John Hagee - The Power of Your Potential

August 6, 2025 | 28:30

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  • ♪ music ♪ pastor john hagee: the
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  • Pastor john hagee: the question is:
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  • Question is: what is the power of
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  • What is the power of your potential?
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  • Your potential? power is exciting.
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  • Power is exciting. the ministry of jesus christ
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  • The ministry of jesus christ was power on parade.
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  • Was power on parade. when jesus christ came
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  • When jesus christ came to earth,
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  • To earth, the masses followed him to see
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  • The masses followed him to see the demonstration of the
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  • The demonstration of the supernatural power the world
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  • Supernatural power the world had never seen before.
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  • Had never seen before. jesus stopped a funeral
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  • Jesus stopped a funeral procession and raised
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  • Procession and raised the widow's son back to life.
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  • The widow's son back to life. that's power.
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  • That's power. he raised lazarus from
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  • He raised lazarus from the dead,
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  • The dead, after he had been dead for
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  • After he had been dead for three days,
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  • Three days, with three words,
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  • With three words, "lazarus, come forth!"
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  • "lazarus, come forth!" why did he call the name
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  • Why did he call the name "lazarus"?
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  • "lazarus"? because had he not addressed
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  • Because had he not addressed lazarus specifically,
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  • Lazarus specifically, every dead person in the earth
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  • Every dead person in the earth would have come out of
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  • Would have come out of their grave,
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  • Their grave, because he is the resurrection
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  • Because he is the resurrection and the life.
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  • And the life. (applause)
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  • (applause) paul writes,
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  • Paul writes, "be strong in the lord
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  • "be strong in the lord and the power of his might."
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  • And the power of his might." what is your potential?
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  • What is your potential? there's enough atomic energy
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  • There's enough atomic energy in a glass of water to drive
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  • In a glass of water to drive a battleship around the earth
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  • A battleship around the earth four times.
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  • Four times. the question is:
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  • The question is: how do you release
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  • How do you release the potential?
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  • The potential? according to ucla's brain
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  • According to ucla's brain institute,
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  • Institute, the human brain has the
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  • The human brain has the potential to create,
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  • Potential to create, to store,
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  • To store, and to learn virtually
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  • And to learn virtually without limit.
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  • Without limit. their research concludes that,
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  • Their research concludes that, "we could,
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  • "we could, without any difficulty
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  • Without any difficulty whatsoever,
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  • Whatsoever, learn 40 languages,
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  • Learn 40 languages, memorize a set of
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  • Memorize a set of encyclopedias from a to z."
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  • Encyclopedias from a to z." that's your mental potential.
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  • That's your mental potential. and i think adam had that kind
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  • And i think adam had that kind of potential when god made him
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  • Of potential when god made him the general manager of
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  • The general manager of the universe.
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  • The universe. i think when the curse came,
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  • I think when the curse came, he reduced his intellect
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  • He reduced his intellect to what we recognize as
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  • To what we recognize as an intellect,
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  • An intellect, so that, that would not happen
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  • So that, that would not happen again.
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  • Again. listen to this.
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  • Listen to this. the english language has over
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  • The english language has over 450,000 words.
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  • 450,000 words. linguistic experts predict
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  • Linguistic experts predict that our daily conversations
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  • That our daily conversations are made up of less than
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  • Are made up of less than 400 words.
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  • 400 words. and most of those words are:
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  • And most of those words are: me, my, mine, and i,
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  • Me, my, mine, and i, and why?
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  • And why? "why" was the national anthem
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  • "why" was the national anthem of matthew hagee when he was
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  • Of matthew hagee when he was a child.
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  • A child. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) "matthew, come in and let's--
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  • "matthew, come in and let's-- let's wash your hands."
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  • Let's wash your hands." "why?"
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  • "why?" "turn off the television.
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  • "turn off the television. we're going to bed."
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  • We're going to bed." "why?"
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  • "why?" (laughter)
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  • (laughter) "why?"
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  • "why?" (laughter)
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  • (laughter) everything you asked him was,
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  • Everything you asked him was, "why?"
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  • "why?" "why?"
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  • "why?" "because i said so.
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  • "because i said so. do it!"
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  • Do it!" (laughter & applause)
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  • (laughter & applause) paul said,
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  • Paul said, "study to show yourself
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  • "study to show yourself approved...
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  • Approved... the workman needeth not be
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  • The workman needeth not be ashamed,
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  • Ashamed, rightly dividing the word of
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  • Rightly dividing the word of truth."
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  • Truth." 2 timothy 2.
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  • 2 timothy 2. david said,
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  • David said, "thy word have i hidden
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  • "thy word have i hidden in my heart,
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  • In my heart, that i might not sin
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  • That i might not sin against god."
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  • Against god." the word of god is memorized.
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  • The word of god is memorized. when you get in a spiritual
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  • When you get in a spiritual crisis,
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  • Crisis, and i mean you need an answer
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  • And i mean you need an answer right now,
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  • Right now, you don't have time to say,
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  • You don't have time to say, "well, let me go home
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  • "well, let me go home and get my series on faith."
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  • And get my series on faith." (laughter)
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  • (laughter) "and i'll be ready for this."
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  • "and i'll be ready for this." (laughter)
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  • (laughter) (chuckles)
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  • (chuckles) no.
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  • No. you need the word of god
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  • You need the word of god right then.
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  • Right then. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] [amen.]
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  • [amen.] and that word on the field
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  • And that word on the field of battle will bring you
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  • Of battle will bring you the victory.
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  • The victory. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] "thy word have i hidden
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  • "thy word have i hidden in my heart."
