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Joel Osteen - Breakthrough Is Coming

June 26, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Breakthrough Is Coming | June 26, 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 elderly woman. she
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About this elderly woman. she came to church one sunday
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Came to church one sunday morning, a friendly usher met
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Morning, a friendly usher met her at the back door and
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Her at the back door and asked where she wanted to
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Asked where she wanted to sit. she said, “i want to sit
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Sit. she said, “i want to sit on the very front row.” he
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On the very front row.” he said, “oh, no ma'am. you
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Said, “oh, no ma'am. you don't want to do that. our
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Don't want to do that. our pastor is very boring. he'll
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Pastor is very boring. he'll put you to sleep. let me seat
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Put you to sleep. let me seat you somewhere else.” she
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You somewhere else.” she looked appalled. she said,
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Looked appalled. she said, “sir, do you know who i am?”
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“sir, do you know who i am?” he said, “no ma'am.” she
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He said, “no ma'am.” she said, “i am the pastor's
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Said, “i am the pastor's mother.” he hung his head in
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Mother.” he hung his head in shame and embarrassment. he
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Shame and embarrassment. he finally looked up and said,
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Finally looked up and said, “ma'am, do you know who i
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“ma'am, do you know who i am?” she said, “no.” he said,
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Am?” she said, “no.” he said, “thank god.” (laughter)
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“thank god.” (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 breakthrough is coming.
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About breakthrough is coming. there are times that god does
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There are times that god does things gradually, through a
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Things gradually, through a process. you stay faithful
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Process. you stay faithful and keep doing the right
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And keep doing the right thing and you begin to see
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Thing and you begin to see improvement, a door opens,
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Improvement, a door opens, your health gets better. the
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Your health gets better. the scripture says, “god brought
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Scripture says, “god brought the israelites out little by
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The israelites out little by little.” that's one way god
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Little.” that's one way god works, but god also does
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Works, but god also does things suddenly. where
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Things suddenly. where there's no sign of it.
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There's no sign of it. nothing is improving. every
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Nothing is improving. every thought tells you, “you're
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Thought tells you, “you're stuck. the obstacles too big.
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Stuck. the obstacles too big. it's never going to work
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It's never going to work out.” then god steps in and
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Out.” then god steps in and suddenly the door opens,
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Suddenly the door opens, suddenly your health turns
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Suddenly your health turns around, suddenly the right
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Around, suddenly the right person shows up, suddenly you
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Person shows up, suddenly you come out of debt. what was
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Come out of debt. what was that? a lucky break? no
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That? a lucky break? no that's the god of the
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That's the god of the breakthrough showing out in
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Breakthrough showing out in your life. a breakthrough is
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Your life. a breakthrough is a sudden burst of god's
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A sudden burst of god's favor. it's a flood of his
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Favor. it's a flood of his goodness, that thrust you
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Goodness, that thrust you ahead. for where god is
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Ahead. for where god is taking you, the dreams he's
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Taking you, the dreams he's put in your heart, the giants
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Put in your heart, the giants that will be in your path,
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That will be in your path, it's not going to all be
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It's not going to all be gradual, little by little, a
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Gradual, little by little, a process that you can see. he
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Process that you can see. he has some of these
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Has some of these breakthrough moments, that
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Breakthrough moments, that you can't explain, that will
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You can't explain, that will catapult you into your
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Catapult you into your destiny.
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Destiny. don't be discouraged by
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Don't be discouraged by what's not happening. you're
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What's not happening. you're doing the right thing and not
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Doing the right thing and not seeing any improvement.
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Seeing any improvement. working hard in your career,
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Working hard in your career, but the doors aren't opening.
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But the doors aren't opening. praying for your child but
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Praying for your child but he's not doing better. you
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He's not doing better. you feel this pressure, this
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Feel this pressure, this worry trying to weigh you
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Worry trying to weigh you down. but god knows what's
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Down. but god knows what's not working out. he sees you
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Not working out. he sees you being your best when things
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Being your best when things aren't fair, when you feel
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Aren't fair, when you feel overlooked. you've done all
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Overlooked. you've done all you can, but the giant is
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You can, but the giant is still there. you haven't even
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Still there. you haven't even budged the obstacle. what
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Budged the obstacle. what you can't see is the god of
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You can't see is the god of the breakthrough is about to
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The breakthrough is about to show up. he's already
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Show up. he's already scheduled these moments where
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Scheduled these moments where it's not going to be a
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It's not going to be a gradual turnaround, not going
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Gradual turnaround, not going to be little by little. it's
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To be little by little. it's going to be a flood of his
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Going to be a flood of his favor. a flood of healing, a
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Favor. a flood of healing, a flood of finances, a flood of
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Flood of finances, a flood of peace. instead of being
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Peace. instead of being overwhelmed by the problem,
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Overwhelmed by the problem, you're going to be
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You're going to be overwhelmed by the goodness
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Overwhelmed by the goodness of god. he has the final say.
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Of god. he has the final say. he has not brought you this
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He has not brought you this far to leave you. no matter
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Far to leave you. no matter how long it's been or how
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How long it's been or how impossible it looks, you have
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Impossible it looks, you have to know deep down in your
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To know deep down in your spirit, the god of the
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Spirit, the god of the breakthrough is on the way.
