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Joel Osteen - The Atmosphere of Praise

December 15, 2025 | 29:55

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Atmosphere of Praise | December 15, 2025

>joel: god bless you.
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us
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Stay connected with us during the week, through
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During the week, through our daily podcast,
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Our daily podcast, our youtube channel,
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you
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Social media. and you can come visit us in
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Can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Person. we'd love to have you be a part of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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One of our services. 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 this cat and
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I heard about this cat and mouse that died on the same
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Mouse that died on the same day and went to heaven.
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Day and went to heaven. after a few weeks, peter
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After a few weeks, peter saw the mouse and asked how
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Saw the mouse and asked how he liked it. he said,
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He liked it. he said, “oh it's great, but it's
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“oh it's great, but it's so big. i wish i could
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So big. i wish i could get a pair of roller
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Get a pair of roller skates.” peter said,
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Skates.” peter said, “no problem.” and got
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“no problem.” and got him some skates.
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Him some skates. a few weeks later, peter
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A few weeks later, peter saw the cat and asked him
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Saw the cat and asked him how he liked it. he said,
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How he liked it. he said, “oh it's fantastic, and
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“oh it's fantastic, and just when i thought it
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Just when i thought it couldn't get any better,
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Couldn't get any better, i discovered the meals
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I discovered the meals on wheels.”
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On wheels.” 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
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never
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Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus'
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Be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about an atmosphere of
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About an atmosphere of praise.
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Praise. we're all creating an
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We're all creating an atmosphere around us, by
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Atmosphere around us, by what we're thinking, what
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What we're thinking, what we're saying, our attitude.
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We're saying, our attitude. it's easy to go around
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It's easy to go around negative, “look at this
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Negative, “look at this doctors report, this
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Doctors report, this traffic is bad, these
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Traffic is bad, these people did me wrong.”
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People did me wrong.” whatever you're sending
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Whatever you're sending out, you're going to draw
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Out, you're going to draw in. if you're creating a
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In. if you're creating a negative atmosphere, that's
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Negative atmosphere, that's going to attract
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Going to attract discouragement, defeat, bad
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Discouragement, defeat, bad breaks.
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Breaks. but when you create an
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But when you create an atmosphere of praise, when
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Atmosphere of praise, when you're always thanking god
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You're always thanking god for what he's done.
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For what he's done. you get up in the morning,
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You get up in the morning, “lord thank you that i'm
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“lord thank you that i'm alive today, thank you for
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Alive today, thank you for my beautiful children,
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My beautiful children, thank you that goodness and
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Thank you that goodness and mercy are following me,
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Mercy are following me, thank you that i'm
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Thank you that i'm surrounded by your favor;
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Surrounded by your favor; lord, thank you that you've
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Lord, thank you that you've made me invisible to the
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Made me invisible to the enemy.” that faith filled
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Enemy.” that faith filled atmosphere is going to draw
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Atmosphere is going to draw in favor, good breaks,
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In favor, good breaks, peace.
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Peace. pay attention to what kind
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Pay attention to what kind of atmosphere you're
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Of atmosphere you're creating.
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Creating. you can't complain and see
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You can't complain and see breakthroughs.
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Breakthroughs. you can't go around talking
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You can't go around talking about problems, how it's
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About problems, how it's not going to work out, this
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Not going to work out, this challenge is too big, and
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Challenge is too big, and reach your potential.
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Reach your potential. that negative atmosphere is
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That negative atmosphere is stopping your victory.
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Stopping your victory. the scripture says, “god
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The scripture says, “god inhabits the praises of his
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Inhabits the praises of his people.” he doesn't inhabit
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People.” he doesn't inhabit complaints, he doesn't
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Complaints, he doesn't inhabit worry, frustration,
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Inhabit worry, frustration, “why is this taking so
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“why is this taking so long, these children are
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Long, these children are getting on my nerves.” that
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Getting on my nerves.” that doesn't get god's attention.
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Doesn't get god's attention. but when he hears you
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But when he hears you talking about his
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Talking about his greatness, praising when
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Greatness, praising when you could be complaining,
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You could be complaining, declaring his promises when
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Declaring his promises when you're up against giants,
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You're up against giants, thanking him that he's
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Thanking him that he's working when nothing is
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Working when nothing is changing.
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Changing. one version says, “god is
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One version says, “god is enthroned when we praise
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Enthroned when we praise him.” when you're full of
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Him.” when you're full of praise, you're building a
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Praise, you're building a throne for god to sit on.
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Throne for god to sit on. when you go through the day
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When you go through the day grateful, focused on what's
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Grateful, focused on what's right, a spring in your
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Right, a spring in your step, a smile on your face,
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Step, a smile on your face, being good to people,
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Being good to people, that's not just having a
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That's not just having a positive attitude.
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Positive attitude. you're inviting god into
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You're inviting god into your life, into your
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Your life, into your circumstances, into your
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Circumstances, into your emotions.
