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Joel Osteen - Choosing A Good Mood

March 30, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Choosing A Good Mood | March 30, 2026

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd
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Visit us in person. we'd love to have you be a part
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Love to have you be a part of one of our services.
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Of one of our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this man. he called the
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About this man. he called the church office and said, “i
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Church office and said, “i want to speak to the head hog
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Want to speak to the head hog at the trough”. the secretary
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At the trough”. the secretary was offended. she said, “if
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Was offended. she said, “if you mean the pastor, you're
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You mean the pastor, you're going to have to call him
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Going to have to call him pastor. but you may not call
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Pastor. but you may not call him the head hog at the
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Him the head hog at the trough.” he said, “well,
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Trough.” he said, “well, fine, but i was thinking
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Fine, but i was thinking about making a $5,000
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About making a $5,000 donation to your church.” she
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Donation to your church.” she said, “hang on, porky just
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Said, “hang on, porky just walked in.” (laughter)
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Walked in.” (laughter) say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Be 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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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about choosing a good mood.
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About choosing a good mood. god created us as emotional
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God created us as emotional beings. we can all feel
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Beings. we can all feel things. we feel joy,
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Things. we feel joy, excitement, passion. and we
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Excitement, passion. and we can feel sadness, sorrow,
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Can feel sadness, sorrow, discouragement. feelings come
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Discouragement. feelings come to us all. but here's the
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To us all. but here's the key, feelings don't always
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Key, feelings don't always tell us the truth. feelings
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Tell us the truth. feelings are not facts. when you wake
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Are not facts. when you wake up in the morning, you can
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Up in the morning, you can feel gloom, despair, nothing
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Feel gloom, despair, nothing good in your future. then you
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Good in your future. then you get a cup of coffee, and you
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Get a cup of coffee, and you feel great. you're back to
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Feel great. you're back to normal. feelings can change
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Normal. feelings can change on a dime. the mistake we
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On a dime. the mistake we make is we let feelings
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Make is we let feelings determine our mood. we wake
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Determine our mood. we wake up and think, “how do i feel
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Up and think, “how do i feel today?” if we feel the blahs,
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Today?” if we feel the blahs, then we go around
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Then we go around discouraged. we get stuck in
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Discouraged. we get stuck in traffic. “i feel upset.”
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Traffic. “i feel upset.” someone is rude to us. “i
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Someone is rude to us. “i feel offended.” we have a bad
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Feel offended.” we have a bad break. “i feel self-pity.” we
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Break. “i feel self-pity.” we wonder why we don't enjoy
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Wonder why we don't enjoy life. it's because we're
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Life. it's because we're being ruled by our feelings.
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Being ruled by our feelings. you can't stop feelings from
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You can't stop feelings from coming, but you can say,
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Coming, but you can say, “feelings you are not the
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“feelings you are not the boss of me. you're not going
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Boss of me. you're not going to control my life.” when you
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To control my life.” when you wake up in the morning, you
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Wake up in the morning, you may feel the blahs, “i don't
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May feel the blahs, “i don't want to go to work. i don't
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Want to go to work. i don't want to deal with these
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Want to deal with these children. i have so many
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Children. i have so many problems.” right there, you
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Problems.” right there, you have a choice. are you going
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Have a choice. are you going to let those feelings dictate
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To let those feelings dictate your mood, or are you going
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Your mood, or are you going to rule over those feelings
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To rule over those feelings and decide what kind of mood
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And decide what kind of mood you're going to be in? you
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You're going to be in? you have to be proactive.
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Have to be proactive. “father, thank you that this
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“father, thank you that this is going to be a great day. i
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Is going to be a great day. i know i'm surrounded by your
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Know i'm surrounded by your favor, goodness and mercy are
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Favor, goodness and mercy are following me. you said you
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Following me. you said you hold victory in store for the
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Hold victory in store for the upright.” don't wait for the
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Upright.” don't wait for the feelings to come. get your
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Feelings to come. get your mind filled with the right
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Mind filled with the right thoughts and the feelings
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Thoughts and the feelings will eventually follow your
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Will eventually follow your thoughts.
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Thoughts. this is what david did. he
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This is what david did. he had all kinds of trouble.
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Had all kinds of trouble. armies coming against him,
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Armies coming against him, people slandering him, his
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People slandering him, his own son was trying to take
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Own son was trying to take the throne. you can imagine
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The throne. you can imagine how strong those negative
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How strong those negative feelings were.
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Feelings were. discouragement, anger,
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Discouragement, anger, self-pity. when everything
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Self-pity. when everything said be depressed, be sour.
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Said be depressed, be sour. he woke up in the morning and
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He woke up in the morning and said, “this is the day the
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Said, “this is the day the lord has made. i will rejoice
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Lord has made. i will rejoice and be glad in it.” he wasn't
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And be glad in it.” he wasn't just being positive. he was
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Just being positive. he was telling his feelings, “you're
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Telling his feelings, “you're not going to rule me. you're
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Not going to rule me. you're not going to determine my
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Not going to determine my future.” your will is more
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Future.” your will is more powerful than your feelings.
