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Joel Osteen - Blessings Finding You

May 10, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Blessings Finding You | May 10, 2026

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this group of school
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About this group of school children. they were in the
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Children. they were in the cafeteria line at their
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Cafeteria line at their catholic elementary school.
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Catholic elementary school. at the start of the line,
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At the start of the line, there was a big bowl of
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There was a big bowl of apples. a nun had written a
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Apples. a nun had written a note. it said, “take only
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Note. it said, “take only one, god is watching.” at the
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One, god is watching.” at the end of the line, there was a
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End of the line, there was a big bowl of chocolate chip
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Big bowl of chocolate chip cookies. one of the children
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Cookies. one of the children had written a note. it said,
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Had written a note. it said, “take all you want, god is
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“take all you want, god is watching the apples.”
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Watching the apples.” (laughter)
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(laughter) say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about blessings finding you.
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About blessings finding you. it's easy to worry about the
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It's easy to worry about the future. “how can i accomplish
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Future. “how can i accomplish my dreams? what if i don't
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My dreams? what if i don't get that good break? what if
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Get that good break? what if my health goes down, or i
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My health goes down, or i don't meet the right person?”
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Don't meet the right person?” it creates all this pressure,
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It creates all this pressure, where we have to make things
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Where we have to make things happen. we live striving and
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Happen. we live striving and straining, trying to force
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Straining, trying to force this door to open, make this
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This door to open, make this person like us, turn this
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Person like us, turn this problem around. jesus was
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Problem around. jesus was talking to people like this
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Talking to people like this in matthew chapter 6. they
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In matthew chapter 6. they were very worried about their
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Were very worried about their food, their clothing, how
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Food, their clothing, how they were going to make it.
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They were going to make it. he said to them in verse 31,
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He said to them in verse 31, “don't worry about those
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“don't worry about those things. your heavenly father
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Things. your heavenly father knows all that you need.” he
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Knows all that you need.” he was saying, god has already
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Was saying, god has already planned your future. he knows
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Planned your future. he knows what it's going to take to
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What it's going to take to get you to your destiny.
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Get you to your destiny. you're not doing life on your
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You're not doing life on your own. it's not just up to you.
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Own. it's not just up to you. the most high god is ordering
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The most high god is ordering your steps. jesus gave us the
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Your steps. jesus gave us the key in verse 33, he said,
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Key in verse 33, he said, “seek first the kingdom of
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“seek first the kingdom of god and his righteousness and
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God and his righteousness and all these things will be
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All these things will be added unto you.” he was
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Added unto you.” he was saying in effect, you don't
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Saying in effect, you don't have to spend your life
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Have to spend your life seeking the blessing, seeking
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Seeking the blessing, seeking provision, seeking approval,
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Provision, seeking approval, seeking the right people.
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Seeking the right people. that's going to lead to
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That's going to lead to frustration. there's a better
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Frustration. there's a better way to live. if you'll seek
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Way to live. if you'll seek god, then the blessings will
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God, then the blessings will seek you. there's a reversal.
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Seek you. there's a reversal. when you keep god first
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When you keep god first place, that takes the
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Place, that takes the pressure off. now it's not up
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Pressure off. now it's not up to you to make it all happen,
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To you to make it all happen, that's god's responsibility.
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That's god's responsibility. he will add all these things.
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He will add all these things. but if we don't understand
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But if we don't understand this, it brings stress and
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This, it brings stress and tension. we think, “i've got
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Tension. we think, “i've got to get this promotion. i've
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To get this promotion. i've got to win over this
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Got to win over this coworker. i've got to fix
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Coworker. i've got to fix this problem.” sure, we have
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This problem.” sure, we have to use our gifts, be
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To use our gifts, be determined, take steps of
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Determined, take steps of faith, but you don't have to
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Faith, but you don't have to live with that pressure. you
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Live with that pressure. you can stay in peace, knowing
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Can stay in peace, knowing that because you're honoring
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That because you're honoring god, he's arranging the good
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God, he's arranging the good breaks. he's lining up the
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Breaks. he's lining up the right people. he's scheduling
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Right people. he's scheduling the healing, the turnaround.
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The healing, the turnaround. you don't have to find it;
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You don't have to find it; it's going to find you. don't
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It's going to find you. don't spend your life chasing the
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Spend your life chasing the blessing, chase god and the
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Blessing, chase god and the blessings will chase you.
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Blessings will chase you. but i wonder how many of us
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But i wonder how many of us are trying to do god's job.
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Are trying to do god's job. we're striving, straining,
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We're striving, straining, manipulating. no, take the
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Manipulating. no, take the pressure off. let god be god.
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Pressure off. let god be god. he knows what's best for you.
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He knows what's best for you. he's already written every
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He's already written every day of your life in his book.
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Day of your life in his book. he knows what you need, who
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He knows what you need, who you need, when you need it,
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You need, when you need it, how to get it to you. he'll
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How to get it to you. he'll open doors you could never
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Open doors you could never open. he'll bring people you
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Open. he'll bring people you never imagined. he'll put you
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Never imagined. he'll put you in rooms where you weren't
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In rooms where you weren't qualified, with opportunity,
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Qualified, with opportunity, resources, influence, far
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Resources, influence, far beyond what you had in mind.