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Emotions. when you're up against
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When you're up against challenges that seem too
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Challenges that seem too big, dreams that look
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Big, dreams that look impossible, you'll be
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Impossible, you'll be tempted to worry, live
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Tempted to worry, live stressed, complain. but the
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Stressed, complain. but the best thing you can do is
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Best thing you can do is give god praise.
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Give god praise. it may be too much for you,
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It may be too much for you, but it's not too much for
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But it's not too much for him. david said, “magnify
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Him. david said, “magnify the lord with me.” don't
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The lord with me.” don't magnify your problem,
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Magnify your problem, magnify your god.
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Magnify your god. thank him for who he is.
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Thank him for who he is. “lord, i thank you that
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“lord, i thank you that you're the all-powerful
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You're the all-powerful creator of the universe.
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Creator of the universe. i thank you that you're the
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I thank you that you're the great i am. lord, you're my
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Great i am. lord, you're my provider, my healer, my
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Provider, my healer, my protector, my deliverer, my
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Protector, my deliverer, my way maker.” that's what
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Way maker.” that's what causes god to show up.
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Causes god to show up. not begging him, “god,
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Not begging him, “god, you've got to do
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You've got to do something.” not
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Something.” not complaining, “god, it's not
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Complaining, “god, it's not fair.” not worrying, “what
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Fair.” not worrying, “what am i going to do?” that's
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Am i going to do?” that's attracting the wrong things.
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Attracting the wrong things. switch over into praise.
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Switch over into praise. that's what attracts the
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That's what attracts the most powerful force in the
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Most powerful force in the universe.
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Universe. victoria and i were at a
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Victoria and i were at a nursery recently.
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Nursery recently. it was this huge place,
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It was this huge place, with several acres of all
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With several acres of all kinds of plants, flowers
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Kinds of plants, flowers and shrubs.
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And shrubs. we had been looking for
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We had been looking for half an hour or so, going
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Half an hour or so, going up and down the rows.
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Up and down the rows. we came to this type of
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We came to this type of particular flower, there
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Particular flower, there were hundreds of bees
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Were hundreds of bees around them. everywhere you
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Around them. everywhere you looked.
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Looked. you could barely see the
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You could barely see the individual flower, it had
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Individual flower, it had so many bees on it.
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So many bees on it. i asked the man working
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I asked the man working there, what was different
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There, what was different about this flower than the
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About this flower than the ones right next to it that
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Ones right next to it that had no bees.
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Had no bees. he told how that flower
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He told how that flower puts off a sweet smell that
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Puts off a sweet smell that attracts the bees.
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Attracts the bees. there's something called
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There's something called nectar that the flower
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Nectar that the flower produces that creates this
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Produces that creates this aroma that draws the bees
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Aroma that draws the bees in. we saw hundreds
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In. we saw hundreds different types of flowers
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Different types of flowers that day, row after row,
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That day, row after row, but these were the only
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But these were the only flowers that had bees on
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Flowers that had bees on them. there were other
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Them. there were other flowers that looked just
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Flowers that looked just the same.
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The same. they were just as
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They were just as beautiful, colorful.
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Beautiful, colorful. they had smells but they
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They had smells but they didn't have any bees.
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Didn't have any bees. the bees were looking for
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The bees were looking for this specific sweet smell
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This specific sweet smell of nectar, so they passed
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Of nectar, so they passed over all the other flowers
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Over all the other flowers until they came to these
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Until they came to these flowers.
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Flowers. the scripture says our
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The scripture says our praise goes up as a
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Praise goes up as a sweet-smelling aroma before
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Sweet-smelling aroma before god.
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God. when you give god praise,
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When you give god praise, you're putting off that
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You're putting off that aroma that attracts god.
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Aroma that attracts god. god can smell praise.
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God can smell praise. he'll pass over person
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He'll pass over person after person after person,
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After person after person, then he comes to you, he
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Then he comes to you, he smells that sweet smelling
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Smells that sweet smelling aroma.
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Aroma. he hears you thanking him,
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He hears you thanking him, going around grateful,
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Going around grateful, talking about how blessed
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Talking about how blessed you are, declaring his
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You are, declaring his promises, “this is another
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Promises, “this is another day the lord has made, i'm
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Day the lord has made, i'm going to live this day
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Going to live this day happy.
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Happy. father, thank you that as
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Father, thank you that as for me and my house we're
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For me and my house we're going to serve the lord.
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Going to serve the lord. yes, i have some problems
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Yes, i have some problems but god i thank you that
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But god i thank you that you're bigger than anything
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You're bigger than anything that i'm facing.” i can
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That i'm facing.” i can imagine god saying to the
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Imagine god saying to the angels, “i smell something.
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Angels, “i smell something. do you smell it?
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Do you smell it? there's a sweet-smelling
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There's a sweet-smelling aroma coming up.
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Aroma coming up. i'm going to go find where
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I'm going to go find where it's coming from.” your
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It's coming from.” your praise will attract god.
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Praise will attract god. he'll pass over all these
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He'll pass over all these other people and find the
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Other people and find the praiser.
