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Joel Osteen - Celebrate Partial Victories

May 22, 2025 | 27:29

Joel Osteen - Celebrate Partial Victories
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Celebrate Partial Victories | May 22, 2025
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  • (applause) well god bless you. it's
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  • Well god bless you. it's always a joy to come into
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  • Always a joy to come into your homes and if you're
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  • Your homes and if you're ever in our area, please
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  • Ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of
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  • Stop by and be a part of our services.
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  • Our services. i promise you we'll make you
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  • I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but
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  • Feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning
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  • Thanks so much for tuning in and thank you again for
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  • In and thank you again for coming out today.
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  • Coming out today. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny and i heard
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  • Something funny and i heard about this group of elderly
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  • About this group of elderly ladies way up in their
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  • Ladies way up in their eighties. they were driving
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  • Eighties. they were driving down the freeway together
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  • Down the freeway together when they got pulled over
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  • When they got pulled over by a police officer. the
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  • By a police officer. the officer said to the woman
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  • Officer said to the woman driving, "ma'am, do you
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  • Driving, "ma'am, do you realize you're only going
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  • Realize you're only going 35 miles an hour?" she said,
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  • 35 miles an hour?" she said, "yes, officer. i realize
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  • "yes, officer. i realize that." he said, "well, why
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  • That." he said, "well, why are you going so slow?"
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  • Are you going so slow?" she said, "that's what the
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  • She said, "that's what the sign says." he kind of
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  • Sign says." he kind of laughed and said, "no, ma'am.
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  • Laughed and said, "no, ma'am. that's the number of the
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  • That's the number of the freeway. this is highway 35.
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  • Freeway. this is highway 35. and by the way, why do these
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  • And by the way, why do these ladies look so terrified?"
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  • Ladies look so terrified?" she smiled and said, "because
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  • She smiled and said, "because we just got off highway 95."
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  • We just got off highway 95." (laughter)
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  • (laughter) hold up your bible, say it
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  • Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it: this is my
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  • Like you mean it: this is my bible. i am what it says i
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  • Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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  • Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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  • Have. i can do what it says i can do. today i will be
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  • I can do. today i will be taught the word of god.
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  • Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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  • I boldly confess: my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,
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  • Alert, my heart is receptive, i will never be the same. in
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  • I will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • .
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  • I want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about celebrating partial
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  • About celebrating partial victories. we all have
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  • Victories. we all have things in our life that are
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  • Things in our life that are incomplete. a dream hasn't
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  • Incomplete. a dream hasn't come to pass, a problem
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  • Come to pass, a problem hasn't turned around. we've
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  • Hasn't turned around. we've made some progress, seen the
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  • Made some progress, seen the sign of god's favor but it's
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  • Sign of god's favor but it's still unfinished. the mistake
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  • Still unfinished. the mistake we make too often is we wait
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  • We make too often is we wait for the total victory to
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  • For the total victory to celebrate. "as soon i get
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  • Celebrate. "as soon i get over this illness, as soon
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  • Over this illness, as soon as this legal situation
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  • As this legal situation clears up." or "joel, when
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  • Clears up." or "joel, when i break free from this
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  • I break free from this addiction, then i'll
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  • Addiction, then i'll celebrate."
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  • Celebrate." no, the key to seeing it come
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  • No, the key to seeing it come to fulfillment is you have to
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  • To fulfillment is you have to celebrate partial victories
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  • Celebrate partial victories along the way. you're not
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  • Along the way. you're not totally out of debt but you
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  • Totally out of debt but you paid off one credit card.
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  • Paid off one credit card. celebrate what god has done.
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  • Celebrate what god has done. you haven't lost all the
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  • You haven't lost all the weight, but you did lose
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  • Weight, but you did lose five pounds. celebrate that
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  • Five pounds. celebrate that victory. you haven't
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  • Victory. you haven't received your college
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  • Received your college degree, but you did finish
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  • Degree, but you did finish your first year.
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  • Your first year. when you celebrate your
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  • When you celebrate your partial victories it gives
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  • Partial victories it gives you the strength to keep
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  • You the strength to keep moving forward.
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  • Moving forward. i talked to an elderly lady
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  • I talked to an elderly lady recently. she'd had a stroke.
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  • Recently. she'd had a stroke. she was walking very slowly
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  • She was walking very slowly with a cane. i asked how
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  • With a cane. i asked how she was doing. she could
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  • She was doing. she could have complained, "i can't
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  • Have complained, "i can't believe i had this stroke,
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  • Believe i had this stroke, barely walk anymore."
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  • Barely walk anymore." instead, she smiled real big
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  • Instead, she smiled real big and said, "joel, i have to
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  • And said, "joel, i have to use this cane, but at least
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  • Use this cane, but at least i'm walking." she was saying,
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  • I'm walking." she was saying, "i could be at home. i could
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  • "i could be at home. i could be in bed. i'm not totally
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  • Be in bed. i'm not totally well but i'm headed that
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  • Well but i'm headed that way." when you thank god
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  • Way." when you thank god for the partial, he'll
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  • For the partial, he'll release more healing, more
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  • Release more healing, more strength, more favor.
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  • Strength, more favor. sometimes we're so focused
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  • Sometimes we're so focused on the completion, we miss
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  • On the completion, we miss and take for granted the
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  • And take for granted the small victories.
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  • Small victories. your child may not be on
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  • Your child may not be on course yet but he was
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  • Course yet but he was respectful this morning.
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  • Respectful this morning. that's a partial victory.
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  • That's a partial victory. thank god for it.
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  • Thank god for it. you're struggling with those
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  • You're struggling with those anxiety attacks but you
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  • Anxiety attacks but you haven't had one in three
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  • Haven't had one in three weeks, a partial victory.
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  • Weeks, a partial victory. "lord, thank you that i'm
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  • "lord, thank you that i'm getting better."
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  • Getting better." or maybe you didn't make
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  • Or maybe you didn't make that big sale that you
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  • That big sale that you worked so hard for. things
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  • Worked so hard for. things fell through but you did
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  • Fell through but you did sell something. don't go
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  • Sell something. don't go around complaining.
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  • Around complaining. "i'll never get ahead." be
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  • "i'll never get ahead." be grateful for your partial
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  • Grateful for your partial victories. your time is
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  • Victories. your time is coming. god is on the throne.
