Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Deaf To The Negative

March 10, 2025 | S25:E69

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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
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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
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“father, thank you that you being for me is more than
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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.
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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
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When we were trying to acquire the compaq center,
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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.
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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
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He even said, “i don't think lakewood being in the
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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
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Wasn't right and how it wasn't made for a church;
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Wasn't made for a church; especially not lakewood.
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Especially not lakewood. he came from a very strict,
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He came from a very strict, fundamentalist background.
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Fundamentalist background. he didn't like the fact
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He didn't like the fact that i smiled so much.
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That i smiled so much. i thanked him for his time,
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I thanked him for his time, smiled real big and left.
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Smiled real big and left. at first i was discouraged.
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At first i was discouraged. his words played over and
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His words played over and over, “it's not a good fit,
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Over, “it's not a good fit, the city is not going to
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The city is not going to agree, it wasn't made for a
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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
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Control of your thought life, the negative will
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Life, the negative will continue to play.
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Continue to play. a few days later, i woke up
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A few days later, i woke up that morning and something
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That morning and something rose up in me, like the
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Rose up in me, like the apostle paul, i thought,
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Apostle paul, i thought, “so what if he doesn't
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“so what if he doesn't believe.
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Believe. he's not god.
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He's not god. he doesn't control my
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He doesn't control my destiny.
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Destiny. i'm not going to let his
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I'm not going to let his unbelief cancel out my
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Unbelief cancel out my faith.” i started becoming
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Faith.” i started becoming deaf to what he said.
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Deaf to what he said. like david, i chose to not
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Like david, i chose to not listen to his threats.
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Listen to his threats. when they came up and tried
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When they came up and tried to play, i would switch
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To play, i would switch over to faith.
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Over to faith. “father thank you that you
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“father thank you that you are fighting our battles,
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Are fighting our battles, that you're making our
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That you're making our crooked places straight,
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Crooked places straight, that no group, no person,
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That no group, no person, all the forces of darkness
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All the forces of darkness cannot stop what you have
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Cannot stop what you have planned.” i tuned out the
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Planned.” i tuned out the doubt, the negative
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Doubt, the negative comments, and i kept my
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Comments, and i kept my mind filled with faith,
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Mind filled with faith, filled with hope.
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Filled with hope. three years later, against
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Three years later, against all odds, the city council
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All odds, the city council voted for us and here we
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Voted for us and here we are today.
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Are today. people don't have the final
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People don't have the final say, god does.
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Say, god does. don't let their negative
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Don't let their negative comments, their doubt, talk
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Comments, their doubt, talk you out of what god put in
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You out of what god put in your heart.
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Your heart. in 2005, we had our grand
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In 2005, we had our grand opening weekend here at
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Opening weekend here at this place.
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This place. after the service that
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After the service that sunday, i met a man that
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Sunday, i met a man that owned a large law firm here
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Owned a large law firm here in town.
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In town. he was so happy for us, he
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He was so happy for us, he gave me a big hug, and
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Gave me a big hug, and congratulated us.
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Congratulated us. he said, “joel, i brought
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He said, “joel, i brought some of my lawyers with me
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Some of my lawyers with me to celebrate.” i looked
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To celebrate.” i looked over and there was this man
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Over and there was this man that had told us we would
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That had told us we would never get it.
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Never get it. i just smiled real big.
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I just smiled real big. i wanted to say nanny nanny
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I wanted to say nanny nanny boo boo.
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Boo boo. if you'll stay deaf to the
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If you'll stay deaf to the negative, god will promote
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Negative, god will promote you in front of those that
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You in front of those that said it would never happen.
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Said it would never happen. here's the thing: they're
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Here's the thing: they're not bad people they just
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Not bad people they just can't see what god put in
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Can't see what god put in you.
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You. don't fault them, don't be
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Don't fault them, don't be disrespectful, but don't
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Disrespectful, but don't let their doubt, cancel out
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Let their doubt, cancel out your dream.
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Your dream. david's father asked him to
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David's father asked him to take lunch to his brothers
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Take lunch to his brothers who were in the army in
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Conquer it. there will be king sauls
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There will be king sauls telling you, you're too
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Telling you, you're too small, too inexperienced,
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Small, too inexperienced, the sickness is too big,
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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
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They may mean well, but those negative words are a
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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,
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If you run from goliath, you're running from your
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You're running from your destiny.