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Powerful than your feelings. you have to say to
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You have to say to discouragement, “i will
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Discouragement, “i will rejoice.” say to self-pity,
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Rejoice.” say to self-pity, “i will be glad today.” say
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“i will be glad today.” say to sadness, the blahs, to no
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To sadness, the blahs, to no passion, “you're not going to
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Passion, “you're not going to control my life. i may feel
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Control my life. i may feel you but you're not telling me
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You but you're not telling me the truth. you don't dictate
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The truth. you don't dictate my future. i will live this
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My future. i will live this day in faith. i will rejoice.
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Day in faith. i will rejoice. i will be glad in it.” when
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I will be glad in it.” when we're controlled by how we
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We're controlled by how we feel, that's a very surface
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Feel, that's a very surface way to live. you have to go
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Way to live. you have to go deeper than that. you can't
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Deeper than that. you can't stop negative feelings from
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Stop negative feelings from coming but you don't have to
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Coming but you don't have to get on board with them.
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Get on board with them. imagine you're at a train
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Imagine you're at a train station. the conductor says
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Station. the conductor says all aboard. you ask where the
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All aboard. you ask where the train is going. he says,
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Train is going. he says, “it's going to
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“it's going to discouragement, it's going to
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Discouragement, it's going to self-pity, it's going to
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Self-pity, it's going to offense.” you would say, “no
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Offense.” you would say, “no thanks i'm not going there.
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Thanks i'm not going there. i'm going to enjoy this day.”
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I'm going to enjoy this day.” that's what our feelings do.
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That's what our feelings do. you wake up in the morning
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You wake up in the morning and they say, “all aboard.
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And they say, “all aboard. it's going to be a lousy day.
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It's going to be a lousy day. traffic's going to be bad.
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Traffic's going to be bad. you don't like the people at
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You don't like the people at work. your spouse gets on
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Work. your spouse gets on your nerves. last call for
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Your nerves. last call for the depression express.” too
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The depression express.” too often, we hand them our
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Often, we hand them our ticket and step right on. no,
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Ticket and step right on. no, quit getting on board with
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Quit getting on board with those feelings. try a
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Those feelings. try a different approach. next time
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Different approach. next time those negative feelings say,
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Those negative feelings say, “all aboard.” say, “no
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“all aboard.” say, “no thanks. you have the wrong
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Thanks. you have the wrong passenger. i'm not going
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Passenger. i'm not going where you're going. my
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Where you're going. my destination is joy, peace,
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Destination is joy, peace, abundance, victory.” you
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Abundance, victory.” you can't stop the negative
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Can't stop the negative feelings from coming. there
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Feelings from coming. there will always be opportunities
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Will always be opportunities to be discouraged, offended,
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To be discouraged, offended, upset. but you have to make
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Upset. but you have to make the choice, “that's not for
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The choice, “that's not for me. i'm going to live this
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Me. i'm going to live this day in faith. i'm going to
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Day in faith. i'm going to focus on what's right. i'm
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Focus on what's right. i'm going to enjoy my family. i'm
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Going to enjoy my family. i'm going to be grateful. i'm
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Going to be grateful. i'm choosing to have a good
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Choosing to have a good mood.” that's how you rule
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Mood.” that's how you rule your feelings, and not let
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Your feelings, and not let them rule you. when you get
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Them rule you. when you get your mind going in the right
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Your mind going in the right direction, filled with
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Direction, filled with thoughts of faith, hope, and
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Thoughts of faith, hope, and victory, you'll drive away
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Victory, you'll drive away the blahs, the
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The blahs, the discouragement, the
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Discouragement, the discontentment.
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Discontentment. the apostle paul said, “i
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The apostle paul said, “i think myself happy.” you can
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Think myself happy.” you can think yourself discouraged,
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Think yourself discouraged, think yourself bitter. or you
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Think yourself bitter. or you can try a better approach,
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Can try a better approach, and despite how you feel, you
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And despite how you feel, you can think yourself into a
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Can think yourself into a good mood. instead of
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Good mood. instead of dwelling on what you don't
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Dwelling on what you don't have, what's wrong, what
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Have, what's wrong, what didn't work out, start
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Didn't work out, start thinking about what god
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Thinking about what god promised you. “father, you
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Promised you. “father, you said my latter days will be
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Said my latter days will be better than my former days.
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Better than my former days. you said i haven't seen,
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You said i haven't seen, heard, or imagined what you
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Heard, or imagined what you have in store.” maybe a child
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Have in store.” maybe a child is off course. instead of
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Is off course. instead of living worried. “father, you
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Living worried. “father, you said my children will be
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Said my children will be mighty in the land. you said
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Mighty in the land. you said from generation to
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From generation to generation, we will tell of
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Generation, we will tell of your goodness.” instead of
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Your goodness.” instead of following your feelings, you
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Following your feelings, you can get your feelings to
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Can get your feelings to follow you. when you lie in
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Follow you. when you lie in bed in the morning, you can
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Bed in the morning, you can dwell on the negative,
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Dwell on the negative, everything that's wrong, and
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Everything that's wrong, and you're going to draw in more
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You're going to draw in more negative, more
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Negative, more discouragement. or in the
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Discouragement. or in the face of those feelings, you
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Face of those feelings, you can start thinking
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Can start thinking faith-filled thoughts,
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Faith-filled thoughts, positive, hopeful, uplifting.
