Joel Osteen - Deaf To The Negative

March 10, 2025 | S25:E69

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 - Deaf To The Negative | March 10, 2025
  • > joel: god bless you.
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  • > joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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  • It's great to be with you today. i'll hope you'll stay
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  • Today. i'll hope you'll stay connected during the week,
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  • Connected 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. we'll keep you
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  • Media. we'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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  • Encouraged and inspired. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny.
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  • Something funny. i heard about this single
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  • I heard about this single man, he was sitting on an
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  • Man, he was sitting on an airplane next to a
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  • Airplane next to a beautiful single lady.
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  • Beautiful single lady. they struck up a
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  • They struck up a conversation, he asked what
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  • Conversation, he asked what kind of men she liked.
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  • Kind of men she liked. she said, “well i like
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  • She said, “well i like native american men with
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  • Native american men with their high cheek bones,
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  • Their high cheek bones, golden tan skin. plus i
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  • Golden tan skin. plus i like jewish men, they're so
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  • Like jewish men, they're so brilliant and successful.
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  • Brilliant and successful. and i like good ole' boys
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  • And i like good ole' boys from the south with their
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  • From the south with their long southern drawl.
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  • Long southern drawl. what's your name?” he said,
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  • What's your name?” he said, “my name is geronimo
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  • “my name is geronimo bernstein, but my friends
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  • Bernstein, but my friends call me bubba.”
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  • Call me bubba.” say it like you mean it.
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  • Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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  • This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i
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  • I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have. i
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  • Have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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  • Can do what it says i can do.
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  • Do. today, i will be taught the
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  • Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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  • Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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  • I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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  • Is alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • Receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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  • Jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about deaf to the negative.
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  • About deaf to the negative. we all have discouraging
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  • We all have discouraging thoughts telling us what we
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  • Thoughts telling us what we can't do, how we're not
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  • Can't do, how we're not going to get well, we'll
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  • Going to get well, we'll never meet the right person.
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  • Never meet the right person. sometimes people speak
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  • Sometimes people speak negative words, say things
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  • Negative words, say things that can limit our life.
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  • That can limit our life. a friend of mine wanted to
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  • A friend of mine wanted to become a doctor, but he was
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  • Become a doctor, but he was told by his high school
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  • Told by his high school counselor that he wasn't
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  • Counselor that he wasn't smart enough.
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  • Smart enough. he didn't make good enough
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  • He didn't make good enough grades and he should try
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  • Grades and he should try something else.
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  • Something else. if we let these negative
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  • If we let these negative comments play in our mind,
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  • Comments play in our mind, they will keep us from
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  • They will keep us from becoming who we were
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  • Becoming who we were created to be.
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  • Created to be. no one can make you think
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  • No one can make you think something.
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  • Something. you get to choose what
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  • You get to choose what you're going to dwell on.
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  • You're going to dwell on. when those lies come,
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  • When those lies come, saying, “you're not
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  • Saying, “you're not attractive, you don't have
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  • Attractive, you don't have a good personality, you're
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  • A good personality, you're too old.” you can dwell on
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  • Too old.” you can dwell on it, let it poison you or
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  • It, let it poison you or you can ignore it, not give
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  • You can ignore it, not give it the time of day.
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  • It the time of day. in the scripture, david
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  • In the scripture, david faced all kinds of
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  • Faced all kinds of opposition, people speaking
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  • Opposition, people speaking defeat over him, thoughts
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  • Defeat over him, thoughts saying he would never reach
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  • Saying he would never reach his destiny.
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  • His destiny. how did he keep his mind
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  • How did he keep his mind filled with faith?
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  • Filled with faith? he said in psalm 38, “my
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  • He said in psalm 38, “my enemies lay traps for me,
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  • Enemies lay traps for me, they make plans to ruin me.
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  • They make plans to ruin me. but i am deaf to their
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  • But i am deaf to their threats.
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  • Threats. i choose to hear nothing at
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  • I choose to hear nothing at all.” if you're going to
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  • All.” if you're going to reach your potential, you
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  • Reach your potential, you have to become deaf to the
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  • Have to become deaf to the negative.
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  • Negative. when threats come,
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  • When threats come, discouraging thoughts,
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  • Discouraging thoughts, people speaking defeat, you
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  • People speaking defeat, you have to do like david and
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  • Have to do like david and choose to hear nothing at
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  • Choose to hear nothing at all.
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  • All. don't give it the time of
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  • Don't give it the time of day.
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  • Day. let it go in one ear and
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  • Let it go in one ear and out the other.
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  • Out the other. that's what my friend did
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  • That's what my friend did in high school.
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  • In high school. twenty years later, this
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  • Twenty years later, this counselor, the same one
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  • Counselor, the same one that told him he wasn't
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  • That told him he wasn't smart enough, brought his
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  • Smart enough, brought his mother to the doctor.
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  • Mother to the doctor. he walked in and saw my
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  • He walked in and saw my friend.
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  • Friend. he said, “don't i know you
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  • He said, “don't i know you from somewhere?” my friend
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  • From somewhere?” my friend said, “yes, i'm the student
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  • Said, “yes, i'm the student you said would never become
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  • You said would never become a doctor.” he treated his
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  • A doctor.” he treated his mother and billed him twice
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  • Mother and billed him twice the normal amount.
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  • The normal amount. people don't determine your
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  • People don't determine your destiny.
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  • Destiny. don't let them talk you out
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  • Don't let them talk you out of what god put in your
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  • Of what god put in your heart. you have to become
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  • Heart. you have to become deaf to the naysayers.
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  • Deaf to the naysayers. deaf to relatives that tell
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  • Deaf to relatives that tell you you can't accomplish
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  • You you can't accomplish your dreams. deaf to
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  • Your dreams. deaf to coworkers that make
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  • Coworkers that make demeaning remarks and say
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  • Demeaning remarks and say things to belittle you.
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  • Things to belittle you. the enemy will use people
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  • The enemy will use people to try to keep you from
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  • To try to keep you from your purpose.
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  • Your purpose. they may be good people,
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  • They may be good people, they may love you but they
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  • They may love you but they don't see what god put in
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  • Don't see what god put in you.
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  • You. they're judging from the
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  • They're judging from the outside, they don't realize
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  • Outside, they don't realize what's on the inside.
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  • What's on the inside. god put greatness in you.
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  • God put greatness in you. when david was out in the
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  • When david was out in the shepherd's fields as a
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  • Shepherd's fields as a teenager, he knew he was
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  • Teenager, he knew he was going to leave his mark.
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  • Going to leave his mark. the odds were against him,
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  • The odds were against him, he didn't come from an
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  • He didn't come from an influential family, wealth,
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  • Influential family, wealth, connections, education.
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  • Connections, education. he was a shepherd, stuck
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  • He was a shepherd, stuck out in the country, by
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  • Out in the country, by himself.
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  • Himself. but i can imagine at night,
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  • But i can imagine at night, he would look up at the
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  • He would look up at the stars, he could hear god
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  • Stars, he could hear god speaking to him, telling
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  • Speaking to him, telling him that he was going to do
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  • Him that he was going to do something great, that he
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  • Something great, that he was destined to lead a
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  • Was destined to lead a nation.
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  • Nation. but when the prophet samuel
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  • But when the prophet samuel came to anoint one of his
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  • Came to anoint one of his father's sons as the next
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  • Father's sons as the next king of israel, his father,
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  • King of israel, his father, jesse, thought, “it's not
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  • Jesse, thought, “it's not david.
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  • David. he's too young, too small,
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  • He's too young, too small, he's not talented enough.”
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  • He's not talented enough.” david felt the sting of his
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  • David felt the sting of his own father not believing in
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  • Own father not believing in him. it's one thing when a
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  • Him. it's one thing when a friend discounts you, a
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  • Friend discounts you, a coworker puts you down, but
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  • Coworker puts you down, but when your own family,
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  • When your own family, someone that should be for
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  • Someone that should be for you, they speak defeat,
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  • You, they speak defeat, tell you how you're not
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  • Tell you how you're not that talented, you can't
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  • That talented, you can't accomplish that dream,
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  • Accomplish that dream, those words carry more
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  • Those words carry more weight.
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  • Weight. you have to dig down deep
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  • You have to dig down deep and say, “i am not going to
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  • And say, “i am not going to let what they're saying
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  • Let what they're saying take root.
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  • Take root. they may be my family, but
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  • They may be my family, but i am not going to let their
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  • I am not going to let their doubt convince me to settle
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  • Doubt convince me to settle for less than what god's
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  • For less than what god's put in me.”
