Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Clothed With Love

April 26, 2026 | 27:29

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Clothed With Love | April 26, 2026

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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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 husband and wife.
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About this husband and wife. they were celebrating their
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They were celebrating their sixtieth birthdays together,
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Sixtieth birthdays together, when an angel suddenly
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When an angel suddenly appeared and said god was
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Appeared and said god was going to grant them each one
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Going to grant them each one special request. they were so
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Special request. they were so excited. the wife said, “my
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Excited. the wife said, “my request is that we would be
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Request is that we would be able to travel all over the
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Able to travel all over the world.” and poof, when the
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World.” and poof, when the smoke cleared, she had
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Smoke cleared, she had tickets in her hand. her
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Tickets in her hand. her husband put his head down in
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Husband put his head down in shame and said, “my request
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Shame and said, “my request is that i would be married to
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Is that i would be married to a woman thirty years younger
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A woman thirty years younger than me.” and poof, when the
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Than me.” and poof, when the smoke cleared, he was ninety
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Smoke cleared, he was ninety years old. (laughter)
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Years old. (laughter) say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about clothed with love.
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About clothed with love. there's so much noise in our
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There's so much noise in our society. opinions can become
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Society. opinions can become like weapons. people that are
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Like weapons. people that are argumentative, judgmental,
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Argumentative, judgmental, divisive. everyone has a
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Divisive. everyone has a platform. through social
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Platform. through social media, you can speak your
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Media, you can speak your mind, set people straight,
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Mind, set people straight, call them out, insult them.
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Call them out, insult them. being harsh, rude, shocking,
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Being harsh, rude, shocking, can become normal to us. the
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Can become normal to us. the more we see it the more
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More we see it the more desensitized we are. if we're
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Desensitized we are. if we're not careful, we'll become
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Not careful, we'll become like what's around us. we'll
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Like what's around us. we'll think it's okay to attack,
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Think it's okay to attack, belittle, insult, everyone's
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Belittle, insult, everyone's doing it. but god has called
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Doing it. but god has called us to live by a higher
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Us to live by a higher standard, to be the
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Standard, to be the exception. don't let all the
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Exception. don't let all the noise, the hate, the
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Noise, the hate, the disrespect, people who are
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Disrespect, people who are loud and abrasive, don't let
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Loud and abrasive, don't let that poison get in you. don't
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That poison get in you. don't become like your environment.
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Become like your environment. colossians 3 says, “you must
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Colossians 3 says, “you must clothe yourself with
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Clothe yourself with tenderhearted mercy,
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Tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility,
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Kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. make
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Gentleness and patience. make allowances for peoples faults
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Allowances for peoples faults and forgive the person who
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And forgive the person who offends as christ has
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Offends as christ has forgiven you.”
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Forgiven you.” paul was saying, you have to
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Paul was saying, you have to get dressed each morning in
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Get dressed each morning in the right clothes. clothe
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The right clothes. clothe yourself. clothes don't jump
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Yourself. clothes don't jump on you; you have to choose to
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On you; you have to choose to put them on. put on kindness.
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Put them on. put on kindness. “i'm going to be nice and
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“i'm going to be nice and friendly today.” put on
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Friendly today.” put on gentleness. “i'm going to be
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Gentleness. “i'm going to be easy going and
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Easy going and understanding.” put on mercy.
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Understanding.” put on mercy. “i'm going to make allowances
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“i'm going to make allowances when people don't perform
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When people don't perform perfectly. i'm going to give
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Perfectly. i'm going to give them grace when they make
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Them grace when they make mistakes.” put on humility.
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Mistakes.” put on humility. “i'm not going to go around
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“i'm not going to go around arrogant, looking down on
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Arrogant, looking down on people. i'm going to treat
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People. i'm going to treat everyone with respect.” put
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Everyone with respect.” put on patience. “i'm going to
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On patience. “i'm going to stay in peace when things
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Stay in peace when things don't go my way.” put on
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Don't go my way.” put on forgiveness. “i'm not going
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Forgiveness. “i'm not going to hold a grudge, living
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To hold a grudge, living offended. i'm going to
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Offended. i'm going to forgive those that do me
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Forgive those that do me wrong.” after paul listed all
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Wrong.” after paul listed all these qualities we need to
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These qualities we need to put on each day, he finished
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Put on each day, he finished by saying, “and the most
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By saying, “and the most important piece of clothing
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Important piece of clothing you must wear is love.”
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You must wear is love.” you would think he would say
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You would think he would say the most important thing is
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The most important thing is faith. you can't please god
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Faith. you can't please god without faith. or truth. it's
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Without faith. or truth. it's the truth that sets people
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The truth that sets people free. or justice, you have to
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Free. or justice, you have to stand up for those that don't
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Stand up for those that don't have a voice, help the less
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Have a voice, help the less fortunate. those are all
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Fortunate. those are all good, we should put them on.
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Good, we should put them on. but the most important piece
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But the most important piece of clothing you must wear is
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Of clothing you must wear is love. because without love,
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Love. because without love, the others aren't as
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The others aren't as effective. you can be right,
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Effective. you can be right, you know the other person is
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You know the other person is wrong. you have the facts,
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Wrong. you have the facts, here's the truth. but without
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Here's the truth. but without love, it's just noise.
