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Joel Osteen - Believing Without A Sign

September 8, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Believing Without A Sign | September 8, 2025

> joel: god bless you.
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> joel: god bless you. it's great to be with
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll
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You today. i hope you'll stay connected with us
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Stay connected with us during the week, through
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During the week, through our daily podcast,
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Our daily podcast, our youtube channel,
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Our youtube channel, social media. we'll
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Social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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Keep you encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. 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 pastor.
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I heard about this pastor. he was raising funds for a
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He was raising funds for a new auditorium. he said to
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New auditorium. he said to the congregation, "anyone
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The congregation, "anyone who will give a thousand
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Who will give a thousand dollars can pick out the
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Dollars can pick out the next three hymns."
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Next three hymns." a little old lady in the
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A little old lady in the back stood up and said,
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Back stood up and said, "pastor, i'll do it."
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"pastor, i'll do it." he was so excited, he said,
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He was so excited, he said, "thank you so much. now
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"thank you so much. now which three hymns would
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Which three hymns would you like?" she looked
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You like?" she looked over the congregation
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Over the congregation and said, "i'll take him
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And said, "i'll take him and him and him."
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And him and him." 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.
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The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never
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Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus'
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Be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.ver
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Name. god bless you.ver i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about believing without a
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About believing without a sign. we all have dreams
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Sign. we all have dreams and goals; promises we're
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And goals; promises we're standing on. when we see
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Standing on. when we see god's favor, doors
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God's favor, doors opening, our health
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Opening, our health improving, the right people
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Improving, the right people showing up, it's easy to
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Showing up, it's easy to believe. we know god's
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Believe. we know god's at work. but sometimes
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At work. but sometimes we're doing our best,
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We're doing our best, praying, believing, but
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Praying, believing, but nothing's happening.
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Nothing's happening. the medical report is not
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The medical report is not getting better, doors are
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Getting better, doors are not opening, our finances
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Not opening, our finances are not improving. there's
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Are not improving. there's no sign that it's going
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No sign that it's going to happen. it's easy to
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To happen. it's easy to get discouraged and give
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Get discouraged and give up on what we're believing
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Up on what we're believing for. but the scripture
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For. but the scripture says, "faith is the
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Says, "faith is the evidence of things not
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Evidence of things not seen." if you can see it,
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Seen." if you can see it, it doesn't take any faith.
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It doesn't take any faith. if you have the evidence,
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If you have the evidence, it's easy to stay
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It's easy to stay encouraged. but to reach
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Encouraged. but to reach your destiny, there will
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Your destiny, there will be these times where
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Be these times where there is no evidence.
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There is no evidence. every circumstance says,
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Every circumstance says, "you'll never get well,
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"you'll never get well, never meet the right
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Never meet the right person, never accomplish
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Person, never accomplish that dream. you're no
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That dream. you're no better off than you were
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Better off than you were a year ago." we think,
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A year ago." we think, "god, if you would just
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"god, if you would just give me a sign, if you
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Give me a sign, if you would just let me know
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Would just let me know that you're working,
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That you're working, if i'd just see something
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If i'd just see something improving." this is when
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Improving." this is when you have to dig down deep
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You have to dig down deep and say, "i don't have to
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And say, "i don't have to have the evidence.
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Have the evidence. i'm not moved by what
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I'm not moved by what i see, i'm moved by what
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I see, i'm moved by what i know. god, i know you
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I know. god, i know you are faithful to what
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Are faithful to what you promised."
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You promised." just because you don't see
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Just because you don't see a sign doesn't mean god is
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A sign doesn't mean god is not working. don't believe
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Not working. don't believe those lies that nothing is
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Those lies that nothing is happening. in the unseen
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Happening. in the unseen realm, god is arranging
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Realm, god is arranging things in your favor,
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Things in your favor, lining up the healing,
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Lining up the healing, the right people,
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The right people, the promotion.
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The promotion. the fact that you can't see
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The fact that you can't see anything happening, that's
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Anything happening, that's god showing you that he
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God showing you that he trusts you. you don't
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Trusts you. you don't have to see everything
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Have to see everything to keep moving forward.
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To keep moving forward. you've matured to the
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You've matured to the point where you walk by
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Point where you walk by faith and not by sight.
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Faith and not by sight. where god is taking you,
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Where god is taking you, the amazing future he has
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The amazing future he has planned is going to require
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Planned is going to require you to believe without a
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You to believe without a sign, to trust him when
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Sign, to trust him when there's no evidence.
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There's no evidence. if you have to see
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If you have to see everything to stay
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Everything to stay encouraged, see it to keep
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Encouraged, see it to keep believing, it will limit
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Believing, it will limit how high you can go.
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How high you can go. you have to pass this test
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You have to pass this test of staying in faith when
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Of staying in faith when nothing is improving,
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Nothing is improving, thanking god when all the
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Thanking god when all the circumstances say it's
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Circumstances say it's never going to change.
