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Joel Osteen - Acceleration

June 5, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Acceleration | June 5, 2025

Well god bless you. it's a
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Well god bless you. it's a joy to come into your homes.
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Joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in our area,
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If you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a part
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Please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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Of one of our services. these are the finest people
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These are the finest people in all of houston, texas
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In all of houston, texas right here at lakewood.
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Right here at lakewood. so come out when you can.
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So come out when you can. thanks so much for tuning
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Thanks so much for tuning in today and thank you again
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In today and thank you again for being here.
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For being here. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about these three
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I heard about these three pastors that were in a boat
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Pastors that were in a boat on a lake fishing one day
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On a lake fishing one day together. one of them said,
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Together. one of them said, "we never get to let our
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"we never get to let our hair down. let's each tell
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Hair down. let's each tell the area that we struggle
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The area that we struggle in the most, our greatest
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In the most, our greatest sin, so we can pray for
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Sin, so we can pray for each other."
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Each other." first man said, "i hate to
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First man said, "i hate to admit this but i have a
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Admit this but i have a problem with gambling.
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Problem with gambling. i sneak out a lot of nights
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I sneak out a lot of nights and go gamble."
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And go gamble." second pastor said, "well
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Second pastor said, "well i'm ashamed to admit this
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I'm ashamed to admit this but i have a problem with
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But i have a problem with cheating. i hardly ever
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Cheating. i hardly ever pay my taxes."
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Pay my taxes." third pastor just sat there
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Third pastor just sat there silently. they waited and
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Silently. they waited and waited. he wouldn't budge.
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Waited. he wouldn't budge. they said, "we're not getting
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They said, "we're not getting off this boat until you tell
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Off this boat until you tell us your greatest sin."
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Us your greatest sin." he said, "all right. my
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He said, "all right. my greatest sin is gossiping
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Greatest sin is gossiping and i can't wait to get off
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And i can't wait to get off this boat." (laughter)
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This boat." (laughter) 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
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I can do what it says i can do.
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I can do. today, i will be taught
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.
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Alert, my heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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.
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I want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about acceleration.
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About acceleration. we all have dreams that we're
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We all have dreams that we're believing to accomplish,
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Believing to accomplish, problems that we're hoping
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Problems that we're hoping will turn around.
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Will turn around. but many times in the
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But many times in the natural, it looks like it's
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Natural, it looks like it's going to take years for this
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Going to take years for this to happen, years to get out
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To happen, years to get out of debt, years to overcome
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Of debt, years to overcome an illness, years to reach
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An illness, years to reach a goal.
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A goal. but i've learned god doesn't
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But i've learned god doesn't always follow a natural
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Always follow a natural timeline. he knows how to
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Timeline. he knows how to speed things up.
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Speed things up. i can sense in my spirit that
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I can sense in my spirit that this is going to be a year of
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This is going to be a year of acceleration.
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Acceleration. god is going to make things
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God is going to make things happen quicker than you
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Happen quicker than you thought.
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Thought. in your career, it should
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In your career, it should take you 20 years to get
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Take you 20 years to get into management, 20 years
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Into management, 20 years to build that business up,
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To build that business up, but in this year of
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But in this year of acceleration, god is going to
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Acceleration, god is going to give you breaks that propel
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Give you breaks that propel you forward.
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You forward. he's going to open up doors
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He's going to open up doors that thrust you years ahead.
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That thrust you years ahead. in your finances, it may look
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In your finances, it may look like it's going to take years
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Like it's going to take years to get out of debt, years
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To get out of debt, years to pay your house off.
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To pay your house off. but get ready, acceleration
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But get ready, acceleration is coming your way.
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Is coming your way. god knows how to open the
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God knows how to open the windows of heaven.
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Windows of heaven. one good break can put you
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One good break can put you into overflow.
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Into overflow. perhaps the medical report
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Perhaps the medical report says, "it's going to take
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Says, "it's going to take five years to get well,
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Five years to get well, five years of chemo, five
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Five years of chemo, five years of treatment."
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Years of treatment." that's one timetable but
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That's one timetable but god has another timetable.
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God has another timetable. he's saying, "i'm going to
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He's saying, "i'm going to speed up the process.
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Speed up the process. i'm going to accelerate your
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I'm going to accelerate your healing, accelerate your
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Healing, accelerate your promotion, accelerate your
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Promotion, accelerate your dreams coming to pass."
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Dreams coming to pass." this is what the scripture
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This is what the scripture says in the book of amos from
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Says in the book of amos from the message translation.
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The message translation. "things are going to happen
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"things are going to happen so fast your head will swim.
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So fast your head will swim. one thing fast on the heels
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One thing fast on the heels of the other.
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Of the other. you won't be able to keep up.
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You won't be able to keep up. everything will be happening
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Everything will be happening all at once, everywhere you
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All at once, everywhere you look, blessings!"
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Look, blessings!" this is going to be a year of
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This is going to be a year of what amos prophesied.
