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Joel Osteen | It’s Worth The Wait | August 11, 2021
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- - JOEL OSTEEN: WELL, GOD
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- - JOEL OSTEEN: WELL, GOD BLESS YOU.
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- BLESS YOU. IT'S A JOY TO COME INTO YOUR
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- IT'S A JOY TO COME INTO YOUR HOMES, AND IF YOU'RE EVER IN
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- HOMES, AND IF YOU'RE EVER IN OUR AREA, PLEASE STOP BY.
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- OUR AREA, PLEASE STOP BY. I PROMISE YOU, WE WILL MAKE
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- I PROMISE YOU, WE WILL MAKE YOU FEEL RIGHT AT HOME.
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- YOU FEEL RIGHT AT HOME. I LIKE TO START WITH
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- I LIKE TO START WITH SOMETHING FUNNY, AND I HEARD
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- SOMETHING FUNNY, AND I HEARD ABOUT THIS POSITIVE FARMER
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- ABOUT THIS POSITIVE FARMER AND NEGATIVE FARMER.
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- AND NEGATIVE FARMER. WHEN IT WOULD RAIN, THE
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- WHEN IT WOULD RAIN, THE POSITIVE FARMER WOULD SAY,
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- POSITIVE FARMER WOULD SAY, "LORD, THANK YOU FOR WATERING
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- "LORD, THANK YOU FOR WATERING OUR CROPS."
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- OUR CROPS." THE NEGATIVE FARMER WOULD
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- THE NEGATIVE FARMER WOULD SAY, "YEAH, BUT IF IT KEEPS
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- SAY, "YEAH, BUT IF IT KEEPS THIS UP, IT'S GOING TO ROT
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- THIS UP, IT'S GOING TO ROT THE ROOTS."
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- THE ROOTS." WHEN THE SUN CAME OUT, THE
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- WHEN THE SUN CAME OUT, THE POSITIVE FARMER, "LORD, THANK
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- POSITIVE FARMER, "LORD, THANK YOU FOR GIVING OUR PLANTS
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- YOU FOR GIVING OUR PLANTS VALUABLE NUTRIENTS."
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- VALUABLE NUTRIENTS." THE NEGATIVE FARMER, "YEAH,
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- THE NEGATIVE FARMER, "YEAH, BUT IF IT KEEPS IT UP, IT'S
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- BUT IF IT KEEPS IT UP, IT'S GOING TO SCORCH THE CROPS."
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- GOING TO SCORCH THE CROPS." ONE DAY, THEY WENT BIRD
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- ONE DAY, THEY WENT BIRD HUNTING TOGETHER IN A BOAT.
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- HUNTING TOGETHER IN A BOAT. THE POSITIVE FARMER JUST GOT
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- THE POSITIVE FARMER JUST GOT A NEW BIRD DOG.
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- A NEW BIRD DOG. HE WAS SO PROUD OF HIM.
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- HE WAS SO PROUD OF HIM. HE SHOT A BIRD--FELL IN THE
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- HE SHOT A BIRD--FELL IN THE WATER.
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- WATER. SAID TO THE NEGATIVE FARMER,
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- SAID TO THE NEGATIVE FARMER, "WATCH THIS."
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- "WATCH THIS." THE DOG JUMPED OUT OF THE
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- THE DOG JUMPED OUT OF THE BOAT, RAN ON TOP OF THE
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- BOAT, RAN ON TOP OF THE WATER, PICKED UP THE BIRD,
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- WATER, PICKED UP THE BIRD, RAN BACK ON TOP OF THE WATER,
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- RAN BACK ON TOP OF THE WATER, PUT IT IN THE BOAT.
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- PUT IT IN THE BOAT. HE SAID, "WHAT'D YOU THINK?"
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- HE SAID, "WHAT'D YOU THINK?" THE NEGATIVE FARMER SAID, "I
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- THE NEGATIVE FARMER SAID, "I SHOULD'VE KNOWN IT.
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- SHOULD'VE KNOWN IT. THAT DOG CAN'T EVEN SWIM."
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- SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT:
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- SAY IT LIKE YOU MEAN IT: "THIS IS MY BIBLE.
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- "THIS IS MY BIBLE. I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM.
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- I AM WHAT IT SAYS I AM. I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE.
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- I HAVE WHAT IT SAYS I HAVE. I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN
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- I CAN DO WHAT IT SAYS I CAN DO.
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- DO. TODAY, I WILL BE TAUGHT THE
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- TODAY, I WILL BE TAUGHT THE WORD OF GOD.
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- WORD OF GOD. I'LL BOLDLY CONFESS: MY MIND
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- I'LL BOLDLY CONFESS: MY MIND IS ALERT, MY HEART IS
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- IS ALERT, MY HEART IS RECEPTIVE, I WILL NEVER BE
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- RECEPTIVE, I WILL NEVER BE THE SAME.
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- THE SAME. IN JESUS'S NAME."
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- IN JESUS'S NAME." GOD BLESS YOU.
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- GOD BLESS YOU. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY
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- I WANT TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT "IT'S WORTH THE WAIT."
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- ABOUT "IT'S WORTH THE WAIT." WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT WE'RE
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- WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT WE'RE WAITING FOR: A DREAM TO COME
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- WAITING FOR: A DREAM TO COME TO PASS, PROBLEM TO TURN
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- TO PASS, PROBLEM TO TURN AROUND, TO MEET THE RIGHT
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- AROUND, TO MEET THE RIGHT PERSON.
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- PERSON. WHEN IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN
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- WHEN IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN WE THOUGHT, IT'S EASY TO GET
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- WE THOUGHT, IT'S EASY TO GET DISCOURAGED, TO BECOME
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- DISCOURAGED, TO BECOME IMPATIENT AND THINK, "WHEN IS
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- IMPATIENT AND THINK, "WHEN IS IT EVER GOING TO HAPPEN?"
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- IT EVER GOING TO HAPPEN?" BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT
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- BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NOT HAPPENING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT
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- HAPPENING BECAUSE WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR WHAT GOD HAS
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- PREPARED FOR WHAT GOD HAS PREPARED.
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- PREPARED. YOU'RE READY FOR WHAT YOU
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- YOU'RE READY FOR WHAT YOU HAVE IN MIND, BUT IF YOU
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- HAVE IN MIND, BUT IF YOU COULD SEE WHAT GOD HAS IN
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- COULD SEE WHAT GOD HAS IN MIND, YOU WOULD REALIZE YOU
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- MIND, YOU WOULD REALIZE YOU COULDN'T HANDLE IT RIGHT NOW.
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- COULDN'T HANDLE IT RIGHT NOW. YOU NEED MORE TIME TO GROW,
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- YOU NEED MORE TIME TO GROW, TO DEVELOP, TO GAIN
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- TO DEVELOP, TO GAIN EXPERIENCE.
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- EXPERIENCE. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "LET
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- THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, "LET PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT
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- PATIENCE HAVE ITS PERFECT WORK."
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- WORK." PATIENCE IS DEVELOPED IN THE
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- PATIENCE IS DEVELOPED IN THE "WAIT" ROOM.
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- "WAIT" ROOM. WHEN I WAS PLAYING SPORTS IN
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- WHEN I WAS PLAYING SPORTS IN HIGH SCHOOL, THE COACH WOULD
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- HIGH SCHOOL, THE COACH WOULD HAVE US SPEND AN HOUR A DAY
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- HAVE US SPEND AN HOUR A DAY LIFTING WEIGHTS.
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- LIFTING WEIGHTS. I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
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- I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT. I WANTED TO PLAY BASKETBALL.
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- I WANTED TO PLAY BASKETBALL. THAT SEEMED LIKE A WASTE OF
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- THAT SEEMED LIKE A WASTE OF TIME.
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- TIME. BUT IN THAT WEIGHT ROOM, WE
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- BUT IN THAT WEIGHT ROOM, WE WERE GETTING STRONGER,
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- WERE GETTING STRONGER, BUILDING ENDURANCE SO WE
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- BUILDING ENDURANCE SO WE COULD SUCCEED ON THE COURT.
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- COULD SUCCEED ON THE COURT. BEFORE YOU SEE WHAT GOD
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- BEFORE YOU SEE WHAT GOD PROMISED, BEFORE YOU GET ON
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- PROMISED, BEFORE YOU GET ON THE COURT, GOD WILL SEND YOU
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- THE COURT, GOD WILL SEND YOU TO THE WAIT ROOM, W-A-I-T.
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- TO THE WAIT ROOM, W-A-I-T. YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT.
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- YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT. YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING
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- YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING HAPPENING.
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- HAPPENING. OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN THE GAME,
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- OTHER PEOPLE ARE IN THE GAME, MAKING PROGRESS.
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- MAKING PROGRESS. YOU'RE STUCK WAITING, BUT
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- YOU'RE STUCK WAITING, BUT THAT TIME IN THE WAIT ROOM IS
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- THAT TIME IN THE WAIT ROOM IS CRITICAL.
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- CRITICAL. YOU MAY NOT SEE ANYTHING
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- YOU MAY NOT SEE ANYTHING CHANGING, BUT SOMETHING IS
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- CHANGING, BUT SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.
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- HAPPENING. PATIENCE IS WORKING.
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- PATIENCE IS WORKING. YOUR SPIRITUAL MUSCLES ARE
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- YOUR SPIRITUAL MUSCLES ARE GETTING STRONGER.
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- GETTING STRONGER. YOU'RE GROWING, DEVELOPING.
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- YOU'RE GROWING, DEVELOPING. PATIENCE IS BUILDING YOU,
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- PATIENCE IS BUILDING YOU, GETTING YOU PREPARED SO YOU
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- GETTING YOU PREPARED SO YOU CAN SUSTAIN WHAT GOD HAS
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- CAN SUSTAIN WHAT GOD HAS COMING.
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- COMING. DON'T DISCOUNT THE WAITING
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- DON'T DISCOUNT THE WAITING PERIODS.
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- PERIODS. DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
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- DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE IT'S NOT HAPPENING AS FAST AS
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- IT'S NOT HAPPENING AS FAST AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
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- YOU WOULD LIKE. THE LONGER IT TAKES, THAT
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- THE LONGER IT TAKES, THAT MEANS THE MORE GOD HAS IN
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- MEANS THE MORE GOD HAS IN STORE.
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- STORE. WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME, WHEN HE
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- WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME, WHEN HE KNOWS YOU'RE READY, WHAT YOU
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- KNOWS YOU'RE READY, WHAT YOU GIVE BIRTH TO IS GOING TO BE
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- GIVE BIRTH TO IS GOING TO BE MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU'VE
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- MUCH BIGGER THAN YOU'VE IMAGINED.
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- IMAGINED. HEBREWS SAYS, "YOU HAVE NEED
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- HEBREWS SAYS, "YOU HAVE NEED OF PATIENCE SO YOU CAN
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- OF PATIENCE SO YOU CAN RECEIVE THE PROMISES."
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- RECEIVE THE PROMISES." WE KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE
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- WE KNOW WE NEED TO HAVE FAITH.
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- FAITH. WE KNOW WE NEED TO BELIEVE.
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- WE KNOW WE NEED TO BELIEVE. THOSE THINGS SEEM OBVIOUS,
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- THOSE THINGS SEEM OBVIOUS, BUT THIS SAYS WE NEED
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- BUT THIS SAYS WE NEED PATIENCE IF WE'RE GOING TO
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- PATIENCE IF WE'RE GOING TO SEE PROMISES COME TO PASS.
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- SEE PROMISES COME TO PASS. MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING,
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- MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN PRAYING, BELIEVING, BEING YOUR BEST,
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- BELIEVING, BEING YOUR BEST, BUT YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING
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- BUT YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING CHANGING.
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- CHANGING. YOU'RE TEMPTED TO LIVE
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- YOU'RE TEMPTED TO LIVE STRESSED.
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- STRESSED. HAVE A NEW PERSPECTIVE.
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- HAVE A NEW PERSPECTIVE. YOU'RE IN THE WAIT ROOM.
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- YOU'RE IN THE WAIT ROOM. YOU'RE NOT MISSING OUT.
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- YOU'RE NOT MISSING OUT. YOU'RE NOT FALLING BEHIND.
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- YOU'RE NOT FALLING BEHIND. GOD HAS YOU RIGHT WHERE HE
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- GOD HAS YOU RIGHT WHERE HE WANTS YOU.
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- WANTS YOU. THAT PROMISE IS RIGHT ON
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- THAT PROMISE IS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE.
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- SCHEDULE. NOW DO YOUR PART AND WAIT
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- NOW DO YOUR PART AND WAIT WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE, NOT
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- WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE, NOT UPSET, COMPLAINING, "WHEN IS
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- UPSET, COMPLAINING, "WHEN IS IT EVER GOING TO HAPPEN?"
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- IT EVER GOING TO HAPPEN?" NO, TURN IT AROUND: "FATHER,
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- NO, TURN IT AROUND: "FATHER, THANK YOU THAT WHAT YOU
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- THANK YOU THAT WHAT YOU STARTED IN MY LIFE, YOU WILL
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- STARTED IN MY LIFE, YOU WILL FINISH.
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- FINISH. THANK YOU THAT WHAT YOU
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- THANK YOU THAT WHAT YOU PROMISED IS ON THE WAY."
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- PROMISED IS ON THE WAY." IF YOU WILL WAIT WITH THE
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- IF YOU WILL WAIT WITH THE RIGHT ATTITUDE, AFTER
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- RIGHT ATTITUDE, AFTER PATIENCE HAS DONE ITS WORK,
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- PATIENCE HAS DONE ITS WORK, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PROMISES
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- YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PROMISES COME TO PASS, BUT WE SEE
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- COME TO PASS, BUT WE SEE WAITING AS NEGATIVE.
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- WAITING AS NEGATIVE. WE DON'T LIKE IT.
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- WE DON'T LIKE IT. NOTHING IS HAPPENING.
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- NOTHING IS HAPPENING. WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE
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- WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE DESTINATION, BUT GOD IS
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- DESTINATION, BUT GOD IS INTERESTED IN THE JOURNEY.
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- INTERESTED IN THE JOURNEY. HE'S WORKING ON US ALONG THE
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- HE'S WORKING ON US ALONG THE WAY.
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- WAY. WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT
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- WHEN WE UNDERSTAND THAT WAITING DOESN'T MEAN NOTHING
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- WAITING DOESN'T MEAN NOTHING IS HAPPENING, DOESN'T MEAN
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- IS HAPPENING, DOESN'T MEAN GOD HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT US,
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- GOD HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT US, IT'S ALL A PART OF THE
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- IT'S ALL A PART OF THE PROCESS, THEN WE CAN STAY IN
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- PROCESS, THEN WE CAN STAY IN FAITH, KNOWING THAT, AT THE
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- FAITH, KNOWING THAT, AT THE RIGHT TIME, GOD WILL GET US
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- RIGHT TIME, GOD WILL GET US TO WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
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- TO WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE.