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Breakthrough is on the way. maybe you're dealing with an
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Maybe you're dealing with an illness, nothing is getting
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Illness, nothing is getting better. stay in faith, the
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Better. stay in faith, the god of the breakthrough is
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God of the breakthrough is about to breathe healing on
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About to breathe healing on your life. you're struggling
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Your life. you're struggling in your finances, can't seem
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In your finances, can't seem to get ahead, the god of the
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To get ahead, the god of the breakthrough is about to
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Breakthrough is about to shift things to where
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Shift things to where abundance finds you. that
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Abundance finds you. that child, that family member has
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Child, that family member has been off track, the more you
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Been off track, the more you pray, the worse he gets.
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Pray, the worse he gets. their time is coming. the god
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Their time is coming. the god of the breakthrough is about
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Of the breakthrough is about to visit them. he knows how
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To visit them. he knows how to suddenly change things.
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To suddenly change things. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with david. in 1 chronicles 14, he
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David. in 1 chronicles 14, he had just been anointed king
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Had just been anointed king over all of israel. this was
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Over all of israel. this was a destiny moment, after years
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A destiny moment, after years of being in the shepherd's
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Of being in the shepherd's fields overlooked and being
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Fields overlooked and being chased by king saul and all
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Chased by king saul and all this opposition, he was
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This opposition, he was finally stepping into the
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Finally stepping into the fullness of what god promised
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Fullness of what god promised him. i'm sure he was so
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Him. i'm sure he was so grateful, excited, a dream
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Grateful, excited, a dream coming to pass. but before he
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Coming to pass. but before he could even celebrate, before
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Could even celebrate, before he could enjoy what god had
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He could enjoy what god had done, the philistines rose up
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Done, the philistines rose up against him and were about to
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Against him and were about to attack. this wasn't random
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Attack. this wasn't random timing; they didn't want him
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Timing; they didn't want him to take this new position.
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To take this new position. they could have opposed him a
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They could have opposed him a year earlier, but they left
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Year earlier, but they left him alone. any time you're
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Him alone. any time you're about to step into a new
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About to step into a new level, the enemy will attack.
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Level, the enemy will attack. he doesn't want you to
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He doesn't want you to fulfill your purpose. he's
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Fulfill your purpose. he's okay if you stay where you
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Okay if you stay where you are. but when you start to
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Are. but when you start to move forward and take new
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Move forward and take new ground, break out of
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Ground, break out of limitations, don't be
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Limitations, don't be surprised if you face
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Surprised if you face resistance. some of the
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Resistance. some of the opposition that's coming
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Opposition that's coming against you, you don't like
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Against you, you don't like it but have a new
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It but have a new perspective. that's a sign
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Perspective. that's a sign you're about to step into a
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You're about to step into a greater level, greater favor,
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Greater level, greater favor, greater influence, greater
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Greater influence, greater opportunity. the enemy
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Opportunity. the enemy is not fighting you for
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Is not fighting you for where you are, he's fighting
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Where you are, he's fighting you for where you're going.
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You for where you're going. he knows you are made in the
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He knows you are made in the image of almighty god. you
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Image of almighty god. you have seeds of greatness.
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Have seeds of greatness. you're a barrier breaker, a
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You're a barrier breaker, a history maker. he wouldn't
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History maker. he wouldn't bother you if you weren't a
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Bother you if you weren't a threat. if you didn't have
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Threat. if you didn't have something valuable, something
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Something valuable, something to impact this world, he'd
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To impact this world, he'd leave you alone.
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The philistines surrounded
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The philistines surrounded david in the valley of
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David in the valley of rephaim, that means the
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Rephaim, that means the valley of giants. he was
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Valley of giants. he was outnumbered, the opposition
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Outnumbered, the opposition was bigger, stronger, they
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Was bigger, stronger, they had more equipment. verse 10
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Had more equipment. verse 10 says, “david inquired of the
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Says, “david inquired of the lord, should i go fight the
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Lord, should i go fight the philistines? god, will you
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Philistines? god, will you give me the victory?” david
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Give me the victory?” david didn't just fight because
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Didn't just fight because there was opposition. he
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There was opposition. he didn't react emotionally,
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Didn't react emotionally, “you're not going to stop
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Me.” he asked god what to do.
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Me.” he asked god what to do. he had this dependency on
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He had this dependency on him. he was putting god first
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Him. he was putting god first place, saying, “not my will,
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Place, saying, “not my will, but let your will be done.”
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But let your will be done.” you're not supposed to fight
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You're not supposed to fight every battle. if you let your
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Every battle. if you let your emotions rule and you get
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Emotions rule and you get upset, “i'm going to pay them
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Upset, “i'm going to pay them back, that's not right.” then
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Back, that's not right.” then you're doing it all in your
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You're doing it all in your own strength. there's no
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Own strength. there's no grace for it. but if you'll
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Grace for it. but if you'll start inquiring of the lord.
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Start inquiring of the lord. “god, what do you want me to
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“god, what do you want me to do? god, i need your wisdom,
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Do? god, i need your wisdom, your strength, your power.”
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Your strength, your power.” when you show your dependency
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When you show your dependency on god, he knows you're
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On god, he knows you're relying on him, then he'll
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Relying on him, then he'll help you fight those battles.