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What amos prophesied. things are going to happen
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Things are going to happen so fast: healing, promotions,
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So fast: healing, promotions, breakthroughs--that our head
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Breakthroughs--that our head will swim.
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Will swim. the scripture talks about how
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The scripture talks about how god can do a quick work.
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God can do a quick work. yes, i know there are times
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Yes, i know there are times we have to be patient,
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We have to be patient, seasons of waiting, passing
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Seasons of waiting, passing the tests, being faithful.
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The tests, being faithful. but there are also seasons
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But there are also seasons where god will do a quick
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Where god will do a quick work, where he will
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Work, where he will accelerate, do things so
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Accelerate, do things so fast, so amazing that our
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Fast, so amazing that our head will swim.
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Head will swim. a few months ago i talked to
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A few months ago i talked to a high school student out in
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A high school student out in the lobby after service.
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The lobby after service. he's a star basketball
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He's a star basketball player, a big, tall young
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Player, a big, tall young man. his dream is to play
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Man. his dream is to play division 1 basketball in
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Division 1 basketball in college. but the only
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College. but the only scholarships he's been
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Scholarships he's been offered were to division 2
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Offered were to division 2 schools. he was grateful.
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Schools. he was grateful. he had a great attitude about
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He had a great attitude about it but he seemed torn.
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It but he seemed torn. he asked me if he should
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He asked me if he should decline the division 2
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Decline the division 2 scholarships and not settle
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Scholarships and not settle for less than what he knew
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For less than what he knew was in him or should he take
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Was in him or should he take the scholarship and play
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The scholarship and play at that school and hopefully
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At that school and hopefully one day transfer to a
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One day transfer to a division 1 level school.
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Division 1 level school. i wasn't sure how to advice
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I wasn't sure how to advice him. so i said, "let me pray
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Him. so i said, "let me pray for you".
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For you". i prayed that god would give
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I prayed that god would give him wisdom, god would open
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Him wisdom, god would open the right doors and that
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The right doors and that god would make the path
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God would make the path easy for him to choose.
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Easy for him to choose. he thanked me and walked
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He thanked me and walked away. about ten minutes
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Away. about ten minutes later when i was finishing
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Later when i was finishing up with the other visitors,
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Up with the other visitors, he came back and his eyes
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He came back and his eyes were this wide. he said,
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Were this wide. he said, "you're not going to believe
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"you're not going to believe what happened. right when i
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What happened. right when i walked away, i got a call
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Walked away, i got a call on my cell phone. i didn't
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On my cell phone. i didn't recognize the number.
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Recognize the number. but when i answered it, it
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But when i answered it, it was a division 1 head coach,
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Was a division 1 head coach, asking me to come play for
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Asking me to come play for him."
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Him." just like amos prophesied, it
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Just like amos prophesied, it happened so fast his head was
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Happened so fast his head was swimming.
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Swimming. he didn't know what to say.
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He didn't know what to say. he said, "joel, i just want
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He said, "joel, i just want to thank you for praying for
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To thank you for praying for me." i said, "well that's
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Me." i said, "well that's the way my prayers are
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The way my prayers are always answered." (laughter)
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Always answered." (laughter) the truth is, i said, "don't
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The truth is, i said, "don't thank me. thank him."
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Thank me. thank him." that's the god of
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That's the god of acceleration. that's god
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Acceleration. that's god speeding things up.
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Speeding things up. i believe this year, like
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I believe this year, like with him, you're going to
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With him, you're going to see some quick works, some
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See some quick works, some unusual things, things that
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Unusual things, things that you've been dreaming about,
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You've been dreaming about, looks like it's going to
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Looks like it's going to take years. suddenly,
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Take years. suddenly, they're going to fall into
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They're going to fall into place. you're going to look
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Place. you're going to look up and say, "i didn't see
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Up and say, "i didn't see it happening that fast.
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It happening that fast. i didn't know i'd get well
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I didn't know i'd get well this quickly. i didn't know
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This quickly. i didn't know the problem would turn
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The problem would turn around that suddenly."
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Around that suddenly." god wants to do some things
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God wants to do some things that make our head swim.
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That make our head swim. "well joel, this sounds good
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"well joel, this sounds good but i don't think it's going
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But i don't think it's going to happen for me. my prayers
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To happen for me. my prayers never get answered. i never
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Never get answered. i never get any good breaks."
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Get any good breaks." well, you're right.
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Well, you're right. it won't happen. your
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It won't happen. your negative attitude is
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Negative attitude is cancelling it out.
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Cancelling it out. negative thoughts, doubt,
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Negative thoughts, doubt, unbelief, that ties the
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Unbelief, that ties the hands of almighty god.
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Hands of almighty god. god works where there's
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God works where there's an attitude of faith, an
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An attitude of faith, an attitude of expectancy.
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Attitude of expectancy. why don't you take the
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Why don't you take the limits off of god?