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- BE. DAVID WAITED 13 YEARS TO TAKE
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- DAVID WAITED 13 YEARS TO TAKE THE THRONE AFTER THE PROPHET
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- THE THRONE AFTER THE PROPHET SAMUEL ANOINTED HIM TO BE THE
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- SAMUEL ANOINTED HIM TO BE THE NEXT KING.
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- NEXT KING. GOD COULD'VE TAKEN HIM
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- GOD COULD'VE TAKEN HIM STRAIGHT TO THE THRONE, BUT
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- STRAIGHT TO THE THRONE, BUT DAVID WASN'T READY.
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- DAVID WASN'T READY. HE HAD TO GO THROUGH A TIME
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- HE HAD TO GO THROUGH A TIME OF TESTING, AND DURING THOSE
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- OF TESTING, AND DURING THOSE 13 YEARS, HE FAITHFULLY TOOK
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- 13 YEARS, HE FAITHFULLY TOOK CARE OF HIS FATHER'S SHEEP.
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- CARE OF HIS FATHER'S SHEEP. SEEMED LIKE A MENIAL
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- SEEMED LIKE A MENIAL POSITION.
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- POSITION. HE KNEW HE HAD BIGGER THINGS
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- HE KNEW HE HAD BIGGER THINGS IN HIM.
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- IN HIM. HE HAD HEARD THE PROPHET SAY
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- HE HAD HEARD THE PROPHET SAY THAT HE WAS A KING, BUT HAD
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- THAT HE WAS A KING, BUT HAD DAVID NOT PASSED THE TEST IN
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- DAVID NOT PASSED THE TEST IN THE WAIT ROOM, HE WOULD'VE
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- THE WAIT ROOM, HE WOULD'VE NEVER HAVE MADE IT TO THE
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- NEVER HAVE MADE IT TO THE THRONE.
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- THRONE. HE HAD TO SHOW GOD HE WOULD
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- HE HAD TO SHOW GOD HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF HIS FATHER'S
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- TAKE CARE OF HIS FATHER'S SHEEP BEFORE GOD WOULD TRUST
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- SHEEP BEFORE GOD WOULD TRUST HIM TO TAKE CARE OF HIS
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- HIM TO TAKE CARE OF HIS SHEEP, THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
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- SHEEP, THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. WHILE YOU WAIT, BE YOUR BEST
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- WHILE YOU WAIT, BE YOUR BEST WHERE YOU ARE.
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- WHERE YOU ARE. THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TIME.
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- THAT'S A VERY IMPORTANT TIME. GOD IS WATCHING TO SEE IF
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- GOD IS WATCHING TO SEE IF YOU'RE READY.
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- YOU'RE READY. HERE'S THE KEY: IF WHAT
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- HERE'S THE KEY: IF WHAT YOU'RE PRAYING ABOUT ISN'T
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- YOU'RE PRAYING ABOUT ISN'T CHANGING, THEN GOD IS USING
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- CHANGING, THEN GOD IS USING THAT SITUATION TO CHANGE YOU.
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- THAT SITUATION TO CHANGE YOU. IF IT'S NOT WORKING OUT, THEN
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- IF IT'S NOT WORKING OUT, THEN IT'S WORKING OUT SOMETHING IN
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- IT'S WORKING OUT SOMETHING IN YOU.
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- YOU. ALL THINGS ARE WORKING FOR
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- ALL THINGS ARE WORKING FOR YOUR GOOD.
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- YOUR GOOD. WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE COMPAQ
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- WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE COMPAQ CENTER, A COMPANY FILED A
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- CENTER, A COMPANY FILED A LAWSUIT TO TRY TO KEEP US
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- LAWSUIT TO TRY TO KEEP US FROM MOVING IN.
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- FROM MOVING IN. I HAD ALREADY ANNOUNCED TO
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- I HAD ALREADY ANNOUNCED TO THE CONGREGATION THAT IT WAS
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- THE CONGREGATION THAT IT WAS OURS.
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- OURS. PEOPLE HAD GIVEN TO HELP
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- PEOPLE HAD GIVEN TO HELP RENOVATE IT.
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- RENOVATE IT. NOW THERE WAS A CHANCE IT
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- NOW THERE WAS A CHANCE IT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN.
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- WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. THOUGHTS TOLD ME, "JOEL,
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- THOUGHTS TOLD ME, "JOEL, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE A
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- YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE A FOOL.
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- FOOL. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE
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- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GIVE THE FUNDS BACK.
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- THE FUNDS BACK. IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG MESS."
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- IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG MESS." I WAS TEMPTED TO WORRY, LIVE
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- I WAS TEMPTED TO WORRY, LIVE STRESSED OUT, BUT I PRAYED
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- STRESSED OUT, BUT I PRAYED LIKE I HAD NEVER PRAYED.
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- LIKE I HAD NEVER PRAYED. WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE
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- WHEN I WOKE UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, THINKING, "THE
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- OF THE NIGHT, THINKING, "THE OPPOSITION IS TOO BIG," "IT'S
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- OPPOSITION IS TOO BIG," "IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN," I'D
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- NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN," I'D TURN IT AROUND: "FATHER,
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- TURN IT AROUND: "FATHER, THANK YOU THAT YOU BEING FOR
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- THANK YOU THAT YOU BEING FOR ME IS MORE THAN THE WORLD
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- ME IS MORE THAN THE WORLD BEING AGAINST ME."
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- BEING AGAINST ME." THIS WENT ON MONTH AFTER
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- THIS WENT ON MONTH AFTER MONTH, EVEN YEAR AFTER YEAR.
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- MONTH, EVEN YEAR AFTER YEAR. I WAS IN THE WAIT ROOM.
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- I WAS IN THE WAIT ROOM. I HAD THE PROMISE, BUT
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- I HAD THE PROMISE, BUT NOTHING WAS IMPROVING.
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- NOTHING WAS IMPROVING. I DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT
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- I DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING THAT
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- SOMETHING WAS HAPPENING THAT I COULDN'T SEE: I WAS
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- I COULDN'T SEE: I WAS GROWING.
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- GROWING. I WAS DEVELOPING A GREATER
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- I WAS DEVELOPING A GREATER TRUST IN GOD.
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- TRUST IN GOD. IN THAT WAIT ROOM, I LEARNED
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- IN THAT WAIT ROOM, I LEARNED TO STAND STRONG, EVEN WHEN IT
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- TO STAND STRONG, EVEN WHEN IT SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE.
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- SEEMED IMPOSSIBLE. I LIFT WEIGHTS NOW AT HOME
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- I LIFT WEIGHTS NOW AT HOME AND, WHEN I'M ON THE BENCH, I
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- AND, WHEN I'M ON THE BENCH, I PUSH THE BARBELL UP AND DOWN,
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- PUSH THE BARBELL UP AND DOWN, BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE
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- BUT WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THE WEIGHT NEVER CHANGES.
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- WEIGHT NEVER CHANGES. THE ONLY THING IN THE WAIT
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- THE ONLY THING IN THE WAIT ROOM THAT EVER CHANGES IS ME.
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- ROOM THAT EVER CHANGES IS ME. THE SITUATION YOU'RE IN MAY
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- THE SITUATION YOU'RE IN MAY NOT BE CHANGING, THEN YOU'RE
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- NOT BE CHANGING, THEN YOU'RE IN THE WAIT ROOM.
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- IN THE WAIT ROOM. IF IT'S NOT CHANGING, DON'T
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- IF IT'S NOT CHANGING, DON'T WORRY.
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- WORRY. YOU'RE CHANGING.
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- YOU'RE CHANGING. PATIENTS IS WORKING.
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- PATIENTS IS WORKING. YOU'RE GETTING STRONGER, MORE
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- YOU'RE GETTING STRONGER, MORE DETERMINED.
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- DETERMINED. IT'S PREPARING YOU.
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- IT'S PREPARING YOU. ALMOST THREE YEARS LATER,
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- ALMOST THREE YEARS LATER, THAT COMPANY DROPPED THE
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- THAT COMPANY DROPPED THE LAWSUIT, AND WE GOT THE
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- LAWSUIT, AND WE GOT THE BUILDING.
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- BUILDING. IT WAS A GREAT VICTORY, BUT
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- IT WAS A GREAT VICTORY, BUT THINK OF THIS: GOD COULD'VE
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- THINK OF THIS: GOD COULD'VE GIVEN ME THE VICTORY THE
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- GIVEN ME THE VICTORY THE FIRST WEEK JUST AS EASILY.
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- FIRST WEEK JUST AS EASILY. HE COULD'VE DONE IT SUDDENLY
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- HE COULD'VE DONE IT SUDDENLY AND TURNED IT AROUND RIGHT
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- AND TURNED IT AROUND RIGHT AWAY, AND I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD
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- AWAY, AND I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO SPEND ALL THAT TIME IN THE
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- TO SPEND ALL THAT TIME IN THE WAIT ROOM.
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- WAIT ROOM. WOULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH EASIER.
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- WOULD'VE BEEN SO MUCH EASIER. THE PROBLEM IS, I WOULDN'T
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- THE PROBLEM IS, I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR WHAT
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- HAVE BEEN PREPARED FOR WHAT WAS COMING.
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- WAS COMING. I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO
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- I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HANDLE THE GROWTH, THE
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- HANDLE THE GROWTH, THE INFLUENCE, THE OPPOSITION.
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- INFLUENCE, THE OPPOSITION. GOD HAD TO GET ME STRONGER.
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- GOD HAD TO GET ME STRONGER. HE DIDN'T USE THE GOOD TIMES.
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- HE DIDN'T USE THE GOOD TIMES. HE USED THE RESISTANCE.
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- HE USED THE RESISTANCE. YOU DON'T GROW WHEN
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- YOU DON'T GROW WHEN EVERYTHING IS EASY.
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- EVERYTHING IS EASY. IN THOSE THREE YEARS, I
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- IN THOSE THREE YEARS, I LEARNED TO TRUST GOD IN A NEW
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- LEARNED TO TRUST GOD IN A NEW WAY.
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- WAY. I DEVELOPED A GREATER
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- I DEVELOPED A GREATER RESOLVE, A GREATER
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- RESOLVE, A GREATER CONFIDENCE.
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- CONFIDENCE. YOU CAN'T GET THAT OVERNIGHT.
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- YOU CAN'T GET THAT OVERNIGHT. THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ON A
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- THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN ON A WEEKEND.
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- WEEKEND. IT TAKES TIME.
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- IT TAKES TIME. WHEN JOSEPH WAS IN PRISON
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- WHEN JOSEPH WAS IN PRISON UNFAIRLY ALL THOSE YEARS,
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- UNFAIRLY ALL THOSE YEARS, SAYS IN PSALMS, "HIS FEET
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- SAYS IN PSALMS, "HIS FEET WERE IN CHAINS OF IRON, AND
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- WERE IN CHAINS OF IRON, AND HIS SOUL ENTERED INTO THAT
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- HIS SOUL ENTERED INTO THAT IRON."
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- IRON." HE DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT THOSE
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- HE DIDN'T LIKE IT, BUT THOSE CHALLENGES WERE DEVELOPING
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- CHALLENGES WERE DEVELOPING SOMETHING IN HIM: COURAGE,
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- SOMETHING IN HIM: COURAGE, STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, THAT HE
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- STRENGTH, ENDURANCE, THAT HE COULDN'T GET ANY OTHER WAY.
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- COULDN'T GET ANY OTHER WAY. IT HAPPENED IN THE WAIT ROOM,
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- IT HAPPENED IN THE WAIT ROOM, AND I'LL ADMIT, I DON'T LIKE
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- AND I'LL ADMIT, I DON'T LIKE TO WAIT.
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- TO WAIT. I LIKE TO MOVE FAST.
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- I LIKE TO MOVE FAST. I LIKE TO MAKE PROGRESS.
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- I LIKE TO MAKE PROGRESS. I LIKE TO GET THINGS DONE.
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- I LIKE TO GET THINGS DONE. MY PRAYER USED TO BE, "GOD,
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- MY PRAYER USED TO BE, "GOD, DO IT NOW.
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- DO IT NOW. DO IT IN A HURRY.
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- DO IT IN A HURRY. DO IT FAST," BUT I'VE LEARNED
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- DO IT FAST," BUT I'VE LEARNED SOME THINGS TAKE TIME.
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- SOME THINGS TAKE TIME. WE LIVE IN A MICROWAVE
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- WE LIVE IN A MICROWAVE SOCIETY, BUT WE SERVE A
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- SOCIETY, BUT WE SERVE A CROCK-POT GOD.
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- CROCK-POT GOD. YOU CAN'T GET MICROWAVE
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- YOU CAN'T GET MICROWAVE MATURITY, MICROWAVE BROKE,
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- MATURITY, MICROWAVE BROKE, MICROWAVE ANOINTING.
- 00:08:54.924 --> 00:08:56.726
- MICROWAVE ANOINTING. SO MUCH IS DEVELOPED IN THE
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- SO MUCH IS DEVELOPED IN THE PROCESS.
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- PROCESS. SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY TO ME,
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- SOMETIMES PEOPLE SAY TO ME, "JOEL, PRAY THAT GOD WILL
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- "JOEL, PRAY THAT GOD WILL GIVE ME YOUR ANOINTING."
- 00:09:03.499 --> 00:09:05.334
- GIVE ME YOUR ANOINTING." I KNOW THEY'RE BEING
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- I KNOW THEY'RE BEING RESPECTFUL, BUT I WANT TO
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- RESPECTFUL, BUT I WANT TO SAY, "YOU CAN'T HAVE MY
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- SAY, "YOU CAN'T HAVE MY ANOINTING WITHOUT GOING
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- ANOINTING WITHOUT GOING THROUGH WHAT I'VE BEEN
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- THROUGH WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH, WITHOUT THE
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- THROUGH, WITHOUT THE SACRIFICES, WITHOUT THE
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- SACRIFICES, WITHOUT THE CLOSED DOORS, WITHOUT THE
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- CLOSED DOORS, WITHOUT THE LOSS, WITHOUT FACING THE
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- LOSS, WITHOUT FACING THE GIANTS."
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- GIANTS." THERE'S A PRICE TO PAY TO BE
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- THERE'S A PRICE TO PAY TO BE PREPARED.
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- PREPARED. IN THAT WAIT ROOM, WHEN
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- IN THAT WAIT ROOM, WHEN YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING
- 00:09:22.885 --> 00:09:24.020
- YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BUT NOTHING'S CHANGING, YOU
- 00:09:24.086 --> 00:09:25.688
- BUT NOTHING'S CHANGING, YOU HAVE THE PROMISE BUT YOU'RE
- 00:09:25.755 --> 00:09:26.956
- HAVE THE PROMISE BUT YOU'RE NOT MAKING PROGRESS,
- 00:09:27.023 --> 00:09:28.524
- NOT MAKING PROGRESS, REMEMBER, SOMETHING IS
- 00:09:28.591 --> 00:09:29.959
- REMEMBER, SOMETHING IS HAPPENING: YOU'RE GROWING.