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  • Put in me.” paul said in romans, “so
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  • Paul said in romans, “so what if they don't believe.
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  • What if they don't believe. will their unbelief make
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  • Will their unbelief make your faith of no effect?”
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  • Your faith of no effect?” sometimes we're wanting
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  • Sometimes we're wanting people to believe in us
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  • People to believe in us that are never going to be
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  • That are never going to be for us.
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  • For us. we long for their
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  • We long for their affirmation, for our family
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  • Affirmation, for our family to cheer us on, a friend to
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  • To cheer us on, a friend to encourage us, but it's just
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  • Encourage us, but it's just the opposite.
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  • The opposite. you have to say like paul,
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  • You have to say like paul, “so what if they don't
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  • “so what if they don't believe.
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  • Believe. they're not going to talk
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  • They're not going to talk me out of believing.
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  • Me out of believing. i love them but i'm going
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  • I love them but i'm going to be deaf to their
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  • To be deaf to their unbelief.” these are tests
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  • Unbelief.” these are tests we have to pass.
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  • We have to pass. you won't have everyone
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  • You won't have everyone cheering you on, there will
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  • Cheering you on, there will be doubters, naysayers,
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  • Be doubters, naysayers, people that are close to
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  • People that are close to you that don't think you
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  • You that don't think you can accomplish what god put
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  • Can accomplish what god put in your heart. if they
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  • In your heart. if they don't believe, you don't
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  • Don't believe, you don't need them. they didn't put
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  • Need them. they didn't put the dream in you.
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  • The dream in you. be respectful but be deaf
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  • Be respectful but be deaf to their unbelief.
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  • To their unbelief. the quicker you get rid of
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  • The quicker you get rid of it, the better you'll be.
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  • It, the better you'll be. if you start thinking about
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  • If you start thinking about it for a day, dwelling on
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  • It for a day, dwelling on it, “maybe what they said
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  • It, “maybe what they said is right, maybe i will
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  • Is right, maybe i will never get out of the
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  • Never get out of the shepherd's fields, maybe i
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  • Shepherd's fields, maybe i won't break this addiction,
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  • Won't break this addiction, maybe my business has seen
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  • Maybe my business has seen its best days, or maybe i
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  • Its best days, or maybe i should just learn to live
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  • Should just learn to live with this sickness.” no,
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  • With this sickness.” no, what you should do is
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  • What you should do is become deaf to negative.
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  • Become deaf to negative. you can't play defeat in
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  • You can't play defeat in your mind and have victory.
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  • Your mind and have victory. you can't think sickness
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  • You can't think sickness and have health.
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  • And have health. you can't dwell on thoughts
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  • You can't dwell on thoughts of lack and have abundance.
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  • Of lack and have abundance. samuel told jesse that the
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  • Samuel told jesse that the king wasn't one of the
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  • King wasn't one of the seven sons that were
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  • Seven sons that were standing before him. these
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  • Standing before him. these sons were tall, impressive,
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  • Sons were tall, impressive, strong, but god doesn't
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  • Strong, but god doesn't look on the outside.
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  • Look on the outside. don't be intimidated if you
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  • Don't be intimidated if you feel like you're lacking in
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  • Feel like you're lacking in some area.
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  • Some area. if you were only taller,
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  • If you were only taller, had a better personality,
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  • Had a better personality, came from a different
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  • Came from a different family, if you were as
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  • Family, if you were as smart as that coworker.
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  • Smart as that coworker. no you have everything you
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  • No you have everything you need to run your race.
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  • Need to run your race. you've been fearfully and
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  • You've been fearfully and wonderfully made.
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  • Wonderfully made. when god created you, he
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  • When god created you, he matched you with your world.
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  • Matched you with your world. he put everything you need
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  • He put everything you need for your assignment.
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  • For your assignment. you're not lacking anything.
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  • You're not lacking anything. you're the right size, the
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  • You're the right size, the right nationality, the
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  • Right nationality, the right age, the right
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  • Right age, the right personality.
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  • Personality. when people try to tell you
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  • When people try to tell you otherwise, thoughts try to
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  • Otherwise, thoughts try to convince you that you're at
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  • Convince you that you're at a disadvantage, you were
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  • A disadvantage, you were shortchanged, “look at you
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  • Shortchanged, “look at you david.
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  • David. you're too small, too
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  • You're too small, too young, you don't look like
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  • Young, you don't look like your brothers.” that's a
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  • Your brothers.” that's a good time to become deaf.
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  • Good time to become deaf. as soon as samuel saw
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  • As soon as samuel saw david, he said, “that's the
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  • David, he said, “that's the one, he's the next king.”
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  • One, he's the next king.” god has already lined up
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  • God has already lined up people that can see your
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  • People that can see your greatness, people that will
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  • Greatness, people that will speak destiny into you,
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  • Speak destiny into you, people that will open doors
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  • People that will open doors you can't open and use
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  • You can't open and use their influence to take you
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  • Their influence to take you higher.
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  • Higher. but here's the key, most of
  • 00:08:04.974 --> 00:08:06.676
  • But here's the key, most of the time first, you will
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  • The time first, you will encounter the critics, the
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  • Encounter the critics, the naysayers, family members
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  • Naysayers, family members who try to discourage you.
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  • Who try to discourage you. if you're going to see
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  • If you're going to see samuel, you have to become
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  • Samuel, you have to become deaf to all the others.
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  • Deaf to all the others. it's a test. if you start
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  • It's a test. if you start letting the negative play,
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  • Letting the negative play, you'll get discouraged,
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  • You'll get discouraged, give up on dreams, live
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  • Give up on dreams, live below your potential.
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  • Below your potential. don't fall into that trap.
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  • Don't fall into that trap. start tuning out all the
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  • Start tuning out all the lies people have spoken
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  • Lies people have spoken over you, tune out those
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  • Over you, tune out those negative thoughts the enemy
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  • Negative thoughts the enemy whispers in your mind
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  • Whispers in your mind trying to diminish you and
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  • Trying to diminish you and make you feel unattractive,
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  • Make you feel unattractive, not valuable, not worthy.
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  • Not valuable, not worthy. the enemy works overtime in
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  • The enemy works overtime in this area.
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  • This area. he knows if he can keep you
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  • He knows if he can keep you in a limited mindset,
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  • In a limited mindset, feeling less than, thinking
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  • Feeling less than, thinking you can't do something
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  • You can't do something great, then he's won the
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  • Great, then he's won the battle.
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  • Battle. if david had believed what
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  • If david had believed what his father spoke over him,
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  • His father spoke over him, that he was too young, not
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  • That he was too young, not talented enough, that he
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  • Talented enough, that he was just a shepherd, he
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  • Was just a shepherd, he would have gotten stuck out
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  • Would have gotten stuck out in those fields.
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  • In those fields. david did what we all have
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  • David did what we all have to do, he tuned out the
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  • To do, he tuned out the negative, kept his mind
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  • Negative, kept his mind filled with faith.
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  • Filled with faith. every thought said he was
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  • Every thought said he was stuck, family members
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  • Stuck, family members putting him down, i can
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  • Putting him down, i can hear him out in the fields.
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  • Hear him out in the fields. “father, thank you that you
  • 00:09:20.816 --> 00:09:22.318
  • “father, thank you that you being for me is more than
  • 00:09:22.385 --> 00:09:24.053
  • Being for me is more than the world being against me.
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  • The world being against me. i am strong in the lord. i
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  • I am strong in the lord. i am well able to fulfill my
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  • Am well able to fulfill my destiny.
  • 00:09:28.991 --> 00:09:29.859
  • Destiny. what you promised will come
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  • What you promised will come to pass.”
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  • To pass.” when we were trying to
  • 00:09:33.262 --> 00:09:34.030
  • When we were trying to acquire the compaq center,
  • 00:09:34.096 --> 00:09:35.965
  • Acquire the compaq center, there was a man that was
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  • There was a man that was very influential in the
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  • Very influential in the city.
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  • City. he knew everyone.
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  • He knew everyone. i had never met him, but i
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  • I had never met him, but i thought if we could get him
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  • Thought if we could get him on board it would be very
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  • On board it would be very helpful.
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  • Helpful. so we made some contacts
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  • So we made some contacts and he agreed to meet.
  • 00:09:46.442 --> 00:09:48.010
  • And he agreed to meet. i went to his office and
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  • I went to his office and told him what we wanted to
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  • Told him what we wanted to do.