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Limits off of god? dare to say, "god i'm asking
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Dare to say, "god i'm asking for you to do for me what
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For you to do for me what you promised through the
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You promised through the prophet amos. god, make my
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Prophet amos. god, make my head swim; amaze me with
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Head swim; amaze me with your goodness.
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Your goodness. god, accelerate your
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God, accelerate your blessings in my life."
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Blessings in my life." this scripture in another
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This scripture in another translation says, "there will
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Translation says, "there will come a time when the plowman
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Come a time when the plowman will overtake the reaper.
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Will overtake the reaper. the grapes will grow faster
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The grapes will grow faster than they can be harvested."
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Than they can be harvested." this is saying the time was
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This is saying the time was coming when a man would be
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Coming when a man would be out plowing the field,
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Out plowing the field, sowing the seeds, but the
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Sowing the seeds, but the harvest would come up so
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Harvest would come up so fast, the growth would be
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Fast, the growth would be so sped up that as soon as
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So sped up that as soon as he sowed, the harvest would
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He sowed, the harvest would pop right up. the plowman
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Pop right up. the plowman couldn't keep up with it.
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Couldn't keep up with it. in those days typically,
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In those days typically, the plowman would have to
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The plowman would have to wait at least seven or eight
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Wait at least seven or eight months to see that kind of
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Months to see that kind of harvest. but amos said,
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Harvest. but amos said, "the day is coming when it
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"the day is coming when it will happen simultaneous.
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Will happen simultaneous. as soon as you sow the
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As soon as you sow the seed, the harvest will
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Seed, the harvest will begin to spring forth."
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Begin to spring forth." i believe we are living
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I believe we are living in the day that amos talked
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In the day that amos talked about. you're sowing the
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About. you're sowing the seed. you're doing the
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Seed. you're doing the right thing. it should take
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Right thing. it should take months, maybe even years,
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Months, maybe even years, but as you sow that seed,
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But as you sow that seed, the harvest is already
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The harvest is already coming. blessings are
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Coming. blessings are chasing you down, favor that
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Chasing you down, favor that you didn't deserve.
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You didn't deserve. it's not going to be the
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It's not going to be the usual process. it's not
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Usual process. it's not going to be like it's been
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Going to be like it's been in the past. god is speeding
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In the past. god is speeding things up. a couple of years
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Things up. a couple of years ago, i was driving down the
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Ago, i was driving down the freeway and this friend came
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Freeway and this friend came to mind. i knew he was
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To mind. i knew he was having difficulties in his
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Having difficulties in his finances. his job situation
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Finances. his job situation had changed. i felt strongly
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Had changed. i felt strongly that i was supposed to help
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That i was supposed to help him. i mentioned it to
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Him. i mentioned it to victoria and she agreed.
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Victoria and she agreed. so i sent him a text saying
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So i sent him a text saying we were going to send him a
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We were going to send him a gift, a significant amount.
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Gift, a significant amount. he was very grateful and
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He was very grateful and couldn't thank me enough.
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Couldn't thank me enough. we were out of town and
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We were out of town and i was going to take care of
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I was going to take care of it the next day when i got
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It the next day when i got back home. a couple of
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Back home. a couple of hours later, this lady we
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Hours later, this lady we work with called. she said
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Work with called. she said a company had just contacted
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A company had just contacted her. a large, well respected
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Her. a large, well respected organization. they wanted
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Organization. they wanted me to be a part of a project
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Me to be a part of a project they were working on.
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They were working on. i didn't have to do anything,
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I didn't have to do anything, i didn't have to go any
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I didn't have to go any place; they just wanted
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Place; they just wanted to use my name.
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To use my name. she said, "if you'll agree to
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She said, "if you'll agree to do this then they will make a
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Do this then they will make a donation to your ministry."
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Donation to your ministry." when she told me the amount,
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When she told me the amount, my head began to swim.
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My head began to swim. it was over one hundred
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It was over one hundred times what i promised my
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Times what i promised my friend. here's the thing,
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Friend. here's the thing, i hadn't even put the seed
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I hadn't even put the seed in the ground yet.
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In the ground yet. i was going to write the
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I was going to write the check the next day, but
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Check the next day, but before i could put the seed
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Before i could put the seed in the ground, the harvest
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In the ground, the harvest was already there.
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Was already there. the blessing had already
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The blessing had already overtaken me. that's what
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Overtaken me. that's what amos said, "it's going to
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Amos said, "it's going to happen simultaneously."
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Happen simultaneously." as you bless others,
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As you bless others, blessings are going to pop
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Blessings are going to pop up. as you sow the seed,
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Up. as you sow the seed, the harvest will already
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The harvest will already be there.
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Be there. i talked to a gentleman on
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I talked to a gentleman on the phone. he'd been
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The phone. he'd been addicted to drugs for over
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Addicted to drugs for over 32 years. he'd gone through
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32 years. he'd gone through different treatments and
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Different treatments and tried rehab but none of
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Tried rehab but none of that was successful.