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  • In my heart." i've memorized it.
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  • I've memorized it. knowledge is power.
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  • Knowledge is power. the first principle
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  • The first principle in releasing your potential
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  • In releasing your potential is to gain knowledge.
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  • Is to gain knowledge. i hold in my hand the source
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  • I hold in my hand the source of knowledge and the very
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  • Of knowledge and the very fountain of wisdom.
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  • Fountain of wisdom. the author of this powerful
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  • The author of this powerful text is god the holy spirit.
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  • Text is god the holy spirit. when you read these pages,
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  • When you read these pages, sir;
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  • Sir; when you read these pages,
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  • When you read these pages, lady;
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  • Lady; your life will explode
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  • Your life will explode with power,
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  • With power, passion,
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  • Passion, prosperity,
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  • Prosperity, and divine purpose.
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  • And divine purpose. this is a two-edged sword on
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  • This is a two-edged sword on the field of spiritual combat.
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  • The field of spiritual combat. this is the bread of life
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  • This is the bread of life that satisfies the hungry.
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  • That satisfies the hungry. this is living water
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  • This is living water to those who thirst.
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  • To those who thirst. this is greater than
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  • This is greater than the jack daniels you have
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  • The jack daniels you have on your dinner table.
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  • On your dinner table. this message will heal
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  • This message will heal your sick marriage.
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  • Your sick marriage. it says,
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  • It says, "husbands, love your wives
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  • "husbands, love your wives even as christ loved
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  • Even as christ loved the church."
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  • The church." [yes.]
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  • [yes.] that means, husband,
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  • That means, husband, you're willing to die for
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  • You're willing to die for your wife.
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  • Your wife. [yeah.]
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  • [yeah.] [amen.]
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  • [amen.] [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] it also says,
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  • It also says, "wives, submit yourselves
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  • "wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands."
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  • To your own husbands." [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] stop getting advice for your
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  • Stop getting advice for your marriage from those
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  • Marriage from those godless secular humanists,
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  • Godless secular humanists, who worship only the god
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  • Who worship only the god of self.
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  • Of self. you can do better than that.
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  • You can do better than that. "thy word is a lamp
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  • "thy word is a lamp unto my feet.
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  • Unto my feet. it's a light unto my pathway."
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  • It's a light unto my pathway." it shows me the next step
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  • It shows me the next step i need to take.
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  • I need to take. and it gives me long-range
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  • And it gives me long-range view for what can happen.
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  • View for what can happen. when the word of truth
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  • When the word of truth is spoken,
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  • Is spoken, i can feel and sense the very
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  • I can feel and sense the very presence of god.
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  • Presence of god. can i hear an "amen"?
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  • Can i hear an "amen"? [amen.]
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  • [amen.] (applause)
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  • (applause) this book has the answer
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  • This book has the answer to every crisis you're facing
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  • To every crisis you're facing or ever will face.
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  • Or ever will face. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] i'd rather have one page out
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  • I'd rather have one page out of this book than to have
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  • Of this book than to have every book in the harvard
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  • Every book in the harvard library.
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  • Library. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] this book will bring america
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  • This book will bring america back from the moral
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  • Back from the moral and spiritual crisis in
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  • And spiritual crisis in which we find ourselves
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  • Which we find ourselves right now.
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  • Right now. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] our nation is stumbling
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  • Our nation is stumbling in darkness,
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  • In darkness, and this is the light
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  • And this is the light of the world.
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  • Of the world. it is impossible for america
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  • It is impossible for america to function with boys
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  • To function with boys becoming girls,
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  • Becoming girls, and girls becoming boys.
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  • And girls becoming boys. this is witchcraft and it
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  • This is witchcraft and it needs to stop and stop now.
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  • Needs to stop and stop now. (applause)
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  • (applause) thirteen-year-old girls
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  • Thirteen-year-old girls are having babies.
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  • Are having babies. fifteen- year-old boys
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  • Fifteen- year-old boys are killing each other
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  • Are killing each other and shooting policemen
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  • And shooting policemen in the streets of america.
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  • In the streets of america. and then they're released
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  • And then they're released from jail in less than a day.
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  • From jail in less than a day. seventeen-year-olds
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  • Seventeen-year-olds are dying by the thousands
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  • Are dying by the thousands from fentanyl drugs,
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  • From fentanyl drugs, drugs from china that are sent
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  • Drugs from china that are sent to mexico,
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  • To mexico, and then come into america
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  • And then come into america over our southern border
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  • Over our southern border on the texas coast.
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  • On the texas coast. what is the answer?
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  • What is the answer? close the border
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  • Close the border and shut it off.
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  • And shut it off. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] (applause)
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  • (applause) [woo!]
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  • [woo!] (applause)
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  • (applause) eighteen-year-olds are getting
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  • Eighteen-year-olds are getting high school diplomas,
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  • High school diplomas, who cannot read
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  • Who cannot read the third-grade level of--
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  • The third-grade level of-- of reading.
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  • Of reading. our public schools are
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  • Our public schools are the laughingstock
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  • The laughingstock of the world.
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  • Of the world. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] the answer is to give parents
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  • The answer is to give parents the right of school choice
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  • The right of school choice where their children and their
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  • Where their children and their tax dollars follow that child,
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  • Tax dollars follow that child, so that we can have
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  • So that we can have a school district that teaches
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  • A school district that teaches what we believe,
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  • What we believe, not what washington wants us
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  • Not what washington wants us to believe.
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  • To believe. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] (applause)
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  • (applause) the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "righteousness exalts
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  • "righteousness exalts a nation,
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  • A nation, but sin is a reproach
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  • But sin is a reproach to any people."