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  • Do. i thought he would be happy
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  • I thought he would be happy for us and give us some
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  • For us and give us some good advice but it was just
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  • Good advice but it was just the opposite.
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  • The opposite. he wasn't friendly at all.
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  • He wasn't friendly at all. he was very matter of fact.
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  • He was very matter of fact. he even said, “i don't
  • 00:10:00.256 --> 00:10:02.158
  • He even said, “i don't think lakewood being in the
  • 00:10:02.224 --> 00:10:03.793
  • Think lakewood being in the compaq center is a good
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  • Compaq center is a good idea at all.” he went on
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  • Idea at all.” he went on and on telling why it
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  • And on telling why it wasn't right and how it
  • 00:10:08.831 --> 00:10:10.299
  • Wasn't right and how it wasn't made for a church;
  • 00:10:10.366 --> 00:10:12.234
  • Wasn't made for a church; especially not lakewood.
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  • Especially not lakewood. he came from a very strict,
  • 00:10:14.537 --> 00:10:16.338
  • He came from a very strict, fundamentalist background.
  • 00:10:16.405 --> 00:10:18.441
  • Fundamentalist background. he didn't like the fact
  • 00:10:18.507 --> 00:10:19.442
  • He didn't like the fact that i smiled so much.
  • 00:10:19.508 --> 00:10:21.711
  • That i smiled so much. i thanked him for his time,
  • 00:10:21.777 --> 00:10:23.245
  • I thanked him for his time, smiled real big and left.
  • 00:10:23.312 --> 00:10:25.881
  • Smiled real big and left. at first i was discouraged.
  • 00:10:25.948 --> 00:10:28.684
  • At first i was discouraged. his words played over and
  • 00:10:28.751 --> 00:10:30.086
  • His words played over and over, “it's not a good fit,
  • 00:10:30.152 --> 00:10:32.088
  • Over, “it's not a good fit, the city is not going to
  • 00:10:32.154 --> 00:10:32.922
  • The city is not going to agree, it wasn't made for a
  • 00:10:32.988 --> 00:10:34.457
  • Agree, it wasn't made for a church.” if you don't take
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  • Church.” if you don't take control of your thought
  • 00:10:36.325 --> 00:10:37.560
  • Control of your thought life, the negative will
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  • Life, the negative will continue to play.
  • 00:10:38.861 --> 00:10:39.762
  • Continue to play. a few days later, i woke up
  • 00:10:39.829 --> 00:10:42.565
  • A few days later, i woke up that morning and something
  • 00:10:42.631 --> 00:10:44.266
  • That morning and something rose up in me, like the
  • 00:10:44.333 --> 00:10:45.201
  • Rose up in me, like the apostle paul, i thought,
  • 00:10:45.267 --> 00:10:45.935
  • Apostle paul, i thought, “so what if he doesn't
  • 00:10:46.001 --> 00:10:46.602
  • “so what if he doesn't believe.
  • 00:10:46.669 --> 00:10:47.269
  • Believe. he's not god.
  • 00:10:47.336 --> 00:10:47.970
  • He's not god. he doesn't control my
  • 00:10:48.037 --> 00:10:51.373
  • He doesn't control my destiny.
  • 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:54.877
  • Destiny. i'm not going to let his
  • 00:10:54.944 --> 00:10:56.078
  • I'm not going to let his unbelief cancel out my
  • 00:10:56.145 --> 00:10:57.913
  • Unbelief cancel out my faith.” i started becoming
  • 00:10:57.980 --> 00:11:01.050
  • Faith.” i started becoming deaf to what he said.
  • 00:11:01.117 --> 00:11:02.852
  • Deaf to what he said. like david, i chose to not
  • 00:11:02.918 --> 00:11:04.854
  • Like david, i chose to not listen to his threats.
  • 00:11:04.920 --> 00:11:06.589
  • Listen to his threats. when they came up and tried
  • 00:11:06.655 --> 00:11:07.923
  • When they came up and tried to play, i would switch
  • 00:11:07.990 --> 00:11:09.125
  • To play, i would switch over to faith.
  • 00:11:09.191 --> 00:11:10.159
  • Over to faith. “father thank you that you
  • 00:11:10.226 --> 00:11:11.560
  • “father thank you that you are fighting our battles,
  • 00:11:11.627 --> 00:11:12.995
  • Are fighting our battles, that you're making our
  • 00:11:13.062 --> 00:11:13.996
  • That you're making our crooked places straight,
  • 00:11:14.063 --> 00:11:15.598
  • Crooked places straight, that no group, no person,
  • 00:11:15.664 --> 00:11:17.867
  • That no group, no person, all the forces of darkness
  • 00:11:17.933 --> 00:11:19.668
  • All the forces of darkness cannot stop what you have
  • 00:11:19.735 --> 00:11:21.170
  • Cannot stop what you have planned.” i tuned out the
  • 00:11:21.237 --> 00:11:23.139
  • Planned.” i tuned out the doubt, the negative
  • 00:11:23.205 --> 00:11:24.607
  • Doubt, the negative comments, and i kept my
  • 00:11:24.673 --> 00:11:25.808
  • Comments, and i kept my mind filled with faith,
  • 00:11:25.875 --> 00:11:27.243
  • Mind filled with faith, filled with hope.
  • 00:11:27.309 --> 00:11:28.611
  • Filled with hope. three years later, against
  • 00:11:28.677 --> 00:11:30.179
  • Three years later, against all odds, the city council
  • 00:11:30.246 --> 00:11:31.747
  • All odds, the city council voted for us and here we
  • 00:11:31.814 --> 00:11:32.915
  • Voted for us and here we are today.
  • 00:11:32.982 --> 00:11:34.150
  • Are today. people don't have the final
  • 00:11:34.216 --> 00:11:35.551
  • People don't have the final say, god does.
  • 00:11:35.618 --> 00:11:37.853
  • Say, god does. don't let their negative
  • 00:11:37.920 --> 00:11:39.321
  • Don't let their negative comments, their doubt, talk
  • 00:11:39.388 --> 00:11:41.657
  • Comments, their doubt, talk you out of what god put in
  • 00:11:41.724 --> 00:11:43.292
  • You out of what god put in your heart.
  • 00:11:43.359 --> 00:11:43.926
  • Your heart. in 2005, we had our grand
  • 00:11:43.993 --> 00:11:46.962
  • In 2005, we had our grand opening weekend here at
  • 00:11:47.029 --> 00:11:48.531
  • Opening weekend here at this place.
  • 00:11:48.597 --> 00:11:49.532
  • This place. after the service that
  • 00:11:49.598 --> 00:11:50.533
  • After the service that sunday, i met a man that
  • 00:11:50.599 --> 00:11:52.601
  • Sunday, i met a man that owned a large law firm here
  • 00:11:52.668 --> 00:11:54.570
  • Owned a large law firm here in town.
  • 00:11:54.637 --> 00:11:55.604
  • In town. he was so happy for us, he
  • 00:11:55.671 --> 00:11:57.473
  • He was so happy for us, he gave me a big hug, and
  • 00:11:57.540 --> 00:11:58.808
  • Gave me a big hug, and congratulated us.
  • 00:11:58.874 --> 00:12:00.576
  • Congratulated us. he said, “joel, i brought
  • 00:12:00.643 --> 00:12:01.644
  • He said, “joel, i brought some of my lawyers with me
  • 00:12:01.710 --> 00:12:03.078
  • Some of my lawyers with me to celebrate.” i looked
  • 00:12:03.145 --> 00:12:05.080
  • To celebrate.” i looked over and there was this man
  • 00:12:05.147 --> 00:12:06.949
  • Over and there was this man that had told us we would
  • 00:12:07.016 --> 00:12:08.050
  • That had told us we would never get it.
  • 00:12:08.117 --> 00:12:09.685
  • Never get it. i just smiled real big.
  • 00:12:09.752 --> 00:12:11.720
  • I just smiled real big. i wanted to say nanny nanny
  • 00:12:11.787 --> 00:12:13.055
  • I wanted to say nanny nanny boo boo.
  • 00:12:13.122 --> 00:12:15.124
  • Boo boo. if you'll stay deaf to the
  • 00:12:15.191 --> 00:12:16.525
  • If you'll stay deaf to the negative, god will promote
  • 00:12:16.592 --> 00:12:18.327
  • Negative, god will promote you in front of those that
  • 00:12:18.394 --> 00:12:20.129
  • You in front of those that said it would never happen.