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Positive, hopeful, uplifting. that's what you're going to
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That's what you're going to draw in.
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Draw in. it's important to start the
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It's important to start the day off in faith. this is
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Day off in faith. this is when the enemy works overtime
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When the enemy works overtime to try to give you the
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To try to give you the blah's. instead of letting
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Blah's. instead of letting him set the tone, why don't
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Him set the tone, why don't you set the tone. before you
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You set the tone. before you get out of bed, you need to
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Get out of bed, you need to decide it's going to be a
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Decide it's going to be a good day and you're going to
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Good day and you're going to live it in faith. the
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Live it in faith. the scripture says, “joy comes in
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Scripture says, “joy comes in the morning.” every morning,
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The morning.” every morning, joy is waiting for you. but
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Joy is waiting for you. but let me tell you what else
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Let me tell you what else comes in the morning. guilt.
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Comes in the morning. guilt. “look at the mistakes you've
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“look at the mistakes you've made.” bitterness. “boy they
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Made.” bitterness. “boy they did you wrong.”
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Did you wrong.” discouragement. “nothing good
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Discouragement. “nothing good is in your future.”
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Is in your future.” self-pity. “why were you
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Self-pity. “why were you raised like that?” god sends
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Raised like that?” god sends joy every morning just for
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Joy every morning just for you, but the enemy sends all
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You, but the enemy sends all these other things. now you
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These other things. now you get to choose. here's the
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Get to choose. here's the key, the negative is easier.
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Key, the negative is easier. living off the surface, just
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Living off the surface, just going by what you feel,
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Going by what you feel, letting that dictate your
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Letting that dictate your day. that doesn't take any
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Day. that doesn't take any effort. but if you're going
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Effort. but if you're going to live a victorious life, if
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To live a victorious life, if you're going to reach your
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You're going to reach your full potential, you have to
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Full potential, you have to go deeper, and not be ruled
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Go deeper, and not be ruled by your emotions, not let
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By your emotions, not let feelings dictate your day.
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Feelings dictate your day. you have to choose to have a
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You have to choose to have a good mood despite the
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Good mood despite the feelings. choose joy despite
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Feelings. choose joy despite the discouragement, choose
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The discouragement, choose faith despite the doubt.
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Faith despite the doubt. in the scripture, habakkuk
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In the scripture, habakkuk said, “though the fig tree
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Said, “though the fig tree does not blossom and there be
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Does not blossom and there be no fruit on the vine. though
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No fruit on the vine. though the olive crops fail and
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The olive crops fail and there are no cattle in the
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There are no cattle in the stalls. yet will i rejoice in
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Stalls. yet will i rejoice in the lord, and joy in the god
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The lord, and joy in the god of my salvation.” he was
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Of my salvation.” he was saying, “when i woke up this
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Saying, “when i woke up this morning, i didn't feel joy.
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Morning, i didn't feel joy. my crops didn't bloom, my
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My crops didn't bloom, my cattle was gone. i felt
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Cattle was gone. i felt discouraged, like i didn't
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Discouraged, like i didn't want to get out of bed.” that
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Want to get out of bed.” that train came by saying,
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Train came by saying, “depression, defeat,
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“depression, defeat, discouragement. all aboard.”
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Discouragement. all aboard.” he had a ticket, he had a
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He had a ticket, he had a good reason. but he
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Good reason. but he understood this principle. he
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Understood this principle. he didn't let his feelings
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Didn't let his feelings dictate his life. he said,
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Dictate his life. he said, “no thanks. that train's not
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“no thanks. that train's not going where i'm going.” all
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Going where i'm going.” all these negative things, crops
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These negative things, crops failed, cattle gone, business
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Failed, cattle gone, business down, then one little word,
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Down, then one little word, “yet”. he was saying, “all
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“yet”. he was saying, “all that's happened to me is not
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That's happened to me is not controlling my attitude. yet
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Controlling my attitude. yet will i rejoice. yet will i be
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Will i rejoice. yet will i be joyful knowing that god is
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Joyful knowing that god is fighting my battles.” you may
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Fighting my battles.” you may have negative feelings. i'm
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Have negative feelings. i'm not asking you to deny what
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Not asking you to deny what you feel, i'm asking you to
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You feel, i'm asking you to add the ‘yet'. “i had a bad
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Add the ‘yet'. “i had a bad break, yet will i rejoice. my
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Break, yet will i rejoice. my child is off course, i should
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Child is off course, i should be depressed, yet i'm
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Be depressed, yet i'm hopeful, knowing god has the
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Hopeful, knowing god has the final say. these people at
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Final say. these people at work aren't treating me
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Work aren't treating me right. my feelings are
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Right. my feelings are telling me to get bitter, to
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Telling me to get bitter, to be angry, to pay them back,
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Be angry, to pay them back, but i know god is my
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But i know god is my vindicator, so yet will i
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Vindicator, so yet will i rejoice, yet will i have a
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Rejoice, yet will i have a smile, yet will i be good to
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Smile, yet will i be good to people.”