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  • To any people." "when the righteous are
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  • "when the righteous are in authority,"
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  • In authority," the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "the people rejoice.
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  • "the people rejoice. and when the wicked rule,
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  • And when the wicked rule, they mourn."
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  • They mourn." right now america is in
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  • Right now america is in a state of mourning.
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  • A state of mourning. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] are you tormented by
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  • Are you tormented by your past?
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  • Your past? out of these pages pours
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  • Out of these pages pours the fountain filled with blood
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  • The fountain filled with blood drawn from emmanuel's veins.
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  • Drawn from emmanuel's veins. and sinners plunged beneath
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  • And sinners plunged beneath that flood lose all
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  • That flood lose all their guilt and stain.
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  • Their guilt and stain. you can be whiter than snow.
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  • You can be whiter than snow. your past can be buried in
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  • Your past can be buried in the deepest sea never to be
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  • The deepest sea never to be remembered against you
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  • Remembered against you anymore.
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  • Anymore. if god has forgotten it,
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  • If god has forgotten it, you forget it.
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  • You forget it. don't let other people remind
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  • Don't let other people remind you of it.
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  • You of it. rejoice and be exceedingly
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  • Rejoice and be exceedingly glad.
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  • Glad. experience joy that's
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  • Experience joy that's unspeakable and full of glory.
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  • Unspeakable and full of glory. god is your father.
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  • God is your father. heaven is your home.
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  • Heaven is your home. you're a child of the king.
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  • You're a child of the king. and nothing shall be
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  • And nothing shall be impossible to you!
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  • Impossible to you! (applause)
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  • (applause) let me give you five rules
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  • Let me give you five rules for a great life.
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  • For a great life. listen.
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  • Listen. make peace with your past,
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  • Make peace with your past, so it won't destroy
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  • So it won't destroy your future.
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  • Your future. don't be pushed by
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  • Don't be pushed by your problems.
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  • Your problems. be led by your dreams.
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  • Be led by your dreams. two,
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  • Two, the only person in charge of
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  • The only person in charge of your happiness is you.
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  • Your happiness is you. if you're letting other people
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  • If you're letting other people control your happiness,
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  • Control your happiness, that's your fault.
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  • That's your fault. [yep.]
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  • [yep.] the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "this the day the lord
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  • "this the day the lord has made;
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  • Has made; let us rejoice
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  • Let us rejoice and be glad in it."
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  • And be glad in it." [amen.]
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  • [amen.] (applause)
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  • (applause) thirdly,
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  • Thirdly, what other people think of you
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  • What other people think of you is none of your business.
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  • Is none of your business. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] who cares what they think?
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  • Who cares what they think? [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] [amen.]
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  • [amen.] the bible says--
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  • The bible says-- this is a comforting verse
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  • This is a comforting verse for me
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  • For me "beware when all men speak
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  • "beware when all men speak well of you."
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  • Well of you." [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] i love that verse.
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  • I love that verse. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) four,
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  • Four, don't compare your life
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  • Don't compare your life with others.
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  • With others. comparison is the thief
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  • Comparison is the thief of joy.
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  • Of joy. saint paul says
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  • Saint paul says in 2 corinthians 10,
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  • In 2 corinthians 10, "those who compare themselves
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  • "those who compare themselves by themselves,
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  • By themselves, are not wise."
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  • Are not wise." paul is being very diplomatic
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  • Paul is being very diplomatic there.
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  • There. when you compare yourselves
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  • When you compare yourselves with other people,
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  • With other people, stop it!
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  • Stop it! [yes.]
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  • [yes.] you were made in the image
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  • You were made in the image of god.
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  • Of god. god likes you just like
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  • God likes you just like you are.
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  • You are. and that's all it really
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  • And that's all it really matters,
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  • Matters, that you and god have it
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  • That you and god have it all together.
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  • All together. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] [amen.]
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  • [amen.] embrace joy, five.
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  • Embrace joy, five. embrace joy.
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  • Embrace joy. now i see some of you looking
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  • Now i see some of you looking at me.
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  • At me. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) let me say it this way.
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  • Let me say it this way. some of you,
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  • Some of you, as bright as the noonday sun.
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  • As bright as the noonday sun. some of you have to hear it
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  • Some of you have to hear it twice before it registers.
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  • Twice before it registers. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) but god loves us all.
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  • But god loves us all. [yes, he does.]
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  • [yes, he does.] quit worrying that you're
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  • Quit worrying that you're not like somebody else.
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  • Not like somebody else. smile.
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  • Smile. embrace joy.
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  • Embrace joy. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] you don't own all the problems
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  • You don't own all the problems of the world.
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  • Of the world. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "casting all your cares
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  • "casting all your cares upon him,
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  • Upon him, for he careth for you."
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  • For he careth for you." [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] and everything that's
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  • And everything that's bothering you right now,
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  • Bothering you right now, you need to just toss it
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  • You need to just toss it in the lap of jesus christ,
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  • In the lap of jesus christ, and say, "i'm giving you this,
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  • And say, "i'm giving you this, i'm giving you this,
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  • I'm giving you this, i'm giving you that,
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  • I'm giving you that, you can carry this,
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  • You can carry this, you can carry that.
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  • You can carry that. i'm out."
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  • I'm out." (applause)
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  • (applause) optimism is the faith that
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  • Optimism is the faith that leads to accomplishment.
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  • Leads to accomplishment. believe that you can,
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  • Believe that you can, and god will help you
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  • And god will help you accomplish that.
