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Joel Osteen - Dealing With Negative Thoughts

September 1, 2025 | S E | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Dealing With Negative Thoughts | September 1, 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 hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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Channel, social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. one day adam was feeling
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One day adam was feeling very lonely. god said,
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Very lonely. god said, "adam, i'm going to make
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"adam, i'm going to make you a companion.
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You a companion. it's going to be called
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It's going to be called a woman. this person will
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A woman. this person will cook for you, wash your
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Cook for you, wash your clothes, she will bear
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Clothes, she will bear your children and never
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Your children and never ask you to get up in
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Ask you to get up in the middle of the night.
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The middle of the night. she will always agree with
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She will always agree with you. if you do have a
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You. if you do have a disagreement, she'll be the
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Disagreement, she'll be the first one to admit she was
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First one to admit she was wrong."
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Wrong." adam said, "wow god, what
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Adam said, "wow god, what will a woman like this
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Will a woman like this cost?" god said, "an arm
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Cost?" god said, "an arm and a leg." adam said,
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And a leg." adam said, "what can i get for a
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"what can i get for a rib?" and the rest is
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Rib?" and the rest is history. (applause)
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History. (applause) come on, all the men
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Come on, all the men said amen! are you
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Said amen! are you ready?
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Ready? this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do. today, i will be taught
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Do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The 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. i will nevernd
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Receptive. i will nevernd be the same in jesus'
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Be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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I want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about dealing with negative
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About dealing with negative thoughts.
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Thoughts. no matter how good of a
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No matter how good of a person you are, how much
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Person you are, how much faith you have, you'll
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Faith you have, you'll never get to the place
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Never get to the place where negative thoughts
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Where negative thoughts don't come.
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Don't come. discouraging thoughts,
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Discouraging thoughts, "your dream is never going
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"your dream is never going to come to pass, you'll
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To come to pass, you'll never meet the right
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Never meet the right person, it would have
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Person, it would have happened by now."
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Happened by now." thoughts of worry, "the
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Thoughts of worry, "the medical report is not good,
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Medical report is not good, your child is off course,
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Your child is off course, business is slowing down,
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Business is slowing down, what are you going to do?"
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What are you going to do?" the enemy's main tools are
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The enemy's main tools are deception and lies.
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Deception and lies. your mind is the bullseye
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Your mind is the bullseye of his target.
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Of his target. if he can control your
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If he can control your thinking, he can control
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Thinking, he can control your life.
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Your life. you can't stop negative
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You can't stop negative thoughts from coming, but
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Thoughts from coming, but here's the key, just
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Here's the key, just because a thought comes
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Because a thought comes doesn't mean you have to
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Doesn't mean you have to think it.
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Think it. you control the doorway to
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You control the doorway to your mind.
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Your mind. you're in charge of what
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You're in charge of what you give access to.
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You give access to. that's why the scripture
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That's why the scripture tells us to guard our minds.
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Tells us to guard our minds. be selective in what you
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Be selective in what you allow in. if the thought is
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Allow in. if the thought is negative, discouraging,
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Negative, discouraging, bringing worry and fear, do
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Bringing worry and fear, do yourself a favor don't let
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Yourself a favor don't let it in. it's not
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It in. it's not complicated, don't dwell on
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Complicated, don't dwell on it.
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It. don't give it the time of
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Don't give it the time of day.
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Day. too often when these
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Too often when these negative thoughts come, we
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Negative thoughts come, we don't think twice.
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Don't think twice. we just allow them access,
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We just allow them access, go around worried,
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Go around worried, discouraged, intimidated.
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Discouraged, intimidated. start paying attention to
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Start paying attention to what you're dwelling on.
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What you're dwelling on. when discouraging thoughts
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When discouraging thoughts come, "nothing good is in
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Come, "nothing good is in your future.
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Your future. why do you even have your
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Why do you even have your hopes up?
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Hopes up? you're going to be
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You're going to be disappointed again."
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Disappointed again." before you dwell on that,
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Before you dwell on that, before you let it take
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Before you let it take root, ask yourself, "where
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Root, ask yourself, "where is this thought coming
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Is this thought coming from."
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From." if it's not positive,
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If it's not positive, hopeful, encouraging, it's
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Hopeful, encouraging, it's not from god.
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Not from god. that's the enemy doing what
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That's the enemy doing what he does best, trying to
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He does best, trying to plant negative seeds,
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Plant negative seeds, fearful seeds, inferior
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Fearful seeds, inferior seeds.