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Help you fight those battles. he'll empower you to defeat
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He'll empower you to defeat giants, to break addictions,
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Giants, to break addictions, to overcome what should have
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To overcome what should have stopped you.
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Stopped you. verse 10 goes on to say, “the
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Verse 10 goes on to say, “the lord said to david, yes go
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Lord said to david, yes go ahead and fight. for i will
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Ahead and fight. for i will give you the victory.” david
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Give you the victory.” david went into this battle with
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Went into this battle with the blessing of god on his
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The blessing of god on his life. when god says you'll be
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Life. when god says you'll be victorious, the opposition
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Victorious, the opposition doesn't have a chance.
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Doesn't have a chance. nothing can stand against our
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Nothing can stand against our god. david went in with his
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God. david went in with his men, all the odds were
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Men, all the odds were against him, and they
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Against him, and they defeated this mighty army.
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Defeated this mighty army. david was so amazed at what
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David was so amazed at what god had done, he said in
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God had done, he said in verse 11, “god has broken
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Verse 11, “god has broken through to my enemies like
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Through to my enemies like the bursting forth of waters.
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The bursting forth of waters. he named the place, baal
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He named the place, baal perazim.” baal perazim means,
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Perazim.” baal perazim means, the god of the breakthrough.
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The god of the breakthrough. david likened this
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David likened this breakthrough to the bursting
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Breakthrough to the bursting forth of water. water is one
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Forth of water. water is one of the most powerful forces.
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Of the most powerful forces. when there's flooding, you
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When there's flooding, you hear that phrase, ‘turn
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Hear that phrase, ‘turn around, don't drown'. it's
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Around, don't drown'. it's because water can pick up a
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Because water can pick up a two-ton car and carry it
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Two-ton car and carry it away, like it's nothing. i've
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Away, like it's nothing. i've seen in a tsunami, water take
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Seen in a tsunami, water take houses off their foundation
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Houses off their foundation and they're floating down the
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And they're floating down the river. a whole house. we've
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River. a whole house. we've seen when a dam breaks, that
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Seen when a dam breaks, that water washes out roadways,
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Water washes out roadways, bridges, bends the steel,
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Bridges, bends the steel, moves anything in its path.
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Moves anything in its path. david could have used the
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David could have used the analogy, “god has broken
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Analogy, “god has broken through like a fire, like a
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Through like a fire, like a hurricane, like a wind.” it
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Hurricane, like a wind.” it would have been impressive.
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Would have been impressive. but he used water to show us,
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But he used water to show us, how nothing can stop it. you
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How nothing can stop it. you may have things that look
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May have things that look immovable in your life today,
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Immovable in your life today, a sickness, an addiction,
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A sickness, an addiction, trouble with a child. it
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Trouble with a child. it seems permanent. but when the
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Seems permanent. but when the god of the breakthrough shows
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God of the breakthrough shows up, those things don't stand
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Up, those things don't stand a chance. like a dam
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A chance. like a dam breaking, like a flood, god's
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Breaking, like a flood, god's power will move anything in
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Power will move anything in its path. cancer can't stop
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Its path. cancer can't stop it. injustice can't stop it.
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It. injustice can't stop it. depression can't stop it.
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Depression can't stop it. jealous people can't stop it.
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Jealous people can't stop it. david said, like the bursting
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David said, like the bursting forth of waters. it's not
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Forth of waters. it's not going to be something
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Going to be something gradual. not a trickle, not a
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Gradual. not a trickle, not a stream, not a river, but a
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Stream, not a river, but a flood of god's favor, a tidal
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Flood of god's favor, a tidal wave of his blessing, a
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Wave of his blessing, a tsunami of his power. when
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Tsunami of his power. when you're tempted to get
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You're tempted to get discouraged, and think your
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Discouraged, and think your situation could never change,
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Situation could never change, turn it around. “father, i
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Turn it around. “father, i know you're the god of the
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Know you're the god of the breakthrough. like you did
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Breakthrough. like you did for david, you will burst
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For david, you will burst through what's trying to stop
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Through what's trying to stop me.”
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The bursting forth implies
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The bursting forth implies something that was held back
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Something that was held back is suddenly released. like a
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Is suddenly released. like a dam bursting, or a flood
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Dam bursting, or a flood breaking through its
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Breaking through its barriers. we all have these
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Seasons in life where we're
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Seasons in life where we're doing the right thing, but
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Doing the right thing, but nothing is changing. no good
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Nothing is changing. no good breaks, our health's not
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Breaks, our health's not improving, the problem not
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Improving, the problem not turning around. we feel this
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Turning around. we feel this pressure. we're tempted to
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Pressure. we're tempted to worry if it's ever going to
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Worry if it's ever going to change. but that pressure is
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Change. but that pressure is a sign something is
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A sign something is happening. when water builds
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Happening. when water builds behind a dam, you don't see
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Behind a dam, you don't see anything on the outside.
