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Joel Osteen - Awaken Your Great Faith

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Awaken Your Great Faith | November 17, 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 stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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Channel, social media. and you can come visit
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And you can come visit us in person. we'd love
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of
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To have you be a part of one of our services.
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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 country
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I heard about this country grandmother. she'd go out
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Grandmother. she'd go out on the front porch every
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On the front porch every morning and thank the lord
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Morning and thank the lord for another day. her
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For another day. her neighbor didn't believe
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Neighbor didn't believe in god. he'd shout back,
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In god. he'd shout back, “there's no such thing
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“there's no such thing as the lord.” one day
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As the lord.” one day he overheard her asking
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He overheard her asking god to give her groceries
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God to give her groceries for the week. he snuck
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For the week. he snuck over early the next
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Over early the next morning and put some
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Morning and put some groceries on her front
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Groceries on her front porch. she came out and
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Porch. she came out and said, “thank you lord,
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Said, “thank you lord, you did it again.”
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You did it again.” he laughed and laughed,
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He laughed and laughed, said, “god didn't give
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Said, “god didn't give you the groceries, i put
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You the groceries, i put them there.” she said,
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Them there.” she said, “lord thank you. you not
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“lord thank you. you not only sent the groceries,
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Only sent the groceries, but you made the devil
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But you made the devil pay for them.”
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Pay for them.” say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have
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What it says i am. i have what it says i have. i can
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What it says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
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Do what it says i can do. today, i will be taught
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Today, i will be taught the word of god. i boldly
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The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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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 awaken your great
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About awaken your great faith.
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Faith. we all face dreams that
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We all face dreams that seem too big, obstacles
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Seem too big, obstacles that are too much to
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That are too much to overcome.
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Overcome. the medical report is not
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The medical report is not good, our child is off
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Good, our child is off course, we don't have the
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Course, we don't have the connections for our dreams.
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Connections for our dreams. it's easy to get
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It's easy to get discouraged and settle
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Discouraged and settle where we are.
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Where we are. but god wouldn't have put
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But god wouldn't have put the dream in your heart if
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The dream in your heart if he didn't have a way to
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He didn't have a way to bring it to pass.
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Bring it to pass. he wouldn't have let you
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He wouldn't have let you get in that challenge if he
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Get in that challenge if he wasn't planning on bringing
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Wasn't planning on bringing you out.
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You out. but our faith, what we
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But our faith, what we believe will have a great
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Believe will have a great impact on what's going to
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Impact on what's going to happen.
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Happen. it's not just up to god, he
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It's not just up to god, he has all the power in the
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Has all the power in the world, it's up to us.
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World, it's up to us. he works through faith.
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He works through faith. if you believe little,
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If you believe little, you'll receive little.
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You'll receive little. if you think small, talk
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If you think small, talk small, “i've reached my
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Small, “i've reached my limits,” then you'll get
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Limits,” then you'll get stuck where you are.
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Stuck where you are. the scripture talks about
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The scripture talks about different levels of faith.
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Different levels of faith. the disciples were on a
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The disciples were on a boat when a huge storm
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Boat when a huge storm arose.
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Arose. they started looking at the
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They started looking at the winds, the waves, how big
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Winds, the waves, how big they were.
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They were. they got worried.
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They got worried. they ran and woke jesus up,
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They ran and woke jesus up, said, “we're about to die.”
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Said, “we're about to die.” before jesus calmed the
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Before jesus calmed the storm, before he spoke to
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Storm, before he spoke to the waves, he looked at
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The waves, he looked at them and said, “why do you
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Them and said, “why do you have such little faith.” he
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Have such little faith.” he was saying, “you've seen
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Was saying, “you've seen what i can do.
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What i can do. you've seen me heal the
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You've seen me heal the sick, multiply the food,
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Sick, multiply the food, restore the broken.
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Restore the broken. why are you still stuck at
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Why are you still stuck at that low level of faith
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That low level of faith when you know i can do
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When you know i can do anything.” another place
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Anything.” another place the scripture talks about
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The scripture talks about weak faith.
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Weak faith. people that barely believe,
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People that barely believe, get talked out of their
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Get talked out of their dreams, that at any moment
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Dreams, that at any moment will give up on what god
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Will give up on what god put in their heart. but
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Put in their heart. but there are two places where
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There are two places where jesus talked about people
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Jesus talked about people with great faith.
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With great faith. these were people that
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These were people that dared to believe despite
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Dared to believe despite the circumstances, that
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The circumstances, that knew our god is all
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Knew our god is all powerful, that he can make
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Powerful, that he can make streams in the desert, that
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Streams in the desert, that he can open doors no person
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He can open doors no person can shut, that he can do
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Can shut, that he can do what medicine cannot do.
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What medicine cannot do. if you're going to reach
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If you're going to reach the fullness of your
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The fullness of your destiny, it's not going to
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Destiny, it's not going to happen with weak faith,
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Happen with weak faith, little faith, doubting
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Little faith, doubting faith, average faith, it's
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Faith, average faith, it's going to take great faith.
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Going to take great faith. the good news is it's in
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The good news is it's in you.
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You. you have the ability to go
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You have the ability to go places you've never gone,
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Places you've never gone, to overcome challenges that
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To overcome challenges that seem too big, but here's
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Seem too big, but here's the whole key, you have to
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The whole key, you have to awaken your great faith.