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Seeds. god said here in isaiah,
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God said here in isaiah, "if you'll keep your mind
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"if you'll keep your mind stayed on me, i will keep
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Stayed on me, i will keep you in perfect peace."
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You in perfect peace." what is your mind stayed on?
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What is your mind stayed on? what are you dwelling on
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What are you dwelling on throughout the day?
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Throughout the day? "joel, have you watched the
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"joel, have you watched the news?
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News? interest rates going up,
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Interest rates going up, the recession, the stock
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The recession, the stock market, i'm worried."
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Market, i'm worried." those are all valid
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Those are all valid thoughts.
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Thoughts. i'm not saying to deny
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I'm not saying to deny reality.
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Reality. i'm saying be selective in
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I'm saying be selective in what you dwell on.
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What you dwell on. the right approach is, "yes
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The right approach is, "yes there's a lot of
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There's a lot of uncertainty, i don't know
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Uncertainty, i don't know how it's all going to turn
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How it's all going to turn out, but god i know you're
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Out, but god i know you're my provider.
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My provider. just as you take care of
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Just as you take care of the birds of the air, feed
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The birds of the air, feed and clothe them, you're
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And clothe them, you're going to take care of me."
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Going to take care of me." instead of keeping your
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Instead of keeping your mind stayed on your
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Mind stayed on your problems, stayed on the
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Problems, stayed on the news, stayed on doubt,
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News, stayed on doubt, stayed on worry; keep it
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Stayed on worry; keep it stayed on what god promised
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Stayed on what god promised you.
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You. here's a simple principle.
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Here's a simple principle. when a negative thought
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When a negative thought comes, erase it and replace
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Comes, erase it and replace it.
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It. it's not enough to just not
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It's not enough to just not think negative.
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Think negative. because once you dismiss
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Because once you dismiss it, once you make the
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It, once you make the decision, "i'm not dwelling
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Decision, "i'm not dwelling on that, i'm not letting
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On that, i'm not letting that worry in."
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That worry in." that's good, but the
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That's good, but the problem is it will come
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Problem is it will come back in a few seconds.
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Back in a few seconds. once you erase the
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Once you erase the negative, replace it with a
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Negative, replace it with a positive thought.
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Positive thought. don't leave your mind empty.
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Don't leave your mind empty. the thought comes, "nothing
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The thought comes, "nothing good is in your future."
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Good is in your future." dismiss it, don't give it
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Dismiss it, don't give it the time of day.
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The time of day. then take the next step,
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Then take the next step, "father, you promised, the
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"father, you promised, the path of the righteous, my
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Path of the righteous, my path is getting brighter
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Path is getting brighter and brighter.
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And brighter. you said my latter days
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You said my latter days will be better than my
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Will be better than my former days."
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Former days." when the thoughts come,
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When the thoughts come, "the problem is too big,
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"the problem is too big, the opposition too strong.
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The opposition too strong. you'll never get past it."
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You'll never get past it." you can let that play and
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You can let that play and live defeated, discouraged,
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Live defeated, discouraged, intimidated.
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Intimidated. or you can replace it with
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Or you can replace it with what god says.
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What god says. "father, you said when the
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"father, you said when the enemy comes against me one
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Enemy comes against me one way, you would defeat them
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Way, you would defeat them and cause them to flee
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And cause them to flee seven different ways.
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Seven different ways. yes, this may be too big
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Yes, this may be too big for me but i know it's not
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For me but i know it's not too big for you."
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Too big for you." joshua said, "if you will
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Joshua said, "if you will meditate on god's word, you
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Meditate on god's word, you will prosper and have good
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Will prosper and have good success."
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Success." meditate means to think
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Meditate means to think about over and over.
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About over and over. worry is meditating.
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Worry is meditating. it's letting the negative
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It's letting the negative play again and again. some
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Play again and again. some people have this principle
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People have this principle down.
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Down. they're professional
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They're professional worriers.
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Worriers. the problem is they're
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The problem is they're meditating on the wrong
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Meditating on the wrong things.
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Things. they're letting the
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They're letting the negative continually play.
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Negative continually play. why don't you switch what
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Why don't you switch what you're meditating on?
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You're meditating on? it doesn't take any more
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It doesn't take any more energy to believe than it
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Energy to believe than it does to worry.
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Does to worry. this one small tweak can
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This one small tweak can make a life changing
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Make a life changing difference.
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Difference. instead of going through
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Instead of going through the day worried about your
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The day worried about your future, wondering how
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Future, wondering how you're going to make it.