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Anything on the outside. there's no shaking, no
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There's no shaking, no movement, no cracks in the
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Movement, no cracks in the concrete. but all this
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Concrete. but all this energy, all this force is
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Energy, all this force is being stored up. the higher
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Being stored up. the higher the water, the more the
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The water, the more the pressure. sometimes the dam
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Pressure. sometimes the dam can get so full and have so
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Can get so full and have so much pressure, they have to
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Much pressure, they have to open the floodgates. there
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Open the floodgates. there have been times when a dam
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Have been times when a dam bursts, and all this water
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Bursts, and all this water suddenly comes flooding out,
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Suddenly comes flooding out, with so much force and so
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With so much force and so much power.
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Much power. the pressure you feel is not
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The pressure you feel is not because god is not working.
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Because god is not working. the silence, things not
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The silence, things not improving doesn't mean it's
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Improving doesn't mean it's never going to change. the
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Never going to change. the water is building up. things
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Water is building up. things are being stored up that you
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Are being stored up that you can't see. the pressure is a
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Can't see. the pressure is a sign that the dam is
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Sign that the dam is weakening. that things are
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Weakening. that things are shifting. momentum is
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Shifting. momentum is building. energy is being
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Building. energy is being stored. when it's the right
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Stored. when it's the right time, it's going to be
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Time, it's going to be suddenly released, like a
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Suddenly released, like a flood. not a trickle. not a
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Flood. not a trickle. not a couple good breaks. not one
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Couple good breaks. not one problem turned around. no,
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Problem turned around. no, like david, the whole army
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Like david, the whole army was wiped out. god burst
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Was wiped out. god burst through with favor, with
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Through with favor, with promotion, with power, that
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Promotion, with power, that they had never seen. don't
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They had never seen. don't let the pressure fool you.
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Let the pressure fool you. it's not a sign that god has
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It's not a sign that god has forgotten about you, that
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Forgotten about you, that it's never going to work out.
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It's never going to work out. it's a sign that the water is
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It's a sign that the water is building up. that god's about
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Building up. that god's about to come breaking through.
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Think about paul and silas.
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Think about paul and silas. they were put in prison for
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They were put in prison for sharing their faith. they had
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Sharing their faith. they had been beaten and were bruised
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Been beaten and were bruised and bloody. now they were in
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And bloody. now they were in the dungeon in chains,
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The dungeon in chains, awaiting trial the next day.
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Awaiting trial the next day. stephen, an apostle, had
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Stephen, an apostle, had already been killed by the
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Already been killed by the opposition. it looked like
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Opposition. it looked like they were next. imagine the
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They were next. imagine the pressure they felt. not just
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Pressure they felt. not just physically from their wounds
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Physically from their wounds and being injured, but
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And being injured, but emotionally, thinking that
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Was it. there was no way out.
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Was it. there was no way out. they could have been bitter,
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They could have been bitter, “god, why did this happen? we
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“god, why did this happen? we were doing the right thing.”
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Were doing the right thing.” but in the middle of the
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But in the middle of the prison, they were singing
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Prison, they were singing praises and thanking god.
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Praises and thanking god. they were showing us a key.
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They were showing us a key. turn your pressure into
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Turn your pressure into praise. turn your worry into
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Praise. turn your worry into worship. instead of
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Worship. instead of complaining about what didn't
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Complaining about what didn't work out and feeling
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Work out and feeling overwhelmed by what's not
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Overwhelmed by what's not changing, why don't you do
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Changing, why don't you do like them, and thank god that
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Like them, and thank god that he's fighting your battles,
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He's fighting your battles, that nothing can stand
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That nothing can stand against him, that what he
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Against him, that what he started, he will finish in
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Started, he will finish in your life.
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Your life. they felt all this pressure,
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They felt all this pressure, but they understood it was a
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But they understood it was a sign that something was
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Sign that something was building up, that the water,
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Building up, that the water, so to speak, was rising,
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So to speak, was rising, creating momentum. that god
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Creating momentum. that god was working. at midnight,
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Was working. at midnight, while they were singing
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While they were singing praises, suddenly there was a
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Praises, suddenly there was a great earthquake, the prison
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Great earthquake, the prison doors flung open, the chains
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Doors flung open, the chains came off their feet, and they
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Came off their feet, and they walked out as free men. what
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Walked out as free men. what happened? the dam broke, the
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Happened? the dam broke, the water came bursting through.
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Water came bursting through. how are you handling the
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How are you handling the pressure in your life? what
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Pressure in your life? what are you saying in the seasons
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Are you saying in the seasons when nothing is changing? it
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When nothing is changing? it feels like god has forgotten
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Feels like god has forgotten about you. like david the
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About you. like david the philistines have you
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Philistines have you surrounded. the sickness, the
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Surrounded. the sickness, the debt, the trouble. if you
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Debt, the trouble. if you complain, live discouraged,
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Complain, live discouraged, you're going to miss what god
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You're going to miss what god has for you. try a different
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Has for you. try a different approach, the pressure is a
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Approach, the pressure is a sign that the dam is about to
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Sign that the dam is about to break. the water is about to
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Break. the water is about to burst forth. david felt his
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Burst forth. david felt his greatest pressure, his
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Greatest pressure, his greatest opposition, right
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Greatest opposition, right before he saw the god of the
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Before he saw the god of the breakthrough show up. you may
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Breakthrough show up. you may be under great pressure now,
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Be under great pressure now, raising children, dealing
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Raising children, dealing with issues at work,
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With issues at work, struggling in your finances.