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  • Accomplish that. there's a difference between
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  • There's a difference between making a great living
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  • Making a great living and having a great life.
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  • And having a great life. some of you have a great
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  • Some of you have a great living but you have
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  • Living but you have a pathetic life.
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  • A pathetic life. you have no peace.
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  • You have no peace. you have no joy.
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  • You have no joy. you have no hope.
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  • You have no hope. you live without love.
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  • You live without love. you live on an endless
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  • You live on an endless treadmill of suffering.
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  • Treadmill of suffering. when elvis presley was at
  • 00:10:50.243 --> 00:10:51.211
  • When elvis presley was at the peak of his career,
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  • The peak of his career, colonel parker arranged for me
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  • Colonel parker arranged for me to meet and to take with him
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  • To meet and to take with him in his hotel room
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  • In his hotel room in this city.
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  • In this city. elvis had everything money
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  • Elvis had everything money could possibly buy.
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  • Could possibly buy. he had luxury cars.
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  • He had luxury cars. he had jets.
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  • He had jets. he had diamonds.
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  • He had diamonds. he had fame.
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  • He had fame. yet i've never seen a more
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  • Yet i've never seen a more lonely person in all of
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  • Lonely person in all of my life.
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  • My life. he was a good person.
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  • He was a good person. the world loved his music.
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  • The world loved his music. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] he had a great living.
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  • He had a great living. when we finished
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  • When we finished our conversation,
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  • Our conversation, he took me by the hands
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  • He took me by the hands and said,
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  • And said, "pastor, would you pray
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  • "pastor, would you pray with me?"
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  • With me?" he had a hurting heart
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  • He had a hurting heart and a lonely life.
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  • And a lonely life. what kind of life do you have?
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  • What kind of life do you have? lonely and without purpose?
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  • Lonely and without purpose? angry?
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  • Angry? frustrated?
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  • Frustrated? chasing illusions that never
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  • Chasing illusions that never materialize?
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  • Materialize? your home is in crisis.
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  • Your home is in crisis. your marriage is a war zone.
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  • Your marriage is a war zone. you have a business that's
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  • You have a business that's falling apart.
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  • Falling apart. depression is following you
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  • Depression is following you around like a black dog.
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  • Around like a black dog. you're not living up to
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  • You're not living up to your potential.
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  • Your potential. god has made it possible for
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  • God has made it possible for you have to have peace
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  • You have to have peace that surpasses understanding.
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  • That surpasses understanding. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] you can have peace on
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  • You can have peace on the battlefield that is just
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  • The battlefield that is just as real as peace
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  • As real as peace as you will have sitting on
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  • As you will have sitting on your back porch.
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  • Your back porch. there's joy unspeakable
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  • There's joy unspeakable and full of glory.
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  • And full of glory. god promises you unconditional
  • 00:12:06.153 --> 00:12:08.155
  • God promises you unconditional love.
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  • Love. "for god so loved the world
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  • "for god so loved the world that he gave his only
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  • That he gave his only begotten son."
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  • Begotten son." that includes you.
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  • That includes you. god has made it possible
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  • God has made it possible for you to have financial
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  • For you to have financial abundance.
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  • Abundance. 3 john 1:2 says,
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  • 3 john 1:2 says, "beloved, i wish above all
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  • "beloved, i wish above all things," what?
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  • Things," what? "all things that you prosper
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  • "all things that you prosper and be in god health even as
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  • And be in god health even as your soul prospers."
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  • Your soul prospers." luke 6:38,
  • 00:12:29.209 --> 00:12:30.510
  • Luke 6:38, "give, and it shall be given
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  • "give, and it shall be given unto you...
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  • Unto you... pressed down,
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  • Pressed down, shaken together,
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  • Shaken together, and running over,
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  • And running over, shall god give to you."
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  • Shall god give to you." [amen.]
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  • [amen.] but you have to give it
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  • But you have to give it before you can receive it.
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  • Before you can receive it. (applause)
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  • What if the key to breakthrough
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  • Isn't something new,
  • 00:12:45.458 --> 00:12:46.526
  • But something basic?
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  • Are you relentless
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  • In your pursuit of christ?
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  • Are you constantly
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  • Looking for ways to build
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  • A stronger
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  • Relationship with him?
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  • What if we started
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  • Making our day to day
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  • Faith much simpler?
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  • Read the word.
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  • Believe the word.
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  • Apply the word.
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  • It's time to get back
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  • To the basics.
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  • Christianity 101.
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  • That's why
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  • We want to invite you
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  • On a journey
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  • Back to the basics,
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  • With your gift of any amount
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  • You'll receive.
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  • Back to the basics
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  • A 12 week journey of faith
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  • By pastor matt hagee.
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  • A powerful resource
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  • To renew your mind
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  • And strengthen
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  • Your walk with christ.
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  • And when you give $175
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  • Or more, we█ll bless you
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  • With the full back
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  • To the basics collection.
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  • The book
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  • A family journal,
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  • An acrylic box of scriptures,
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  • Custom bible
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  • Tabs, and promise
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  • Problem provision
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  • By pastor john hagee.
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  • Visit
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  • Jhm.org/basics
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  • Or call the number
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  • On your screen.
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  • Get back to the basics
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  • And watch god move
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  • Mountains in your life.
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  • (applause)
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  • (applause) your potential is not what
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  • Your potential is not what you have done.
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  • You have done. that's your history.
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  • That's your history. your yesterdays are not nearly
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  • Your yesterdays are not nearly as important as today
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  • As important as today and your tomorrow.