  • 00:12:20.196 --> 00:12:22.932
  • Said it would never happen. here's the thing: they're
  • 00:12:22.998 --> 00:12:24.400
  • Here's the thing: they're not bad people they just
  • 00:12:24.466 --> 00:12:26.569
  • Not bad people they just can't see what god put in
  • 00:12:26.635 --> 00:12:28.070
  • Can't see what god put in you.
  • 00:12:28.137 --> 00:12:29.004
  • You. don't fault them, don't be
  • 00:12:29.071 --> 00:12:30.072
  • Don't fault them, don't be disrespectful, but don't
  • 00:12:30.139 --> 00:12:31.774
  • Disrespectful, but don't let their doubt, cancel out
  • 00:12:31.841 --> 00:12:33.576
  • Let their doubt, cancel out your dream.
  • 00:12:33.642 --> 00:12:35.444
  • Your dream. david's father asked him to
  • 00:12:35.511 --> 00:12:36.879
  • David's father asked him to take lunch to his brothers
  • 00:12:36.946 --> 00:12:38.881
  • Take lunch to his brothers who were in the army in
  • 00:12:38.948 --> 00:12:40.082
  • Who were in the army in another city.
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  • Another city. when he arrived, he heard
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  • When he arrived, he heard goliath, the champion of
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  • Goliath, the champion of the philistine army mocking
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  • The philistine army mocking the israelites.
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  • The israelites. for forty days, he would
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  • For forty days, he would come out every morning and
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  • Come out every morning and shout these threats and
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  • Shout these threats and make fun of them. the
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  • Make fun of them. the israeli men were terrified,
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  • Israeli men were terrified, they would run and hide.
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  • They would run and hide. something rose up in david,
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  • Something rose up in david, he said, “who is this man
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  • He said, “who is this man that he would defy the
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  • That he would defy the armies of the living god?”
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  • Armies of the living god?” god will put things in you
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  • God will put things in you that don't make sense to
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  • That don't make sense to others.
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  • Others. they all ran and hid, but
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  • They all ran and hid, but david had a boldness, a
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  • David had a boldness, a courage, a dream that he
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  • Courage, a dream that he would defeat goliath.
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  • Would defeat goliath. he told king saul that he
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  • He told king saul that he wanted to fight him.
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  • Wanted to fight him. instead of being excited,
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  • Instead of being excited, king saul said, “david
  • 00:13:20.656 --> 00:13:22.458
  • King saul said, “david you're only a boy.
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  • You're only a boy. you're too young and
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  • You're too young and inexperienced.
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  • Inexperienced. goliath has been fighting
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  • Goliath has been fighting since before you were
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  • Since before you were born.” most people would
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  • Born.” most people would have been talked out of it,
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  • Have been talked out of it, most people would have
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  • Most people would have given up and thought, “yes,
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  • Given up and thought, “yes, he's right.
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  • He's right. what was i thinking?” but
  • 00:13:35.471 --> 00:13:37.206
  • What was i thinking?” but david understood this
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  • David understood this principle.
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  • Principle. he's the one that wrote, “i
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  • He's the one that wrote, “i become deaf to the negative.
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  • Become deaf to the negative. i don't pay attention to
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  • I don't pay attention to the threats, the doubts.
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  • The threats, the doubts. i choose to hear nothing.”
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  • I choose to hear nothing.” king saul, the leader, the
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  • King saul, the leader, the expert, basically told
  • 00:13:50.219 --> 00:13:51.954
  • Expert, basically told david to go back home, that
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  • David to go back home, that he didn't have what it
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  • He didn't have what it takes.
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  • Takes. if david would have taken
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  • If david would have taken that advice, he would have
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  • That advice, he would have never reached his destiny.
  • 00:13:58.427 --> 00:14:00.763
  • Never reached his destiny. there will always be not
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  • There will always be not only be a giant before you
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  • Only be a giant before you go to a new level, but
  • 00:14:04.733 --> 00:14:06.235
  • Go to a new level, but there will be people
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  • There will be people telling you that you can't
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  • Telling you that you can't conquer it.
  • 00:14:08.671 --> 00:14:09.872
  • Conquer it. there will be king sauls
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  • There will be king sauls telling you, you're too
  • 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:12.274
  • Telling you, you're too small, too inexperienced,
  • 00:14:12.341 --> 00:14:15.044
  • Small, too inexperienced, the sickness is too big,
  • 00:14:15.110 --> 00:14:16.879
  • The sickness is too big, the addiction too powerful.
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  • The addiction too powerful. the king saul may be a
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  • The king saul may be a coach, an expert, a boss, a
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  • Coach, an expert, a boss, a relative, a friend.
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  • Relative, a friend. they may mean well, but
  • 00:14:25.321 --> 00:14:27.089
  • They may mean well, but those negative words are a
  • 00:14:27.156 --> 00:14:28.557
  • Those negative words are a test. are you going to let
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  • Test. are you going to let them take root and keep you
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  • Them take root and keep you from your goliath?
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  • From your goliath? if you run from goliath,
  • 00:14:34.063 --> 00:14:35.764
  • If you run from goliath, you're running from your
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  • You're running from your destiny.
  • 00:14:36.665 --> 00:14:38.067
  • Destiny. just because they don't see
  • 00:14:38.133 --> 00:14:39.335
  • Just because they don't see how it can happen, doesn't
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  • How it can happen, doesn't mean you can't do it.
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  • Mean you can't do it. they're sizing you up in
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  • They're sizing you up in the natural.
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  • The natural. they're looking at what you
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  • They're looking at what you can do by yourself, with
  • 00:14:46.108 --> 00:14:47.509
  • Can do by yourself, with your strength, your talent.
  • 00:14:47.576 --> 00:14:49.611
  • Your strength, your talent. you may be limited, but
  • 00:14:49.678 --> 00:14:51.046
  • You may be limited, but what they don't realize is
  • 00:14:51.113 --> 00:14:52.715
  • What they don't realize is you're not on your own.
  • 00:14:52.781 --> 00:14:54.316
  • You're not on your own. the most high god is
  • 00:14:54.383 --> 00:14:55.884
  • The most high god is breathing in your direction.
  • 00:14:55.951 --> 00:14:57.886
  • Breathing in your direction. his favor is on your life.
  • 00:14:57.953 --> 00:15:01.123
  • His favor is on your life. when david went out to face
  • 00:15:01.190 --> 00:15:02.524
  • When david went out to face goliath, all he had was an
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  • Goliath, all he had was an ordinary sling shot.
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  • Ordinary sling shot. it didn't look like much,
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  • It didn't look like much, but a sling shot with god's
  • 00:15:08.831 --> 00:15:10.399
  • But a sling shot with god's favor is more powerful than
  • 00:15:10.466 --> 00:15:12.568
  • Favor is more powerful than an automatic weapon.
  • 00:15:12.634 --> 00:15:14.670
  • An automatic weapon. goliath had a huge spear, a
  • 00:15:14.737 --> 00:15:17.239
  • Goliath had a huge spear, a full set of armor, a
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  • Full set of armor, a shield, a helmet, ray ban
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  • Shield, a helmet, ray ban sunglasses, yeezys.
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  • Sunglasses, yeezys. when he saw david, he
  • 00:15:23.112 --> 00:15:24.213
  • When he saw david, he laughed.
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  • Laughed. “he said, am i a dog that
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  • “he said, am i a dog that you would come at me with a
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  • You would come at me with a stick?” everything in
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  • Stick?” everything in david's mind was saying,
  • 00:15:29.752 --> 00:15:30.953
  • David's mind was saying, “turn around, you're a fool.
  • 00:15:31.020 --> 00:15:33.255
  • “turn around, you're a fool. you're going to get
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  • You're going to get killed.” but david was deaf
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  • Killed.” but david was deaf to it.
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  • To it. he chose not to hear it.
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  • He chose not to hear it. when you're closest to the
  • 00:15:38.627 --> 00:15:39.828
  • When you're closest to the victory, the threats will
  • 00:15:39.895 --> 00:15:41.430
  • Victory, the threats will be the loudest. david slung
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  • Be the loudest. david slung that rock, hit goliath in
  • 00:15:43.899 --> 00:15:45.601
  • That rock, hit goliath in the forehead and knocked
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  • The forehead and knocked him unconscious.
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  • Him unconscious. he became an overnight hero.