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Beyond what you had in mind. god's dream for your life is
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God's dream for your life is much bigger than your own.
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Much bigger than your own. where he's taking you, you
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Where he's taking you, you could never accomplish by
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Could never accomplish by yourself. just in your own
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Yourself. just in your own efforts, your talent, your
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Efforts, your talent, your hard work. that's all good.
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Hard work. that's all good. but god is going to add
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But god is going to add things that exceed your
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Things that exceed your expectations, that boggle
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Expectations, that boggle your mind, that thrust you
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Your mind, that thrust you where no one in your family
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Where no one in your family has gone.
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Has gone. it says, “seek first the
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It says, “seek first the kingdom and his
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Kingdom and his righteousness.” that means
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Righteousness.” that means his way of doing things.
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His way of doing things. god's kingdom in one sense,
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God's kingdom in one sense, is opposite of what we
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Is opposite of what we naturally think. he said,
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Naturally think. he said, “bless your enemies. be good
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“bless your enemies. be good to those that do you wrong,”
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To those that do you wrong,” “i don't want to bless them,
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“i don't want to bless them, i want to get revenge.”
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I want to get revenge.” forgive those that hurt you.
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Forgive those that hurt you. “i don't want to forgive. i
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“i don't want to forgive. i want to hold a grudge.” no
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Want to hold a grudge.” no seek first the kingdom. if
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Seek first the kingdom. if you want god to add, you have
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You want god to add, you have to do it his way. it means
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To do it his way. it means walking by faith and not by
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Walking by faith and not by sight. you may have a
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Sight. you may have a situation, where you don't
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Situation, where you don't see how it could work out.
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See how it could work out. the odds are against you. you
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The odds are against you. you could be worried,
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Could be worried, discouraged. instead, “god i
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Discouraged. instead, “god i don't see a way, but i know
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Don't see a way, but i know you have a way. you being for
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You have a way. you being for me, is more than what's
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Me, is more than what's trying to stop me.” that's
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Trying to stop me.” that's seeking the kingdom. being
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Seeking the kingdom. being faithful at work, doing the
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Faithful at work, doing the right thing when no one is
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Right thing when no one is watching. integrity,
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Watching. integrity, excellence. that's god's way.
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Excellence. that's god's way. trusting when you don't
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Trusting when you don't understand. a good attitude
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Understand. a good attitude when life's not fair. biting
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When life's not fair. biting your tongue when you want to
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Your tongue when you want to tell someone off. putting
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Tell someone off. putting down your carnal desires.
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Down your carnal desires. that's not just being
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That's not just being disciplined, that's seeking
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Disciplined, that's seeking the kingdom. that's doing it
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The kingdom. that's doing it god's way. that's what puts
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God's way. that's what puts you in position for god to
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You in position for god to add all these things.
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Add all these things. sometimes we hear, we need to
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Sometimes we hear, we need to seek god, and we think, “okay
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Seek god, and we think, “okay i've got to pray two hours in
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I've got to pray two hours in the morning, i've got to read
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The morning, i've got to read my bible more. i got to come
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My bible more. i got to come to church more.” that's all
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To church more.” that's all good. that's part of it. but
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Good. that's part of it. but you can honor god in your
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You can honor god in your everyday life. having a
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Everyday life. having a faith-filled attitude,
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Faith-filled attitude, treating people with respect,
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Treating people with respect, kind to your family, being
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Kind to your family, being excellent at work. that's his
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Excellent at work. that's his righteousness. that's god's
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Righteousness. that's god's way of doing things. when you
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Way of doing things. when you live like that, you are
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Live like that, you are seeking god. that means,
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Seeking god. that means, blessings are seeking you.
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Blessings are seeking you. we see this in the life of
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We see this in the life of david. he was a teenager, out
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David. he was a teenager, out in the shepherd's fields,
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In the shepherd's fields, taking care of his father's
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Taking care of his father's sheep. he was the youngest of
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Sheep. he was the youngest of eight brothers. he got stuck
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Eight brothers. he got stuck with the leftover job, out
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With the leftover job, out there in the desert; lonely,
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There in the desert; lonely, boring. no future to speak
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Boring. no future to speak of. david had big dreams. he
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Of. david had big dreams. he could sense the greatness god
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Could sense the greatness god put in him, but he was at a
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Put in him, but he was at a disadvantage. some of his
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Disadvantage. some of his brothers were in the
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Brothers were in the military. they had
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Prestigious positions. david
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Prestigious positions. david could have slacked off, taken
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Could have slacked off, taken the easy way out. “i don't
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The easy way out. “i don't care about these sheep. big
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Care about these sheep. big deal if we lose a few. nobody
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Deal if we lose a few. nobody is going to know.” david was
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Is going to know.” david was a person of excellence. he
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A person of excellence. he did the right thing when no
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Did the right thing when no one was watching. he cared
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One was watching. he cared for those sheep night and
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For those sheep night and day, made sure they had food
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Day, made sure they had food and water. he would fight off
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And water. he would fight off wild animals. he killed a
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Wild animals. he killed a lion and a bear with his bare
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Lion and a bear with his bare hands, just to protect the
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Hands, just to protect the sheep. all that time david
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Sheep. all that time david was going the extra mile,
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Doing the right thing when it
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Doing the right thing when it was hard, being his best when
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Was hard, being his best when he wasn't getting any credit.