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Awaken your great faith. you have to stir up what
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You have to stir up what god put in you.
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God put in you. the enemy would love for
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The enemy would love for you to go through life with
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You to go through life with little faith, not
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Little faith, not believing, full of doubt,
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Believing, full of doubt, or weak faith, comfortable
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Or weak faith, comfortable where you are, not
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Where you are, not stretching, not putting a
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Stretching, not putting a demand on your faith.
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Demand on your faith. the day we're living in,
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The day we're living in, average faith is not going
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Average faith is not going to cut it.
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To cut it. to overcome forces that are
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To overcome forces that are trying to stop you, you
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Trying to stop you, you can't have ordinary faith.
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Can't have ordinary faith. to leave your mark, you
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To leave your mark, you can't just believe like
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Can't just believe like everyone else.
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Everyone else. it's going to take people
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It's going to take people that will dare to believe
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That will dare to believe big, to take the limits off.
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Big, to take the limits off. to say, “god, i don't see a
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To say, “god, i don't see a way but i know you have a
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Way but i know you have a way.” god wants to do
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Way.” god wants to do something new in your life,
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Something new in your life, uncommon, out of the
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Uncommon, out of the ordinary, but if you're
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Ordinary, but if you're going to see great favor,
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Going to see great favor, you have to have great
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You have to have great faith.
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Faith. in the scripture, the
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In the scripture, the prophet ezekiel had a
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Prophet ezekiel had a vision of this valley that
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Vision of this valley that was filled with dry bones.
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Was filled with dry bones. it was a huge graveyard
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It was a huge graveyard with thousands of bones on
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With thousands of bones on the ground.
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The ground. these bones represented
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These bones represented what was dead, dreams that
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What was dead, dreams that didn't work out,
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Didn't work out, disappointments, closed
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Disappointments, closed doors.
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Doors. god was about to bring
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God was about to bring these bones together, cause
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These bones together, cause these people to come back
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These people to come back to life.
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To life. but before any of this
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But before any of this happened, before god did
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Happened, before god did the miraculous, he asked
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The miraculous, he asked ezekiel in this vision, “do
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Ezekiel in this vision, “do you believe that these dead
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You believe that these dead bones can live?” he was
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Bones can live?” he was saying, “ezekiel, what
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Saying, “ezekiel, what level of faith are you at?
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Level of faith are you at? do you have weak faith,
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Do you have weak faith, little faith, doubting
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Little faith, doubting faith, or do you have great
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Faith, or do you have great faith?
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Faith? do you believe that i can
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Do the impossible?” ezekiel
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Do the impossible?” ezekiel answered back saying, “oh,
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Answered back saying, “oh, sovereign lord.” he was
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Sovereign lord.” he was saying, “god, you control
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Saying, “god, you control the universe.
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The universe. you part red seas, you
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You part red seas, you stopped the sun for joshua,
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Stopped the sun for joshua, you gave sarah a baby at
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You gave sarah a baby at ninety.
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Ninety. yes, this looks impossible,
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Yes, this looks impossible, but i know you can do the
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But i know you can do the impossible.” god said in
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Impossible.” god said in effect, “ezekiel, that's
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Effect, “ezekiel, that's what i'm looking for.
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What i'm looking for. not weak faith, not a
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Not weak faith, not a complainer, not someone
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Complainer, not someone that's going to tell me all
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That's going to tell me all the reasons it's not going
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The reasons it's not going to happen.
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To happen. i'm looking for great
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I'm looking for great faith.” he told ezekiel to
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Faith.” he told ezekiel to prophesy to those dead
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Prophesy to those dead bones.
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Bones. when he did, the bones
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When he did, the bones began to come together,
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Began to come together, skin formed over them, god
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Skin formed over them, god breathed breath over them.
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Breathed breath over them. just like in a movie, those
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Just like in a movie, those people stood up, came back
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People stood up, came back to life.
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To life. there may be things in your
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There may be things in your life today that look dead,
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Life today that look dead, situations that seem
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Situations that seem impossible, in your health,
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Impossible, in your health, your finances, in your
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Your finances, in your relationships.
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Relationships. god is asking you what he
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God is asking you what he asked ezekiel.
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Asked ezekiel. “do you believe those dead
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“do you believe those dead bones can live?
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Bones can live? do you believe you can get
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Do you believe you can get well, you can set a new
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Well, you can set a new standard for your family,
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Standard for your family, you can get your degree,
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You can get your degree, write that book, build that
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Write that book, build that orphanage?” all the
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Orphanage?” all the circumstances may say,
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Circumstances may say, “there's no way.
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“there's no way. that's impossible.” you
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That's impossible.” you could easily get
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Could easily get discouraged and talk
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Discouraged and talk yourself out of it.
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Yourself out of it. live with ordinary faith,
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Live with ordinary faith, “god just help me to
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“god just help me to survive.” have little
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Survive.” have little faith, “god, i hope i can
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Faith, “god, i hope i can endure.” weak faith, “god
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Endure.” weak faith, “god this isn't fair.” try a
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This isn't fair.” try a different approach.
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Different approach. like ezekiel, great faith
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Like ezekiel, great faith is down in you.
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Is down in you. it's not in your mind, it's
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It's not in your mind, it's not in your intellect, it's
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Not in your intellect, it's in your spirit.