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- HAPPENING: YOU'RE GROWING. YOU'RE DEVELOPING.
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- YOU'RE DEVELOPING. YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT YOU
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- YOU MAY NOT LIKE IT, BUT YOU CAN'T BYPASS THE PROCESS.
- 00:09:35.398 --> 00:09:37.566
- CAN'T BYPASS THE PROCESS. YOU CAN'T SKIP THE WAIT ROOM
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- YOU CAN'T SKIP THE WAIT ROOM AND REACH THE FULLNESS OF
- 00:09:39.468 --> 00:09:40.436
- AND REACH THE FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINY.
- 00:09:40.503 --> 00:09:41.604
- STAY TUNED FOR MORE OF
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- STAY TUNED FOR MORE OF THIS WEEK'S MESSAGE!
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- > SPEAKER: THE ACCIDENT ITSELF
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- > SPEAKER: THE ACCIDENT ITSELF WAS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. A DEER
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- WAS ON A FRIDAY NIGHT. A DEER RAN OUT AND HIT THE VEHICLE.
- 00:09:46.275 --> 00:09:47.343
- RAN OUT AND HIT THE VEHICLE. IT WENT INTO AN 18-WHEELER
- 00:09:47.410 --> 00:09:49.078
- IT WENT INTO AN 18-WHEELER HEAD ON. NEXT THING I KNOW
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- HEAD ON. NEXT THING I KNOW I WOKE UP IN A HOSPITAL TWO
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- I WOKE UP IN A HOSPITAL TWO AND A HALF WEEKS LATER TO A
- 00:09:51.681 --> 00:09:52.648
- AND A HALF WEEKS LATER TO A REALITY WHERE THIS ARM WAS
- 00:09:52.715 --> 00:09:54.016
- REALITY WHERE THIS ARM WAS ALMOST SEVERED, BOTH LEGS WERE
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- ALMOST SEVERED, BOTH LEGS WERE CRUSHED FROM THE KNEES DOWN,
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- CRUSHED FROM THE KNEES DOWN, A PUNCTURED LUNG, A CONTUSION
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- A PUNCTURED LUNG, A CONTUSION TO THE BRAIN, AND A BROKEN
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- TO THE BRAIN, AND A BROKEN COLLAR BONE. SO A TOTAL OF
- 00:09:59.422 --> 00:10:00.656
- COLLAR BONE. SO A TOTAL OF FOUR MONTHS OF ME BEING
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- FOUR MONTHS OF ME BEING HOSPITALIZED. NOW, I'M
- 00:10:01.891 --> 00:10:02.892
- HOSPITALIZED. NOW, I'M CONTROLLING THE REMOTE CONTROL.
- 00:10:02.958 --> 00:10:04.260
- CONTROLLING THE REMOTE CONTROL. I SAID, "GOSH, LET ME FIND OUT
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- I SAID, "GOSH, LET ME FIND OUT WHAT PROGRAMS ARE ON." AND THEN
- 00:10:05.661 --> 00:10:06.729
- I FOUND JOEL. AFTER HIS MESSAGE
- 00:10:06.829 --> 00:10:08.764
- IT'S LIKE HE PAUSED FOR A
- 00:10:08.864 --> 00:10:10.199
- IT'S LIKE HE PAUSED FOR A MINUTE AND HE SAID, "YOUR LIFE'S
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- NOT OVER. YES IT WAS PRETTY BAD
- 00:10:11.500 --> 00:10:13.469
- NOT OVER. YES IT WAS PRETTY BAD THE THING THAT YOU WENT
- 00:10:13.536 --> 00:10:15.271
- THE THING THAT YOU WENT THROUGH," HE SAID, "BUT YOUR
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- THROUGH," HE SAID, "BUT YOUR LIFE'S NOT FINISHED."
- 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.541
- AND THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I
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- AND THE NEXT MORNING WHEN I WENT TO PHYSICAL THERAPY, EVEN
- 00:10:19.241 --> 00:10:20.409
- WENT TO PHYSICAL THERAPY, EVEN THE OTHER PATIENTS REALIZED
- 00:10:20.476 --> 00:10:21.644
- THE OTHER PATIENTS REALIZED SOMETHING HAS CHANGED IN HIM.
- 00:10:21.711 --> 00:10:23.579
- SOMETHING HAS CHANGED IN HIM. FROM HERE DOWN, IT HAD BEEN
- 00:10:23.646 --> 00:10:24.880
- FROM HERE DOWN, IT HAD BEEN CRUSHED. SO I REALLY COULDN'T
- 00:10:24.947 --> 00:10:26.749
- CRUSHED. SO I REALLY COULDN'T WALK YET. BUT I WAS A RUNNER,
- 00:10:26.816 --> 00:10:28.451
- WALK YET. BUT I WAS A RUNNER, A SPRINTER, IN HIGH SCHOOL.
- 00:10:28.517 --> 00:10:29.919
- A SPRINTER, IN HIGH SCHOOL. SO I STARTED REMEMBERING THAT
- 00:10:29.985 --> 00:10:31.554
- SO I STARTED REMEMBERING THAT RUNNING. SO IN MY IMAGINATION
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- RUNNING. SO IN MY IMAGINATION I STARTED REMEMBERING THAT.
- 00:10:34.290 --> 00:10:35.424
- I STARTED REMEMBERING THAT. AND I'M TAKING THE POWER OF THAT
- 00:10:35.491 --> 00:10:36.926
- AND I'M TAKING THE POWER OF THAT IMAGINATION SPIRITUALLY AND I'M
- 00:10:36.992 --> 00:10:38.661
- IMAGINATION SPIRITUALLY AND I'M BRINGING IT BACK TO HERE AND
- 00:10:38.728 --> 00:10:40.596
- BRINGING IT BACK TO HERE AND I'M BELIEVING THAT I CAN RUN
- 00:10:40.663 --> 00:10:41.964
- I'M BELIEVING THAT I CAN RUN AGAIN.
- 00:10:42.031 --> 00:10:43.099
- AGAIN. I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT. IF JOEL
- 00:10:43.165 --> 00:10:44.066
- I MEAN THINK ABOUT IT. IF JOEL WASN'T DOING--IF YOU GUYS
- 00:10:44.133 --> 00:10:46.001
- WASN'T DOING--IF YOU GUYS WEREN'T DOING WHAT YOU DO,
- 00:10:46.068 --> 00:10:47.269
- WEREN'T DOING WHAT YOU DO, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
- 00:10:47.336 --> 00:10:48.437
- THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE FOR ME THEN.
- 00:10:48.504 --> 00:10:49.972
- AVAILABLE FOR ME THEN. I'M NOT SAYING GOD COULDN'T
- 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:50.706
- I'M NOT SAYING GOD COULDN'T HAVE HEALED ME A DIFFERENT WAY
- 00:10:50.773 --> 00:10:52.808
- HAVE HEALED ME A DIFFERENT WAY BUT HE CHOSE THE MINISTRY, THIS
- 00:10:52.875 --> 00:10:55.444
- BUT HE CHOSE THE MINISTRY, THIS MINISTRY TO DO THAT THROUGH.
- 00:10:55.511 --> 00:10:56.112
- WHEN MY FATHER WENT TO BE
- 00:10:57.580 --> 00:10:58.380
- WHEN MY FATHER WENT TO BE WITH THE LORD, I STEPPED UP
- 00:10:58.447 --> 00:10:59.949
- WITH THE LORD, I STEPPED UP TO PASTOR THE CHURCH.
- 00:11:00.015 --> 00:11:01.450
- TO PASTOR THE CHURCH. THINGS BEGAN TO GROW.
- 00:11:01.517 --> 00:11:03.152
- THINGS BEGAN TO GROW. ALL OF THE SUDDEN, I WAS IN
- 00:11:03.219 --> 00:11:04.253
- ALL OF THE SUDDEN, I WAS IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
- 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:05.221
- THE SPOTLIGHT. PEOPLE WERE WATCHING AND
- 00:11:05.287 --> 00:11:06.255
- PEOPLE WERE WATCHING AND COMING.
- 00:11:06.322 --> 00:11:07.323
- COMING. SOMEONE REFERRED TO ME AS AN
- 00:11:07.389 --> 00:11:08.858
- SOMEONE REFERRED TO ME AS AN "OVERNIGHT SUCCESS," SAID
- 00:11:08.924 --> 00:11:10.693
- "OVERNIGHT SUCCESS," SAID THAT I HAD COME OUT OF
- 00:11:10.760 --> 00:11:11.527
- THAT I HAD COME OUT OF NOWHERE, BUT THE TRUTH IS, I
- 00:11:11.594 --> 00:11:13.763
- NOWHERE, BUT THE TRUTH IS, I HAD BEEN IN THE WAIT ROOM FOR
- 00:11:13.829 --> 00:11:15.297
- HAD BEEN IN THE WAIT ROOM FOR 17 YEARS BEHIND THE SCENES
- 00:11:15.364 --> 00:11:17.533
- 17 YEARS BEHIND THE SCENES HERE AT LAKEWOOD.
- 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:18.701
- HERE AT LAKEWOOD. I DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN, BUT
- 00:11:18.768 --> 00:11:20.402
- I DIDN'T KNOW IT THEN, BUT GOD WAS GETTING ME PREPARED
- 00:11:20.469 --> 00:11:21.771
- GOD WAS GETTING ME PREPARED FOR WHAT I'M DOING NOW.
- 00:11:21.837 --> 00:11:23.639
- FOR WHAT I'M DOING NOW. HAD I NOT BEEN MY BEST WHERE
- 00:11:23.706 --> 00:11:25.241
- HAD I NOT BEEN MY BEST WHERE I WAS, HAD I NOT BEEN
- 00:11:25.307 --> 00:11:26.976
- I WAS, HAD I NOT BEEN FAITHFUL TO SERVE MY FATHER,
- 00:11:27.042 --> 00:11:28.911
- FAITHFUL TO SERVE MY FATHER, TO TRYING TO MAKE HIM LOOK
- 00:11:28.978 --> 00:11:30.012
- TO TRYING TO MAKE HIM LOOK GOOD, CARRYING OUT HIS
- 00:11:30.079 --> 00:11:31.514
- GOOD, CARRYING OUT HIS VISION, THEN GOD COULDN'T
- 00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:33.048
- VISION, THEN GOD COULDN'T HAVE TRUSTED ME WITH MY OWN
- 00:11:33.115 --> 00:11:34.416
- HAVE TRUSTED ME WITH MY OWN VISION.
- 00:11:34.483 --> 00:11:35.417
- VISION. WHAT AM I SAYING?
- 00:11:35.484 --> 00:11:36.285
- WHAT AM I SAYING? KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE WHEN
- 00:11:36.352 --> 00:11:37.887
- KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE WHEN IT'S NOT HAPPENING AS FAST AS
- 00:11:37.953 --> 00:11:39.688
- IT'S NOT HAPPENING AS FAST AS YOU WOULD LIKE.
- 00:11:39.755 --> 00:11:40.956
- YOU WOULD LIKE. DAVID SAID, "GOD, MY TIMES
- 00:11:41.023 --> 00:11:43.325
- DAVID SAID, "GOD, MY TIMES ARE IN YOUR HANDS."
- 00:11:43.392 --> 00:11:44.894
- ARE IN YOUR HANDS." IT'S VERY POWERFUL WHEN YOU
- 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:46.228
- IT'S VERY POWERFUL WHEN YOU CAN SAY, "GOD, I NOT ONLY
- 00:11:46.295 --> 00:11:47.963
- CAN SAY, "GOD, I NOT ONLY TRUST YOUR WAYS, BUT I TRUST
- 00:11:48.030 --> 00:11:49.865
- TRUST YOUR WAYS, BUT I TRUST YOUR TIMING.
- 00:11:49.932 --> 00:11:51.066
- YOUR TIMING. I KNOW, AT THE RIGHT TIME,
- 00:11:51.133 --> 00:11:52.434
- I KNOW, AT THE RIGHT TIME, WHEN I'M READY, WHEN I CAN
- 00:11:52.501 --> 00:11:53.636
- WHEN I'M READY, WHEN I CAN HANDLE IT, YOU WILL TAKE ME
- 00:11:53.702 --> 00:11:55.171
- HANDLE IT, YOU WILL TAKE ME TO NEW LEVELS OF MY DESTINY."
- 00:11:55.237 --> 00:11:57.673
- TO NEW LEVELS OF MY DESTINY." BUT THE MISTAKE WE MAKE TOO
- 00:11:57.740 --> 00:11:59.041
- BUT THE MISTAKE WE MAKE TOO OFTEN IS WE GET IN A HURRY
- 00:11:59.108 --> 00:12:01.243
- OFTEN IS WE GET IN A HURRY AND TRY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN
- 00:12:01.310 --> 00:12:02.478
- AND TRY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN OUR OWN TIMING.
- 00:12:02.545 --> 00:12:04.246
- IN OUR OWN TIMING. THIS IS WHAT THE YOUNG MAN
- 00:12:04.313 --> 00:12:05.514
- THIS IS WHAT THE YOUNG MAN DID IN THE STORY OF THE
- 00:12:05.581 --> 00:12:06.882
- DID IN THE STORY OF THE PRODIGAL SON.
- 00:12:06.949 --> 00:12:08.250
- PRODIGAL SON. HE WENT TO HIS FATHER AND
- 00:12:08.317 --> 00:12:09.819
- HE WENT TO HIS FATHER AND SAID, "GIVE ME THE PORTION OF
- 00:12:09.885 --> 00:12:11.320
- SAID, "GIVE ME THE PORTION OF GOODS THAT BELONGED TO ME."
- 00:12:11.387 --> 00:12:13.689
- GOODS THAT BELONGED TO ME." THEY WERE RIGHTFULLY HIS.
- 00:12:13.756 --> 00:12:15.357
- THEY WERE RIGHTFULLY HIS. IT WAS HIS INHERITANCE, BUT A
- 00:12:15.424 --> 00:12:17.226
- IT WAS HIS INHERITANCE, BUT A BLESSING GIVEN AT THE WRONG
- 00:12:17.293 --> 00:12:18.894
- BLESSING GIVEN AT THE WRONG TIME IS NOT A BLESSING, AND
- 00:12:18.961 --> 00:12:21.430
- TIME IS NOT A BLESSING, AND SOMETHING MAY HAVE YOUR NAME
- 00:12:21.497 --> 00:12:22.698
- SOMETHING MAY HAVE YOUR NAME ON IT, YOU KNOW GOD HAS PUT
- 00:12:22.765 --> 00:12:24.233
- ON IT, YOU KNOW GOD HAS PUT IT IN YOUR HEART, BUT IF IT
- 00:12:24.300 --> 00:12:25.935
- IT IN YOUR HEART, BUT IF IT HAPPENS TOO SOON AND YOU'RE
- 00:12:26.001 --> 00:12:27.570
- HAPPENS TOO SOON AND YOU'RE NOT PREPARED, THE BLESSING
- 00:12:27.636 --> 00:12:29.805
- NOT PREPARED, THE BLESSING WILL BECOME A BURDEN.