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He wasn't getting any credit. he wasn't just being a good
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He wasn't just being a good son, a good employee, he was
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Son, a good employee, he was honoring god. that was a time
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Honoring god. that was a time of testing, a time of
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Of testing, a time of proving. people may not be
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Proving. people may not be watching, but god is
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Watching, but god is watching. maybe nobody is
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Watching. maybe nobody is telling you thank you. you're
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Telling you thank you. you're not getting the credit you
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Not getting the credit you deserve. but you keep doing
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Deserve. but you keep doing the right thing, you keep
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The right thing, you keep showing up on time, doing
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Showing up on time, doing more than you have to. people
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More than you have to. people may not see it, but god sees
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May not see it, but god sees it. he's the one that
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It. he's the one that matters. he's keeping the
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Matters. he's keeping the records. you're not just
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Records. you're not just being faithful, you're
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Being faithful, you're seeking god. you're doing
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Seeking god. you're doing things his way. that's what
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Things his way. that's what puts you in position for him
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Puts you in position for him to add all these things.
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To add all these things. promotion doesn't come from
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Promotion doesn't come from people; it comes from the
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People; it comes from the lord.
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Lord. david kept a good attitude in
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David kept a good attitude in a difficult situation. he
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A difficult situation. he didn't complain, get bitter.
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Didn't complain, get bitter. out in the fields is where he
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Out in the fields is where he wrote some of the psalms.
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Wrote some of the psalms. when he got up in the
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When he got up in the morning, he could have
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Morning, he could have thought, “oh man, another day
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Thought, “oh man, another day with these stinking sheep.
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With these stinking sheep. i'm so tired of feeding them
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I'm so tired of feeding them and cleaning up their waste.
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And cleaning up their waste. why don't my brothers have to
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Why don't my brothers have to help me?” he had plenty of
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Help me?” he had plenty of reasons to complain, and live
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Reasons to complain, and live sour. but david made the
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Sour. but david made the decision, he was going to do
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Decision, he was going to do things god's way. maybe
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Things god's way. maybe that's where he wrote psalm
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That's where he wrote psalm 118, “this is the day the
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118, “this is the day the lord has made. i'm going to
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Lord has made. i'm going to rejoice and be glad in it.”
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Rejoice and be glad in it.” or perhaps he wrote psalm 5
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Or perhaps he wrote psalm 5 out there, “early in the
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Out there, “early in the morning, you will hear my
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Morning, you will hear my song of praise.” maybe it was
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Song of praise.” maybe it was psalm 63, “o god, you are my
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Psalm 63, “o god, you are my god, earnestly i seek after
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God, earnestly i seek after you.” he had this attitude of
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You.” he had this attitude of praise, thanksgiving right in
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Praise, thanksgiving right in the desert. when it was
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The desert. when it was lonely, unfair, when he
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Lonely, unfair, when he didn't see a way out; but
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Didn't see a way out; but he's still full of praise.
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He's still full of praise. he's still caring for the
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He's still caring for the sheep with excellence. he's
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Sheep with excellence. he's still being faithful and
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Still being faithful and consistent.
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Consistent. david thought the shepherd's
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David thought the shepherd's fields were his destiny. in
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Fields were his destiny. in the natural, there wasn't any
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The natural, there wasn't any way out. but when you seek
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Way out. but when you seek god, blessings start seeking
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God, blessings start seeking you. god will add things that
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You. god will add things that you couldn't add. he'll speak
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You couldn't add. he'll speak to people to be good to you
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To people to be good to you that you've never met. god
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That you've never met. god told the prophet samuel,
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Told the prophet samuel, “travel to the city of
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“travel to the city of bethlehem, to the house of a
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Bethlehem, to the house of a man named jesse, for i have
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Man named jesse, for i have chosen one of his sons to be
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Chosen one of his sons to be the next king of israel.”
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Here david is out in the”
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Here david is out in the” fields, minding his own
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Fields, minding his own business. just another
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Business. just another ordinary day, being faithful,
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Ordinary day, being faithful, serving with excellence,
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Serving with excellence, doing more than what was
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Doing more than what was required. but as he was
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Required. but as he was seeking god, what he couldn't
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See, was samuel was seeking
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See, was samuel was seeking him. something was headed his
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Him. something was headed his way that would change the
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Way that would change the course of his life.
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Course of his life. many of you are like david,
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Many of you are like david, you go the extra mile. you
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You go the extra mile. you take care of your family with
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Take care of your family with kindness and compassion. even
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Kindness and compassion. even when you're tired, you still
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When you're tired, you still shine. at work, you give it
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Shine. at work, you give it your best. you serve at
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Your best. you serve at church and in your community,
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Church and in your community, always being a blessing. it
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Always being a blessing. it may seem like you're stuck,
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May seem like you're stuck, reached limits. no way to go
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Reached limits. no way to go higher. but god has some
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Higher. but god has some blessings seeking you right
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Blessings seeking you right now. things you can't see.
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Now. things you can't see. you couldn't plan. there was
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You couldn't plan. there was no sign of it, but your
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No sign of it, but your samuel is about to show up.
