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Joel Osteen - Be A Barrier Breaker

July 31, 2025 | 29:0

Joel Osteen - Be A Barrier Breaker
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Be A Barrier Breaker | July 31, 2025
  • >> joel osteen: well, god
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  • >> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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  • Bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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  • It's a joy to come into your homes.
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  • Homes. and if you're ever in our
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  • And if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a
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  • Area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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  • Part of one of our services. i promise you, we'll make you
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  • I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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  • Feel right at home. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny and i heard
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  • Something funny and i heard about this kindergarten
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  • About this kindergarten teacher.
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  • Teacher. she was teaching her students
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  • She was teaching her students about self-esteem, and she
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  • About self-esteem, and she said to the class, anyone
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  • Said to the class, anyone that felt dumb, she asked
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  • That felt dumb, she asked them to stand up.
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  • Them to stand up. she didn't think anybody'd
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  • She didn't think anybody'd stand, she'd make the point
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  • Stand, she'd make the point how no one is dumb.
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  • How no one is dumb. but about that time, little
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  • But about that time, little johnny stood up.
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  • Johnny stood up. she thought, "oh no, now what
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  • She thought, "oh no, now what am i going to do?"
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  • Am i going to do?" she said, "now, johnny, do
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  • She said, "now, johnny, do you really feel like you're
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  • You really feel like you're dumb."
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  • Dumb." he said, "no, ma'am, i just
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  • He said, "no, ma'am, i just hate to see you standing
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  • Hate to see you standing there all by yourself."
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  • There all by yourself." say it like you mean it.
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  • Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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  • This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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  • I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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  • I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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  • I can do what it says i can do.
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  • Do. today, i will be taught the
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  • Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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  • Word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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  • I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,
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  • Alert, my heart is receptive, i will never be the same.
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  • I will never be the same. in jesus' name.
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  • In jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • God bless you. i wanna talk to you today
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  • I wanna talk to you today about being a barrier
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  • About being a barrier breaker.
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  • Breaker. so often, we let our
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  • So often, we let our environment, how we were
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  • Environment, how we were raised, and people's
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  • Raised, and people's expectations of us set the
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  • Expectations of us set the limits for our life.
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  • Limits for our life. we adapt to what's around us.
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  • We adapt to what's around us. if you take an oak tree seed
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  • If you take an oak tree seed and plant it in a 2-foot pot,
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  • And plant it in a 2-foot pot, that oak tree will never
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  • That oak tree will never become what it was created to
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  • Become what it was created to be, not because there's
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  • Be, not because there's something wrong with the
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  • Something wrong with the seed, but because of the
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  • Seed, but because of the environment that it's in.
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  • Environment that it's in. it's easy to just fit in, go
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  • It's easy to just fit in, go with the crowd, and be like
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  • With the crowd, and be like everyone else, but god didn't
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  • Everyone else, but god didn't create you to be average.
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  • Create you to be average. he created you to stand out,
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  • He created you to stand out, to go beyond the norm, to
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  • To go beyond the norm, to leave your mark on this
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  • Leave your mark on this generation.
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  • Generation. you have seeds of greatness
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  • You have seeds of greatness on the inside.
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  • On the inside. you're supposed to go further
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  • You're supposed to go further than the people that raised
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  • Than the people that raised you.
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  • You. you're supposed to live
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  • You're supposed to live better, be more successful,
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  • Better, be more successful, set a new standard.
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  • Set a new standard. you may be in an environment
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  • You may be in an environment where people have addictions,
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  • Where people have addictions, low self-esteem, depression,
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  • Low self-esteem, depression, poverty.
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  • Poverty. you can't stop that, but
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  • You can't stop that, but here's the key.
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  • Here's the key. don't let that become normal
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  • Don't let that become normal in your thinking.
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  • In your thinking. if you accept that as who you
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  • If you accept that as who you are, it will keep you from
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  • Are, it will keep you from your destiny.
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  • Your destiny. the scripture talks about how
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  • The scripture talks about how we are in the world, but we
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  • We are in the world, but we are not of the world.
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  • Are not of the world. you may be in a limited
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  • You may be in a limited environment, but you don't
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  • Environment, but you don't have to be of it.
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  • Have to be of it. don't let that environment
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  • Don't let that environment get in you.
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  • Get in you. if you see struggle, lack,
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  • If you see struggle, lack, poverty long enough, your
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  • Poverty long enough, your mind can become conditioned
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  • Mind can become conditioned to think, "this is who i am.
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  • To think, "this is who i am. i'll always struggle.
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  • I'll always struggle. i'll never have enough."
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  • I'll never have enough." no, that's where you are,
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  • No, that's where you are, that's not who you are.
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  • That's not who you are. and that may be what's been
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  • And that may be what's been normal.
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  • Normal. the good news, you're a
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  • The good news, you're a barrier breaker.
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  • Barrier breaker. you have the power, the
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  • You have the power, the favor, the talent, the
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  • Favor, the talent, the ability to break out, to go
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  • Ability to break out, to go further.
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  • Further. god breathed his life into
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  • God breathed his life into you.
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  • You. he calls you the head and not
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  • He calls you the head and not the tail.
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  • The tail. don't let your mind become
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  • Don't let your mind become conditioned for mediocrity.
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  • Conditioned for mediocrity. don't let that change who you
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  • Don't let that change who you really are.
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  • Really are. and sometimes, people will
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  • And sometimes, people will try to put us in a box and
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  • Try to put us in a box and tell us things like, "you
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  • Tell us things like, "you can't start that business.
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  • Can't start that business. you don't have the resources.
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  • You don't have the resources. you'll never afford a nice
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  • You'll never afford a nice place to live, never get
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  • Place to live, never get well, never meet the right
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  • Well, never meet the right person."
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  • Person." because their thinking is
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  • Because their thinking is limited, they'll try to put
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  • Limited, they'll try to put their limitations on you.
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  • Their limitations on you. you have to put your foot
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  • You have to put your foot down and say, "i refuse to be
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  • Down and say, "i refuse to be mediocre because people
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  • Mediocre because people around me are mediocre.
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  • Around me are mediocre. i refuse to be addicted,
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  • I refuse to be addicted, depressed, have low
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  • Depressed, have low expectation.
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  • Expectation. i know i'm a barrier breaker.
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  • I know i'm a barrier breaker. i'm gonna set a new
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  • I'm gonna set a new standard."
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  • Standard." it starts in our thinking.
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  • It starts in our thinking. nothing will change until you
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  • Nothing will change until you make up your mind you are not
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  • Make up your mind you are not going to accept mediocrity.
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  • Going to accept mediocrity. why don't you take the
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  • Why don't you take the limitations off yourself?
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  • Limitations off yourself? you have so much potential.
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  • You have so much potential. break out of that box and try
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  • Break out of that box and try something new.
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  • Something new. the enemy would love to keep
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  • The enemy would love to keep that potential from ever
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  • That potential from ever coming out.
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  • Coming out. he'll use bad breaks,
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  • He'll use bad breaks, negative comments, people,
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  • Negative comments, people, circumstances to try to keep
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  • Circumstances to try to keep you from believing in
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  • You from believing in yourself, believing that you
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  • Yourself, believing that you can rise to the next level.