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  • Coming. god is on the throne. if you'll pass this test of
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  • If you'll pass this test of being grateful for the small,
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  • Being grateful for the small, god will release big things
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  • God will release big things in your life.
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  • In your life. when jesus needed food to
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  • When jesus needed food to feed five thousand people,
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  • Feed five thousand people, his disciples brought him
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  • His disciples brought him five loaves of bread and two
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  • Five loaves of bread and two fish and said, "this is all
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  • Fish and said, "this is all we could find." jesus could
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  • We could find." jesus could have looked up to the heavens
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  • Have looked up to the heavens and said, "father, are you
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  • And said, "father, are you kidding? i need to feed
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  • Kidding? i need to feed five thousand and this is
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  • Five thousand and this is what you've given me."
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  • What you've given me." but he saw it from a
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  • But he saw it from a different perspective.
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  • Different perspective. his attitude was, "i could
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  • His attitude was, "i could have nothing but father,
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  • Have nothing but father, thank you that you blessed
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  • Thank you that you blessed me with this small amount.
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  • Me with this small amount. thank you for the five loaves
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  • Thank you for the five loaves and two fish." because he was
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  • And two fish." because he was grateful for the partial, god
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  • Grateful for the partial, god multiplied it and gave him
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  • Multiplied it and gave him more. are you complaining
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  • More. are you complaining about the partial or are you
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  • About the partial or are you celebrating the partial?
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  • Celebrating the partial? are you so focused on how far
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  • Are you so focused on how far you have to go that you're
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  • You have to go that you're missing the small miracles
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  • Missing the small miracles along the way?
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  • Along the way? don't let the completion of
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  • Don't let the completion of what you're believing for
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  • What you're believing for keep your thanksgiving back.
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  • Keep your thanksgiving back. celebrating partial victories
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  • Celebrating partial victories is what will lead you to
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  • Is what will lead you to total victory.
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  • Total victory. moses malone was a hall of
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  • Moses malone was a hall of fame basketball player that
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  • Fame basketball player that played right in this
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  • Played right in this facility.
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  • Facility. he recently went to be with
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  • He recently went to be with the lord. at the funeral,
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  • The lord. at the funeral, another great player, charles
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  • Another great player, charles barkley told how moses had
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  • Barkley told how moses had taken him under his wing,
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  • Taken him under his wing, treated him like a son.
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  • Treated him like a son. in fact, charles had so much
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  • In fact, charles had so much respect and admiration for
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  • Respect and admiration for moses, he called him dad.
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  • Moses, he called him dad. when charles first came into
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  • When charles first came into the league, moses said,
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  • The league, moses said, "charles, you're overweight.
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  • "charles, you're overweight. you're too heavy. you're
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  • You're too heavy. you're never going to be your best.
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  • Never going to be your best. i want you to lose ten
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  • I want you to lose ten pounds." charles went out,
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  • Pounds." charles went out, worked hard, watched what
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  • Worked hard, watched what he ate. came back a few weeks
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  • He ate. came back a few weeks later, he had lost those ten
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  • Later, he had lost those ten pounds. he and moses
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  • Pounds. he and moses celebrated together. then
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  • Celebrated together. then moses said, "charles, now i
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  • Moses said, "charles, now i want you to go out and lose
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  • Want you to go out and lose ten more pounds." he went
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  • Ten more pounds." he went back, did the same thing.
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  • Back, did the same thing. worked hard, came back a few
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  • Worked hard, came back a few weeks later, they celebrated
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  • Weeks later, they celebrated together. this happened six
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  • Together. this happened six more times. after charles
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  • More times. after charles had lost eighty pounds,
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  • Had lost eighty pounds, moses said, "all right now
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  • Moses said, "all right now you're at your ideal weight.
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  • You're at your ideal weight. you're going to be a great
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  • You're going to be a great basketball player."
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  • Basketball player." charles asked him later,
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  • Charles asked him later, "moses, why didn't you just
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  • "moses, why didn't you just tell me up front you wanted
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  • Tell me up front you wanted me to lose 80 pounds." he
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  • Me to lose 80 pounds." he said, "i knew if i told you
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  • Said, "i knew if i told you at the beginning you would
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  • At the beginning you would have been overwhelmed and
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  • Have been overwhelmed and not thought you could do
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  • Not thought you could do it. but i knew if you took
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  • It. but i knew if you took it in small increments and
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  • It in small increments and we celebrated along the way,
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  • We celebrated along the way, i knew you would stick with
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  • I knew you would stick with it." it's the same principle,
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  • It." it's the same principle, if you'll celebrate your
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  • If you'll celebrate your partial victories that's
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  • Partial victories that's what gives you the strength,
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  • What gives you the strength, the encouragement, the
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  • The encouragement, the determination to keep going.
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  • Determination to keep going. in the scripture, a man by
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  • In the scripture, a man by the name of jonah made a
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  • The name of jonah made a mistake. he tried to run
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  • Mistake. he tried to run away from god and wouldn't
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  • Away from god and wouldn't do what he knew he was
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  • Do what he knew he was supposed to do. he ended
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  • Supposed to do. he ended up in the belly of this
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  • Up in the belly of this whale. it looked hopeless,
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  • Whale. it looked hopeless, it looked like he was done.
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  • It looked like he was done. it was dark, smelly, no way
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  • It was dark, smelly, no way out in the natural. but
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  • Out in the natural. but sitting in the belly of this
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  • Sitting in the belly of this fish, jonah said, "god, i
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  • Fish, jonah said, "god, i offer unto you a sacrifice
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  • Offer unto you a sacrifice of praise with thanksgiving."
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  • Of praise with thanksgiving." he could have been depressed,
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  • He could have been depressed, negative; instead he was
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  • Negative; instead he was thanking god that he was
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  • Thanking god that he was still alive. there were
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  • Still alive. there were plenty of things to complain
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  • Plenty of things to complain about, but he found the one
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  • About, but he found the one thing that was right and he
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  • Thing that was right and he thanked god for that partial
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  • Thanked god for that partial victory. he wasn't out, he
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  • Victory. he wasn't out, he wasn't delivered, but at
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  • Wasn't delivered, but at least his life was spared.