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Never going to change. you may be there now.
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You may be there now. you've been praying and
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You've been praying and believing but it doesn't
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Believing but it doesn't seem like it's doing any
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Seem like it's doing any good, you don't see any
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Good, you don't see any evidence. it kind of
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Evidence. it kind of feels like god's on
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Feels like god's on vacation, that he
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Vacation, that he doesn't even hear your
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Doesn't even hear your prayers. that silence
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Prayers. that silence doesn't mean god has
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Doesn't mean god has forgotten about you.
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Forgotten about you. he sees your faithfulness.
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He sees your faithfulness. he sees you doing the right
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He sees you doing the right thing when it's hard. when
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Thing when it's hard. when you could have given up,
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You could have given up, you went the extra mile
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You went the extra mile and kept believing.
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And kept believing. when you felt like
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When you felt like complaining, you kept
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Complaining, you kept praising. when every
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Praising. when every thought said it was
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Thought said it was never going to happen,
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Never going to happen, you kept thanking god
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You kept thanking god that he was working.
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That he was working. let me encourage you,
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Let me encourage you, your time is coming.
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Your time is coming. what god promised you is
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What god promised you is on the way. don't get
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On the way. don't get talked out of it.
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Talked out of it. don't let people, delays,
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Don't let people, delays, doubt, convince you to give
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Doubt, convince you to give up. your breakthrough is
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Up. your breakthrough is already on the schedule.
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Already on the schedule. your miracle has already
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Your miracle has already been set in motion.
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Been set in motion. it seems like nothing is
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It seems like nothing is happening but suddenly it's
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Happening but suddenly it's going to change, suddenly
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Going to change, suddenly the dream comes to pass,
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The dream comes to pass, suddenly the right person
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Suddenly the right person shows up.
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Shows up. jesus told thomas, "because
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Jesus told thomas, "because you've seen me, you have
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You've seen me, you have believed.
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Believed. but blessed are those who
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But blessed are those who have not seen yet believe."
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Have not seen yet believe." you haven't seen it, but
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You haven't seen it, but you keep believing.
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You keep believing. god says there's a blessing
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God says there's a blessing coming.
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Coming. because you believe without
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Because you believe without the evidence, believe
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The evidence, believe without the sign, favor is
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Without the sign, favor is coming, healing is coming,
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Coming, healing is coming, victory is coming.
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Victory is coming. don't be a thomas, "god
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Don't be a thomas, "god show me a sign then i'll
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Show me a sign then i'll believe.
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Believe. let my circumstances
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Let my circumstances improve then i'll stay in
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Improve then i'll stay in faith.
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Faith. open this door, god, then
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Open this door, god, then i'll know you're working."
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I'll know you're working." god is looking for people
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God is looking for people who believe without a sign.
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Who believe without a sign. who are not moved by what
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Who are not moved by what they don't see, who don't
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They don't see, who don't need the evidence to prove
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Need the evidence to prove to them that god is working.
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To them that god is working. in 2 kings 20, king
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In 2 kings 20, king hezekiah became very sick.
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Hezekiah became very sick. he was close to death when
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He was close to death when the prophet isaiah showed
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The prophet isaiah showed up at the palace.
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Up at the palace. i'm sure he was hoping for
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I'm sure he was hoping for good news.
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Good news. "maybe isaiah will come
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"maybe isaiah will come prophesy that things are
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Prophesy that things are about to turn around, that
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About to turn around, that i'm about to get well."
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I'm about to get well." but it wasn't what he was
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But it wasn't what he was thinking.
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Thinking. isaiah said, "king
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Isaiah said, "king hezekiah, i have a word
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Hezekiah, i have a word from the lord for you.
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From the lord for you. god says.
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God says. 'set your house in order,
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'set your house in order, for you will surely die.'"
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For you will surely die.'" he didn't say, "maybe
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He didn't say, "maybe you'll pass.
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You'll pass. there's a chance you're not
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There's a chance you're not going to make it.
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Going to make it. it's not looking good king."
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It's not looking good king." there was no doubt. "this
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There was no doubt. "this is the end.
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Is the end. you will not recover from
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You will not recover from this illness."
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This illness." hezekiah could have been
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Hezekiah could have been depressed, given up on
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Depressed, given up on life, but he began to pray.
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Life, but he began to pray. he reminded god of all the
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He reminded god of all the good he had done, how he
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Good he had done, how he had torn down pagan shrines
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Had torn down pagan shrines and removed all the idols.
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And removed all the idols. he poured out his heart and
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He poured out his heart and asked god in his mercy to
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Asked god in his mercy to spare his life.