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Love, it's just noise. that's what paul said in 1
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That's what paul said in 1 corinthians, “if i speak with
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Corinthians, “if i speak with the tongue of men or the
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The tongue of men or the tongue of angels, and have
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Tongue of angels, and have not love, i am only a loud
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Not love, i am only a loud clanging cymbal.” one version
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Clanging cymbal.” one version says, “a noisy gong.” he was
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Says, “a noisy gong.” he was saying, you can be gifted,
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Saying, you can be gifted, articulate, powerful, have
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Articulate, powerful, have all this impressive
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All this impressive knowledge, but without love,
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Knowledge, but without love, you're just a lot of noise.
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You're just a lot of noise. just a lot of clanging. not
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Just a lot of clanging. not effective, not changing
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Effective, not changing anything. a lot of people are
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Anything. a lot of people are sincere. they're passionate,
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Sincere. they're passionate, but they're not speaking the
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But they're not speaking the truth in love. they're not
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Truth in love. they're not putting on the most important
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Putting on the most important piece. they become offended,
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Piece. they become offended, argumentative, disrespectful.
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Argumentative, disrespectful. they wonder why they're not
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They wonder why they're not effective. why they don't
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Effective. why they don't have more influence. there's
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Have more influence. there's no love. it's ego, pride,
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No love. it's ego, pride, competition. making others
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Competition. making others look bad, so they'll look
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Look bad, so they'll look good. those are not things
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Good. those are not things god is going to bless. you
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God is going to bless. you may be right, but where is
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May be right, but where is the love? where is the
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The love? where is the kindness? where is being
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Kindness? where is being merciful and understanding?
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Merciful and understanding? you can be gentle without
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You can be gentle without being weak. you can be kind
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Being weak. you can be kind and strong at the same time.
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And strong at the same time. you don't have to be harsh
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You don't have to be harsh and condescending, hateful
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And condescending, hateful because someone doesn't
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Because someone doesn't agree. start attacking,
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Agree. start attacking, confronting. love is more
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Confronting. love is more powerful than loudness. truth
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Powerful than loudness. truth spoken softly is more
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Spoken softly is more powerful than yelling at
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Powerful than yelling at someone. being offensive,
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Someone. being offensive, insulting to prove a point,
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Insulting to prove a point, criticizing someone back.
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Criticizing someone back. that's sinking down to their
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That's sinking down to their level. do yourself a favor.
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Level. do yourself a favor. put on your coat of love.
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Put on your coat of love. jesus was strong, but he was
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Jesus was strong, but he was kind. he had the truth, but
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Kind. he had the truth, but he was merciful. he was god,
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He was merciful. he was god, better than any of us, never
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Better than any of us, never made a mistake, but he walked
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Made a mistake, but he walked in humility. he washed
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In humility. he washed people's feet, served others
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People's feet, served others when he could have been
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When he could have been served. yes, he got upset. he
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Served. yes, he got upset. he threw people out of the
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Threw people out of the temple, but it wasn't out of
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Temple, but it wasn't out of bitterness and hatred. “i'm
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Bitterness and hatred. “i'm going to prove to you, push
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Going to prove to you, push you down.” he didn't want to
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You down.” he didn't want to see people being taken
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See people being taken advantage of. i'm not saying
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Advantage of. i'm not saying to not be passionate, and to
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To not be passionate, and to never stand strong, but you
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Never stand strong, but you should do it out love and not
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Should do it out love and not out of anger and ego and
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Out of anger and ego and competition. if you don't
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Competition. if you don't have love, your good
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Have love, your good intentions are going to turn
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Intentions are going to turn in to clanging cymbals. a lot
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In to clanging cymbals. a lot of noise, but little impact.
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Of noise, but little impact. being loud doesn't equate to
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Being loud doesn't equate to being effective. being harsh,
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Being effective. being harsh, argumentative, trying to
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Argumentative, trying to force your opinion. you may
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Force your opinion. you may be right. you have the truth,
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Be right. you have the truth, but you can do it the wrong
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But you can do it the wrong way and still be wrong.
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Way and still be wrong. i'm not just talking about in
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I'm not just talking about in a debate, or online with
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A debate, or online with someone that doesn't agree.
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Someone that doesn't agree. how about in your marriage?
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How about in your marriage? how about with your children,
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How about with your children, your coworkers? are you
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Your coworkers? are you putting on love? making
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Putting on love? making allowances for their
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Allowances for their weaknesses, or are you harsh
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Weaknesses, or are you harsh and looking for reasons to
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And looking for reasons to correct and prove that you're
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Correct and prove that you're right? are you forgiving the
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Right? are you forgiving the wrongs as christ forgave us?
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Wrongs as christ forgave us? or are you holding a grudge,
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Or are you holding a grudge, making them pay, giving them
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Making them pay, giving them the cold shoulder. after all,
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The cold shoulder. after all, they were at fault. they
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They were at fault. they deserve it. how about putting
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Deserve it. how about putting on some mercy. how about
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On some mercy. how about putting on some gentleness.
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Putting on some gentleness. being understanding. the
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Being understanding. the mercy you show others is the
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Mercy you show others is the mercy god is going to show
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You.
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I was in my backyard one
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I was in my backyard one afternoon watering the
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Afternoon watering the plants. we have some flowers
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Plants. we have some flowers in these big pots, and i had
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In these big pots, and i had gotten some of the weeds out
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Gotten some of the weeds out and put some new dirt in. i
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And put some new dirt in. i was hot and sweaty. i had
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Was hot and sweaty. i had worked out early that
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Worked out early that morning. exercised, rode my
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Morning. exercised, rode my bike. victoria came out and
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Bike. victoria came out and said, “joel, we need to run
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Said, “joel, we need to run up to this store and pick
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Up to this store and pick something up.” a piece of
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Something up.” a piece of equipment she'd ordered.
