Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Bless Yourself

August 20, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Bless Yourself | August 20, 2025

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> (music playing) > joel: god bless you.
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> joel: god bless you. thanks so much for letting
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Thanks so much for letting us come in to your homes.
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Us come in to your homes. we are praying for you and
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We are praying for you and your family for god's very
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Your family for god's very best.
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Best. 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 bought a new horse.
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He bought a new horse. he trained it to respond to,
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He trained it to respond to, "praise the lord," meaning,
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"praise the lord," meaning, "giddy up," and,
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"giddy up," and, "hallelujah," meaning,
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"hallelujah," meaning, "whoa." every time he said,
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"whoa." every time he said, "praise the lord," the
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"praise the lord," the horse took off running.
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Horse took off running. when he said, "hallelujah,"
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When he said, "hallelujah," it would quickly stop.
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It would quickly stop. one day he was out riding,
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One day he was out riding, the horse got spooked, took
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The horse got spooked, took off running straight toward
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Off running straight toward a cliff, going full blast.
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A cliff, going full blast. in the panic, he couldn't
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In the panic, he couldn't remember what he'd taught
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Remember what he'd taught the horse. he said, "bless
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The horse. he said, "bless god, glory, amen,"
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God, glory, amen," nothing happened.
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Nothing happened. at the last moment, he
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At the last moment, he shouted, "hallelujah,"
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Shouted, "hallelujah," and the horse come to a
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And the horse come to a screeching halt, just
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Screeching halt, just inches before the edge
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Inches before the edge of the cliff. he breathed
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Of the cliff. he breathed a sigh of relief and said,
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A sigh of relief and said, "praise the lord."
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"praise the lord." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I can do what it says i can do.
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I can do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess:
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about blessing yourself.
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About blessing yourself. we hear a lot about blessing
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We hear a lot about blessing others. being good to
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Others. being good to friends, complimenting a
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Friends, complimenting a family member, helping a
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Family member, helping a neighbor. that's all good,
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Neighbor. that's all good, we should bless others but
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We should bless others but it's also important to
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It's also important to bless yourself.
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Bless yourself. when we hear 'bless
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When we hear 'bless yourself' that can sound
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Yourself' that can sound odd, self-centered.
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Odd, self-centered. "i can't bless myself,
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"i can't bless myself, i want someone else to
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I want someone else to bless me. more importantly,
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Bless me. more importantly, i want god to bless me."
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I want god to bless me." but the scripture says in
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But the scripture says in isaiah, "he who invokes a
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Isaiah, "he who invokes a blessing on himself shall
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Blessing on himself shall do so by saying."
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Do so by saying." the way you bless yourself
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The way you bless yourself is to say what god says
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Is to say what god says about you.
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About you. "i am strong, i am talented,
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"i am strong, i am talented, i am forgiven, i am healthy,
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I am forgiven, i am healthy, i am valuable, i am a
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I am valuable, i am a masterpiece."
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Masterpiece." those are not just positive
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Those are not just positive affirmations, you just
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Affirmations, you just invoked a blessing on
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Invoked a blessing on yourself.
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Yourself. when you speak it out you
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When you speak it out you give life to what you're
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Give life to what you're saying.
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Saying. it's not enough to just
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It's not enough to just think this, you don't bless
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Think this, you don't bless yourself by just dwelling on
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Yourself by just dwelling on positive thoughts.
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Positive thoughts. nothing happens until you
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Nothing happens until you speak. when you say.
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Speak. when you say. "i am blessed," blessings
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"i am blessed," blessings come looking for you.
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Come looking for you. when you say, "i am
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When you say, "i am prosperous," good breaks
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Prosperous," good breaks start heading your way.
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Start heading your way. when you say, "i am
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When you say, "i am healthy", health starts
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Healthy", health starts tracking you down.
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Tracking you down. you can't wait till you feel
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You can't wait till you feel that way, then you're going
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That way, then you're going to say it.
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To say it. "when the medical report
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"when the medical report turns around then i'll say
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Turns around then i'll say i'm healthy."
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I'm healthy." it's just the opposite.
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It's just the opposite. you have to declare you're
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You have to declare you're healthy, before the health
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Healthy, before the health is going to show up.
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Is going to show up. you have to say, "i am
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You have to say, "i am confident," before you're
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Confident," before you're going to feel confident.
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Going to feel confident. if you'll say it long
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If you'll say it long enough, what happens is
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Enough, what happens is those words get down in
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Those words get down in your spirit.
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Your spirit. you believe what you say
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You believe what you say about yourself more than
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About yourself more than what anyone else says about
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What anyone else says about you.
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You. when you hear yourself day
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When you hear yourself day after day, "i am healthy, i
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After day, "i am healthy, i am talented, i am confident,
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Am talented, i am confident, i am valuable,"
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I am valuable," it's changing how you see
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It's changing how you see yourself.
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Yourself. over time, you're going to
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Over time, you're going to become what you're saying.