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  • And your tomorrow. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] some of you are destroying
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  • Some of you are destroying your potential by living
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  • Your potential by living in the glow of some shining
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  • In the glow of some shining moment that happened
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  • Moment that happened in the past.
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  • In the past. you hear college football
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  • You hear college football players getting together
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  • Players getting together 30 years after they played
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  • 30 years after they played their last sensational game.
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  • Their last sensational game. and they sit there and tell
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  • And they sit there and tell war stories about what
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  • War stories about what fabulous athletes they were
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  • Fabulous athletes they were back in the day.
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  • Back in the day. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] and some of them never got off
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  • And some of them never got off the bench.
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  • The bench. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) but it was a shining moment
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  • But it was a shining moment in their past.
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  • In their past. whether it's delusion or fact,
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  • Whether it's delusion or fact, it possesses your thoughts.
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  • It possesses your thoughts. it possesses your speech.
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  • It possesses your speech. it paralyzes action for today.
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  • It paralyzes action for today. if you're a salesman,
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  • If you're a salesman, did you break all records
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  • Did you break all records last year?
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  • Last year? forget it as soon as possible.
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  • Forget it as soon as possible. you'll starve to death
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  • You'll starve to death remembering how good you used
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  • Remembering how good you used to be.
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  • To be. [yes.]
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  • [yes.] [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] did your business have
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  • Did your business have its finest year last year?
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  • Its finest year last year? forget it.
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  • Forget it. student,
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  • Student, did you make the honor roll
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  • Did you make the honor roll last semester?
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  • Last semester? forget it.
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  • Forget it. you can fail if you don't
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  • You can fail if you don't hustle up this semester.
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  • Hustle up this semester. athlete,
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  • Athlete, did you make the all-star team
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  • Did you make the all-star team last year?
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  • Last year? forget it.
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  • Forget it. it's over.
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  • It's over. your potential is business you
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  • Your potential is business you can do but haven't done.
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  • Can do but haven't done. your potential is grades you
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  • Your potential is grades you can make but haven't made.
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  • Can make but haven't made. your potential
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  • Your potential is the prosperity you dream
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  • Is the prosperity you dream about,
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  • About, but that will not happen
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  • But that will not happen until you go to work.
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  • Until you go to work. you deserve nothing
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  • You deserve nothing until you work for it.
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  • Until you work for it. (applause)
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  • (applause) let me say that a little
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  • Let me say that a little clearer.
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  • Clearer. one of the great problems of
  • 00:15:17.544 --> 00:15:18.578
  • One of the great problems of this country is we have so
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  • This country is we have so many couch potatoes sitting on
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  • Many couch potatoes sitting on their backside,
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  • Their backside, [yeah.]
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  • [yeah.] waiting for the government
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  • Waiting for the government to send them a check.
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  • To send them a check. they ought to shut you off.
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  • They ought to shut you off. go to work!
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  • Go to work! [yes.]
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  • [yes.] (applause)
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  • (applause) "mustard seed faith can move
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  • "mustard seed faith can move a mountain."
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  • A mountain." [amen.]
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  • [amen.] in every seed,
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  • In every seed, there's a potential forest.
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  • There's a potential forest. in every fish,
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  • In every fish, there's a school of fish.
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  • There's a school of fish. in every bird,
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  • In every bird, there's a flock of birds.
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  • There's a flock of birds. in every cow,
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  • In every cow, there is a herd.
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  • There is a herd. in every man,
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  • In every man, there is a nation
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  • There is a nation waiting to be born.
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  • Waiting to be born. israel started with abraham
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  • Israel started with abraham having one son.
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  • Having one son. and that son and 12 tribes
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  • And that son and 12 tribes became the nation of israel.
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  • Became the nation of israel. [amen.]
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  • [amen.] bethlehem's manger was not
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  • Bethlehem's manger was not the marriott.
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  • The marriott. but what happened there shook
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  • But what happened there shook the world.
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  • The world. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] the stone that killed goliath
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  • The stone that killed goliath was small,
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  • Was small, and it changed the destiny
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  • And it changed the destiny of the world.
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  • Of the world. god said to abraham,
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  • God said to abraham, "i will make of you
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  • "i will make of you a mighty nation."
  • 00:16:18.405 --> 00:16:19.506
  • A mighty nation." in god's calculation,
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  • In god's calculation, one equals many,
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  • One equals many, little equals much,
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  • Little equals much, small equals great,
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  • Small equals great, less equals more.
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  • Less equals more. the fact that you were born
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  • The fact that you were born is proof that god knew you had
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  • Is proof that god knew you had the potential to accomplish
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  • The potential to accomplish a divine assignment.
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  • A divine assignment. don't you dare go to
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  • Don't you dare go to your grave with your talents
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  • Your grave with your talents not used,
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  • Not used, your dreams not acted upon,
  • 00:16:42.395 --> 00:16:44.631
  • Your dreams not acted upon, your opportunities that have
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  • Your opportunities that have been missed.
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  • Been missed. release the power of god
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  • Release the power of god in your life.
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  • In your life. reach for greatness.
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  • Reach for greatness. dare to fly on the wings of
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  • Dare to fly on the wings of faith when the cowards around
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  • Faith when the cowards around you are scratching for bugs
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  • You are scratching for bugs in the dirt!
  • 00:16:57.510 --> 00:16:59.212
  • In the dirt! (applause)
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  • (applause) the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "they that wait upon the lord
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  • "they that wait upon the lord shall renew their strength;
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  • Shall renew their strength; they shall mount on wings
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  • They shall mount on wings of eagles;"
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  • Of eagles;" and live life without limit.