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In your spirit. for some people it's been
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For some people it's been asleep a long time.
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Asleep a long time. god sent me to awaken it.
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God sent me to awaken it. he's about to bring dead
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He's about to bring dead things back to life.
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Things back to life. he's about to do something
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He's about to do something you've never seen.
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You've never seen. restore your health, open
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Restore your health, open new doors of opportunity,
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New doors of opportunity, turn that child around, but
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Turn that child around, but there is one requirement
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There is one requirement that he's looking for, and
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That he's looking for, and that is great faith.
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That is great faith. the good news is you have
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The good news is you have it.
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It. now do your part and get in
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Now do your part and get in agreement with god.
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Agreement with god. “father, thank you that i
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“father, thank you that i will accomplish my dreams,
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Will accomplish my dreams, i believe i will get well,
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I believe i will get well, i believe this will be a
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I believe this will be a bountiful year.
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Bountiful year. lord, thank you that you're
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Lord, thank you that you're breathing on my life right
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Breathing on my life right now.” you keep that
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Now.” you keep that attitude of faith and watch
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Attitude of faith and watch what god will do.
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What god will do. great faith brings great
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Great faith brings great favor.
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Favor. a friend of mine has a
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A friend of mine has a daughter.
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Daughter. when she was three years
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When she was three years old, this very heavy piece
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Old, this very heavy piece of iron fell on two of her
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Of iron fell on two of her fingers and cut the very
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Fingers and cut the very tips off.
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Tips off. they rushed her to the
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They rushed her to the emergency room. after
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Emergency room. after taking all the x-rays and
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Taking all the x-rays and doing all the tests, the
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Doing all the tests, the specialist came in and said
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Specialist came in and said to the father, “i'm sorry,
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To the father, “i'm sorry, but there's nothing we can
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But there's nothing we can do to restore her fingers
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Do to restore her fingers back to normal.
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Back to normal. she'll never have nails on
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She'll never have nails on those two fingers, and
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Those two fingers, and they'll always be a little
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They'll always be a little bit shorter.” the bone had
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Bit shorter.” the bone had been cut and all they could
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Been cut and all they could do was a skin graph to
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Do was a skin graph to hopefully make them look as
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Hopefully make them look as smooth as possible.
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Smooth as possible. the father was very
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The father was very respectful, but he said to
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Respectful, but he said to the doctor, “i believe that
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The doctor, “i believe that god can restore my little
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God can restore my little girl's fingers and make
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Girl's fingers and make them normal once again.”
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Them normal once again.” the doctor looked at him
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The doctor looked at him really odd.
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Really odd. he was from another
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He was from another country, and he did not
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Country, and he did not have any kind of faith
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Have any kind of faith background.
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Background. he said, “that's fine, sir,
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He said, “that's fine, sir, if you want to believe like
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If you want to believe like that but understand the
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That but understand the bone is missing.
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Bone is missing. they will never be the
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They will never be the right length, and for sure
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Right length, and for sure she's not going to have
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She's not going to have fingernails.” when his wife
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Fingernails.” when his wife came in, the doctor got her
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Came in, the doctor got her aside and said, “your
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Aside and said, “your husband is in shock.
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Husband is in shock. he won't accept the fact
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He won't accept the fact that the tip of those
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That the tip of those fingers have been cut off.”
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Fingers have been cut off.” they did the skin graph.
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They did the skin graph. six weeks later they
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Six weeks later they brought the little girl
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Brought the little girl back for a checkup.
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Back for a checkup. when the doctor took the
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When the doctor took the bandage off, his first
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Bandage off, his first words were, “oh, my god.”
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Words were, “oh, my god.” the father was alarmed,
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The father was alarmed, said, “what's wrong,
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Said, “what's wrong, doctor?” the doctor said,
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Doctor?” the doctor said, “the fingernails have grown
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“the fingernails have grown back, and it looks like the
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Back, and it looks like the fingers are the exact right
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Fingers are the exact right length.” that was over
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Length.” that was over twenty years ago and still
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Twenty years ago and still to this day her fingers
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To this day her fingers look perfectly normal.
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Look perfectly normal. i'm not saying to deny
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I'm not saying to deny reality, but i am saying
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Reality, but i am saying god has the final say.
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God has the final say. there are natural laws, but
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There are natural laws, but god is supernatural.
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God is supernatural. he's not limited by what
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He's not limited by what limits us.
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Limits us. when we believe, all things
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When we believe, all things are possible.
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Are possible. if this father would have
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If this father would have had weak faith, “just my
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Had weak faith, “just my luck, too bad for us.”
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Luck, too bad for us.” little faith, “god just
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Little faith, “god just help us make it through,” i
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Help us make it through,” i don't think this would have
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Don't think this would have happened.
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Happened. when you have great faith,
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When you have great faith, you will see the greatness
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You will see the greatness of our god.
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Of our god. sometimes we're not seeing
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Sometimes we're not seeing favor, healing, promotion,
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Favor, healing, promotion, not because god is limited
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Not because god is limited but because our faith is
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But because our faith is limiting him.
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Limiting him. jesus healed a blind man
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Jesus healed a blind man one time in the scripture
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One time in the scripture and he said, “according to
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And he said, “according to your faith, be it done unto
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Your faith, be it done unto you.” it wasn't according
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You.” it wasn't according to god's faith.
