking and they were going through chemotherapy and I got to every

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day that I see them . Yesterday I saw them getting out of their car . Hey , our church has you on the prayer

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list . We're praying for you . You know , I

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see you , and I think that being

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able to say I see you with

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our actions to people is so

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much louder than any other words

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.

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I love that and let's . I mean , it's

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so powerful because what you've said is you

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know , as you articulated

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earlier , that Joseph grew from

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that . He learned it . But you're also saying

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that sometimes we learn it by maybe

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it happening to us the wrong way . We're not

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seeing or in your case , seeing somebody

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how they treated your mom , and so , instead

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of then , of course , you could have used that

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moment to be bitter at men that

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you know come into pharmacies or

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whatever . But

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to go . No , I'm going to use this to be aware

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and grow from . That

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, I think , is so powerful I

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was thinking about , and maybe

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you could maybe

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just touch on this for a second but how

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do you get enough courage ? How do you get enough

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strength ? How do you I mean

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, let's just put ourselves in Joseph's situation

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you have been imprisoned

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, wrongly lied

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about Potiphar's wife , your

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brothers have thrown you in a pit . You're

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away from home . How do

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you lift up your eyes on

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a morning and see somebody

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else limping or somebody

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else affected by

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a dream ? What are some tools to get better

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at that ? Does

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that make sense ? That's the question .

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Yeah , and I think that the more that we're close

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to God , the more that we understand

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His great love for us . On our worst days

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, we become more compassionate

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people , and time spent in the

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presence of God produces the fruit of

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compassion . You know , the fruit of the spirit

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is love , joy , health , peace

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, all of these things . And sometimes

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you meet these people and you're like you

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talk about God , but I don't feel

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like you've been with God . You don't . You're not

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carrying the sweetness

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of what God gives , and so

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I think that , for me , is just

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recognizing I'm a carrier

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of the presence of God , which means even on my

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worst day , there's purpose . That's

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the thing is , you're not actually

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Joseph , probably , to be honest

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, and we will never really know until we get to heaven but

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I have a good sense that

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probably Joseph did

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it more for himself than he did it

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for someone else .

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What do you mean by that ?

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When you're going through a season where everything

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feels like a dark cloud . If

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you can find the art of

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allowing God to bring purpose

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out of your pain , there is

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something that happens in your own spirit

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, in your own psyche . It helps

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you . I have purpose

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. My life is still useful

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, even though it feels broken to me , and

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most people never experience

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the Savior being redemptive

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in that way . But

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when we do , it's a

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whole nother level . It's a whole nother depth

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of realizing this is for

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the glory of God . My life is literally

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for the glory of God , and

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when I allow him to be glorified

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in my life , I become better

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, happier , more

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compassionate . I become stronger

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. I have and purpose is . Purpose

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is what gets people through .

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I love that . I also love the thought

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that

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this superpower is not necessarily always

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evident immediately , or the fruit

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of it immediately . The fruit of it

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was in the story , immediately

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he gave the

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dreams and this is what's going to happen in three

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days . And then the Bible

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says he was forgotten about for , I

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guess , two years . And then all

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of a sudden they're like oh , I remember

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when Joseph , there's a young Hebrew man

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. And so this superpower

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is never to get immediate

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change . You know how certain people

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will say well , you know , to sell something , you have to say

20:02

this word . Or pastors will say to lead

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you , you almost lead

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by saying these little trickery things

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. And it's like no , no , no , no , no . This

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is character superpower

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, this is a Christian

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superpower , not a get rich

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or you know people to do what you

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want them to do . Right . This is

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a Get people to do what you want them to do . Right

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. This

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is becoming who we're supposed to be . Because the Bible says if we look at the life

20:29

of Jesus , he notices Zacchaeus

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in the tree , and

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so he notices the woman

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from Nain coming out

20:38

of the city with her son

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that just died and she's a widow , and

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he stops and heals . So Jesus

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had an incredible , of

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course , superpower of knowing what was

20:49

happening and not missing

20:52

the room , not missing the moment

20:54

and doing that . So I love that . Is

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there some practical ? Here we

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are . You know me , my practical

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Monday through Saturday

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, you know this . To me , though , is not

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just practical . I

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think that some of the times that I've been frustrated as a

21:13

pastor is when we don't do this at church , like it's so easy

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to just say hi to our friends and say hi to that . Or

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it drives me crazy when

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one person wants to

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like , oh , should

21:24

I say this ? I don't want to offend anybody , but

21:26

if one person will want to

21:28

talk to me at the end of the

21:31

service and want to go talk

21:33

, like , for 35 minutes and I want

21:35

to talk with as many people

21:37

as possible , and they'll just be like their

21:39

problem is the only problem , or their

21:42

situation is the only situation , and

21:44

I have compassion on that , but I hate

21:46

it when they're not aware enough that

21:48

there's a single mom coming in

21:50

and she's got a little bit of

21:53

sunglasses on because she's got a bruise

21:55

, because her husband did it , and

21:57

then you want to talk about do you know , the

21:59

same thing that we talked about last week , or whatever

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. You know what I mean , and so I think at church

22:04

is a Sunday is a great

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time to practice life

22:08

superpower , and because

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you know , this wasn't a church service

22:12

, this wasn't whatever , but there are some powerful

22:15

things that Joseph was able to speak into

22:17

these situations .