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Spare his life. before isaiah left the
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Before isaiah left the palace grounds, god changed
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Palace grounds, god changed his mind and told isaiah to
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His mind and told isaiah to go back and give him this
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Go back and give him this new report. isaiah said,
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New report. isaiah said, "hezekiah, the lord says he
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"hezekiah, the lord says he has heard your prayers and
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Has heard your prayers and he's going to heal you.
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He's going to heal you. in three days, you will get
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In three days, you will get out of this bed, and he
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Out of this bed, and he will add fifteen more years
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Will add fifteen more years to your life."
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To your life." you can imagine how excited
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You can imagine how excited and how overwhelmed
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And how overwhelmed hezekiah was.
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Hezekiah was. he just received this
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He just received this amazing promise, that this
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Amazing promise, that this death sentence had been
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Death sentence had been reversed.
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Reversed. but hezekiah was kind of
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But hezekiah was kind of like us.
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Like us. after the excitement wore
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After the excitement wore off, he started thinking,
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Off, he started thinking, "how do i know i'm going to
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"how do i know i'm going to get well.
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Get well. i don't look any different,
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I don't look any different, i don't feel any better,
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I don't feel any better, nothing has changed."
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Nothing has changed." doubt started to come.
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Doubt started to come. "is it really going to
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"is it really going to happen?
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Happen? are you sure that's what
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Are you sure that's what god said?"
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God said?" hezekiah said to isaiah,
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Hezekiah said to isaiah, "what sign will the lord
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"what sign will the lord give me to prove that i'm
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Give me to prove that i'm going to get well?"
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Going to get well?" he was saying, "isaiah, i
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He was saying, "isaiah, i appreciate what you've told
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Appreciate what you've told me, that's encouraging, but
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Me, that's encouraging, but i need some evidence.
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I need some evidence. i need to see something, so
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I need to see something, so i'll believe.
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I'll believe. i need god to prove that
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I need god to prove that he's going to do it."
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He's going to do it." isaiah said, "alright, god
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Isaiah said, "alright, god will give you a sign.
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Will give you a sign. do you want the shadow on
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Do you want the shadow on the sundial to go ten
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The sundial to go ten degrees forward or ten
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Degrees forward or ten degrees backwards?"
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Degrees backwards?" hezekiah said backwards.
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Hezekiah said backwards. they watched as the shadow
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They watched as the shadow defied the odds and went
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Defied the odds and went backwards.
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Backwards. god is merciful, he'll give
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God is merciful, he'll give you a sign sometimes.
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You a sign sometimes. but here's my point, if you
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But here's my point, if you live by this approach,
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Live by this approach, "god, prove that you're
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"god, prove that you're going to do what you said;
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Going to do what you said; god, i need some evidence,
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God, i need some evidence, if i don't see something,
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If i don't see something, then i'm not going to
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Then i'm not going to believe."
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Believe." if you're always dependent
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If you're always dependent on a sign, you won't reach
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On a sign, you won't reach the fullness of your
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The fullness of your destiny.
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Destiny. maybe like hezekiah, you're
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Maybe like hezekiah, you're praying for a sign but
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Praying for a sign but you're not seeing anything.
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You're not seeing anything. the sundial is not going
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The sundial is not going backwards.
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Backwards. the right attitude is,
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The right attitude is, "god, i don't have to have
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"god, i don't have to have a sign.
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A sign. you don't have to prove to
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You don't have to prove to me that you're going to do
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Me that you're going to do it, you've already proved
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It, you've already proved to me who you are.
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To me who you are. you've already made ways
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You've already made ways where i didn't see a way.
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Where i didn't see a way. you've already opened doors
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You've already opened doors i couldn't open.
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I couldn't open. you've already defeated
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You've already defeated giants that were much
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Giants that were much bigger.
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Bigger. you've already broken
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You've already broken chains i could never break.
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Chains i could never break. god, i trust you with no
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God, i trust you with no evidence.
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Evidence. i'm not a thomas, i don't
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I'm not a thomas, i don't have to see it to believe
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Have to see it to believe it.
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It. it's great when you get a
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It's great when you get a sign, but don't rely on a
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Sign, but don't rely on a sign.
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Sign. don't become dependent on
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Don't become dependent on seeing then you'll believe.
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Seeing then you'll believe. that doesn't take much
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That doesn't take much faith.
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Faith. your faith kicks in when
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Your faith kicks in when there's no evidence.
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There's no evidence. instead of asking god to
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Instead of asking god to prove to you what he's
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Prove to you what he's going to do, why don't you
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Going to do, why don't you turn it around and prove to
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Turn it around and prove to god who you are.
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God who you are. prove to him that you're
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Prove to him that you're not going to be moved by
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Not going to be moved by what you don't see, prove
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What you don't see, prove that you're not going to
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That you're not going to give up because things
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Give up because things aren't changing, prove that
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Aren't changing, prove that you're going to stand in
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You're going to stand in faith when every
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Faith when every circumstance says it's
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Circumstance says it's never going to happen.