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Struggling in your finances. god sees what you're up
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God sees what you're up against. he knows how much
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Against. he knows how much pressure you can handle. he
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Pressure you can handle. he wouldn't have allowed it if
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Wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to work for
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It wasn't going to work for your good. that pressure that
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Your good. that pressure that feels so strong against you,
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Feels so strong against you, that's an indication of the
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That's an indication of the favor and blessing that's
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Favor and blessing that's going to be unleashed in your
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Going to be unleashed in your life. it is building up. like
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Life. it is building up. like the bursting forth of waters,
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The bursting forth of waters, you're going to see the
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You're going to see the goodness of god.
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Goodness of god. it's because, you've been
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It's because, you've been like paul and silas. in that
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Like paul and silas. in that midnight hour, when it wasn't
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Midnight hour, when it wasn't fair, the pressure could have
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Fair, the pressure could have easily overwhelmed you, but
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Easily overwhelmed you, but you're still singing praises.
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You're still singing praises. you still have an attitude of
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You still have an attitude of faith. you're still coming to
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Faith. you're still coming to church and being your best at
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Church and being your best at work. can i encourage you?
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Work. can i encourage you? your time is coming. the
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Your time is coming. the psalmist put it this way,
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Psalmist put it this way, “when darkness overtakes the
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“when darkness overtakes the righteous, light will come
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Righteous, light will come bursting in.” this is not a
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Bursting in.” this is not a gradual process. this is not
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Gradual process. this is not something that improved a
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Something that improved a little over time. this is
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Little over time. this is talking about the god of the
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Talking about the god of the breakthrough, where suddenly
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Breakthrough, where suddenly things shift. suddenly the
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Things shift. suddenly the problem turns around,
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Problem turns around, suddenly your business takes
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Suddenly your business takes off, suddenly you're free
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Off, suddenly you're free from the addiction, suddenly
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From the addiction, suddenly your child comes back home.
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Your child comes back home. get ready for some
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Get ready for some suddenlies. like a dam
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Suddenlies. like a dam breaking. god is about to
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Breaking. god is about to unleash what's been stored up.
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Unleash what's been stored up. you can't reach your destiny
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You can't reach your destiny just by ordinary means. the
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Just by ordinary means. the philistines were too strong
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Philistines were too strong for david. goliath was too
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For david. goliath was too big. saul was too powerful.
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Big. saul was too powerful. david's father overlooked
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David's father overlooked him. david felt this pressure
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Him. david felt this pressure again and again. he could
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Again and again. he could have complained and thought,
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Have complained and thought, “it's never going to work
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“it's never going to work out.” but listen to his
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Out.” but listen to his attitude. he said, “oh
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Attitude. he said, “oh magnify the lord with me. let
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Magnify the lord with me. let us exalt his name together.”
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Us exalt his name together.” he was saying, “i'm not going
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He was saying, “i'm not going to magnify my problems, i
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To magnify my problems, i know i serve the god of the
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Know i serve the god of the breakthrough. i'm going to
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Breakthrough. i'm going to magnify him.” another place
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Magnify him.” another place he wrote, “a thousand may
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He wrote, “a thousand may fall at my side and ten
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Fall at my side and ten thousand at my right hand,
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Thousand at my right hand, but it won't come near me.
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But it won't come near me. for the lord is my light and
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For the lord is my light and my salvation. whom shall i
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My salvation. whom shall i fear?” he felt the pressure,
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Fear?” he felt the pressure, but he turned it into praise.
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But he turned it into praise. the pressure in your life is
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The pressure in your life is not there to defeat you, it's
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Not there to defeat you, it's there to propel you. you're
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There to propel you. you're feeling the weight, the
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Feeling the weight, the worry, the forces trying to
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Worry, the forces trying to stop you, but that pressure
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Stop you, but that pressure is a sign something is
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Is a sign something is shifting, favor is building,
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Shifting, favor is building, healing is being stored up,
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Healing is being stored up, vindication, open doors. at
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Vindication, open doors. at the right time, like the
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The right time, like the bursting forth of waters,
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Bursting forth of waters, you're going to see the
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You're going to see the goodness of god. something
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Goodness of god. something you could have never made
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You could have never made happen that propels you into
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Your purpose.
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You may be in a difficult
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You may be in a difficult season now. you don't see how
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Season now. you don't see how it can ever work out, but
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It can ever work out, but don't ever rule out the god
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Don't ever rule out the god of the breakthrough. one
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Of the breakthrough. one touch of his favor. one good
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Touch of his favor. one good break, one contract, one
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Break, one contract, one goliath you defeat, and
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Goliath you defeat, and you're catapulted to a new
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You're catapulted to a new level. i need to give you a
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Level. i need to give you a special weather alert. this
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Special weather alert. this is just in. you are under a
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Is just in. you are under a flash flood warning. at any
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Flash flood warning. at any moment, you could see a flood
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Moment, you could see a flood of god's favor. a flood of
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Of god's favor. a flood of healing. a flood of
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Healing. a flood of abundance. not a trickle, not
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Abundance. not a trickle, not a little mist here and there,
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A little mist here and there, not a light rain. we're
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Not a light rain. we're grateful for all that. we
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Grateful for all that. we thank god for sustaining us.