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To god's faith. he can do anything it's
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He can do anything it's according to our faith.
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According to our faith. where god is taking you,
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Where god is taking you, it's going to take more
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It's going to take more than average faith.
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Than average faith. the amazing future he has
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The amazing future he has in store, the doors he's
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In store, the doors he's going to open, the favor
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Going to open, the favor you're going to see, it
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You're going to see, it won't happen with ordinary
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Won't happen with ordinary faith.
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Faith. there will be dreams that
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There will be dreams that are way too big for you.
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Are way too big for you. there will be goliaths
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There will be goliaths where you don't stand a
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Where you don't stand a chance.
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Chance. times where it's way over
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Times where it's way over your head, compaq centers.
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Your head, compaq centers. that's when you have to be
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That's when you have to be an ezekiel and say, “god, i
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An ezekiel and say, “god, i know these dead bones can
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Know these dead bones can live.
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Live. i know you can defeat these
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I know you can defeat these enemies.
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Enemies. i know your favor on my
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I know your favor on my life will take me where i
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Life will take me where i can't go on my own.”
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Can't go on my own.” in the scripture, there was
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In the scripture, there was a roman officer that was
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A roman officer that was very respected and
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Very respected and influential.
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Influential. he was called a centurion,
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He was called a centurion, meaning that he had a
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Meaning that he had a hundred men under him. one
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Hundred men under him. one of his servants became very
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Of his servants became very sick and close to death.
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Sick and close to death. he was so concerned.
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He was so concerned. he heard that jesus was in
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He heard that jesus was in a nearby city.
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A nearby city. since he was a gentile, he
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Since he was a gentile, he found some of his jewish
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Found some of his jewish friends and asked them to
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Friends and asked them to go to jesus and see if he
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Go to jesus and see if he would come and pray for his
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Would come and pray for his servant.
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Servant. these jewish leaders went
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These jewish leaders went and pleaded with jesus to
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And pleaded with jesus to come.
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Come. jesus agreed and he set out
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Jesus agreed and he set out toward the man's house.
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Toward the man's house. but before they arrived,
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But before they arrived, this centurion sent another
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This centurion sent another message.
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Message. he said, “jesus, don't
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He said, “jesus, don't trouble yourself coming to
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Trouble yourself coming to my home.
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My home. i'm a man of authority.
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I'm a man of authority. when i say go people go,
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When i say go people go, when i say come, they come.
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When i say come, they come. just speak the word and i
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Just speak the word and i know my servant will be
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Know my servant will be healed.”
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Healed.” when jesus heard this,
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When jesus heard this, verse 9 says, “he
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Verse 9 says, “he marveled.” he was so amazed.
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Marveled.” he was so amazed. he turned to the crowd and
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He turned to the crowd and said, “i have not found
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Said, “i have not found this great a faith in all
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This great a faith in all of israel.” notice what god
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Of israel.” notice what god calls great faith.
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Calls great faith. when you believe that he
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When you believe that he will do something out of
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Will do something out of the ordinary.
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The ordinary. when you take the limits
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When you take the limits off; no one had ever told
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Off; no one had ever told jesus to just speak the
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Jesus to just speak the word. all they had seen is
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Word. all they had seen is jesus lay hands on people
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Jesus lay hands on people and heal them. this officer
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And heal them. this officer was saying, “i believe you
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Was saying, “i believe you have so much power, so much
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Have so much power, so much favor, you don't even need
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Favor, you don't even need to come.
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To come. just say it and it will
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Just say it and it will happen.” what's significant
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Happen.” what's significant is this centurion wasn't
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Is this centurion wasn't even a follower of christ.
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Even a follower of christ. he was a gentile, but jesus
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He was a gentile, but jesus said he had more faith than
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Said he had more faith than the believers that traveled
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The believers that traveled with jesus.
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With jesus. having great faith is not
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Having great faith is not about being a religious
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About being a religious scholar, how many
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Scholar, how many scriptures you can quote,
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Scriptures you can quote, how long you pray.
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How long you pray. it's about believing that
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It's about believing that our god is all powerful,
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Our god is all powerful, that he can make ways where
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That he can make ways where you don't see a way, that
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You don't see a way, that he can defeat your giants,
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He can defeat your giants, that he can open doors you
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That he can open doors you can't open.
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Can't open. there are only two times in
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There are only two times in the scripture where god
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The scripture where god marveled.
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Marveled. in mark 6, jesus was in his
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In mark 6, jesus was in his hometown of nazareth,
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Hometown of nazareth, teaching in the synagogue.
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Teaching in the synagogue. they had heard about the
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They had heard about the miracles.
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Miracles. word had spread about how
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Word had spread about how jesus was doing so much
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Jesus was doing so much good, but they didn't
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Good, but they didn't believe.
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They thought we know who he
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They thought we know who he is.
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Is. he grew up here.
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He grew up here. there's nothing special
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There's nothing special about him. because of their
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About him. because of their unbelief, he couldn't do
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Unbelief, he couldn't do any mighty miracles there.
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Any mighty miracles there. here he had all this power.
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Here he had all this power. he had gone to different
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He had gone to different cities, doing amazing
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Cities, doing amazing things.
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Things. you would think in his home
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You would think in his home city, they would believe
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City, they would believe more than anyone else, but
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More than anyone else, but it was just the opposite.