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Praiser. he'll find the one that has
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He'll find the one that has a report of victory, the
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A report of victory, the one that's talking about
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One that's talking about how big their god is and
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How big their god is and not how big their problem
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Not how big their problem is.
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Is. i wonder if what you're
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I wonder if what you're putting off is attracting
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Putting off is attracting god or causing him to pass
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God or causing him to pass by.
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By. “joel this inflation is so
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“joel this inflation is so bad, my backs been hurting,
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Bad, my backs been hurting, these people at work get on
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These people at work get on my nerves, i can't stand
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My nerves, i can't stand driving in that traffic.”
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Driving in that traffic.” instead of a sweet-smelling
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Instead of a sweet-smelling aroma, that's putting out
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Aroma, that's putting out an odor, that attitude
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An odor, that attitude stinks.
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Stinks. i can hear god saying, “go
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I can hear god saying, “go get me some air fresheners,
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Get me some air fresheners, go pick up some odor
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Go pick up some odor eaters.” that stink pushes
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Eaters.” that stink pushes god away.
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God away. we've all met people, we're
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We've all met people, we're not around them fifteen
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Not around them fifteen minutes we can tell they're
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Minutes we can tell they're bitter, they're a worrier,
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Bitter, they're a worrier, they're a complainer,
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They're a complainer, they're angry.
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They're angry. instead of a sweet-smelling
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Instead of a sweet-smelling aroma, grateful, joyful,
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Aroma, grateful, joyful, good natured, they're
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Good natured, they're putting out an odor.
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Putting out an odor. their attitude stinks,
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Their attitude stinks, their words are negative,
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Their words are negative, they're focused on what's
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They're focused on what's wrong, they're expecting
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Wrong, they're expecting the worst. don't let what
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The worst. don't let what you're putting out keep you
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You're putting out keep you from your potential.
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From your potential. other people can't stop you.
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Other people can't stop you. the enemy can't stop you.
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The enemy can't stop you. the only one that can stop
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The only one that can stop you is you.
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You is you. if you live negative,
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If you live negative, bitter, jealous, worried,
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Bitter, jealous, worried, angry, none of those things
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Angry, none of those things attract god.
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Attract god. you need god to reach the
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You need god to reach the fullness of your destiny.
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Fullness of your destiny. you can't do it on your own.
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You can't do it on your own. when you create an
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When you create an atmosphere of praise,
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Atmosphere of praise, you're going to attract
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You're going to attract favor, the right people,
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Favor, the right people, healing, freedom, abundance.
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Healing, freedom, abundance. it's interesting how smells
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It's interesting how smells work.
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Work. we had an animal that died
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We had an animal that died behind our fence in our
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Behind our fence in our backyard, a raccoon or
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Backyard, a raccoon or squirrel, something.
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Squirrel, something. but the smell was so bad,
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But the smell was so bad, the stench so strong, that
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The stench so strong, that i didn't want to go out in
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I didn't want to go out in the yard. sometimes we'll
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The yard. sometimes we'll eat on the back porch, but
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Eat on the back porch, but it was so powerful, so
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It was so powerful, so offensive that it drove me
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Offensive that it drove me away.
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Away. victoria used to make this
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Victoria used to make this chocolate cake.
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Chocolate cake. it was so good, homemade,
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It was so good, homemade, right out of the box.
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Right out of the box. it was amazing.
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It was amazing. when i walked in from the
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When i walked in from the garage, at the back door,
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Garage, at the back door, the kitchen is two rooms
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The kitchen is two rooms away.
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Away. it's not even close but i
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It's not even close but i could smell the aroma of
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Could smell the aroma of that cake.
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That cake. she didn't have to tell me
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She didn't have to tell me she made one, she didn't
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She made one, she didn't have to come announce,
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Have to come announce, “joel, i cooked something
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“joel, i cooked something for you.” my nose knew
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For you.” my nose knew exactly what she'd done.
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Exactly what she'd done. that smell drew me to it.
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That smell drew me to it. i couldn't help it.
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I couldn't help it. i was attracted to it.
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I was attracted to it. that's how powerful smells
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That's how powerful smells are.
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Are. i was pushed away from the
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I was pushed away from the stench in the back yard,
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Stench in the back yard, and i was drawn to this
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And i was drawn to this sweet-smelling chocolate
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Sweet-smelling chocolate cake in the oven.
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Cake in the oven. what is your life putting
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What is your life putting off?
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Off? what is your attitude
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What is your attitude putting off?
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Putting off? what are your words putting
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What are your words putting off?
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Off? sweet smelling aromas, or
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Sweet smelling aromas, or are you creating odors,
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Are you creating odors, stinky attitudes, negative
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Stinky attitudes, negative talk, worried all the time.
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Talk, worried all the time. that's pushing god away.
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That's pushing god away. if you want to attract
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If you want to attract favor, joy, peace,
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Favor, joy, peace, creativity.
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Creativity. start sending up some
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Start sending up some praise.
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Praise. start thanking god for what
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Start thanking god for what he's done.
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He's done. start bragging on his
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Start bragging on his goodness.
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Goodness. start declaring his victory
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Start declaring his victory over your life.