- 00:12:29.872 --> 00:12:31.473
- WILL BECOME A BURDEN. A GOOD FATHER WON'T GIVE A
- 00:12:31.540 --> 00:12:32.908
- A GOOD FATHER WON'T GIVE A GOOD GIFT AT THE WRONG TIME.
- 00:12:32.975 --> 00:12:35.744
- GOOD GIFT AT THE WRONG TIME. WHEN OUR DAUGHTER ALEXANDRA
- 00:12:35.811 --> 00:12:36.946
- WHEN OUR DAUGHTER ALEXANDRA TURNED 18, WE GOT HER A CAR.
- 00:12:37.012 --> 00:12:40.115
- TURNED 18, WE GOT HER A CAR. I LOVED HER JUST AS MUCH WHEN
- 00:12:40.182 --> 00:12:41.617
- I LOVED HER JUST AS MUCH WHEN SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD.
- 00:12:41.684 --> 00:12:43.052
- SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD. I WOULD'VE DONE ANYTHING FOR
- 00:12:43.118 --> 00:12:44.420
- I WOULD'VE DONE ANYTHING FOR HER.
- 00:12:44.486 --> 00:12:45.020
- HER. I HAD THE FUNDS, BUT I KNEW,
- 00:12:45.087 --> 00:12:46.589
- I HAD THE FUNDS, BUT I KNEW, GIVING HER A CAR AT FIVE
- 00:12:46.655 --> 00:12:48.157
- GIVING HER A CAR AT FIVE WOULDN'T BE A BLESSING.
- 00:12:48.224 --> 00:12:50.292
- WOULDN'T BE A BLESSING. SOMETIMES GOD PROVES HIS LOVE
- 00:12:50.359 --> 00:12:52.995
- SOMETIMES GOD PROVES HIS LOVE TO US BY WHAT HE'S NOT
- 00:12:53.062 --> 00:12:54.697
- TO US BY WHAT HE'S NOT LETTING US HAVE.
- 00:12:54.763 --> 00:12:56.131
- LETTING US HAVE. DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NEVER
- 00:12:56.198 --> 00:12:57.566
- DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.
- 00:12:57.633 --> 00:12:58.834
- GOING TO HAPPEN. WE JUST HAVE TO SPEND MORE
- 00:12:58.901 --> 00:13:00.069
- WE JUST HAVE TO SPEND MORE TIME IN THE WAIT ROOM,
- 00:13:00.135 --> 00:13:01.704
- TIME IN THE WAIT ROOM, GROWING, DEVELOPING, GAINING
- 00:13:01.770 --> 00:13:03.939
- GROWING, DEVELOPING, GAINING EXPERIENCE, LEARNING TO TRUST
- 00:13:04.006 --> 00:13:05.941
- EXPERIENCE, LEARNING TO TRUST GOD, LEARNING TO FORGIVE,
- 00:13:06.008 --> 00:13:07.977
- GOD, LEARNING TO FORGIVE, LEARNING TO KEEP A GOOD
- 00:13:08.043 --> 00:13:08.844
- LEARNING TO KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE WHEN THINGS AREN'T
- 00:13:08.911 --> 00:13:10.279
- ATTITUDE WHEN THINGS AREN'T GOING OUR WAY.
- 00:13:10.346 --> 00:13:11.480
- GOING OUR WAY. THE SOONER WE PASS THESE
- 00:13:11.547 --> 00:13:12.882
- THE SOONER WE PASS THESE TESTS, THE SOONER GOD WILL
- 00:13:12.948 --> 00:13:14.583
- TESTS, THE SOONER GOD WILL RELEASE WHAT BELONGS TO US.
- 00:13:14.650 --> 00:13:16.952
- RELEASE WHAT BELONGS TO US. SEE, THE PRODIGAL SON GOT HIS
- 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:18.888
- SEE, THE PRODIGAL SON GOT HIS INHERITANCE TOO SOON.
- 00:13:18.954 --> 00:13:20.756
- INHERITANCE TOO SOON. HE WENT OUT AND WASTED IT,
- 00:13:20.823 --> 00:13:22.825
- HE WENT OUT AND WASTED IT, SPENT IT ALL LIVING WILDLY.
- 00:13:22.892 --> 00:13:25.194
- SPENT IT ALL LIVING WILDLY. I USED TO PRAY, "GOD, GIVE ME
- 00:13:25.261 --> 00:13:26.896
- I USED TO PRAY, "GOD, GIVE ME EVERYTHING IN A HURRY."
- 00:13:26.962 --> 00:13:28.697
- EVERYTHING IN A HURRY." NOW I'VE LEARNED TO PRAY,
- 00:13:28.764 --> 00:13:30.232
- NOW I'VE LEARNED TO PRAY, "GOD, DON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING
- 00:13:30.299 --> 00:13:31.967
- "GOD, DON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING TOO SOON.
- 00:13:32.034 --> 00:13:33.235
- TOO SOON. DON'T TAKE ME ANYWHERE
- 00:13:33.302 --> 00:13:33.869
- DON'T TAKE ME ANYWHERE THAT I CAN'T HANDLE.
- 00:13:33.936 --> 00:13:36.071
- THAT I CAN'T HANDLE. DON'T OPEN A DOOR THAT I
- 00:13:36.138 --> 00:13:36.972
- DON'T OPEN A DOOR THAT I DON'T HAVE THE GRACE TO BE
- 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:38.374
- DON'T HAVE THE GRACE TO BE THERE."
- 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:39.475
- THERE." THE PRODIGAL SON WANTED HIS
- 00:13:39.541 --> 00:13:41.343
- THE PRODIGAL SON WANTED HIS PREPARED BLESSING.
- 00:13:41.410 --> 00:13:43.078
- PREPARED BLESSING. THE PROBLEM WAS, HE WAS
- 00:13:43.145 --> 00:13:44.680
- THE PROBLEM WAS, HE WAS UNPREPARED.
- 00:13:44.747 --> 00:13:46.048
- UNPREPARED. HE COULDN'T SUSTAIN THE
- 00:13:46.115 --> 00:13:47.182
- HE COULDN'T SUSTAIN THE WEIGHT OF WHAT GOD HAD IN
- 00:13:47.249 --> 00:13:49.118
- WEIGHT OF WHAT GOD HAD IN STORE FOR HIM, AND ONE REASON
- 00:13:49.184 --> 00:13:51.387
- STORE FOR HIM, AND ONE REASON WE GET IN A HURRY IS WE THINK
- 00:13:51.453 --> 00:13:53.222
- WE GET IN A HURRY IS WE THINK WE'RE FALLING BEHIND: OUR
- 00:13:53.289 --> 00:13:55.024
- WE'RE FALLING BEHIND: OUR FRIEND IS GETTING MARRIED.
- 00:13:55.090 --> 00:13:56.592
- FRIEND IS GETTING MARRIED. OUR CO-WORKER GOT PROMOTED.
- 00:13:56.659 --> 00:13:58.160
- OUR CO-WORKER GOT PROMOTED. THE NEIGHBORS MOVED INTO A
- 00:13:58.227 --> 00:13:59.161
- THE NEIGHBORS MOVED INTO A NEW HOUSE.
- 00:13:59.228 --> 00:13:59.962
- NEW HOUSE. WE GOT TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN.
- 00:14:00.029 --> 00:14:01.297
- WE GOT TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN. WE'RE BEING LEFT OUT.
- 00:14:01.363 --> 00:14:02.798
- WE'RE BEING LEFT OUT. WELL, HERE'S THE KEY: WHAT
- 00:14:02.865 --> 00:14:04.199
- WELL, HERE'S THE KEY: WHAT HAS YOUR NAME ON IT WILL NOT
- 00:14:04.266 --> 00:14:06.168
- HAS YOUR NAME ON IT WILL NOT GO TO ANYONE ELSE.
- 00:14:06.235 --> 00:14:07.937
- GO TO ANYONE ELSE. WHAT BELONGS TO YOU WILL NOT
- 00:14:08.003 --> 00:14:09.872
- WHAT BELONGS TO YOU WILL NOT GO TO ANOTHER PERSON.
- 00:14:09.939 --> 00:14:11.373
- GO TO ANOTHER PERSON. "WELL, JOEL, THIS GUY MAY GET
- 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.142
- "WELL, JOEL, THIS GUY MAY GET AWAY.
- 00:14:13.208 --> 00:14:13.742
- AWAY. IF I DON'T DO SOMETHING NOW,
- 00:14:13.809 --> 00:14:15.244
- IF I DON'T DO SOMETHING NOW, IF I DON'T COMPROMISE, HE MAY
- 00:14:15.311 --> 00:14:16.946
- IF I DON'T COMPROMISE, HE MAY NOT STICK AROUND."
- 00:14:17.012 --> 00:14:18.347
- NOT STICK AROUND." IF YOU HAVE TO COMPROMISE,
- 00:14:18.414 --> 00:14:19.648
- IF YOU HAVE TO COMPROMISE, HE'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE.
- 00:14:19.715 --> 00:14:21.250
- HE'S NOT THE RIGHT ONE. GOD HAS SOMEBODY ORDAINED FOR
- 00:14:21.317 --> 00:14:23.018
- GOD HAS SOMEBODY ORDAINED FOR YOU, SOMEBODY BETTER THAN YOU
- 00:14:23.085 --> 00:14:25.087
- YOU, SOMEBODY BETTER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
- 00:14:25.154 --> 00:14:26.322
- CAN IMAGINE. YOU WON'T HAVE TO BEG THEM TO
- 00:14:26.388 --> 00:14:27.589
- YOU WON'T HAVE TO BEG THEM TO STAY, TALK THEM INTO CALLING
- 00:14:27.656 --> 00:14:29.625
- STAY, TALK THEM INTO CALLING YOU, CONVINCE THEM TO
- 00:14:29.692 --> 00:14:30.859
- YOU, CONVINCE THEM TO SPENDING TIME.
- 00:14:30.926 --> 00:14:31.927
- SPENDING TIME. THEY'LL BE SO IN LOVE WITH
- 00:14:31.994 --> 00:14:33.262
- THEY'LL BE SO IN LOVE WITH YOU, YOU CAN'T GET RID OF
- 00:14:33.329 --> 00:14:34.196
- YOU, YOU CAN'T GET RID OF THEM.
- 00:14:34.263 --> 00:14:34.797
- THEM. THEY'LL TREAT YOU LIKE A
- 00:14:34.863 --> 00:14:35.597
- THEY'LL TREAT YOU LIKE A QUEEN, LIKE A KING.
- 00:14:35.664 --> 00:14:37.766
- QUEEN, LIKE A KING. STAY IN THAT WAIT ROOM, BE
- 00:14:37.833 --> 00:14:39.635
- STAY IN THAT WAIT ROOM, BE PATIENT.
- 00:14:39.702 --> 00:14:40.636
- PATIENT. YOU MAY BE READY, BUT GOD'S
- 00:14:40.703 --> 00:14:41.971
- YOU MAY BE READY, BUT GOD'S STILL WORKING ON THE OTHER
- 00:14:42.037 --> 00:14:42.972
- STILL WORKING ON THE OTHER PERSON.
- 00:14:43.038 --> 00:14:43.906
- PERSON. DAVID WAS OUT IN THE
- 00:14:43.973 --> 00:14:45.074
- DAVID WAS OUT IN THE SHEPHERDS' FIELDS WHEN THE
- 00:14:45.140 --> 00:14:46.575
- SHEPHERDS' FIELDS WHEN THE PROPHET SAMUEL CAME TO HIS
- 00:14:46.642 --> 00:14:48.043
- PROPHET SAMUEL CAME TO HIS HOUSE TO ANOINT ONE OF THE
- 00:14:48.110 --> 00:14:49.545
- HOUSE TO ANOINT ONE OF THE SONS AS THE NEXT KING.
- 00:14:49.611 --> 00:14:51.547
- SONS AS THE NEXT KING. DAVID'S FATHER, JESSE, DIDN'T
- 00:14:51.613 --> 00:14:53.816
- DAVID'S FATHER, JESSE, DIDN'T EVEN BRING DAVID IN.
- 00:14:53.882 --> 00:14:55.751
- EVEN BRING DAVID IN. HE THOUGHT, "THERE'S NO WAY
- 00:14:55.818 --> 00:14:56.552
- HE THOUGHT, "THERE'S NO WAY IT'S DAVID.
- 00:14:56.618 --> 00:14:57.252
- IT'S DAVID. HE'S TOO YOUNG."
- 00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:58.654
- HE'S TOO YOUNG." WHEN SAMUEL WENT TO POUR THE
- 00:14:58.721 --> 00:15:00.689
- WHEN SAMUEL WENT TO POUR THE OIL ON THE OTHER SEVEN SONS,
- 00:15:00.756 --> 00:15:02.925
- OIL ON THE OTHER SEVEN SONS, THE OIL WOULDN'T FLOW.
- 00:15:02.992 --> 00:15:04.326
- THE OIL WOULDN'T FLOW. I CAN IMAGINE HIM TURNING THE
- 00:15:04.393 --> 00:15:06.228
- I CAN IMAGINE HIM TURNING THE BOTTLE UPSIDE DOWN, HITTING
- 00:15:06.295 --> 00:15:07.429
- BOTTLE UPSIDE DOWN, HITTING IT.
- 00:15:07.496 --> 00:15:08.063
- IT. NOTHING WOULD COME OUT.
- 00:15:08.130 --> 00:15:09.398
- NOTHING WOULD COME OUT. GOD WAS SHOWING US, NO MATTER
- 00:15:09.465 --> 00:15:11.166
- GOD WAS SHOWING US, NO MATTER HOW HARD SOMEONE TRIES TO GET
- 00:15:11.233 --> 00:15:13.369
- HOW HARD SOMEONE TRIES TO GET WHAT'S YOURS, THEY MAY
- 00:15:13.435 --> 00:15:14.737
- WHAT'S YOURS, THEY MAY MANIPULATE, CONNIVE, IGNORE,
- 00:15:14.803 --> 00:15:16.672
- MANIPULATE, CONNIVE, IGNORE, LEAVE YOU OUT, THE OIL IS NOT
- 00:15:16.739 --> 00:15:18.741
- LEAVE YOU OUT, THE OIL IS NOT GOING TO FLOW TO THEM.