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Become what you're saying. you are who you are in part
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You are who you are in part today because of what you've
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Today because of what you've been speaking over your
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Been speaking over your life.
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Life. i can tell you all day long,
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I can tell you all day long, "you're a victor and not a
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"you're a victor and not a victim."
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Victim." that's good, that's helping
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That's good, that's helping your thinking.
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Your thinking. but it's nothing compared to
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But it's nothing compared to when you say, "i am a child
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When you say, "i am a child of the most high god.
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Of the most high god. i am fearfully and
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I am fearfully and wonderfully made, i am a
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Wonderfully made, i am a masterpiece, handpicked by
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Masterpiece, handpicked by the creator of the
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The creator of the universe."
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Universe." you keep declaring that and
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You keep declaring that and you can't stay insecure,
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You can't stay insecure, feeling unworthy.
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Feeling unworthy. that will get down in your
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That will get down in your spirit, you'll put your
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Spirit, you'll put your shoulders back, hold your
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Shoulders back, hold your head up high, and you'll go
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Head up high, and you'll go places that you've never
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Places that you've never dreamed.
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Dreamed. are you blessing yourself or
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Are you blessing yourself or are you just waiting for god
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Are you just waiting for god to bless you?
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To bless you? waiting for your spouse to
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Waiting for your spouse to make you feel valuable?
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Make you feel valuable? waiting for that addiction
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Waiting for that addiction to go away?
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To go away? maybe the reason it's not
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Maybe the reason it's not happening is you're not
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Happening is you're not invoking the blessing on
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Invoking the blessing on yourself.
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Yourself. you're not declaring what
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You're not declaring what god says about you.
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God says about you. in the face of that
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In the face of that addiction, you need to
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Addiction, you need to declare, "i am free.
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Declare, "i am free. i am whole. greater is he
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I am whole. greater is he that's in me than what's
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That's in me than what's trying to stop me."
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Trying to stop me." not just one time, but all
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Not just one time, but all through the day, week after
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Through the day, week after week, month after month.
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Week, month after month. keep blessing yourself,
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Keep blessing yourself, keep declaring you're free,
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Keep declaring you're free, keep speaking victory.
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Keep speaking victory. as you do that, you may
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As you do that, you may not be able to see it but
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Not be able to see it but freedom is coming your way.
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Freedom is coming your way. the scripture says, "you
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The scripture says, "you will eat the fruit of your
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Will eat the fruit of your words."
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Words." whatever you're saying that
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Whatever you're saying that fruit is developing, the
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Fruit is developing, the fruit is growing.
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Fruit is growing. it's significant that god
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It's significant that god uses fruit as the example
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Uses fruit as the example because fruit doesn't
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Because fruit doesn't develop overnight,
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Develop overnight, it takes time.
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It takes time. this is showing us you have
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This is showing us you have to keep speaking it, keep
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To keep speaking it, keep blessing yourself.
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Blessing yourself. don't be moved by what's not
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Don't be moved by what's not changing.
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Changing. you may not see results in a
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You may not see results in a week, but things are
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Week, but things are happening that you can't
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Happening that you can't see.
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See. we have some lemon trees in
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We have some lemon trees in our backyard.
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Our backyard. the lemons start off as a
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The lemons start off as a little white flower, no
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Little white flower, no resemblance of a lemon.
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Resemblance of a lemon. over time that flower
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Over time that flower changes into a little round
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Changes into a little round ball about the size of a
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Ball about the size of a pea, month after month it
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Pea, month after month it grows.
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Grows. in a year or so, it's a big,
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In a year or so, it's a big, beautiful, yellow lemon.
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Beautiful, yellow lemon. as you keep saying what god
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As you keep saying what god says about you, those words
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Says about you, those words are taking root.
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Are taking root. that freedom you're speaking
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That freedom you're speaking is developing, that health
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Is developing, that health you're declaring, the
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You're declaring, the talent, the confidence, the
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Talent, the confidence, the discipline it's growing.
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Discipline it's growing. you're going to come to a
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You're going to come to a point where you see what
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Point where you see what you've been saying.
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You've been saying. you're not speaking it by
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You're not speaking it by faith anymore, now it's a
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Faith anymore, now it's a reality.
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Reality. you're going to eat the
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You're going to eat the fruit of your words.
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Fruit of your words. that's why every day you
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That's why every day you need to spend time blessing
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Need to spend time blessing yourself.
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Yourself. it's good when others
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It's good when others encourage you, it's good
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Encourage you, it's good when they pray for you, but
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When they pray for you, but their words don't have the
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Their words don't have the authority as your words.
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Authority as your words. what you say about yourself,
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What you say about yourself, you're giving it the right
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You're giving it the right to come to pass.
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To come to pass. i talked to a man that was
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I talked to a man that was raised in a dysfunctional
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Raised in a dysfunctional home.
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Home. he was told by his father
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He was told by his father that he would never amount
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That he would never amount to anything, he wasn't that
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To anything, he wasn't that smart enough, he'd never be
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Smart enough, he'd never be successful.