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Thank god for sustaining us. but i'm talking today about
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But i'm talking today about something uncommon, unusual,
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Something uncommon, unusual, that you never saw coming.
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That you never saw coming. this happens when you're
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This happens when you're under pressure. when thoughts
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Under pressure. when thoughts tell you, “it's too much. you
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Tell you, “it's too much. you can't take it. it's never
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Can't take it. it's never going to change.” no, that
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Going to change.” no, that pressure means the dam is
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Pressure means the dam is about to break. what god has
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About to break. what god has stored up is about to come
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Stored up is about to come bursting forth like a flood.
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Bursting forth like a flood. like a tidal wave, like a
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Like a tidal wave, like a tsunami. everything that's in
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Tsunami. everything that's in your path that's trying to
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Your path that's trying to stop you, is going to be
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Stop you, is going to be washed away. his power is
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Washed away. his power is greater than anything that
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Greater than anything that comes against you.
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There's a lot in life that we
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There's a lot in life that we cannot overcome by ourselves.
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Cannot overcome by ourselves. if we're just trying to do it
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If we're just trying to do it all in our own strength, our
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All in our own strength, our intellect, our connections,
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Intellect, our connections, our resources, we're going to
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Be frustrated. because the
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Be frustrated. because the philistines will show up.
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Philistines will show up. people bigger and stronger.
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People bigger and stronger. it could be an illness,
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It could be an illness, dysfunction that was passed
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Dysfunction that was passed down, trouble in the home.
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Down, trouble in the home. these obstacles are going to
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These obstacles are going to take supernatural power. god
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Take supernatural power. god has already scheduled these
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Has already scheduled these breakthrough moments. he's
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Breakthrough moments. he's already lined up these times
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Already lined up these times where his power will come
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Where his power will come like the bursting forth of
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Like the bursting forth of waters. while you're waiting,
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Waters. while you're waiting, feeling that pressure, this
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Feeling that pressure, this is a very important time.
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Is a very important time. thoughts will try to get you
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Thoughts will try to get you discouraged, worried. no, you
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Discouraged, worried. no, you know the secret, the pressure
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Know the secret, the pressure is a sign that the water is
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Is a sign that the water is rising, the momentum is
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Rising, the momentum is building, things are shifting
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Building, things are shifting that you can't see. at the
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That you can't see. at the right time, you're going to
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Right time, you're going to see god show out in your life.
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David was so amazed at whatfe.
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David was so amazed at whatfe. god had done, so grateful
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God had done, so grateful that they had defeated the
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That they had defeated the philistines, the scripture
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Philistines, the scripture says, he named the place baal
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Says, he named the place baal perazim, the god of the
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Perazim, the god of the breakthrough. every time
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Breakthrough. every time david and his men would come
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David and his men would come by that city, they would say,
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By that city, they would say, “remember that place? that's
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“remember that place? that's where the god of the
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Where the god of the breakthrough showed up.” even
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Breakthrough showed up.” even generations later, when
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Generations later, when david's grandchildren and
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David's grandchildren and great grandchildren would
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Great grandchildren would pass by, they would say, “oh
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Pass by, they would say, “oh yeah, we remember this place.
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Granddaddy told us about how
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Granddaddy told us about how the god of the breakthrough
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The god of the breakthrough helped them defeat an army
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Helped them defeat an army twice their size.” every one
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Twice their size.” every one of us should have some baal
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Of us should have some baal perazims, where we can look
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Perazims, where we can look back and say, “that's where
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Back and say, “that's where the god of the breakthrough
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The god of the breakthrough showed out in my life. that's
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Showed out in my life. that's where god healed me. that's
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Where god healed me. that's where he protected me, that's
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Where he protected me, that's where he opened a door i
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Where he opened a door i couldn't open, that's where
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Couldn't open, that's where he turned my child around.”
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He turned my child around.” every time i drive up to this
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Every time i drive up to this building, i realize, it's a
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Building, i realize, it's a baal perazim. when all the
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Baal perazim. when all the odds were against us. the
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Odds were against us. the experts said we didn't have a
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Experts said we didn't have a chance, but the god of the
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Chance, but the god of the breakthrough stepped in. like
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Breakthrough stepped in. like a flood, he moved the wrong
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A flood, he moved the wrong people out of the way and
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People out of the way and made a path where we didn't
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Made a path where we didn't see a way, and here we are
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See a way, and here we are now. lakewood is sixty-seven
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Now. lakewood is sixty-seven years old today on mother's
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Years old today on mother's day. i remember when we were
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Day. i remember when we were trying to acquire this
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Trying to acquire this building, i felt all this
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Building, i felt all this pressure. i'm sure my team
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Pressure. i'm sure my team did too. the other side had
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Did too. the other side had more finances, more
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More finances, more resources, more connections.