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Samuel is about to show up. healing is pursuing you. the
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Healing is pursuing you. the right person, the door
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Right person, the door opening, the breakthrough in
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Opening, the breakthrough in your business. you couldn't
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Your business. you couldn't find it; it's going to find
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Find it; it's going to find you. something better than
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You. something better than you ever dreamed. god sees
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You ever dreamed. god sees you doing the right thing
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You doing the right thing when it's hard. he sees your
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When it's hard. he sees your consistency, day after day,
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Consistency, day after day, being good to people,
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Being good to people, sacrificing your time and
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Sacrificing your time and energy. he sees you being
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Energy. he sees you being excellent, staying holy,
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Excellent, staying holy, pure, refusing to compromise.
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Pure, refusing to compromise. god has a samuel coming. a
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God has a samuel coming. a surprise. something
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Surprise. something unexpected. suddenly the
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Unexpected. suddenly the right person is knocking on
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Right person is knocking on your door. that's not a lucky
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Your door. that's not a lucky break. that's the blessing
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Break. that's the blessing seeking you. because you're
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Seeking you. because you're doing things god's way, his
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Doing things god's way, his favor is going to find you.
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Samuel showed up at jesse's
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Samuel showed up at jesse's house, david's father. he
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House, david's father. he asked to see the sons. jesse
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Asked to see the sons. jesse brought seven of them out.
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Brought seven of them out. samuel looked at them,
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Samuel looked at them, studied, “no, it's not any of
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Studied, “no, it's not any of these.” i can imagine he was
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These.” i can imagine he was a little confused. thought,
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A little confused. thought, “did i come to the right
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“did i come to the right house? did i hear god wrong?”
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House? did i hear god wrong?” jesse spoke up and said, “i
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Jesse spoke up and said, “i do have one more son, but
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Do have one more son, but he's the youngest. he's
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He's the youngest. he's small. he doesn't have any
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Small. he doesn't have any experience. i'm sure it's not
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Experience. i'm sure it's not him.” people may discount
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You, try to make you feel
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You, try to make you feel like you're not enough.
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Like you're not enough. you're not tall enough,
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You're not tall enough, talented enough, attractive
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Talented enough, attractive enough, funny enough. the
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Enough, funny enough. the good news is you're not
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Good news is you're not dependent on what people
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Dependent on what people think about you. they don't
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Think about you. they don't determine your destiny. they
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Determine your destiny. they may push you down, but god
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May push you down, but god knows how to lift you up.
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Knows how to lift you up. they may overlook you, but
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They may overlook you, but god knows how to make you be
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God knows how to make you be seen. he'll promote you in
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Seen. he'll promote you in front of the people that are
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Front of the people that are trying to discredit you.
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Trying to discredit you. he'll prepare a table in the
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He'll prepare a table in the presence of your enemies.
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Presence of your enemies. quit worrying about who's not
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Quit worrying about who's not for you, and who looks down
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For you, and who looks down on you, and “why won't they
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On you, and “why won't they give me any credit?” no, your
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Give me any credit?” no, your time is coming. samuel is on
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Time is coming. samuel is on the way. you keep pursuing
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The way. you keep pursuing god, doing things his way,
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God, doing things his way, and the blessings will chase
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And the blessings will chase you down. what you couldn't
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You down. what you couldn't make happen will to come to
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Make happen will to come to you. you didn't have to
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You. you didn't have to strain, manipulate, force.
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Strain, manipulate, force. it's going to fall into your
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It's going to fall into your hands.
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Hands. david wasn't out in the
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David wasn't out in the fields coming up with a
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Fields coming up with a campaign strategy, how he
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Campaign strategy, how he could get elected. he didn't
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Could get elected. he didn't go to different villages
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Go to different villages passing out flyers, holding
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Passing out flyers, holding town halls, making a case how
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Town halls, making a case how he would be a great king. he
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He would be a great king. he didn't go after the throne;
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Didn't go after the throne; he went after god.
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He went after god. faithfulness, excellence,
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Faithfulness, excellence, integrity, praising, and the
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Integrity, praising, and the throne came to him. you don't
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Throne came to him. you don't have to make it all happen.
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Have to make it all happen. god said all these things he
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God said all these things he will add. what god is about
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Will add. what god is about to add is something you
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To add is something you didn't see coming. you didn't
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Didn't see coming. you didn't work for it. you didn't earn
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Work for it. you didn't earn it. you didn't have the
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It. you didn't have the experience. it's the goodness
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Experience. it's the goodness of god, thrusting you into
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Your purpose.
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Now here's the key: stay
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Now here's the key: stay consistent. every day you do
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Consistent. every day you do the right thing; samuel is a
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The right thing; samuel is a little closer. you're passing
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Little closer. you're passing the test. david had to prove
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The test. david had to prove to god that he would take
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To god that he would take care of those sheep before
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Care of those sheep before god would let him take care
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God would let him take care of his people. if he slacked
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Of his people. if he slacked off with the sheep, didn't
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Off with the sheep, didn't keep them fed, let wild
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Keep them fed, let wild animals harm them, god would
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Animals harm them, god would have never trusted him to
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Have never trusted him to take care of the israelites.
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Take care of the israelites. be your best where you are.