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Equipment she'd ordered. well, i was in my workout
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Well, i was in my workout clothes. my gym shorts and
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Clothes. my gym shorts and this blue t-shirt that i
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This blue t-shirt that i always wear. my children kid
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Always wear. my children kid me that it's my uniform. i've
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Me that it's my uniform. i've had like forty-seven years.
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Had like forty-seven years. the collar's all stretched
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The collar's all stretched out. it's faded, straggly on
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Out. it's faded, straggly on one side. i have other
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One side. i have other shirts, but that's the one i
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Shirts, but that's the one i like. i told victoria, “i
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Like. i told victoria, “i can't go anywhere i'm not
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Can't go anywhere i'm not dressed. i'd have to go in,
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Dressed. i'd have to go in, take a shower and put some
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Take a shower and put some better clothes on.” she said,
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Better clothes on.” she said, “no, joel, you don't have to
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“no, joel, you don't have to get out of the car. they're
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Get out of the car. they're going to put it in the back
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Going to put it in the back for us.” so, we got there.
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For us.” so, we got there. they loaded it in the trunk.
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They loaded it in the trunk. all was good. but as we were
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All was good. but as we were driving away, victoria saw
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Driving away, victoria saw this other store. when she
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This other store. when she gets close to a mall, there's
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Gets close to a mall, there's an unseen force that tries to
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An unseen force that tries to pull her in. she said, “joel,
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Pull her in. she said, “joel, let's go in there real quick.
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Let's go in there real quick. i've been wanting to. there's
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I've been wanting to. there's something i really want to
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Something i really want to see.” i said, “no, victoria,
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See.” i said, “no, victoria, i'm not dressed. that's a
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I'm not dressed. that's a nice place. i'll go in home
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Nice place. i'll go in home depot. i'll go to walmart,
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Depot. i'll go to walmart, but i'm not going in there.”
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But i'm not going in there.” she said, “joel, you're fine.
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She said, “joel, you're fine. you look great.” i'm either
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You look great.” i'm either so dumb or so naïve, she
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So dumb or so naïve, she talked me into going. when
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Talked me into going. when she said i looked great, i
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She said i looked great, i lost all sense of reasoning.
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Lost all sense of reasoning. we walked in. it was a nice
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We walked in. it was a nice store. there were three
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Store. there were three salespeople standing there to
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Salespeople standing there to greet us. two men and a
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Greet us. two men and a woman. the men were in the
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Woman. the men were in the finest suits, impeccable,
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Finest suits, impeccable, shoes shined. the woman was
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Shoes shined. the woman was in a beautiful pantsuit,
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In a beautiful pantsuit, elegant, sophisticated.
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Elegant, sophisticated. looked like they had just
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Looked like they had just stepped out of a fashion
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Stepped out of a fashion magazine. it looked like i
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Magazine. it looked like i had just stepped out of a
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Had just stepped out of a farming magazine. the first
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Farming magazine. the first thing the man said was, “oh
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Thing the man said was, “oh pastor joel. we've never seen
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Pastor joel. we've never seen you like this.” we all
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You like this.” we all laughed and laughed. i
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Laughed and laughed. i thought, “yeah, you're about
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Thought, “yeah, you're about to have never seen me another
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To have never seen me another way if you keep laughing.”
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Way if you keep laughing.” here's my point. when i
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Here's my point. when i walked in, i hadn't said a
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Walked in, i hadn't said a word, but my clothes sent a
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Word, but my clothes sent a message. what i was wearing
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Message. what i was wearing communicated something to
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Communicated something to them. not only that, what i
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Them. not only that, what i had on was affecting me. i
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Had on was affecting me. i didn't feel good about going
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Didn't feel good about going in. i knew i wasn't dressed
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In. i knew i wasn't dressed appropriately. people read
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Appropriately. people read your clothing before you say
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Your clothing before you say a word. they form impressions
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A word. they form impressions before you open your mouth.
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Before you open your mouth. depending on how you're
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Depending on how you're dressed, casually, fun,
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Dressed, casually, fun, sophisticated, dressy, that's
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Sophisticated, dressy, that's all communicating something.
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All communicating something. if you're dressed sloppy,
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If you're dressed sloppy, clothes wrinkled, don't fit,
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Clothes wrinkled, don't fit, out of style, risqué. those
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Out of style, risqué. those are all sending a message
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Are all sending a message about you. that's in the
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About you. that's in the physical, in the seen, but
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Physical, in the seen, but it's the same in the unseen.
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It's the same in the unseen. when you put on kindness,
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When you put on kindness, gentleness, humility, mercy,
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Gentleness, humility, mercy, you're sending a message to
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You're sending a message to people. before you say a
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People. before you say a word, they can sense who you
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Word, they can sense who you are. it's creating this
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Are. it's creating this impression of love, goodness,
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Impression of love, goodness, respect, that draws people
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Respect, that draws people in, that gives you favor and
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In, that gives you favor and brings healthy relationships.
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Brings healthy relationships. the opposite is true. if you
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The opposite is true. if you get dressed with pride,
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Get dressed with pride, competition, bitterness,
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Competition, bitterness, sarcasm. that's how people
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Sarcasm. that's how people are reading you. you're
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Are reading you. you're projecting it without saying
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Projecting it without saying a word.