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It was just the opposite. verse 6 says, “jesus
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Verse 6 says, “jesus marveled at their
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Marveled at their unbelief.” one time, he
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Unbelief.” one time, he marveled at the man's
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Marveled at the man's faith, the other time he
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Faith, the other time he marveled at their unbelief.
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Marveled at their unbelief. when god looks at you, what
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When god looks at you, what does he marvel at?
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Does he marvel at? “joel, this opposition is
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“joel, this opposition is so strong, i don't see how
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So strong, i don't see how i can get ahead, these
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I can get ahead, these people have done me wrong.”
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People have done me wrong.” no zip that up.
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No zip that up. let's be people that cause
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Let's be people that cause god to marvel over our
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God to marvel over our faith and not over our
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Faith and not over our doubt. people that believe
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Doubt. people that believe big, people that take the
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Big, people that take the limits off of him.
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Limits off of him. i love how this centurion,
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I love how this centurion, who didn't even worship
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Who didn't even worship jehovah, who wasn't even a
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Jehovah, who wasn't even a believer, yet he knew how
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Believer, yet he knew how awesome our god is.
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Awesome our god is. he had this understanding
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He had this understanding that this man carries
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That this man carries power, favor, healing,
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Power, favor, healing, authority that is unmatched.
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Authority that is unmatched. jesus didn't say to him,
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Jesus didn't say to him, “who do you think you are?
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“who do you think you are? you don't even follow me.
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You don't even follow me. you have a lot of nerve,
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You have a lot of nerve, asking me for something
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Asking me for something that i've never done.” no,
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That i've never done.” no, jesus said in effect, “your
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Jesus said in effect, “your faith is at another level.
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Faith is at another level. i've seen weak faith,
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I've seen weak faith, little faith, average
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Little faith, average faith, but i've never seen
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Faith, but i've never seen faith like yours.
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Faith like yours. you have great faith.” god
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You have great faith.” god is not faulting you for
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Is not faulting you for believing big, for asking
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Believing big, for asking for your dreams, for what
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For your dreams, for what seems impossible.
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Seems impossible. that's what god calls great
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That's what god calls great faith.
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Faith. like this centurion, you're
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Like this centurion, you're showing god that you
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Showing god that you believe how powerful he is.
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Believe how powerful he is. but the enemy would love
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But the enemy would love for you to live with
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For you to live with comfortable faith, faith in
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Comfortable faith, faith in a box, faith for what
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A box, faith for what you've seen in the past.
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You've seen in the past. but to reach your destiny,
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But to reach your destiny, you have to break out of
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You have to break out of that box.
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That box. is there anything you're
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Is there anything you're believing for that will
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Believing for that will cause god to marvel?
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Cause god to marvel? is there anything you're
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Is there anything you're dreaming about that's out
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Dreaming about that's out of your reach, that you
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Of your reach, that you can't accomplish, that's
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Can't accomplish, that's too big, too much, too
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Too big, too much, too hard. it's time to awaken
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Hard. it's time to awaken your faith.
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Your faith. dare to believe bigger,
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Dare to believe bigger, dare to ask, dare to do
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Dare to ask, dare to do something that causes god
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Something that causes god to be amazed.
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To be amazed. not just to believe to pay
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Not just to believe to pay your bills each month.
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Your bills each month. no, great faith says, “god
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No, great faith says, “god give me overflow, give me
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Give me overflow, give me abundance so i can help pay
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Abundance so i can help pay somebody else's bills.” not
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Somebody else's bills.” not just, “let me endure this
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Just, “let me endure this sickness, let me manage
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Sickness, let me manage this depression.” no,
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This depression.” no, “lord, thank you that i'm
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“lord, thank you that i'm totally free, thank you
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Totally free, thank you that i'm completely well.
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That i'm completely well. that i will run and not be
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That i will run and not be weary.”
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Weary.” there was a lady in the
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There was a lady in the scripture that had a
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Scripture that had a bleeding disorder for
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Bleeding disorder for twelve years.
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Twelve years. she went to the best
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She went to the best doctors, took the best
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Doctors, took the best treatment but none of that
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Treatment but none of that helped.
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Helped. she continued to get worse.
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She continued to get worse. she could have accepted it,
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She could have accepted it, thought, “it's not meant to
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Thought, “it's not meant to be.
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Be. i tried my best.” but one
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I tried my best.” but one day she heard that jesus
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Day she heard that jesus was passing through her
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Was passing through her town.
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Town. something rose up on the
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Something rose up on the inside, it said to her,
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Inside, it said to her, “this is your time.
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“this is your time. this is your moment.
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This is your moment. this sickness is not your
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This sickness is not your destiny.” maybe she heard
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Destiny.” maybe she heard how jesus had healed the
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How jesus had healed the man with the withered hand,
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Man with the withered hand, or how he'd caused
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Paralyzed man to walk, or
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Paralyzed man to walk, or how he freed the man that
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How he freed the man that was chained in the tombs.
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Was chained in the tombs. something happened to where
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Something happened to where her great faith was
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Her great faith was awakened.
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Awakened. she'd had average faith.
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She'd had average faith. making it despite the
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Making it despite the trouble, enduring the
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Trouble, enduring the illness, but she could
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Illness, but she could sense, this was a new day.