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  • Can rise to the next level. many people have let their
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  • Many people have let their mind become conditioned to
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  • Mind become conditioned to think that they've reached
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  • Think that they've reached their limits, they're just
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  • Their limits, they're just average, they'll never do
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  • Average, they'll never do anything great.
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  • Anything great. what's happened?
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  • What's happened? instead of breaking out,
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  • Instead of breaking out, they've adapted to their
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  • They've adapted to their environment.
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  • Environment. now, i saw a study that was
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  • Now, i saw a study that was done with fleas.
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  • Done with fleas. researchers put all these
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  • Researchers put all these fleas in a container and then
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  • Fleas in a container and then put a lid on the top.
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  • Put a lid on the top. the fleas immediately tried
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  • The fleas immediately tried to fly out, but they hit the
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  • To fly out, but they hit the lid again and again.
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  • Lid again and again. before long, they realized
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  • Before long, they realized they were stuck.
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  • They were stuck. at one point, the researchers
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  • At one point, the researchers removed the lid, but much to
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  • Removed the lid, but much to their surprise, the fleas
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  • Their surprise, the fleas didn't try to fly out
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  • Didn't try to fly out anymore.
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  • Anymore. they had hit that lid so many
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  • They had hit that lid so many times, they had become
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  • Times, they had become conditioned to think that
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  • Conditioned to think that they couldn't get out.
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  • They couldn't get out. even though the lid was off,
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  • Even though the lid was off, they didn't even try.
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  • They didn't even try. and sometimes, like these
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  • And sometimes, like these fleas, because of the
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  • Fleas, because of the environment we're in, and
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  • Environment we're in, and times we've tried and failed,
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  • Times we've tried and failed, what people have told us, we
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  • What people have told us, we become conditioned to think
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  • Become conditioned to think we can't do anything great,
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  • We can't do anything great, we'll never accomplish the
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  • We'll never accomplish the dream, we'll never get back
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  • Dream, we'll never get back in shape.
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  • In shape. no, it may not have happened
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  • No, it may not have happened in the past, you may have
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  • In the past, you may have tried and hit that lid a few
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  • Tried and hit that lid a few times, but can i tell you,
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  • Times, but can i tell you, the lid is coming off.
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  • The lid is coming off. it's time to try again.
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  • It's time to try again. you were not created to live
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  • You were not created to live contained, to get stuck.
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  • Contained, to get stuck. recondition your mind.
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  • Recondition your mind. that's what happened to a
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  • That's what happened to a friend of mine.
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  • Friend of mine. he got off to a rough start
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  • He got off to a rough start in life.
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  • In life. he grew up in the projects,
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  • He grew up in the projects, very poor, with hardly any
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  • Very poor, with hardly any guidance.
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  • Guidance. his father wasn't in his life
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  • His father wasn't in his life and his mother had her own
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  • And his mother had her own struggles.
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  • Struggles. because of this poor home
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  • Because of this poor home situation, he was labeled by
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  • Situation, he was labeled by the state as a child at risk.
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  • The state as a child at risk. that phrase, from the time he
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  • That phrase, from the time he was a little boy, had played
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  • Was a little boy, had played over and over in his mind.
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  • Over and over in his mind. it had become engrained in
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  • It had become engrained in his thinking.
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  • His thinking. "there's no future for me.
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  • "there's no future for me. i'm a child at risk."
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  • I'm a child at risk." he continued to go downhill
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  • He continued to go downhill and getting into trouble,
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  • And getting into trouble, doing what the rest of the
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  • Doing what the rest of the crowd was doing.
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  • Crowd was doing. everyone around him was
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  • Everyone around him was defeated, depressed,
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  • Defeated, depressed, addicted.
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  • Addicted. he fit right in.
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  • He fit right in. he adapted to his
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  • He adapted to his environment.
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  • Environment. your life is going to follow
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  • Your life is going to follow your thoughts.
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  • Your thoughts. he believed he was at risk,
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  • He believed he was at risk, he became at risk.
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  • He became at risk. if you believe you've reached
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  • If you believe you've reached your limits, then you have.
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  • Your limits, then you have. if you believe you'll never
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  • If you believe you'll never get well, then you won't.
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  • Get well, then you won't. because your mind has become
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  • Because your mind has become conditioned with limitations,
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  • Conditioned with limitations, it will keep you from your
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  • It will keep you from your highest potential.
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  • Highest potential. you have to get rid of these
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  • You have to get rid of these thoughts that are holding you
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  • Thoughts that are holding you back.
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  • Back. you may not see how you can
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  • You may not see how you can do it in your own ability,
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  • Do it in your own ability, but you're not on your own.
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  • But you're not on your own. you have the most powerful
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  • You have the most powerful force in the universe
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  • Force in the universe breathing in your direction.
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  • Breathing in your direction. god created you to rise
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  • God created you to rise higher, to break barriers of
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  • Higher, to break barriers of the past, to overcome bad
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  • The past, to overcome bad habits, to be free from
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  • Habits, to be free from generational curses.
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  • Generational curses. and people may have labeled
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  • And people may have labeled you "at risk," "average,"
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  • You "at risk," "average," "less than," but god labels
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  • "less than," but god labels you "well able," "equipped,"
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  • You "well able," "equipped," "anointed," "created," "a
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  • "anointed," "created," "a masterpiece."
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  • Masterpiece." this is what happened with my
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  • This is what happened with my father.
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  • Father. he was raised very poor on a
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  • He was raised very poor on a cotton farm during the great
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  • Cotton farm during the great depression.
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  • Depression. at christmastime, his family
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  • At christmastime, his family was the one that received the
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  • Was the one that received the christmas basket that went to
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  • Christmas basket that went to the poorest family in the
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  • The poorest family in the school.
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  • School. he could never drink a full
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  • He could never drink a full glass of milk.
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  • Glass of milk. they couldn't afford it.
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  • They couldn't afford it. only 1/4 of a glass, plus
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  • Only 1/4 of a glass, plus they'd pour water in it to
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  • They'd pour water in it to make it last longer.
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  • Make it last longer. but at 17 years of age, my
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  • But at 17 years of age, my dad gave his life to christ,
  • 00:08:04.440 --> 00:08:06.576
  • Dad gave his life to christ, the first one in the family.
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  • The first one in the family. he told me, "joel, i made a
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  • He told me, "joel, i made a decision that day that my
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  • Decision that day that my children would never be
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  • Children would never be raised in the poverty and
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  • Raised in the poverty and lack that i was raised in."
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  • Lack that i was raised in." he changed his mind.
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  • He changed his mind. everyone around him, they
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  • Everyone around him, they were good people, but they
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  • Were good people, but they were limited.
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  • Were limited. their mind had become
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  • Their mind had become conditioned to accept not
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  • Conditioned to accept not having enough, struggle,
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  • Having enough, struggle, lack.