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Successful. for forty years he believed
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For forty years he believed those lies.
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Those lies. he stayed at the lowest
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He stayed at the lowest level position at the
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Level position at the company where he worked,
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Company where he worked, never thought he could rise
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Never thought he could rise higher, after all he was
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Higher, after all he was told that he didn't have the
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Told that he didn't have the talent.
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Talent. one day he heard what i'm
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One day he heard what i'm telling you.
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Telling you. instead of agreeing with
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Instead of agreeing with what people said about him,
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What people said about him, he started speaking what god
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He started speaking what god said about him.
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Said about him. "i am fearfully and
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"i am fearfully and wonderfully made, i have
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Wonderfully made, i have seeds of greatness, i am
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Seeds of greatness, i am full of potential."
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Full of potential." as he spoke what god said
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As he spoke what god said about him, he began to see
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About him, he began to see himself in a new way.
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Himself in a new way. he became more confident,
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He became more confident, new gifts started to come
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New gifts started to come out, other people started to
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Out, other people started to notice.
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Notice. he got promoted again and
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He got promoted again and again.
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Again. after thirty years of being
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After thirty years of being stuck at that low level
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Stuck at that low level position, today, he's
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Position, today, he's running his whole
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Running his whole department.
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Department. he has several hundred
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He has several hundred people under him.
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People under him. people may tell you that,
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People may tell you that, "you're average, there's
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"you're average, there's nothing special about you."
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Nothing special about you." the good news is what you
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The good news is what you say about yourself overrides
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Say about yourself overrides what other people say.
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What other people say. don't let what someone spoke
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Don't let what someone spoke over you keep you from
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Over you keep you from becoming who you were
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Becoming who you were created to be.
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Created to be. don't go around repeating
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Don't go around repeating those lies, "i'm not that
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Those lies, "i'm not that talented, i've reached my
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Talented, i've reached my limits, i'll never
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Limits, i'll never accomplish my dreams."
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Accomplish my dreams." zip that up and speak
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Zip that up and speak blessings over your life.
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Blessings over your life. the scripture says, "with
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The scripture says, "with our words we can bless or we
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Our words we can bless or we can curse, we can lift up or
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Can curse, we can lift up or we can push down."
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We can push down." my question is are you
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My question is are you blessing yourself or are you
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Blessing yourself or are you cursing yourself?
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Cursing yourself? are you speaking words of
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Are you speaking words of faith, life, victory or are
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Faith, life, victory or are you speaking defeat,
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You speaking defeat, mediocrity?
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Mediocrity? "i'm so undisciplined.
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"i'm so undisciplined. i'll never lose this weight,
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I'll never lose this weight, i'll never break this
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I'll never break this addiction.
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Addiction. i'm unattractive, i'll never
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I'm unattractive, i'll never meet the right person."
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Meet the right person." you may not realize it but
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You may not realize it but you're cursing yourself.
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You're cursing yourself. you're speaking defeat into
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You're speaking defeat into your future.
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Your future. you have enough people in
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You have enough people in life against you, don't be
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Life against you, don't be against yourself.
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Against yourself. there are forces of darkness
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There are forces of darkness trying to keep you from your
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Trying to keep you from your destiny, don't give them any
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Destiny, don't give them any fuel.
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Fuel. pay attention to what you're
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Pay attention to what you're saying about yourself.
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Saying about yourself. you can't talk defeat and
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You can't talk defeat and have victory.
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Have victory. you can't talk lack and have
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You can't talk lack and have abundance.
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Abundance. you can't talk sickness and
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You can't talk sickness and have health.
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Have health. you may be undisciplined
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You may be undisciplined right now, but the way to
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Right now, but the way to change is not by telling how
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Change is not by telling how bad you are, putting
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Bad you are, putting yourself down.
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Yourself down. that's inviting more
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That's inviting more difficulties.
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Difficulties. start speaking victory,
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Start speaking victory, don't curse yourself
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Don't curse yourself anymore, start blessing
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Anymore, start blessing yourself.
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Yourself. "i am disciplined.
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"i am disciplined. i am determined.
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I am determined. i am strong.
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I am strong. i will break this addiction,
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I will break this addiction, i will get back in shape."
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I will get back in shape." a friend of mine struggled
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A friend of mine struggled with smoking for years.
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With smoking for years. he tried to quit again and
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He tried to quit again and again and wasn't able to do
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Again and wasn't able to do it.
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It. he was constantly saying,
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He was constantly saying, "it's too hard, i'll never
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"it's too hard, i'll never break it.
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Break it. i don't have the will
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I don't have the will power."
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Power." he came down for prayer and
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He came down for prayer and he was very hard on himself,
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He was very hard on himself, very critical.
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Very critical. he told me how he was
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He told me how he was undisciplined and how he had
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Undisciplined and how he had quit for a few months and
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Quit for a few months and went back and how he wasn't
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Went back and how he wasn't going to be able to break
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Going to be able to break it.