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A word. you know how it is. you can
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You know how it is. you can sense when someone is
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Sense when someone is arrogant, when they're
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Arrogant, when they're unfriendly, when they have a
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Unfriendly, when they have a chip on their shoulder. you
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Chip on their shoulder. you can sum them up in no time by
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Can sum them up in no time by the feeling, how they carry
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The feeling, how they carry themselves. in the same way,
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Themselves. in the same way, you know when you have the
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You know when you have the wrong clothes on. i knew my
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Wrong clothes on. i knew my shirt was old. i knew my gym
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Shirt was old. i knew my gym shorts were dirty. it's the
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Shorts were dirty. it's the same way in the unseen. you
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Same way in the unseen. you know when you have a bad
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Know when you have a bad attitude, when you're
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Attitude, when you're condescending, when you're
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Condescending, when you're harsh, you won't forgive.
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Harsh, you won't forgive. it's not just sending a
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It's not just sending a message to others, but it
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Message to others, but it doesn't feel right to you.
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Doesn't feel right to you. you don't like who you are.
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You don't like who you are. you may get used to it and
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You may get used to it and talk yourself into it. but
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Talk yourself into it. but down deep there's an unrest,
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Down deep there's an unrest, an uneasiness. it's because,
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An uneasiness. it's because, that's not who you were
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That's not who you were created to be. you were
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Created to be. you were created to put on love,
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Created to put on love, kindness, gentleness, being
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Kindness, gentleness, being merciful, overlooking faults.
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Merciful, overlooking faults. sometimes you have clothes
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Sometimes you have clothes that don't fit anymore.
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That don't fit anymore. you've grown out of. they're
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You've grown out of. they're too small. the wrong style.
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Too small. the wrong style. you put them away and get
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You put them away and get clothes that fit.
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Clothes that fit. maybe you've worn being
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Maybe you've worn being judgmental, critical, jealous
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Judgmental, critical, jealous for a long time. or you've
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For a long time. or you've put on a coat of pride,
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Put on a coat of pride, bitterness, hard to get along
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Bitterness, hard to get along with. that was fine for a
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With. that was fine for a while, but now you're growing
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While, but now you're growing out of them. god is calling
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Out of them. god is calling you up to a higher standard.
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You up to a higher standard. you have to do your part and
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You have to do your part and have a wardrobe change. can i
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Have a wardrobe change. can i tell you, bitterness doesn't
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Tell you, bitterness doesn't look good on you. that sour
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Look good on you. that sour attitude smells bad. you
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Attitude smells bad. you don't have to say anything;
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Don't have to say anything; you're pushing people away.
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You're pushing people away. the pride, having to always
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The pride, having to always be right, that doesn't fit
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Be right, that doesn't fit you anymore. the jealousy,
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You anymore. the jealousy, holding on to the offense,
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Holding on to the offense, that's out of style. those
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That's out of style. those clothes are over and done.
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Clothes are over and done. how about a spring cleaning?
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How about a spring cleaning? don't even send them to
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Don't even send them to goodwill. put them in the
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Goodwill. put them in the trash. put on love. put on
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Trash. put on love. put on kindness, gentleness,
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Kindness, gentleness, friendliness, understanding,
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Friendliness, understanding, respect. that's the wardrobe
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Respect. that's the wardrobe god designed for you. he's
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God designed for you. he's your tailor. he knows what
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Your tailor. he knows what fits, what's in style, what's
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Fits, what's in style, what's going to make you look good,
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Going to make you look good, what's going to be effective.
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What's going to be effective. you know how it is in
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You know how it is in fashion; there's always some
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Fashion; there's always some knock off brands. imitations.
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Knock off brands. imitations. not quite the same but good
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Not quite the same but good enough. it's kind of close.
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Enough. it's kind of close. no don't be fooled. the enemy
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No don't be fooled. the enemy has his own clothing line.
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Has his own clothing line. he'll tell you, “hey this
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He'll tell you, “hey this pride is going to look better
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Pride is going to look better on you. this jealousy, it's
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On you. this jealousy, it's the hottest thing going. this
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The hottest thing going. this greed, being self-centered,
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Greed, being self-centered, only thinking about you, this
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Only thinking about you, this will look amazing on you.
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Will look amazing on you. this judgment, being
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This judgment, being critical, insulting people.
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Critical, insulting people. this is just your size. look
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This is just your size. look at how flashy it is. don't
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At how flashy it is. don't put on that integrity, that's
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Put on that integrity, that's boring. kindness, patience,
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Boring. kindness, patience, mercy. that's old school.
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Mercy. that's old school. that's outdated.” don't fall
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That's outdated.” don't fall for his lies. he has fake
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For his lies. he has fake merchandise. when you put on
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Merchandise. when you put on the wardrobe god designed for
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The wardrobe god designed for you, you'll not only feel
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You, you'll not only feel better, but you are
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Better, but you are projecting the right things
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Projecting the right things to those around you. you will
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To those around you. you will draw in good people, favor
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Draw in good people, favor and opportunity. you'll be
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And opportunity. you'll be more effective.