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  • Lack. the problem is, if you accept
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  • The problem is, if you accept it, you won't do anything
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  • It, you won't do anything about it, and it's easy to
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  • About it, and it's easy to get comfortable with
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  • Get comfortable with mediocrity and just adapt to
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  • Mediocrity and just adapt to our environment.
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  • Our environment. as a teenager, my father felt
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  • As a teenager, my father felt something stirring on the
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  • Something stirring on the inside.
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  • Inside. it was those seeds of
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  • It was those seeds of greatness.
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  • Greatness. every circumstance said he
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  • Every circumstance said he was stuck, he'd have to stay
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  • Was stuck, he'd have to stay on the farm, pick cotton the
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  • On the farm, pick cotton the rest of his life, but instead
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  • Rest of his life, but instead of adapting to that
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  • Of adapting to that environment, his attitude
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  • Environment, his attitude was, "this is not my destiny.
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  • Was, "this is not my destiny. i am better than this.
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  • I am better than this. i refuse to live mediocre,
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  • I refuse to live mediocre, wearing hand-me-downs,
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  • Wearing hand-me-downs, receiving the christmas
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  • Receiving the christmas basket.
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  • Basket. i know i have seeds of
  • 00:09:07.937 --> 00:09:09.472
  • I know i have seeds of greatness, i have potential,
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  • Greatness, i have potential, i have creativity.
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  • I have creativity. the most high god breathed
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  • The most high god breathed life into me."
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  • Life into me." as a teenager, he left the
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  • As a teenager, he left the farm.
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  • Farm. he had to hitchhike, but he
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  • He had to hitchhike, but he went out and started
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  • Went out and started ministering in the jails, in
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  • Ministering in the jails, in the senior citizens' homes,
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  • The senior citizens' homes, making a difference wherever
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  • Making a difference wherever he went.
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  • He went. he went on to break the curse
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  • He went on to break the curse of poverty in our family and
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  • Of poverty in our family and he took us to a new level.
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  • He took us to a new level. he was a barrier breaker.
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  • He was a barrier breaker. he knew he was made for more.
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  • He knew he was made for more. instead of just fitting in,
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  • Instead of just fitting in, be like everyone else, why
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  • Be like everyone else, why don't you start seeing
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  • Don't you start seeing yourself as a barrier
  • 00:09:43.072 --> 00:09:44.874
  • Yourself as a barrier breaker, as the exception?
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  • Breaker, as the exception? you're supposed to stand out.
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  • You're supposed to stand out. you're supposed to rise
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  • You're supposed to rise higher.
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  • Higher. maybe everyone in your family
  • 00:09:51.213 --> 00:09:53.082
  • Maybe everyone in your family is depressed except you.
  • 00:09:53.149 --> 00:09:55.685
  • Is depressed except you. you broke out, you're happy,
  • 00:09:55.751 --> 00:09:57.720
  • You broke out, you're happy, you're full of joy.
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  • You're full of joy. everyone is addicted except
  • 00:09:59.255 --> 00:10:01.390
  • Everyone is addicted except you.
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  • You. you're free, you're clean,
  • 00:10:02.658 --> 00:10:04.193
  • You're free, you're clean, you're helping others.
  • 00:10:04.260 --> 00:10:05.761
  • You're helping others. everyone is struggling, can't
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  • Everyone is struggling, can't make ends meet, can't get
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  • Make ends meet, can't get ahead, except you.
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  • Ahead, except you. you're blessed, good breaks
  • 00:10:10.733 --> 00:10:12.368
  • You're blessed, good breaks are chasing you down,
  • 00:10:12.435 --> 00:10:13.869
  • Are chasing you down, opportunities are looking for
  • 00:10:13.936 --> 00:10:15.404
  • Opportunities are looking for you, your gifts and talents
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  • You, your gifts and talents are coming out in greater
  • 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:18.441
  • Are coming out in greater ways.
  • 00:10:18.507 --> 00:10:19.208
  • Ways. why is that?
  • 00:10:19.275 --> 00:10:20.209
  • Why is that? you're the exception.
  • 00:10:20.276 --> 00:10:21.977
  • You're the exception. not arrogantly, like you're
  • 00:10:22.044 --> 00:10:23.846
  • Not arrogantly, like you're better than someone else, but
  • 00:10:23.913 --> 00:10:25.948
  • Better than someone else, but a quiet confidence knowing
  • 00:10:26.015 --> 00:10:28.150
  • A quiet confidence knowing that you were made for more.
  • 00:10:28.217 --> 00:10:30.252
  • That you were made for more. see, if my father would have
  • 00:10:30.319 --> 00:10:31.854
  • See, if my father would have accepted that as his lot in
  • 00:10:31.921 --> 00:10:34.256
  • Accepted that as his lot in life, i wouldn't be standing
  • 00:10:34.323 --> 00:10:35.691
  • Life, i wouldn't be standing here today.
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  • Here today. are you accepting things that
  • 00:10:37.793 --> 00:10:38.994
  • Are you accepting things that are less than god's best?
  • 00:10:39.061 --> 00:10:41.163
  • Are less than god's best? have you adapted to a limited
  • 00:10:41.230 --> 00:10:42.965
  • Have you adapted to a limited environment?
  • 00:10:43.032 --> 00:10:44.600
  • Environment? you have big dreams in your
  • 00:10:44.667 --> 00:10:45.801
  • You have big dreams in your heart.
  • 00:10:45.868 --> 00:10:47.002
  • Heart. you know there's a new
  • 00:10:47.069 --> 00:10:48.204
  • You know there's a new business in you, a management
  • 00:10:48.270 --> 00:10:50.172
  • Business in you, a management position, a book, a better
  • 00:10:50.239 --> 00:10:52.274
  • Position, a book, a better house, but you're doing as
  • 00:10:52.341 --> 00:10:54.276
  • House, but you're doing as good as your friends, you've
  • 00:10:54.343 --> 00:10:56.011
  • Good as your friends, you've gone as far as your family.
  • 00:10:56.078 --> 00:10:58.013
  • Gone as far as your family. no, don't settle there.
  • 00:10:58.080 --> 00:10:59.949
  • No, don't settle there. break out of that mold.
  • 00:11:00.015 --> 00:11:01.484
  • Break out of that mold. nothing will be more sad than
  • 00:11:01.550 --> 00:11:03.319
  • Nothing will be more sad than to come to the end of life
  • 00:11:03.385 --> 00:11:05.387
  • To come to the end of life and realize what we could
  • 00:11:05.454 --> 00:11:06.989
  • And realize what we could have become.
  • 00:11:07.056 --> 00:11:08.724
  • Have become. if i'd have just lived with
  • 00:11:08.791 --> 00:11:09.792
  • If i'd have just lived with an at-possibility mindset,
  • 00:11:09.859 --> 00:11:12.695
  • An at-possibility mindset, instead of this at-risk
  • 00:11:12.762 --> 00:11:13.963
  • Instead of this at-risk mentality.
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  • Mentality. a couple of years before my
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  • A couple of years before my dad went to be with the lord,
  • 00:11:16.799 --> 00:11:18.534
  • Dad went to be with the lord, we drove back to paris, texas
  • 00:11:18.601 --> 00:11:20.536
  • We drove back to paris, texas where he was raised.