  • 00:15:48.270 --> 00:15:50.839
  • He became an overnight hero. none of this would have
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  • None of this would have happened if he had not
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  • Happened if he had not learned how to take control
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  • Learned how to take control of his thought life.
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  • Of his thought life. not dwell on the negative
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  • Not dwell on the negative things the father said
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  • Things the father said about him, not let what
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  • About him, not let what king saul said, “you're
  • 00:16:01.517 --> 00:16:02.684
  • King saul said, “you're just a boy,” to play over
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  • Just a boy,” to play over and over.
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  • And over. if you're going to reach
  • 00:16:05.654 --> 00:16:06.488
  • If you're going to reach the fullness of your
  • 00:16:06.555 --> 00:16:07.489
  • The fullness of your destiny, you have to do
  • 00:16:07.556 --> 00:16:09.124
  • Destiny, you have to do like david and not let the
  • 00:16:09.191 --> 00:16:11.093
  • Like david and not let the negative take root.
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  • Negative take root. if you start dwelling on
  • 00:16:12.828 --> 00:16:13.962
  • If you start dwelling on it, those lies will become
  • 00:16:14.029 --> 00:16:15.531
  • It, those lies will become strongholds, and you'll
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  • Strongholds, and you'll believe, “i'm just a boy, i
  • 00:16:17.099 --> 00:16:19.068
  • Believe, “i'm just a boy, i can't defeat this giant.
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  • Can't defeat this giant. the medical report said i'm
  • 00:16:20.936 --> 00:16:22.004
  • The medical report said i'm not going to get well, i
  • 00:16:22.071 --> 00:16:23.605
  • Not going to get well, i guess i can't beat this
  • 00:16:23.672 --> 00:16:24.640
  • Guess i can't beat this sickness.
  • 00:16:24.706 --> 00:16:25.607
  • Sickness. my counselor said i'm not
  • 00:16:25.674 --> 00:16:26.708
  • My counselor said i'm not that smart, i can't become
  • 00:16:26.775 --> 00:16:28.177
  • That smart, i can't become a doctor.” you have to
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  • A doctor.” you have to start being deaf to some
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  • Start being deaf to some things.
  • 00:16:31.346 --> 00:16:32.414
  • Things. when you hear that thought,
  • 00:16:32.481 --> 00:16:33.849
  • When you hear that thought, “you're never going to
  • 00:16:33.916 --> 00:16:34.483
  • “you're never going to break that addiction.”
  • 00:16:34.550 --> 00:16:35.684
  • Break that addiction.” excuse me, is someone
  • 00:16:35.751 --> 00:16:37.152
  • Excuse me, is someone saying something?
  • 00:16:37.219 --> 00:16:38.921
  • Saying something? “you're not attractive,
  • 00:16:38.987 --> 00:16:40.189
  • “you're not attractive, nobody wants to be around
  • 00:16:40.255 --> 00:16:41.523
  • Nobody wants to be around you.
  • 00:16:41.590 --> 00:16:42.191
  • You. like david, “i choose to
  • 00:16:42.257 --> 00:16:43.725
  • Like david, “i choose to hear nothing.” you have to
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  • Hear nothing.” you have to be deaf to doubt, deaf to
  • 00:16:45.561 --> 00:16:47.529
  • Be deaf to doubt, deaf to discouraging thoughts, deaf
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  • Discouraging thoughts, deaf to negative comments.
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  • To negative comments. keep your mind filled with
  • 00:16:50.833 --> 00:16:51.867
  • Keep your mind filled with faith, filled with hope,
  • 00:16:51.934 --> 00:16:53.602
  • Faith, filled with hope, filled with what god says
  • 00:16:53.669 --> 00:16:54.670
  • Filled with what god says about you.
  • 00:16:54.736 --> 00:16:55.370
  • About you. in mark 5, a man came to
  • 00:16:55.437 --> 00:16:58.273
  • In mark 5, a man came to jesus named jairus.
  • 00:16:58.340 --> 00:17:00.676
  • Jesus named jairus. he told him that his little
  • 00:17:00.742 --> 00:17:01.844
  • He told him that his little daughter was very sick.
  • 00:17:01.910 --> 00:17:03.846
  • Daughter was very sick. he asked jesus to come to
  • 00:17:03.912 --> 00:17:05.147
  • He asked jesus to come to his house and pray for her.
  • 00:17:05.214 --> 00:17:07.015
  • His house and pray for her. jesus agreed and started
  • 00:17:07.082 --> 00:17:08.650
  • Jesus agreed and started following him. on the way,
  • 00:17:08.717 --> 00:17:10.686
  • Following him. on the way, jesus was stopped by a
  • 00:17:10.752 --> 00:17:11.954
  • Jesus was stopped by a woman that had been sick.
  • 00:17:12.020 --> 00:17:13.922
  • Woman that had been sick. he took time to pray for
  • 00:17:13.989 --> 00:17:15.124
  • He took time to pray for her.
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  • Her. there was one delay after
  • 00:17:15.958 --> 00:17:17.192
  • There was one delay after another.
  • 00:17:17.259 --> 00:17:18.360
  • Another. finally someone came from
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  • Finally someone came from jairus' house and said,
  • 00:17:19.895 --> 00:17:21.530
  • Jairus' house and said, “don't bother jesus anymore.
  • 00:17:21.597 --> 00:17:22.965
  • “don't bother jesus anymore. it's too late.
  • 00:17:23.031 --> 00:17:24.366
  • It's too late. you're little girl has
  • 00:17:24.433 --> 00:17:25.267
  • You're little girl has died.” the scripture says,
  • 00:17:25.334 --> 00:17:27.402
  • Died.” the scripture says, “jesus overheard what they
  • 00:17:27.469 --> 00:17:29.638
  • “jesus overheard what they were talking about.
  • 00:17:29.705 --> 00:17:31.073
  • Were talking about. he said to jairus, “don't
  • 00:17:31.140 --> 00:17:33.008
  • He said to jairus, “don't listen to them. just trust
  • 00:17:33.075 --> 00:17:34.843
  • Listen to them. just trust me.” there are always going
  • 00:17:34.910 --> 00:17:37.312
  • Me.” there are always going to be voices of doubt,
  • 00:17:37.379 --> 00:17:39.348
  • To be voices of doubt, discouragement that
  • 00:17:39.414 --> 00:17:40.682
  • Discouragement that contradict what god told
  • 00:17:40.749 --> 00:17:42.351
  • Contradict what god told you.
  • 00:17:42.417 --> 00:17:43.485
  • You. what people are telling you
  • 00:17:43.552 --> 00:17:44.586
  • What people are telling you may be true, you have the
  • 00:17:44.653 --> 00:17:46.388
  • May be true, you have the facts but god can override
  • 00:17:46.455 --> 00:17:48.590
  • Facts but god can override the facts.
  • 00:17:48.657 --> 00:17:49.591
  • The facts. god can do what medicine
  • 00:17:49.658 --> 00:17:51.160
  • God can do what medicine cannot do.
  • 00:17:51.226 --> 00:17:52.194
  • Cannot do. he can make streams in the
  • 00:17:52.261 --> 00:17:53.529
  • He can make streams in the desert. he can prosper you
  • 00:17:53.595 --> 00:17:55.597
  • Desert. he can prosper you in a pandemic.
  • 00:17:55.664 --> 00:17:57.199
  • In a pandemic. he can free you from that
  • 00:17:57.266 --> 00:17:58.634
  • He can free you from that addiction that seems
  • 00:17:58.700 --> 00:17:59.768
  • Addiction that seems permanent.
  • 00:17:59.835 --> 00:18:00.736
  • Permanent. he can defy what the
  • 00:18:00.802 --> 00:18:01.870
  • He can defy what the experts say.
  • 00:18:01.937 --> 00:18:02.871
  • Experts say. he's god.
  • 00:18:02.938 --> 00:18:04.072
  • He's god. he controls the universe.
  • 00:18:04.139 --> 00:18:05.874
  • He controls the universe. he parts red seas.
  • 00:18:05.941 --> 00:18:07.676
  • He parts red seas. he brings dead things back
  • 00:18:07.743 --> 00:18:09.211
  • He brings dead things back to life.
  • 00:18:09.278 --> 00:18:10.078
  • To life. he takes shepherds and
  • 00:18:10.145 --> 00:18:11.413
  • He takes shepherds and makes them kings.