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More effective. i saw this with my father. he
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I saw this with my father. he taught me by example how to
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Taught me by example how to put on a coat of love. he was
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Put on a coat of love. he was kind and merciful. even back
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Kind and merciful. even back in the 1950's when he was
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In the 1950's when he was pastoring that church, and
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Pastoring that church, and they didn't understand his
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They didn't understand his new direction. they didn't
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New direction. they didn't want him anymore. they asked
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Want him anymore. they asked him to leave. he was never
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Him to leave. he was never bitter. he never talked bad
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Bitter. he never talked bad about the people. he didn't
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About the people. he didn't go around with a chip on his
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Go around with a chip on his shoulder. he was merciful. he
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Shoulder. he was merciful. he forgave them and moved on. he
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Forgave them and moved on. he wasn't accepted anymore in
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Wasn't accepted anymore in his traditional denomination.
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His traditional denomination. there were friends and
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There were friends and colleagues he had gone to
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Colleagues he had gone to school with, they were no
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School with, they were no longer for him. they didn't
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Longer for him. they didn't want to have any contact. it
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Want to have any contact. it was like they would be
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Was like they would be contaminated, couldn't get
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Contaminated, couldn't get around him. he said, “joel,
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Around him. he said, “joel, they drew a circle to shut me
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They drew a circle to shut me out. but i drew a bigger
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Out. but i drew a bigger circle to shut them in.” you
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Circle to shut them in.” you can't stop hurt from coming,
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Can't stop hurt from coming, betrayal, people that are
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Betrayal, people that are unfair, but when you have
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Unfair, but when you have your coat of love on, when
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Your coat of love on, when you're merciful, forgiving,
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You're merciful, forgiving, making allowances for
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Making allowances for people's shortcomings, it
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People's shortcomings, it doesn't poison you. you keep
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Doesn't poison you. you keep enjoying your life, being
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Enjoying your life, being good to people, drawing in
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Good to people, drawing in the favor of god.
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The favor of god. james 2 says, “whatever you
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James 2 says, “whatever you say and whatever you do,
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Say and whatever you do, remember, you will be judged
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Remember, you will be judged by the law of love.” it
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By the law of love.” it doesn't say we're going to be
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Doesn't say we're going to be judged by how many arguments
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Judged by how many arguments we won, how many people we
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We won, how many people we corrected, how perfect our
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Corrected, how perfect our doctrine was, how successful
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Doctrine was, how successful we were. no, we're going to
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We were. no, we're going to be judged by, were you
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Be judged by, were you wearing your coat of love?
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Wearing your coat of love? were you good to people,
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Were you good to people, kind, merciful, forgiving.
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Kind, merciful, forgiving. did you walk in humility,
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Did you walk in humility, patience, generosity. james
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Patience, generosity. james said, whatever you do, and
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Said, whatever you do, and whatever you say. that means
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Whatever you say. that means before you post it on social
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Before you post it on social media. before you express
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Media. before you express your opinion. before you
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Your opinion. before you confront someone, ask
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Confront someone, ask yourself, “am i doing this
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Yourself, “am i doing this out of love, out of kindness,
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Out of love, out of kindness, gentleness?” or are you doing
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Gentleness?” or are you doing it out of hurt, out of anger,
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It out of hurt, out of anger, jealousy? “i don't want them
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Jealousy? “i don't want them to look better than me. i'm
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To look better than me. i'm going to say something
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Going to say something demeaning.” “i'm not going to
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Demeaning.” “i'm not going to let this coworker get away
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Let this coworker get away with being rude to me, i'm
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With being rude to me, i'm going to be rude back to
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Going to be rude back to him.” there's no blessing
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Him.” there's no blessing when you're doing things out
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When you're doing things out of spite, ill will,
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Of spite, ill will, bitterness. that's going to
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Bitterness. that's going to drag you down and make life
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Drag you down and make life more difficult.
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More difficult. this is the way many people
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This is the way many people live. disrespect for
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Live. disrespect for disrespect. “you hurt me, i'm
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Disrespect. “you hurt me, i'm going to hurt you.” they're
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Going to hurt you.” they're a loud clanging cymbal. we
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A loud clanging cymbal. we try to answer back with loud
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Try to answer back with loud clanging cymbals. “let's be
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Clanging cymbals. “let's be louder, harsher, more
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Louder, harsher, more disrespectful.” that's not
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Disrespectful.” that's not the way to win. the scripture
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The way to win. the scripture says, “you overcome evil with
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Says, “you overcome evil with good.” when you're kind to
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Good.” when you're kind to those that are not kind to
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Those that are not kind to you, proverbs says, “it's
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You, proverbs says, “it's like you're heaping coals of
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Like you're heaping coals of fire on their head.” when you
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Fire on their head.” when you stay in love, god will fight
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Stay in love, god will fight your battles. he'll vindicate
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Your battles. he'll vindicate you better than you can
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You better than you can vindicate yourself. 1
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Vindicate yourself. 1 corinthians says, “love never
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Corinthians says, “love never fails.” it doesn't say,
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Fails.” it doesn't say, strength never fails, being
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Strength never fails, being right never fails, proving
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Right never fails, proving your point. no love never
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Your point. no love never fails. love brings down
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Fails. love brings down walls. love heals, restores,
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Walls. love heals, restores, protects. love will help you
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Protects. love will help you keep your heart pure.
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Keep your heart pure. jesus had a lot of people
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Jesus had a lot of people that were against him.