  • 00:11:20.603 --> 00:11:22.204
  • Where he was raised. daddy wanted to reminisce and
  • 00:11:22.271 --> 00:11:23.606
  • Daddy wanted to reminisce and show me where he had grown
  • 00:11:23.672 --> 00:11:24.907
  • Show me where he had grown up.
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  • Up. we went out onto the land
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  • We went out onto the land where his farm used to be.
  • 00:11:27.476 --> 00:11:29.245
  • Where his farm used to be. the house was no longer
  • 00:11:29.311 --> 00:11:30.312
  • The house was no longer there, but we found the well,
  • 00:11:30.379 --> 00:11:32.281
  • There, but we found the well, and he showed me where he
  • 00:11:32.348 --> 00:11:33.716
  • And he showed me where he used to pick cotton and where
  • 00:11:33.783 --> 00:11:35.417
  • Used to pick cotton and where he went to school.
  • 00:11:35.484 --> 00:11:36.819
  • He went to school. before we left town, we drove
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  • Before we left town, we drove around to see if we could
  • 00:11:39.021 --> 00:11:40.456
  • Around to see if we could find any of his friends.
  • 00:11:40.523 --> 00:11:42.658
  • Find any of his friends. we pulled up to this very run
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  • We pulled up to this very run down house.
  • 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:46.529
  • Down house. really, it was nothing more
  • 00:11:46.595 --> 00:11:47.930
  • Really, it was nothing more than a shack.
  • 00:11:47.997 --> 00:11:48.931
  • Than a shack. it didn't even look livable.
  • 00:11:48.998 --> 00:11:50.699
  • It didn't even look livable. there was this older
  • 00:11:50.766 --> 00:11:51.600
  • There was this older gentleman on the front porch,
  • 00:11:51.667 --> 00:11:53.536
  • Gentleman on the front porch, not wearing a shirt, just
  • 00:11:53.602 --> 00:11:54.770
  • Not wearing a shirt, just kinda killing time.
  • 00:11:54.837 --> 00:11:56.338
  • Kinda killing time. my father went up and said,
  • 00:11:56.405 --> 00:11:57.773
  • My father went up and said, "i'm john osteen.
  • 00:11:57.840 --> 00:11:58.674
  • "i'm john osteen. are you so-and-so?"
  • 00:11:58.741 --> 00:12:00.176
  • Are you so-and-so?" it was his friend.
  • 00:12:00.242 --> 00:12:01.610
  • It was his friend. they hadn't seen each other
  • 00:12:01.677 --> 00:12:02.511
  • They hadn't seen each other in over 60 years.
  • 00:12:02.578 --> 00:12:04.814
  • In over 60 years. he invited us inside and the
  • 00:12:04.880 --> 00:12:06.415
  • He invited us inside and the place was very dilapidated.
  • 00:12:06.482 --> 00:12:09.218
  • Place was very dilapidated. there were buckets on the
  • 00:12:09.285 --> 00:12:10.352
  • There were buckets on the ground to catch the water
  • 00:12:10.419 --> 00:12:11.954
  • Ground to catch the water dripping from the ceiling and
  • 00:12:12.021 --> 00:12:13.923
  • Dripping from the ceiling and broken windows boarded up.
  • 00:12:13.989 --> 00:12:16.258
  • Broken windows boarded up. we went and found several
  • 00:12:16.325 --> 00:12:17.526
  • We went and found several other of his friends.
  • 00:12:17.593 --> 00:12:18.727
  • Other of his friends. it was the same situation.
  • 00:12:18.794 --> 00:12:20.629
  • It was the same situation. extreme poverty, defeat,
  • 00:12:20.696 --> 00:12:23.165
  • Extreme poverty, defeat, mediocrity.
  • 00:12:23.232 --> 00:12:24.400
  • Mediocrity. they were good people, but it
  • 00:12:24.466 --> 00:12:26.168
  • They were good people, but it hit me how they had not made
  • 00:12:26.235 --> 00:12:28.204
  • Hit me how they had not made anything out of their lives.
  • 00:12:28.270 --> 00:12:30.239
  • Anything out of their lives. they had made the mistake of
  • 00:12:30.306 --> 00:12:31.874
  • They had made the mistake of adapting to their
  • 00:12:31.941 --> 00:12:33.042
  • Adapting to their environment.
  • 00:12:33.108 --> 00:12:34.643
  • Environment. they accepted the limitations
  • 00:12:34.710 --> 00:12:36.979
  • They accepted the limitations they were born into.
  • 00:12:37.046 --> 00:12:38.647
  • They were born into. one man told how he had
  • 00:12:38.714 --> 00:12:40.082
  • One man told how he had worked a little here and
  • 00:12:40.149 --> 00:12:41.283
  • Worked a little here and there, and had odd jobs,
  • 00:12:41.350 --> 00:12:42.885
  • There, and had odd jobs, worked down at the boat
  • 00:12:42.952 --> 00:12:43.686
  • Worked down at the boat docks, barely making it.
  • 00:12:43.752 --> 00:12:45.688
  • Docks, barely making it. another had been laid off 28
  • 00:12:45.754 --> 00:12:47.723
  • Another had been laid off 28 years earlier, not able to
  • 00:12:47.790 --> 00:12:49.358
  • Years earlier, not able to find any more work, lived off
  • 00:12:49.425 --> 00:12:51.360
  • Find any more work, lived off of handouts, no goals, no
  • 00:12:51.427 --> 00:12:53.195
  • Of handouts, no goals, no dreams, no resources.
  • 00:12:53.262 --> 00:12:55.097
  • Dreams, no resources. now, they were at the end of
  • 00:12:55.164 --> 00:12:56.732
  • Now, they were at the end of their lives.
  • 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.133
  • Their lives. they had not tapped into
  • 00:12:58.200 --> 00:12:59.335
  • They had not tapped into their potential.
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  • Their potential. that day made such an
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  • That day made such an impression upon me.
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  • Impression upon me. i thought about how my father
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  • I thought about how my father was raised in the same
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  • Was raised in the same environment.
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  • Environment. he came out of the same mold,
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  • He came out of the same mold, same depression, same
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  • Same depression, same poverty, same school, but
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  • Poverty, same school, but daddy went on to touch the
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  • Daddy went on to touch the world, pastored great
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  • World, pastored great churches, and he made a
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  • Churches, and he made a difference with his life.
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  • Difference with his life. i saw firsthand what would've
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  • I saw firsthand what would've happened if my father had
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  • Happened if my father had accepted the life of defeat
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  • Accepted the life of defeat he was born into.
  • 00:13:28.464 --> 00:13:30.099
  • He was born into. if he had not put his foot
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  • If he had not put his foot down and said, "i may have
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  • Down and said, "i may have been born into mediocrity,
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  • Been born into mediocrity, but i am not settling here,"
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  • But i am not settling here," if he had not reconditioned
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  • If he had not reconditioned his mind, he would've been
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  • His mind, he would've been sitting right there with the
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  • Sitting right there with the rest of those men.
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  • Rest of those men. friends, don't go through
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  • Friends, don't go through life and miss your destiny.