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  • And live life without limit. nothing is impossible.
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  • Nothing is impossible. nothing is impossible.
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  • Nothing is impossible. you need to write that
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  • You need to write that on your refrigerator.
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  • On your refrigerator. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] your source determines
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  • Your source determines your potential.
  • 00:17:29.642 --> 00:17:31.277
  • Your potential. when god creates something,
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  • When god creates something, he finds a source.
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  • He finds a source. and he creates that something.
  • 00:17:36.015 --> 00:17:38.251
  • And he creates that something. as long as that created
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  • As long as that created something stays in contact
  • 00:17:39.719 --> 00:17:41.321
  • Something stays in contact with its source,
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  • With its source, it has life and unlimited
  • 00:17:42.889 --> 00:17:44.657
  • It has life and unlimited potential.
  • 00:17:44.724 --> 00:17:45.892
  • Potential. when god wanted to create
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  • When god wanted to create plants,
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  • Plants, he selected dirt
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  • He selected dirt as the source.
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  • As the source. as long as the plant stay
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  • As long as the plant stay in contact with the dirt,
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  • In contact with the dirt, they live,
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  • They live, they flourish,
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  • They flourish, they rise to their full
  • 00:17:54.734 --> 00:17:56.069
  • They rise to their full potential.
  • 00:17:56.136 --> 00:17:57.504
  • Potential. remove the plant from
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  • Remove the plant from the dirt,
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  • The dirt, and it will die.
  • 00:17:59.305 --> 00:18:01.407
  • And it will die. fish, their source is water.
  • 00:18:01.474 --> 00:18:05.011
  • Fish, their source is water. take them out of the water,
  • 00:18:05.078 --> 00:18:06.246
  • Take them out of the water, and they will die.
  • 00:18:06.312 --> 00:18:08.348
  • And they will die. leave them in the water,
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  • Leave them in the water, and they can multiply.
  • 00:18:09.782 --> 00:18:11.751
  • And they can multiply. stars,
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  • Stars, inside the core of a star
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  • Inside the core of a star is nothing but a hydrogen atom
  • 00:18:16.289 --> 00:18:18.291
  • Is nothing but a hydrogen atom smashing together,
  • 00:18:18.358 --> 00:18:19.659
  • Smashing together, producing helium gas.
  • 00:18:19.726 --> 00:18:22.462
  • Producing helium gas. so it would be accurate to say
  • 00:18:22.529 --> 00:18:24.164
  • So it would be accurate to say that a star is nothing
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  • That a star is nothing but a floating ball of gas.
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  • But a floating ball of gas. remember that the next time
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  • Remember that the next time somebody calls you a star.
  • 00:18:30.036 --> 00:18:32.906
  • Somebody calls you a star. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) let's talk about you.
  • 00:18:39.946 --> 00:18:41.848
  • Let's talk about you. when god created you,
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  • When god created you, he created your body
  • 00:18:43.149 --> 00:18:44.584
  • He created your body out of dirt.
  • 00:18:44.651 --> 00:18:46.352
  • Out of dirt. then he placed his spirit into
  • 00:18:46.419 --> 00:18:48.555
  • Then he placed his spirit into that clay temple.
  • 00:18:48.621 --> 00:18:50.156
  • That clay temple. you came out of god.
  • 00:18:50.223 --> 00:18:51.991
  • You came out of god. god is your source.
  • 00:18:52.058 --> 00:18:53.726
  • God is your source. in genesis, god said,
  • 00:18:53.793 --> 00:18:55.061
  • In genesis, god said, "let us make man
  • 00:18:55.128 --> 00:18:56.196
  • "let us make man in our image."
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  • In our image." as long as you stay in contact
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  • As long as you stay in contact with your source,
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  • With your source, the life of god can explode
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  • The life of god can explode through you.
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  • Through you. you will be rooted
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  • You will be rooted and grounded in god,
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  • And grounded in god, and his word will give you
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  • And his word will give you power to lay hands on the sick
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  • Power to lay hands on the sick and they shall recover.
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  • And they shall recover. when someone in your family
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  • When someone in your family gets sick,
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  • Gets sick, you don't need to go to
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  • You don't need to go to a healing campaign to pray for
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  • A healing campaign to pray for healing.
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  • Healing. you pray for them!
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  • You pray for them! [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] (applause)
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  • (applause) you have the power over
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  • You have the power over demon spirits.
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  • Demon spirits. you have power over the world,
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  • You have power over the world, the flesh, and the devil.
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  • The flesh, and the devil. you have power over powers
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  • You have power over powers and principalities
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  • And principalities in the heavens.
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  • In the heavens. you have the power of
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  • You have the power of his name.
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  • His name. you have the power of
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  • You have the power of his blood.
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  • His blood. you have the power of
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  • You have the power of his gospel.
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  • His gospel. you have the power of
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  • You have the power of his kingdom.
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  • His kingdom. say it:
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  • Say it: "for thine is the kingdom,
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  • "for thine is the kingdom, the power,
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  • The power, and the glory forever."
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  • And the glory forever." give him praise in the house
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  • Give him praise in the house of god!
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  • Of god! (applause)
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  • (applause) consider your potential
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  • Consider your potential in god.
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  • In god. god has given you dominion
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  • God has given you dominion over the earth.
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  • Over the earth. god has made you to be kings
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  • God has made you to be kings and priests unto god.
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  • And priests unto god. you are heirs and joint heirs
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  • You are heirs and joint heirs with jesus christ.
  • 00:20:03.096 --> 00:20:04.063
  • With jesus christ. the holy spirit dwells in you
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  • The holy spirit dwells in you to show you things to come.