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  • Least his life was spared. as he thanked god for the
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  • As he thanked god for the partial, god went to work,
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  • Partial, god went to work, had that fish spit him up
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  • Had that fish spit him up onto dry ground. it's easy
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  • Onto dry ground. it's easy to complain about what's not
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  • To complain about what's not right. "god, get me out of
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  • Right. "god, get me out of this fish. it stinks in here.
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  • This fish. it stinks in here. modern day: god, i don't like
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  • Modern day: god, i don't like my work. these people don't
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  • My work. these people don't treat me right." complaining
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  • Treat me right." complaining doesn't get god's attention.
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  • Doesn't get god's attention. when we complain, god tunes
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  • When we complain, god tunes it out. if you want god to
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  • It out. if you want god to show up and turn it around,
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  • Show up and turn it around, you have to do like jonah,
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  • You have to do like jonah, even in the tough times,
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  • Even in the tough times, find something to thank him
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  • Find something to thank him for.
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  • For. as a young man, my father had
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  • As a young man, my father had a dream that one day he would
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  • A dream that one day he would pastor a church with
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  • Pastor a church with thousands of people. but
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  • Thousands of people. but for years he was in a small
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  • For years he was in a small feed store, a little building
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  • Feed store, a little building pastoring 90 people. he
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  • Pastoring 90 people. he didn't complain. he preached
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  • Didn't complain. he preached to those ninety like he was
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  • To those ninety like he was preaching to thousands.
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  • Preaching to thousands. his attitude was, "god i know
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  • His attitude was, "god i know i have more in me but this is
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  • I have more in me but this is good. i'm content where i
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  • Good. i'm content where i am." because he was grateful
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  • Am." because he was grateful for the good, god took him
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  • For the good, god took him to very good. he saw the
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  • To very good. he saw the completion of that dream.
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  • Completion of that dream. sometimes we think, "well,
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  • Sometimes we think, "well, when i meet the right person
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  • When i meet the right person i'll have a good attitude.
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  • I'll have a good attitude. when i break the addiction,
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  • When i break the addiction, when i get the funding for
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  • When i get the funding for my dream, then i'll give god
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  • My dream, then i'll give god praise." no, you have to
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  • Praise." no, you have to praise him for the partial.
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  • Praise him for the partial. when it's incomplete, when
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  • When it's incomplete, when it looks dysfunctional, when
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  • It looks dysfunctional, when the medical report says
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  • The medical report says you're not going to get well,
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  • You're not going to get well, when your dream seems
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  • When your dream seems impossible, find something
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  • Impossible, find something good and thank god for it.
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  • Good and thank god for it. (applause)
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  • (applause) the first year i started
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  • The first year i started ministering, every sunday
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  • Ministering, every sunday afternoon i had a
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  • Afternoon i had a celebration. i thanked god
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  • Celebration. i thanked god that he brought me through
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  • That he brought me through another sunday. thousands
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  • Another sunday. thousands of pastors speak every
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  • Of pastors speak every weekend. to them it may have
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  • Weekend. to them it may have been no big deal, but for
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  • Been no big deal, but for me it was a major
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  • Me it was a major accomplishment. on my first
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  • Accomplishment. on my first year anniversary i had a
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  • Year anniversary i had a party for myself. i said,
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  • Party for myself. i said, "lord, thank you for bringing
  • 00:09:23.052 --> 00:09:24.053
  • "lord, thank you for bringing me through another year.
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  • Me through another year. thank you for giving me the
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  • Thank you for giving me the grace. thank you that i
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  • Grace. thank you that i didn't get discouraged.
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  • Didn't get discouraged. thank you that i didn't
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  • Thank you that i didn't listen to the critics.
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  • Listen to the critics. lord, that was good."
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  • Lord, that was good." if nobody else will celebrate
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  • If nobody else will celebrate you, you need to learn to
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  • You, you need to learn to celebrate yourself. have
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  • Celebrate yourself. have your own party. you don't
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  • Your own party. you don't have to tell anyone. just
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  • Have to tell anyone. just between you and god. thank
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  • Between you and god. thank him for his favor in your
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  • Him for his favor in your life. thank him for where
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  • Life. thank him for where he's brought you to. thank
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  • He's brought you to. thank him for fighting your
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  • Him for fighting your battles. if you'll keep
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  • Battles. if you'll keep thanking him for the good,
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  • Thanking him for the good, god will take you to very
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  • God will take you to very good. (applause)
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  • Good. (applause) but sometimes we can be so
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  • But sometimes we can be so hard on ourselves. we focus
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  • Hard on ourselves. we focus on the areas where we don't
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  • On the areas where we don't measure up and how we should
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  • Measure up and how we should be further along. but being
  • 00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:06.929
  • Be further along. but being down on yourself, negative,
  • 00:10:06.996 --> 00:10:09.198
  • Down on yourself, negative, critical, that only makes
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  • Critical, that only makes you do worse. we all have
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  • You do worse. we all have flaws, weaknesses,
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  • Flaws, weaknesses, shortcomings. if you keep
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  • Shortcomings. if you keep dwelling on those things,
  • 00:10:16.205 --> 00:10:17.973
  • Dwelling on those things, then it's going to hold you
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  • Then it's going to hold you back. you need to focus on
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  • Back. you need to focus on what you're doing right and
  • 00:10:21.177 --> 00:10:22.945
  • What you're doing right and not on what you're doing
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  • Not on what you're doing wrong. find the good.
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  • Wrong. find the good. i know a young man that was
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  • I know a young man that was raised by a single parent
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  • Raised by a single parent mother, his dad was never
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  • Mother, his dad was never around. he didn't even know
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  • Around. he didn't even know him. because he didn't have
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  • Him. because he didn't have any kind of father figure
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  • Any kind of father figure in his life, he didn't know
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  • In his life, he didn't know what it means to be a good
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  • What it means to be a good father. now he is a father
  • 00:10:38.761 --> 00:10:41.163
  • Father. now he is a father but he's so hard on himself.
  • 00:10:41.230 --> 00:10:43.733
  • But he's so hard on himself. critical and always being
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  • Critical and always being negative toward himself.