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It. he didn't realize, he was
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He didn't realize, he was cursing himself.
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Cursing himself. i told him what i'm telling
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I told him what i'm telling you, you have to change what
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You, you have to change what you're saying.
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You're saying. you have to start blessing
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You have to start blessing yourself.
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Yourself. everyday start, "i am
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Everyday start, "i am strong, i am disciplined.
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Strong, i am disciplined. this addiction doesn't
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This addiction doesn't control me."
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Control me." he tried this different
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He tried this different approach.
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Approach. while he was smoking, he
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While he was smoking, he would say, "lord thank you
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Would say, "lord thank you that i am free."
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That i am free." thoughts told him, "are you
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Thoughts told him, "are you kidding?
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Kidding? you're not free.
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You're not free. you're just as addicted as
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You're just as addicted as you were before."
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You were before." the scripture says, "let the
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The scripture says, "let the weak say i am strong."
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Weak say i am strong." don't describe the weakness,
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Don't describe the weakness, call in strength, call in
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Call in strength, call in freedom, call in favor.
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Freedom, call in favor. about six months later,
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About six months later, something interesting
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Something interesting happened.
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Happened. he started to not like the
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He started to not like the taste of the cigarette.
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Taste of the cigarette. he thought it was a bad
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He thought it was a bad batch.
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Batch. the taste got worse and
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The taste got worse and worse.
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Worse. he got to the point where he
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He got to the point where he couldn't stand it.
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Couldn't stand it. he stopped smoking.
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He stopped smoking. today he's been free for
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Today he's been free for over eight years.
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Over eight years. it all started when he
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It all started when he stopped cursing himself and
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Stopped cursing himself and he started blessing himself.
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He started blessing himself. are you speaking negative
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Are you speaking negative over yourself?
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Over yourself? are you putting yourself
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Are you putting yourself down, talking about how you
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Down, talking about how you don't measure up, what you
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Don't measure up, what you can't do, how you'll never
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Can't do, how you'll never be free?
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Be free? do yourself a favor, quit
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Do yourself a favor, quit cursing yourself and start
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Cursing yourself and start blessing yourself.
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Blessing yourself. if you keep being negative
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If you keep being negative toward yourself it will keep
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Toward yourself it will keep you from your destiny.
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You from your destiny. in the book of numbers, the
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In the book of numbers, the king of moab hired balaam
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King of moab hired balaam the prophet to go curse the
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The prophet to go curse the israelites.
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Israelites. the king knew the israelites
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The king knew the israelites were stronger and more
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Were stronger and more powerful, he thought if he
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Powerful, he thought if he could get balaam to curse
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Could get balaam to curse them, then the moabites
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Them, then the moabites would be able to defeat the
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Would be able to defeat the people of israel.
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People of israel. but god told balaam to only
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But god told balaam to only say what the lord says.
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Say what the lord says. when balaam arrived instead
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When balaam arrived instead of cursing the israelites,
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Of cursing the israelites, he blessed them.
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He blessed them. the king was so upset.
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The king was so upset. he said, "you don't
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He said, "you don't understand, i'm paying you
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Understand, i'm paying you to curse them."
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To curse them." this happened three times,
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This happened three times, but every time balaam
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But every time balaam blessed them.
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Blessed them. he told the king, "i cannot
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He told the king, "i cannot curse what god has already
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Curse what god has already blessed."
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Blessed." one thing god was showing us
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One thing god was showing us is the enemy cannot curse
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Is the enemy cannot curse you.
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You. you are god's property.
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You are god's property. he's already put a blessing
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He's already put a blessing on you.
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On you. people, bad breaks, how you
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People, bad breaks, how you were raised, what's coming
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Were raised, what's coming against you, cannot stop
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Against you, cannot stop your destiny.
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Your destiny. you've already been set
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You've already been set apart, favored, equipped,
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Apart, favored, equipped, empowered, by the creator of
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Empowered, by the creator of the universe.
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The universe. but here's the key, since
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But here's the key, since the enemy can't curse you,
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The enemy can't curse you, he'll try to deceive you
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He'll try to deceive you into cursing yourself.
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Into cursing yourself. he'll do his best to try to
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He'll do his best to try to get you to go through life
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Get you to go through life speaking defeat over
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Speaking defeat over yourself.
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Yourself. "i'm not that talented, i'll
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"i'm not that talented, i'll never meet the right person.
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Never meet the right person. i've made too many
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I've made too many mistakes."
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Mistakes." he can't curse you, don't
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He can't curse you, don't you dare do it for him.
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You dare do it for him. don't you dare curse
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Don't you dare curse yourself.
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Yourself. the next time you're tempted
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The next time you're tempted to say something negative
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To say something negative about yourself, your future,
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About yourself, your future, your looks, your abilities,
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Your looks, your abilities, zip it up.
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Zip it up. when you're against
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When you're against yourself, you're in
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Yourself, you're in agreement with the enemy.