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You're going to make it. a small tweak, "father,
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A small tweak, "father, thank you that you have me
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Thank you that you have me in the palm of your hand.
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In the palm of your hand. i know you're ordering mye
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I know you're ordering mye steps. palm of your hand.
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Steps. palm of your hand. you said no good thing will
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You said no good thing will you withhold because i walk
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You withhold because i walk uprightly."
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Uprightly." now, instead of your
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Now, instead of your thoughts defeating you,
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Thoughts defeating you, draining your energy,
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Draining your energy, limiting your future,
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Limiting your future, you're using your thoughts
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You're using your thoughts to encourage you, to
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To encourage you, to empower you, to build your
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Empower you, to build your faith.
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Faith. "joel, i'm worried about my
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"joel, i'm worried about my child.
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Child. he's off course, running
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He's off course, running with the wrong crowd.
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With the wrong crowd. that's why i can't sleep at
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That's why i can't sleep at night, that's why i'm
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Night, that's why i'm upset."
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Upset." i know that's difficult. i
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I know that's difficult. i know how much you love your
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Know how much you love your children; but worrying is
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Children; but worrying is not making it better.
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Not making it better. living stressed is not
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Living stressed is not helping him or you.
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Helping him or you. the reason you don't have
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The reason you don't have peace is your mind is
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Peace is your mind is stayed on the problem, your
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Stayed on the problem, your mind is stayed on what's
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Mind is stayed on what's not working out.
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Not working out. god said, if you'll make a
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God said, if you'll make a switch, if you'll keep your
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Switch, if you'll keep your mind stayed on me, if
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Mind stayed on me, if you'll think positive,
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You'll think positive, hopeful, faith filled
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Hopeful, faith filled thoughts, then i'll give
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Thoughts, then i'll give you peace in the midst of
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You peace in the midst of the problem. instead of
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The problem. instead of dwelling on all the
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Dwelling on all the negative, what might
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Negative, what might happen, why don't you use
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Happen, why don't you use that same energy to
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That same energy to meditate on what god
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Meditate on what god promised you.
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Promised you. "father, you said, my
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"father, you said, my children are mighty in the
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Children are mighty in the land.
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Land. you said the seed of the
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You said the seed of the righteous is blessed, that
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Righteous is blessed, that as for me and my house we
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As for me and my house we will serve the lord."
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Will serve the lord." negative thoughts are going
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Negative thoughts are going to come, but if you'll
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To come, but if you'll learn this principle to
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Learn this principle to erase and replace, you
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Erase and replace, you won't give in to the worry,
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Won't give in to the worry, the fear, the
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The fear, the discouragement.
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Discouragement. you wake up in the morning,
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You wake up in the morning, thoughts sometimes whisper,
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Thoughts sometimes whisper, "it's going to be a lousy
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"it's going to be a lousy day, i have so many
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Day, i have so many problems, i don't feel like
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Problems, i don't feel like dealing with these
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Dealing with these children."
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Children." you can either dwell on
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You can either dwell on that, believe that it's
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That, believe that it's true.
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True. you'll go around
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You'll go around discouraged.
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Discouraged. it will become a reality.
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It will become a reality. you'll have a lousy day.
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You'll have a lousy day. but a better approach is to
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But a better approach is to say, "no thanks, i'm not
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Say, "no thanks, i'm not going to dwell on those
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Going to dwell on those discouraging thoughts.
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Discouraging thoughts. they came to my mind, but i
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They came to my mind, but i know i control the doorway.
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Know i control the doorway. i don't have to allow them
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I don't have to allow them in. i'm going to erase them
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In. i'm going to erase them and replace them with some
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And replace them with some better thoughts.
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Better thoughts. "this is going to be asome
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"this is going to be asome great day.ughts.
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Great day.ughts. father, thank you that i'm
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Father, thank you that i'm alive.
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Alive. thank you that you woke me
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Thank you that you woke me up this morning.
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Up this morning. thank you that i'm healthy.
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Thank you that i'm healthy. thank you that you have a
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Thank you that you have a bright future in store for
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Bright future in store for me."
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Me." what's playing in your mind?
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What's playing in your mind? what are you giving access
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What are you giving access to?
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To? paul said in philippians,
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Paul said in philippians, "think on things that are
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"think on things that are positive, things that are
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Positive, things that are wholesome, things that are
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Wholesome, things that are of a good report."
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Of a good report." you can't think negative
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You can't think negative and have a positive life.
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And have a positive life. you can't think sickness
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You can't think sickness and get well.
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And get well. you can't think lack and
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You can't think lack and have abundance.