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Be your best where you are. don't wait for samuel to show
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Don't wait for samuel to show up, then you'll have a good
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Up, then you'll have a good attitude. then you'll be
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Attitude. then you'll be faithful. then you'll let
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Faithful. then you'll let your talents shine. the way
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Your talents shine. the way to honor god is to shine
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To honor god is to shine where you are. excel at your
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Where you are. excel at your workplace. be compassionate
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Workplace. be compassionate with your family. be generous
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With your family. be generous with your time and resources.
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With your time and resources. get up in the morning and
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Get up in the morning and thank god for his goodness,
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Thank god for his goodness, stay full of praise. that's
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Stay full of praise. that's seeking god, doing things his
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Seeking god, doing things his way. that's when blessings
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Way. that's when blessings will come seeking you.
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When i look back over my
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When i look back over my life, many of the important
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Life, many of the important moments when i was thrust to
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Moments when i was thrust to a new level, weren't things
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A new level, weren't things that i was going after, i was
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That i was going after, i was simply honoring god. like
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Simply honoring god. like david, in the shepherd's
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David, in the shepherd's fields so to speak, just
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Fields so to speak, just being my best where i was,
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Being my best where i was, suddenly the samuels showed
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Suddenly the samuels showed up. in my early twenties, i
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Up. in my early twenties, i went to a jewelry store to
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Went to a jewelry store to buy a battery for my watch. i
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Buy a battery for my watch. i walked in and here came
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Walked in and here came samuel walking-i mean here
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Samuel walking-i mean here came victoria walking toward
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Me. the most beautiful girl i
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Me. the most beautiful girl i had ever seen. i don't know
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Had ever seen. i don't know if god spoke to her to come
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If god spoke to her to come wait on me, or if she was
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Wait on me, or if she was just overwhelmed by my good
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Just overwhelmed by my good looks. but she came right
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Looks. but she came right over and started talking to
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Over and started talking to me. i was there to buy a
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Me. i was there to buy a battery for my watch, but she
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Battery for my watch, but she ended up selling me a whole
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Ended up selling me a whole new watch. she's been taking
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New watch. she's been taking my money ever since then.
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My money ever since then. that was forty years ago. i
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That was forty years ago. i don't know how that can be,
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Don't know how that can be, i'm only thirty-nine. i could
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I'm only thirty-nine. i could have never made that happen.
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Have never made that happen. but as you honor god, he has
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But as you honor god, he has the right people coming to
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The right people coming to you. david said, “i was
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You. david said, “i was young, now i'm old, and i've
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Young, now i'm old, and i've never once seen the righteous
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Never once seen the righteous forsaken.” you don't have to
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Forsaken.” you don't have to worry, make it all happen,
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Worry, make it all happen, talk someone into liking you,
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Talk someone into liking you, lower your standard, because
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Lower your standard, because you may not meet anyone. no
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You may not meet anyone. no keep honoring god and the
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Keep honoring god and the right person will find you.
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Right person will find you. someone better than you can
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Someone better than you can imagine. that sees you as the
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Imagine. that sees you as the gift that you are. they're
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Gift that you are. they're already in route. your steps
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Already in route. your steps and their steps are being
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And their steps are being ordered by the lord. what god
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Ordered by the lord. what god has purposed, nothing can
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Has purposed, nothing can stop.
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Stop. one sunday morning when my
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One sunday morning when my father was pastoring, i was
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Father was pastoring, i was running through the front
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Running through the front lobby, up the stairs to the
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Lobby, up the stairs to the tv area. the service was
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Tv area. the service was about to start. a man came
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About to start. a man came around the corner and said,
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Around the corner and said, “joel, my cousin has a
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“joel, my cousin has a construction permit for the
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Construction permit for the last full power television
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Last full power television station in houston. he wants
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Station in houston. he wants you to have it.” i never
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You to have it.” i never dreamed we'd have a
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Dreamed we'd have a television station. that
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Television station. that wasn't even on my radar. i
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Wasn't even on my radar. i didn't go after it; it came
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Didn't go after it; it came to me. we put the station on
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To me. we put the station on the air. a few years later,
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The air. a few years later, we sold it. it was those
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We sold it. it was those funds that helped us renovate
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Funds that helped us renovate the compaq center. god knows
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The compaq center. god knows what you're going to need,
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What you're going to need, and he knows how to bring it
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And he knows how to bring it to you.
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To you. when my father passed, i was
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When my father passed, i was working behind the scenes. i
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Working behind the scenes. i never thought i'd be a
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Never thought i'd be a minister, but suddenly this
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Minister, but suddenly this door opened. i didn't pursue
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Door opened. i didn't pursue it, it pursued me. i was
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It, it pursued me. i was planning on doing television
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Planning on doing television production the rest of my
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Production the rest of my life, but god is going to add
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Life, but god is going to add things that surprise you,
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Things that surprise you, cause you to bloom and
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Cause you to bloom and blossom. he's put gifts in
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Blossom. he's put gifts in you that you haven't tapped
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You that you haven't tapped into yet. a few years after i
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Into yet. a few years after i had been pastoring, victoria
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Had been pastoring, victoria encouraged me to write a
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Encouraged me to write a book. i thought, “victoria, i
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Book. i thought, “victoria, i don't know how to write a
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Don't know how to write a book. i don't know what to
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Book. i don't know what to say. i don't even know where
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Say. i don't even know where to begin.” an executive from
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To begin.” an executive from one of the largest publishing
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One of the largest publishing companies in the world was
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Companies in the world was walking to the subway in new
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Walking to the subway in new york, going home, and he saw
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York, going home, and he saw my name on a sign. he didn't
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My name on a sign. he didn't know who i was. he'd never
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Know who i was. he'd never heard of me, but he told me,
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Heard of me, but he told me, “something told me that i was
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“something told me that i was to sign you for a book deal.”