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That was successful. he wasn't a religious person;
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He wasn't a religious person; he didn't grow up in church.
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He didn't grow up in church. one day he was flipping
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One day he was flipping through the channels.
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Through the channels. he heard me talking about
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He heard me talking about how god can help you break
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How god can help you break an addiction. how the forces
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An addiction. how the forces that are for you are greater
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That are for you are greater than the forces that are
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Than the forces that are against you. he said that
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Against you. he said that day he felt something on
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Day he felt something on the inside that he had
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The inside that he had never felt. he prayed a
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Never felt. he prayed a very simple prayer.
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Very simple prayer. he said, "god, if you're
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He said, "god, if you're real, help me to break this
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Real, help me to break this addiction." from that day
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Addiction." from that day forward, he never touched
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Forward, he never touched another drug. he was set
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Another drug. he was set completely free. being
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Completely free. being addicted for 32 years, you
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Addicted for 32 years, you would think that at least
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Would think that at least he would have some kind of
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He would have some kind of withdrawals, some pain,
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Withdrawals, some pain, suffering as his body
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Suffering as his body readjusted.
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Readjusted. this is what amos is talking
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This is what amos is talking about. as soon as he sowed
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About. as soon as he sowed the seed, the harvest was
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The seed, the harvest was right there. it should have
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Right there. it should have taken him months to get
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Taken him months to get over. it should've been a
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Over. it should've been a long, drawn out process but
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Long, drawn out process but god is in the business of
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God is in the business of speeding things up.
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Speeding things up. his timetable is not a
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His timetable is not a natural timetable.
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Natural timetable. if you'll dare believe, god
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If you'll dare believe, god will accelerate your harvest,
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Will accelerate your harvest, accelerate your healing,
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Accelerate your healing, accelerate the freedom.
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Accelerate the freedom. god is in the accelerating
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God is in the accelerating business.
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Business. on paper
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On paper it may say it's going to
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It may say it's going to take you 30 years to get
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Take you 30 years to get out of debt. but the good
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Out of debt. but the good news is god knows how to
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News is god knows how to turn your water into wine.
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Turn your water into wine. he can take a 30-year process
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He can take a 30-year process and do it in a fraction of
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And do it in a fraction of the time. right now, god's
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The time. right now, god's working behind the scenes
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Working behind the scenes in your life.
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In your life. do you know what he's doing?
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Do you know what he's doing? gathering the pots, filling
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Gathering the pots, filling up the water. the process
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Up the water. the process has already been started.
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Has already been started. suddenly it's going to
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Suddenly it's going to change. suddenly you're
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Change. suddenly you're going to find yourself
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Going to find yourself where you couldn't go on
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Where you couldn't go on your own.
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Your own. there was a lady in town from
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There was a lady in town from another state down at the
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Another state down at the medical center. she stopped
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Medical center. she stopped by the service and told how
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By the service and told how she had just been put on
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She had just been put on the list to receive a liver
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The list to receive a liver transplant. she was told
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Transplant. she was told that this would take between
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That this would take between three and five years.
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Three and five years. she was very concerned,
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She was very concerned, not knowing if she could
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Not knowing if she could even live that long.
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Even live that long. of course i prayed for her,
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Of course i prayed for her, encouraged her that god can
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Encouraged her that god can heal you with or without the
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Heal you with or without the transplant.
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Transplant. a couple of months later i
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A couple of months later i saw her back at church.
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Saw her back at church. she had a wristband on that
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She had a wristband on that i could tell she had been
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I could tell she had been at the hospital. i thought
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At the hospital. i thought maybe something was wrong.
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Maybe something was wrong. she smiled and said, "joel,
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She smiled and said, "joel, you're looking at a lady that
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You're looking at a lady that has a brand new liver."
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Has a brand new liver." two weeks after she was put
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Two weeks after she was put on the list she received a
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On the list she received a phone call saying a new liver
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Phone call saying a new liver was available to her.
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Was available to her. she had the surgery; there
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She had the surgery; there were no complications.
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Were no complications. she said, "i feel better
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She said, "i feel better today than i felt when i was
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Today than i felt when i was a teenager."
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A teenager." what was that? god turned
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What was that? god turned her water into wine.
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Her water into wine. what should have taken five
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What should have taken five years god did in a few months
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Years god did in a few months time.
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Time. like her, it may look like
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Like her, it may look like it's going to take you years
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It's going to take you years to get well, years to get
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To get well, years to get out of debt, years to reach
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Out of debt, years to reach a goal. but don't ever rule
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A goal. but don't ever rule out the god of acceleration.
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Out the god of acceleration. he has healing, favor,
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He has healing, favor, breakthroughs that can
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Breakthroughs that can propel you years ahead.
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Propel you years ahead. in the scripture ezekiel
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In the scripture ezekiel said, "the hand of the lord
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Said, "the hand of the lord was on me and he carried me."
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Was on me and he carried me." that word "carried" in the
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That word "carried" in the original language means to
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Original language means to shoot out, to launch forward.