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Agreement with the enemy. when you bless yourself,
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When you bless yourself, you're in agreement with
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You're in agreement with god.
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God. you were created in his
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You were created in his image.
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Image. he didn't make any mistakes.
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He didn't make any mistakes. you didn't get shortchanged.
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You didn't get shortchanged. he wasn't having a bad day
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He wasn't having a bad day when he made you.
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When he made you. he knew every fault you
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He knew every fault you would have, he knew the
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Would have, he knew the areas you would struggle in.
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Areas you would struggle in. quit beating yourself up,
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Quit beating yourself up, living unworthy.
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Living unworthy. receive his mercy and move
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Receive his mercy and move forward with your life.
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Forward with your life. you have the talent you
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You have the talent you need, you come from the
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Need, you come from the right family, you are well
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Right family, you are well able to reach your destiny.
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Able to reach your destiny. now start blessing yourself.
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Now start blessing yourself. when you're tempted to say
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When you're tempted to say something negative, turn it
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Something negative, turn it around.
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Around. you're not attractive.
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You're not attractive. "i am fearfully and
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"i am fearfully and wonderfully made."
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Wonderfully made." you've made too many
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You've made too many mistakes.
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Mistakes. "i am forgiven, i am
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"i am forgiven, i am redeemed, i am restored."
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Redeemed, i am restored." you'll never be successful.
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You'll never be successful. you'll never reach your
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You'll never reach your limits.
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Limits. "i'm surrounded by favor.
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"i'm surrounded by favor. god is taking me from glory
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God is taking me from glory to glory.
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To glory. my latter days will be
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My latter days will be better than my former days."
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Better than my former days." are you blessing yourself or
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Are you blessing yourself or are you cursing yourself?
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Are you cursing yourself? you have a destiny to
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You have a destiny to fulfill.
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Fulfill. there's a calling on your
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There's a calling on your life, an assignment that
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Life, an assignment that only you can accomplish.
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Only you can accomplish. we need what you have.
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We need what you have. we need your gifts, we need
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We need your gifts, we need your talent, we need your
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Your talent, we need your smile, we need your love.
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Smile, we need your love. this world won't be as
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This world won't be as bright a place as it should
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Bright a place as it should be without you shining,
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Be without you shining, living the full, abundant
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Living the full, abundant life that you were created
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Life that you were created to live.
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To live. there was a young man in the
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There was a young man in the scripture named jeremiah.
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Scripture named jeremiah. god gave him the promise
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God gave him the promise that he would be a great
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That he would be a great prophet and he would speak
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Prophet and he would speak to nations.
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To nations. jeremiah was young.
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Jeremiah was young. he didn't see himself as a
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He didn't see himself as a leader.
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Leader. he came from an average
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He came from an average family, he didn't have a
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Family, he didn't have a great education, he wasn't
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Great education, he wasn't trained to speak in front of
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Trained to speak in front of people.
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People. but god never asks you to do
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But god never asks you to do something and then doesn't
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Something and then doesn't give you the ability to do
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Give you the ability to do it.
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It. you may not feel qualified.
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You may not feel qualified. you don't think you have the
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You don't think you have the talent, the odds are against
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Talent, the odds are against you.
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You. you wouldn't have that
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You wouldn't have that opportunity if you weren't
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Opportunity if you weren't already equipped.
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Already equipped. it's in you, but you have to
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It's in you, but you have to call it out.
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Call it out. you have to start blessing
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You have to start blessing yourself.
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Yourself. you'll be tempted to talk
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You'll be tempted to talk about all the reasons why
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About all the reasons why you're not able.
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You're not able. it's too big, you don't have
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It's too big, you don't have the resources, you come from
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The resources, you come from the wrong family.
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The wrong family. don't curse yourself.
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Don't curse yourself. jeremiah said, "god i can't
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Jeremiah said, "god i can't speak to nations.
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Speak to nations. i'm too young.
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I'm too young. i wouldn't know what to
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I wouldn't know what to say."
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Say." god didn't say, "that's
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God didn't say, "that's fine, i understand."
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Fine, i understand." god said, "jeremiah, say not
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God said, "jeremiah, say not that you're too young."
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That you're too young." god immediately stopped his
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God immediately stopped his negative words.
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Negative words. he stopped him from cursing
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He stopped him from cursing himself.
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Himself. god knew if jeremiah would
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God knew if jeremiah would have gone around saying, "i
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Have gone around saying, "i can't do this.
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Can't do this. i don't have what it takes.
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I don't have what it takes. i'm afraid."
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I'm afraid." he would have missed his
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He would have missed his destiny.
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Destiny. be careful what you're
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Be careful what you're saying about yourself.
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Saying about yourself. you are prophesying your
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You are prophesying your future.
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Future. the odds may be against you
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The odds may be against you but god is for you.
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But god is for you. say not, "i'll never break
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Say not, "i'll never break the addiction."
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The addiction." say not, "i'll never meet
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Say not, "i'll never meet the right person."
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The right person." say not.