  • 00:10:45.434 --> 00:10:47.603
  • Negative toward himself. i told him, "you need to
  • 00:10:47.670 --> 00:10:49.205
  • I told him, "you need to lighten up. give yourself
  • 00:10:49.271 --> 00:10:50.840
  • Lighten up. give yourself a break. just the fact that
  • 00:10:50.906 --> 00:10:52.875
  • A break. just the fact that you're in your children's
  • 00:10:52.942 --> 00:10:54.009
  • You're in your children's life, trying to be your
  • 00:10:54.076 --> 00:10:55.444
  • Life, trying to be your best, that's a reason to
  • 00:10:55.511 --> 00:10:56.912
  • Best, that's a reason to celebrate. you're doing
  • 00:10:56.979 --> 00:10:58.681
  • Celebrate. you're doing better than your father.
  • 00:10:58.748 --> 00:11:00.216
  • Better than your father. you're setting a new
  • 00:11:00.282 --> 00:11:00.816
  • You're setting a new standard for your family."
  • 00:11:00.883 --> 00:11:02.752
  • Standard for your family." but a lot of people like him
  • 00:11:02.818 --> 00:11:04.420
  • But a lot of people like him have had negative things
  • 00:11:04.487 --> 00:11:05.621
  • Have had negative things passed down, bad habits
  • 00:11:05.688 --> 00:11:07.857
  • Passed down, bad habits they have to overcome,
  • 00:11:07.923 --> 00:11:09.658
  • They have to overcome, generational curses that
  • 00:11:09.725 --> 00:11:11.026
  • Generational curses that they had nothing to do with.
  • 00:11:11.093 --> 00:11:13.329
  • They had nothing to do with. it's easy to stay focused on
  • 00:11:13.395 --> 00:11:14.897
  • It's easy to stay focused on weaknesses and every time
  • 00:11:14.964 --> 00:11:16.799
  • Weaknesses and every time you blew it. that's just
  • 00:11:16.866 --> 00:11:18.234
  • You blew it. that's just going to keep you condemned.
  • 00:11:18.300 --> 00:11:20.236
  • Going to keep you condemned. look away from your flaws
  • 00:11:20.302 --> 00:11:22.071
  • Look away from your flaws and start seeing yourself
  • 00:11:22.138 --> 00:11:23.939
  • And start seeing yourself as a good parent, a good
  • 00:11:24.006 --> 00:11:25.808
  • As a good parent, a good man, a good woman. the enemy
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  • Man, a good woman. the enemy doesn't want you to celebrate
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  • Doesn't want you to celebrate yourself. he'll remind you of
  • 00:11:30.546 --> 00:11:32.648
  • Yourself. he'll remind you of everything that you're not.
  • 00:11:32.715 --> 00:11:34.383
  • Everything that you're not. "you're not a good parent,
  • 00:11:34.450 --> 00:11:35.484
  • "you're not a good parent, how could you say that?
  • 00:11:35.551 --> 00:11:36.986
  • How could you say that? you have these flaws, you're
  • 00:11:37.052 --> 00:11:38.087
  • You have these flaws, you're struggling in these areas,
  • 00:11:38.154 --> 00:11:39.622
  • Struggling in these areas, you don't perform perfectly."
  • 00:11:39.688 --> 00:11:41.123
  • You don't perform perfectly." let that go in one ear and
  • 00:11:41.190 --> 00:11:43.058
  • Let that go in one ear and out the other. you can say,
  • 00:11:43.125 --> 00:11:44.860
  • Out the other. you can say, "i may not be a perfect
  • 00:11:44.927 --> 00:11:46.896
  • "i may not be a perfect parent but i can celebrate
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  • Parent but i can celebrate the fact that at least i'm
  • 00:11:48.664 --> 00:11:50.065
  • The fact that at least i'm here, i'm trying, i'm
  • 00:11:50.132 --> 00:11:51.801
  • Here, i'm trying, i'm responsible, i'm committed,
  • 00:11:51.867 --> 00:11:53.669
  • Responsible, i'm committed, i'm being my best."
  • 00:11:53.736 --> 00:11:54.804
  • I'm being my best." (applause)
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  • (applause) very few people today can
  • 00:11:56.539 --> 00:11:58.040
  • Very few people today can look in the mirror and say,
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  • Look in the mirror and say, "you are good".
  • 00:11:59.708 --> 00:12:01.343
  • "you are good". "well, not me, joel. i don't
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  • "well, not me, joel. i don't perform perfectly, i've got
  • 00:12:02.978 --> 00:12:04.647
  • Perform perfectly, i've got these struggles, i've got
  • 00:12:04.713 --> 00:12:05.815
  • These struggles, i've got these areas of weaknesses."
  • 00:12:05.881 --> 00:12:07.016
  • These areas of weaknesses." no, when you say, "i am
  • 00:12:07.082 --> 00:12:09.051
  • No, when you say, "i am good," it's not because of
  • 00:12:09.118 --> 00:12:11.153
  • Good," it's not because of who you are; it's because
  • 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:13.022
  • Who you are; it's because of whose you are. you are
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  • Of whose you are. you are a child of the most high
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  • A child of the most high god. he handpicked you,
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  • God. he handpicked you, he breathed life into you,
  • 00:12:19.295 --> 00:12:21.997
  • He breathed life into you, he crowned you with his
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  • He crowned you with his favor. he put seeds of
  • 00:12:23.065 --> 00:12:24.633
  • Favor. he put seeds of greatness on the inside.
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  • Greatness on the inside. don't you dare go around
  • 00:12:27.469 --> 00:12:28.270
  • Don't you dare go around feeling like you don't
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  • Feeling like you don't measure up, not good enough,
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  • Measure up, not good enough, intimidated, insecure. who
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  • Intimidated, insecure. who you are is not determined
  • 00:12:33.209 --> 00:12:35.377
  • You are is not determined by how you perform, who you
  • 00:12:35.444 --> 00:12:36.846
  • By how you perform, who you are is determined by who
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  • Are is determined by who your heavenly father is.
  • 00:12:38.647 --> 00:12:40.649
  • Your heavenly father is. you have the dna of
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  • You have the dna of almighty god.