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Have abundance. the battle is taking place
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The battle is taking place in our mind.
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In our mind. be selective of what you
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Be selective of what you allow in.
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Allow in. imagine someone showed up
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Imagine someone showed up at your house, knocked on
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At your house, knocked on your front door.
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Your front door. you opened it and there was
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You opened it and there was this stranger.
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This stranger. he was carrying an axe, a
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He was carrying an axe, a hammer, a rifle, a bag of
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Hammer, a rifle, a bag of poison, all these harmful,
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Poison, all these harmful, dangerous things.
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Dangerous things. you wouldn't say, "hey,
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You wouldn't say, "hey, come on in. make yourself
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Come on in. make yourself at home.
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At home. good to see you.
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Good to see you. got some food in the
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Got some food in the fridge."
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Fridge." you wouldn't think twice.
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You wouldn't think twice. you would tell him, "you're
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You would tell him, "you're not welcome here.
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Not welcome here. you need to get off my
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You need to get off my property."
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Property." you would shut the door,
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You would shut the door, dead bolt it and make sure
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Dead bolt it and make sure he left. your mind is your
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He left. your mind is your house.
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House. it's where you live.
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It's where you live. there's nothing more
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There's nothing more valuable, more important,
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Valuable, more important, more sacred.
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More sacred. why are you letting
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Why are you letting destructive thoughts in?
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Destructive thoughts in? why are you letting fear
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Why are you letting fear roam around?
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Roam around? why are you letting worry
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Why are you letting worry have free reign?
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Have free reign? why are you allowing doubt
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Why are you allowing doubt and, "you can't do it, it's
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And, "you can't do it, it's never going to work out,"
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Never going to work out," to have a seat on your
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To have a seat on your couch?
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Couch? that's your property.
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That's your property. you have complete control
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You have complete control over what you let in. you
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Over what you let in. you can't stop it from coming,
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Can't stop it from coming, it may knock on the door,
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It may knock on the door, but you don't have to give
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But you don't have to give it access.
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It access. next time fear knocks,
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Next time fear knocks, "you'll never get well, you
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"you'll never get well, you saw the report, this
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Saw the report, this sickness is the end."
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Sickness is the end." why don't you say, "no
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Why don't you say, "no thanks, you're not welcome
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Thanks, you're not welcome here.
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Here. i will live and not die.
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I will live and not die. god is restoring health
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God is restoring health unto me."
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When fear knocks, let faith
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When fear knocks, let faith answer.."
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Answer.." next time doubt shows up,
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Next time doubt shows up, "it's too big, it's never
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"it's too big, it's never going to work out, you
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Going to work out, you don't have the connections."
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Don't have the connections." just say, "sorry doubt, you
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Just say, "sorry doubt, you have the wrong address.
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Have the wrong address. there's no place for you
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There's no place for you here."
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Here." when insecurity comes
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When insecurity comes knocking, "you're not good
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Knocking, "you're not good enough, you're not
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Enough, you're not attractive, you don't have
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Attractive, you don't have a good personality, nobody
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A good personality, nobody wants to be around you."
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Wants to be around you." don't you dare let those
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Don't you dare let those thoughts in. your attitude
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Thoughts in. your attitude should be, "get off my
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Should be, "get off my property.
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Property. you're not welcome here.
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You're not welcome here. i know who i am. i'm a
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I know who i am. i'm a masterpiece, i'm one of a
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Masterpiece, i'm one of a kind, i'm made in the image
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Kind, i'm made in the image of god.
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Of god. i'm crowned with favor; i'm
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I'm crowned with favor; i'm wearing a robe of
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Wearing a robe of righteousness.
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Righteousness. i have been fearfully and
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I have been fearfully and wonderfully made."
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Wonderfully made." start closing the door to
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Start closing the door to the negative, close the
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The negative, close the door to these destructive,
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Door to these destructive, limiting, defeating
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Limiting, defeating thoughts.
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Thoughts. sometimes we've believed
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Sometimes we've believed them so long, they've
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Them so long, they've become a part of who we are.
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Become a part of who we are. we didn't know any better.
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We didn't know any better. it's how we were raised.
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It's how we were raised. we opened the door and now
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We opened the door and now it's like they've taken up
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It's like they've taken up residence.
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Residence. they have their own room.
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They have their own room. imagine fear, worry, doubt,
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Imagine fear, worry, doubt, insecurity, living in your
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Insecurity, living in your house.
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House. dragging you down, stealing
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Dragging you down, stealing your joy, taking your peace.