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  • To show you things to come. you were created a little
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  • You were created a little lower than the angels.
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  • Lower than the angels. and angels go before you.
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  • And angels go before you. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "he will give his angels
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  • "he will give his angels charge over you to protect you
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  • Charge over you to protect you in all of your way."
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  • In all of your way." that means that every believer
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  • That means that every believer has the right to expect that
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  • Has the right to expect that god has at least two angels.
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  • God has at least two angels. it's plural,
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  • It's plural, two angels watching over you.
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  • Two angels watching over you. you feel supreme love for
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  • You feel supreme love for someone you've never seen.
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  • Someone you've never seen. that would be jesus christ.
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  • That would be jesus christ. you talk to god,
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  • You talk to god, a god you cannot touch.
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  • A god you cannot touch. you empty yourself in order to
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  • You empty yourself in order to become full.
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  • Become full. you decrease that he might
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  • You decrease that he might increase.
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  • Increase. you go down in order to
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  • You go down in order to get up.
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  • Get up. you're the strongest when you
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  • You're the strongest when you are weakest.
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  • Are weakest. you are rich when you are
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  • You are rich when you are in fact poor.
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  • In fact poor. you die so you can live
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  • You die so you can live forever.
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  • Forever. you give away so that you can
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  • You give away so that you can keep forever.
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  • Keep forever. the day will come when you get
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  • The day will come when you get to heaven,
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  • To heaven, when all you will have is what
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  • When all you will have is what you've sent.
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  • You've sent. you see the invisible.
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  • You see the invisible. you hear the inaudible.
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  • You hear the inaudible. you know the unknowable,
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  • You know the unknowable, because you are sons
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  • Because you are sons and daughters of god.
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  • And daughters of god. [that's right.]
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  • [that's right.] glory, glory, glory.
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  • Glory, glory, glory. walking with the king of kings
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  • Walking with the king of kings and the lord of lords
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  • And the lord of lords on this earth is life's
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  • On this earth is life's great adventure.
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  • Great adventure. enjoy the journey.
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  • Enjoy the journey. (applause)
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  • (applause) your potential is activated
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  • Your potential is activated by faith.
  • 00:21:32.418 --> 00:21:35.321
  • By faith. genesis 1:26, god said,
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  • Genesis 1:26, god said, "let us make man...
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  • "let us make man... in our likeness."
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  • In our likeness." the hebrew word here
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  • The hebrew word here "likeness" means to operate
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  • "likeness" means to operate like,
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  • Like, not to look like,
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  • Not to look like, to operate like.
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  • To operate like. how does god operate?
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  • How does god operate? he operates by faith.
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  • He operates by faith. if you're not functioning
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  • If you're not functioning like god,
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  • Like god, you're malfunctioning.
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  • You're malfunctioning. all that god is and all that
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  • All that god is and all that god has given to man is given
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  • God has given to man is given on the currency of faith.
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  • On the currency of faith. the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "without faith it is
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  • "without faith it is impossible to please god."
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  • Impossible to please god." the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "the just shall live by
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  • "the just shall live by faith."
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  • Faith." the bible says,
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  • The bible says, "faith is the victory
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  • "faith is the victory that overcomes the world."
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  • That overcomes the world." faith is not an option.
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  • Faith is not an option. it's a requirement.
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  • It's a requirement. faith is not an emotion.
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  • Faith is not an emotion. hebrews 11:1,
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  • Hebrews 11:1, "faith is substance...
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  • "faith is substance... it's the evidence of things
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  • It's the evidence of things not seen."
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  • Not seen." faith does not demand
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  • Faith does not demand miracles.
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  • Miracles. faith creates miracles.
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  • Faith creates miracles. faith starts out before you
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  • Faith starts out before you know how it's going to
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  • Know how it's going to turn out.
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  • Turn out. faith does not leap into
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  • Faith does not leap into the dark.
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  • The dark. faith is a walk in the light.
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  • Faith is a walk in the light. faith is not hoping god
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  • Faith is not hoping god is real.
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  • Is real. faith is knowing god is real
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  • Faith is knowing god is real based on the evidence of
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  • Based on the evidence of god's word.
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  • God's word. "whatever you ask in my name,"
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  • "whatever you ask in my name," jesus said,
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  • Jesus said, "i will do it."
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  • "i will do it." say that with me.
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  • Say that with me. "i will do it."
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  • "i will do it." there's no reason you can't
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  • There's no reason you can't succeed now.
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  • Succeed now. there's no reason you can't
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  • There's no reason you can't have peace now.
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  • Have peace now. there's no reason you can't be
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  • There's no reason you can't be happy now.
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  • Happy now. fly on the wings of faith
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  • Fly on the wings of faith and accomplish that!
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  • And accomplish that! (applause)
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  • (applause) god created you with
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  • God created you with the potential to enjoy life
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  • The potential to enjoy life and living at its best.
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  • And living at its best. if it's not,
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  • If it's not, it's your choice.
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  • It's your choice. it's not god's will.
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  • It's not god's will. god does not enjoy looking
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  • God does not enjoy looking from heaven and seeing you
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  • From heaven and seeing you miserable and unhappy when
  • 00:23:23.930 --> 00:23:25.865
  • Miserable and unhappy when he's given you so many ways
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  • He's given you so many ways to be totally victorious
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  • To be totally victorious in every trial.
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  • In every trial. think about that.
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  • Think about that. can we stand together?
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  • Can we stand together? ♪ music ♪
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  • ♪ music ♪ how many of you in this room
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  • How many of you in this room say,
  • 00:23:38.945 --> 00:23:39.512
  • Say, "pastor, i have a great living
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  • "pastor, i have a great living but i'm not happy.