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Sense, this was a new day. she left her house that
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She left her house that morning, determined to get
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Morning, determined to get to jesus.
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To jesus. it was so crowded, she had
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It was so crowded, she had to push through people.
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To push through people. push through doubt, “it's
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Push through doubt, “it's not going to happen.” push
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Not going to happen.” push through her past, “you've
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Through her past, “you've tried and it didn't work
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Tried and it didn't work out.” push through fear,
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Out.” push through fear, “what if he gets upset.”
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“what if he gets upset.” despite all the opposition,
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Despite all the opposition, she kept making her way to
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She kept making her way to jesus.
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Jesus. “excuse me, i need to get
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“excuse me, i need to get through.
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Through. pardon me, i don't mean to
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Pardon me, i don't mean to be rude, but move out of my
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Be rude, but move out of my way.
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Way. i'm on a mission.” she was
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I'm on a mission.” she was weak, her blood count was
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Weak, her blood count was low.
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Low. thoughts were telling her,
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Thoughts were telling her, “it's never going to
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“it's never going to happen.” but she kept
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Happen.” but she kept saying to herself, “when i
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Saying to herself, “when i get to jesus i will be
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Get to jesus i will be healed.” she could have
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Healed.” she could have been at home, discouraged,
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Been at home, discouraged, thinking, “i'll never get
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Thinking, “i'll never get better.” with comfortable
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Better.” with comfortable faith, lazy faith, but she
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Faith, lazy faith, but she did what i'm asking us to
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Did what i'm asking us to do.
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Do. she tapped into her great
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She tapped into her great faith.
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Faith. yes, to believe bigger,
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Yes, to believe bigger, it's going to cost you
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It's going to cost you something.
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Something. it's easy to stay
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It's easy to stay comfortable.
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Comfortable. it's easy to live average,
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It's easy to live average, but you can't become who
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But you can't become who you were created to be with
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You were created to be with average faith.
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Average faith. god is looking for great
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God is looking for great faith.
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Faith. he's looking for people
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He's looking for people that will cause him to
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That will cause him to marvel.
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Marvel. to say, “wow, look at what
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To say, “wow, look at what they believe i can do.
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They believe i can do. they believe they can get
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They believe they can get well despite the diagnosis.
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Well despite the diagnosis. they believe they can have
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They believe they can have a blessed year despite the
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A blessed year despite the pandemic.
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Pandemic. they believe i'll give them
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They believe i'll give them a compaq center, they can
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A compaq center, they can start their own business,
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Start their own business, that their family will be
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That their family will be restored.” great faith gets
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Restored.” great faith gets god's attention.
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God's attention. this lady finally made it
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This lady finally made it to jesus.
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To jesus. just in the nick of time,
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Just in the nick of time, she reached out and touched
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She reached out and touched the hem of his robe.
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The hem of his robe. instantly she was healed.
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Instantly she was healed. jesus stopped and said to
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Jesus stopped and said to his disciples, “who just
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His disciples, “who just touched me?” they said,
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Touched me?” they said, “what do you mean?
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“what do you mean? everybody's touching you.
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Everybody's touching you. it's crowded around here.”
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It's crowded around here.” no, he said, “someone
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No, he said, “someone touched me with such faith,
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Touched me with such faith, that it drew the miracle
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That it drew the miracle working power right out of
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Working power right out of me.” about that time his
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Me.” about that time his eyes met this woman's eyes.
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Eyes met this woman's eyes. he didn't say, “lady, why'd
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He didn't say, “lady, why'd you do that?
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You do that? why didn't you wait your
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Why didn't you wait your turn?
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Turn? it takes a lot of nerve for
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It takes a lot of nerve for you calling on me like
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You calling on me like that.” no, he was amazed.
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That.” no, he was amazed. he said, “daughter, your
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He said, “daughter, your faith has made you whole.”
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Faith has made you whole.” he was saying, “it wasn't
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He was saying, “it wasn't my faith.
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My faith. i didn't even see you.
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I didn't even see you. but you had such great
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But you had such great faith, you believed in who
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Faith, you believed in who i am in such a great way
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I am in such a great way that you caused this
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That you caused this miracle to happen.” there
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Miracle to happen.” there were a lot of people
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Were a lot of people bumping into jesus, but she
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Bumping into jesus, but she was the only one that
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Was the only one that touched him. many others
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Touched him. many others needed healing,
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Needed healing, breakthroughs, favor, the
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Breakthroughs, favor, the mistake they made is they
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Mistake they made is they didn't awaken their great
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Didn't awaken their great faith.
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Faith. are their blessings you're
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Are their blessings you're missing because you're
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Missing because you're living with comfortable
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Living with comfortable faith, not stretching?
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Faith, not stretching? is there favor you're not
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Is there favor you're not seeing, promotion, new
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Seeing, promotion, new relationships because you
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Relationships because you have lazy faith, small
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Have lazy faith, small faith, weak faith?
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Faith, weak faith? “joel, if i go through that
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“joel, if i go through that crowd, so to speak, i know
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Crowd, so to speak, i know i'm not going to get healed.
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I'm not going to get healed. nothing good ever happens
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Nothing good ever happens to me.
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To me. my family has always
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My family has always struggled.
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Struggled. i wasn't raised in a good
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I wasn't raised in a good environment.” none of that
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Environment.” none of that has to stop you.