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Your joy, taking your peace. that may be the way it's
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That may be the way it's been, but this is going to
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Been, but this is going to be a new day.
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Be a new day. it's time to do some house
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It's time to do some house cleaning.
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Cleaning. you need to evict some
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You need to evict some tenants that have been
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Tenants that have been living in your mind.
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Living in your mind. the good news is you're in
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The good news is you're in charge.
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Charge. they may seem bigger,
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They may seem bigger, stronger, more powerful,
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Stronger, more powerful, but you determine what
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But you determine what stays in your mind.
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Stays in your mind. you need to tell fear,
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You need to tell fear, "you're evicted, you're not
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"you're evicted, you're not welcome here anymore.
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Welcome here anymore. i'm not living afraid of
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I'm not living afraid of what might happen.
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What might happen. my future is in god's hands.
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My future is in god's hands. nothing can stand against
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Nothing can stand against him."
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Him." tell worry, "you've been
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Tell worry, "you've been with me long enough, i'm
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With me long enough, i'm sorry, you've lost your
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Sorry, you've lost your lease."
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Lease." tell doubt, "your time is
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Tell doubt, "your time is up, i've got some new
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Up, i've got some new rules, you have to go."
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Rules, you have to go." tell insecurity, "sorry, no
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Tell insecurity, "sorry, no more place for you.
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More place for you. you're out of here.
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You're out of here. see you, i'm not going to
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See you, i'm not going to be you."
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Be you." all that negative that's
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All that negative that's weighing you down, limiting
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Weighing you down, limiting your future, why don't you
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Your future, why don't you serve some eviction notices.
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Serve some eviction notices. here's what i've learned is
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Here's what i've learned is when your mind is filled
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When your mind is filled with the positive, there's
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With the positive, there's no room for the negative.
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No room for the negative. when you're full of faith,
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When you're full of faith, praise, gratitude,
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Praise, gratitude, believing for the best,
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Believing for the best, when the negative comes,
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When the negative comes, you don't even answer the
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You don't even answer the door.
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Door. you don't pay it any
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You don't pay it any attention.
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Attention. fear knocks but there's a
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Fear knocks but there's a no vacancy sign.
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No vacancy sign. "can't they hear me?"
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"can't they hear me?" no, this mind is full of
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No, this mind is full of faith.
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Faith. complaining knocks,
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Complaining knocks, discouragement.
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Discouragement. "sorry, no vacancy.
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"sorry, no vacancy. this mind is full of praise.
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This mind is full of praise. "father, thank you for what
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"father, thank you for what you've done.
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You've done. thank you for fighting my
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Thank you for fighting my battles.
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Battles. thank you for surrounding
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Thank you for surrounding me with favor."
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Me with favor." when worry comes, "what
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When worry comes, "what about these gas prices, did
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About these gas prices, did you see the news,
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You see the news, inflation, recession?"
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Inflation, recession?" "sorry, no vacancy.
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"sorry, no vacancy. father, thank you that
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Father, thank you that you're jehovah jireh, the
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You're jehovah jireh, the lord my provider.
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Lord my provider. the economy is not my
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The economy is not my source; god, you are my
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Source; god, you are my source.
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Source. i know i'm connected to a
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I know i'm connected to a supply line that will never
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Supply line that will never run dry."
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Run dry." this is not just being
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This is not just being positive this is releasing
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Positive this is releasing your faith.
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Your faith. this is what allows god to
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This is what allows god to do awesome things.
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Do awesome things. when your mind is stayed on
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When your mind is stayed on him, you're going to have
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Him, you're going to have peace in the middle of a
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Peace in the middle of a pandemic, favor in a
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Pandemic, favor in a famine, strength in the
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Famine, strength in the storm, going up, when you
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Storm, going up, when you should be going down.
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Should be going down. what's playing in your mind?
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What's playing in your mind? are there some tenants you
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Are there some tenants you need to evict?
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Need to evict? are there destructive,
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Are there destructive, discouraging thoughts that
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Discouraging thoughts that you need to stop allowing
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You need to stop allowing in.
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In. this is what my mother had
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This is what my mother had to do.
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To do. you know her story.
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You know her story. she was diagnosed with
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She was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer in
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Terminal liver cancer in 1981, and given a few weeks
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1981, and given a few weeks to live.
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To live. she was only forty-six
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She was only forty-six years old.
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Years old. she had been perfectly
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She had been perfectly healthy.
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Healthy. always active, working in
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Always active, working in the yard, pastoring the
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The yard, pastoring the church with my father,
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Church with my father, traveling the world;
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Traveling the world; suddenly she gets this
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Suddenly she gets this terrible news.