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Destiny. just because they don't see
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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
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Can do by yourself, with your strength, your talent.
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Your strength, your talent. you may be limited, but
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You may be limited, but what they don't realize is
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What they don't realize is you're not on your own.
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You're not on your own. the most high god is
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The most high god is breathing in your direction.
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Breathing in your direction. his favor is on your life.
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His favor is on your life. when david went out to face
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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
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But a sling shot with god's favor is more powerful than
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Favor is more powerful than an automatic weapon.
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An automatic weapon. goliath had a huge spear, a
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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
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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,
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David's mind was saying, “turn around, you're a fool.
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“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
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When you're closest to the victory, the threats will
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Victory, the threats will be the loudest. david slung
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Be the loudest. david slung that rock, hit goliath in
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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.
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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
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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
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If you're going to reach the fullness of your
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The fullness of your destiny, you have to do
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Destiny, you have to do like david and not let the
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Like david and not let the negative take root.
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Negative take root. if you start dwelling on
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If you start dwelling on it, those lies will become
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It, those lies will become strongholds, and you'll
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Strongholds, and you'll believe, “i'm just a boy, i
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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
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The medical report said i'm not going to get well, i
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Not going to get well, i guess i can't beat this
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Guess i can't beat this sickness.
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Sickness. my counselor said i'm not
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My counselor said i'm not that smart, i can't become
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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.
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Things. when you hear that thought,
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When you hear that thought, “you're never going to
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“you're never going to break that addiction.”
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Break that addiction.” excuse me, is someone
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Excuse me, is someone saying something?
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Saying something? “you're not attractive,
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“you're not attractive, nobody wants to be around
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Nobody wants to be around you.
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You. like david, “i choose to
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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
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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
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Keep your mind filled with faith, filled with hope,
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Faith, filled with hope, filled with what god says
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Filled with what god says about you.
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About you. in mark 5, a man came to
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In mark 5, a man came to jesus named jairus.
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Jesus named jairus. he told him that his little
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He told him that his little daughter was very sick.
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Daughter was very sick. he asked jesus to come to
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He asked jesus to come to his house and pray for her.
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His house and pray for her. jesus agreed and started
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Jesus agreed and started following him. on the way,
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Following him. on the way, jesus was stopped by a
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Jesus was stopped by a woman that had been sick.
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Woman that had been sick. he took time to pray for
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He took time to pray for her.
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Her. there was one delay after
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There was one delay after another.
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Another. finally someone came from
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Finally someone came from jairus' house and said,
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Jairus' house and said, “don't bother jesus anymore.
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“don't bother jesus anymore. it's too late.
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It's too late. you're little girl has
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You're little girl has died.” the scripture says,
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Died.” the scripture says, “jesus overheard what they
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“jesus overheard what they were talking about.
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Were talking about. he said to jairus, “don't
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He said to jairus, “don't listen to them. just trust
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Listen to them. just trust me.” there are always going
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Me.” there are always going to be voices of doubt,
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To be voices of doubt, discouragement that
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Discouragement that contradict what god told
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Contradict what god told you.
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You. what people are telling you
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What people are telling you may be true, you have the
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May be true, you have the facts but god can override
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Facts but god can override the facts.
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The facts. god can do what medicine
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God can do what medicine cannot do.
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Cannot do. he can make streams in the
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He can make streams in the desert. he can prosper you
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Desert. he can prosper you in a pandemic.
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In a pandemic. he can free you from that
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He can free you from that addiction that seems
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Addiction that seems permanent.
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Permanent. he can defy what the
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He can defy what the experts say.
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Experts say. he's god.
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He's god. he controls the universe.
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He controls the universe. he parts red seas.
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He parts red seas. he brings dead things back
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He brings dead things back to life.
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To life. he takes shepherds and
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He takes shepherds and makes them kings.
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Makes them kings. he took a popcorn salesman,
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He took a popcorn salesman, my father, no future, no
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My father, no future, no education, and made him a
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Education, and made him a pastor that would impact
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Pastor that would impact nations.
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Nations. don't let the facts talk
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Don't let the facts talk you out of what the most
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You out of what the most high god has promised you.