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People.” negative feelings may come
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Negative feelings may come but do like habakkuk and add
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But do like habakkuk and add the ‘yet'. it's okay to have
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The ‘yet'. it's okay to have emotions, it's okay to feel
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Emotions, it's okay to feel things, but don't let the
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Things, but don't let the emotions have you. don't let
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Emotions have you. don't let the feelings have the last
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The feelings have the last word. when you add the ‘yet',
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Word. when you add the ‘yet', angels go to work. when you
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Angels go to work. when you choose to praise instead of
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Choose to praise instead of complain, forces of darkness
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Complain, forces of darkness are broken. when you're
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Are broken. when you're consistent, stable, always in
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Consistent, stable, always in a good mood, you give the
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A good mood, you give the enemy a nervous breakdown.
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Enemy a nervous breakdown. he's expecting you to fall
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He's expecting you to fall apart, to get on board with
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Apart, to get on board with your emotions, to take that
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Your emotions, to take that train to depression, to
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Train to depression, to bitterness. he didn't
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Bitterness. he didn't realize, you're a habakkuk,
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Realize, you're a habakkuk, you're a ‘yet; person. “the
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You're a ‘yet; person. “the medical report wasn't good.
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Medical report wasn't good. that didn't steal my joy. yet
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That didn't steal my joy. yet will i rejoice.” “my business
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Will i rejoice.” “my business had a setback; i'm not
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Had a setback; i'm not bitter. yet will i be glad.”
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Bitter. yet will i be glad.” “went through a loss. it
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“went through a loss. it wasn't easy. but i'm not
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Wasn't easy. but i'm not sour. yet will i be hopeful,
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Sour. yet will i be hopeful, yet will i choose a good
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Yet will i choose a good attitude, yet will i live
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Attitude, yet will i live this day in faith.”
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This day in faith.” my sister lisa went through a
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My sister lisa went through a very difficult situation.
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Very difficult situation. after a few months of
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After a few months of marriage, her spouse decided
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Marriage, her spouse decided he didn't want to be married
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He didn't want to be married anymore. of course, she was
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Anymore. of course, she was devastated, so heartbroken.
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Devastated, so heartbroken. for months she would hardly
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For months she would hardly come out of her room. she
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Come out of her room. she felt depressed, she felt
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Felt depressed, she felt shame, she felt hopeless.
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Shame, she felt hopeless. feelings can be very
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Feelings can be very powerful, like they're
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Powerful, like they're overwhelming. feelings will
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Overwhelming. feelings will tell you, “there's nothing
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Tell you, “there's nothing good in your future. this bad
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Good in your future. this bad break has soured your life.
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Break has soured your life. you'll always be
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You'll always be disappointed.” but feelings
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Disappointed.” but feelings don't tell you the truth.
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Don't tell you the truth. feelings don't determine your
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Feelings don't determine your destiny. your life is in
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Destiny. your life is in god's hands. he sees what
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God's hands. he sees what you've been through. he sees
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You've been through. he sees the hurt, the pain. he said
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The hurt, the pain. he said he has beauty for those
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He has beauty for those ashes. he said he'll restore
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Ashes. he said he'll restore what was stolen. he said
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What was stolen. he said he'll pay you back double for
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He'll pay you back double for the unfair things. the
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The unfair things. the psalmist said, “a good person
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Psalmist said, “a good person may fall seven times, but the
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May fall seven times, but the lord will raise them up.”
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Lord will raise them up.” sometimes you can't get up on
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Sometimes you can't get up on your own, but god is right
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Your own, but god is right there with you, lifting you,
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There with you, lifting you, strengthening you, healing
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Strengthening you, healing you, breathing in your
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You, breathing in your direction. after a few
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Direction. after a few months, a friend of my
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Months, a friend of my father's called lisa. he was
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Father's called lisa. he was a very well-known minister.
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A very well-known minister. he said, “lisa, i know you're
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He said, “lisa, i know you're hurting; i know it's not
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Hurting; i know it's not fair, but this is not the end
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Fair, but this is not the end of your story. the enemy is
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Of your story. the enemy is trying to keep you from your
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Trying to keep you from your destiny. you have to rise up.
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Destiny. you have to rise up. nobody can do this for you.
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Nobody can do this for you. you have to put on a new
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You have to put on a new attitude and start moving
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Attitude and start moving forward. he said, if you'll
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Forward. he said, if you'll do this, god will take those
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Do this, god will take those scars and turn them into
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Scars and turn them into stars for his glory.”
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Stars for his glory.” that day was a turning point
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That day was a turning point for lisa. she didn't feel any
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For lisa. she didn't feel any different. she still felt
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Different. she still felt discouraged, but she started
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Discouraged, but she started ruling over those emotions.
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Ruling over those emotions. she hadn't smiled in months.