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Yeah , I think a practical thing for me is I

22:21

love a good gossip session and

22:23

what I mean by that ? Yeah , I know

22:26

that'll get your attention .

22:27

Good gossip . Let's name the podcast that

22:29

. But go ahead .

22:30

That would be . Maybe we should do a podcast on that . But

22:32

what I'm saying is some gossip is

22:34

good . I love to introduce

22:36

people and tell them each other's stories . Do you know

22:39

that this guy last year had alcohol

22:41

poisoning and couldn't even say his name , and

22:43

now he's one of our worship leaders ? Do you know

22:45

that this lady overcame

22:47

nine miscarriages and

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now she has a child ? I love

22:51

good gossip . I think it's so important

22:54

for people to know each other's stories and

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it's something that I really love

22:58

to cultivate is you know , if somebody

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comes to me and says so-and-so in our church

23:02

was mean to me and they didn't include me , and

23:05

I go , do you know their story ? And

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they say no , well , I know their story

23:09

. You should ask them to go to coffee and

23:11

hear their story , because I think it will make you

23:13

think differently about how they're treating you right

23:16

now and giving each other the

23:18

space grace to be

23:20

like Joseph and grow into this superpower

23:22

. But it's something that it doesn't come naturally

23:24

and it's not something our society is good

23:27

at . We're good at throwing people away

23:29

and I think good gossip

23:31

needs to be really

23:33

cultivated in our lives is we talk well

23:35

of people's story but we also

23:37

go . That's where they're coming . Where are

23:39

they coming from ? When I find out

23:42

where someone's coming from , I can

23:44

hold a lot more

23:46

. You know their weird

23:48

habits that they do , the way they withhold

23:50

, the way they're untrusting , the way that they're jealous

23:53

, all of these things . When you know

23:55

where they come from , you know where

23:57

they were and where they are . They've already

23:59

grown , but they're not all the way there . Then

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, all of a sudden , it gives you this beautiful grace

24:03

to go . Oh , my goodness , I'm going

24:05

to be part of their beautiful story and help

24:07

them grow more .

24:09

Wow , and so you're actually you're

24:12

helping a person grab

24:14

a hold of a superpower that they would have just

24:16

missed .

24:16

Yeah , learning each other's story is so

24:18

important , right , oh ?

24:19

I love that . I love if

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it was practical . For me and I

24:24

have to do this is I tend to be a

24:26

little bit of an introvert . I like I

24:28

can get up and talk and preach

24:30

and do all those kind of things that maybe people

24:33

think are extrovert , but I

24:35

tend to be a little introvert and so there's times

24:38

where I have to , mentally

24:40

, if I'm at a conference and maybe in

24:42

a room , I look for a person

24:44

, like intentionally not

24:46

look for a person that I know

24:49

, but actually look for a person

24:51

that I don't know , and I will

24:53

do what you just said , kind of like ask them

24:55

questions and ask them the

24:57

story . And that's what Joseph did . Joseph

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, it was an incredible superpower , but

25:03

and he noticed , but the second thing that Joseph

25:05

did cause it's one thing to notice , like

25:07

anybody can notice the second thing he

25:09

did is he asked them what's going on

25:11

, and so being able to ask

25:14

questions , not just notice Cause

25:16

I think that you know we've got people oh , I noticed

25:18

this and I noticed that and maybe even a spirit

25:20

of excellence , how they can notice who that's that

25:23

ceiling tile was off , you know . But

25:25

it's not just noticing that causes the

25:27

superpower , it's the now

25:29

, can you flesh that out ? Can you

25:31

, you know , get that ? And that's pretty

25:33

powerful too , because most people don't want to tell you

25:35

their secrets or their story

25:38

or what just happened . And he was able to even

25:40

flesh that out . And so I think

25:43

for me a practical thing is learn

25:45

how to ask questions to

25:47

people , learn some good ones , that

25:49

aren't just the weather , that aren't just movies

25:52

, that aren't just

25:54

those kind of sports ones that guys

25:57

can do , but learn to ask

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some good questions .