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High god has promised you. the reason he's called the
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The reason he's called the most high is because he's
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Most high is because he's higher than anything that's
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Higher than anything that's trying to stop you.
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Trying to stop you. the facts may say you're
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The facts may say you're addicted, it's permanent,
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Addicted, it's permanent, god says, “i override the
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God says, “i override the facts, freedom is coming.”
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Facts, freedom is coming.” the facts may say you've
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The facts may say you've gone as far as you can.
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Gone as far as you can. god says, “i'm about to
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God says, “i'm about to open doors you never
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Open doors you never dreamed would open, i'm
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Dreamed would open, i'm about to catapult you
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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
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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
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Will simply start being deaf to the negative, not
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Deaf to the negative, not dwelling on all the facts.
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Dwelling on all the facts. you may be up against big
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You may be up against big obstacles today.
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Obstacles today. you could easily be talked
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You could easily be talked out of your dreams. like
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Out of your dreams. like jairus, it seems like it's
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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
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Business, never see your family restored.
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Family restored. god is saying to you what
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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
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Just trust me.” you may hear it but you can ignore
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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.
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The inside. negative words, doubt,
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Negative words, doubt, unbelief those things
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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.
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Greatness of our god. jesus continued on to the
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Jesus continued on to the little girl's house.
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Little girl's house. he could have stopped and
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He could have stopped and thought, “oh man, i waited
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Thought, “oh man, i waited too late.
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Too late. i messed up.” but god won't
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I messed up.” but god won't give you a promise that he
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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
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Say otherwise, doubt will try to play louder and
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Try to play louder and louder.
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Louder. you have to be more
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You have to be more determined than the doubt.
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Determined than the doubt. tune it out.
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Tune it out. when it comes, switch over
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When it comes, switch over to praise.
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To praise. “father, thank you that
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“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,
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Little girl wasn't dead, she was only asleep.
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She was only asleep. they began to laugh, and
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They began to laugh, and make fun.
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Make fun. he ignored that too.
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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
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There may be things that look like they're dead in
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Look like they're dead in your life, dreams,
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Your life, dreams, relationships, promises you
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Relationships, promises you used to believe but it's
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Used to believe but it's been so long, it feels too
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Been so long, it feels too late.
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Late. what you think is dead, is
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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,
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It's going to be uncommon, unusual, something that you
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Unusual, something that you didn't see coming.
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Didn't see coming. years ago, we had some
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Years ago, we had some rabbits in our backyard at
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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.
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Fenced in area. i noticed one of the
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I noticed one of the rabbits nose was swollen.
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Rabbits nose was swollen. i thought maybe it had been
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I thought maybe it had been bitten by something and it
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Bitten by something and it would go down.
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Would go down. but the next day it was
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But the next day it was more swollen, the next even
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More swollen, the next even more.
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More. i took it to the
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I took it to the veterinarian and they gave
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Veterinarian and they gave some antibiotics and said
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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
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More swollen, looked like a big growth.
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Big growth. this time they put a scope
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This time they put a scope up its nose.
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Up its nose. they discovered that a fly
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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,
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Rabbit's nasal passage, that larva was growing and
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That larva was growing and about to hatch.
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About to hatch. once they removed the
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Once they removed the larva, the rabbit was fine.
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Larva, the rabbit was fine. this is the way the enemy
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This is the way the enemy works, he tries to plant
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Works, he tries to plant lies in our mind.
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Lies in our mind. negative comments, “you're
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Negative comments, “you're too small david, you're
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Too small david, you're just a boy.” “joel you'll
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Just a boy.” “joel you'll never get the compaq
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Never get the compaq center, the opposition is
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Center, the opposition is too big.” “jairus it's too
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Too big.” “jairus it's too late, just accept it, it's
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Late, just accept it, it's not going to work out.” if
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Not going to work out.” if we believe the lies, dwell
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We believe the lies, dwell on the doubt, they will
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On the doubt, they will infect our thinking.
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Infect our thinking. this is what happened to
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This is what happened to gideon in the scripture.
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Gideon in the scripture. he was hiding in the
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He was hiding in the winepress, afraid.