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That were against him. critics and naysayers,
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Critics and naysayers, religious leaders that were
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Religious leaders that were jealous. but he didn't spend
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Jealous. but he didn't spend a lot of time arguing with
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A lot of time arguing with people, getting into heated
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People, getting into heated debates, trying to prove who
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Debates, trying to prove who he was. he let his actions
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He was. he let his actions speak. when he was brought
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Speak. when he was brought before pilate with all these
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Before pilate with all these false accusations, the
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False accusations, the scripture says, “he answered
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Scripture says, “he answered him not a word.” he knew they
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Him not a word.” he knew they weren't going to change their
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Weren't going to change their mind, that they were
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Mind, that they were determined to misunderstand
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Determined to misunderstand him. sometimes we're trying
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Him. sometimes we're trying to win over people that are
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To win over people that are never going to be for us.
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Never going to be for us. we're getting all riled up,
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We're getting all riled up, trying to convince them to
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Trying to convince them to change, and see it from our
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Change, and see it from our point of view. but we have to
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Point of view. but we have to accept that it's okay if
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Accept that it's okay if someone doesn't agree. it's
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Someone doesn't agree. it's okay, if they're not for us.
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Okay, if they're not for us. you don't need everyone to be
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You don't need everyone to be for you to fulfill your
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For you to fulfill your destiny.
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Destiny. it's really easy to get
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It's really easy to get baited into conflict,
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Baited into conflict, argumentative, angered,
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Argumentative, angered, frustrated, because they're
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Frustrated, because they're not changing their mind.
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Not changing their mind. they're insulting, saying
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They're insulting, saying things that aren't true. some
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Things that aren't true. some battles, you're not supposed
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Battles, you're not supposed to fight. it's a distraction
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To fight. it's a distraction to try to get you off course,
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To try to get you off course, wasting time, stressed over
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Wasting time, stressed over something that you can't
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Something that you can't control. in the big picture,
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Control. in the big picture, it's not going to stop your
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It's not going to stop your purpose. jesus didn't answer
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Purpose. jesus didn't answer every critic. he didn't try
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Every critic. he didn't try to change every person's
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To change every person's mind. the enemy would love to
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Mind. the enemy would love to deceive us into becoming loud
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Deceive us into becoming loud clanging cymbals. you have
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Clanging cymbals. you have the truth, you know you're
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The truth, you know you're right, but you got bent out
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Right, but you got bent out of shape, aggravated. it
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Of shape, aggravated. it takes maturity to not get
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Takes maturity to not get drawn into the wrong battles.
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Drawn into the wrong battles. human nature wants to fight,
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Human nature wants to fight, defend, stand up. there are
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Defend, stand up. there are times that's important. but
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Times that's important. but do it with love. don't let
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Do it with love. don't let the poison of other people
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The poison of other people get in you. if you take it
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Get in you. if you take it all personal, and you try to
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All personal, and you try to straighten everyone out, and
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Straighten everyone out, and prove your point. you get as
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Prove your point. you get as loud, and trade insult to
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Loud, and trade insult to insult, that's what the enemy
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Insult, that's what the enemy wants. now you're not
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Wants. now you're not effective. it's a clanging
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Effective. it's a clanging cymbal, a lot of noise with
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Cymbal, a lot of noise with no results. go put your coat
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No results. go put your coat of love on. the gentleness,
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Of love on. the gentleness, the kindness. that's who god
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The kindness. that's who god has created us to be. those
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Has created us to be. those are the clothes he's designed
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Are the clothes he's designed for us to wear.
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For us to wear. sometimes we're wearing knock
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Sometimes we're wearing knock offs. hand me downs. “i got
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Offs. hand me downs. “i got this pride jacket, joel, from
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This pride jacket, joel, from my relatives. this temper,
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My relatives. this temper, this harshness, it was passed
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This harshness, it was passed down from my family. my
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Down from my family. my father used to wear it, he
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Father used to wear it, he was angry. my grandmother
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Was angry. my grandmother gave me this coat. she was
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Gave me this coat. she was jealous. she was bitter.” no,
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Jealous. she was bitter.” no, those clothes don't look good
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Those clothes don't look good on you. their day is over.
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On you. their day is over. it's time to get a new
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It's time to get a new wardrobe. your heavenly
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Wardrobe. your heavenly father is an amazing
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Father is an amazing designer. he's already
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Designer. he's already created custom made clothing
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Created custom made clothing just for you. kindness,
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Just for you. kindness, gentleness, humility,
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Gentleness, humility, forgiveness, patience. and
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Forgiveness, patience. and the most important piece that
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The most important piece that you must wear, the clothing
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You must wear, the clothing of love. don't leave home
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Of love. don't leave home without it. if you forget to
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Without it. if you forget to put that on, bitterness will
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Put that on, bitterness will show up, offense, judgment,
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Show up, offense, judgment, jealousy.
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Jealousy. 1 john says, “let us stop
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1 john says, “let us stop saying that we love each
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Saying that we love each other and let us start
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Other and let us start showing it by our actions.”
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Showing it by our actions.” paul was saying, “talk is
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Paul was saying, “talk is cheap. you can say all day
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Cheap. you can say all day long you love me, but if you
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Long you love me, but if you won't forgive me, if you
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Won't forgive me, if you won't quit being jealous, if
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Won't quit being jealous, if you won't stop talking behind
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You won't stop talking behind my back, there's no proof
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My back, there's no proof that you love me.” love is
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That you love me.” love is action. there should be
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Action. there should be evidence that you love
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Evidence that you love people. express your love.
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People. express your love. all through the day. it may
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All through the day. it may be just a smile to a
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Be just a smile to a stranger. someone passing by.