  • 00:18:11.480 --> 00:18:12.648
  • Makes them kings. he took a popcorn salesman,
  • 00:18:12.714 --> 00:18:14.449
  • He took a popcorn salesman, my father, no future, no
  • 00:18:14.516 --> 00:18:17.052
  • My father, no future, no education, and made him a
  • 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:18.687
  • Education, and made him a pastor that would impact
  • 00:18:18.754 --> 00:18:20.255
  • Pastor that would impact nations.
  • 00:18:20.322 --> 00:18:21.456
  • Nations. don't let the facts talk
  • 00:18:21.523 --> 00:18:23.292
  • Don't let the facts talk you out of what the most
  • 00:18:23.358 --> 00:18:25.160
  • You out of what the most high god has promised you.
  • 00:18:25.227 --> 00:18:27.629
  • High god has promised you. the reason he's called the
  • 00:18:27.696 --> 00:18:28.764
  • The reason he's called the most high is because he's
  • 00:18:28.830 --> 00:18:30.532
  • Most high is because he's higher than anything that's
  • 00:18:30.599 --> 00:18:32.167
  • Higher than anything that's trying to stop you.
  • 00:18:32.234 --> 00:18:34.036
  • Trying to stop you. the facts may say you're
  • 00:18:34.102 --> 00:18:35.270
  • The facts may say you're addicted, it's permanent,
  • 00:18:35.337 --> 00:18:37.039
  • Addicted, it's permanent, god says, “i override the
  • 00:18:37.105 --> 00:18:38.707
  • God says, “i override the facts, freedom is coming.”
  • 00:18:38.774 --> 00:18:41.210
  • Facts, freedom is coming.” the facts may say you've
  • 00:18:41.276 --> 00:18:42.244
  • The facts may say you've gone as far as you can.
  • 00:18:42.311 --> 00:18:43.879
  • Gone as far as you can. god says, “i'm about to
  • 00:18:43.946 --> 00:18:45.280
  • God says, “i'm about to open doors you never
  • 00:18:45.347 --> 00:18:46.315
  • Open doors you never dreamed would open, i'm
  • 00:18:46.381 --> 00:18:47.683
  • Dreamed would open, i'm about to catapult you
  • 00:18:47.749 --> 00:18:48.884
  • About to catapult you ahead.” the facts may say
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  • Ahead.” the facts may say you can't get well.
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  • You can't get well. god says, “i made your
  • 00:18:52.821 --> 00:18:54.089
  • God says, “i made your body, the number of your
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  • Body, the number of your days i will fulfill.” the
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  • Days i will fulfill.” the facts may say, you can't
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  • Facts may say, you can't get the compaq center, the
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  • Get the compaq center, the opposition is too big.
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  • Opposition is too big. god says, “no person can
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  • God says, “no person can stand against me.
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  • Stand against me. what i have spoken will
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  • What i have spoken will come to pass.” how much
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  • Come to pass.” how much further will you go, if you
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  • Further will you go, if you will simply start being
  • 00:19:11.506 --> 00:19:12.874
  • Will simply start being deaf to the negative, not
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  • Deaf to the negative, not dwelling on all the facts.
  • 00:19:14.910 --> 00:19:16.812
  • Dwelling on all the facts. you may be up against big
  • 00:19:16.878 --> 00:19:18.046
  • You may be up against big obstacles today.
  • 00:19:18.113 --> 00:19:19.648
  • Obstacles today. you could easily be talked
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  • You could easily be talked out of your dreams. like
  • 00:19:21.116 --> 00:19:22.651
  • Out of your dreams. like jairus, it seems like it's
  • 00:19:22.718 --> 00:19:24.052
  • Jairus, it seems like it's too late, you could never
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  • Too late, you could never get well, never start your
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  • Get well, never start your business, never see your
  • 00:19:27.422 --> 00:19:28.657
  • Business, never see your family restored.
  • 00:19:28.724 --> 00:19:30.158
  • Family restored. god is saying to you what
  • 00:19:30.225 --> 00:19:31.960
  • God is saying to you what he said to jairus, “don't
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  • He said to jairus, “don't listen to those things,
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  • Listen to those things, just trust me.” you may
  • 00:19:35.430 --> 00:19:37.566
  • Just trust me.” you may hear it but you can ignore
  • 00:19:37.633 --> 00:19:39.134
  • Hear it but you can ignore it.
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  • It. don't let it get down on
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  • Don't let it get down on the inside.
  • 00:19:40.936 --> 00:19:42.004
  • The inside. negative words, doubt,
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  • Negative words, doubt, unbelief those things
  • 00:19:43.839 --> 00:19:45.674
  • Unbelief those things poison your faith, they can
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  • Poison your faith, they can keep you from seeing the
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  • Keep you from seeing the greatness of our god.
  • 00:19:48.844 --> 00:19:51.013
  • Greatness of our god. jesus continued on to the
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  • Jesus continued on to the little girl's house.
  • 00:19:52.547 --> 00:19:54.049
  • Little girl's house. he could have stopped and
  • 00:19:54.116 --> 00:19:55.017
  • He could have stopped and thought, “oh man, i waited
  • 00:19:55.083 --> 00:19:56.551
  • Thought, “oh man, i waited too late.
  • 00:19:56.618 --> 00:19:57.252
  • Too late. i messed up.” but god won't
  • 00:19:57.319 --> 00:19:59.454
  • I messed up.” but god won't give you a promise that he
  • 00:19:59.521 --> 00:20:01.089
  • Give you a promise that he can't bring to pass.
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  • Can't bring to pass. he doesn't change his mind.
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  • He doesn't change his mind. all the circumstances may
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  • All the circumstances may say otherwise, doubt will
  • 00:20:06.361 --> 00:20:08.196
  • Say otherwise, doubt will try to play louder and
  • 00:20:08.263 --> 00:20:09.598
  • Try to play louder and louder.
  • 00:20:09.665 --> 00:20:10.565
  • Louder. you have to be more
  • 00:20:10.632 --> 00:20:11.533
  • You have to be more determined than the doubt.
  • 00:20:11.600 --> 00:20:13.402
  • Determined than the doubt. tune it out.
  • 00:20:13.468 --> 00:20:14.536
  • Tune it out. when it comes, switch over
  • 00:20:14.603 --> 00:20:15.971
  • When it comes, switch over to praise.
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  • To praise. “father, thank you that
  • 00:20:17.072 --> 00:20:18.240
  • “father, thank you that you're working behind the
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  • You're working behind the scenes.
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  • Scenes. thank you that you're
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  • Thank you that you're making things happen that i
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  • Making things happen that i can't make happen.
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  • Can't make happen. lord i trust you.” jesus
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  • Lord i trust you.” jesus told the people that the
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  • Told the people that the little girl wasn't dead,
  • 00:20:27.816 --> 00:20:29.117
  • Little girl wasn't dead, she was only asleep.
  • 00:20:29.184 --> 00:20:31.019
  • She was only asleep. they began to laugh, and
  • 00:20:31.086 --> 00:20:32.187
  • They began to laugh, and make fun.
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  • Make fun. he ignored that too.
  • 00:20:33.388 --> 00:20:34.990
  • He ignored that too. he went in and prayed for
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  • He went in and prayed for her and she came back to
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  • Her and she came back to life.
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  • Life. there may be things that
  • 00:20:38.860 --> 00:20:39.961
  • There may be things that look like they're dead in
  • 00:20:40.028 --> 00:20:41.096
  • Look like they're dead in your life, dreams,
  • 00:20:41.163 --> 00:20:43.298
  • Your life, dreams, relationships, promises you
  • 00:20:43.365 --> 00:20:45.767
  • Relationships, promises you used to believe but it's
  • 00:20:45.834 --> 00:20:47.202
  • Used to believe but it's been so long, it feels too
  • 00:20:47.269 --> 00:20:49.171
  • Been so long, it feels too late.
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  • Late. what you think is dead, is
  • 00:20:50.272 --> 00:20:51.840
  • What you think is dead, is only asleep.
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  • Only asleep. if you'll get your fire
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  • If you'll get your fire back god is still going to
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  • Back god is still going to bring it to pass.
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  • Bring it to pass. it's going to be uncommon,
  • 00:20:57.346 --> 00:20:59.081
  • It's going to be uncommon, unusual, something that you
  • 00:20:59.147 --> 00:21:00.849
  • Unusual, something that you didn't see coming.
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  • Didn't see coming. years ago, we had some
  • 00:21:02.884 --> 00:21:04.519
  • Years ago, we had some rabbits in our backyard at
  • 00:21:04.586 --> 00:21:05.921
  • Rabbits in our backyard at home.