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Winepress, afraid. an angel came to him and
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An angel came to him and said, “mighty hero, the
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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
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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
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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
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Least one in my father's house.” you can tell what
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House.” you can tell what he'd been listening to.
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He'd been listening to. “you can't do anything
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“you can't do anything great, you come from the
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Great, you come from the wrong family, there's
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Wrong family, there's nothing special about you.”
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Nothing special about you.” if you let that play long
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If you let that play long enough, it will infect your
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Enough, it will infect your thinking.
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Thinking. the angel spoke faith into
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The angel spoke faith into gideon, convinced him to
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Gideon, convinced him to change his mind and believe
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Change his mind and believe he was a mighty hero, he
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He was a mighty hero, he went on to do great things.
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Went on to do great things. how many of us have
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How many of us have believed the lies, “you're
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Believed the lies, “you're not that talented, you're
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Not that talented, you're not attractive, you can't
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Not attractive, you can't be successful.” you need to
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Be successful.” you need to ask yourself, why do i feel
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Ask yourself, why do i feel this way?
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This way? who told you you can't do
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Who told you you can't do great things?
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Great things? who told you you can't get
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Who told you you can't get well?
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Well? who told you you've gone as
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Who told you you've gone as far as you can?” that
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Far as you can?” that wasn't god.
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Wasn't god. that's a lie that's
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That's a lie that's infecting your thinking.
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Infecting your thinking. the way you get rid of the
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The way you get rid of the infection is by dwelling on
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Infection is by dwelling on what god says about you.
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What god says about you. you are strong, you are
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You are strong, you are talented, you are valuable,
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Talented, you are valuable, your future is bright, your
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Your future is bright, your dreams are on the way.
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Dreams are on the way. the next time one of those
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The next time one of those lies come, just say, “no
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Lies come, just say, “no thanks, that's not for me.”
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Thanks, that's not for me.” you have to guard your mind.
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You have to guard your mind. don't let any infection get
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Don't let any infection get in. start being deaf to the
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In. start being deaf to the negative, deaf to the
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Negative, deaf to the discouraging thoughts, deaf
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Discouraging thoughts, deaf to the naysayers.
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To the naysayers. if you'll do this, i
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, like
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Believe and declare, like gideon, that infection is
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Gideon, that infection is going to clear up and
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Going to clear up and you're going to become a
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You're going to become a mighty hero.
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Mighty hero. like david, despite what
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Like david, despite what people have said about you,
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People have said about you, you're going to defeat
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You're going to defeat giants, you're going to
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Giants, you're going to defy the odds, and go
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Defy the odds, and go places you've never
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Places you've never dreamed, in jesus' name.
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Dreamed, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Say amen today? (applause)
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We all carry
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We all carry a mental picture
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A mental picture of what our life can be.
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Of what our life can be. is yours limited?
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Do you picture yourself stuck?
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Do you picture yourself stuck? inadequate? defeated?
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Inadequate? defeated? are you willing
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Are you willing to change your mindset
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To change your mindset in order to experience
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In order to experience a life of blessing
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A life of blessing and abundance?
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And abundance? we all have a picture
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We all have a picture in our mind of our self,
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In our mind of our self, our family, our future.
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Our family, our future. and if that picture is negative
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And if that picture is negative and you see yourself
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And you see yourself at a disadvantage
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At a disadvantage and your problems too big,
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And your problems too big, it's going to limit your life.
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It's going to limit your life. my new book,
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My new book, the abundance mind-set,
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The abundance mind-set, will help you see yourself
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Will help you see yourself the right way.
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The right way. if you'll change
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If you'll change those negative pictures,
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Those negative pictures, start seeing yourself blessed,
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Start seeing yourself blessed, healthy, rising
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Healthy, rising high, or accomplishing dreams,
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High, or accomplishing dreams, then things will begin to shift
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Then things will begin to shift in your favor.
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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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24 hours a day. until we see you again,
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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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Be sure to request your copy of
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Your copy of the abundance mind-set book
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The abundance mind-set book and mind-set journal today.
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And mind-set journal today. visit joelosteen.com
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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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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If you've never been to lakewood,
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Been to lakewood, we have a great opportunity.
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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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And attend one of the services. it's a great time
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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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Joel Osteen - Deaf To The Negative

March 10, 2025 | S25:E69

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