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She hadn't smiled in months. she didn't have any reason to
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She didn't have any reason to have joy, but lisa did
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Have joy, but lisa did something unusual, she
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Something unusual, she started smiling by faith.
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Started smiling by faith. every emotion said, “be sad.
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Every emotion said, “be sad. there's no hope.” but she put
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There's no hope.” but she put a smile on her face. when you
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A smile on her face. when you smile, it not only sends a
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Smile, it not only sends a message to your body that
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Message to your body that everything's okay, but you're
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Everything's okay, but you're sending a message to the
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Sending a message to the enemy that he does not have
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Enemy that he does not have the final say. lisa was like
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The final say. lisa was like habakkuk, though the
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Habakkuk, though the relationship didn't work out,
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Relationship didn't work out, though life threw her a
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Though life threw her a curve, she said, “yet will i
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Curve, she said, “yet will i rejoice, yet will i believe,
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Rejoice, yet will i believe, yet will i move forward.”
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Yet will i move forward.” lisa met my brother-in-law,
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Lisa met my brother-in-law, kevin, they've been happily
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Kevin, they've been happily married for many years and
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Married for many years and she has three beautiful
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She has three beautiful children.
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Children. sometimes like lisa, you have
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Sometimes like lisa, you have to smile by faith. you don't
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To smile by faith. you don't have any reason in the
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Have any reason in the natural. don't wait till you
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Natural. don't wait till you feel joy, do it by faith.
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Feel joy, do it by faith. when you could be
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When you could be complaining, have that song
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Complaining, have that song of praise. when you could
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Of praise. when you could shut the door and give up on
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Shut the door and give up on life, dig down deep and say,
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Life, dig down deep and say, “yet will i rejoice. yet will
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“yet will i rejoice. yet will i be glad.” don't let the
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I be glad.” don't let the feelings have the last say,
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Feelings have the last say, add the yet. here's the key.
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Add the yet. here's the key. the enemy wouldn't be
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The enemy wouldn't be fighting you if there wasn't
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Fighting you if there wasn't something awesome in your
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Something awesome in your future. he knows you are
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Future. he knows you are destined to leave your mark.
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Destined to leave your mark. that you are a history maker,
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That you are a history maker, you are a barrier breaker.
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You are a barrier breaker. that's why he's tried to take
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That's why he's tried to take you out. that's why those
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You out. that's why those unfair things happened;
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Unfair things happened; people turned on you. don't
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People turned on you. don't let those feelings keep you
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Let those feelings keep you from your greatness. start
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From your greatness. start smiling by faith. start
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Smiling by faith. start thanking god that he's
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Thanking god that he's working. stir up the praise,
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Working. stir up the praise, the joy, the victory.
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The joy, the victory. psalm 42 says that david was
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Psalm 42 says that david was deeply discouraged. he didn't
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Deeply discouraged. he didn't think he could go on. he said
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Think he could go on. he said in verse 4, “my heart is
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In verse 4, “my heart is breaking.” he felt forsaken,
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Breaking.” he felt forsaken, like he was wandering in the
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Like he was wandering in the darkness. verse 9 says, “i'm
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Darkness. verse 9 says, “i'm oppressed by my enemies.
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Oppressed by my enemies. their taunts pierce me like
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Their taunts pierce me like fatal wounds.” he kept
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Fatal wounds.” he kept describing how bad it was,
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Describing how bad it was, how he wasn't going to make
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How he wasn't going to make it. when you let your
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It. when you let your feelings rule, you'll start
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Feelings rule, you'll start talking defeat and how it's
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Talking defeat and how it's not going to work out. right
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Not going to work out. right when you thought david was
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When you thought david was going to give up, he said in
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Going to give up, he said in verse 11, “why am i so
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Verse 11, “why am i so discouraged, why am i so sad?
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Discouraged, why am i so sad? i will put my hope in the
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I will put my hope in the lord. i will praise my god
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Lord. i will praise my god again.” he was saying, “i'm
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Again.” he was saying, “i'm done letting these feelings
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Done letting these feelings dictate my life. i'm done
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Dictate my life. i'm done talking about how big my
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Talking about how big my enemies are. i'm going to try
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Enemies are. i'm going to try a new approach; i'm going to
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A new approach; i'm going to talk about how big my god
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Talk about how big my god is.” i love how david talked
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Is.” i love how david talked to himself. he said, “self,
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To himself. he said, “self, why are you discouraged?” he
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Why are you discouraged?” he was saying, “why are you
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Was saying, “why are you being ruled by your feelings?
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Being ruled by your feelings? why are you letting your
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Why are you letting your emotions determine your
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Emotions determine your future? put your hope back in
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Future? put your hope back in the lord.”
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The lord.” we all have these times when
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We all have these times when discouragement comes, you
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Discouragement comes, you have to do like david and
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Have to do like david and say, “i'm not going to live
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Say, “i'm not going to live by how i feel. i know these
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By how i feel. i know these feelings are not the facts.”