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Say not. "i can't start my business."
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"i can't start my business." zip that up and get in
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Zip that up and get in agreement with god.
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Agreement with god. psalm 34 says, "do you want
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Psalm 34 says, "do you want a long, good life?
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A long, good life? then watch your tongue.
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Then watch your tongue. keep your lips from telling
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Keep your lips from telling lies."
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Lies." we think that only means
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We think that only means don't tell lies to other
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Don't tell lies to other people, don't be dishonest.
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People, don't be dishonest. but it also means don't tell
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But it also means don't tell lies about yourself.
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Lies about yourself. don't go around saying
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Don't go around saying things that contradict what
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Things that contradict what god says about you.
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God says about you. "i'm just average, i don't
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"i'm just average, i don't have a good personality,
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Have a good personality, i'll never do anything
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I'll never do anything great."
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Great." can i say this respectfully,
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Can i say this respectfully, that's telling lies.
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That's telling lies. god didn't create anyone
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God didn't create anyone average.
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Average. when he breathed life into
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When he breathed life into you, he put greatness on the
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You, he put greatness on the inside.
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Inside. he's destined you to leave
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He's destined you to leave your mark.
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Your mark. to overcome that challenge,
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To overcome that challenge, to outlast the opposition,
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To outlast the opposition, to take your family to a new
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To take your family to a new level.
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Level. now if you're going to see
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Now if you're going to see this good, long, prosperous,
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This good, long, prosperous, amazing life then you have
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Amazing life then you have to do something very
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To do something very important, watch your
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Important, watch your tongue.
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Tongue. be careful what you say
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Be careful what you say about yourself.
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About yourself. you can't curse yourself and
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You can't curse yourself and live a blessed life.
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Live a blessed life. you can't put yourself down
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You can't put yourself down and rise up to who you were
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And rise up to who you were created to be.
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Created to be. when my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord, i knew i was
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With the lord, i knew i was supposed to step up and
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Supposed to step up and pastor the church but i
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Pastor the church but i didn't feel qualified.
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Didn't feel qualified. i had never ministered
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I had never ministered before.
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Before. i hadn't been to seminary.
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I hadn't been to seminary. i was afraid and insecure.
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I was afraid and insecure. my father had this big
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My father had this big personality, strong, and
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Personality, strong, and confident.
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Confident. i'm more quiet and reserved.
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I'm more quiet and reserved. i had plenty of opportunity
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I had plenty of opportunity to talk about what i was not
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To talk about what i was not and what i couldn't do and
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And what i couldn't do and how i didn't measure up and
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How i didn't measure up and how intimidated i was.
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How intimidated i was. but one thing i learned
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But one thing i learned growing up is to not speak
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Growing up is to not speak the negative.
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The negative. you may think it but don't
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You may think it but don't verbalize it.
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Verbalize it. instead of saying what i
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Instead of saying what i felt, i said what god said
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Felt, i said what god said about me.
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About me. "i am strong in the lord.
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"i am strong in the lord. i can do all things through
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I can do all things through christ.
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Christ. i've been raised up for such
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I've been raised up for such a time as this."
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A time as this." i didn't feel anointed, but
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I didn't feel anointed, but all through the day, under
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All through the day, under my breath, "father thank you
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My breath, "father thank you that i am anointed."
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That i am anointed." thoughts told me, "nobody is
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Thoughts told me, "nobody is going to show up.
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Going to show up. nobody is going to listen to
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Nobody is going to listen to you joel."
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You joel." "father thank you that
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"father thank you that people are being drawn to
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People are being drawn to me, that your favor is
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Me, that your favor is causing me to stand out,
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Causing me to stand out, that when they turn me on
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That when they turn me on they can't turn me off."
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They can't turn me off." instead of cursing myself,
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Instead of cursing myself, agreeing with the enemy, i
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Agreeing with the enemy, i kept blessing myself.
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Kept blessing myself. most of what i was saying at
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Most of what i was saying at the time wasn't true.
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The time wasn't true. i wasn't strong, confident,
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I wasn't strong, confident, qualified.
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Qualified. but over time, little by
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But over time, little by little i became what i was
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Little i became what i was saying.
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Saying. i ate the fruit of my words.
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I ate the fruit of my words. are there areas in your life
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Are there areas in your life that you're cursing yourself
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That you're cursing yourself instead of blessing
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Instead of blessing yourself?
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Yourself? you'll be amazed at what
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You'll be amazed at what will happen if you'll watch
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Will happen if you'll watch your tongue.
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Your tongue. the israelites had been in
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The israelites had been in slavery four hundred years
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Slavery four hundred years when god supernaturally
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When god supernaturally brought them out.
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Brought them out. the powerful pharaoh and all
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The powerful pharaoh and all of his army couldn't keep
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Of his army couldn't keep them in captivity.
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Them in captivity. god sent the plagues and
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God sent the plagues and parted the red sea, drowned
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Parted the red sea, drowned their enemies, gave them
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Their enemies, gave them water out a rock in the
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Water out a rock in the desert.