  • 00:23:42.415 --> 00:23:44.417
  • But i'm not happy. i don't have peace.
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  • I don't have peace. my marriage is in trouble.
  • 00:23:48.154 --> 00:23:49.388
  • My marriage is in trouble. my children or grandchildren
  • 00:23:49.455 --> 00:23:50.823
  • My children or grandchildren have gone astray.
  • 00:23:50.890 --> 00:23:52.892
  • Have gone astray. i'm allowing
  • 00:23:52.959 --> 00:23:53.593
  • I'm allowing the accomplishments
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  • The accomplishments of the past to destroy
  • 00:23:54.327 --> 00:23:56.662
  • Of the past to destroy the potential of the present.
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  • The potential of the present. right now,
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  • Right now, as a confession of what
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  • As a confession of what you want the lord to do
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  • You want the lord to do in your life,
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  • In your life, pray this prayer with me,
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  • Pray this prayer with me, will you please?
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  • Will you please? heavenly father,
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  • Heavenly father, in the name of the lord
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  • In the name of the lord jesus christ,
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  • Jesus christ, in faith i come to
  • 00:24:12.979 --> 00:24:14.280
  • In faith i come to the holy throne of god.
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  • The holy throne of god. and i'm asking you, father,
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  • And i'm asking you, father, to help me accomplish
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  • To help me accomplish my divine potential.
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  • My divine potential. you have me on this earth
  • 00:24:25.091 --> 00:24:26.359
  • You have me on this earth for a reason.
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  • For a reason. show me that mission.
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  • Show me that mission. give me the wisdom,
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  • Give me the wisdom, the grace,
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  • The grace, and the fortitude
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  • And the fortitude to accomplish that destiny.
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  • To accomplish that destiny. in jesus' name, we pray.
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  • In jesus' name, we pray. amen and amen.
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  • Amen and amen. give the lord a shout of
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  • Give the lord a shout of praise in the house of god.
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  • Praise in the house of god. pastor john hagee: we have
  • 00:24:47.880 --> 00:24:48.848
  • Pastor john hagee: we have received many praise reports
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  • Received many praise reports from those of you who have
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  • From those of you who have honored the lord by giving
  • 00:24:51.484 --> 00:24:53.352
  • Honored the lord by giving your firstfruits.
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  • Your firstfruits. pastor matt hagee: we thank you
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  • Pastor matt hagee: we thank you for blessing this ministry
  • 00:24:56.088 --> 00:24:56.923
  • For blessing this ministry with your financial gifts
  • 00:24:56.989 --> 00:24:58.257
  • With your financial gifts and prayers.
  • 00:24:58.324 --> 00:24:59.025
  • And prayers. to god be the glory
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  • To god be the glory for the lives
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  • For the lives you have helped us change.
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  • You have helped us change. now stay tuned
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  • Now stay tuned for pastor hagee
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  • For pastor hagee delivering a blessing.
  • 00:25:04.664 --> 00:25:06.999
  • Where do you find happiness?
  • 00:25:07.567 --> 00:25:09.635
  • Is it in success?
  • 00:25:09.635 --> 00:25:10.870
  • In possessions?
  • 00:25:10.870 --> 00:25:12.104
  • In the approval of others?
  • 00:25:12.104 --> 00:25:14.273
  • Want real happiness,
  • 00:25:14.273 --> 00:25:15.841
  • Discover the bible's
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  • Prescription for joy
  • 00:25:17.009 --> 00:25:18.678
  • In “being happy
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  • In an unhappy world.”
  • 00:25:19.712 --> 00:25:21.314
  • Happiness is not about
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  • Worldly possessions
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  • Or fleeting allocades.
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  • It's about our relationship
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  • With christ.
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  • Pastor hagee█s
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  • Newly updated book,
  • 00:25:29.488 --> 00:25:30.590
  • Being happy in
  • 00:25:30.590 --> 00:25:31.390
  • An unhappy world,
  • 00:25:31.390 --> 00:25:32.358
  • Is a fresh exploration
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  • Of one of the most
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  • Beloved portions
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  • Of the sermon on the mount.
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  • As you read,
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  • You will discover
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  • Discover the timeless truths
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  • In humility, surrender,
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  • And putting god first.
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  • The place to be happy
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  • To shine upon you. and may the lord be gracious
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  • Unto you and give you his peace.
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  • And give you his peace. as you stay in contact with
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  • As you stay in contact with your spiritual source,
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  • Your spiritual source, may your divine destiny be
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  • May your divine destiny be made manifest to you.
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  • Made manifest to you. may god help you to accomplish
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  • May god help you to accomplish your divine mission.
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  • Your divine mission. let the holy spirit anoint
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  • Let the holy spirit anoint your life to fulfill
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  • Your life to fulfill its purpose,
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  • Its purpose, to guide you into all truth,
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  • To guide you into all truth, to guide you into dimensions
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  • To guide you into dimensions of accomplishment
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  • Of accomplishment in your home,
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  • In your home, in your business,
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  • In your business, in your health,
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  • In your health, because he loves you
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  • Because he loves you with an everlasting love.
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  • With an everlasting love. rejoice and be exceedingly
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  • Rejoice and be exceedingly glad you are a child of
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  • Glad you are a child of king jesus.
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  • King jesus. receive this blessing,
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  • Receive this blessing, in jesus' name.
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  • In jesus' name. amen.
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  • Amen. give the lord a clap
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  • Give the lord a clap in the house of god.
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