- 00:15:18.807 --> 00:15:20.509
- GOING TO FLOW TO THEM. WHAT HAS YOUR NAME ON IT IS
- 00:15:20.576 --> 00:15:22.411
- WHAT HAS YOUR NAME ON IT IS COMING YOUR WAY.
- 00:15:22.478 --> 00:15:23.078
- COMING YOUR WAY. THE PERSON, THE JOB, THE
- 00:15:23.145 --> 00:15:25.581
- THE PERSON, THE JOB, THE HOUSE, THE OPPORTUNITY, THE
- 00:15:25.647 --> 00:15:26.882
- HOUSE, THE OPPORTUNITY, THE PROMOTION CANNOT GO TO ANYONE
- 00:15:26.949 --> 00:15:29.084
- PROMOTION CANNOT GO TO ANYONE ELSE.
- 00:15:29.151 --> 00:15:30.119
- ELSE. THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE TO
- 00:15:30.185 --> 00:15:31.120
- THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE TO LIVE JEALOUS OR ENVIOUS OF
- 00:15:31.186 --> 00:15:32.988
- LIVE JEALOUS OR ENVIOUS OF OTHER PEOPLE.
- 00:15:33.055 --> 00:15:34.089
- OTHER PEOPLE. "WELL, JOEL, MY COWORKER GOT
- 00:15:34.156 --> 00:15:35.791
- "WELL, JOEL, MY COWORKER GOT THE PROMOTION THAT I WORKED
- 00:15:35.858 --> 00:15:36.925
- THE PROMOTION THAT I WORKED SO HARD FOR.
- 00:15:36.992 --> 00:15:37.960
- SO HARD FOR. THEY PLAYED POLITICS.
- 00:15:38.027 --> 00:15:39.194
- THEY PLAYED POLITICS. IT WASN'T FAIR."
- 00:15:39.261 --> 00:15:40.529
- IT WASN'T FAIR." IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
- 00:15:40.596 --> 00:15:41.697
- IF IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YOURS, YOU WOULD HAVE IT.
- 00:15:41.764 --> 00:15:43.499
- YOURS, YOU WOULD HAVE IT. STAY IN THE WAIT ROOM.
- 00:15:43.565 --> 00:15:45.100
- STAY IN THE WAIT ROOM. KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE, KEEP
- 00:15:45.167 --> 00:15:46.702
- KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE, KEEP GROWING, KEEP PASSING THE
- 00:15:46.769 --> 00:15:48.103
- GROWING, KEEP PASSING THE TEST.
- 00:15:48.170 --> 00:15:48.904
- TEST. WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU IS ON
- 00:15:48.971 --> 00:15:50.839
- WHAT GOD HAS FOR YOU IS ON THE WAY.
- 00:15:50.906 --> 00:15:51.874
- THE WAY. THE REASON IT'S TAKING LONGER
- 00:15:51.940 --> 00:15:54.043
- THE REASON IT'S TAKING LONGER IS BECAUSE IT'S MUCH BIGGER,
- 00:15:54.109 --> 00:15:55.911
- IS BECAUSE IT'S MUCH BIGGER, MUCH MORE REWARDING THAN YOU
- 00:15:55.978 --> 00:15:57.179
- MUCH MORE REWARDING THAN YOU THOUGHT.
- 00:15:57.246 --> 00:15:58.013
- THOUGHT. WHEN YOU SEE WHAT GOD DID,
- 00:15:58.080 --> 00:15:59.748
- WHEN YOU SEE WHAT GOD DID, YOU'LL SAY, "IT WAS WORTH THE
- 00:15:59.815 --> 00:16:01.250
- YOU'LL SAY, "IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT."
- 00:16:01.316 --> 00:16:02.251
- WAIT." WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON GOD
- 00:16:02.317 --> 00:16:03.886
- WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON GOD BRINGS INTO YOUR LIFE,
- 00:16:03.952 --> 00:16:05.187
- BRINGS INTO YOUR LIFE, SOMEBODY BETTER THAN YOU
- 00:16:05.254 --> 00:16:06.221
- SOMEBODY BETTER THAN YOU DREAMED, YOU'LL SAY, "IT WAS
- 00:16:06.288 --> 00:16:07.689
- DREAMED, YOU'LL SAY, "IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT."
- 00:16:07.756 --> 00:16:09.158
- WORTH THE WAIT." THE CONTRACT DIDN'T GO
- 00:16:09.224 --> 00:16:10.325
- THE CONTRACT DIDN'T GO THROUGH FOR THE LAST HOUSE.
- 00:16:10.392 --> 00:16:11.760
- THROUGH FOR THE LAST HOUSE. YOU WERE DISAPPOINTED.
- 00:16:11.827 --> 00:16:13.062
- YOU WERE DISAPPOINTED. WHEN YOU SEE THE NEW DOOR GOD
- 00:16:13.128 --> 00:16:14.596
- WHEN YOU SEE THE NEW DOOR GOD OPENS, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY,
- 00:16:14.663 --> 00:16:15.898
- OPENS, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, "IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT."
- 00:16:15.964 --> 00:16:17.966
- "IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT." WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO BUY
- 00:16:18.033 --> 00:16:19.134
- WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO BUY PROPERTY TO BUILD A NEW
- 00:16:19.201 --> 00:16:20.602
- PROPERTY TO BUILD A NEW SANCTUARY, TWICE, THE LAND
- 00:16:20.669 --> 00:16:22.771
- SANCTUARY, TWICE, THE LAND WAS SOLD OUT FROM UNDER US.
- 00:16:22.838 --> 00:16:24.440
- WAS SOLD OUT FROM UNDER US. I WAS DISAPPOINTED.
- 00:16:24.506 --> 00:16:25.808
- I WAS DISAPPOINTED. I THOUGHT THE DREAM WAS
- 00:16:25.874 --> 00:16:26.708
- I THOUGHT THE DREAM WAS COMING TRUE, BUT GOD SENT ME
- 00:16:26.775 --> 00:16:28.444
- COMING TRUE, BUT GOD SENT ME BACK TO THE WAIT ROOM.
- 00:16:28.510 --> 00:16:30.145
- BACK TO THE WAIT ROOM. SEEMED LIKE WE WERE STUCK.
- 00:16:30.212 --> 00:16:31.113
- SEEMED LIKE WE WERE STUCK. OUT OF NOWHERE, THE COMPAQ
- 00:16:31.180 --> 00:16:33.582
- OUT OF NOWHERE, THE COMPAQ CENTER OPENED UP.
- 00:16:33.649 --> 00:16:34.716
- CENTER OPENED UP. I DIDN'T GO AFTER IT.
- 00:16:34.783 --> 00:16:35.617
- I DIDN'T GO AFTER IT. IT CAME AFTER ME.
- 00:16:35.684 --> 00:16:37.419
- IT CAME AFTER ME. I CAN TELL YOU, STANDING HERE
- 00:16:37.486 --> 00:16:38.620
- I CAN TELL YOU, STANDING HERE TODAY, IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.
- 00:16:38.687 --> 00:16:40.689
- TODAY, IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT. YOU COULDN'T PAY ME TO TAKE
- 00:16:40.756 --> 00:16:42.091
- YOU COULDN'T PAY ME TO TAKE THOSE OTHER PROPERTIES.
- 00:16:42.157 --> 00:16:43.225
- THOSE OTHER PROPERTIES. THIS IS WHAT GOD HAD IN MIND,
- 00:16:43.292 --> 00:16:45.060
- THIS IS WHAT GOD HAD IN MIND, SOMETHING MORE THAN WE COULD
- 00:16:45.127 --> 00:16:46.161
- SOMETHING MORE THAN WE COULD IMAGINE.
- 00:16:46.228 --> 00:16:46.728
- IMAGINE. NOW, MAYBE THE DOOR DIDN'T
- 00:16:46.795 --> 00:16:49.331
- NOW, MAYBE THE DOOR DIDN'T OPEN FOR YOU.
- 00:16:49.398 --> 00:16:50.532
- OPEN FOR YOU. THE JOB, THE POSITION, THE
- 00:16:50.599 --> 00:16:51.967
- THE JOB, THE POSITION, THE RELATIONSHIP DIDN'T WORK OUT.
- 00:16:52.034 --> 00:16:53.502
- RELATIONSHIP DIDN'T WORK OUT. THAT MEANS GOD HAS SOMETHING
- 00:16:53.569 --> 00:16:55.370
- THAT MEANS GOD HAS SOMETHING BETTER.
- 00:16:55.437 --> 00:16:56.171
- BETTER. STAY IN FAITH, AND ONE DAY,
- 00:16:56.238 --> 00:16:57.840
- STAY IN FAITH, AND ONE DAY, YOU'LL SEE IT WAS WORTH THE
- 00:16:57.906 --> 00:16:59.408
- YOU'LL SEE IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT.
- 00:16:59.475 --> 00:17:00.442
- WAIT. I READ WHERE AN ELEPHANT IS
- 00:17:00.509 --> 00:17:02.244
- I READ WHERE AN ELEPHANT IS PREGNANT FOR ALMOST TWO
- 00:17:02.311 --> 00:17:03.712
- PREGNANT FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS, THE ANIMAL IS SO
- 00:17:03.779 --> 00:17:05.514
- YEARS, THE ANIMAL IS SO LARGE, TAKES A LONG TIME FOR
- 00:17:05.581 --> 00:17:07.282
- LARGE, TAKES A LONG TIME FOR THE BABY ELEPHANT TO DEVELOP.
- 00:17:07.349 --> 00:17:09.485
- THE BABY ELEPHANT TO DEVELOP. ELEPHANT'S GIVE BIRTH TO ONLY
- 00:17:09.551 --> 00:17:11.253
- ELEPHANT'S GIVE BIRTH TO ONLY ONE BABY PER PREGNANCY.
- 00:17:11.320 --> 00:17:13.655
- ONE BABY PER PREGNANCY. A DOG, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS
- 00:17:13.722 --> 00:17:15.491
- A DOG, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS PREGNANT FOR ONLY 63 DAYS.
- 00:17:15.557 --> 00:17:18.227
- PREGNANT FOR ONLY 63 DAYS. AFTER TWO MONTHS, THE MOTHER
- 00:17:18.293 --> 00:17:20.162
- AFTER TWO MONTHS, THE MOTHER CAN GIVE BIRTH FROM BETWEEN
- 00:17:20.229 --> 00:17:21.930
- CAN GIVE BIRTH FROM BETWEEN FIVE AND EIGHT PUPPIES,
- 00:17:21.997 --> 00:17:23.432
- FIVE AND EIGHT PUPPIES, TYPICALLY.
- 00:17:23.499 --> 00:17:24.500
- TYPICALLY. IMAGINE THE ELEPHANT AND DOG
- 00:17:24.566 --> 00:17:26.301
- IMAGINE THE ELEPHANT AND DOG HAVING A CONVERSATION.
- 00:17:26.368 --> 00:17:27.936
- HAVING A CONVERSATION. THE DOG SAYS, "I DON'T THINK
- 00:17:28.003 --> 00:17:29.771
- THE DOG SAYS, "I DON'T THINK YOU'RE PREGNANT.
- 00:17:29.838 --> 00:17:30.772
- YOU'RE PREGNANT. I GAVE BIRTH AFTER TWO
- 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.974
- I GAVE BIRTH AFTER TWO MONTHS.
- 00:17:32.040 --> 00:17:32.608
- MONTHS. SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOU."
- 00:17:32.674 --> 00:17:34.376
- SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH YOU." THE DOG GOES OUT AND GETS
- 00:17:34.443 --> 00:17:35.544
- THE DOG GOES OUT AND GETS PREGNANT AGAIN AND AGAIN,
- 00:17:35.611 --> 00:17:36.712
- PREGNANT AGAIN AND AGAIN, GIVING BIRTH EVERY SEVERAL
- 00:17:36.778 --> 00:17:38.947
- GIVING BIRTH EVERY SEVERAL MONTHS.
- 00:17:39.014 --> 00:17:39.648
- MONTHS. TWO YEARS LATER, THE DOG
- 00:17:39.715 --> 00:17:41.517
- TWO YEARS LATER, THE DOG COMES BACK TO THE ELEPHANT
- 00:17:41.583 --> 00:17:42.851
- COMES BACK TO THE ELEPHANT WITH 30 PUPPIES FOLLOWING.
- 00:17:42.918 --> 00:17:44.920
- WITH 30 PUPPIES FOLLOWING. HE SAYS, "I KNOW YOU'RE NOT
- 00:17:44.987 --> 00:17:46.388
- HE SAYS, "I KNOW YOU'RE NOT PREGNANT NOW.
- 00:17:46.455 --> 00:17:47.222
- PREGNANT NOW. LOOK AT ALL THESE PUPPIES.
- 00:17:47.289 --> 00:17:48.790
- LOOK AT ALL THESE PUPPIES. I'VE GIVEN BIRTH MULTIPLE
- 00:17:48.857 --> 00:17:50.159
- I'VE GIVEN BIRTH MULTIPLE TIMES."
- 00:17:50.225 --> 00:17:51.193
- TIMES." THE ELEPHANT SAYS, "NO,
- 00:17:51.260 --> 00:17:52.261
- THE ELEPHANT SAYS, "NO, HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE: THE
- 00:17:52.327 --> 00:17:53.862
- HERE'S THE DIFFERENCE: THE REASON YOU'VE GIVEN BIRTH SO
- 00:17:53.929 --> 00:17:55.531
- REASON YOU'VE GIVEN BIRTH SO MANY TIMES AND I'M STILL
- 00:17:55.597 --> 00:17:57.266
- MANY TIMES AND I'M STILL PREGNANT IS BECAUSE WHAT I'M
- 00:17:57.332 --> 00:17:59.101
- PREGNANT IS BECAUSE WHAT I'M CARRYING IS NOT SOMETHING
- 00:17:59.168 --> 00:18:00.736
- CARRYING IS NOT SOMETHING COMMON, NOT SOMETHING USUAL.
- 00:18:00.802 --> 00:18:02.905
- COMMON, NOT SOMETHING USUAL. I'M ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO
- 00:18:02.971 --> 00:18:04.306
- I'M ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING BIG, SOMETHING OUT
- 00:18:04.373 --> 00:18:06.241
- SOMETHING BIG, SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY."
- 00:18:06.308 --> 00:18:08.010
- OF THE ORDINARY." MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT
- 00:18:08.076 --> 00:18:09.044
- MAYBE YOU'VE BEEN IN THAT WAIT ROOM A LONG TIME.
- 00:18:09.111 --> 00:18:10.646
- WAIT ROOM A LONG TIME. YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE ACCOMPLISH
- 00:18:10.712 --> 00:18:12.047
- YOU'VE SEEN PEOPLE ACCOMPLISH DREAMS, GET MARRIED, MOVE
- 00:18:12.114 --> 00:18:13.782
- DREAMS, GET MARRIED, MOVE INTO THEIR HOUSES.