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Over your life. see, you can't be neutral
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See, you can't be neutral and think, “well i'm not
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And think, “well i'm not going to be negative; i'm
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Going to be negative; i'm not going to complain.”
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Not going to complain.” that's good, you're not
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That's good, you're not putting out any odors, but
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Putting out any odors, but you need to send up some
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You need to send up some aromas.
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Aromas. “lord, thank you for waking
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“lord, thank you for waking me up this morning.
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Me up this morning. thank you for giving me
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Thank you for giving me breath to breathe.
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Breath to breathe. thank you that i'm healthy.
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Thank you that i'm healthy. thank you for my family,
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Thank you for my family, for opportunity, for
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For opportunity, for protection, for your
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Protection, for your favor.” that's creating an
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Favor.” that's creating an atmosphere of praise.
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Atmosphere of praise. that's what attracts the
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That's what attracts the most-high god.
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Most-high god. in my early twenties, i was
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In my early twenties, i was driving home from work on
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Driving home from work on the freeway.
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The freeway. it had been raining really
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It had been raining really hard. i went to change
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Hard. i went to change lanes and i hit this big
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Lanes and i hit this big puddle of water and lost
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Puddle of water and lost control of my car.
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Control of my car. i started spinning around,
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I started spinning around, across three lanes of
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Across three lanes of traffic, i hit the inside
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Traffic, i hit the inside barrier, that catapulted
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Barrier, that catapulted me, and i started spinning
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Me, and i started spinning back across those lanes.
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Back across those lanes. i looked up at one point,
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I looked up at one point, this eighteen-wheeler was
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This eighteen-wheeler was right in front of me.
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Right in front of me. i was facing the wrong
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I was facing the wrong direction; it looked like i
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Direction; it looked like i could reach out and touch
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Could reach out and touch the front of his grill.
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The front of his grill. i didn't have time to pray.
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I didn't have time to pray. i didn't have time to think
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I didn't have time to think about it.
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About it. but i heard myself say,
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But i heard myself say, jesus, jesus, jesus.
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Jesus, jesus, jesus. it came out of my mouth
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It came out of my mouth three times.
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Three times. the next thing i knew i was
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The next thing i knew i was over on the shoulder.
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Over on the shoulder. somehow that truck has
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Somehow that truck has missed me.
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Missed me. the driver pulled over; he
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The driver pulled over; he came up to my window.
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Came up to my window. the first thing he said
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The first thing he said was, “boy, you must be
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Was, “boy, you must be living right.
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Living right. because right when i braced
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Because right when i braced to hit you, this big gust
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To hit you, this big gust of wind blew my truck into
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Of wind blew my truck into another lane.” i'm so glad
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Another lane.” i'm so glad i said jesus and not
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I said jesus and not blankety blank.
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Blankety blank. if i had said something
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If i had said something else, i don't know if i'd
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Else, i don't know if i'd be here today.
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Be here today. when you stay full of
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When you stay full of praise, it will come out
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Praise, it will come out when you need it.
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When you need it. in the scripture, god told
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In the scripture, god told jonah to go to the city of
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Jonah to go to the city of nineveh, but jonah didn't
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Nineveh, but jonah didn't want to go there.
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Want to go there. he got on a boat headed the
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He got on a boat headed the other direction.
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Other direction. they encountered a huge
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They encountered a huge storm; thought they were
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Storm; thought they were all going to die.
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Jonah finally admitted he
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Jonah finally admitted he was the problem. the crew
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Was the problem. the crew said, “thank you so much
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Said, “thank you so much for telling us.” then they
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For telling us.” then they threw him overboard. it
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Threw him overboard. it should have been the end,
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Should have been the end, but god in his mercy had a
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But god in his mercy had a big fish waiting for jonah.
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Big fish waiting for jonah. it swallowed him. jonah was
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It swallowed him. jonah was sitting in the belly of
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Sitting in the belly of this whale.
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This whale. you can imagine how it
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You can imagine how it smelled inside a whale's
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Smelled inside a whale's digestive system. gases,
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Digestive system. gases, fluids, foods.
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Fluids, foods. it would have reeked, so
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It would have reeked, so stinky, almost unbearable.
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Stinky, almost unbearable. in jonah chapter 2, for
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In jonah chapter 2, for eight verses jonah talked
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Eight verses jonah talked about how bad his life was
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About how bad his life was and how he was in the
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And how he was in the depths of despair, how he
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Depths of despair, how he was surrounded by vast
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Was surrounded by vast waters, how he didn't see a
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Waters, how he didn't see a way out.
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Way out. all that was true but
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All that was true but complaining doesn't get
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Complaining doesn't get god's attention.
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God's attention. sending up odors, “god this
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Sending up odors, “god this isn't fair, why did these
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Isn't fair, why did these people do me wrong, why did
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People do me wrong, why did this happen?” that doesn't
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This happen?” that doesn't cause god to respond.
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Cause god to respond. what attracts him are sweet
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What attracts him are sweet smelling aromas.