  • 00:13:44.380 --> 00:13:46.949
  • Life and miss your destiny. you weren't created to get
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  • You weren't created to get stuck, to settle, stay at the
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  • Stuck, to settle, stay at the same place year after year.
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  • Same place year after year. you were created to excel.
  • 00:13:51.987 --> 00:13:54.890
  • You were created to excel. there is potential in you
  • 00:13:54.957 --> 00:13:56.158
  • There is potential in you right now just waiting to
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  • Right now just waiting to come out.
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  • Come out. you have gifts that will
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  • You have gifts that will cause new doors to open,
  • 00:13:59.662 --> 00:14:01.697
  • Cause new doors to open, talent that will bring new
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  • Talent that will bring new opportunities.
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  • Opportunities. get rid of low expectations.
  • 00:14:04.833 --> 00:14:07.636
  • Get rid of low expectations. quit making excuses to settle
  • 00:14:07.703 --> 00:14:09.138
  • Quit making excuses to settle where you are.
  • 00:14:09.204 --> 00:14:10.906
  • Where you are. you may be in some kind of
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  • You may be in some kind of limited environment,
  • 00:14:12.041 --> 00:14:13.475
  • Limited environment, dysfunction, addictions,
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  • Dysfunction, addictions, depression.
  • 00:14:15.277 --> 00:14:16.178
  • Depression. the good news, you don't have
  • 00:14:16.245 --> 00:14:17.613
  • The good news, you don't have to stay there.
  • 00:14:17.680 --> 00:14:19.014
  • To stay there. that is not your destiny.
  • 00:14:19.081 --> 00:14:20.883
  • That is not your destiny. somebody may have labeled you
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  • Somebody may have labeled you "at risk," but the creator of
  • 00:14:22.151 --> 00:14:24.086
  • "at risk," but the creator of the universe labels you "at
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  • The universe labels you "at possibility."
  • 00:14:25.721 --> 00:14:28.557
  • Possibility." you've gone as far as your
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  • You've gone as far as your family, as your friends.
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  • Family, as your friends. that's good, but don't settle
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  • That's good, but don't settle there.
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  • There. you're the exception.
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  • You're the exception. you're supposed to go
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  • You're supposed to go further.
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  • Further. i read about an 8-year-old
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  • I read about an 8-year-old boy that was born in kansas
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  • Boy that was born in kansas in the early 1900s.
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  • In the early 1900s. during the winter, he and his
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  • During the winter, he and his brother would go to school
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  • Brother would go to school early to light the fire in
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  • Early to light the fire in the classroom so that it'd be
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  • The classroom so that it'd be warm when the rest of the
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  • Warm when the rest of the students arrived.
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  • Students arrived. but one morning, someone
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  • But one morning, someone accidentally put gasoline in
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  • Accidentally put gasoline in the kerosene container that
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  • The kerosene container that he used to start the fire.
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  • He used to start the fire. when he lit the match, there
  • 00:14:59.822 --> 00:15:01.156
  • When he lit the match, there was a huge explosion.
  • 00:15:01.223 --> 00:15:03.325
  • Was a huge explosion. his brother was instantly
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  • His brother was instantly killed.
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  • Killed. the teacher came running and
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  • The teacher came running and found this little boy
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  • Found this little boy unconscious, with the lower
  • 00:15:08.063 --> 00:15:10.132
  • Unconscious, with the lower half of his body burned
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  • Half of his body burned beyond recognition.
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  • Beyond recognition. she pulled him out of the
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  • She pulled him out of the fire thinking that he was
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  • Fire thinking that he was dead.
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  • Dead. somehow, he had survived.
  • 00:15:16.905 --> 00:15:19.074
  • Somehow, he had survived. he lost most of the skin and
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  • He lost most of the skin and muscles on his legs.
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  • Muscles on his legs. his mother was told if he did
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  • His mother was told if he did make it, he would be
  • 00:15:24.813 --> 00:15:26.315
  • Make it, he would be crippled, never able to walk
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  • Crippled, never able to walk again.
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  • Again. but this little boy was a
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  • But this little boy was a fighter, and against all
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  • Fighter, and against all odds, he survived.
  • 00:15:32.654 --> 00:15:35.691
  • Odds, he survived. he made up his mind he was
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  • He made up his mind he was not only going to walk again,
  • 00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:39.128
  • Not only going to walk again, but he told everyone one day
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  • But he told everyone one day he would run again.
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  • He would run again. his favorite scripture was
  • 00:15:43.232 --> 00:15:44.166
  • His favorite scripture was found in isaiah 40, "they
  • 00:15:44.233 --> 00:15:46.335
  • Found in isaiah 40, "they that wait upon the lord will
  • 00:15:46.402 --> 00:15:47.569
  • That wait upon the lord will renew their strength.
  • 00:15:47.636 --> 00:15:49.071
  • Renew their strength. they will run and not be
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  • They will run and not be weary.
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  • Weary. they will walk and not
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  • They will walk and not faint."
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  • Faint." as an 8-year-old boy, he had
  • 00:15:53.709 --> 00:15:55.377
  • As an 8-year-old boy, he had a spirit of faith.
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  • A spirit of faith. he believed he could defy the
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  • He believed he could defy the odds.
  • 00:15:58.547 --> 00:15:59.815
  • Odds. months later, he was sent
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  • Months later, he was sent home from the hospital with
  • 00:16:00.883 --> 00:16:02.451
  • Home from the hospital with no feeling or movement in his
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  • No feeling or movement in his legs.
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  • Legs. every day, his mother would
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  • Every day, his mother would take him outside in the
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  • Take him outside in the wheelchair so he could get
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  • Wheelchair so he could get some sunshine.
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  • Some sunshine. one afternoon when she wasn't
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  • One afternoon when she wasn't watching, he grabbed onto the
  • 00:16:12.961 --> 00:16:15.197
  • Watching, he grabbed onto the picket fence and pulled
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  • Picket fence and pulled himself up.
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  • Himself up. and stake by stake, he began
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  • And stake by stake, he began to drag himself along.
  • 00:16:20.269 --> 00:16:22.604
  • To drag himself along. he did this day after day,
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  • He did this day after day, teaching himself how to walk
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  • Teaching himself how to walk again.
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  • Again. they didn't have physical
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  • They didn't have physical therapy for him to go to.
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  • Therapy for him to go to. he was his own physical
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  • He was his own physical therapist.
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  • Therapist. two years after the accident,
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  • Two years after the accident, he stood up for the first
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  • He stood up for the first time.
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  • Time. it wasn't long after that, he
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  • It wasn't long after that, he was not only walking, he
  • 00:16:38.520 --> 00:16:40.189
  • Was not only walking, he began to run.
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  • Began to run. he became extremely fast.
  • 00:16:41.790 --> 00:16:44.059
  • He became extremely fast. in college, on the track
  • 00:16:44.126 --> 00:16:45.494
  • In college, on the track team, he won so many medals
  • 00:16:45.561 --> 00:16:47.896
  • Team, he won so many medals he became known as the kansas
  • 00:16:47.963 --> 00:16:49.832
  • He became known as the kansas city flyer.