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Resources, more connections. there were nights i couldn't
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There were nights i couldn't really sleep. i tried but
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Really sleep. i tried but thoughts whispered, “you're
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Thoughts whispered, “you're wasting your time, joel.” the
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Wasting your time, joel.” the night before the main city
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Night before the main city council vote, we were one
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Council vote, we were one vote shy. we had worked a
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Vote shy. we had worked a year and a half and one of
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Year and a half and one of the council members that was
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The council members that was for us decided to be out of
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For us decided to be out of town. that meant we wouldn't
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Town. that meant we wouldn't have enough votes. but people
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Have enough votes. but people cannot stop what god has
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Cannot stop what god has purposed for your life. what
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Purposed for your life. what he has intended for you, is
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He has intended for you, is not going to go to someone
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Not going to go to someone else. there will be these
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Else. there will be these times where it's out of your
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Times where it's out of your control. you've done all you
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Control. you've done all you can. we did our best. we
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Can. we did our best. we worked hard, prayed and
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Worked hard, prayed and believed, but we were still
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Believed, but we were still lacking one vote. but the
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Lacking one vote. but the night before the main vote,
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Night before the main vote, the god of the breakthrough
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The god of the breakthrough showed up. a lady i had never
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Showed up. a lady i had never met called a council member
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Met called a council member that had been against us the
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That had been against us the whole time. her call changed
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Whole time. her call changed the council member's mind and
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The council member's mind and he voted for us. we got the
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He voted for us. we got the building. what i couldn't do
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Building. what i couldn't do in a year and a half of
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In a year and a half of trying to persuade him, she
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Trying to persuade him, she did in a five-minute phone
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Did in a five-minute phone call. what was that? a flood
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Call. what was that? a flood of god's favor. all that
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Of god's favor. all that pressure i felt, it was like
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Pressure i felt, it was like water building up behind a
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Water building up behind a dam, about to break. at the
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Dam, about to break. at the right time, what god has for
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Right time, what god has for you, is going to come
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You, is going to come bursting forth. i know you've
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Bursting forth. i know you've seen his goodness in the
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Seen his goodness in the past, but you haven't seen
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Past, but you haven't seen anything yet. he has some new
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Anything yet. he has some new baal perizams in store for
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You.
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I think about my mother, she
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I think about my mother, she lived forty-four years after
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Lived forty-four years after she was diagnosed with
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She was diagnosed with terminal cancer. she was a
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Terminal cancer. she was a baal perazim. every time we
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Baal perazim. every time we saw her, that's the god of
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Saw her, that's the god of the breakthrough. in my early
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The breakthrough. in my early twenties, i was driving on
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Twenties, i was driving on the freeway, it was raining
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The freeway, it was raining really bad. when i went to
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Really bad. when i went to change lanes, i lost control
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Change lanes, i lost control of my car. i hit the guard
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Of my car. i hit the guard rail in the middle and
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Rail in the middle and started spinning back across
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Started spinning back across five lanes of traffic. at one
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Point i looked up, i could
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Point i looked up, i could see the front grill of this
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See the front grill of this eighteen-wheeler. i was
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Eighteen-wheeler. i was facing the wrong direction.
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Facing the wrong direction. it was like ten feet in front
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It was like ten feet in front of me. i felt like i could
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Of me. i felt like i could touch it. i braced myself.
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Touch it. i braced myself. all i had time to say was
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All i had time to say was jesus. sometimes you can't
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Jesus. sometimes you can't pray long. but when you call
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Pray long. but when you call on the name of jesus, angels
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On the name of jesus, angels go to work. forces of
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Go to work. forces of darkness are pushed back. the
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Darkness are pushed back. the next thing i knew, i was over
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Next thing i knew, i was over on the shoulder parked, kind
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On the shoulder parked, kind of in a daze. the driver of
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Of in a daze. the driver of the eighteen-wheeler, he
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The eighteen-wheeler, he pulled over. he came up to my
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Pulled over. he came up to my car. i'll never forget. he
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Car. i'll never forget. he said, “boy you must be living
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Said, “boy you must be living right. because right when i
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Right. because right when i was about to hit you, this
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Was about to hit you, this big burst of wind, blew my
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Big burst of wind, blew my truck into another lane and
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Truck into another lane and somehow, i missed you.”
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Somehow, i missed you.” that's the god of the
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That's the god of the breakthrough. i named that
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Breakthrough. i named that place baal perazim. every
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Place baal perazim. every time i drive by, i can say,
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Time i drive by, i can say, “look what the lord has done.”
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“look what the lord has done.” when my father was a young
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When my father was a young minister, he would drive to
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Minister, he would drive to different cities to preach.
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Different cities to preach. he took his own sound
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He took his own sound equipment with him. one place
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Equipment with him. one place he showed up, went and looked
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He showed up, went and looked at the venue, this little
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At the venue, this little county auditorium. met with a
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County auditorium. met with a few men that had asked him to
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Few men that had asked him to come. he went back to his
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Come. he went back to his car, to get the sound system
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Car, to get the sound system out of his trunk, but somehow
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Out of his trunk, but somehow the trunk closed with his
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The trunk closed with his keys in it. they started
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Keys in it. they started jiggling the trunk and trying
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Jiggling the trunk and trying to open it. they got some
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To open it. they got some coat hangers and tried with
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Coat hangers and tried with no success. there was about a
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No success. there was about a dozen people gathered around;
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Dozen people gathered around; everybody trying to help.