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Shoot out, to launch forward. it implies acceleration.
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It implies acceleration. as god carries you through
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As god carries you through life, it's not always going
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Life, it's not always going to be routine, predictable,
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To be routine, predictable, little by little.
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Little by little. there are times when god is
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There are times when god is carrying you that he's going
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Carrying you that he's going to shoot you out.
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To shoot you out. he's going to propel you
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He's going to propel you years down the road.
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Years down the road. i look up and think how did
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I look up and think how did i get to where i am?
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I get to where i am? i was working behind the
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I was working behind the scenes, minding my own
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Scenes, minding my own business. what happened?
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Business. what happened? god shot me out. he was
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God shot me out. he was carrying me but part of
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Carrying me but part of that carrying was to launch
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That carrying was to launch me forward. all of you can
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Me forward. all of you can look back and see times
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Look back and see times where god shot you. he gave
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Where god shot you. he gave you a break that you didn't
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You a break that you didn't deserve. he opened a door
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Deserve. he opened a door that you could have never
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That you could have never opened. he turned a problem
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Opened. he turned a problem around when you didn't see
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Around when you didn't see a way. now you're healthy,
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A way. now you're healthy, happy, blessed, further
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Happy, blessed, further along than you ever
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Along than you ever imagined. somebody asks
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Imagined. somebody asks you, "how did you get here
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You, "how did you get here so quickly?" just tell them,
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So quickly?" just tell them, "i got shot. god propelled
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"i got shot. god propelled me, god promoted me, god
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Me, god promoted me, god vindicated me, god freed me."
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Vindicated me, god freed me." this is what david did.
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This is what david did. he felt like he was falling
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He felt like he was falling behind, out in the shepherd's
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Behind, out in the shepherd's fields, taking care of sheep.
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Fields, taking care of sheep. nobody paid attention to him.
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Nobody paid attention to him. he had big dreams but he
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He had big dreams but he didn't have any connections.
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Didn't have any connections. his own father didn't really
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His own father didn't really believe in him.
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Believe in him. but all those years out in
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But all those years out in the lonely shepherd's fields,
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The lonely shepherd's fields, god was carrying him.
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God was carrying him. one day his time came.
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One day his time came. he went out and defeated
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He went out and defeated goliath and overnight he
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Goliath and overnight he became a national hero. he
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Became a national hero. he went from being an unknown
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Went from being an unknown shepherd boy to being an
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Shepherd boy to being an admired, respected leader.
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Admired, respected leader. that should have taken him
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That should have taken him years but god caused it to
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Years but god caused it to happen in a fraction of the
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Happen in a fraction of the time. just a few minutes of
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Time. just a few minutes of destiny, defeating that giant
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Destiny, defeating that giant propelled him years down the
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Propelled him years down the road. what was that? god
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Road. what was that? god shooting him out.
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Shooting him out. "well joel, i don't think
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"well joel, i don't think god's ever going to to shoot
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God's ever going to to shoot me out. i've had a lot of
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Me out. i've had a lot of bad breaks, i've gone
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Bad breaks, i've gone through a lot of
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Through a lot of disappointments in life."
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Disappointments in life." think of it like this.
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Think of it like this. when you have a bow and
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When you have a bow and arrow, the more you pull
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Arrow, the more you pull the arrow back the further
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The arrow back the further it's going to shoot. if you
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It's going to shoot. if you just pull it back a little
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Just pull it back a little ways, no pressure, no
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Ways, no pressure, no tension, it's not going to
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Tension, it's not going to go very far.
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Go very far. the reason you've been pulled
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The reason you've been pulled back is not because god is
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Back is not because god is trying to punishing you,
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Trying to punishing you, not because there's nothing
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Not because there's nothing good in your future.
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Good in your future. god has allowed you to be
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God has allowed you to be pulled back because he's
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Pulled back because he's about to shoot you further
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About to shoot you further than you can imagine.
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Than you can imagine. (applause)
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(applause) your destiny is much bigger
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Your destiny is much bigger than you realize.
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Than you realize. like david, you may feel
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Like david, you may feel like you're falling behind,
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Like you're falling behind, because of disappointments,
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Because of disappointments, and breaks, loss, setbacks.
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And breaks, loss, setbacks. you don't think you could
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You don't think you could ever get to where you're
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Ever get to where you're supposed to be. let me
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Supposed to be. let me encourage you, when god
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Encourage you, when god shoots you out, it's going
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Shoots you out, it's going to make up for lost time.
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To make up for lost time. the doors god's going to
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The doors god's going to open, the people you're
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Open, the people you're going to meet, the
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Going to meet, the opportunities that are
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Opportunities that are going to come across your
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Going to come across your path are going to be bigger,
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Path are going to be bigger, better, more rewarding than
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Better, more rewarding than you ever thought possible.
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You ever thought possible. when you're being pulled back
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When you're being pulled back don't get negative, bitter,
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Don't get negative, bitter, "god why is this happening?"