  • 00:16:49.898 --> 00:16:51.633
  • City flyer. 1934, glenn cunningham, the
  • 00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:54.570
  • 1934, glenn cunningham, the young man that was told he'd
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  • Young man that was told he'd never walk again, broke the
  • 00:16:55.871 --> 00:16:57.439
  • Never walk again, broke the world record in the mile run.
  • 00:16:57.506 --> 00:17:01.610
  • World record in the mile run. if you're going to be a
  • 00:17:01.677 --> 00:17:02.444
  • If you're going to be a barrier breaker, you have to
  • 00:17:02.511 --> 00:17:04.246
  • Barrier breaker, you have to get rid of the excuses.
  • 00:17:04.313 --> 00:17:06.448
  • Get rid of the excuses. quit thinking about what you
  • 00:17:06.515 --> 00:17:07.349
  • Quit thinking about what you didn't get, what you can't
  • 00:17:07.416 --> 00:17:09.051
  • Didn't get, what you can't do, how the odds are against
  • 00:17:09.118 --> 00:17:10.319
  • Do, how the odds are against you.
  • 00:17:10.385 --> 00:17:11.520
  • You. you and god are a majority.
  • 00:17:11.587 --> 00:17:14.389
  • You and god are a majority. you have what you need.
  • 00:17:14.456 --> 00:17:16.325
  • You have what you need. you're a barrier breaker.
  • 00:17:16.391 --> 00:17:18.560
  • You're a barrier breaker. you can defy the odds.
  • 00:17:18.627 --> 00:17:20.596
  • You can defy the odds. you can beat the cancer.
  • 00:17:20.662 --> 00:17:22.631
  • You can beat the cancer. you can break the addiction.
  • 00:17:22.698 --> 00:17:24.366
  • You can break the addiction. you can start the new
  • 00:17:24.433 --> 00:17:25.167
  • You can start the new business.
  • 00:17:25.234 --> 00:17:26.168
  • Business. you can go further than the
  • 00:17:26.235 --> 00:17:27.603
  • You can go further than the experts have told you.
  • 00:17:27.669 --> 00:17:29.838
  • Experts have told you. like glenn, you have to
  • 00:17:29.905 --> 00:17:31.106
  • Like glenn, you have to recondition your mind.
  • 00:17:31.173 --> 00:17:33.408
  • Recondition your mind. instead of dwelling on all
  • 00:17:33.475 --> 00:17:34.276
  • Instead of dwelling on all the negative things people
  • 00:17:34.343 --> 00:17:35.777
  • The negative things people have said about you, dwell on
  • 00:17:35.844 --> 00:17:37.513
  • Have said about you, dwell on what god says about you.
  • 00:17:37.579 --> 00:17:39.414
  • What god says about you. "i will run and not be
  • 00:17:39.481 --> 00:17:40.282
  • "i will run and not be weary."
  • 00:17:40.349 --> 00:17:41.650
  • Weary." or instead of, "you can't
  • 00:17:41.717 --> 00:17:42.451
  • Or instead of, "you can't break that addiction," "i can
  • 00:17:42.518 --> 00:17:43.619
  • Break that addiction," "i can do all things through christ.
  • 00:17:43.685 --> 00:17:45.587
  • Do all things through christ. whom the son sets free is
  • 00:17:45.654 --> 00:17:46.755
  • Whom the son sets free is free indeed."
  • 00:17:46.822 --> 00:17:48.056
  • Free indeed." instead of, "oh man, you've
  • 00:17:48.123 --> 00:17:49.258
  • Instead of, "oh man, you've reached your limits.
  • 00:17:49.324 --> 00:17:50.125
  • Reached your limits. this is not for you today,"
  • 00:17:50.192 --> 00:17:51.560
  • This is not for you today," no, "the path of the
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  • No, "the path of the righteous gets brighter and
  • 00:17:52.294 --> 00:17:53.362
  • Righteous gets brighter and brighter.
  • 00:17:53.428 --> 00:17:54.296
  • Brighter. god's plans for me are for
  • 00:17:54.363 --> 00:17:55.531
  • God's plans for me are for good and not evil to give me
  • 00:17:55.597 --> 00:17:57.199
  • Good and not evil to give me a future and a hope."
  • 00:17:57.266 --> 00:17:59.067
  • A future and a hope." nothing will happen until you
  • 00:17:59.134 --> 00:18:00.435
  • Nothing will happen until you change your mind.
  • 00:18:00.502 --> 00:18:02.371
  • Change your mind. glenn could have laid there
  • 00:18:02.437 --> 00:18:03.338
  • Glenn could have laid there thinking, "well, too bad for
  • 00:18:03.405 --> 00:18:04.339
  • Thinking, "well, too bad for me.
  • 00:18:04.406 --> 00:18:05.374
  • Me. i lost my legs.
  • 00:18:05.440 --> 00:18:06.241
  • I lost my legs. i'll never do anything
  • 00:18:06.308 --> 00:18:07.109
  • I'll never do anything great," we wouldn't be
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  • Great," we wouldn't be talking about him.
  • 00:18:08.076 --> 00:18:09.845
  • Talking about him. are there strongholds keeping
  • 00:18:09.912 --> 00:18:11.113
  • Are there strongholds keeping you back?
  • 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:12.414
  • You back? have you adapted to an
  • 00:18:12.481 --> 00:18:13.549
  • Have you adapted to an environment, letting what
  • 00:18:13.615 --> 00:18:15.217
  • Environment, letting what people have said, what's
  • 00:18:15.284 --> 00:18:16.685
  • People have said, what's around you set limits for
  • 00:18:16.752 --> 00:18:18.086
  • Around you set limits for your life?
  • 00:18:18.153 --> 00:18:19.588
  • Your life? god is saying, "this is a new
  • 00:18:19.655 --> 00:18:21.456
  • God is saying, "this is a new day.
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  • Day. you're a barrier breaker.
  • 00:18:22.758 --> 00:18:24.526
  • You're a barrier breaker. i'm gonna take you further
  • 00:18:24.593 --> 00:18:25.761
  • I'm gonna take you further than you've imagined.
  • 00:18:25.827 --> 00:18:26.962
  • Than you've imagined. i'm gonna help you set a new
  • 00:18:27.029 --> 00:18:27.963
  • I'm gonna help you set a new standard.
  • 00:18:28.030 --> 00:18:29.298
  • Standard. you're going to defy the
  • 00:18:29.364 --> 00:18:30.499
  • You're going to defy the odds."
  • 00:18:30.566 --> 00:18:31.466
  • Odds." now, do your part.
  • 00:18:31.533 --> 00:18:32.534
  • Now, do your part. let this seed take root in
  • 00:18:32.601 --> 00:18:34.036
  • Let this seed take root in your spirit.
  • 00:18:34.102 --> 00:18:35.571
  • Your spirit. don't talk yourself out of
  • 00:18:35.637 --> 00:18:36.438
  • Don't talk yourself out of it.
  • 00:18:36.505 --> 00:18:37.272
  • It. get in agreement with god.