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  • Home. they lived in this little
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  • They lived in this little fenced in area.
  • 00:21:07.656 --> 00:21:09.257
  • Fenced in area. i noticed one of the
  • 00:21:09.324 --> 00:21:10.092
  • I noticed one of the rabbits nose was swollen.
  • 00:21:10.158 --> 00:21:12.361
  • Rabbits nose was swollen. i thought maybe it had been
  • 00:21:12.427 --> 00:21:13.562
  • I thought maybe it had been bitten by something and it
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  • Bitten by something and it would go down.
  • 00:21:14.963 --> 00:21:16.098
  • Would go down. but the next day it was
  • 00:21:16.164 --> 00:21:16.965
  • But the next day it was more swollen, the next even
  • 00:21:17.032 --> 00:21:18.533
  • More swollen, the next even more.
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  • More. i took it to the
  • 00:21:19.468 --> 00:21:20.135
  • I took it to the veterinarian and they gave
  • 00:21:20.202 --> 00:21:21.636
  • Veterinarian and they gave some antibiotics and said
  • 00:21:21.703 --> 00:21:23.004
  • Some antibiotics and said it should get better.
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  • It should get better. a week later, it was even
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  • A week later, it was even more swollen, looked like a
  • 00:21:26.108 --> 00:21:27.509
  • More swollen, looked like a big growth.
  • 00:21:27.576 --> 00:21:29.010
  • Big growth. this time they put a scope
  • 00:21:29.077 --> 00:21:31.213
  • This time they put a scope up its nose.
  • 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:32.681
  • Up its nose. they discovered that a fly
  • 00:21:32.748 --> 00:21:34.449
  • They discovered that a fly had laid an egg in the
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  • Had laid an egg in the rabbit's nasal passage,
  • 00:21:36.084 --> 00:21:37.819
  • Rabbit's nasal passage, that larva was growing and
  • 00:21:37.886 --> 00:21:39.388
  • That larva was growing and about to hatch.
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  • About to hatch. once they removed the
  • 00:21:40.956 --> 00:21:41.957
  • Once they removed the larva, the rabbit was fine.
  • 00:21:42.023 --> 00:21:44.559
  • Larva, the rabbit was fine. this is the way the enemy
  • 00:21:44.626 --> 00:21:45.894
  • This is the way the enemy works, he tries to plant
  • 00:21:45.961 --> 00:21:47.696
  • Works, he tries to plant lies in our mind.
  • 00:21:47.763 --> 00:21:49.531
  • Lies in our mind. negative comments, “you're
  • 00:21:49.598 --> 00:21:51.099
  • Negative comments, “you're too small david, you're
  • 00:21:51.166 --> 00:21:52.567
  • Too small david, you're just a boy.” “joel you'll
  • 00:21:52.634 --> 00:21:54.202
  • Just a boy.” “joel you'll never get the compaq
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  • Never get the compaq center, the opposition is
  • 00:21:55.303 --> 00:21:56.571
  • Center, the opposition is too big.” “jairus it's too
  • 00:21:56.638 --> 00:21:58.306
  • Too big.” “jairus it's too late, just accept it, it's
  • 00:21:58.373 --> 00:21:59.841
  • Late, just accept it, it's not going to work out.” if
  • 00:21:59.908 --> 00:22:01.810
  • Not going to work out.” if we believe the lies, dwell
  • 00:22:01.877 --> 00:22:03.812
  • We believe the lies, dwell on the doubt, they will
  • 00:22:03.879 --> 00:22:04.880
  • On the doubt, they will infect our thinking.
  • 00:22:04.946 --> 00:22:07.048
  • Infect our thinking. this is what happened to
  • 00:22:07.115 --> 00:22:07.916
  • This is what happened to gideon in the scripture.
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  • Gideon in the scripture. he was hiding in the
  • 00:22:09.551 --> 00:22:10.852
  • He was hiding in the winepress, afraid.
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  • Winepress, afraid. an angel came to him and
  • 00:22:12.988 --> 00:22:14.523
  • An angel came to him and said, “mighty hero, the
  • 00:22:14.589 --> 00:22:16.124
  • Said, “mighty hero, the lord is with you.
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  • Lord is with you. you are to lead the people
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  • You are to lead the people of israel against the
  • 00:22:18.827 --> 00:22:19.961
  • Of israel against the midianites.” gideon
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  • Midianites.” gideon thought, “i'm not a mighty
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  • Thought, “i'm not a mighty hero.” he said to the
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  • Hero.” he said to the angel, “i can't lead this
  • 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:26.635
  • Angel, “i can't lead this army, i come from the
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  • Army, i come from the poorest family, i'm the
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  • Poorest family, i'm the least one in my father's
  • 00:22:29.871 --> 00:22:31.239
  • Least one in my father's house.” you can tell what
  • 00:22:31.306 --> 00:22:33.775
  • House.” you can tell what he'd been listening to.
  • 00:22:33.842 --> 00:22:35.410
  • He'd been listening to. “you can't do anything
  • 00:22:35.477 --> 00:22:36.244
  • “you can't do anything great, you come from the
  • 00:22:36.311 --> 00:22:37.779
  • Great, you come from the wrong family, there's
  • 00:22:37.846 --> 00:22:39.114
  • Wrong family, there's nothing special about you.”
  • 00:22:39.181 --> 00:22:41.216
  • Nothing special about you.” if you let that play long
  • 00:22:41.283 --> 00:22:42.651
  • If you let that play long enough, it will infect your
  • 00:22:42.717 --> 00:22:44.052
  • Enough, it will infect your thinking.
  • 00:22:44.119 --> 00:22:45.253
  • Thinking. the angel spoke faith into
  • 00:22:45.320 --> 00:22:46.888
  • The angel spoke faith into gideon, convinced him to
  • 00:22:46.955 --> 00:22:48.490
  • Gideon, convinced him to change his mind and believe
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  • Change his mind and believe he was a mighty hero, he
  • 00:22:50.325 --> 00:22:51.993
  • He was a mighty hero, he went on to do great things.
  • 00:22:52.060 --> 00:22:54.362
  • Went on to do great things. how many of us have
  • 00:22:54.429 --> 00:22:55.764
  • How many of us have believed the lies, “you're
  • 00:22:55.831 --> 00:22:57.299
  • Believed the lies, “you're not that talented, you're
  • 00:22:57.365 --> 00:22:58.934
  • Not that talented, you're not attractive, you can't
  • 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:00.402
  • Not attractive, you can't be successful.” you need to
  • 00:23:00.469 --> 00:23:02.471
  • Be successful.” you need to ask yourself, why do i feel
  • 00:23:02.537 --> 00:23:04.739
  • Ask yourself, why do i feel this way?
  • 00:23:04.806 --> 00:23:05.974
  • This way? who told you you can't do
  • 00:23:06.041 --> 00:23:07.275
  • Who told you you can't do great things?
  • 00:23:07.342 --> 00:23:08.510
  • Great things? who told you you can't get
  • 00:23:08.577 --> 00:23:09.845
  • Who told you you can't get well?
  • 00:23:09.911 --> 00:23:10.645
  • Well? who told you you've gone as
  • 00:23:10.712 --> 00:23:12.080
  • Who told you you've gone as far as you can?” that
  • 00:23:12.147 --> 00:23:13.815
  • Far as you can?” that wasn't god.
  • 00:23:13.882 --> 00:23:14.850
  • Wasn't god. that's a lie that's
  • 00:23:14.916 --> 00:23:16.084
  • That's a lie that's infecting your thinking.
  • 00:23:16.151 --> 00:23:18.119
  • Infecting your thinking. the way you get rid of the
  • 00:23:18.186 --> 00:23:19.488
  • The way you get rid of the infection is by dwelling on
  • 00:23:19.554 --> 00:23:21.389
  • Infection is by dwelling on what god says about you.
  • 00:23:21.456 --> 00:23:22.757
  • What god says about you. you are strong, you are
  • 00:23:22.824 --> 00:23:24.993
  • You are strong, you are talented, you are valuable,
  • 00:23:25.060 --> 00:23:27.028
  • Talented, you are valuable, your future is bright, your
  • 00:23:27.095 --> 00:23:28.830
  • Your future is bright, your dreams are on the way.
  • 00:23:28.897 --> 00:23:30.999
  • Dreams are on the way. the next time one of those
  • 00:23:31.066 --> 00:23:32.200
  • The next time one of those lies come, just say, “no
  • 00:23:32.267 --> 00:23:33.602
  • Lies come, just say, “no thanks, that's not for me.”