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Smelling aromas. you may be in a stinky
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You may be in a stinky situation today.
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Situation today. like jonah, you could
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Like jonah, you could describe everything wrong,
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Describe everything wrong, how you weren't treated
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How you weren't treated right, how you're never
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Right, how you're never going to get well.
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Going to get well. that's creating an
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That's creating an atmosphere of doubt,
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Atmosphere of doubt, defeat, negativity.
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Defeat, negativity. that's going keep you where
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That's going keep you where you are.
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You are. after complaining for eight
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After complaining for eight verses, jonah had a change
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Verses, jonah had a change of heart. he must have
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Of heart. he must have tuned in lakewood.
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Tuned in lakewood. he said in verse 9, “god,
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He said in verse 9, “god, in spite of my
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In spite of my difficulties, i'm going to
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Difficulties, i'm going to offer up the sacrifice of
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Offer up the sacrifice of praise with the voice of
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Praise with the voice of thanksgiving.” in the
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Thanksgiving.” in the middle of the whale, he
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Middle of the whale, he started saying, “lord,
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Started saying, “lord, thank you that you're still
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Thank you that you're still in control.
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In control. thank you that your mercy
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Thank you that your mercy is bigger than my mistakes.
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Is bigger than my mistakes. thank you that you didn't
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Thank you that you didn't bring me this far to leave
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Bring me this far to leave me, that what you started
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Me, that what you started in my life, you will
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In my life, you will finish.” i can hear god
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Finish.” i can hear god saying, “i smell an aroma,
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Saying, “i smell an aroma, coming from inside a whale.
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Coming from inside a whale. it should be stinky, it
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It should be stinky, it should smell offensive, an
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Should smell offensive, an odor but it's a
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Odor but it's a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Sweet-smelling aroma. it's a song of praise.
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It's a song of praise. it's song of victory.”
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It's song of victory.” the next verse says, “god
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The next verse says, “god commanded the whale and it
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Commanded the whale and it spit jonah up on dry land.”
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Spit jonah up on dry land.” when you praise in the
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When you praise in the midst of trouble, when you
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Midst of trouble, when you talk about god's goodness
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Talk about god's goodness when you don't see how it
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When you don't see how it can work out, when you send
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Can work out, when you send up sweet-smelling aromas
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Up sweet-smelling aromas when you're surrounded by
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When you're surrounded by things that stink, that's
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Things that stink, that's when the most high god will
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When the most high god will go to work.
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Go to work. if god will cause a whale
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If god will cause a whale to take jonah to the shore
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To take jonah to the shore so he can fulfill his
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So he can fulfill his destiny, even after he made
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Destiny, even after he made mistakes, god will cause
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Mistakes, god will cause your child to get back on
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Your child to get back on course.
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Course. god will cause that medical
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God will cause that medical report to turn around.
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Report to turn around. god will cause you to break
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God will cause you to break that addiction, to meet the
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That addiction, to meet the right person, to have that
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Right person, to have that baby.
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Baby. the question is what are
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The question is what are you sending up?
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You sending up? complaints, doubts, worry.
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Complaints, doubts, worry. no, be a jonah.
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No, be a jonah. in the middle of the stink,
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In the middle of the stink, in the middle of the
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In the middle of the challenge, send up an aroma
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Challenge, send up an aroma of praise.
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Of praise. send up faith, send up hope.
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Send up faith, send up hope. “lord, thank you that
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“lord, thank you that there's nothing too hard
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There's nothing too hard for you; thank you that
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For you; thank you that what you have purposed for
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What you have purposed for my life will come to pass.
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My life will come to pass. that there's no person, no
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That there's no person, no bad break, no sickness, no
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Bad break, no sickness, no addiction, no force of
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Addiction, no force of darkness can stop your
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Darkness can stop your plan.”
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Plan.” the psalmist said, “praise
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The psalmist said, “praise him for his unequalled
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Him for his unequalled greatness.
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Greatness. praise him for his mighty
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Praise him for his mighty works.
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Works. praise him for his majestic
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Praise him for his majestic power.” you may be limited,
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Power.” you may be limited, but he's unlimited.
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But he's unlimited. we're natural, but he's
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We're natural, but he's supernatural.
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Supernatural. when you don't see a way,
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When you don't see a way, you'll be tempted to
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You'll be tempted to complain. no turn it around
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Complain. no turn it around and praise him for who he
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And praise him for who he is.
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“lord, i praise you that
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“lord, i praise you that you're bigger than this
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You're bigger than this sickness.
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Sickness. i praise you that you're
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I praise you that you're stronger than this
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Stronger than this addiction.
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Addiction. i praise you that you're
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I praise you that you're greater than this trouble.
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Greater than this trouble. i praise you that you're
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I praise you that you're more powerful than these
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More powerful than these people.” you could be
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People.” you could be sending up doubt, defeat,
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Sending up doubt, defeat, complaints, instead you're
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Complaints, instead you're sending up sweet smelling
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Sending up sweet smelling aromas, bragging on the
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Aromas, bragging on the goodness of god.