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"god why is this happening?" turn it around, "god i may
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Turn it around, "god i may not like it, i may be
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Not like it, i may be uncomfortable, these people
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Uncomfortable, these people aren't treating me right,
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Aren't treating me right, but god i know it's just
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But god i know it's just a matter of time before you
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A matter of time before you release me and shoot me
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Release me and shoot me further than i ever dreamed."
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Further than i ever dreamed." when my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord back in 1999,
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With the lord back in 1999, i felt like i was being
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I felt like i was being pulled back. i could
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Pulled back. i could feel the pressure, the
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Feel the pressure, the tension. i lost a great
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Tension. i lost a great friend. i didn't know what
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Friend. i didn't know what was going to happen to
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Was going to happen to the church. but in the
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The church. but in the middle of that difficulty,
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Middle of that difficulty, when in a sense it seemed
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When in a sense it seemed like my best days were
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Like my best days were behind me, at just the
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Behind me, at just the right time god released me,
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Right time god released me, shot me to a new level of my
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Shot me to a new level of my destiny. i got here quicker
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Destiny. i got here quicker than i should have.
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Than i should have. i didn't have the formal
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I didn't have the formal training, the experience,
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Training, the experience, the qualifications.
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The qualifications. i couldn't have made it
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I couldn't have made it happen on my own, it was
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Happen on my own, it was the hand of god.
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The hand of god. i've learned when god is
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I've learned when god is ready to shoot you, he
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Ready to shoot you, he doesn't ask for your
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Doesn't ask for your permission, he doesn't check
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Permission, he doesn't check with the critics, he doesn't
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With the critics, he doesn't get approval from your
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Get approval from your friends, family members,
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Friends, family members, co-workers. he doesn't look
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Co-workers. he doesn't look at your bank account, your
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At your bank account, your degrees, your confidence;
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Degrees, your confidence; your connections.
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Your connections. when it's your time, god
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When it's your time, god simply propels you into
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Simply propels you into your destiny. no person
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Can stop you, no bad break;
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Can stop you, no bad break; no organization. god has
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No organization. god has the final say. he breathed
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The final say. he breathed his life into you.
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His life into you. he's planned out your days.
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He's planned out your days. he's already lined up these
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He's already lined up these times of acceleration, times
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Times of acceleration, times where your water will be
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Where your water will be turned into wine, times where
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Turned into wine, times where you'll sow and reap
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You'll sow and reap simultaneously.
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Simultaneously. you may feel like you're
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You may feel like you're being pulled back right now,
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Being pulled back right now, tension ; it doesn't seem
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Tension ; it doesn't seem like you can get ahead.
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Like you can get ahead. know this you're being pulled
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Know this you're being pulled back for one reason, so god
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Back for one reason, so god can shoot you further.
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Can shoot you further. you need to get ready.
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You need to get ready. this is a year where god is
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This is a year where god is going to launch you forward.
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Going to launch you forward. you're going to see
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You're going to see acceleration.
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Acceleration. it's going to happen faster,
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It's going to happen faster, be so amazing, like amos
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Be so amazing, like amos prophesied your head is going
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Prophesied your head is going to swim.
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To swim. you're going to think, "i
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You're going to think, "i didn't see this coming.
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Didn't see this coming. i never dreamed i'd be this
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I never dreamed i'd be this blessed, this happy, this
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Blessed, this happy, this healthy, this fulfilled."
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Healthy, this fulfilled." that's the god of
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That's the god of acceleration taking you where
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Acceleration taking you where you could not go on your own.
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You could not go on your own. in the old testament, there
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In the old testament, there had been a drought in the
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Had been a drought in the land for three and a half
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Land for three and a half years. the prophet elijah
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Years. the prophet elijah went on top of a mountain
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Went on top of a mountain and began to pray for rain.
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And began to pray for rain. his assistant came back,
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His assistant came back, after six times of looking
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After six times of looking and said he saw a small
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And said he saw a small cloud up in the sky.
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Cloud up in the sky. elijah new that was a sign
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Elijah new that was a sign that it was about to rain.
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That it was about to rain. he said to ahab, "you better
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He said to ahab, "you better get in your chariot and take
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Get in your chariot and take off toward jezreel, there's
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Off toward jezreel, there's about to be a huge rainstorm
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About to be a huge rainstorm here."
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Here." the scripture says that
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The scripture says that elijah took off running and
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Elijah took off running and he outran the chariot to
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He outran the chariot to jezreel. god gave him
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Jezreel. god gave him supernatural ability, caused
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Supernatural ability, caused him to go faster than he
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Him to go faster than he should have.
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Should have. i read where the average
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I read where the average horse can sprint 35 miles
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Horse can sprint 35 miles an hour, the average
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An hour, the average person 15 miles per hour,
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Person 15 miles per hour, my brother paul, 6.3 miles
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My brother paul, 6.3 miles per hour. (laughter)
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Per hour. (laughter) how could elijah possibly
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How could elijah possibly outrun a horse? how could
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Outrun a horse? how could he outrun a chariot? that
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He outrun a chariot? that doesn't seem like it makes
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Doesn't seem like it makes sense. here's how: god
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Sense. here's how: god shot him out.