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Terrible news. she became so frail.
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She became so frail. she weighed eighty-nine
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She weighed eighty-nine pounds, her skin was very
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Pounds, her skin was very yellow.
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Yellow. the doctors said there was
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The doctors said there was nothing more they could do.
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Nothing more they could do. you can imagine the
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You can imagine the thoughts that came knocking
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Thoughts that came knocking at her door.
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At her door. "this is it, you're done,
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"this is it, you're done, make plans for your
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Make plans for your funeral."
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Funeral." in the middle of the night,
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In the middle of the night, when she couldn't sleep,
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When she couldn't sleep, the thought came, "you can
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The thought came, "you can be buried in that new pink
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Be buried in that new pink dress you just bought."
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Dress you just bought." my mother had good reasons
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My mother had good reasons to feel worried, afraid,
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To feel worried, afraid, hopeless, but she
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Hopeless, but she understood this principle.
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Understood this principle. when fear knocked, she
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When fear knocked, she didn't let it in. when
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Didn't let it in. when worry knocked, said, "it's
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Worry knocked, said, "it's over, quit believing."
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Over, quit believing." she said, "you're not
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She said, "you're not welcome here."
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Welcome here." when doubt knocked, "you
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When doubt knocked, "you heard the report. they're
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Heard the report. they're the best doctors in the
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The best doctors in the world, there's nothing more
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World, there's nothing more they can do."
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They can do." she said, "no thanks,
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She said, "no thanks, there's no room for you in
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There's no room for you in my thinking."
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My thinking." she guarded her mind.
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She guarded her mind. she was extremely selective
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She was extremely selective of what she allowed in. she
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Of what she allowed in. she knew she was in a fight.
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Knew she was in a fight. she wasn't about to give
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She wasn't about to give her valuable real estate,
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Her valuable real estate, her mind, any room for
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Her mind, any room for negative, discouraging,
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Negative, discouraging, defeating thoughts.
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Defeating thoughts. when you're in a battle,
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When you're in a battle, when forces are coming
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When forces are coming against you in a great way,
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Against you in a great way, that's when you'll be the
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That's when you'll be the most tempted to believe the
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Most tempted to believe the lies, get discouraged,
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Lies, get discouraged, "it's never going to work
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"it's never going to work out, just accept it."
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Out, just accept it." more than ever, you need to
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More than ever, you need to close the door.
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Close the door. don't give those lies
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Don't give those lies access.
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Access. you need all your energy to
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You need all your energy to believe, to stay strong, to
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Believe, to stay strong, to have faith to overcome
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Have faith to overcome what's trying to stop you.
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What's trying to stop you. be diligent.
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Be diligent. the scripture says, "give
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The scripture says, "give no place to the enemy."
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No place to the enemy." that means, don't give him
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That means, don't give him any rooms in your house.
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Any rooms in your house. don't give him any place in
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Your thinking.our house.
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Your thinking.our house. my mother didn't just erase
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My mother didn't just erase the negative thoughts, but
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The negative thoughts, but she replaced them with
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She replaced them with god's word. the best
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God's word. the best defense is a good offense.
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Defense is a good offense. she kept her mind filled
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She kept her mind filled with god's promises.
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With god's promises. all through the day, i
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All through the day, i would hear her quoting
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Would hear her quoting scripture, "i will live and
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Scripture, "i will live and not die.
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Not die. god is restoring health
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God is restoring health unto me.
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Unto me. with long life he will
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With long life he will satisfy me."
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Satisfy me." if you leave your mind
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If you leave your mind empty, it's going to
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Empty, it's going to naturally gravitate toward
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Naturally gravitate toward the negative.
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The negative. especially when you're in
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Especially when you're in difficult times.
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Difficult times. that's when you need to be
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That's when you need to be very disciplined in what
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Very disciplined in what you allow in. and on
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You allow in. and on purpose, think thoughts of
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Purpose, think thoughts of hope, faith, healing,
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Hope, faith, healing, victory.
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Victory. a friend of mine was
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A friend of mine was diagnosed with cancer.
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Diagnosed with cancer. he was a professional
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He was a professional football player.
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Football player. he had to stop playing to
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He had to stop playing to take the treatment.
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Take the treatment. he could have been
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He could have been discouraged, given up on
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Discouraged, given up on his dreams, but his
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His dreams, but his attitude was, "this illness
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Attitude was, "this illness is not going to defeat me,
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Is not going to defeat me, it's just a bump in the
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It's just a bump in the road.