  • 00:18:37.339 --> 00:18:38.840
  • Get in agreement with god. for years, experts said no
  • 00:18:38.907 --> 00:18:41.076
  • For years, experts said no one would ever be able to run
  • 00:18:41.143 --> 00:18:42.678
  • One would ever be able to run a mile under 4 minutes.
  • 00:18:42.744 --> 00:18:45.080
  • A mile under 4 minutes. they studied the human body
  • 00:18:45.147 --> 00:18:46.481
  • They studied the human body and thought it would collapse
  • 00:18:46.548 --> 00:18:48.283
  • And thought it would collapse under that much pressure.
  • 00:18:48.350 --> 00:18:49.952
  • Under that much pressure. scientists said it was not
  • 00:18:50.018 --> 00:18:51.687
  • Scientists said it was not only dangerous to try, but it
  • 00:18:51.753 --> 00:18:53.889
  • Only dangerous to try, but it was literally impossible.
  • 00:18:53.956 --> 00:18:56.258
  • Was literally impossible. but a young man named roger
  • 00:18:56.325 --> 00:18:57.326
  • But a young man named roger bannister didn't believe the
  • 00:18:57.392 --> 00:19:00.028
  • Bannister didn't believe the negative reports.
  • 00:19:00.095 --> 00:19:01.597
  • Negative reports. he didn't let his mind become
  • 00:19:01.663 --> 00:19:02.798
  • He didn't let his mind become conditioned to think that it
  • 00:19:02.864 --> 00:19:04.633
  • Conditioned to think that it couldn't be done.
  • 00:19:04.700 --> 00:19:06.268
  • Couldn't be done. in may of 1956, he made
  • 00:19:06.335 --> 00:19:08.537
  • In may of 1956, he made history by running a mile
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  • History by running a mile under 4 minutes.
  • 00:19:10.539 --> 00:19:12.174
  • Under 4 minutes. what's interesting is 46 days
  • 00:19:12.241 --> 00:19:14.676
  • What's interesting is 46 days later, someone else broke the
  • 00:19:14.743 --> 00:19:16.845
  • Later, someone else broke the 4-minute mile.
  • 00:19:16.912 --> 00:19:18.714
  • 4-minute mile. within 10 years, 336 people
  • 00:19:18.780 --> 00:19:21.883
  • Within 10 years, 336 people had run the mile under 4
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  • Had run the mile under 4 minutes time.
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  • Minutes time. hadn't happened for years,
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  • Hadn't happened for years, now it was happening all the
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  • Now it was happening all the time.
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  • Time. why was that?
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  • Why was that? the barrier was broken in
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  • The barrier was broken in their mind.
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  • Their mind. for years, they believed what
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  • For years, they believed what the experts said.
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  • The experts said. they were convinced in their
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  • They were convinced in their own thinking that it couldn't
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  • Own thinking that it couldn't happen, but once that barrier
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  • Happen, but once that barrier was removed, they were able
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  • Was removed, they were able to do things that seemed
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  • To do things that seemed impossible.
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  • Impossible. has your mind become
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  • Has your mind become conditioned to think you
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  • Conditioned to think you can't accomplish your dreams,
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  • Can't accomplish your dreams, you can't get well, you'll
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  • You can't get well, you'll never break that addiction?
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  • Never break that addiction? if you'll do like roger and
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  • If you'll do like roger and recondition your mind, start
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  • Recondition your mind, start thinking better, believing
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  • Thinking better, believing that you're a can-do person,
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  • That you're a can-do person, knowing that you have seeds
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  • Knowing that you have seeds of greatness, you too will
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  • Of greatness, you too will break barriers that you
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  • Break barriers that you thought were impossible.
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  • Thought were impossible. and here's the beauty, when
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  • And here's the beauty, when you break a barrier, you make
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  • You break a barrier, you make it easier on those that come
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  • It easier on those that come after you.
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  • After you. you're paving the way for
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  • You're paving the way for your children, for your
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  • Your children, for your relatives.
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  • Relatives. that's what it means to set a
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  • That's what it means to set a new standard.
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  • New standard. that's what my dad did.
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  • That's what my dad did. when he broke that curse of
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  • When he broke that curse of poverty, he took our family
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  • Poverty, he took our family to a new level.
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  • To a new level. because he broke that
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  • Because he broke that barrier, i was able to start
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  • Barrier, i was able to start much further along.
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  • Much further along. when my dad went to be with
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  • When my dad went to be with the lord, he left us with
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  • The lord, he left us with that 8,000-seat auditorium.
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  • That 8,000-seat auditorium. now, i could've settled there
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  • Now, i could've settled there and thought, "this is okay.
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  • And thought, "this is okay. i'm doing as good as my
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  • I'm doing as good as my parents," but i did what i'm
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  • Parents," but i did what i'm asking you to do.
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  • Asking you to do. i stirred up my gifts and
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  • I stirred up my gifts and said, "god, i know i'm not
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  • Said, "god, i know i'm not supposed to stay at the same
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  • Supposed to stay at the same level as my parents.
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  • Level as my parents. i took a step of faith.
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  • I took a step of faith. god opened the door to this
  • 00:20:52.574 --> 00:20:53.508
  • God opened the door to this place, the former compaq
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  • Place, the former compaq center.
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  • Center. it's several times larger
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  • It's several times larger than our former facility.
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  • Than our former facility. that's the way it's supposed
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  • That's the way it's supposed to be.
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  • To be. god is a progressive god.
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  • God is a progressive god. he wants every generation to
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  • He wants every generation to increase.
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  • Increase. there was a young man in the
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  • There was a young man in the scripture named hezekiah.
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  • Scripture named hezekiah. he was raised in a very
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  • He was raised in a very dysfunctional home.
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  • Dysfunctional home. his father was ahaz, king of
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  • His father was ahaz, king of judah.
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  • Judah. he sent up idols for the
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  • He sent up idols for the people to worship.
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  • People to worship. he was a very hard king and
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  • He was a very hard king and cruel to the people.
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  • Cruel to the people. because he didn't honor god,
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  • Because he didn't honor god, the nation went downhill and
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  • The nation went downhill and became very poor.
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  • Became very poor. five different armies came
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  • Five different armies came against judah.
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  • Against judah. they lost every battle.
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  • They lost every battle. the place was decimated.
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  • The place was decimated. you would think ahaz would
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  • You would think ahaz would learn his lesson, turn to
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  • Learn his lesson, turn to god, ask for his help, but it
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  • God, ask for his help, but it was just the opposite.
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  • Was just the opposite. he closed the doors of the
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  • He closed the doors of the temple.
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  • Temple. he began to sell off the
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  • He began to sell off the sacred treasures.
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  • Sacred treasures. hezekiah was raised in this
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  • Hezekiah was raised in this environment of compromise,
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  • Environment of compromise, defeat, mediocrity.
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  • Defeat, mediocrity. he could've turned out like
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  • He could've turned out like his dad.
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  • His dad. he could've adapted to that
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  • He could've adapted to that environment.
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  • Environment. but hezekiah understood this
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  • But hezekiah understood this principle.