- 00:18:13.849 --> 00:18:14.716
- INTO THEIR HOUSES. THAT'S GREAT.
- 00:18:14.783 --> 00:18:15.651
- THAT'S GREAT. BE HAPPY FOR THEM.
- 00:18:15.717 --> 00:18:16.919
- BE HAPPY FOR THEM. BUT THE REASON IT'S TAKING SO
- 00:18:16.985 --> 00:18:18.787
- BUT THE REASON IT'S TAKING SO LONG FOR YOU, IS BECAUSE WHAT
- 00:18:18.854 --> 00:18:20.722
- LONG FOR YOU, IS BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE CARRYING IS NOT A
- 00:18:20.789 --> 00:18:22.191
- YOU'RE CARRYING IS NOT A PUPPY.
- 00:18:22.257 --> 00:18:23.025
- PUPPY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING SMALL.
- 00:18:23.091 --> 00:18:24.593
- IT'S NOT SOMETHING SMALL. YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO
- 00:18:24.660 --> 00:18:26.361
- YOU'RE ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW WAS
- 00:18:26.428 --> 00:18:27.729
- SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T KNOW WAS IN YOU.
- 00:18:27.796 --> 00:18:28.530
- IN YOU. GOD'S ABOUT TO OPEN A DOOR
- 00:18:28.597 --> 00:18:30.199
- GOD'S ABOUT TO OPEN A DOOR THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING.
- 00:18:30.265 --> 00:18:32.301
- THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. I THOUGHT I WAS CARRYING A
- 00:18:32.367 --> 00:18:34.770
- I THOUGHT I WAS CARRYING A PUPPY.
- 00:18:34.836 --> 00:18:35.370
- PUPPY. I DIDN'T KNOW A COMPAQ CENTER
- 00:18:35.437 --> 00:18:36.438
- I DIDN'T KNOW A COMPAQ CENTER WAS IN ME.
- 00:18:36.505 --> 00:18:38.473
- WAS IN ME. DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE
- 00:18:38.540 --> 00:18:40.008
- DON'T GET DISCOURAGED BECAUSE IT'S TAKEN LONGER.
- 00:18:40.075 --> 00:18:41.276
- IT'S TAKEN LONGER. THAT'S A SIGN THAT YOU'RE
- 00:18:41.343 --> 00:18:42.511
- THAT'S A SIGN THAT YOU'RE CARRYING AN ELEPHANT.
- 00:18:42.578 --> 00:18:44.112
- CARRYING AN ELEPHANT. WHAT YOU GIVE BIRTH TO IS
- 00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:45.914
- WHAT YOU GIVE BIRTH TO IS GOING TO SURPRISE PEOPLE: A
- 00:18:45.981 --> 00:18:47.649
- GOING TO SURPRISE PEOPLE: A DREAM, A MINISTRY, A BUSINESS
- 00:18:47.716 --> 00:18:49.718
- DREAM, A MINISTRY, A BUSINESS THAT TOUCHES THE WORLD.
- 00:18:49.785 --> 00:18:51.353
- THAT TOUCHES THE WORLD. YOU'RE GOING TO GO FURTHER
- 00:18:51.420 --> 00:18:52.554
- YOU'RE GOING TO GO FURTHER THAN YOU THOUGHT, MAKE A
- 00:18:52.621 --> 00:18:53.989
- THAN YOU THOUGHT, MAKE A GREATER IMPACT THAN YOU'VE
- 00:18:54.056 --> 00:18:55.624
- GREATER IMPACT THAN YOU'VE IMAGINED.
- 00:18:55.691 --> 00:18:56.358
- IMAGINED. THAT'S WHY YOU'VE BEEN IN THE
- 00:18:56.425 --> 00:18:57.392
- THAT'S WHY YOU'VE BEEN IN THE WAIT ROOM SO LONG.
- 00:18:57.459 --> 00:18:59.228
- WAIT ROOM SO LONG. WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU, "I
- 00:18:59.294 --> 00:19:00.128
- WHEN PEOPLE TELL YOU, "I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK
- 00:19:00.195 --> 00:19:01.330
- DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE PREGNANT.
- 00:19:01.396 --> 00:19:02.364
- YOU'RE PREGNANT. IT WOULD'VE HAPPENED BY NOW";
- 00:19:02.431 --> 00:19:03.865
- IT WOULD'VE HAPPENED BY NOW"; "YOU STILL THINK YOU'RE GOING
- 00:19:03.932 --> 00:19:04.933
- "YOU STILL THINK YOU'RE GOING TO MEET THE RIGHT PERSON?
- 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:06.301
- TO MEET THE RIGHT PERSON? STILL THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
- 00:19:06.368 --> 00:19:07.135
- STILL THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE PROMOTION?
- 00:19:07.202 --> 00:19:07.903
- GET THE PROMOTION? STILL THINK YOU'RE GOING TO
- 00:19:07.970 --> 00:19:08.870
- STILL THINK YOU'RE GOING TO PAY YOUR HOUSE OFF?
- 00:19:08.937 --> 00:19:10.005
- PAY YOUR HOUSE OFF? YOU'VE BEEN BELIEVING A LONG
- 00:19:10.072 --> 00:19:11.139
- YOU'VE BEEN BELIEVING A LONG TIME," JUST SAY, "YEAH, I
- 00:19:11.206 --> 00:19:12.841
- TIME," JUST SAY, "YEAH, I KNOW A SECRET.
- 00:19:12.908 --> 00:19:13.775
- KNOW A SECRET. I'M CARRYING AN ELEPHANT."
- 00:19:13.842 --> 00:19:15.644
- I'M CARRYING AN ELEPHANT." WHEN YOU GIVE BIRTH, YOU'RE
- 00:19:15.711 --> 00:19:16.712
- WHEN YOU GIVE BIRTH, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, "LOOK WHAT THE
- 00:19:16.778 --> 00:19:17.846
- GOING TO SAY, "LOOK WHAT THE LORD HAS DONE."
- 00:19:17.913 --> 00:19:18.714
- LORD HAS DONE." IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN
- 00:19:18.780 --> 00:19:20.148
- IT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN YOU'VE IMAGINED.
- 00:19:20.215 --> 00:19:20.749
- YOU'VE IMAGINED. A FRIEND OF MINE THAT ATTENDS
- 00:19:20.816 --> 00:19:23.552
- A FRIEND OF MINE THAT ATTENDS LAKEWOOD WITH HIS FAMILY, HE
- 00:19:23.619 --> 00:19:25.354
- LAKEWOOD WITH HIS FAMILY, HE GREW UP IN SOUTH AMERICA.
- 00:19:25.420 --> 00:19:27.122
- GREW UP IN SOUTH AMERICA. HE GOT INVOLVED IN THE
- 00:19:27.189 --> 00:19:28.223
- HE GOT INVOLVED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL
- 00:19:28.290 --> 00:19:29.691
- MANAGEMENT OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL, RIGHT OUT OF
- 00:19:29.758 --> 00:19:31.193
- BASKETBALL, RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE.
- 00:19:31.260 --> 00:19:32.094
- COLLEGE. HE'S WORKED FOR THE HOUSTON
- 00:19:32.160 --> 00:19:33.262
- HE'S WORKED FOR THE HOUSTON ROCKETS AS AN ASSISTANT TO
- 00:19:33.328 --> 00:19:34.963
- ROCKETS AS AN ASSISTANT TO THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR
- 00:19:35.030 --> 00:19:36.164
- THE GENERAL MANAGER FOR YEARS.
- 00:19:36.231 --> 00:19:37.032
- YEARS. HIS DREAM IS TO BECOME A
- 00:19:37.099 --> 00:19:38.634
- HIS DREAM IS TO BECOME A GENERAL MANAGER.
- 00:19:38.700 --> 00:19:39.835
- GENERAL MANAGER. SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES OPENED
- 00:19:39.901 --> 00:19:41.570
- SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES OPENED UP.
- 00:19:41.637 --> 00:19:42.304
- UP. HE WENT AND INTERVIEWED, BIG
- 00:19:42.371 --> 00:19:44.172
- HE WENT AND INTERVIEWED, BIG POSITIONS, HAD HIS HOPES UP,
- 00:19:44.239 --> 00:19:46.275
- POSITIONS, HAD HIS HOPES UP, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT.
- 00:19:46.341 --> 00:19:47.776
- BUT IT DIDN'T WORK OUT. I TALKED TO HIM A COUPLE OF
- 00:19:47.843 --> 00:19:48.810
- I TALKED TO HIM A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER HE WAS TURNED
- 00:19:48.877 --> 00:19:50.279
- YEARS AFTER HE WAS TURNED DOWN BY ANOTHER TEAM.
- 00:19:50.345 --> 00:19:51.580
- DOWN BY ANOTHER TEAM. HE WAS SO CLOSE, BUT THEY
- 00:19:51.647 --> 00:19:53.248
- HE WAS SO CLOSE, BUT THEY SAID, "NO," AND CHOSE
- 00:19:53.315 --> 00:19:54.549
- SAID, "NO," AND CHOSE SOMEBODY ELSE.
- 00:19:54.616 --> 00:19:55.851
- SOMEBODY ELSE. THESE DOORS KEPT CLOSING.
- 00:19:55.917 --> 00:19:57.953
- THESE DOORS KEPT CLOSING. HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT
- 00:19:58.020 --> 00:19:59.421
- HE DIDN'T UNDERSTAND IT, BUT HE KEPT BEING HIS BEST.
- 00:19:59.488 --> 00:20:01.156
- HE KEPT BEING HIS BEST. HE WAS IN THE WAIT ROOM.
- 00:20:01.223 --> 00:20:02.791
- HE WAS IN THE WAIT ROOM. OTHERS WERE BEING PROMOTED.
- 00:20:02.858 --> 00:20:04.526
- OTHERS WERE BEING PROMOTED. SEEMED LIKE HE WAS BEING
- 00:20:04.593 --> 00:20:05.627
- SEEMED LIKE HE WAS BEING BYPASSED, BUT WHAT HAS YOUR
- 00:20:05.694 --> 00:20:07.796
- BYPASSED, BUT WHAT HAS YOUR NAME ON IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO
- 00:20:07.863 --> 00:20:09.364
- NAME ON IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO GO TO ANYONE ELSE.
- 00:20:09.431 --> 00:20:10.932
- GO TO ANYONE ELSE. IN THE SAME WAY, YOU CAN'T
- 00:20:10.999 --> 00:20:12.934
- IN THE SAME WAY, YOU CAN'T OPEN A DOOR THAT GOD HAS
- 00:20:13.001 --> 00:20:14.736
- OPEN A DOOR THAT GOD HAS CLOSED, AND SOMETIMES GOD HAS
- 00:20:14.803 --> 00:20:17.139
- CLOSED, AND SOMETIMES GOD HAS TO SHUT THE DOOR BECAUSE WHAT
- 00:20:17.205 --> 00:20:19.007
- TO SHUT THE DOOR BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE BELIEVING FOR IS TOO
- 00:20:19.074 --> 00:20:20.342
- WE'RE BELIEVING FOR IS TOO SMALL.
- 00:20:20.409 --> 00:20:21.276
- SMALL. GOD HAS SOMETHING MUCH
- 00:20:21.343 --> 00:20:22.778
- GOD HAS SOMETHING MUCH BIGGER.
- 00:20:22.844 --> 00:20:23.578
- BIGGER. HE LOVES YOU TOO MUCH TO LET
- 00:20:23.645 --> 00:20:25.247
- HE LOVES YOU TOO MUCH TO LET YOU MISS YOUR DESTINY.
- 00:20:25.314 --> 00:20:27.082
- YOU MISS YOUR DESTINY. AFTER BEING TURNED DOWN AGAIN
- 00:20:27.149 --> 00:20:28.517
- AFTER BEING TURNED DOWN AGAIN AND AGAIN, A FEW MONTHS AGO,
- 00:20:28.583 --> 00:20:30.419
- AND AGAIN, A FEW MONTHS AGO, HE FLEW TO MINNESOTA TO
- 00:20:30.485 --> 00:20:32.387
- HE FLEW TO MINNESOTA TO INTERVIEW WITH THE
- 00:20:32.454 --> 00:20:33.088
- INTERVIEW WITH THE TIMBERWOLVES PROFESSIONAL
- 00:20:33.155 --> 00:20:34.623
- TIMBERWOLVES PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL TEAM.
- 00:20:34.690 --> 00:20:36.124
- BASKETBALL TEAM. THEY DIDN'T JUST OFFER HIM
- 00:20:36.191 --> 00:20:37.893
- THEY DIDN'T JUST OFFER HIM THE POSITION OF GENERAL
- 00:20:37.959 --> 00:20:39.027
- THE POSITION OF GENERAL MANAGER, LIKE HE WAS HOPING.
- 00:20:39.094 --> 00:20:41.163
- MANAGER, LIKE HE WAS HOPING. THEY OFFERED HIM THE POSITION
- 00:20:41.229 --> 00:20:42.664
- THEY OFFERED HIM THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT OF THE WHOLE
- 00:20:42.731 --> 00:20:44.166
- OF PRESIDENT OF THE WHOLE ORGANIZATION.
- 00:20:44.232 --> 00:20:45.334
- ORGANIZATION. ONE REPORT SAID, "THEY GAVE
- 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:47.069
- ONE REPORT SAID, "THEY GAVE HIM THE KEYS TO THE CAR."
- 00:20:47.135 --> 00:20:49.604
- HIM THE KEYS TO THE CAR." NOW MY FRIEND GERSSON ROSAS
- 00:20:49.671 --> 00:20:50.939
- NOW MY FRIEND GERSSON ROSAS IS THE HIGHEST-RANKING LATINO
- 00:20:51.006 --> 00:20:53.008
- IS THE HIGHEST-RANKING LATINO IN ALL OF PROFESSIONAL
- 00:20:53.075 --> 00:20:54.242
- IN ALL OF PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL.
- 00:20:54.309 --> 00:20:57.346
- BASKETBALL. WHEN IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN
- 00:20:57.412 --> 00:20:58.680
- WHEN IT'S TAKING LONGER THAN YOU THOUGHT, IT'S BECAUSE
- 00:20:58.747 --> 00:21:00.849
- YOU THOUGHT, IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE BIRTH TO
- 00:21:00.916 --> 00:21:01.783
- YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE BIRTH TO AN ELEPHANT, SOMETHING
- 00:21:01.850 --> 00:21:03.218
- AN ELEPHANT, SOMETHING BIGGER, SOMETHING MORE
- 00:21:03.285 --> 00:21:04.653
- BIGGER, SOMETHING MORE REWARDING THAN YOU'VE
- 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.721
- REWARDING THAN YOU'VE IMAGINED.
- 00:21:05.787 --> 00:21:06.822
- IMAGINED. NOW, KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE IN
- 00:21:06.888 --> 00:21:08.623
- NOW, KEEP A GOOD ATTITUDE IN THE WAIT ROOM.