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  • Almighty god. when you make mistakes, and
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  • When you make mistakes, and we all do. when you fall
  • 00:12:45.988 --> 00:12:47.323
  • We all do. when you fall down, the enemy will whisper
  • 00:12:47.389 --> 00:12:49.625
  • Down, the enemy will whisper those condemning voices,
  • 00:12:49.692 --> 00:12:51.393
  • Those condemning voices, "look at you, you're a
  • 00:12:51.460 --> 00:12:52.528
  • "look at you, you're a hypocrite. god's never
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  • Hypocrite. god's never going to bless you."
  • 00:12:53.863 --> 00:12:55.097
  • Going to bless you." just answer back, "i may
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  • Just answer back, "i may have fallen down but i
  • 00:12:56.532 --> 00:12:57.733
  • Have fallen down but i didn't stay down. i got
  • 00:12:57.800 --> 00:12:59.568
  • Didn't stay down. i got back up again. i'm on the
  • 00:12:59.635 --> 00:13:00.970
  • Back up again. i'm on the right course."
  • 00:13:01.036 --> 00:13:02.972
  • Right course." the scripture says, "a good
  • 00:13:03.038 --> 00:13:04.340
  • The scripture says, "a good man falls seven times but
  • 00:13:04.406 --> 00:13:06.408
  • Man falls seven times but the lord raises him up."
  • 00:13:06.475 --> 00:13:08.177
  • The lord raises him up." don't live with that
  • 00:13:08.244 --> 00:13:09.378
  • Don't live with that heaviness. you could be
  • 00:13:09.445 --> 00:13:10.913
  • Heaviness. you could be on the sidelines, depressed,
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  • On the sidelines, depressed, defeated, bitter, but look
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  • Defeated, bitter, but look at you. you're still in the
  • 00:13:14.783 --> 00:13:15.918
  • At you. you're still in the game, you're redeemed,
  • 00:13:15.985 --> 00:13:17.686
  • Game, you're redeemed, you're restored, you're
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  • You're restored, you're moving forward, and you're
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  • Moving forward, and you're headed toward your destiny.
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  • Headed toward your destiny. you can feel good about who
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  • You can feel good about who you are.
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  • You are. on the first day of creation,
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  • On the first day of creation, when god said, "let there
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  • When god said, "let there be light", there were no
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  • Be light", there were no planets, no animals, no
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  • Planets, no animals, no oceans. he knew it wasn't
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  • Oceans. he knew it wasn't finished, but he still took
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  • Finished, but he still took time to celebrate. he still
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  • Time to celebrate. he still said, "it is good". we all
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  • Said, "it is good". we all have things in our life that
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  • Have things in our life that are not finished. maybe
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  • Are not finished. maybe you're struggling with an
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  • You're struggling with an addiction, some kind of
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  • Addiction, some kind of bad habit, not being patient
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  • Bad habit, not being patient or losing your temper.
  • 00:13:50.586 --> 00:13:52.354
  • Or losing your temper. we have these weaknesses,
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  • We have these weaknesses, but you shouldn't go around
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  • But you shouldn't go around down on yourself.
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  • Down on yourself. "what's wrong with me, when
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  • "what's wrong with me, when am i ever gonna do better?"
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  • Am i ever gonna do better?" you have to stop along the
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  • You have to stop along the way and celebrate the small
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  • Way and celebrate the small victories even though the
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  • Victories even though the whole thing is not finished.
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  • Whole thing is not finished. if someone would have been
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  • If someone would have been watching creation, they would
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  • Watching creation, they would have said, "god, what are you
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  • Have said, "god, what are you talking about?
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  • Talking about? 'it is good'. it's not good;
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  • 'it is good'. it's not good; it's chaotic. it's a big
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  • It's chaotic. it's a big mess. nothing is in order."
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  • Mess. nothing is in order." people may look at you and
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  • People may look at you and try to judge you, "what do
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  • Try to judge you, "what do you mean you feel good
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  • You mean you feel good about yourself? you still
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  • About yourself? you still have these weaknesses.
  • 00:14:26.522 --> 00:14:28.557
  • Have these weaknesses. you still struggle in these
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  • You still struggle in these areas." just tell them,
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  • Areas." just tell them, "don't worry. i'm not a
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  • "don't worry. i'm not a finished product. you're
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  • Finished product. you're seeing day 1, day 2, but
  • 00:14:34.196 --> 00:14:36.465
  • Seeing day 1, day 2, but day 6 is coming. what god
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  • Day 6 is coming. what god started in my life he's
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  • Started in my life he's going to finish." (applause)
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  • Going to finish." (applause) in the meantime hold your
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  • In the meantime hold your head up high. you may not
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  • Head up high. you may not be where you want to be,
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  • Be where you want to be, but you can thank god you're
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  • But you can thank god you're not where you used to be.
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  • Not where you used to be. you're growing, you're making
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  • You're growing, you're making progress; you're coming up
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  • Progress; you're coming up higher. don't get so focused
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  • Higher. don't get so focused on how far you have to go.
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  • On how far you have to go. celebrate where you are.
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  • Celebrate where you are. thank god for where he
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  • Thank god for where he brought you to. if you're
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  • Brought you to. if you're waiting for the completion,
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  • Waiting for the completion, for the finished product,
  • 00:15:06.061 --> 00:15:07.563
  • For the finished product, you're going to be waiting
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  • You're going to be waiting your whole lifetime. if you
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  • Your whole lifetime. if you don't learn to celebrate
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  • Don't learn to celebrate the good in day one, in the
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  • The good in day one, in the season that you're in,
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  • Season that you're in, you'll never get to day 2.
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  • You'll never get to day 2. if you're down on yourself
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  • If you're down on yourself because of weaknesses, like
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  • Because of weaknesses, like my friend you don't think
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  • My friend you don't think you're a good enough parent,
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  • You're a good enough parent, you're frustrated because
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  • You're frustrated because you're not far enough along,
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  • You're not far enough along, you're going to get stuck.
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  • You're going to get stuck. i'm not saying to ignore
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  • I'm not saying to ignore issues, not deal with
  • 00:15:30.219 --> 00:15:31.286
  • Issues, not deal with weaknesses. i'm saying you
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  • Weaknesses. i'm saying you have to find the good in
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  • Have to find the good in right now, in the
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  • Right now, in the improvements you're making
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  • Improvements you're making and then thank god for that
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  • And then thank god for that good. it may be small. that's
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  • Good. it may be small. that's okay. god loves for you to
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  • Okay. god loves for you to thank him for small things.