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Feelings are not the facts.” feelings will tell you that
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Feelings will tell you that you'll never make it, but god
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You'll never make it, but god says you will live and not
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Says you will live and not die. feelings will say
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Die. feelings will say nothing good is in your
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Nothing good is in your future; god says your latter
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Future; god says your latter days will be better than your
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Days will be better than your former days. feelings will
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Former days. feelings will tell you that you'll always
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Tell you that you'll always struggle; god says you will
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Struggle; god says you will live an abundant, bountiful,
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Live an abundant, bountiful, prosperous life. don't let
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Prosperous life. don't let your feelings talk you out of
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Your feelings talk you out of your destiny. talk back to
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Your destiny. talk back to your feelings. “feelings you
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Your feelings. “feelings you are not the boss of me.
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Are not the boss of me. you're not going to control
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You're not going to control my life. i may feel
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My life. i may feel discouraged, but i'm not
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Discouraged, but i'm not going to live discouraged.”
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Going to live discouraged.” get your mind going in a new
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Get your mind going in a new direction, faith, hope,
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Direction, faith, hope, expectancy, and some new
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Expectancy, and some new feelings will come. you may
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Feelings will come. you may feel sad, you've been through
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Feel sad, you've been through some difficult things, at
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Some difficult things, at some point you have to start
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Some point you have to start smiling by faith. you can't
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Smiling by faith. you can't keep a depressed attitude, a
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Keep a depressed attitude, a discouraged countenance, and
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Discouraged countenance, and expect things to get better.
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Expect things to get better. sometimes we're waiting on
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Sometimes we're waiting on god, but god's waiting on us
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God, but god's waiting on us to override what we feel and
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To override what we feel and believe what he said.
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Believe what he said. it's great when feelings
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It's great when feelings assist us, when we feel
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Assist us, when we feel hopeful, positive,
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Hopeful, positive, encouraged, but you can't
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Encouraged, but you can't depend on those feelings.
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Depend on those feelings. because feelings come and go.
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Because feelings come and go. feelings can lead you astray.
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Feelings can lead you astray. i'm naturally a very
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I'm naturally a very positive, happy person. from
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Positive, happy person. from my earliest baby pictures, i
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My earliest baby pictures, i have a big smile on my face.
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Have a big smile on my face. but even though that's my
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But even though that's my personality, there are still
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Personality, there are still mornings i wake up and think,
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Mornings i wake up and think, “i don't feel like writing
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“i don't feel like writing another message. i don't feel
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Another message. i don't feel like dealing with thi
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Like dealing with thi situation.” i feel the
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Situation.” i feel the blah's. i do what i'm asking
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Blah's. i do what i'm asking you to do. “lord, thank you
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You to do. “lord, thank you that this is going to be a
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That this is going to be a great day. god i'm grateful
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Great day. god i'm grateful that i'm alive. thank you
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That i'm alive. thank you that you chose me before i
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That you chose me before i could choose you. thank you
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Could choose you. thank you for my family, thank you for
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For my family, thank you for good health, thank you for
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Good health, thank you for opportunity, thank you for
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Opportunity, thank you for surrounding me with your
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Surrounding me with your favor. lord, i'm going to
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Favor. lord, i'm going to live this day to the full.”
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Live this day to the full.” before long, those blahs are
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Before long, those blahs are gone. we have to go deeper
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Gone. we have to go deeper than the surface. if you're
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Than the surface. if you're letting how you feel
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Letting how you feel determine your day, you're
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Determine your day, you're not going to have the joy and
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Not going to have the joy and victory that belongs to you.
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Victory that belongs to you. start choosing to be in a
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Start choosing to be in a good mood. override those
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Good mood. override those feelings telling you to be
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Feelings telling you to be sour and on purpose have a
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Sour and on purpose have a good attitude.
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Good attitude. there was a man that invited
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There was a man that invited his friend to come over for
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His friend to come over for dinner after work. they were
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Dinner after work. they were in the construction business
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In the construction business together. they'd had a really
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Together. they'd had a really rough day. the equipment
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Rough day. the equipment didn't work right. the man
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Didn't work right. the man pulled up too far on the
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Pulled up too far on the job-site and ran over some
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Job-site and ran over some nails. it ruined his tire. it
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Nails. it ruined his tire. it was just one of those days
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Was just one of those days where nothing went right.