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Goodness of god. those aromas set miracles
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Those aromas set miracles into motion.
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Into motion. that's when god will show
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That's when god will show up and do what you cannot
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Up and do what you cannot do.
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Do. sometimes we're waiting for
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Sometimes we're waiting for the circumstances to
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The circumstances to change, then we'll give god
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Change, then we'll give god praise, but that's
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Praise, but that's backwards, you have to give
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Backwards, you have to give god praise first. you have
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God praise first. you have to have that song in your
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To have that song in your heart when nothing is
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Heart when nothing is changing.
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Changing. it looks like it's never
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It looks like it's never going to work out but
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Going to work out but you're still thanking god
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You're still thanking god that he's making ways where
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That he's making ways where you don't see a way.
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You don't see a way. the israelites were in
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The israelites were in slavery for four hundred
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Slavery for four hundred and thirty years.
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And thirty years. psalm 137 says, “they wept
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Psalm 137 says, “they wept at the thought of
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At the thought of jerusalem.” they were so
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Jerusalem.” they were so discouraged, so
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Discouraged, so disheartened.
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Disheartened. they used to be joyful.
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They used to be joyful. they used to talk about the
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They used to talk about the greatness of jehovah, how
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Greatness of jehovah, how he had done amazing things.
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He had done amazing things. they were filled with
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They were filled with praise but now they were in
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Praise but now they were in captivity, things hadn't
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Captivity, things hadn't worked out.
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Worked out. they didn't just lose their
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They didn't just lose their freedom, but they lost
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Freedom, but they lost their praise.
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Their praise. they made the mistake in
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They made the mistake in captivity, to quit sending
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Captivity, to quit sending up the sweet-smelling
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Up the sweet-smelling aromas.
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Aromas. it's easy to do.
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It's easy to do. when we're in difficult
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When we're in difficult times, life throws us a
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Times, life throws us a curve, we can look back at
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Curve, we can look back at how it used to be, so
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How it used to be, so great, how far we are from
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Great, how far we are from that now.
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That now. it's tempting to be
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It's tempting to be negative, discouraged, talk
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Negative, discouraged, talk about how it used to be.
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About how it used to be. they sat by the rivers of
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They sat by the rivers of babylon, when they could
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Babylon, when they could have been thanking god that
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Have been thanking god that he was going to bring them
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He was going to bring them out, instead they spent
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Out, instead they spent that time weeping,
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That time weeping, discouraged over what they
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Discouraged over what they had lost. verse 2 says,
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Had lost. verse 2 says, “they put away their harps
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“they put away their harps and hung them on willow
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And hung them on willow trees.” their captors asked
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Trees.” their captors asked them to sing the songs of
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Them to sing the songs of israel.
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Israel. they had heard about the
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They had heard about the joy, the dancing.
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Joy, the dancing. all these happy, uplifting
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All these happy, uplifting songs.
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Songs. but the israelites answered
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But the israelites answered back, “how can we sing the
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Back, “how can we sing the songs of the lord while
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Songs of the lord while we're in a foreign land.”
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We're in a foreign land.” their attitude was, “once
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Their attitude was, “once god delivers us, then we'll
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God delivers us, then we'll sing.
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Sing. once i get well joel, once
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Once i get well joel, once my child gets back on
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My child gets back on course, once this inflation
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Course, once this inflation goes down, then i'll get my
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Goes down, then i'll get my joy back, then i'll go get
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Joy back, then i'll go get my harp.” no, praise is
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My harp.” no, praise is what's going to cause it to
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What's going to cause it to turn around.
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Turn around. while you're waiting for
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While you're waiting for things to change, believing
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Things to change, believing for breakthroughs, the
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For breakthroughs, the enemy would love for you to
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Enemy would love for you to hang up your harp.
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Hang up your harp. to get discouraged, start
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To get discouraged, start complaining, sit around
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Complaining, sit around talk about your problems.
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Talk about your problems. no, that's when more than
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No, that's when more than ever you need to give god
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Ever you need to give god praise.
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Praise. praise activates his power.
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Praise activates his power. praise causes angels to go
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Praise causes angels to go to work.
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To work. praise opens prison doors.
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Praise opens prison doors. praise will break chains.
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Praise will break chains. praise will defeat giants.
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Praise will defeat giants. don't hang up your harp.
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Don't hang up your harp. you can praise your way out.
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You can praise your way out. if you'll start sending
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If you'll start sending sweet smelling aromas,
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Sweet smelling aromas, you'll be amazed at what
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You'll be amazed at what god will do.
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God will do. when my mother was
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When my mother was diagnosed with terminal
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Diagnosed with terminal cancer and given a few
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Cancer and given a few weeks to live, she was
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Weeks to live, she was tempted to hang up her harp.
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Tempted to hang up her harp. she'd been so healthy, so
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She'd been so healthy, so energetic.
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Energetic. now she weighed eighty-nine
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Now she weighed eighty-nine pounds.
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Pounds. like the israelites, she
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Like the israelites, she didn't see a way out.
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Didn't see a way out. that sickness had her in
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That sickness had her in captivity.