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Never going to happen. what's interesting is right
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What's interesting is right before hezekiah got sick,
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Before hezekiah got sick, he had just seen the
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He had just seen the greatest victory of his
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Greatest victory of his life.
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Life. the assyrian army was
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The assyrian army was coming against him and the
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Coming against him and the people of judah.
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People of judah. they were much bigger, had
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They were much bigger, had more resources.
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More resources. the night before the
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The night before the assyrians were going to
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Assyrians were going to attack, the angel of the
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Attack, the angel of the lord went into their camp
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Lord went into their camp and killed 185,000 of their
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And killed 185,000 of their soldiers.
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Soldiers. the others took off running.
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The others took off running. hezekiah and the people of
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Hezekiah and the people of judah were spared.
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Judah were spared. you would think hezekiah
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You would think hezekiah wouldn't need a sign.
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Wouldn't need a sign. he just saw a supernatural
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He just saw a supernatural victory.
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Victory. he just saw god show out.
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He just saw god show out. but how many times do we
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But how many times do we forget what god has done.
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Forget what god has done. like hezekiah, god has
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Like hezekiah, god has shown up and turned things
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Shown up and turned things around for us.
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Around for us. he's healed us, protected
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He's healed us, protected us, freed us, promoted us.
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Us, freed us, promoted us. if you need a sign, look
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If you need a sign, look back at the goodness of god
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Back at the goodness of god in your life.
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In your life. look back at how he brought
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Look back at how he brought you through the pandemic,
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You through the pandemic, how he gave you strength
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How he gave you strength when you didn't think you
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When you didn't think you could go on, how he
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Could go on, how he promoted you when you
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Promoted you when you weren't next in line, how
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Weren't next in line, how he turned your child
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He turned your child around, how he brought
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Around, how he brought someone great into your
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Someone great into your life to love, how that one
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Life to love, how that one good break caused your
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Good break caused your business to take off.
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Business to take off. when you need evidence,
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When you need evidence, look back at the
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Faithfulness of god.ce,
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This is what elijah did.
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This is what elijah did. there was a great famine in
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There was a great famine in the land.
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The land. for three and a half years
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For three and a half years it had not rained.
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It had not rained. no water, no crops, people
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No water, no crops, people were barely surviving.
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Were barely surviving. when nothing looked any
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When nothing looked any different, in the middle of
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Different, in the middle of the drought, elijah showed
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The drought, elijah showed up and said, "i hear the
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Up and said, "i hear the sound of the abundance of
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Sound of the abundance of rain."
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Rain." he was so bold, he went and
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He was so bold, he went and told king ahab, "this
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Told king ahab, "this drought is coming to an
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Drought is coming to an end, rain is on the way."
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End, rain is on the way." when he said that, there
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When he said that, there wasn't a cloud in the sky,
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Wasn't a cloud in the sky, no rain. god will put
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No rain. god will put things in your spirit that
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Things in your spirit that contradict what you see.
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Contradict what you see. he heard an abundance of
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He heard an abundance of rain, he saw barren ground,
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Rain, he saw barren ground, dried up crops, drought,
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Dried up crops, drought, famine.
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Famine. the key is don't let what
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The key is don't let what you see override what
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You see override what you've heard. if you're
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You've heard. if you're always looking for a sign,
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Always looking for a sign, you're going to get
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You're going to get discouraged.
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Discouraged. "i heard rain, but i see
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"i heard rain, but i see drought.
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Drought. i heard healing but i see
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I heard healing but i see sickness.
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Sickness. i heard abundance but i see
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I heard abundance but i see lack.
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Lack. joel, i heard freedom but
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Joel, i heard freedom but all i see is dysfunction,
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All i see is dysfunction, addictions, depression.
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Addictions, depression. when i see something
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When i see something different, then i'll
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Different, then i'll believe.
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Believe. when i have some evidence,
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When i have some evidence, then i'll get my hopes up."
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Then i'll get my hopes up." no, don't be a hezekiah, be
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No, don't be a hezekiah, be an elijah.
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An elijah. you don't have to have a
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You don't have to have a sign.
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Sign. god doesn't have to prove
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God doesn't have to prove to you that he's going to
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To you that he's going to do what he's promised.
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Do what he's promised. you've seen his
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You've seen his faithfulness.
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Faithfulness. you have a history with
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You have a history with him. he's made things
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Him. he's made things happen all through your
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Happen all through your life that you could have
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Life that you could have never made happen.
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Never made happen. now do your part and
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Now do your part and believe without a sign.
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Believe without a sign. stay in faith when there's
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Stay in faith when there's no evidence.
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No evidence. don't let what you see talk
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Don't let what you see talk you out of what you've
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You out of what you've heard. it's very powerful
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Heard. it's very powerful when you can say, "i don't
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When you can say, "i don't see any sign of what i'm
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See any sign of what i'm believing for, but that's
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Believing for, but that's okay.