  • 00:15:43.632 --> 00:15:46.101
  • Thank him for small things. you haven't totally broken
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  • You haven't totally broken the addiction but instead
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  • The addiction but instead of smoking ten cigarettes
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  • Of smoking ten cigarettes yesterday, you smoked nine
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  • Yesterday, you smoked nine and a half. (laughter)
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  • And a half. (laughter) you put number 10 out
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  • You put number 10 out halfway through. that was
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  • Halfway through. that was good. celebrate that half.
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  • Good. celebrate that half. when you walked by the
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  • When you walked by the kitchen last night instead
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  • Kitchen last night instead of eating the whole bag of
  • 00:16:02.885 --> 00:16:03.786
  • Of eating the whole bag of oreos, you only ate a dozen.
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  • Oreos, you only ate a dozen. that was good. (laughter)
  • 00:16:05.954 --> 00:16:07.856
  • That was good. (laughter) pat yourself on the back.
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  • Pat yourself on the back. now, don't go celebrate with
  • 00:16:09.525 --> 00:16:10.459
  • Now, don't go celebrate with a piece of cheese cake.
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  • A piece of cheese cake. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) at the office last week,
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  • At the office last week, that person that was rude to
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  • That person that was rude to you, normally you would've
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  • You, normally you would've given them a piece of your
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  • Given them a piece of your mind, told them what you
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  • Mind, told them what you thought. but this time you
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  • Thought. but this time you just smiled, turned around,
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  • Just smiled, turned around, and walked away. for some
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  • And walked away. for some people, no big deal, no
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  • People, no big deal, no reason to celebrate. but
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  • Reason to celebrate. but for you the whole church
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  • For you the whole church should rejoice. zipping it
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  • Should rejoice. zipping it up, that's like god parting
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  • Up, that's like god parting the red sea. what am i
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  • The red sea. what am i saying? it's good to
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  • Saying? it's good to celebrate where you are
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  • Celebrate where you are while god is in the process
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  • While god is in the process of changing you. you don't
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  • Of changing you. you don't have to be finished to feel
  • 00:16:45.260 --> 00:16:47.763
  • Have to be finished to feel good about yourself. too
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  • Good about yourself. too many people go around feeling
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  • Many people go around feeling wrong on the inside. they get
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  • Wrong on the inside. they get up every morning and take
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  • Up every morning and take inventory of their faults,
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  • Inventory of their faults, how they blew it the day
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  • How they blew it the day before, how they don't
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  • Before, how they don't measure up. that's going to
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  • Measure up. that's going to hold you back. being against
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  • Hold you back. being against yourself will keep you from
  • 00:17:03.278 --> 00:17:05.047
  • Yourself will keep you from your destiny. what if on
  • 00:17:05.114 --> 00:17:07.316
  • Your destiny. what if on day one of creation, god
  • 00:17:07.382 --> 00:17:09.485
  • Day one of creation, god would have said, "yes, the
  • 00:17:09.551 --> 00:17:10.686
  • Would have said, "yes, the light is good but everything
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  • Light is good but everything else is so messed up. i've
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  • Else is so messed up. i've got so much work to do.
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  • Got so much work to do. i'm just depressed."
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  • I'm just depressed." no, he was showing us this
  • 00:17:17.226 --> 00:17:18.460
  • No, he was showing us this principle. he knew it wasn't
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  • Principle. he knew it wasn't finished. there were a
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  • Finished. there were a thousand things out of order
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  • Thousand things out of order but he found the one thing
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  • But he found the one thing that was right and said
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  • That was right and said that was good. he could have
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  • That was good. he could have kept on going, kept on
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  • Kept on going, kept on creating, finished it all
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  • Creating, finished it all at once. but instead he
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  • At once. but instead he stopped at the end of each
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  • Stopped at the end of each day to celebrate what he
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  • Day to celebrate what he had done. nobody was there
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  • Had done. nobody was there to praise him, so he praised
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  • To praise him, so he praised himself. have you praised
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  • Himself. have you praised yourself lately? have you
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  • Yourself lately? have you taken time to pat yourself
  • 00:17:45.621 --> 00:17:47.322
  • Taken time to pat yourself on the back and say, "that
  • 00:17:47.389 --> 00:17:48.624
  • On the back and say, "that was good"? you came to
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  • Was good"? you came to church today. that was good.
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  • Church today. that was good. you didn't complain in the
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  • You didn't complain in the traffic. that was good.
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  • Traffic. that was good. you overlooked an insult
  • 00:17:56.165 --> 00:17:57.099
  • You overlooked an insult last week. that was good.
  • 00:17:57.166 --> 00:17:59.301
  • Last week. that was good. you spent time with your
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  • You spent time with your children. that was good.
  • 00:18:00.269 --> 00:18:02.104
  • Children. that was good. you turned the tv off and
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  • You turned the tv off and didn't watch it all night,
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  • Didn't watch it all night, went to bed. that was good.
  • 00:18:04.439 --> 00:18:06.508
  • Went to bed. that was good. a lot of good things you've
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  • A lot of good things you've been doing. take time to
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  • Been doing. take time to compliment yourself. there's
  • 00:18:09.645 --> 00:18:12.114
  • Compliment yourself. there's nothing the enemy would love
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  • Nothing the enemy would love any more than for you to go
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  • Any more than for you to go through life being against
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  • Through life being against yourself, focused on your
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  • Yourself, focused on your failures, on how you don't
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  • Failures, on how you don't measure up. don't fall into
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  • Measure up. don't fall into that trap. when he whispers
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  • That trap. when he whispers those lies, "well, you blew
  • 00:18:24.293 --> 00:18:25.627
  • Those lies, "well, you blew your diet, you were late to
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  • Your diet, you were late to work, you lost your temper,
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  • Work, you lost your temper, you gave into that
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  • You gave into that temptation." just remind
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  • Temptation." just remind yourself: you are not a
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  • Yourself: you are not a finished product. you may
  • 00:18:33.969 --> 00:18:36.038
  • Finished product. you may have some things wrong with
  • 00:18:36.104 --> 00:18:37.206
  • Have some things wrong with you, but you have a lot more
  • 00:18:37.272 --> 00:18:39.408
  • You, but you have a lot more right with you. learn to
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  • Right with you. learn to celebrate who you are and
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  • Celebrate who you are and not beat yourself up because
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  • Not beat yourself up because of who you're not. god is
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  • Of who you're not. god is changing you from glory to
  • 00:18:48.584 --> 00:18:50.185
  • Changing you from glory to glory. you haven't made it
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  • Glory. you haven't made it to day six yet. there are
  • 00:18:51.887 --> 00:18:53.455
  • To day six yet. there are still some unfinished
  • 00:18:53.522 --> 00:18:54.723
  • Still some unfinished things. keep honoring him,
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  • Things. keep honoring him, keep being your best and
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  • Keep being your best and god will get you to where
  • 00:18:58.193 --> 00:18:59.928
  • God will get you to where you're supposed to be.