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Captivity. it looked like that would
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It looked like that would be the end.
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Be the end. but she didn't make the
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But she didn't make the mistake that they made.
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Mistake that they made. she kept her harp.
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She kept her harp. in the middle of that
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In the middle of that challenge, when every voice
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Challenge, when every voice said she would never make
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Said she would never make it, medically speaking it
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It, medically speaking it wasn't possible, she kept
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Wasn't possible, she kept sending up praises.
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Sending up praises. “father thank you that you
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“father thank you that you can do the impossible.
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Can do the impossible. thank you that the number
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Thank you that the number of my days you will fulfill.
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Of my days you will fulfill. that i will live and not
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That i will live and not die and declare the works
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Die and declare the works of the lord.” the more
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Of the lord.” the more defeat that came against
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Defeat that came against her mind, the more praises
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Her mind, the more praises she sent up.
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She sent up. you have to be more
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You have to be more determined than the enemy.
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Determined than the enemy. when the going gets tough,
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When the going gets tough, the tough have to get going.
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The tough have to get going. maybe you need to get your
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Maybe you need to get your harp back.
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Harp back. you let that setback, that
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You let that setback, that breakup, that loss, not
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Breakup, that loss, not just steal your joy but
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Just steal your joy but take your praise.
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Take your praise. you're wondering when god
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You're wondering when god is going to do something,
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Is going to do something, god is waiting for you to
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God is waiting for you to send up some aromas.
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Send up some aromas. if you'll start putting out
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If you'll start putting out the right things, like
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The right things, like those bees are drawn to the
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Those bees are drawn to the nectar in the flower, your
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Nectar in the flower, your praise will draw in the
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Praise will draw in the most-high god.
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Most-high god. he doesn't inhabit our
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He doesn't inhabit our fears, our doubts, our
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Fears, our doubts, our complaints, our worries,
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Complaints, our worries, praise is what causes god
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Praise is what causes god to go to work. causes god
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To go to work. causes god i would hear my mother
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I would hear my mother going through the house
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Going through the house thanking god for his
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Thanking god for his goodness, talking about how
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Goodness, talking about how he was turning things
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He was turning things around.
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Around. in the midst of the
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In the midst of the difficulty, she was making
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Difficulty, she was making melody in her heart. she
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Melody in her heart. she could have been making
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Could have been making worry, making
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Worry, making discouragement, making
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Discouragement, making fear, but she chose to
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Fear, but she chose to create an atmosphere of
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Create an atmosphere of praise.
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Praise. she knew that god can smell
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She knew that god can smell praise, that he's drawn to
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Praise, that he's drawn to praise, so she kept her
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Praise, so she kept her harp out and she kept
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Harp out and she kept sending up praises.
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Sending up praises. it didn't happen overnight,
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It didn't happen overnight, but she started getting
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But she started getting better and better.
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Better and better. that was december 1981,
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That was december 1981, here we are forty-one years
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Here we are forty-one years later, she's still going
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Later, she's still going strong.
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Strong. eighty-nine years young,
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Eighty-nine years young, still healthy and whole.
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Still healthy and whole. what kind of atmosphere are
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What kind of atmosphere are you creating?
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You creating? what are you sending up all
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What are you sending up all through the day, “i'll
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Through the day, “i'll never get well.
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Never get well. i'll never meet the right
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I'll never meet the right person.
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Person. i can't accomplish my
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I can't accomplish my dreams; i don't have the
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Dreams; i don't have the connections.” do yourself a
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Connections.” do yourself a favor, go get your harp.
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Favor, go get your harp. get your song back.
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Get your song back. get your praise back.
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Get your praise back. get your vision back.
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Get your vision back. get your dream back.
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Get your dream back. god is still on the throne.
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God is still on the throne. he still has a destiny for
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He still has a destiny for you to fulfill.
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You to fulfill. what's in your future is
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What's in your future is greater than anything
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Greater than anything you've seen in the past.
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You've seen in the past. you and god are a majority.
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You and god are a majority. there's not an obstacle
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There's not an obstacle you're facing that he can't
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You're facing that he can't turn around, not a dream
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Turn around, not a dream he's put in your heart that
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He's put in your heart that he can't bring to pass.
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He can't bring to pass. in 2 kings 3, the
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In 2 kings 3, the israelites, with two other
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Israelites, with two other armies, had been traveling
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Armies, had been traveling through the desert for
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Through the desert for seven days.
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Seven days. they were going to sneak up
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They were going to sneak up and attack the moabites.
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And attack the moabites. they thought there would be
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They thought there would be streams or wells along the
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Streams or wells along the way, but they couldn't find
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Way, but they couldn't find any water.
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Any water. they didn't know if they
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They didn't know if they should continue on.
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Should continue on. king jehoshaphat asked the
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King jehoshaphat asked the other kings, if there was
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Other kings, if there was any prophet, so they could
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Any prophet, so they could ask god what they should do.
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Ask god what they should do. they said elisha is nearby.