- 00:21:08.690 --> 00:21:09.791
- THE WAIT ROOM. WHEN DOORS ARE CLOSING, WHEN
- 00:21:09.858 --> 00:21:11.560
- WHEN DOORS ARE CLOSING, WHEN YOU'RE BEING BYPASSED, CAN I
- 00:21:11.626 --> 00:21:12.994
- YOU'RE BEING BYPASSED, CAN I ENCOURAGE YOU?
- 00:21:13.061 --> 00:21:13.929
- ENCOURAGE YOU? YOUR TIME IS COMING.
- 00:21:13.995 --> 00:21:15.797
- YOUR TIME IS COMING. THERE'S A BIRTH IN YOUR
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- THERE'S A BIRTH IN YOUR FUTURE.
- 00:21:17.032 --> 00:21:17.799
- FUTURE. THERE'S SOMETHING BIG,
- 00:21:17.866 --> 00:21:19.301
- THERE'S SOMETHING BIG, SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN'T
- 00:21:19.368 --> 00:21:20.135
- SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING.
- 00:21:20.202 --> 00:21:21.370
- EXPECTING. WHEN YOU SEE WHAT GOD WAS UP
- 00:21:21.436 --> 00:21:23.071
- WHEN YOU SEE WHAT GOD WAS UP TO, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK
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- TO, YOU'RE GOING TO LOOK BACK AND SAY, LIKE MY FRIEND
- 00:21:24.773 --> 00:21:25.273
- AND SAY, LIKE MY FRIEND GERSSON, "IT WAS WORTH THE
- 00:21:25.340 --> 00:21:27.109
- GERSSON, "IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT."
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- WAIT." PSALMS 37, SAYS, "DON'T BE
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- PSALMS 37, SAYS, "DON'T BE IMPATIENT FOR THE LORD TO
- 00:21:30.278 --> 00:21:31.646
- IMPATIENT FOR THE LORD TO ACT.
- 00:21:31.713 --> 00:21:32.447
- ACT. TRAVEL STEADY ALONG HIS PATH.
- 00:21:32.514 --> 00:21:34.716
- TRAVEL STEADY ALONG HIS PATH. HE WILL HONOR YOU AND GIVE
- 00:21:34.783 --> 00:21:36.485
- HE WILL HONOR YOU AND GIVE YOU THE LAND."
- 00:21:36.551 --> 00:21:37.986
- YOU THE LAND." WHEN YOU'RE FAITHFUL IN THE
- 00:21:38.053 --> 00:21:39.488
- WHEN YOU'RE FAITHFUL IN THE WAIT ROOM, WHEN YOU DON'T GET
- 00:21:39.554 --> 00:21:41.323
- WAIT ROOM, WHEN YOU DON'T GET IMPATIENT, YOU DON'T GET
- 00:21:41.390 --> 00:21:42.691
- IMPATIENT, YOU DON'T GET FRUSTRATED BY CLOSED DOORS,
- 00:21:42.758 --> 00:21:44.292
- FRUSTRATED BY CLOSED DOORS, YOU DON'T LIVE JEALOUS OF
- 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:45.427
- YOU DON'T LIVE JEALOUS OF OTHERS, BECAUSE YOU'RE
- 00:21:45.494 --> 00:21:46.862
- OTHERS, BECAUSE YOU'RE TRAVELING STEADY, HONORING
- 00:21:46.928 --> 00:21:48.864
- TRAVELING STEADY, HONORING GOD, HE WILL GIVE YOU THE
- 00:21:48.930 --> 00:21:50.499
- GOD, HE WILL GIVE YOU THE LAND.
- 00:21:50.565 --> 00:21:51.500
- LAND. THAT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO
- 00:21:51.566 --> 00:21:53.135
- THAT MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR
- 00:21:53.201 --> 00:21:54.403
- MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR OWN STRENGTH.
- 00:21:54.469 --> 00:21:55.637
- OWN STRENGTH. YOU DON'T HAVE TO MANIPULATE
- 00:21:55.704 --> 00:21:56.938
- YOU DON'T HAVE TO MANIPULATE PEOPLE, TRY TO FORCE THE
- 00:21:57.005 --> 00:21:58.407
- PEOPLE, TRY TO FORCE THE DOORS TO OPEN.
- 00:21:58.473 --> 00:21:59.741
- DOORS TO OPEN. GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE
- 00:21:59.808 --> 00:22:01.076
- GOD WILL GIVE YOU THE POSITION, GIVE YOU THE
- 00:22:01.143 --> 00:22:02.677
- POSITION, GIVE YOU THE SPOUSE, GIVE YOU THE
- 00:22:02.744 --> 00:22:04.012
- SPOUSE, GIVE YOU THE INFLUENCE, GIVE YOU THE
- 00:22:04.079 --> 00:22:05.313
- INFLUENCE, GIVE YOU THE COMPAQ CENTER.
- 00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.815
- COMPAQ CENTER. DON'T FIGHT THE WAIT ROOM.
- 00:22:06.882 --> 00:22:08.917
- DON'T FIGHT THE WAIT ROOM. YOU'RE NOT FALLING BEHIND.
- 00:22:08.984 --> 00:22:10.352
- YOU'RE NOT FALLING BEHIND. GOD HAS ALREADY LINED UP THE
- 00:22:10.419 --> 00:22:12.087
- GOD HAS ALREADY LINED UP THE LAND HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU.
- 00:22:12.154 --> 00:22:13.955
- LAND HE'S GOING TO GIVE YOU. HE'S ALREADY PUT YOUR NAME ON
- 00:22:14.022 --> 00:22:15.657
- HE'S ALREADY PUT YOUR NAME ON THINGS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN
- 00:22:15.724 --> 00:22:17.292
- THINGS BIGGER AND BETTER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE.
- 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.593
- YOU CAN IMAGINE. NOW KEEP TRAVELING STEADY,
- 00:22:18.660 --> 00:22:20.629
- NOW KEEP TRAVELING STEADY, KEEP TRUSTING GOD EVEN THOUGH
- 00:22:20.695 --> 00:22:22.564
- KEEP TRUSTING GOD EVEN THOUGH YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING
- 00:22:22.631 --> 00:22:23.932
- YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING CHANGING.
- 00:22:23.999 --> 00:22:25.267
- CHANGING. WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD,
- 00:22:25.333 --> 00:22:26.802
- WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, IT WAS CHRISTMASTIME.
- 00:22:26.868 --> 00:22:28.236
- IT WAS CHRISTMASTIME. I WENT WITH MY FATHER TO BUY
- 00:22:28.303 --> 00:22:29.905
- I WENT WITH MY FATHER TO BUY A BICYCLE FOR MY LITTLE
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- A BICYCLE FOR MY LITTLE SISTER APRIL.
- 00:22:31.406 --> 00:22:32.641
- SISTER APRIL. HE WANTED ME TO HELP PICK OUT
- 00:22:32.707 --> 00:22:34.176
- HE WANTED ME TO HELP PICK OUT WHAT I THOUGHT SHE WOULD
- 00:22:34.242 --> 00:22:34.976
- WHAT I THOUGHT SHE WOULD LIKE.
- 00:22:35.043 --> 00:22:35.777
- LIKE. WE WERE AT THE STORE, LOOKING
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- WE WERE AT THE STORE, LOOKING AT ALL THESE BIKES.
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- AT ALL THESE BIKES. HE HAD ME GET ON DIFFERENT
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- HE HAD ME GET ON DIFFERENT ONES TO TRY THEM ON, SEE IF I
- 00:22:39.981 --> 00:22:42.150
- ONES TO TRY THEM ON, SEE IF I THOUGHT THEY WOULD FIT HER.
- 00:22:42.217 --> 00:22:43.485
- THOUGHT THEY WOULD FIT HER. AFTER A HALF AN HOUR, WE
- 00:22:43.552 --> 00:22:44.553
- AFTER A HALF AN HOUR, WE PICKED HER OUT A BIKE.
- 00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.720
- PICKED HER OUT A BIKE. HE WAS GOING TO GO BACK LATER
- 00:22:45.787 --> 00:22:47.556
- HE WAS GOING TO GO BACK LATER AND GET IT.
- 00:22:47.622 --> 00:22:48.523
- AND GET IT. IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, I
- 00:22:48.590 --> 00:22:49.825
- IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, I NOTICED ON OUR BACK PATIO, A
- 00:22:49.891 --> 00:22:51.993
- NOTICED ON OUR BACK PATIO, A BIG SHEET COVERING THE BIKE
- 00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:54.029
- BIG SHEET COVERING THE BIKE THAT WE HAD BOUGHT HER.
- 00:22:54.095 --> 00:22:55.363
- THAT WE HAD BOUGHT HER. THEN I WENT OVER TO LIFT IT
- 00:22:55.430 --> 00:22:56.364
- THEN I WENT OVER TO LIFT IT UP TO TAKE A PEEK.
- 00:22:56.431 --> 00:22:57.499
- UP TO TAKE A PEEK. MY FATHER SAID, "NO, JOEL, I
- 00:22:57.566 --> 00:22:58.934
- MY FATHER SAID, "NO, JOEL, I DON'T WANT YOU TO LOOK AT
- 00:22:59.000 --> 00:22:59.901
- DON'T WANT YOU TO LOOK AT IT."
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- IT." I SAID, "WHY NOT?
- 00:23:00.802 --> 00:23:01.636
- I SAID, "WHY NOT? I'VE ALREADY SEEN IT."
- 00:23:01.703 --> 00:23:03.004
- I'VE ALREADY SEEN IT." HE SAID, "I JUST DON'T WANT
- 00:23:03.071 --> 00:23:03.839
- HE SAID, "I JUST DON'T WANT YOU TO."
- 00:23:03.905 --> 00:23:04.439
- YOU TO." HE DIDN'T GIVE ME A REASON.
- 00:23:04.506 --> 00:23:06.074
- HE DIDN'T GIVE ME A REASON. WHEN HE WASN'T THERE, I WAS
- 00:23:06.141 --> 00:23:07.876
- WHEN HE WASN'T THERE, I WAS TEMPTED TO GO OVER AND LOOK,
- 00:23:07.943 --> 00:23:10.278
- TEMPTED TO GO OVER AND LOOK, BUT UNLIKE MY BROTHER PAUL, I
- 00:23:10.345 --> 00:23:11.813
- BUT UNLIKE MY BROTHER PAUL, I OBEYED MY PARENTS.
- 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:13.515
- IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN VICTORIA,
- 00:23:14.749 --> 00:23:15.884
- IF IT WOULD'VE BEEN VICTORIA, SHE WOULD'VE TAKEN THE BIKE
- 00:23:15.951 --> 00:23:16.785
- SHE WOULD'VE TAKEN THE BIKE OUT AND RIDDEN IT.
- 00:23:16.852 --> 00:23:17.586
- OUT AND RIDDEN IT. BUT THIS WAS A COUPLE OF
- 00:23:17.652 --> 00:23:20.088
- BUT THIS WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
- 00:23:20.155 --> 00:23:21.490
- WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. EVERY DAY I ASKED MY FATHER
- 00:23:21.556 --> 00:23:23.592
- EVERY DAY I ASKED MY FATHER IF I COULD LOOK AT THE BIKE.
- 00:23:23.658 --> 00:23:24.860
- IF I COULD LOOK AT THE BIKE. HE TOLD ME, "NO," AGAIN AND
- 00:23:24.926 --> 00:23:26.461
- HE TOLD ME, "NO," AGAIN AND AGAIN.
- 00:23:26.528 --> 00:23:27.295
- AGAIN. I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
- 00:23:27.362 --> 00:23:28.330
- I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND IT. WHAT WAS IT GOING TO HURT?
- 00:23:28.396 --> 00:23:29.731
- WHAT WAS IT GOING TO HURT? CHRISTMAS MORNING FINALLY
- 00:23:29.798 --> 00:23:30.866
- CHRISTMAS MORNING FINALLY CAME AROUND, AND ALL OF US
- 00:23:30.932 --> 00:23:32.234
- CAME AROUND, AND ALL OF US KIDS SLEPT IN THE DEN
- 00:23:32.300 --> 00:23:33.335
- KIDS SLEPT IN THE DEN TOGETHER.
- 00:23:33.401 --> 00:23:34.002
- TOGETHER. SIX O'CLOCK, WE WENT AND WOKE
- 00:23:34.069 --> 00:23:35.203
- SIX O'CLOCK, WE WENT AND WOKE MY PARENTS UP.
- 00:23:35.270 --> 00:23:36.404
- MY PARENTS UP. WE OPENED ALL THE GIFTS UNDER
- 00:23:36.471 --> 00:23:37.706
- WE OPENED ALL THE GIFTS UNDER THE TREE.
- 00:23:37.772 --> 00:23:38.573
- THE TREE. THEN MY FATHER SAID, "APRIL,
- 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:39.708
- THEN MY FATHER SAID, "APRIL, THERE'S ANOTHER GIFT FOR YOU,
- 00:23:39.774 --> 00:23:40.509
- THERE'S ANOTHER GIFT FOR YOU, OUT ON THE PATIO."
- 00:23:40.575 --> 00:23:42.344
- OUT ON THE PATIO." WE ALL WENT OUT.
- 00:23:42.410 --> 00:23:42.944
- WE ALL WENT OUT. MY FATHER TOOK THE SHEET OFF.
- 00:23:43.011 --> 00:23:44.646
- MY FATHER TOOK THE SHEET OFF. THERE WASN'T JUST ONE BIKE
- 00:23:44.713 --> 00:23:45.847
- THERE WASN'T JUST ONE BIKE THERE.
- 00:23:45.914 --> 00:23:46.414
- THERE. THERE WERE TWO BIKES, ONE FOR
- 00:23:46.481 --> 00:23:47.782
- THERE WERE TWO BIKES, ONE FOR ME, AS WELL.
- 00:23:47.849 --> 00:23:48.483
- ME, AS WELL. MY FATHER HAD TAKEN ME TO THE
- 00:23:48.550 --> 00:23:51.286
- MY FATHER HAD TAKEN ME TO THE STORE, REALLY, TO FIND OUT
- 00:23:51.353 --> 00:23:53.088
- STORE, REALLY, TO FIND OUT WHAT I LIKED.
- 00:23:53.154 --> 00:23:54.222
- WHAT I LIKED. SORRY, APRIL, THAT'S WHY YOU
- 00:23:54.289 --> 00:23:55.257
- SORRY, APRIL, THAT'S WHY YOU GOT A BOY'S BIKE.
- 00:23:55.323 --> 00:23:57.959
- GOT A BOY'S BIKE. SOMETIMES--THAT'S FUNNY,
- 00:23:58.026 --> 00:23:59.995
- SOMETIMES--THAT'S FUNNY, ISN'T IT?