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Has to stop you. god knows what you didn't
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God knows what you didn't get.
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Get. he's not going to leave
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He's not going to leave your life in a deficit.
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Your life in a deficit. he's put something down in
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He's put something down in you, he's just waiting for
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You, he's just waiting for you to wake it up.
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You to wake it up. it's called great faith.
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It's called great faith. it's faith that causes him
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It's faith that causes him to marvel.
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To marvel. it's when you do like this
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It's when you do like this woman, press past the
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Woman, press past the doubt, the naysayers, the
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Doubt, the naysayers, the past, the failures and you
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Past, the failures and you believe for what seems
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Believe for what seems impossible.
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Impossible. believe for your dreams,
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Believe for your dreams, believe the dead bones can
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Believe the dead bones can live, believe you can
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Live, believe you can accomplish what others say
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Accomplish what others say is no way, believe that
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Is no way, believe that your children will leave
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Your children will leave their mark.
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Their mark. this won't happen with
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This won't happen with average faith.
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Average faith. the good news is that's not
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The good news is that's not you.
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You. i'm talking to people with
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I'm talking to people with great faith.
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Great faith. now, do your part and wake
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Now, do your part and wake it up.
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It up. you haven't seen, heard or
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You haven't seen, heard or imagined what god has in
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Imagined what god has in store for you.
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Store for you. this time we're living in,
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This time we're living in, you are needed more than
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You are needed more than ever.
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Ever. the prophet joel said,
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The prophet joel said, “wake up the mighty men,
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“wake up the mighty men, wake up the mighty women.”
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Wake up the mighty women.” god is counting on you to
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God is counting on you to make a difference, to be a
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Make a difference, to be a blessing, to shine
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Blessing, to shine brightly, to set new
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Brightly, to set new standards.
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Standards. it's going to take people
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It's going to take people who are bold, who will
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Who are bold, who will stretch, who will get out
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Stretch, who will get out of their comfort zone.
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Of their comfort zone. when jesus was on the
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When jesus was on the earth, he did so many
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Earth, he did so many amazing things.
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Amazing things. but he said in john 14,
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But he said in john 14, “greater works than these
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“greater works than these shall you do.” greater
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Shall you do.” greater works is going to require
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Works is going to require great faith.
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Great faith. i know sometimes we think,
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I know sometimes we think, “i don't have that much
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“i don't have that much faith.” yes, it's in you.
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Faith.” yes, it's in you. you just have to make this
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You just have to make this decision to believe.
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Decision to believe. not so much believe in what
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Not so much believe in what you can do but believe in
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You can do but believe in what god can do through you.
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What god can do through you. on your own, you may be
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On your own, you may be limited.
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Limited. you don't have the
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You don't have the qualifications, the
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Qualifications, the resources.
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Resources. that's okay.
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That's okay. you're not on your own.
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You're not on your own. you and god are a majority.
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You and god are a majority. when he breathes on your
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When he breathes on your life, dead bones will live.
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Life, dead bones will live. you'll go places you've
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You'll go places you've never dreamed.
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Never dreamed. you'll discover talent that
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You'll discover talent that you didn't know you had.
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You didn't know you had. doors will open you never
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Doors will open you never thought would open.
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Thought would open. the right people will
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The right people will suddenly show up.
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Suddenly show up. if you'll do your part and
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If you'll do your part and have great faith, god will
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Have great faith, god will do his part and show out in
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Do his part and show out in your life.
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Your life. a friend of mine is a
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A friend of mine is a medical doctor.
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Medical doctor. he was driving home from
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He was driving home from work when he saw this
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Work when he saw this accident on the freeway.
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Accident on the freeway. it had just happened a few
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It had just happened a few minutes earlier.
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Minutes earlier. they had this young man
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They had this young man covered with a sheet.
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Covered with a sheet. my friend told them he was
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My friend told them he was a doctor and asked if there
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A doctor and asked if there was anything he could do.
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Was anything he could do. they explained they had
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They explained they had done cpr and tried
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Done cpr and tried everything but no response.
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Everything but no response. my friend, at that time,
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My friend, at that time, wasn't necessarily a strong
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Wasn't necessarily a strong believer.
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Believer. but he remembered the
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But he remembered the scripture that you can lay
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Scripture that you can lay hands on the sick and they
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Hands on the sick and they will recover.
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Will recover. medically speaking he
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Medically speaking he couldn't do anything, but
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Couldn't do anything, but he gently placed his hands
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He gently placed his hands on the young man's chest.
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On the young man's chest. under his breath, he
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Under his breath, he whispered, “god, i'm asking
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Whispered, “god, i'm asking you to let life come back
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You to let life come back into this body.” he stayed
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Into this body.” he stayed there a minute or two,
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There a minute or two, nothing happened. two,
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Nothing happened. two, he turned around and went
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He turned around and went back to his car.
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Back to his car. all the sudden, there was
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All the sudden, there was this huge commotion.
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This huge commotion. the young man woke up.
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The young man woke up. he started breathing again.
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He started breathing again. everyone was in awe.
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Everyone was in awe. they asked the doctor,
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They asked the doctor, “what did you do to him?”
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“what did you do to him?” he said, “all i did was
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He said, “all i did was pray.”
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Pray.” that's one of those greater
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That's one of those greater works.