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To sign you for a book deal.” he went and looked us up,
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He went and looked us up, researched, and offered us a
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Researched, and offered us a contract. now i have books in
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Contract. now i have books in many languages all over the
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Many languages all over the world. i could have never
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World. i could have never made that happen. i couldn't
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Made that happen. i couldn't have planned it. i couldn't
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Have planned it. i couldn't have won his favor; i didn't
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Have won his favor; i didn't even know him. this was the
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Even know him. this was the hand of god, causing
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Hand of god, causing blessings to seek those who
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Blessings to seek those who seek him.
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Seek him. one more. how about when we
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One more. how about when we needed a larger auditorium, i
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Needed a larger auditorium, i was trying to build, but
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Was trying to build, but things kept falling through.
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Things kept falling through. a friend called that i hadn't
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A friend called that i hadn't spoken to in years. he said,
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Spoken to in years. he said, “joel, you need to get the
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“joel, you need to get the compaq center. the rockets
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Compaq center. the rockets basketball team is about to
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Basketball team is about to move out.” i didn't go after
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Move out.” i didn't go after this building; i didn't know
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This building; i didn't know anything about it. it came to
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Anything about it. it came to us. what am i saying? you
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Us. what am i saying? you don't have to strive, strain,
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Don't have to strive, strain, trying to make everything
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Trying to make everything happen. you're trying to do
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Happen. you're trying to do god's job. that's going to
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God's job. that's going to bring frustration. you don't
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Bring frustration. you don't have to figure it all out.
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Have to figure it all out. your job is to keep god first
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Your job is to keep god first place, keep doing things his
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Place, keep doing things his way. as you seek him, he's
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Way. as you seek him, he's going to have the blessings
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Going to have the blessings seek you. the right people,
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Seek you. the right people, the contracts, the healing,
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The contracts, the healing, the open doors. it's going to
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The open doors. it's going to track you down. the scripture
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Track you down. the scripture says, “no good thing will god
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Says, “no good thing will god withhold when you walk
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Withhold when you walk uprightly.” that's you.
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Uprightly.” that's you. you're committed, faithful,
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You're committed, faithful, being good to people. god is
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Being good to people. god is not going to withhold
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Not going to withhold anything you need to get you
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Anything you need to get you to your destiny.
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Samuel came and anointed
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Samuel came and anointed david as king; a very
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David as king; a very powerful moment. but david
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Powerful moment. but david didn't go to the throne, he
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Didn't go to the throne, he went back to the shepherd's
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Went back to the shepherd's fields. one day, his father
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Fields. one day, his father asked him to take lunch to
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His brothers that were in the
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His brothers that were in the army, in another city. david
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Army, in another city. david could have thought, “dad, i'm
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Could have thought, “dad, i'm not an errand boy. i'm not
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Not an errand boy. i'm not going to take them lunch.
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Going to take them lunch. that's beneath me. you saw
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That's beneath me. you saw him anoint me king. i'm made
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Him anoint me king. i'm made for bigger things than that.”
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For bigger things than that.” he could have dismissed it
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He could have dismissed it and went on his way. but
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And went on his way. but david wasn't too big to do a
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David wasn't too big to do a small thing. he knew as
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Small thing. he knew as you're serving others, you
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You're serving others, you are serving god. he took the
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Are serving god. he took the lunch, that's when he heard
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Lunch, that's when he heard goliath taunting the
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Goliath taunting the israelites. as david walked
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Israelites. as david walked in obedience in small things,
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In obedience in small things, in what seemed insignificant,
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In what seemed insignificant, it was leading him to a big
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It was leading him to a big thing. he would have never
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Thing. he would have never met goliath had he not been
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Met goliath had he not been faithful to do the simple
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Faithful to do the simple task that his father asked.
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Task that his father asked. don't discount small acts of
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Don't discount small acts of obedience. doing simple
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Obedience. doing simple things, that may seem beneath
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Things, that may seem beneath you. “joel, i've got more
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You. “joel, i've got more training than this. i'm more
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Training than this. i'm more qualified, more experienced.
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Qualified, more experienced. don't ask me to take care of
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Don't ask me to take care of the sheep. find somebody else
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The sheep. find somebody else to take them lunch.” you
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To take them lunch.” you don't know what's going to be
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Don't know what's going to be waiting for you. there are
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Waiting for you. there are some goliaths, some destiny
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Some goliaths, some destiny moments, that are hidden in
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Moments, that are hidden in small acts of obedience.