- 00:24:00.061 --> 00:24:02.364
- SOMETIMES GOD IS NOT LETTING
- 00:24:02.664 --> 00:24:04.232
- SOMETIMES GOD IS NOT LETTING US SEE SOMETHING NOW BECAUSE
- 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:06.601
- US SEE SOMETHING NOW BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME.
- 00:24:06.668 --> 00:24:08.370
- IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME. HE'S GOT THE COVER ON IT, BUT
- 00:24:08.436 --> 00:24:10.171
- HE'S GOT THE COVER ON IT, BUT WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE WAIT
- 00:24:10.238 --> 00:24:11.339
- WHEN YOU COME OUT OF THE WAIT ROOM, WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME,
- 00:24:11.406 --> 00:24:13.275
- ROOM, WHEN IT'S YOUR TIME, IT'S GOING TO SURPRISE YOU,
- 00:24:13.341 --> 00:24:14.442
- IT'S GOING TO SURPRISE YOU, SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN'T
- 00:24:14.509 --> 00:24:16.244
- SOMETHING THAT YOU WEREN'T EXPECTING.
- 00:24:16.311 --> 00:24:16.778
- EXPECTING. IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME AT
- 00:24:16.845 --> 00:24:18.446
- IT DIDN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME AT THE TIME WHY MY FATHER
- 00:24:18.513 --> 00:24:20.048
- THE TIME WHY MY FATHER WOULDN'T LET ME LOOK.
- 00:24:20.115 --> 00:24:21.483
- WOULDN'T LET ME LOOK. NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY I HAD TO
- 00:24:21.550 --> 00:24:23.151
- NOW I UNDERSTAND WHY I HAD TO WAIT: MY BIKE WAS UNDER
- 00:24:23.218 --> 00:24:24.653
- WAIT: MY BIKE WAS UNDER THERE.
- 00:24:24.719 --> 00:24:25.287
- THERE. YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY
- 00:24:25.353 --> 00:24:27.055
- YOU MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE HAVING TO WAIT, BUT
- 00:24:27.122 --> 00:24:28.390
- YOU'RE HAVING TO WAIT, BUT GOD HAS A REASON.
- 00:24:28.456 --> 00:24:29.958
- GOD HAS A REASON. THERE ARE SOME THINGS HE HAS
- 00:24:30.025 --> 00:24:31.259
- THERE ARE SOME THINGS HE HAS COVERED FOR YOU RIGHT NOW.
- 00:24:31.326 --> 00:24:33.028
- COVERED FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. WHEN HE UNCOVERS THEM, YOU'RE
- 00:24:33.094 --> 00:24:34.829
- WHEN HE UNCOVERS THEM, YOU'RE GOING TO SAY, "IT WAS WORTH
- 00:24:34.896 --> 00:24:36.464
- GOING TO SAY, "IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT."
- 00:24:36.531 --> 00:24:37.432
- THE WAIT." NOW MY CHALLENGE: DON'T BE
- 00:24:37.499 --> 00:24:39.034
- NOW MY CHALLENGE: DON'T BE IMPATIENT FOR GOD TO ACT.
- 00:24:39.100 --> 00:24:41.102
- IMPATIENT FOR GOD TO ACT. DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY
- 00:24:41.169 --> 00:24:42.070
- DON'T BE DISCOURAGED BY WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
- 00:24:42.137 --> 00:24:43.405
- WHAT'S NOT HAPPENING. GOD IS WORKING.
- 00:24:43.471 --> 00:24:44.973
- GOD IS WORKING. IN THAT WAIT ROOM, HE'S
- 00:24:45.040 --> 00:24:46.474
- IN THAT WAIT ROOM, HE'S GETTING YOU PREPARED FOR WHAT
- 00:24:46.541 --> 00:24:48.109
- GETTING YOU PREPARED FOR WHAT HE HAS PREPARED.
- 00:24:48.176 --> 00:24:49.444
- HE HAS PREPARED. THE REASON IT'S TAKING LONGER
- 00:24:49.511 --> 00:24:51.279
- THE REASON IT'S TAKING LONGER IS YOU HAVE SOMETHING BIG IN
- 00:24:51.346 --> 00:24:53.014
- IS YOU HAVE SOMETHING BIG IN YOU, NOT A PUPPY, BUT AN
- 00:24:53.081 --> 00:24:55.016
- YOU, NOT A PUPPY, BUT AN ELEPHANT.
- 00:24:55.083 --> 00:24:55.917
- ELEPHANT. IF YOU WILL STAY IN THAT WAIT
- 00:24:55.984 --> 00:24:57.152
- IF YOU WILL STAY IN THAT WAIT ROOM WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE, IF
- 00:24:57.218 --> 00:24:58.820
- ROOM WITH A GOOD ATTITUDE, IF YOU'LL KEEP TRAVELING STEADY,
- 00:24:58.887 --> 00:25:00.689
- YOU'LL KEEP TRAVELING STEADY, I BELIEVE AND DECLARE, GOD'S
- 00:25:00.755 --> 00:25:02.857
- I BELIEVE AND DECLARE, GOD'S ABOUT TO UNCOVER SOMETHING
- 00:25:02.924 --> 00:25:04.826
- ABOUT TO UNCOVER SOMETHING YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING.
- 00:25:04.893 --> 00:25:06.061
- YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. HE'S ABOUT TO SURPRISE YOU
- 00:25:06.127 --> 00:25:07.762
- HE'S ABOUT TO SURPRISE YOU WITH OPPORTUNITY, PROMOTION,
- 00:25:07.829 --> 00:25:09.831
- WITH OPPORTUNITY, PROMOTION, DIVINE CONNECTIONS, THE
- 00:25:09.898 --> 00:25:11.299
- DIVINE CONNECTIONS, THE FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINIES,
- 00:25:11.366 --> 00:25:13.068
- FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINIES, IN JESUS'S NAME, AND IF YOU
- 00:25:13.134 --> 00:25:14.970
- IN JESUS'S NAME, AND IF YOU RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU SAY,
- 00:25:15.036 --> 00:25:16.605
- RECEIVE IT, CAN YOU SAY, "AMEN," TODAY?
- 00:25:16.671 --> 00:25:17.339
- "AMEN," TODAY? WELL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN
- 00:25:17.405 --> 00:25:19.975
- WELL, I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS THE
- 00:25:20.041 --> 00:25:21.376
- OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE JESUS THE LORD OF YOUR LIFE.
- 00:25:21.443 --> 00:25:22.711
- LORD OF YOUR LIFE. WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME?
- 00:25:22.777 --> 00:25:24.145
- WOULD YOU PRAY WITH ME? JUST SAY, "LORD JESUS, I
- 00:25:24.212 --> 00:25:26.848
- JUST SAY, "LORD JESUS, I REPENT OF MY SINS.
- 00:25:26.915 --> 00:25:29.050
- REPENT OF MY SINS. COME INTO MY HEART.
- 00:25:29.117 --> 00:25:31.186
- COME INTO MY HEART. I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND
- 00:25:31.252 --> 00:25:32.520
- I MAKE YOU MY LORD AND SAVIOR."
- 00:25:32.587 --> 00:25:34.456
- SAVIOR." FRIENDS, IF YOU PRAYED THAT
- 00:25:34.522 --> 00:25:35.290
- FRIENDS, IF YOU PRAYED THAT SIMPLE PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU
- 00:25:35.357 --> 00:25:36.558
- SIMPLE PRAYER, WE BELIEVE YOU GOT BORN AGAIN.
- 00:25:36.625 --> 00:25:37.826
- GOT BORN AGAIN. GET IN A GOOD BIBLE-BASED
- 00:25:37.892 --> 00:25:39.060
- GET IN A GOOD BIBLE-BASED CHURCH.
- 00:25:39.127 --> 00:25:39.661
- CHURCH. KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE.
- 00:25:39.728 --> 00:25:40.962
- KEEP GOD FIRST PLACE. VICTORIA AND I WILL BE RIGHT
- 00:25:41.029 --> 00:25:42.430
- VICTORIA AND I WILL BE RIGHT BACK TO SPEAK A BLESSING
- 00:25:42.497 --> 00:25:42.998
- BACK TO SPEAK A BLESSING OVER YOU.
- 00:25:43.064 --> 00:25:44.699
- > ANNCR: THIS AUGUST,
- 00:25:45.066 --> 00:25:45.734
- > ANNCR: THIS AUGUST, AS A THANK YOU FOR YOUR
- 00:25:45.800 --> 00:25:46.901
- AS A THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR MINISTRY,
- 00:25:46.968 --> 00:25:47.969
- SUPPORT OF OUR MINISTRY, JOEL AND VICTORIA WOULD
- 00:25:48.036 --> 00:25:48.970
- JOEL AND VICTORIA WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU A COPY
- 00:25:49.037 --> 00:25:49.871
- LIKE TO SEND YOU A COPY OF JOEL'S BOOK,
- 00:25:49.938 --> 00:25:50.839
- "THE POWER OF FAVOR,
- 00:25:50.939 --> 00:25:52.073
- "THE POWER OF FAVOR, THE FORCE THAT WILL
- 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.941
- THE FORCE THAT WILL TAKE YOU WHERE YOU
- 00:25:53.008 --> 00:25:53.742
- TAKE YOU WHERE YOU CAN'T GO ON YOUR OWN."
- 00:25:53.808 --> 00:25:54.743
- CAN'T GO ON YOUR OWN." > JOEL: YOU HAVE FAVOR
- 00:25:54.809 --> 00:25:55.810
- RIGHT NOW. FAVOR WILL
- 00:25:55.910 --> 00:25:57.412
- RIGHT NOW. FAVOR WILL CAUSE GOOD BREAKS TO COME
- 00:25:57.479 --> 00:25:58.780
- CAUSE GOOD BREAKS TO COME TO YOU. FAVOR WILL TAKE
- 00:25:58.847 --> 00:26:00.181
- TO YOU. FAVOR WILL TAKE YOU FROM THE BACKGROUND
- 00:26:00.248 --> 00:26:01.249
- YOU FROM THE BACKGROUND TO THE FOREGROUND.
- 00:26:01.316 --> 00:26:02.017
- TO THE FOREGROUND. FAVOR IS WHAT GIVES YOU
- 00:26:02.083 --> 00:26:03.685
- FAVOR IS WHAT GIVES YOU THE ADVANTAGE. FAVOR IS
- 00:26:03.752 --> 00:26:05.320
- THE ADVANTAGE. FAVOR IS WHAT'S GOING TO CATAPULT
- 00:26:05.387 --> 00:26:06.588
- WHAT'S GOING TO CATAPULT YOU TO A NEW LEVEL.
- 00:26:06.655 --> 00:26:07.689
- YOU TO A NEW LEVEL. > VICTORIA: IT MAY FEEL
- 00:26:07.756 --> 00:26:08.590
- > VICTORIA: IT MAY FEEL LIKE THE ODDS ARE AGAINST
- 00:26:08.657 --> 00:26:09.557
- LIKE THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU. BUT ONE TOUCH OF
- 00:26:09.624 --> 00:26:10.925
- YOU. BUT ONE TOUCH OF GOD'S FAVOR WILL TAKE YOU
- 00:26:10.992 --> 00:26:12.293
- GOD'S FAVOR WILL TAKE YOU TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL.
- 00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.895
- TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. STAY ENCOURAGED.
- 00:26:13.962 --> 00:26:14.496
- STAY ENCOURAGED. YOU HAVE AN ADVANTAGE.
- 00:26:14.562 --> 00:26:15.764
- YOU HAVE AN ADVANTAGE. YOU HAVE THE FAVOR OF GOD.
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- YOU HAVE THE FAVOR OF GOD. > JOEL: DAVID SAID, "GOD
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- FOR THE FULLNESS OF YOUR DESTINY.
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- > ANNCR: REQUEST YOUR COPY
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- > JOEL: THANKS SO MUCH FOR
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- > JOEL: THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING A PART OF THE
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- BEING A PART OF THE MINISTRY. YOUR PRAYER,
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- MINISTRY. YOUR PRAYER, YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR
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- YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR GENEROSITY IS MAKING A
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- GENEROSITY IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE AROUND THE
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- DIFFERENCE AROUND THE WORLD. WE COULDN'T DO IT
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- WORLD. WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT FAITHFUL PEOPLE
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- WITHOUT FAITHFUL PEOPLE LIKE YOU. AND A SPECIAL
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- LIKE YOU. AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR CHAMPION
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- THANK YOU TO OUR CHAMPION OF HOPE PARTNERS FOR ALL
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- OF HOPE PARTNERS FOR ALL YOU DO TO MAKE THE MINISTRY
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- YOU DO TO MAKE THE MINISTRY POSSIBLE.
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- POSSIBLE. > VICTORIA: WHAT STARTED AS
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- > VICTORIA: WHAT STARTED AS A WAY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
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- A WAY TO MEET THE NEEDS OF SPECIAL NEED FAMILIES HERE
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- SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD. BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY,
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- BECAUSE OF YOUR GENEROSITY, WE ARE ABLE TO LAUNCH A
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- WE ARE ABLE TO LAUNCH A CHAMPIONS CLUB IN
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- CHAMPIONS CLUB IN PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA.
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- YOUR GIVING IS CHANGING LIVES ALL OVER THE WORLD.
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- > MALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU
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- > MALE SPEAKER: THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND
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- FOR YOUR COMMITMENT AND TREMENDOUS SUPPORT IN THE
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- TREMENDOUS SUPPORT IN THE OPENING OF OUR CHAMPIONS
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- OPENING OF OUR CHAMPIONS CLUB.
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- CLUB. > FEMALE SPEAKER: YES,
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- > FEMALE SPEAKER: YES, THANK YOU LAKEWOOD FOR
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- THANK YOU LAKEWOOD FOR BELIEVING IN US AND
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- BELIEVING IN US AND ALLOWING US TO TAKE HANDS
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- WITH YOU IN MINISTERING
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- CHAMPIONS CLUB CHANGE AND TRANSFORM FAMILIES.
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- AND TRANSFORM FAMILIES. > MALE: OUR PRAYER FOR YOU
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- > MALE: OUR PRAYER FOR YOU IS THAT YOU WOULD RECEIVE
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- IS THAT YOU WOULD RECEIVE HEAVEN'S FULL REWARD FOR
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- HEAVEN'S FULL REWARD FOR THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT THAT
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- THE INCREDIBLE IMPACT THAT YOU HAVE GLOBALLY.
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- YOU HAVE GLOBALLY. > FEMALE: YOU SHINE THE
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- > FEMALE: YOU SHINE THE WAY FOR SO MANY WITH YOUR
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- WAY FOR SO MANY WITH YOUR SUPPORT AND PRAYERS.
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- SUPPORT AND PRAYERS. FROM THE BOTTOM OF OUR
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