26:00

So much , and I think that's in Proverbs 3 , the

26:02

wisdom part . It doesn't just say that we'll

26:04

grow in the favor of God with God

26:06

and man . It says first wisdom first

26:09

and then favor and wisdom

26:11

. The wisdom of God to know what questions to ask

26:13

and what questions not to ask . You

26:15

know , being too spiritual too soon can

26:18

shut somebody off , and so , like

26:20

you were saying in the marathon

26:22

, it's the wisdom part of these

26:24

. People are not having the wisdom of God to

26:27

open the door . A better thing for Christians

26:29

to do during the marathon would to be have a really

26:31

cool little cups of water

26:33

that had a cool scripture like I am

26:35

the living water . We're so proud of you for running

26:37

this race . That's what the Bible says I'm the living

26:39

water . Then they have something to think about . But

26:41

they had kindness first instead of no

26:44

water . You're going to hell . I hope you're

26:46

listening . We're having an altar call at the end Like

26:48

that's just not having the wisdom of God

26:50

, and God wants us to be

26:52

wise because the wisdom of

26:54

the Holy Spirit is the thing

26:56

that will open the door to favor , and

26:59

so many Christians are so

27:01

pushy and so spiritually proud

27:04

that they don't humble themselves

27:06

enough to go God , give me wisdom

27:08

on how to open up this door

27:10

that's locked in this person's heart . Show

27:12

me something to do . Should I bring them food ? Should

27:15

I take care of their kids ? Should I compliment

27:18

them ? What things are going

27:20

to open that door ? The

27:22

favor of man , takes the wisdom of God .

27:25

I love that and it is absolutely

27:28

true and I think that you really

27:30

brought up a point as we wrap up with

27:32

this is Joseph learned from that ? Because

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that was not his original , his

27:37

original ? If you were going to define

27:39

spiritual pride , it

27:42

would have been Joseph . You looked it up in the dictionary

27:44

, seen a picture of Joseph with his

27:46

coat of many colors , telling everyone

27:48

his dreams , telling

27:51

everyone the prophetic , telling

27:53

everyone what's going to happen in the future . And

27:56

that was , like you said , not

27:58

wise . And thank

28:01

God for a God who redeems , thank

28:03

God for a God who can use , knows

28:05

what we're going to do , knows the process

28:08

that it's going to take , and

28:10

Joseph totally gets to see that redeemed

28:12

. And when we get

28:15

this superpower , this

28:17

superpower , the domino effect

28:20

saves a nation because there was

28:22

a famine for seven years and a lot

28:24

of people died . Domino effect saves a nation because there was a famine for seven years and , you

28:26

know , a lot of people died , but

28:28

Jacob , his 12 sons and

28:30

all of his grandsons and great grandsons

28:33

and great granddaughters and great great

28:35

granddaughters all lived because

28:39

we could go back to the domino of

28:41

Joseph's superpower and I love

28:43

that . The Bible Rachel

28:45

used to say it so good . The Bible shows us

28:48

that he learned from it and he grew

28:50

in that , which gives me hope that , no matter

28:52

what state I'm at now , I can grow

28:54

in this .

28:55

And it's something we can begin to pray for . If

28:58

you have a difficult relationship , begin

29:00

to declare and ask God to give you wisdom

29:03

with that difficult person . And

29:05

it's amazing the power of God

29:07

in relationship when we really

29:09

ask him to not only just help us

29:11

. You know , don't pray the prayer God change

29:14

them , but pray the prayer God . Can you

29:16

give me keys to their heart ? Can you give me

29:18

what is it that they love that would give

29:20

me favor enough to begin to have that kind

29:22

of a relationship ? I just want to read this . I know

29:24

we're ending , but Luke 2.52 talks

29:26

about even Jesus doing this . It says and

29:28

Jesus himself increased

29:31

in wisdom and stature and in favor

29:33

with both God and man . And

29:35

if Jesus had to grow in that

29:37

, then we need to grow in that and

29:41

we just want to invite you into . Most

29:44

people love to talk about themselves when

29:46

given an opportunity . That's human

29:48

nature . And so when you ask someone what's

29:51

your story ? And you're not being creepy , like spooky

29:53

, like stalker , but you're more like have

29:55

you lived here your whole life ? What's your story

29:58

? How many siblings do you have ? Are both

30:00

parents ? You know ? Whatever you just begin to ask

30:02

these questions , they will begin to

30:04

open up and as you actually

30:06

listen and you're not listening to speak

30:08

again , but you're actually taking it in and reading

30:11

the story of their life it's amazing

30:13

how people open up and feel seen .

30:15

It is one of life's

30:18

superpowers

30:20

that we can all have .

30:22

You won't need to eat kale , just have

30:24

a superpower of seeing people .

30:26

Kale , they have found out Rachel is

30:28

poisonous . And so

30:30

you don't have to worry about that with me . But

30:33

, yes , get this and it will

30:36

change not only

30:38

your life but the life of those

30:40

around you . And so life superpower

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life superpower share this , let us know

30:48

that you loved it and liked it and all of those things . I have

30:50

been seeing a lot more comments . So

30:53

love seeing those comments and we will

30:55

see you next week . Thank

30:59

you .