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Desert. he brought them to the
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He brought them to the promised land.
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Promised land. they finally made to this
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They finally made to this place they had dreamed
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Place they had dreamed about.
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About. they were next door, all
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They were next door, all they had to do was go in and
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They had to do was go in and take the land, god promised
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Take the land, god promised them the victory.
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Them the victory. moses sent twelve men to spy
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Moses sent twelve men to spy out the land, ten of them
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Out the land, ten of them came back and said, "we
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Came back and said, "we don't have a chance, there
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Don't have a chance, there are giants in the land.
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Are giants in the land. we felt like grasshoppers
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We felt like grasshoppers compared to them."
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Compared to them." the scripture says, "they
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The scripture says, "they brought back an evil
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Brought back an evil report."
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Report." it seems like evil is a
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It seems like evil is a strong word.
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Strong word. a negative report makes more
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A negative report makes more sense.
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Sense. but god called it an evil
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But god called it an evil report.
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Report. it's because when you get in
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It's because when you get in agreement with the enemy and
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Agreement with the enemy and curse yourself, it can keep
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Curse yourself, it can keep you from your destiny.
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You from your destiny. the israelites had seen the
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The israelites had seen the favor of god in amazing
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Favor of god in amazing ways, yet the spies came
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Ways, yet the spies came back and said, "we're like
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Back and said, "we're like grasshoppers."
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Grasshoppers." here they were sons and
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Here they were sons and daughters of the most high
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Daughters of the most high god.
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God. favored, equipped, anointed.
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Favored, equipped, anointed. the problem is they started
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The problem is they started telling lies.
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Telling lies. they started agreeing with
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They started agreeing with the enemy, cursing their
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The enemy, cursing their future.
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Future. the enemy couldn't stop them
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The enemy couldn't stop them with his power, he had to
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With his power, he had to deceive them into cursing
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Deceive them into cursing themselves.
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Themselves. they never did make it in to
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They never did make it in to the promised land.
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The promised land. the enemy has no new tricks.
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The enemy has no new tricks. he can't keep you from your
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He can't keep you from your destiny.
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Destiny. he can't stop god's plan for
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He can't stop god's plan for your life.
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Your life. god has blessed you, the
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God has blessed you, the enemy can not curse you.
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Enemy can not curse you. now the question is are you
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Now the question is are you going to curse yourself?
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Going to curse yourself? don't fall into that trap.
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Don't fall into that trap. speak victory over your
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Speak victory over your life.
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Life. in luke chapter 1, an angel
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In luke chapter 1, an angel appeared to a man named
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Appeared to a man named zechariah.
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Zechariah. he told him that his wife
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He told him that his wife elizabeth was going to have
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Elizabeth was going to have a baby; they were to name
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A baby; they were to name him john.
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Him john. elizabeth had been barren
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Elizabeth had been barren her whole life, they were
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Her whole life, they were both way up there in years,
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Both way up there in years, it didn't seem possible.
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It didn't seem possible. zechariah said to the angel,
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Zechariah said to the angel, "how can this happen?
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"how can this happen? i'm too old, my wife is way
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I'm too old, my wife is way past the child bearing
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Past the child bearing years.
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Years. are you sure you have the
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Are you sure you have the right people?"
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Right people?" the angel said, "zechariah,
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The angel said, "zechariah, i am gabriel, i stand in the
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I am gabriel, i stand in the presence of almighty god.
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Presence of almighty god. what he says will come to
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What he says will come to pass."
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Pass." but god knows the power of
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But god knows the power of our words.
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Our words. he knows if we go around
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He knows if we go around cursing ourselves, talking
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Cursing ourselves, talking about what we can't do, how
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About what we can't do, how impossible it is and how
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Impossible it is and how we're too old, too young,
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We're too old, too young, too shy, too short, then
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Too shy, too short, then we'll never become who we
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We'll never become who we were created to be.
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Were created to be. god needed this child to be
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God needed this child to be born to fulfill a prophesy
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Born to fulfill a prophesy from earlier, so god did
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From earlier, so god did something unusual.
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Something unusual. the angel said, "zechariah,
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The angel said, "zechariah, since you doubted, you will
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Since you doubted, you will remain silent and not able
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Remain silent and not able to speak until the baby is
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To speak until the baby is born."
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Born." god literally shut his
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God literally shut his mouth.
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Mouth. zechariah left there unable
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Zechariah left there unable to talk.
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To talk. god was about to do
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God was about to do something zechariah had
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Something zechariah had never seen, something more
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Never seen, something more than he had imagined.
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Than he had imagined. but he knew if zechariah
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But he knew if zechariah went around speaking defeat,
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Went around speaking defeat, it would stop the promise.
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It would stop the promise. i wonder if there are
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I wonder if there are promises we're keeping from
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Promises we're keeping from coming to pass because we're
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Coming to pass because we're speaking the negative,
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Speaking the negative, verbalizing our doubts,
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Verbalizing our doubts, cursing ourselves.