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Okay. i don't need a sign.
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I don't need a sign. i know god's on the throne,
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I know god's on the throne, i know he's in control.
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I know he's in control. i know what he started he
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I know what he started he will finish."e started he
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Will finish."e started he elijah went on top of mount
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Elijah went on top of mount carmel to pray.
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Carmel to pray. he bowed down and began to
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He bowed down and began to thank god that rain was
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Thank god that rain was coming, that what he heard
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Coming, that what he heard in his spirit was on the
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In his spirit was on the way.
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Way. he asked his assistant to
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He asked his assistant to go out and look on the
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Go out and look on the other side of the mountain
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Other side of the mountain and see if there was any
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And see if there was any sign of rain. he wasn't
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Sign of rain. he wasn't dependent on a sign, he was
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Dependent on a sign, he was looking for god's goodness,
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Looking for god's goodness, he was expecting rain.
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He was expecting rain. that's different than, "i'm
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That's different than, "i'm not going to believe unless
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Not going to believe unless i have a sign."
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I have a sign." his attitude was, "i know
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His attitude was, "i know god's at work.
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God's at work. it could happen anytime.
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It could happen anytime. i know rain is coming."
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I know rain is coming." he had this confidence,
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He had this confidence, this unshakeable faith.
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This unshakeable faith. the assistant came back and
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The assistant came back and said, "sorry elijah, there
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Said, "sorry elijah, there are no clouds, it's as
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Are no clouds, it's as clear as can be.
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Clear as can be. he checks the latest radar,
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He checks the latest radar, super doppler, nothing in
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Super doppler, nothing in sight."
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Sight." elijah didn't get depressed.
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Elijah didn't get depressed. "god, i must have heard you
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"god, i must have heard you wrong."
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Wrong." he kept thanking god that
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He kept thanking god that rain was coming.
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Rain was coming. he didn't let the lack of
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He didn't let the lack of evidence convince him that
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Evidence convince him that it wasn't going to happen.
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It wasn't going to happen. he kept looking for the
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He kept looking for the rain, he kept talking like
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Rain, he kept talking like it was going to happen.
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It was going to happen. i can hear king ahab kinde
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I can hear king ahab kinde of laughing, saying,en.
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Of laughing, saying,en. "elijah, where's that rain
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"elijah, where's that rain you were talking about?
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You were talking about? i thought you said there's
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I thought you said there's going to be an abundance.
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Going to be an abundance. i haven't felt one little
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I haven't felt one little drop."
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Drop." elijah said, "ahab, i'm not
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Elijah said, "ahab, i'm not worried.
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Worried. i don't need a sign to
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I don't need a sign to believe.
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Believe. i'm not dependent on the
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I'm not dependent on the evidence.
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Evidence. i know what god has spoken
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I know what god has spoken to me."
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To me." elijah sent the assistant
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Elijah sent the assistant out again asked him to look
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Out again asked him to look to see if he saw any sign
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To see if he saw any sign of rain. he came back again
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Of rain. he came back again and again and again, with
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And again and again, with the same report. not a
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The same report. not a cloud in the sky, perfectly
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Cloud in the sky, perfectly clear.
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Clear. six times no sign.
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Six times no sign. six times nothing had
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Six times nothing had changed.
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Changed. six times this negative
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Six times this negative report. "it's not going to
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Report. "it's not going to happen, elijah.
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Happen, elijah. just accept it.
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Just accept it. no rain is coming."
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No rain is coming." you may be where elijah was.
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You may be where elijah was. you know what god has
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You know what god has promised you, health,
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Promised you, health, freedom, abundance, a
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Freedom, abundance, a spouse, a child, but you've
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Spouse, a child, but you've been looking, standing in
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Been looking, standing in faith, thanking god but
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Faith, thanking god but there's no evidence.
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There's no evidence. nothing is improving, no
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Nothing is improving, no good breaks, you still
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Good breaks, you still can't conceive.
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Can't conceive. this is when you have to
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This is when you have to dig down deep, "god, i'm
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Dig down deep, "god, i'm not moved by what i don't
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Not moved by what i don't see.
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See. i know you're a faithful
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I know you're a faithful god.
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God. i'm going to keep looking,
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I'm going to keep looking, keep expecting, keep
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Keep expecting, keep praising, keep declaring,
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Praising, keep declaring, keep thanking that it's on
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Keep thanking that it's on the way."
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The way." don't let the clear sky
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Don't let the clear sky fool you.
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Fool you. god can change things
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God can change things suddenly.
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Suddenly. he controls the universe.
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He controls the universe. one touch of his favor and
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One touch of his favor and you'll see the abundance of
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You'll see the abundance of rain. you're not seeing any
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Rain. you're not seeing any sign of it, that's a test.
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Sign of it, that's a test. what are you made of?