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Shot him out. in this year of acceleration,
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In this year of acceleration, god is going to speed you up.
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God is going to speed you up. when i was eight years old,
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When i was eight years old, i was in my backyard with
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I was in my backyard with my father. we just raked
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My father. we just raked up a bunch of leaves and
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Up a bunch of leaves and we had this huge pile that
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We had this huge pile that we were going to burn.
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We were going to burn. normally my grandfather
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Normally my grandfather would do this. he helped
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Would do this. he helped us take care of our yard.
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Us take care of our yard. after a long day of raking
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After a long day of raking the leaves, he would always
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The leaves, he would always finish it off by burning
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Finish it off by burning them. but my father wasn't
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Them. but my father wasn't as experienced with making
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As experienced with making a fire as my grandfather.
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A fire as my grandfather. daddy went in the shed and
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Daddy went in the shed and got some accelerant out.
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Got some accelerant out. you know accelerant, that's
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You know accelerant, that's used to make the fire burn
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Used to make the fire burn faster, bigger and stronger.
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Faster, bigger and stronger. i remember thinking
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I remember thinking granddaddy never uses this
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Granddaddy never uses this accelerant when he makes a
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Accelerant when he makes a fire.
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Fire. i even asked my father.
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I even asked my father. he said, "oh, yeah. you want
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He said, "oh, yeah. you want to put a whole lot of this
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To put a whole lot of this on to really get it going."
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On to really get it going." he poured that liquid
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He poured that liquid accelerant all over the
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Accelerant all over the leaves, the branches, the
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Leaves, the branches, the whole ground was soaked
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Whole ground was soaked with accelerant. he got a
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With accelerant. he got a match out. i was only eight
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Match out. i was only eight years old but i was smart
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Years old but i was smart enough to go way, way back.
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Enough to go way, way back. i even asked him again,
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I even asked him again, "dad, are you sure you're
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"dad, are you sure you're supposed to use this?
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Supposed to use this? granddaddy ...."
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Granddaddy ...." "joel, i was raised on the
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"joel, i was raised on the farm. i know what i'm doing."
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Farm. i know what i'm doing." he threw that match on, it
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He threw that match on, it was like a volcano erupted.
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Was like a volcano erupted. that fire shot up thirty,
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That fire shot up thirty, forty feet in the air.
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Forty feet in the air. leaves, branches, debris
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Leaves, branches, debris went everywhere. we wanted
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Went everywhere. we wanted to get rid of the leaves,
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To get rid of the leaves, we got rid of them. they
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We got rid of them. they went in our neighbor's yard.
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(applause)
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A few seconds after that
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Little mini-explosion calmed
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Little mini-explosion calmed down, my dad came over.
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Down, my dad came over. his eyebrows were singed;
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His eyebrows were singed; he had dirt, leaves stuck
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He had dirt, leaves stuck to his face.
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To his face. but daddy knew no defeat.
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But daddy knew no defeat. he said, "see joel, that's
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He said, "see joel, that's how you make a fire."
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How you make a fire." (laughter) i thought, "yeah,
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(laughter) i thought, "yeah, that's how you go to heaven
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That's how you go to heaven today." (laughter)
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Today." (laughter) here's my point, the more
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Here's my point, the more accelerant you put on,
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Accelerant you put on, the faster the fire is going
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The faster the fire is going to burn.
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To burn. in the same way, faith is
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In the same way, faith is the accelerant. thanking
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The accelerant. thanking god that the answer's
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God that the answer's on the way, living with
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On the way, living with expectancy, meditating on
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Expectancy, meditating on his promises. that's putting
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His promises. that's putting accelerant on what you're
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Accelerant on what you're believing for. when we go
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Believing for. when we go around negative,
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Around negative, discouraged, 'it's never
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Discouraged, 'it's never going to happen', 'i'll
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Going to happen', 'i'll never get well'; that's like
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Never get well'; that's like pouring water on your fire.
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Pouring water on your fire. it's going to keep it from
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It's going to keep it from spreading.
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Spreading. why don't you start putting
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Why don't you start putting accelerant on your dreams?
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Accelerant on your dreams? "father, thank you that
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"father, thank you that you're opening doors that
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You're opening doors that no man can shut. thank you
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No man can shut. thank you that you're turning my
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That you're turning my water into wine."
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Water into wine." put accelerant on your
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Put accelerant on your healing.
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Healing. "father, thank you that
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"father, thank you that you're restoring health
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You're restoring health back unto me. that the
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Back unto me. that the number of my days you will
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Number of my days you will fulfill."
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Fulfill." put some accelerant on your
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Put some accelerant on your finances. all through the
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Finances. all through the year, "father, thank you
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Year, "father, thank you that whatever i touch will
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That whatever i touch will prosper and succeed. that
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Prosper and succeed. that i am the head and not the
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I am the head and not the tail."