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  • You're supposed to be. (applause)
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  • (applause) this principle is true as
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  • This principle is true as well in relationships. if
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  • Well in relationships. if you will focus on the good
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  • You will focus on the good in your spouse, your
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  • In your spouse, your children, in your friends,
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  • Children, in your friends, see their strengths, praise
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  • See their strengths, praise them for what you like that
  • 00:19:14.376 --> 00:19:15.844
  • Them for what you like that will draw out more good.
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  • Will draw out more good. people improve when you
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  • People improve when you compliment them for what's
  • 00:19:19.781 --> 00:19:21.383
  • Compliment them for what's right more than when you
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  • Right more than when you nag them for what's wrong.
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  • Nag them for what's wrong. your spouse may have a
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  • Your spouse may have a hundred good qualities but
  • 00:19:26.888 --> 00:19:28.557
  • Hundred good qualities but if you focus on the three
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  • If you focus on the three things you don't like, that
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  • Things you don't like, that can drive you apart. maybe
  • 00:19:31.526 --> 00:19:34.129
  • Can drive you apart. maybe your husband is not a big
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  • Your husband is not a big communicator. he doesn't
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  • Communicator. he doesn't like to talk a lot. you
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  • Like to talk a lot. you could choose to focus on
  • 00:19:39.268 --> 00:19:40.569
  • Could choose to focus on that and it will become a
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  • That and it will become a source of frustration. or
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  • Source of frustration. or you could focus on one of
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  • You could focus on one of his good qualities. the fact
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  • His good qualities. the fact that he's a hard worker,
  • 00:19:47.542 --> 00:19:49.144
  • That he's a hard worker, he's committed, he makes a
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  • He's committed, he makes a good living, you never have
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  • Good living, you never have to wonder about him being
  • 00:19:52.447 --> 00:19:53.682
  • To wonder about him being home. if you'll praise him
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  • Home. if you'll praise him for the good, then god will
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  • For the good, then god will take you to very good. the
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  • Take you to very good. the relationship will get better.
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  • Relationship will get better. or perhaps your children,
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  • Or perhaps your children, they're making c's in school.
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  • They're making c's in school. you're kind of disappointed.
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  • You're kind of disappointed. instead of harping on them,
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  • Instead of harping on them, "well you've got to do
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  • "well you've got to do better, i'm disappointed in
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  • Better, i'm disappointed in you."
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  • You." why don't you praise them for
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  • Why don't you praise them for what they're doing right?
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  • What they're doing right? "hey, you're striving.
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  • "hey, you're striving. you're a hard worker, i'm
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  • You're a hard worker, i'm proud that you're my child."
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  • Proud that you're my child." when you praise them for the
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  • When you praise them for the good, they'll do better.
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  • Good, they'll do better. "well joel my husband gets
  • 00:20:20.008 --> 00:20:21.943
  • "well joel my husband gets on my nerves. he's got flaws,
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  • On my nerves. he's got flaws, he's got weaknesses."
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  • He's got weaknesses." can i say this very
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  • Can i say this very respectfully? so do you.
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  • Respectfully? so do you. if you will overlook the
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  • If you will overlook the things you don't like and
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  • Things you don't like and focus on the things you do
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  • Focus on the things you do like, you can change the
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  • Like, you can change the atmosphere in your home.
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  • Atmosphere in your home. but as long as you're
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  • But as long as you're complaining, "she's not
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  • Complaining, "she's not enough of this, he's not
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  • Enough of this, he's not enough of that. he should
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  • Enough of that. he should be better at that."
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  • Be better at that." here's a news flash, they're
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  • Here's a news flash, they're not a finished product. god
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  • Not a finished product. god is still working on them.
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  • Is still working on them. if they were perfect, they
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  • If they were perfect, they wouldn't have married you.
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  • Wouldn't have married you. (laughter) or me! let's make
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  • (laughter) or me! let's make it real.
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  • It real. here's what i'm saying.
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  • Here's what i'm saying. god brought the two of you
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  • God brought the two of you together on purpose so like
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  • Together on purpose so like iron sharpens iron, you can
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  • Iron sharpens iron, you can sharpen each other. now
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  • Sharpen each other. now don't use your iron to try
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  • Don't use your iron to try to flatten each other out.
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  • To flatten each other out. don't use your iron to try
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  • Don't use your iron to try to hammer out flaws and
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  • To hammer out flaws and weaknesses. don't use your
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  • Weaknesses. don't use your iron and speak hurtful words
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  • Iron and speak hurtful words that cut like a knife. the
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  • That cut like a knife. the way you sharpen each other
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  • Way you sharpen each other is by bringing out their
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  • Is by bringing out their good qualities. you know
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  • Good qualities. you know how to push the wrong buttons
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  • How to push the wrong buttons that bring out the worst,
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  • That bring out the worst, make them argue, upset, get
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  • Make them argue, upset, get them off course. why don't
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  • Them off course. why don't you try pushing the right
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  • You try pushing the right buttons that bring out their
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  • Buttons that bring out their best? praise them for what
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  • Best? praise them for what you like, encourage them in
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  • You like, encourage them in what they're good at; be a
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  • What they're good at; be a voice of faith and strength
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  • Voice of faith and strength that propels them toward
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  • That propels them toward their destiny.