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Stranger. someone passing by. you could ignore them, look
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You could ignore them, look down but you acknowledge
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Down but you acknowledge them. you're saying, “i see
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Them. you're saying, “i see you. you're valuable. i care
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You. you're valuable. i care about you.” you just
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About you.” you just deposited something in them.
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Deposited something in them. it may be bringing your
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It may be bringing your coworker a cup of coffee in
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Coworker a cup of coffee in the morning. filling your
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The morning. filling your wife's car up with gasoline
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Wife's car up with gasoline so she doesn't have to. love
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So she doesn't have to. love should be seen. people that
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Should be seen. people that god's put in your life should
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God's put in your life should have some evidence that you
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Have some evidence that you love them. it's good to tell
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Love them. it's good to tell them. words are important.
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Them. words are important. but words alone are not
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But words alone are not enough. there should be some
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Enough. there should be some good deeds of how you're
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Good deeds of how you're being a blessing. it may be
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Being a blessing. it may be when that friend makes a
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When that friend makes a mistake, hurts your feelings.
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Mistake, hurts your feelings. you could be upset, make them
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You could be upset, make them pay, but you're merciful. you
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Pay, but you're merciful. you let it go and don't try to
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Let it go and don't try to make them feel guilty. that's
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Make them feel guilty. that's love in action.
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Love in action. i was at the grocery store
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I was at the grocery store one time. this young woman
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One time. this young woman was at the cash register. it
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Was at the cash register. it was very crowded, the lines
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Was very crowded, the lines were backed up, and she was
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Were backed up, and she was very slow. she was new and
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Very slow. she was new and didn't know how to work
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Didn't know how to work everything. it was taking
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Everything. it was taking forever. there were several
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Forever. there were several people in front of me. they
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People in front of me. they were getting very upset,
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Were getting very upset, impatient. they let her know,
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Impatient. they let her know, making comments, being harsh,
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Making comments, being harsh, condescending. i want to live
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Condescending. i want to live my life being a part of the
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My life being a part of the solution and not the problem,
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Solution and not the problem, lifting people up and not
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Lifting people up and not putting them down, people
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Putting them down, people already have enough hurts,
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Already have enough hurts, enough things to overcome,
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Enough things to overcome, things that we don't know
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Things that we don't know anything about. they don't
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Anything about. they don't need another condemning
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Need another condemning voice. judgment, “come on, do
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Voice. judgment, “come on, do better, can't you get it
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Better, can't you get it right.” no, god put them in
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Right.” no, god put them in your path so you can be a
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Your path so you can be a healer, a lifter, a restorer.
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Healer, a lifter, a restorer. when i got up there, i simply
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When i got up there, i simply said, “you're doing great.
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Said, “you're doing great. everything's going to be
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Everything's going to be fine. we appreciate you being
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Fine. we appreciate you being here.” i'll never forget,
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Here.” i'll never forget, tears started running down
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Tears started running down her cheeks. she said, “my
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Her cheeks. she said, “my baby is in the hospital. i'm
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Baby is in the hospital. i'm so worried. i can't really
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So worried. i can't really concentrate on what i'm
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Concentrate on what i'm doing.” we took a moment to
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Doing.” we took a moment to pray right then and there.
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Pray right then and there. you don't know what people
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You don't know what people are going through. we can be
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Are going through. we can be quick to judge. quick to
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Quick to judge. quick to criticize, but if you were to
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Criticize, but if you were to walk in their shoes, you'd
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Walk in their shoes, you'd probably have more mercy.
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Probably have more mercy. you'd be more understanding.
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You'd be more understanding. the world needs more love. we
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The world needs more love. we have a lot of division,
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Have a lot of division, strife, people arguing,
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Strife, people arguing, trying to push them down,
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Trying to push them down, prove their point. god is
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Prove their point. god is counting on us to express his
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Counting on us to express his love. to show his kindness,
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Love. to show his kindness, his mercy. you can help heal,
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His mercy. you can help heal, restore and put people back
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Restore and put people back on their feet. that doesn't
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On their feet. that doesn't happen through judgment,
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Happen through judgment, pride, impatience, holding
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Pride, impatience, holding grudges. that's the wrong
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Grudges. that's the wrong clothing.
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Clothing. all through the scripture we
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All through the scripture we see how jesus didn't just
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See how jesus didn't just teach about love, he wore
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Teach about love, he wore love. he modeled it. when he
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Love. he modeled it. when he saw zacchaeus, a despised tax
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Saw zacchaeus, a despised tax collector, they were known
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Collector, they were known for their dishonesty. society
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For their dishonesty. society had written him off, but
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Had written him off, but jesus called him out of the
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Jesus called him out of the crowd and said, “i want to go
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Crowd and said, “i want to go to your house and have dinner
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To your house and have dinner with you today.” jesus went
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With you today.” jesus went to people that others thought
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To people that others thought were too far gone. love in
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Were too far gone. love in action. or how about when the
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Action. or how about when the leper came to jesus, fell at
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Leper came to jesus, fell at his feet, said, “jesus, if
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His feet, said, “jesus, if you want to, you can heal
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You want to, you can heal me.” lepers were unclean,
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Me.” lepers were unclean, contagious. they were
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Contagious. they were supposed to keep their
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Supposed to keep their distance. here this man put
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Distance. here this man put jesus at risk. he'd broken
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Jesus at risk. he'd broken protocol, gone against safety
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Protocol, gone against safety requirements. jesus could
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Requirements. jesus could have been upset, “get him
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Have been upset, “get him away from me. you're going to
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Away from me. you're going to get me infected.” but jesus
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Get me infected.” but jesus bent down and touched the
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Bent down and touched the man. i can hear the gasp in
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Man. i can hear the gasp in the crowd. “can you believe
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The crowd. “can you believe it? he's going to get
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It? he's going to get leprosy.” but the scripture
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Leprosy.” but the scripture says, “instantly, the man's
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Says, “instantly, the man's skin was made whole.” love
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Skin was made whole.” love that can be seen. on the
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That can be seen. on the cross, after being betrayed,
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Cross, after being betrayed, mocked, jesus was up there in
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Mocked, jesus was up there in great pain. he could have
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Great pain. he could have been bitter, angry. but he
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Been bitter, angry. but he said, “father, forgive them.