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Everybody trying to help. after about thirty minutes of
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After about thirty minutes of doing everything they could,
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Doing everything they could, my father said, “i'm going to
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My father said, “i'm going to pray and ask god to open this
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Pray and ask god to open this trunk.” they looked at him
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Trunk.” they looked at him like he was from another
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Like he was from another planet. but my father would
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Planet. but my father would pray about anything. he
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Pray about anything. he believed in the god of the
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Believed in the god of the breakthrough. he said, “lord
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Breakthrough. he said, “lord god, you know i need this
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God, you know i need this equipment. i know there's
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Equipment. i know there's nothing too hard for you, so
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Nothing too hard for you, so i'm asking you to open this
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I'm asking you to open this trunk for me.” those other
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Trunk for me.” those other men were snickering and
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Men were snickering and laughing, kind of making fun.
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Laughing, kind of making fun. they thought he was far out.
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They thought he was far out. he tried it, pulled it again,
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He tried it, pulled it again, finagled it and still
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Finagled it and still nothing. they all turned
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Nothing. they all turned around and started to walk
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Around and started to walk inside and were going to come
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Inside and were going to come up with another plan, when
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Up with another plan, when they heard something click.
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They heard something click. they looked back and saw the
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They looked back and saw the trunk all on its own accord,
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Trunk all on its own accord, it began to open up. my
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It began to open up. my father said, it went real
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Father said, it went real slow, like it was saying,
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Slow, like it was saying, “hal-le-lu-jah.” those other
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“hal-le-lu-jah.” those other men said to my dad, “will you
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Men said to my dad, “will you pray for me next?” what was
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Pray for me next?” what was that? the god of the
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That? the god of the breakthrough. suddenly things
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Breakthrough. suddenly things shift. you couldn't make it
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Shift. you couldn't make it happen. you did all you
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Happen. you did all you could. that's when god will
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Could. that's when god will step in and do what you can't.
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Isaiah said, “when the enemy't.
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Isaiah said, “when the enemy't. comes in like a flood, the
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Comes in like a flood, the spirit of god will raise up a
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Spirit of god will raise up a barrier.” the comma is placed
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Barrier.” the comma is placed after the word flood. making
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After the word flood. making the emphasis on the enemy
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The emphasis on the enemy coming like a flood. but in
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The original hebrew language,
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The original hebrew language, there were no commas. many
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There were no commas. many scholars believe the comma
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Scholars believe the comma was put in the wrong place.
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Was put in the wrong place. it should read, “when the
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It should read, “when the enemy comes in, comma, like a
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Enemy comes in, comma, like a flood the spirit of god will
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Flood the spirit of god will rise up.” the emphasis should
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Rise up.” the emphasis should have been on god's power, and
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Have been on god's power, and not the enemy's power. when
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Not the enemy's power. when isaiah wrote this, the people
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Isaiah wrote this, the people were facing injustice,
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Were facing injustice, oppression, armies attacking.
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Oppression, armies attacking. isaiah was saying in effect,
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Isaiah was saying in effect, don't let the pressure fool
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Don't let the pressure fool you, a flood of god's favor
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You, a flood of god's favor is coming. you may have
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Is coming. you may have things trying to stop you
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Things trying to stop you now, you don't see anything
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Now, you don't see anything changing. you have to
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Changing. you have to remember; you're under a
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Remember; you're under a flash flood warning. any
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Flash flood warning. any moment, the god of the
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Moment, the god of the breakthrough could show up in
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Breakthrough could show up in your life. a suddenly, like
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Your life. a suddenly, like the bursting forth of waters.
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The bursting forth of waters. now turn that pressure into
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Now turn that pressure into praise. keep thanking god
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Praise. keep thanking god that he's working. all
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That he's working. all through the day live
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Through the day live breakthrough minded. “god,
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Breakthrough minded. “god, you did it for david, i know
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You did it for david, i know you'll do it for me.” if
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You'll do it for me.” if you'll do this, i believe and
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You'll do this, i believe and declare, breakthrough is
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Declare, breakthrough is coming in your life. you're
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Coming in your life. you're about to see a flood of god's
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About to see a flood of god's healing, promotion, freedom,
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Healing, promotion, freedom, that will catapult you into
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That will catapult you into new levels of your purpose,
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New levels of your purpose, in jesus' name. if you
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In jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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Receive 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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Every day we can live:
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Every day we can live: discouraged, angry,
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Discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated.
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Depressed, defeated. is it possible
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Is it possible to turn these negatives
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To turn these negatives into an outlook
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Into an outlook filled with purpose,
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Filled with purpose, happiness and joy?
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Happiness and joy? every day we make choices.
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Every day we make choices. how we see ourselves,
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How we see ourselves, how we respond to challenges,
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How we respond to challenges, how we approach
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How we approach what's in front of us.
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What kind of day it's going to be.
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You have to decide ahead of time.
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Ahead of time. when you do,
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When you do, you can step into
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You can step into a more blessed, fulfilled life.
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You face in life, including: today,
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Including: today, i choose to
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I choose to turn down the noise,
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Turn down the noise, to believe
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To believe what i cannot see,
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What i cannot see, to be happy,
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To be happy, to trust god's timing.
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God says about you, you're going to live happier,
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You're going to live happier, have more peace,
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Have more peace, and you'll be a bigger blessing
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And you'll be a bigger blessing to others.
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To others. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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Joel Osteen - Breakthrough Is Coming

June 26, 2026 | 27:29

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