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Road. i will play football again;
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I will play football again; i will accomplish my god
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I will accomplish my god given dreams."
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Given dreams." he was so disciplined to
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He was so disciplined to guard his mind; he wouldn't
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Guard his mind; he wouldn't let anyone use the word
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Let anyone use the word cancer in his house.
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Cancer in his house. he told his family, his
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He told his family, his friends, even his doctors,
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Friends, even his doctors, he didn't want them
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He didn't want them speaking that word over
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Speaking that word over him. he didn't want it down
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Him. he didn't want it down in his spirit.
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In his spirit. when he was taking chemo,
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When he was taking chemo, the whole time, "father,
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The whole time, "father, thank you that i am healed,
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Thank you that i am healed, that this too shall pass,
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That this too shall pass, that greater is he that's
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That greater is he that's in me than what's trying
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In me than what's trying to stop me."
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To stop me." two years later, against
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Two years later, against all odds, he was back in
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All odds, he was back in the league, playing
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The league, playing professional football.
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Professional football. thoughts told him all the
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Thoughts told him all the reasons it would never
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Reasons it would never happen, but he didn't
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Happen, but he didn't answer the door.
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Answer the door. he gave no place to the
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He gave no place to the enemy.
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Enemy. don't let those lies take
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Don't let those lies take root.
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Root. don't give them access by
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Don't give them access by believing them. dwell on
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Believing them. dwell on what god says about you.
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What god says about you. my mother kept doing this.
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My mother kept doing this. it didn't happen overnight
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It didn't happen overnight but little by little she
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But little by little she got better and better.
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Got better and better. medical science even tells
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Medical science even tells us that when people are
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Us that when people are positive, hopeful, they
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Positive, hopeful, they believe they'll get well,
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Believe they'll get well, they're much more likely to
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They're much more likely to recover, than those who are
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Recover, than those who are negative and discouraged.
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Negative and discouraged. my mother is eighty-eight
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My mother is eighty-eight years old today; healthy,
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Years old today; healthy, whole, strong.
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Whole, strong. from a few weeks to live to
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From a few weeks to live to forty-two years later.
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Forty-two years later. god has the final say.
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God has the final say. why don't you get in
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Why don't you get in agreement with him?
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Agreement with him? don't let those lies play
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Don't let those lies play in your mind.
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In your mind. start erasing them, and
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Start erasing them, and then take the next step,
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Then take the next step, replace them with faith
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Replace them with faith filled, favor filled,
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Filled, favor filled, victorious thoughts.
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Victorious thoughts. the scripture says in
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The scripture says in colossians, "set your mind
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Colossians, "set your mind and keep it set."
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And keep it set." at the start of the day,
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At the start of the day, you need set your mind.
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You need set your mind. when you get out of bed,
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When you get out of bed, "father, thank you for the
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"father, thank you for the gift of this day.
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Gift of this day. it's another day that you
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It's another day that you have made.
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Have made. i'm going to choose to be
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I'm going to choose to be happy, i'm going to see the
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Happy, i'm going to see the best. i'm going to be a
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Best. i'm going to be a blessing to others.
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Blessing to others. i'm going to live this day
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I'm going to live this day to the full."
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To the full." if you don't set your mind,
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If you don't set your mind, the enemy will set it for
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The enemy will set it for you.
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You. you'll wake up and think
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You'll wake up and think about all your problems and
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About all your problems and everything you've done
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Everything you've done wrong, "i'll never break
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Wrong, "i'll never break this addiction, i should
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This addiction, i should have eaten better
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Have eaten better yesterday, i can't believe
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Yesterday, i can't believe that coworker was rude to
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That coworker was rude to me."
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Me." don't start the day off
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Don't start the day off negative.
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Negative. don't bring yesterday's
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Don't bring yesterday's trouble, yesterday's
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Trouble, yesterday's disappointment, yesterday's
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Disappointment, yesterday's failures into today.
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Failures into today. start the day afresh and
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Start the day afresh and anew.
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Anew. the psalmist said, "god's
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The psalmist said, "god's mercies are new every
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Mercies are new every morning."
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Morning." not every afternoon, not
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Not every afternoon, not every evening.
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Every evening. each morning, receive the
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Each morning, receive the new mercy.
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New mercy. how you start the day many
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How you start the day many times will determine what
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Times will determine what kind of day it's going to
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Kind of day it's going to be.
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Be. don't ever start the day in
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Don't ever start the day in neutral.