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Where nothing went right. driving back home, the man
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Driving back home, the man sat there in silence. his
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Sat there in silence. his friend could tell he was very
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Friend could tell he was very frustrated. but when this man
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Frustrated. but when this man got to his house, he did
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Got to his house, he did something unusual. there was
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Something unusual. there was a tree in a pot, right by his
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A tree in a pot, right by his back door. he walked over to
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Back door. he walked over to it and rubbed both hands on
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It and rubbed both hands on it. then he and the friend
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It. then he and the friend went in the house. the most
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Went in the house. the most amazing transformation took
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Amazing transformation took place. the man was happy. he
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Place. the man was happy. he went over and hugged his
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Went over and hugged his kids, kissed his wife, had a
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Kids, kissed his wife, had a big smile. they all laughed
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Big smile. they all laughed and enjoyed each other. his
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And enjoyed each other. his friend was so puzzled. he got
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Friend was so puzzled. he got him aside and said, “what was
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Him aside and said, “what was it about that tree that made
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It about that tree that made such a difference? your whole
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Such a difference? your whole mood, your demeanor, your
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Mood, your demeanor, your attitude, everything
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Attitude, everything changed.” the man said,
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Changed.” the man said, “that's what i call my
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“that's what i call my trouble tree. i know i can't
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Trouble tree. i know i can't avoid having difficulties
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Avoid having difficulties during the day, delays,
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During the day, delays, inconveniences, but i never
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Inconveniences, but i never bring trouble inside the
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Bring trouble inside the house. i leave all the
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House. i leave all the stress, the worry, the
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Stress, the worry, the frustration on the tree.” he
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Frustration on the tree.” he said, “it's funny, the next
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Said, “it's funny, the next morning when i come out,
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Morning when i come out, there's never as much trouble
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There's never as much trouble as i left the night before.”
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As i left the night before.” we all need a trouble tree.
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We all need a trouble tree. some of you need two or
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Some of you need two or three. quit carrying around
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Three. quit carrying around all the worry, the stress,
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All the worry, the stress, the disappointment. life is
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The disappointment. life is going to happen. if you're
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Going to happen. if you're only going to have a good
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Only going to have a good mood if things go your way,
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Mood if things go your way, then you're setting yourself
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Then you're setting yourself up for disappointment. that's
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Up for disappointment. that's surface living. you have to
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Surface living. you have to go deeper. say like paul,
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Go deeper. say like paul, “none of these things move
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“none of these things move me. i'm not going to let
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Me. i'm not going to let other people, delays, what
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Other people, delays, what doesn't work out to sour my
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Doesn't work out to sour my day.” leave that on the
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Day.” leave that on the trouble tree. in other words,
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Trouble tree. in other words, turn it over to god. you're
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Turn it over to god. you're not supposed to go through
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Not supposed to go through life worried, frustrated,
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Life worried, frustrated, discouraged. yes, you may
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Discouraged. yes, you may feel upset, but you don't
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Feel upset, but you don't have to act on it. you may
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Have to act on it. you may feel offended, but you don't
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Feel offended, but you don't have to take the offense. you
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Have to take the offense. you may feel discouraged, but you
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May feel discouraged, but you can override it and encourage
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Can override it and encourage yourself. you can think some
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Yourself. you can think some new thoughts. you may have
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New thoughts. you may have been through a disappointment
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Been through a disappointment but like lisa, you can smile
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But like lisa, you can smile by faith. the crops may have
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By faith. the crops may have failed but like habakkuk, you
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Failed but like habakkuk, you can add the yet. “it was a
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Can add the yet. “it was a rough day, yet i will
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Rough day, yet i will rejoice. had a flat tire, yet
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Rejoice. had a flat tire, yet i will stay in peace. boss
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I will stay in peace. boss was rude, yet i will bite my
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Was rude, yet i will bite my tongue. traffic is bad, yet i
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Tongue. traffic is bad, yet i will have a smile.” if we're
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Will have a smile.” if we're going to live in victory, we
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Going to live in victory, we have to be ‘yet' people. we
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Have to be ‘yet' people. we have feelings, but we don't
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Have feelings, but we don't let the feelings have us.
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Let the feelings have us. we're stable, we're
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We're stable, we're consistent.
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Consistent. in 1 kings 19, the prophet
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In 1 kings 19, the prophet elijah had just seen one of
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Elijah had just seen one of the greatest victories of his
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The greatest victories of his life. he called down fire
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Life. he called down fire from heaven and destroyed
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From heaven and destroyed four hundred and fifty false
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Four hundred and fifty false prophets that worshipped
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Prophets that worshipped baal. it was this huge,
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Baal. it was this huge, dramatic moment. you can
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Dramatic moment. you can imagine the excitement, the
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Imagine the excitement, the high he was on. emotions are
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High he was on. emotions are great when they're working
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Great when they're working for us, but they can change
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For us, but they can change in a minute. if you're
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In a minute. if you're depending on them to
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Depending on them to determine your mood, your
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Determine your mood, your faith, your belief, then
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Faith, your belief, then you'll live up and down, with
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You'll live up and down, with no stability. when the king's
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No stability. when the king's wife, jezebel, heard about
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Wife, jezebel, heard about what elijah had done, she was
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What elijah had done, she was furious. she sent word to
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Furious. she sent word to elijah saying, “if i don't
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Elijah saying, “if i don't kill you by this time
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Kill you by this time tomorrow. i'm going to kill
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Tomorrow. i'm going to kill myself.” elijah was
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Myself.” elijah was terrified. he took off
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Terrified. he took off running for his life into the
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Running for his life into the desert. here he had just
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Desert. here he had just called down fire from heaven,
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Called down fire from heaven, wiped out hundreds of men,
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Wiped out hundreds of men, but now he's afraid of this
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But now he's afraid of this one woman. there's a whole
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One woman. there's a whole message there, but i'm not
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Message there, but i'm not going there. he was sitting
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Going there. he was sitting under this tree so
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Under this tree so discouraged, he said, “god, i
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Discouraged, he said, “god, i don't even want to live, just
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Don't even want to live, just take me home.”