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Small acts of obedience. i used to pick out my
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I used to pick out my father's suit and tie to wear
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Father's suit and tie to wear on television each sunday. i
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On television each sunday. i would go over to his house
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Would go over to his house every saturday evening. i
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Every saturday evening. i would write it down; he wore
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Would write it down; he wore this and that; keep the
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This and that; keep the record. my mom would say,
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Record. my mom would say, “joel, daddy's seventy years
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“joel, daddy's seventy years old. he can pick out his own
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Old. he can pick out his own clothes.” but i had seen what
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Clothes.” but i had seen what my father would wear. i
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My father would wear. i wanted it to look good. i
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Wanted it to look good. i never dreamed one day i would
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Never dreamed one day i would be picking out a suit and tie
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Be picking out a suit and tie for me to wear on television.
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For me to wear on television. being obedient in small
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Being obedient in small things is showing god he can
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Things is showing god he can trust you with big things.
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Trust you with big things. david took lunch to his
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David took lunch to his brothers, honoring god by
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Brothers, honoring god by doing a small thing, and
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Doing a small thing, and goliath showed up, a big
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Goliath showed up, a big thing, that forever changed
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Thing, that forever changed david's life. a destiny
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David's life. a destiny moment, where he became a
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Moment, where he became a national hero.
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National hero. hebrews says, “god is a
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Hebrews says, “god is a rewarder of those that
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Rewarder of those that diligently seek after him.”
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Diligently seek after him.” when you're seeking after
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When you're seeking after god, doing things his way,
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God, doing things his way, then you're on god's payroll.
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Then you're on god's payroll. he's a rewarder. he'll
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He's a rewarder. he'll compensate you. when you do a
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Compensate you. when you do a small act of obedience,
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Small act of obedience, there's a reward. when you
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There's a reward. when you forgive someone that doesn't
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Forgive someone that doesn't deserve it, god will reward
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Deserve it, god will reward you. when you get up in the
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You. when you get up in the morning and take time to
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Morning and take time to thank god for the day and
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Thank god for the day and acknowledge his goodness,
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Acknowledge his goodness, there's a reward. when you
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There's a reward. when you stay faithful in the
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Stay faithful in the shepherd's fields, in
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Shepherd's fields, in obscurity, not getting the
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Obscurity, not getting the credit, but you keep being
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Credit, but you keep being your best, god sees that.
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Your best, god sees that. he'll compensate you. god
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He'll compensate you. god knows how to pay you like no
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Knows how to pay you like no one else. he'll pay you with
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One else. he'll pay you with joy, with wisdom, good
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Joy, with wisdom, good health, great relationships.
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Health, great relationships. but sometimes we're on the
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But sometimes we're on the wrong payroll. we're working
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Wrong payroll. we're working for the wrong boss. maybe
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For the wrong boss. maybe we're self-employed. working
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We're self-employed. working for ourselves. “i've got to
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For ourselves. “i've got to strive; i've got to strain,
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Strive; i've got to strain, work this thing out.” the
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Work this thing out.” the problem is we don't pay well.
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Problem is we don't pay well. you'll barely get minimum
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You'll barely get minimum wage out of that. or we're
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Wage out of that. or we're letting our circumstances be
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Letting our circumstances be the boss. frustrated by
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The boss. frustrated by what's not changing, upset
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What's not changing, upset with the neighbor, trying to
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With the neighbor, trying to set him straight. that
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Set him straight. that doesn't pay well. maybe we're
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Doesn't pay well. maybe we're letting our feelings dictate
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Letting our feelings dictate our mood, people's approval,
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Our mood, people's approval, what they said. “joel, they
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What they said. “joel, they left me out. they said i'm
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Left me out. they said i'm too small. i've got to prove
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Too small. i've got to prove them wrong.” no, you need to
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Them wrong.” no, you need to change payrolls. you need to
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Change payrolls. you need to turn in your resignation. no
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Turn in your resignation. no more letting stress, fear,
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More letting stress, fear, people's opinion, jealousy,
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People's opinion, jealousy, be your boss. get on god's
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Be your boss. get on god's payroll. start doing things
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Payroll. start doing things his way. seeking first his
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His way. seeking first his kingdom.
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Kingdom. have you seen it the first of
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Have you seen it the first of the year? there's this list
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The year? there's this list of best companies to work
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Of best companies to work for. some have great
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For. some have great benefits, beautiful
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Benefits, beautiful facilities, retirement
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Facilities, retirement packages, extended vacation.
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Packages, extended vacation. that's all nice, but nobody
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That's all nice, but nobody can pay you like god can pay
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Can pay you like god can pay you. the best payroll you
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You. the best payroll you could ever be on is the most
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Could ever be on is the most high god's. not just material
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High god's. not just material things but how about paying
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Things but how about paying you with peace, health, a
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You with peace, health, a sound mind. how about
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Sound mind. how about supernatural provision,
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Supernatural provision, protection, favor. i have to
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Remind myself of this,ave to
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Remind myself of this,ave to because it's easy to get on
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Because it's easy to get on someone else's payroll.
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Someone else's payroll. striving, trying to make this
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Striving, trying to make this happen, wondering what it's
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Happen, wondering what it's going to be like in ten
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Going to be like in ten years. “how's this going to
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Years. “how's this going to work out? what if that
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Work out? what if that doesn't change?” you can't
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Control all that. your future
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Control all that. your future is in god's hands. you don't
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Is in god's hands. you don't have to figure it all out.