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What are you made of? are you going to give up,
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Are you going to give up, get discouraged, settle for
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Get discouraged, settle for mediocrity, or are you
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Mediocrity, or are you going to do like elijah and
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Going to do like elijah and keep believing despite what
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Keep believing despite what you're seeing.
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You're seeing. on the seventh time the
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On the seventh time the assistant came back and
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Assistant came back and said, "elijah, this time i
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Said, "elijah, this time i saw a small cloud, about
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Saw a small cloud, about the size of a man's hand."
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The size of a man's hand." it wasn't long after that,
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It wasn't long after that, that the heaven's opened
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That the heaven's opened up, there was a huge
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Up, there was a huge downpour, the
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Downpour, the three-and-a-half-year
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Three-and-a-half-year drought suddenly came to an
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Drought suddenly came to an end.
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End. like elijah, many of you
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Like elijah, many of you have been faithful.
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Have been faithful. you've believed when every
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You've believed when every circumstance said it wasn't
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Circumstance said it wasn't going to happen.
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Going to happen. you didn't listen to the
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You didn't listen to the naysayers, you didn't get
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Naysayers, you didn't get talked out of it, you've
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Talked out of it, you've been looking for god's
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Been looking for god's goodness, i believe you're
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Goodness, i believe you're about to come in to your
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About to come in to your seventh time.
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Seventh time. you're about to see the
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You're about to see the open windows of heaven.
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Open windows of heaven. something better than
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Something better than you've imagined, more
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You've imagined, more rewarding, more fulfilling.
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Rewarding, more fulfilling. the scripture says, "there
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The scripture says, "there was a remarkable rainstorm."
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Was a remarkable rainstorm." god is going to do
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God is going to do something remarkable in
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Something remarkable in your life, out of the
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Your life, out of the ordinary, that will exceed
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Ordinary, that will exceed your expectations.
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Your expectations. right after we acquirede
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Right after we acquirede this facility, the former
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This facility, the former compaq center, a company
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Compaq center, a company filed a lawsuit to try to
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Filed a lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in.
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Keep us from moving in. they were a huge real
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They were a huge real estate company that owned
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Estate company that owned all the property around the
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All the property around the building.
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Building. we had just come off this
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We had just come off this great victory, only to find
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Great victory, only to find out that it was now tied up
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Out that it was now tied up in the courts and we
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In the courts and we couldn't move forward. our
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Couldn't move forward. our attorneys told us it could
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Attorneys told us it could take up to ten years to
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Take up to ten years to settle.
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Settle. they had met with the other
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They had met with the other side, but they were in no
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Side, but they were in no hurry to do something.
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Hurry to do something. in fact, the more they
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In fact, the more they delayed, the more at a
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Delayed, the more at a disadvantage we were.
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Disadvantage we were. our main attorney called
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Our main attorney called and said, "joel they're
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And said, "joel they're playing hard ball.
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Playing hard ball. they don't want to talk,
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They don't want to talk, they don't want to
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They don't want to negotiate, they're
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Negotiate, they're stubborn."
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Stubborn." a month went by, nothing
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A month went by, nothing happened.
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Happened. two months, nothing, three
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Two months, nothing, three months, four months, five
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Months, four months, five months.
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Months. like elijah, not a cloud in
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Like elijah, not a cloud in the sky.
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The sky. no evidence that it was
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No evidence that it was ever going to work out.
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Ever going to work out. i had to do what i'm asking
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I had to do what i'm asking you to do.
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You to do. i just kept thanking god.
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I just kept thanking god. "father, i'm not moved by
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"father, i'm not moved by what i don't see.
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What i don't see. i don't need a sign.
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I don't need a sign. i'm not looking for
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I'm not looking for evidence.
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Evidence. i know when it's your time,
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I know when it's your time, all the forces of darkness
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All the forces of darkness cannot stop what you haves
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Cannot stop what you haves ordained for us."
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Ordained for us." doubt would try to come,
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Doubt would try to come, negative thoughts, people
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Negative thoughts, people tried to talk us out of it.
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Tried to talk us out of it. our main attorney asked me,
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Our main attorney asked me, "what if i got them to give
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"what if i got them to give you enough funds to go
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You enough funds to go build a facility like this
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Build a facility like this somewhere else."
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Somewhere else." i told him, "we don't want
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I told him, "we don't want somewhere else."
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Somewhere else." this building is a landmark
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This building is a landmark in houston.
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In houston. two million houstonians had
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Two million houstonians had come to this building every
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Come to this building every year for thirty years.
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Year for thirty years. don't let a lack of
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Don't let a lack of evidence cause you to water
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Evidence cause you to water down your dreams. don't
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Down your dreams. don't settle for mediocrity.
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Settle for mediocrity. what god has for you is
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What god has for you is going to take resilience,
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Going to take resilience, determination, perseverance.