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Cursing ourselves. a year later, elizabeth gave
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A year later, elizabeth gave birth to a baby boy just
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Birth to a baby boy just like the angel said.
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Like the angel said. her friends and relatives
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Her friends and relatives were so excited, they came
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Were so excited, they came over to the house to
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Over to the house to celebrate.
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Celebrate. one of them asked what the
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One of them asked what the baby's name was going to be.
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Baby's name was going to be. elizabeth said, "his name is
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Elizabeth said, "his name is john."
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John." they said, "john?
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They said, "john? nobody in your family is
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Nobody in your family is named john.
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Named john. he should be named
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He should be named zechariah, after the
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Zechariah, after the father."
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Father." they looked at zechariah, he
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They looked at zechariah, he still couldn't speak, so he
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Still couldn't speak, so he wrote it on a tablet.
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Wrote it on a tablet. "his name is john."
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"his name is john." like with zechariah, god is
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Like with zechariah, god is about to do something that
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About to do something that your family has never seen.
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Your family has never seen. something unusual, something
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Something unusual, something out of the ordinary.
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Out of the ordinary. you're about to give birth
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You're about to give birth to dreams, promises,
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To dreams, promises, ministry, abundance,
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Ministry, abundance, influence that is far more
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Influence that is far more than you've imagined.
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Than you've imagined. it's going to be easy to
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It's going to be easy to doubt, think it's too much,
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Doubt, think it's too much, it could never happen.
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It could never happen. but the reason god has you
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But the reason god has you hearing this is so you will
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Hearing this is so you will watch your tongue.
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Watch your tongue. no more cursing yourself.
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No more cursing yourself. no more speaking defeat,
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No more speaking defeat, talking about how you can't
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Talking about how you can't get well, can't break the
00:23:27.729 --> 00:23:29.130
Get well, can't break the addiction, can't start your
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Addiction, can't start your business.
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Business. get in agreement with god.
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Get in agreement with god. start blessing yourself.
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Start blessing yourself. all through the day, "i am
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All through the day, "i am strong.
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Strong. i am talented.
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I am talented. i am anointed.
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I am anointed. i am healthy.
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I am healthy. i am well able."
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I am well able." remember the enemy can't
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Remember the enemy can't curse you, he doesn't have
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Curse you, he doesn't have that power.
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That power. now don't curse yourself.
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Now don't curse yourself. speak life, speak favor,
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Speak life, speak favor, speak victory.
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Speak victory. if you'll do this i believe
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If you'll do this i believe and declare, god is about to
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And declare, god is about to show out in your life.
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Show out in your life. new doors are about to open,
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New doors are about to open, negative situations are
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Negative situations are about to turn around,
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About to turn around, freedom is coming, healing
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Freedom is coming, healing is coming, breakthroughs,
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Is coming, breakthroughs, the fullness of your
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The fullness of your destiny, in jesus name.
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It's easy to get stuck
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It's easy to get stuck in life
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In life because of fear
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Because of fear and lack of confidence,
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And lack of confidence, or we've been
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Or we've been through disappointments.
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Through disappointments. but i'm excited
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But i'm excited about victoria's new book,
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About victoria's new book, graced to go.
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Graced to go. it'll help you move past
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It'll help you move past what's holding you back
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What's holding you back and step into new levels
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And step into new levels of your destiny.
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My heart for this book
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My heart for this book is that you will discover
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Is that you will discover the courage,
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The courage, the gifts, and the faith
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The gifts, and the faith that god has put in you
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That god has put in you so that you can see
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So that you can see your dreams come to pass.
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Your dreams come to pass. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. the obstacles are not too big.
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The obstacles are not too big. the grace of god equips
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The grace of god equips you to go beyond
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You to go beyond your comfort zone
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Your comfort zone and overcome
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And overcome what looks impossible.
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What looks impossible. you are stronger than you think.
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You are stronger than you think. you are not alone.
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You are not alone. you are graced to go.
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You are graced to go. as our way of saying
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As our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month, we'll send you
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Graced to go: step into the
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Step into the bigger, bolder life
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Bigger, bolder life that belongs to you.
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Renew your perspective, and empower you to live boldly.
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And empower you to live boldly. you don't have to wait
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You don't have to wait for perfect conditions.
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For perfect conditions. god's grace meets you
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God's grace meets you where you are
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Where you are and propels you into a future
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And propels you into a future full of purpose and peace.
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Full of purpose and peace. with an additional gift,
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And help you believe big again. grace is power.
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Grace is power. when you receive it by faith,
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When you receive it by faith, it enables you
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It enables you to take the next step
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To take the next step so you can become
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So you can become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. victoria and i are so grateful
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Victoria and i are so grateful to spend this time with you.
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To spend this time with you. we pray for
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We pray for you and your family every day,
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You and your family every day, and thank you so much
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And thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Joel Osteen - Bless Yourself

August 20, 2025 | 30:0

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