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Tail." do like my father, put a
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Do like my father, put a whole lot on. all through
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Whole lot on. all through the day, keep thanking god
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The day, keep thanking god that it's coming, living
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That it's coming, living with expectancy, speaking
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With expectancy, speaking words of faith and victory.
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Words of faith and victory. friends, this is the year
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Friends, this is the year god is speeding things up.
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God is speeding things up. you've entered into a time
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You've entered into a time of acceleration.
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Of acceleration. like amos prophesied, where
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Like amos prophesied, where you'll sow and reap
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You'll sow and reap simultaneously.
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Simultaneously. like ezekiel said, where god
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Like ezekiel said, where god is going to shoot you out.
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Is going to shoot you out. you may have been pulled
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You may have been pulled back. you feel stuck. you've
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Back. you feel stuck. you've had some disappointments.
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Had some disappointments. you better get ready. this
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You better get ready. this is a new day. god's about
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Is a new day. god's about to shoot you further than
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To shoot you further than you can imagine. keep
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You can imagine. keep putting the accelerant on.
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Putting the accelerant on. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare god is going to
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And declare god is going to accelerate your dreams
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Accelerate your dreams coming to pass, accelerate
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Coming to pass, accelerate your healing, accelerate
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Your healing, accelerate promotions in jesus' name.
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Promotions in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Say amen today? (applause)
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(applause) we never like to close our
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We never like to close our broadcast without giving you
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Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make jesus
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An opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord, jesus.
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Just say, "lord, jesus. i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior."
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Savior." friends, if you prayed that
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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You got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church. keep god first
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Church. keep god first place. he's going to take
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Place. he's going to take you places
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You places that you've never dreamed.
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It's easy to let the
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It's easy to let the day get away from us
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Day get away from us before the day even starts.
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Before the day even starts. the first few
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The first few minutes of your morning
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Minutes of your morning are more powerful
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Are more powerful than you might think.
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Than you might think. life moves
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Life moves really fast sometimes,
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Really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to begin
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And it can be easy to begin each day
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Each day by zeroing in on your problems.
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By zeroing in on your problems. but here's the truth:
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But here's the truth: how you start
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How you start the day can determine
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The day can determine what kind of day
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What kind of day it's going to be,
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It's going to be, and i'd love to send you
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And i'd love to send you my devotional,
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My devotional, 3 minute mornings:
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3 minute mornings: start your day the blessed way.
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Start your day the blessed way. three minutes
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Three minutes doesn't seem like
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Doesn't seem like a lot of time,
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A lot of time, but when you put god
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But when you put god first place
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First place and get your mind
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And get your mind going in the right
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Going in the right direction, it's
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Direction, it's setting the tone for a blessed,
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Setting the tone for a blessed, productive day.
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Productive day. it's filled with inspiration
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It's filled with inspiration and encouragement
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And encouragement to help you begin
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To help you begin each day with a fresh attitude,
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Each day with a fresh attitude, grateful that you're alive.
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Grateful that you're alive. it's amazing
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It's amazing what happens
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What happens when you take three minutes
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When you take three minutes and speak
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And speak blessings over your life,
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Blessings over your life, declaring god's favor.
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Declaring god's favor. 3 minute mornings
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3 minute mornings is our gift to you.
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Is our gift to you. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's
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A copy of joel's new devotional,
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New devotional, 3 minute mornings:
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3 minute mornings: start your day in faith.
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Start your day in faith. this powerful book
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This powerful book will open the pathways
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Will open the pathways to experience god's presence
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To experience god's presence and peace in your life.
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And peace in your life. and there
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And there you will find renewed energy,
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You will find renewed energy, assurance, and wisdom
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Assurance, and wisdom to face your day.
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To face your day. the bible promises
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The bible promises that god is a rewarder
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That god is a rewarder of those
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Of those who diligently seek him.
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Who diligently seek him. so as you pause
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So as you pause for only three minutes
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For only three minutes and take
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And take in his wonderful promises
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In his wonderful promises in this book,
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In this book, you will be
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You will be positioning yourself
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Positioning yourself to receive
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To receive all the amazing things
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All the amazing things that god has in store for you.
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Problems to renewed possibilities.
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Possibilities. frustrations to god's favor.
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Frustrations to god's favor. yes, only
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Yes, only three minutes will transform
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Three minutes will transform your entire day.
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Your entire day. from the time
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From the time i was a little boy,
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I was a little boy, my parents taught me the value
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My parents taught me the value of starting the day off
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Of starting the day off in faith.
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In faith. 3 minute mornings
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3 minute mornings will help you do just that.
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Will help you do just that. victoria and i pray
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Victoria and i pray for you every day
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For you every day for god's very best.
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For god's very best. we want to thank you
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We want to thank you for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. you're impacting people
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Joel Osteen - Acceleration

June 5, 2025 | 27:29

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