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Have to figure it all out. it's not up to you to get you
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It's not up to you to get you to your destiny. to open the
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To your destiny. to open the right doors, to find the
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Right doors, to find the right people, to come up with
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Right people, to come up with the plan, the strategy. your
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The plan, the strategy. your job is to keep god first
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Job is to keep god first place. use your gifts and
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Place. use your gifts and talents to honor him. then he
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Talents to honor him. then he promises, he will add
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Promises, he will add everything you need. you
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Everything you need. you don't have to add it. he's
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Don't have to add it. he's responsible to open the
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Responsible to open the doors, bring the right
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Doors, bring the right people, protect you. when
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People, protect you. when you're on his payroll, you'll
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You're on his payroll, you'll be well compensated. he'll
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Be well compensated. he'll take you further than you can
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Take you further than you can imagine.
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Imagine. i wonder today if you need to
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I wonder today if you need to change payrolls? are you
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Change payrolls? are you self-employed, trying to do
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Self-employed, trying to do it all on your own? that's
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It all on your own? that's going to wear you out. are
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Going to wear you out. are you trying to keep score,
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You trying to keep score, outperform, prove who you
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Outperform, prove who you are? you're going to go in
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Are? you're going to go in debt. if dave ramsey were
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Debt. if dave ramsey were here, he would tell you pay
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Here, he would tell you pay it off. get out of debt.
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It off. get out of debt. that's draining the life out
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That's draining the life out of you. trying to keep up
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Of you. trying to keep up with people's expectations,
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With people's expectations, running a race you're not
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Running a race you're not supposed to be in. david
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Would have never made it to
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Would have never made it to the throne if he'd been on
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The throne if he'd been on the wrong payroll. out in the
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The wrong payroll. out in the field, if he was bitter,
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Field, if he was bitter, competing with his brothers,
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Competing with his brothers, trying to prove to his father
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Trying to prove to his father who he was, he'd been stuck.
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Who he was, he'd been stuck. his attitude was, “i'm going
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His attitude was, “i'm going to do it god's way. i'm going
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To do it god's way. i'm going to seek first his kingdom.”
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To seek first his kingdom.” he started the morning
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He started the morning thanking god. he excelled
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Thanking god. he excelled where he was, faithful in
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Where he was, faithful in small things, good attitude
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Small things, good attitude day after day, excellent,
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Day after day, excellent, when no one was watching. and
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At the right time, pay day
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At the right time, pay day came. god took him from the
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Came. god took him from the background to the foreground,
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Background to the foreground, from being discounted to
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From being discounted to being in charge. now make
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Being in charge. now make sure you stay on the right
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Sure you stay on the right payroll. do it god's way. no
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Payroll. do it god's way. no more straining, striving,
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More straining, striving, worrying. you're trying to do
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Worrying. you're trying to do god's job. take the pressure
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God's job. take the pressure off. today can be a turning
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Off. today can be a turning point. do your best and then
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Point. do your best and then rest, then god promised, he
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Rest, then god promised, he will add all these things. if
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Will add all these things. if you'll do this, i believe and
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You'll do this, i believe and declare, like with david,
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Declare, like with david, samuel is about to come
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Samuel is about to come looking for you. things you
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Looking for you. things you couldn't make happen. good
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Couldn't make happen. good breaks, the right people,
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Breaks, the right people, healing, freedom, the
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Healing, freedom, the fullness of your destiny, in
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Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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It, can you say amen? (applause)
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I'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life. would you
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me? just say, “lord
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Pray with me? just say, “lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart. i make
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior.” if
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You my lord and savior.” if you prayed that simple
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You prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again. we'd love to send
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Born again. we'd love to send you some free information on
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You some free information on your new walk with the lord.
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Your new walk with the lord. you can text the number on
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You can text the number on the screen or go to the
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The screen or go to the website. but i hope you'll
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Website. but i hope you'll get into a good bible-based
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Get into a good bible-based church and keep god first
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Church and keep god first place.
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It's easy to feel stuck in life
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It's easy to feel stuck in life wondering why
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Wondering why things aren't
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Things aren't changing and worrying
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Changing and worrying if it will ever happen,
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If it will ever happen, but there's
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But there's a better way to wait.
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I'd love to send you
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This book is a collection of prayers and promises
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While you're waiting, it's important
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To keep your mind filled with hope
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Filled with hope and expectancy.
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And expectancy. when you pray in faith,
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When you pray in faith, believe in what god promised,
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Believe in what god promised, that's what moves
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That's what moves the hands of god.
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And that's when you'll see doors open and healing
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And into the promises god has spoken over your life.
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God has spoken over your life. when you pray the promises,
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When you pray the promises, what god has spoken over
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What god has spoken over your life,
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Your life, those are powerful prayers.
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Those are powerful prayers. and that's when
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And that's when god shows up and does
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God shows up and does what only he can do.
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What only he can do. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us.
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For being with us. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day
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You and your family every day and we appreciate your prayer
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity helps us
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Take this message of hope to people around the world.
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To people around the world. a special
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. but until we meet again,
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But until we meet again, may the lord bless
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Joel Osteen - Blessings Finding You

May 10, 2026 | 27:29

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