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Said, “father, forgive them. they don't know what they're
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They don't know what they're doing.”
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Doing.” showing love is not just
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Showing love is not just being kind to people, but
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Being kind to people, but it's forgiving wrongs, not
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It's forgiving wrongs, not holding grudges, being
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Holding grudges, being merciful. is there someone
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Merciful. is there someone you need to forgive today? a
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You need to forgive today? a family member you need to let
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Family member you need to let off the hook. “joel, they're
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Off the hook. “joel, they're guilty. they did me wrong.”
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Guilty. they did me wrong.” only the guilty need mercy.
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Only the guilty need mercy. we're not going to be judged
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We're not going to be judged by how right we are, how much
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By how right we are, how much faith we have, but by the law
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Faith we have, but by the law of love. just like you get
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Of love. just like you get dressed each morning
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Dressed each morning physically, you need to get
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Physically, you need to get dressed spiritually. put on
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Dressed spiritually. put on kindness, humility,
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Kindness, humility, gentleness, respect, and then
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Gentleness, respect, and then the most important piece of
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The most important piece of clothing you must wear is
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Clothing you must wear is love. let all you do and all
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Love. let all you do and all you say run through the
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You say run through the filter of love. not pride,
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Filter of love. not pride, not judgment, not offense,
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Not judgment, not offense, but love. maybe today you
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But love. maybe today you need to change your wardrobe.
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Need to change your wardrobe. you've been wearing a sour
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You've been wearing a sour attitude, being harsh,
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Attitude, being harsh, jealous. none of that looks
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Jealous. none of that looks good on you. that's outdated.
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Good on you. that's outdated. that's the wrong designer.
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That's the wrong designer. the good news is there's a
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The good news is there's a new wardrobe waiting just for
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New wardrobe waiting just for you. already paid for, just
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You. already paid for, just your size. do your part and
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Your size. do your part and start clothing yourself in
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Start clothing yourself in love. if you'll do this, i
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Love. if you'll do this, i believe and declare, you're
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Believe and declare, you're not only going to feel better
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Not only going to feel better about who you are, more
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About who you are, more peace, more confidence, but
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Peace, more confidence, but you're going to be more
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You're going to be more effective, have better
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Effective, have better relationships, and see the
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Relationships, and see the goodness of god in greater
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Goodness of god in greater ways, in jesus' name. if you
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Ways, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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Receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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(applause) i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life. would you
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me? just say, “lord
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Pray with me? just say, “lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart. i make
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior.” if
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You my lord and savior.” if you prayed that simple
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You prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again. we'd love to send
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Born again. we'd love to send you some free information on
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You some free information on your new walk with the lord.
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Your new walk with the lord. you can text the number on
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You can text the number on the screen or go to the
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The screen or go to the website. but i hope you'll
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Website. but i hope you'll get into a good bible-based
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Get into a good bible-based church and keep god first
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Church and keep god first place.
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Life throws so much at us.
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Life throws so much at us. disappointments,
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Disappointments, failures, challenges.
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Failures, challenges. we can feel so out of touch
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We can feel so out of touch that we no longer
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That we no longer recognize ourselves.
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Recognize ourselves. life has a way of changing us.
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Life has a way of changing us. at one time
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At one time we were outgoing
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We were outgoing and excited about our dreams.
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And excited about our dreams. but when we go
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But when we go through disappointments
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Through disappointments and people do us
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And people do us wrong, it's easy
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Wrong, it's easy to lose that positive,
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To lose that positive, passionate person
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That we used to be.
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That we used to be. in my new book,
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In my new book, rediscovering the forgotten
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Rediscovering the forgotten you, i'll help you
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You, i'll help you get back to who you really are.
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Get back to who you really are. the joyful you,
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The joyful you, the confident you,
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The confident you, the talented you.
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The talented you. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. you haven't been
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You haven't been through too much.
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Through too much. you may have lost
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You may have lost part of yourself,
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Part of yourself, but you can find yourself.
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But you can find yourself. god is in the business
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God is in the business of restoring what was lost.
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Of restoring what was lost. healing what was broken.
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Healing what was broken. you haven't seen the
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You haven't seen the best version of you yet.
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Best version of you yet. it's still in front of you.
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It's still in front of you. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount,
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Forgotten you. life's challenges
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Life's challenges might have distorted
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Might have distorted the true you.
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The true you. but now you can
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But now you can reclaim, revitalize,
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Reclaim, revitalize, and restore
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The version of yourself that you once knew.
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i are praying
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Victoria and i are praying for you and your family,
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For you and your family, for god's very best.
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For god's very best. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity helps
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Your generosity helps people all over the world.
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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Joel Osteen - Clothed With Love

April 26, 2026 | 27:29

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