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  • Principle. when he became king, the
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  • When he became king, the first thing he did, before
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  • First thing he did, before repairing the roads, before
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  • Repairing the roads, before getting the economy going,
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  • Getting the economy going, hezekiah reopened the temple.
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  • Hezekiah reopened the temple. he turned the nation back
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  • He turned the nation back toward god.
  • 00:22:13.522 --> 00:22:15.123
  • Toward god. his father chose to
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  • His father chose to compromise, chose to push
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  • Compromise, chose to push people down, but hezekiah's
  • 00:22:17.959 --> 00:22:20.028
  • People down, but hezekiah's attitude was, "i may have
  • 00:22:20.095 --> 00:22:21.730
  • Attitude was, "i may have been born into mediocrity,
  • 00:22:21.797 --> 00:22:23.965
  • Been born into mediocrity, but i'm not settling here.
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  • But i'm not settling here. i'm gonna put an end to this
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  • I'm gonna put an end to this generational curse and i'm
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  • Generational curse and i'm gonna start a generational
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  • Gonna start a generational blessing.
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  • Blessing. hezekiah was a barrier
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  • Hezekiah was a barrier breaker.
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  • Breaker. and you may be in some kind
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  • And you may be in some kind of limited environment.
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  • Of limited environment. if hezekiah were here today,
  • 00:22:37.078 --> 00:22:39.247
  • If hezekiah were here today, he would tell you, you don't
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  • He would tell you, you don't have to stay there.
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  • Have to stay there. how you start is not
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  • How you start is not important, how you finish is
  • 00:22:43.885 --> 00:22:46.154
  • Important, how you finish is what matters.
  • 00:22:46.221 --> 00:22:47.389
  • What matters. do yourself and your family a
  • 00:22:47.456 --> 00:22:49.558
  • Do yourself and your family a favor, break out of that
  • 00:22:49.624 --> 00:22:51.393
  • Favor, break out of that mold.
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  • Mold. don't pass negative things
  • 00:22:52.794 --> 00:22:54.696
  • Don't pass negative things down to the next generation.
  • 00:22:54.763 --> 00:22:56.765
  • Down to the next generation. you can be the difference
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  • You can be the difference maker.
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  • Maker. you can be the one that sets
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  • You can be the one that sets your family on a course to
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  • Your family on a course to honoring god, a course of
  • 00:23:02.671 --> 00:23:04.439
  • Honoring god, a course of blessing, favor, and victory.
  • 00:23:04.506 --> 00:23:06.641
  • Blessing, favor, and victory. i'm asking you to recondition
  • 00:23:06.708 --> 00:23:08.443
  • I'm asking you to recondition your mind, get rid of
  • 00:23:08.510 --> 00:23:09.978
  • Your mind, get rid of strongholds that are keeping
  • 00:23:10.045 --> 00:23:11.379
  • Strongholds that are keeping you back.
  • 00:23:11.446 --> 00:23:12.280
  • You back. you're not at risk, you're at
  • 00:23:12.347 --> 00:23:13.348
  • You're not at risk, you're at possibility.
  • 00:23:13.415 --> 00:23:14.816
  • Possibility. stir up your seeds of
  • 00:23:14.883 --> 00:23:15.851
  • Stir up your seeds of greatness.
  • 00:23:15.917 --> 00:23:16.751
  • Greatness. be a barrier breaker.
  • 00:23:16.818 --> 00:23:18.320
  • Be a barrier breaker. if you'll do this, i believe
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  • If you'll do this, i believe and declare god is going to
  • 00:23:20.055 --> 00:23:22.390
  • And declare god is going to breathe on your life in a new
  • 00:23:22.457 --> 00:23:24.259
  • Breathe on your life in a new way.
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  • Way. you're going to go beyond
  • 00:23:25.427 --> 00:23:26.828
  • You're going to go beyond barriers of the past,
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  • Barriers of the past, overcome obstacles,
  • 00:23:28.363 --> 00:23:29.965
  • Overcome obstacles, accomplish dreams.
  • 00:23:30.031 --> 00:23:31.533
  • Accomplish dreams. you're gonna become
  • 00:23:31.600 --> 00:23:32.467
  • You're gonna become everything god created you to
  • 00:23:32.534 --> 00:23:33.768
  • Everything god created you to be.
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  • Be. in jesus' name.
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  • In jesus' name. and if you receive it, can
  • 00:23:36.338 --> 00:23:37.239
  • And if you receive it, can you say amen today?
  • 00:23:37.305 --> 00:23:40.308
  • You say amen today? we never like to close our
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  • We never like to close our broadcast without giving you
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  • Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make jesus
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  • An opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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  • The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
  • 00:23:46.915 --> 00:23:48.250
  • Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i
  • 00:23:48.316 --> 00:23:51.086
  • Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
  • 00:23:51.152 --> 00:23:53.255
  • Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
  • 00:23:53.321 --> 00:23:55.657
  • Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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  • I make you my lord and savior."
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  • Savior." friends, if you prayed that
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  • Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you
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  • Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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  • Got born again. get in a good bible-based
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  • Get in a good bible-based church.
  • 00:24:04.432 --> 00:24:05.066
  • Church. keep god first place.
  • 00:24:05.133 --> 00:24:06.835
  • Keep god first place. he's gonna take you places
  • 00:24:06.902 --> 00:24:07.802
  • He's gonna take you places that you've never dreamed.
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  • Sometimes in life,
  • 00:24:10.338 --> 00:24:11.439
  • Sometimes in life, people don't choose us.
  • 00:24:11.506 --> 00:24:13.141
  • People don't choose us. we've all felt overlooked
  • 00:24:13.208 --> 00:24:14.643
  • We've all felt overlooked and like we're not good enough.
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  • And like we're not good enough. it's easy to live inferior,
  • 00:24:16.545 --> 00:24:18.046
  • It's easy to live inferior, thinking we don't measure up.
  • 00:24:18.113 --> 00:24:20.048
  • Thinking we don't measure up. people may have left you out.
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  • People may have left you out. the good news is
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  • The good news is god has chosen you.
  • 00:24:22.751 --> 00:24:24.352
  • God has chosen you. he's the one that matters.
  • 00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:26.054
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  • You'll discover, before you were born,
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  • Before you were born, god not only knew you,
  • 00:24:32.861 --> 00:24:34.195
  • God not only knew you, but he handpicked you
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  • But he handpicked you and placed
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  • And placed a calling on your life.
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  • A calling on your life. you are equipped and empowered
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  • You are equipped and empowered to fulfill your destiny.
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  • To fulfill your destiny. when you understand
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  • When you understand that you're chosen,
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  • That you're chosen, fear and doubt can't stay,
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  • Fear and doubt can't stay, you'll live
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  • You'll live with the boldness
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  • With the boldness to step into the greatness
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  • To step into the greatness god put in you.
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  • In the scriptures, jesus encouraged us by saying,
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  • Jesus encouraged us by saying, "you didn't choose me.
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  • "you didn't choose me. i chose you."
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  • As a child of god, you have a calling,
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  • You have a calling, a purpose,
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  • A purpose, a destiny still
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