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They said elisha is nearby. well elisha didn't want to
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Well elisha didn't want to have anything to do with
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Have anything to do with those two other kings.
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Those two other kings. they didn't honor god.
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They didn't honor god. he was annoyed by it all
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He was annoyed by it all but because of his friend
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But because of his friend king jehoshaphat, he agreed
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King jehoshaphat, he agreed to do it.
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To do it. he said in verse 15.
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He said in verse 15. “bring me someone that can
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“bring me someone that can play the harp.” elisha knew
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Play the harp.” elisha knew he couldn't hear from god
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He couldn't hear from god in that setting.
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In that setting. he was irritated, upset.
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He was irritated, upset. he had to change the
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He had to change the atmosphere.
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Atmosphere. the scripture says, “while
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The scripture says, “while the harp was being played,
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The harp was being played, the power of the lord came
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The power of the lord came on elisha, and he began to
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On elisha, and he began to prophesy.” it's amazing
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Prophesy.” it's amazing what god will do if you'll
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What god will do if you'll create the right atmosphere.
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Create the right atmosphere. when there's worry, doubt,
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When there's worry, doubt, frustration, that's keeping
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Frustration, that's keeping us from seeing the goodness
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Us from seeing the goodness of god.
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Of god. like elisha did, bring in
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Like elisha did, bring in the harp.
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The harp. turn up the praise.
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Turn up the praise. create an atmosphere of
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Create an atmosphere of faith, hope, and expectancy.
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Faith, hope, and expectancy. that's what causes god to
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That's what causes god to show up.
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Show up. this shouldn't be something
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This shouldn't be something we do every once in a
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We do every once in a while, it should be a
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While, it should be a lifestyle.
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Lifestyle. david said, “his praise
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David said, “his praise should continually be in
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Should continually be in our mouth.” all through the
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Our mouth.” all through the day, under our breath,
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Day, under our breath, we're making melody in our
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We're making melody in our heart. thanking god for his
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Heart. thanking god for his goodness, grateful for what
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Goodness, grateful for what he's done, talking about
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He's done, talking about his greatness.
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His greatness. just like that bee is
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Just like that bee is attracted to the smell of
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Attracted to the smell of flower, god is attracted to
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Flower, god is attracted to the smell of praise.
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The smell of praise. my question, what kind of
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My question, what kind of atmosphere are you creating?
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Atmosphere are you creating? worry, doubt, complaining.
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Worry, doubt, complaining. that's sending out an odor.
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That's sending out an odor. that's pushing away good
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That's pushing away good things.
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Things. god is looking for a
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God is looking for a sweet-smelling aroma.
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Sweet-smelling aroma. you may be in a difficult
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You may be in a difficult situation, things coming
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Situation, things coming against you, don't hang up
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Against you, don't hang up your harp.
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Your harp. the enemy would love for
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The enemy would love for you start complaining, live
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You start complaining, live bitter.
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Bitter. no keep the praises going
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No keep the praises going up.
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Up. keep thanking god that he's
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Keep thanking god that he's working.
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Working. keep declaring that you're
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Keep declaring that you're coming out.
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Coming out. one thing i've learned is
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One thing i've learned is you can't keep a praiser
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You can't keep a praiser down.
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Down. if you'll stay full of
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If you'll stay full of praise, i believe and
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Praise, i believe and declare, like jonah,
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Declare, like jonah, negative situations are
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Negative situations are about to turn around.
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About to turn around. you're about to see favor
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You're about to see favor that you've never seen.
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That you've never seen. new doors are going to
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New doors are going to open, healing, freedom, the
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Open, healing, freedom, the right people, the fullness
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Right people, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
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Of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen?
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What if every plan you set,
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What if every plan you set, every habit you formed,
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Every habit you formed, and every decision you made
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And every decision you made became a pathway
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Became a pathway to see god move in your life?
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To see god move in your life? we all have hopes and dreams;
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We all have hopes and dreams; things we're believing for.
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Things we're believing for. when you start the year
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When you start the year in faith,
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In faith, expecting god's goodness,
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Expecting god's goodness, you are setting the tone
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You are setting the tone for a blessed new year.
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We'd love to send you our 2026
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To feed your faith on a daily basis.
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To help you stay encouraged and keep believing
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And keep believing for what god
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For what god has put in your heart.
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Has put in your heart. 2026 is your year
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2026 is your year to see the goodness of god
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To see the goodness of god in greater ways.
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In greater ways. let go of what
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Let go of what didn't work out and get ready
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Didn't work out and get ready for the new things
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For the new things god has in store.
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God has in store. as our way of saying thank you
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To strengthen your spirit and face every challenge
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And face every challenge with confidence.
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With confidence. no matter what's happening
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No matter what's happening around you,
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Around you, faith can rise up in you.
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Faith can rise up in you. keep believing
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Keep believing and expecting a blessed 2026.
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And expecting a blessed 2026. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. as we finish this year,
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A very merry christmas. till we see you next time,
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Till we see you next time, may the lord bless
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Joel Osteen - The Atmosphere of Praise

December 15, 2025 | 29:55

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