  • 00:23:33.668 --> 00:23:35.737
  • Thanks, that's not for me.” you have to guard your mind.
  • 00:23:35.804 --> 00:23:37.839
  • You have to guard your mind. don't let any infection get
  • 00:23:37.906 --> 00:23:39.474
  • Don't let any infection get in. start being deaf to the
  • 00:23:39.541 --> 00:23:41.376
  • In. start being deaf to the negative, deaf to the
  • 00:23:41.443 --> 00:23:42.911
  • Negative, deaf to the discouraging thoughts, deaf
  • 00:23:42.978 --> 00:23:44.646
  • Discouraging thoughts, deaf to the naysayers.
  • 00:23:44.713 --> 00:23:46.014
  • To the naysayers. if you'll do this, i
  • 00:23:46.081 --> 00:23:47.282
  • If you'll do this, i believe and declare, like
  • 00:23:47.349 --> 00:23:49.417
  • Believe and declare, like gideon, that infection is
  • 00:23:49.484 --> 00:23:51.253
  • Gideon, that infection is going to clear up and
  • 00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.587
  • Going to clear up and you're going to become a
  • 00:23:52.654 --> 00:23:53.722
  • You're going to become a mighty hero.
  • 00:23:53.788 --> 00:23:55.090
  • Mighty hero. like david, despite what
  • 00:23:55.156 --> 00:23:56.925
  • Like david, despite what people have said about you,
  • 00:23:56.992 --> 00:23:58.159
  • People have said about you, you're going to defeat
  • 00:23:58.226 --> 00:23:59.361
  • You're going to defeat giants, you're going to
  • 00:23:59.427 --> 00:24:00.629
  • Giants, you're going to defy the odds, and go
  • 00:24:00.695 --> 00:24:02.397
  • Defy the odds, and go places you've never
  • 00:24:02.464 --> 00:24:03.331
  • Places you've never dreamed, in jesus' name.
  • 00:24:03.398 --> 00:24:06.067
  • Dreamed, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
  • 00:24:06.134 --> 00:24:07.536
  • If you receive it, can you say amen today?
  • 00:24:07.602 --> 00:24:08.937
  • Say amen today? (applause)
  • 00:24:09.004 --> 00:24:09.371
  • We all carry
  • 00:24:10.005 --> 00:24:10.605
  • We all carry a mental picture
  • 00:24:10.672 --> 00:24:11.640
  • A mental picture of what our life can be.
  • 00:24:11.706 --> 00:24:13.675
  • Of what our life can be. is yours limited?
  • 00:24:13.742 --> 00:24:15.110
  • Do you picture yourself stuck?
  • 00:24:15.243 --> 00:24:17.178
  • Do you picture yourself stuck? inadequate? defeated?
  • 00:24:17.245 --> 00:24:19.214
  • Inadequate? defeated? are you willing
  • 00:24:19.281 --> 00:24:19.981
  • Are you willing to change your mindset
  • 00:24:20.048 --> 00:24:21.283
  • To change your mindset in order to experience
  • 00:24:21.349 --> 00:24:22.651
  • In order to experience a life of blessing
  • 00:24:22.717 --> 00:24:23.785
  • A life of blessing and abundance?
  • 00:24:23.852 --> 00:24:24.986
  • And abundance? we all have a picture
  • 00:24:25.053 --> 00:24:26.187
  • We all have a picture in our mind of our self,
  • 00:24:26.254 --> 00:24:28.023
  • In our mind of our self, our family, our future.
  • 00:24:28.089 --> 00:24:30.158
  • Our family, our future. and if that picture is negative
  • 00:24:30.225 --> 00:24:31.726
  • And if that picture is negative and you see yourself
  • 00:24:31.793 --> 00:24:32.794
  • And you see yourself at a disadvantage
  • 00:24:32.861 --> 00:24:33.962
  • At a disadvantage and your problems too big,
  • 00:24:34.029 --> 00:24:35.597
  • And your problems too big, it's going to limit your life.
  • 00:24:35.664 --> 00:24:37.499
  • It's going to limit your life. my new book,
  • 00:24:37.566 --> 00:24:38.166
  • My new book, the abundance mind-set,
  • 00:24:38.233 --> 00:24:39.901
  • The abundance mind-set, will help you see yourself
  • 00:24:39.968 --> 00:24:41.002
  • Will help you see yourself the right way.
  • 00:24:41.069 --> 00:24:42.304
  • The right way. if you'll change
  • 00:24:42.370 --> 00:24:42.904
  • If you'll change those negative pictures,
  • 00:24:42.971 --> 00:24:44.472
  • Those negative pictures, start seeing yourself blessed,
  • 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:46.508
  • Start seeing yourself blessed, healthy, rising
  • 00:24:46.575 --> 00:24:47.943
  • Healthy, rising high, or accomplishing dreams,
  • 00:24:48.009 --> 00:24:50.078
  • High, or accomplishing dreams, then things will begin to shift
  • 00:24:50.145 --> 00:24:51.580
  • Then things will begin to shift in your favor.
  • 00:24:51.646 --> 00:24:52.747
  • In your favor. you have to see it
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  • You have to see it on the inside
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  • On the inside before it'll
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  • Before it'll come to pass on the outside.
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  • Come to pass on the outside. we'll send you
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  • We'll send you the mind-set journal too.
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  • The mind-set journal too. these tools will help
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  • These tools will help you get your inner vision
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  • You get your inner vision in the right place,
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  • In the right place, so you can move into the favor
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  • So you can move into the favor and blessing
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  • And blessing that god has for you.
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  • That god has for 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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  • For your gift of any amount this month,
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  • This month, we would like to send you
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  • We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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  • A copy of joel's book, the abundance mind-set
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  • The abundance mind-set and this inspiring
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  • And this inspiring mind-set journal.
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  • Mind-set journal. joel shares powerful scriptures
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  • Joel shares powerful scriptures and encouraging thoughts
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  • And encouraging thoughts about how to move
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  • About how to move from barely enough
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  • From barely enough to more than enough.
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  • To more than enough. how to be someone else's
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  • How to be someone else's miracle and experience
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  • Miracle and experience miracles in your own life.
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  • Miracles in your own life. as you make the book
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  • As you make the book and journal
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  • And journal a part of your daily walk,
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  • A part of your daily walk, you'll be built up every day
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  • You'll be built up every day regarding how to tap into
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  • Regarding how to tap into god's favor and blessing.
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  • God's favor and blessing. how not to talk yourself
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  • How not to talk yourself out of the dreams
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  • Out of the dreams and opportunities
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  • And opportunities he has already prepared
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  • He has already prepared for you.
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  • For you. how to experience
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  • How to experience life to the fullest.
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  • Life to the fullest. request your copies today
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  • Request your copies today and begin to see
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  • And begin to see a new mental
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  • A new mental picture of yourself
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  • Picture of yourself that will lead to new measures
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  • That will lead to new measures of blessing,
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  • Of blessing, favor, promotion,
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  • Favor, promotion, and abundance.
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  • And abundance. let's go into 2025
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  • Let's go into 2025 with an abundant mindset.
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  • With an abundant mindset. i believe you're going
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  • I believe you're going to see the goodness
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  • To see the goodness of god in new ways.
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  • Of god in new ways. victoria and i want you to know
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  • Victoria and i want you to know we pray for
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  • We pray for you and your family every day
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  • You and your family every day for god's very best.
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  • For god's very best. we want to thank you
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  • We want to thank you for your prayer and support.
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  • For your prayer and support. you are impacting people
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  • You are impacting people all over the world.
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  • All over the world. a special
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  • A special thank you to our champion
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  • Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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  • Of hope partners for your monthly support.
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  • For your monthly support. if you're not a partner,
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  • If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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  • I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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  • Becoming one. remember,
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  • Remember, you can watch the services
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  • Until we see you again, may the lord bless
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  • May the lord bless you and keep you.
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  • You and keep you. be sure to request
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  • This month, we are also offering
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  • We are also offering his goodness abundance bowl.
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  • We have a great opportunity. we call it homecoming weekend.
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  • We call it homecoming weekend. we'd love to meet you
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  • We'd love to meet you and your family.
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  • And your family. you can see the building
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  • You can see the building and attend one of the services.
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  • It's a great time to be a part
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  • To be a part of the lakewood family.
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  • Of the lakewood family. looking forward
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  • To seeing you
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  • To seeing you homecoming weekend.
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