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Works. that's what god wants to do
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That's what god wants to do for you.
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For you. use you in amazing ways,
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Use you in amazing ways, bring dreams to pass that
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Bring dreams to pass that leave you in awe, take you
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Leave you in awe, take you places that you never
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Places that you never thought possible.
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Thought possible. how does this happen?
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How does this happen? through great faith.
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Through great faith. it's on the inside of you
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It's on the inside of you right now.
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Right now. have you awakened it?
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Have you awakened it? or are you just living with
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Or are you just living with comfortable faith, average
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Comfortable faith, average faith, not believing, not
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Faith, not believing, not stretching, not dreaming.
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Stretching, not dreaming. get out of that box.
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Get out of that box. take the limits off of god.
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Take the limits off of god. there should be something
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There should be something you're believing for that
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You're believing for that causes god to marvel.
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Causes god to marvel. something that's over your
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Something that's over your head, out of your range.
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Head, out of your range. that's what gets god's
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That's what gets god's attention.
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Attention. if you'll do this, if
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If you'll do this, if you'll wake up your great
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You'll wake up your great faith, i believe and
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Faith, i believe and declare, you're about to
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Declare, you're about to see the greatness of our
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See the greatness of our god.
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God. dead bones are about to
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Dead bones are about to come back to life.
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Come back to life. a new level of favor,
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A new level of favor, promotion, healing,
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Promotion, healing, breakthroughs, the fullness
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Breakthroughs, 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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Your destiny is too great,
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Your destiny is too great, your calling too important,
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Your calling too important, and your future too bright
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And your future too bright to live in fear.
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To live in fear. fear may knock,
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Fear may knock, but you don't have
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But you don't have to let it in.
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To let it in. it's time to let faith answer.
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It's time to let faith answer. fear is a powerful force,
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Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith.
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But so is faith. what we focus on shapes
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What we focus on shapes our reality.
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In my new book, no more fear:
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In my new book, no more fear: you have the mind of christ,
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You have the mind of christ, i'll show you how
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I'll show you how to silence fear and live boldly
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To silence fear and live boldly in faith and confidence.
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In faith and confidence. just like david said, "though
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Just like david said, "though i walk through the valley,
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I walk through the valley, i will not fear,"
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I will not fear," you too can walk through
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You too can walk through life's challenges
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Life's challenges without being paralyzed
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Without being paralyzed by fear.
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By fear. i can't promise you
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I can't promise you you'll never feel fear,
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You'll never feel fear, but i can teach you
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But i can teach you how to rise above it
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How to rise above it by dwelling on what god says,
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By dwelling on what god says, learning to replace
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Learning to replace the anxious thoughts
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The anxious thoughts with faith-filled ones.
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With faith-filled ones. you can live
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You can live from a place of peace,
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From a place of peace, power, and purpose.
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Power, and purpose. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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A copy of joel's book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. the bible proclaims,
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The bible proclaims, "the lord is my light
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"the lord is my light and my salvation;
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And my salvation; whom shall i fear?"
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Whom shall i fear?" this powerful
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This powerful and practical book
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And practical book will help you silence doubt,
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Will help you silence doubt, overcome anxiety,
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Overcome anxiety, and step boldly into god's
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And step boldly into god's overcoming power.
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Overcoming power. when fear whispers,
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When fear whispers, "you can't,"
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"you can't," this devotional will stir
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This devotional will stir your faith
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Your faith to declare, "god will."
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To declare, "god will." each page
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Each page reminds you
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Reminds you that you weren't
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That you weren't created to live in fear
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Created to live in fear or despair.
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Or despair. you were created to live
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You were created to live with passion,
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With passion, purpose, and confidence
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Purpose, and confidence in god's plans for your life.
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In god's plans for your life. let god's word
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Let god's word equip you to rise above fear
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Equip you to rise above fear and walk in victory.
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And walk in victory. fear doesn't have
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Fear doesn't have the final say, god does.
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The final say, god does. be bold,
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Be bold, be strong, and step up to who
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Be strong, and step up to who he made you to be.
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He made you to be. victoria and i want you to know
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Victoria and i want you to know we're praying for
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We're praying for you and your family,
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You and your family, believing for god's very best.
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Believing for god's very best. 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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As we finish this year, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider making a special year-end
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Making a special year-end gift; helps
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Gift; helps to keep the ministries strong.
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To keep the ministries strong. i always want to thank our
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I always want to thank our champion of hope partners
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Champion of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. and until we see you next time,
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And until we see you next time, may the lord bless you
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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And keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of joel's new book,
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Your copy of joel's new book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. visit joelosteen.com or
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Call 888-567-joel. and for a special year-end gift
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And for a special year-end gift this month,
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This month, we're also offering the
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We're also offering the god's word work study collection
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God's word work study collection this empowering set includes
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This empowering set includes the niv,
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The niv, the message
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The message parallel bible, joel's
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Parallel bible, joel's no more fear
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No more fear devotional, the classic
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Devotional, the classic how to read your bible
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Silence fear. strengthen your spirit.
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Strengthen your spirit. let god's word
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Let god's word equip you to rise above
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Equip you to rise above fear and walk in victory.
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Fear and walk in victory. request these resources today.
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Joel Osteen - Awaken Your Great Faith

November 17, 2025 | 29:55

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