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  • Their destiny. the truth is we're all going
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  • The truth is we're all going to have some weaknesses till
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  • To have some weaknesses till the day we die. we should be
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  • The day we die. we should be growing, making progress,
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  • Growing, making progress, but there will still be
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  • But there will still be something that we're working
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  • Something that we're working on.
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  • On. celebrating partial victories
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  • Celebrating partial victories means you celebrate the
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  • Means you celebrate the people in your life that are
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  • People in your life that are not finished. they're still
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  • Not finished. they're still growing, still dealing with
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  • Growing, still dealing with some weaknesses. it's easy
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  • Some weaknesses. it's easy to write them off, get upset,
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  • To write them off, get upset, not give them the time of
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  • Not give them the time of day, be unfriendly. why
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  • Day, be unfriendly. why don't you try a new approach
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  • Don't you try a new approach and make allowances for
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  • And make allowances for their weaknesses? overlook
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  • Their weaknesses? overlook those petty things that are
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  • Those petty things that are getting on your nerves.
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  • Getting on your nerves. focus on the good qualities;
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  • Focus on the good qualities; the things that you fell in
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  • The things that you fell in love in the first place in
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  • Love in the first place in your spouse. they're still
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  • Your spouse. they're still there. you've just discovered
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  • There. you've just discovered these other qualities that
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  • These other qualities that you didn't see while you
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  • You didn't see while you were dating. they hadn't
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  • Were dating. they hadn't come to light yet. but before
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  • Come to light yet. but before you pack up and find somebody
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  • You pack up and find somebody else, try celebrating the
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  • Else, try celebrating the good in that man, the good
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  • Good in that man, the good in that woman. they're on
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  • In that woman. they're on the potter's wheel. god is
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  • The potter's wheel. god is in the process of changing
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  • In the process of changing them. if you'll be grateful
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  • Them. if you'll be grateful for the good, god will take
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  • For the good, god will take you to very good.
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  • You to very good. i'm asking you to celebrate
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  • I'm asking you to celebrate your partial victories.
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  • Your partial victories. cheer your spouse on even
  • 00:22:58.700 --> 00:23:00.602
  • Cheer your spouse on even though they're not perfect.
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  • Though they're not perfect. feel good about who you are
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  • Feel good about who you are even though you're still
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  • Even though you're still struggling in some areas.
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  • Struggling in some areas. thank god for the foundation
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  • Thank god for the foundation even though you don't have
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  • Even though you don't have the whole building up. take
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  • The whole building up. take time to celebrate in phases.
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  • Time to celebrate in phases. i've learned the more you
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  • I've learned the more you thank god, the more he'll
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  • Thank god, the more he'll release strength, healing,
  • 00:23:17.486 --> 00:23:18.987
  • Release strength, healing, favor and breakthroughs.
  • 00:23:19.054 --> 00:23:20.822
  • Favor and breakthroughs. if you will celebrate
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  • If you will celebrate partial victories, i believe
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  • Partial victories, i believe and declare what god started
  • 00:23:23.758 --> 00:23:26.161
  • And declare what god started in your life, he is going to
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  • In your life, he is going to finish. you're going to
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  • Finish. you're going to break bad habits, accomplish
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  • Break bad habits, accomplish dreams and become everything
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  • Dreams and become everything he's created you to be, in
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  • He's created you to be, in jesus' name. if you receive
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  • Jesus' name. if you receive it today, can you say amen?
  • 00:23:36.972 --> 00:23:40.909
  • It today, can you say amen? we never like to close our
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  • We never like to close our broadcast without giving you
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  • Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make jesus
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  • An opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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  • The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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  • Would you pray with me? just say, "lord, jesus.
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  • Just say, "lord, jesus. i repent of my sins. come
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  • I repent of my sins. come into my heart. i make you
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  • Into my heart. i make you my lord and savior."
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  • My lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that
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  • Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe
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  • Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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  • You got born again. get in a good bible-based
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  • Get in a good bible-based church. keep god first
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  • Church. keep god first place. he's going to take
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  • Place. he's going to take you places that you never
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  • You places that you never dreamed.
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  • Each week, i stand on
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  • Each week, i stand on this stage
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  • This stage and remind you
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  • And remind you of what god says about you.
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  • Of what god says about you. because it's easy
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  • Because it's easy to be defined by
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  • To be defined by who people say we are,
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  • Who people say we are, or by our own
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  • Or by our own negative thoughts;
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  • Negative thoughts; that we're not talented,
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  • That we're not talented, our problems too big.
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  • Our problems too big. the key is to go back to
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  • The key is to go back to who god says you are.
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  • I'll help you discover your true identity.
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  • Your true identity. god says you're blessed.
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  • God says you're blessed. you're chosen. you're forgiven.
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  • You're chosen. you're forgiven. you have seeds of greatness.
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  • You have seeds of greatness. your future is bright.
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  • Your future is bright. when you get in agreement
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  • When you get in agreement with god and declare
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  • With god and declare his promises,
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  • His promises, you'll rise higher
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  • You'll rise higher and become
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  • And become all you were created to be.
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  • All you were created to be. as our way of saying thank you
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  • 101 great things god says about you:
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  • God says about you: faith reminders
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  • Faith reminders when you need them most.
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  • When you need them most. as you read and reflect,
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  • As you read and reflect, the story of your life, the way
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  • The story of your life, the way you see yourself,
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  • You see yourself, will radically change.
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  • Will radically change. it will become a reflection
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  • It will become a reflection of god himself
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  • Of god himself and what he says about you.
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  • And what he says about you. use this resource
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  • Use this resource to encourage your heart
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  • To encourage your heart and remind you
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  • And remind you of who you are in him.
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  • Of who you are in him. you are everything
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  • You are everything god says about you
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  • God says about you within these pages,
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  • Within these pages, so read it, experience it,
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  • So read it, experience it, and believe it.
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  • At the back of the book to read and declare these reminders
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  • And declare these reminders every day.
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  • Every day. yes, you are
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  • Yes, you are who god says you are.
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  • Who god says you are. now is your time
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  • Now is your time to start believing it.
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  • What god says about you, you're going to see yourself
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  • You're going to see yourself for who you really are:
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  • Victoria and i want you to know
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  • And i want you to know that we love you
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  • That we love you and we pray for you every day.
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  • And we pray for you every day. thanks so much for your prayer
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