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Determination, perseverance. you have to have a made-up
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You have to have a made-up mind; you can't be talked
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Mind; you can't be talked out of it.
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Out of it. you can't be moved by what
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You can't be moved by what you see.
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You see. what you see may contradict
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What you see may contradict what god put in your heart.
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What god put in your heart. you may not see anything
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You may not see anything improving.
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Improving. i didn't see the other side
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I didn't see the other side letting up.
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Letting up. i didn't see any sign of
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I didn't see any sign of progress.
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Progress. like elijah, we heard no,
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Like elijah, we heard no, three times, four times,
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Three times, four times, five times.
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Five times. no evidence, no budging, no
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No evidence, no budging, no movement.
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Movement. but if you'll stay in
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But if you'll stay in faith, you're going to come
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Faith, you're going to come in to your seventh time
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In to your seventh time where things suddenly
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Where things suddenly change.
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Change. suddenly the door opens,
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Suddenly the door opens, suddenly the wrong people
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Suddenly the wrong people are moved out of the way,
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Are moved out of the way, suddenly your health begins
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Suddenly your health begins to turn around.
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To turn around. one day unexpectedly,begins
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One day unexpectedly,begins almost two years later, our
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Almost two years later, our attorneys said the other
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Attorneys said the other side had called and said
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Side had called and said they wanted to meet.
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They wanted to meet. he said, "joel, don't get
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He said, "joel, don't get your hopes up.
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Your hopes up. this is probably just a
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This is probably just a ploy to distract us."
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Ploy to distract us." he didn't realize my hopes
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He didn't realize my hopes had already been up.
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Had already been up. for two years, i had been
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For two years, i had been thanking god, looking for
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Thanking god, looking for his goodness, expecting his
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His goodness, expecting his favor.
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Favor. when we met the ceo of the
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When we met the ceo of the company, the first thing he
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Company, the first thing he said was, "joel, i watch
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Said was, "joel, i watch you on television every
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You on television every week and my son in law is a
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Week and my son in law is a youth pastor."
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Youth pastor." god knows how to bring the
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God knows how to bring the right people at the right
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Right people at the right time.
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Time. twenty-four hours later, he
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Twenty-four hours later, he had agreed to let us have
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Had agreed to let us have the building and to lease
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The building and to lease us nine thousand covered
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Us nine thousand covered parking spaces, so we
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Parking spaces, so we didn't have to build a
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Didn't have to build a garage.
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Garage. you may not see any sign of
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You may not see any sign of what you're believing for.
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What you're believing for. you could get discouraged,
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You could get discouraged, let the lack of evidence
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Let the lack of evidence talk you out of it.
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Talk you out of it. no stay in faith.
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No stay in faith. god is working behind the
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God is working behind the scenes.
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Scenes. who knows, you may be on
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Who knows, you may be on your fourth time, your
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Your fourth time, your fifth time, this is not the
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Fifth time, this is not the time to give up.
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Time to give up. you are closer than you
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You are closer than you think.
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Think. your seventh time is coming.
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Your seventh time is coming. it's going to happen
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It's going to happen suddenly.
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Suddenly. it's going to be
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It's going to be supernatural, something
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Supernatural, something that you couldn't make
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That you couldn't make happen.
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Happen. the truth is that ceo could
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The truth is that ceo could have shown up two years
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Have shown up two years earlier.
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Earlier. he could have come three
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He could have come three months in. i wouldn't have
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Months in. i wouldn't have had to pray and believe and
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Had to pray and believe and trust. these times that we
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Trust. these times that we have to wait, believe, not
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Have to wait, believe, not be moved by what we don't
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Be moved by what we don't see, that's preparing us
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See, that's preparing us for the new levels god has
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For the new levels god has in store.
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In store. don't get discouraged
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Don't get discouraged because it's not happening
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Because it's not happening on your timetable.
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On your timetable. everything is serving god's
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Everything is serving god's plan.
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Plan. when you're waiting,
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When you're waiting, staying in faith, believing
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Staying in faith, believing when there's no sign,
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When there's no sign, you're growing.
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You're growing. you're showing god what
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You're showing god what you're made of.
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You're made of. instead of god proving to
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Instead of god proving to you who he is, you're
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You who he is, you're proving to him who you are.
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Proving to him who you are. anybody can get discouraged.
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Anybody can get discouraged. anybody can be a thomas,
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Anybody can be a thomas, "i'm not going to believe
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"i'm not going to believe unless i see it."
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Unless i see it." but god is looking for
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But god is looking for elijah's.
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Elijah's. people that aren't moved by
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People that aren't moved by the lack of evidence.
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The lack of evidence. people that don't water
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People that don't water down their dreams, people
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Down their dreams, people that believe without a sign.
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At seventeen years old, god
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At seventeen years old, god put a dream in my father'sn.