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Take me home.” look at how powerful emotions
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Look at how powerful emotions are, how convincing they can
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Are, how convincing they can be. it seems obvious to us.
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Be. it seems obvious to us. “elijah, god took care of you
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“elijah, god took care of you back then, he's going to take
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Back then, he's going to take care of you now.” but elijah
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Care of you now.” but elijah let his emotions rule. he let
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Let his emotions rule. he let his feelings dictate his
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His feelings dictate his attitude. like with elijah,
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Attitude. like with elijah, we've all seen god do great
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We've all seen god do great things in the past. he's
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Things in the past. he's blessed us, protected us,
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Blessed us, protected us, healed us. he's not going to
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Healed us. he's not going to stop now. why are you letting
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Stop now. why are you letting your feelings discourage you?
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Your feelings discourage you? why are you living worried
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Why are you living worried over that child, stressed
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Over that child, stressed over your work, guilty over
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Over your work, guilty over past mistakes? god has you in
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Past mistakes? god has you in the palm of his hand. you
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The palm of his hand. you can't stop those feelings
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Can't stop those feelings from coming, they're valid.
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From coming, they're valid. i'm simply saying, feelings
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I'm simply saying, feelings don't always tell you the
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Don't always tell you the truth. feelings are not
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Truth. feelings are not facts. feelings told elijah
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Facts. feelings told elijah he was finished. when in
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He was finished. when in fact, he was about to meet
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Fact, he was about to meet elisha, a young man he would
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Elisha, a young man he would mentor, who would do twice as
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Mentor, who would do twice as many miracles as him. when
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Many miracles as him. when elijah's feelings were
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Elijah's feelings were telling him he was done, his
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Telling him he was done, his greatest impact was still in
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Greatest impact was still in front of him.
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Front of him. don't go the next thirty
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Don't go the next thirty years letting your feelings
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Years letting your feelings control you. they're going to
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Control you. they're going to come. that conductor is going
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Come. that conductor is going to say all aboard. you have
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To say all aboard. you have to say, “no, thanks. i'm not
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To say, “no, thanks. i'm not going to live by how i feel.
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Going to live by how i feel. i may feel the blah's but i'm
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I may feel the blah's but i'm going to choose joy. i may
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Going to choose joy. i may feel fear, but i'm going to
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Feel fear, but i'm going to choose faith.” start telling
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Choose faith.” start telling your feelings, “you're not
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Your feelings, “you're not the boss of me.” don't let
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The boss of me.” don't let them dictate your life. where
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Them dictate your life. where god is taking you is going to
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God is taking you is going to take stability, consistency.
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Take stability, consistency. not moody, up and down. every
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Not moody, up and down. every morning, start the day off in
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Morning, start the day off in faith. “father, thank you
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Faith. “father, thank you that this is going to be a
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That this is going to be a great day.” if you'll rule
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Great day.” if you'll rule over those emotions and
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Over those emotions and choose a good mood, i believe
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Choose a good mood, i believe and declare, you're going to
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And declare, you're going to live happier, you're going to
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Live happier, you're going to have better relationships,
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Have better relationships, you're going to go further.
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You're going to go further. new doors are about to open,
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New doors are about to open, favor is coming, healing is
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Favor is coming, healing is coming, breakthroughs are
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Coming, breakthroughs are coming, the fullness of your
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Coming, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if
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Destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say
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You receive it, can you say amen today?
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Joel's message
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Joel's message resonated with me
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Resonated with me because i tried to listen
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Because i tried to listen to other people
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To other people and some of them
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And some of them were like hellfire
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Were like hellfire and brimstone.
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And brimstone. so i took what joel said
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So i took what joel said in the i am's and
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In the i am's and i physically replaced them with
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I physically replaced them with i am strong, i am worthy.
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I am strong, i am worthy. i started
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I started saying those over and over
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Saying those over and over and over throughout my day,
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And over throughout my day, and i said, you know,
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And i said, you know, i will do this for one year.
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I will do this for one year. and it actually changed
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And it actually changed my mindset
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My mindset from being a victim
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From being a victim to being a victor.
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To being a victor. what a powerful story.
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What a powerful story. one life changed by hope,
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One life changed by hope, by faith,
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By faith, by the goodness of god.
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By the goodness of god. this is the reason
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This is the reason we do what we do.
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We do what we do. every message,
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Every message, every broadcast, every prayer.
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Every broadcast, every prayer. it's about reaching people
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It's about reaching people right where they are,
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Right where they are, and reminding them
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And reminding them that god is not finished
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That god is not finished with them.
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With them. the truth is,
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The truth is, none of this happens
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None of this happens without you.
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Without you. this is the time of year
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For how we can impact as many people as possible
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As many people as possible over the next 12 months.
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Over the next 12 months. so thank you
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Joel Osteen - Choosing A Good Mood

March 30, 2026 | 27:29

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