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Put a dream in my father'sn. heart that one day he would
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Heart that one day he would pastor a church with
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Pastor a church with thousands of people.
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Thousands of people. he was raised very poor,
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He was raised very poor, but he got off the farm. in
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But he got off the farm. in 1959, he and my mother
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1959, he and my mother started lakewood on
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Started lakewood on mother's day with ninety
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Mother's day with ninety people.
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People. he eventually named the
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He eventually named the church lakewood
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Church lakewood international outreach
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International outreach center.
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Center. the fact is, it was a small
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The fact is, it was a small neighborhood church, but he
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Neighborhood church, but he called it an international
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Called it an international outreach.
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Outreach. that dream was still alive.
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That dream was still alive. but for thirteen years,
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But for thirteen years, lakewood didn't really grow.
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Lakewood didn't really grow. it had less than two
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It had less than two hundred people.
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Hundred people. my father knew what god had
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My father knew what god had spoken to him, a church
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Spoken to him, a church with thousands, but there
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With thousands, but there was no evidence.
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Was no evidence. he could have gotten
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He could have gotten discouraged, "god, show me
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Discouraged, "god, show me a sign, let me know that
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A sign, let me know that it's going to happen."
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It's going to happen." but year after year, my
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But year after year, my father, my mother, they
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Father, my mother, they just kept being faithful,
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Just kept being faithful, preaching to those ninety
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Preaching to those ninety people, thanking god that
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People, thanking god that what he heard in his spirit
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What he heard in his spirit was on the way."
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Was on the way." it would be so much easier
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It would be so much easier if we saw a good break, a
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If we saw a good break, a little growth there, the
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Little growth there, the right person show up.
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Right person show up. but sometimes god will
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But sometimes god will withhold the evidence.
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Withhold the evidence. he's seeing what we're
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He's seeing what we're going to do.
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Going to do. are we going to be a thomas?
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Are we going to be a thomas? "god, i'll believe, i'll
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"god, i'll believe, i'll give it my best if you show
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Give it my best if you show me a sign."
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Me a sign." god is giving you an
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God is giving you an opportunity to grow, to
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Opportunity to grow, to trust him in a greater way,
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Trust him in a greater way, to prove to him that you'll
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To prove to him that you'll walk by faith and not by
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Walk by faith and not by sight so he can entrust you
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Sight so he can entrust you with more.
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With more. in 1972, it was like god
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In 1972, it was like god opened a faucet and people
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Opened a faucet and people started coming to lakewood
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Started coming to lakewood from all over the city.
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From all over the city. lakewood grew from a couple
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Lakewood grew from a couple hundred to a church of many
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Hundred to a church of many thousands.
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Thousands. he saw what god put in his
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He saw what god put in his spirit.
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Spirit. but god could have done
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But god could have done that the first year or the
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That the first year or the second year, but we have to
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Second year, but we have to pass these tests.
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Pass these tests. we all go through silent
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We all go through silent seasons, where we're
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Seasons, where we're believing, praying, but
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Believing, praying, but nothing is changing.
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Nothing is changing. you don't see any sign of
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You don't see any sign of what god promised is going
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What god promised is going to happen.
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To happen. you'll be tempted to walk
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You'll be tempted to walk away from a dream, to give
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Away from a dream, to give up on a child, a spouse, a
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Up on a child, a spouse, a breakthrough.
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Breakthrough. "god, if you'll just do
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"god, if you'll just do what you did for hezekiah,
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What you did for hezekiah, prove that you're going to
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Prove that you're going to do it, then i'll start
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Do it, then i'll start believing again."
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Believing again." but most of the time it's
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But most of the time it's going to be like elijah.
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Going to be like elijah. no sign.
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No sign. people saying it's not
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People saying it's not going to happen.
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Going to happen. your thoughts telling you
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Your thoughts telling you it's never going to rain.
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It's never going to rain. do like he did.
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Do like he did. don't be moved by what you
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Don't be moved by what you see.
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See. the skies may be clear
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The skies may be clear right now, but your seventh
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Right now, but your seventh time is coming.
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Time is coming. god sees your faithfulness.
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God sees your faithfulness. he sees you believing when
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He sees you believing when there's no evidence.
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There's no evidence. you are closer than you
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You are closer than you think.
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Think. the clouds are starting to
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The clouds are starting to form right now.
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Form right now. i believe and declare your
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I believe and declare your abundance of rain is on the
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Abundance of rain is on the way.
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Way. what you're believing for
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What you're believing for is going to happen
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Is going to happen suddenly, unexpectedly.
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Suddenly, unexpectedly. healing, favor,
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Healing, favor, 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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God's healing isn't earned,
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God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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It's received, and you can discover
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And you can discover how in the next 31 days.
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Physically, mentally, emotionally.
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Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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Joel Osteen - Believing Without A Sign

September 8, 2025 | 30:0

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