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Neutral. don't wait to see what kind
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Don't wait to see what kind of day it's going to be,
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Of day it's going to be, determine what kind of day
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Determine what kind of day it's going to be.
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It's going to be. make up your mind, "this is
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Make up your mind, "this is going to be a great day.
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Going to be a great day. i'm going to be productive,
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I'm going to be productive, i'm going to enjoy my
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I'm going to enjoy my family, i'm going to honor
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Family, i'm going to honor god, i'm grateful to benor
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God, i'm grateful to benor alive."
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Alive." that's setting your mind.
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That's setting your mind. that's making plans for a
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That's making plans for a blessed day.
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Blessed day. it goes on to say, "keep it
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It goes on to say, "keep it set".
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Set". that implies things are
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That implies things are going to happen that will
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Going to happen that will try to unset it.
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Challenges, delays, people
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Challenges, delays, people that are rude, doors that
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That are rude, doors that close.
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Close. you can't stop that from
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You can't stop that from happening, but you can
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Happening, but you can choose to not let it get on
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Choose to not let it get on the inside.
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The inside. when worry comes, "no, my
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When worry comes, "no, my mind is set.
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Mind is set. god is still on the throne.
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God is still on the throne. he's in control of my life."
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He's in control of my life." when offense comes, you can
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When offense comes, you can get upset, live bitter.
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Get upset, live bitter. no, "god is my vindicator.
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No, "god is my vindicator. he's fighting my battles."
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He's fighting my battles." the contract didn't go
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The contract didn't go through, you didn't get the
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Through, you didn't get the position.
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Position. you could be down,
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You could be down, disappointed, but your mind
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Disappointed, but your mind is set.
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Is set. "god, i trust you.
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"god, i trust you. i know you wouldn't have
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I know you wouldn't have closed this door unless you
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Closed this door unless you had something better in
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Had something better in store."
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Store." don't let the challenges
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Don't let the challenges during the day, unset your
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During the day, unset your mind.
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Mind. keep it set.
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Keep it set. keep it stayed on him. keep
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Keep it stayed on him. keep it full of praise, keep
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It full of praise, keep expecting good things, keep
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Expecting good things, keep believing for what god
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Believing for what god promised.
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Promised. i talked to a man that was
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I talked to a man that was moving to houston from
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Moving to houston from another city.
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Another city. he got a promotion that
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He got a promotion that he'd been believing for a
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He'd been believing for a long time.
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Long time. it was a dream come true.
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It was a dream come true. they had to sell their
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They had to sell their house before they could buy
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House before they could buy a house here.
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A house here. the problem was the real
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The problem was the real estate market in their city
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Estate market in their city was very depressed, hardly
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Was very depressed, hardly anything was selling.
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Anything was selling. on his street alone, there
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On his street alone, there were four houses for sale,
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Were four houses for sale, and many more in the
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And many more in the neighborhood.
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Neighborhood. thoughts came telling them
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Thoughts came telling them all the reasons their house
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All the reasons their house wouldn't sale, the job
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Wouldn't sale, the job wouldn't work out.
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Wouldn't work out. "the market is soft,
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"the market is soft, there's too much inventory,
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There's too much inventory, this isn't the right time."
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This isn't the right time." they were tempted to get
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They were tempted to get discouraged, not think it
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Discouraged, not think it could happen, but they
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Could happen, but they understood this principle.
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Understood this principle. when doubt knocked, they
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When doubt knocked, they said, "no thanks, you're
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Said, "no thanks, you're not welcome here."
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Not welcome here." when thoughts of worry
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When thoughts of worry came, "what if it doesn't
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Came, "what if it doesn't work out, what if you miss
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Work out, what if you miss this great opportunity,
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This great opportunity, what if you can't move?"
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What if you can't move?" they said, "sorry worry,
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They said, "sorry worry, you don't belong here.
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You don't belong here. we don't have space for
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We don't have space for you."
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You." they kept their mind filled
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They kept their mind filled with faith.
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With faith. "father, we know you canled
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"father, we know you canled make a way, where we don't
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Make a way, where we don't see a way.
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See a way. thank you, lord, that
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Thank you, lord, that you're causing our property
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You're causing our property to stand out, that your
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To stand out, that your favor surrounds us like a
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Favor surrounds us like a shield."
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Shield." the real estate agent told
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The real estate agent told them that on average it was
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Them that on average it was taking over a year for
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Taking over a year for properties to sale, to not
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Properties to sale, to not get their hopes up.
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Get their hopes up. all the facts said it would
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All the facts said it would be months and months, but
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Be months and months, but two weeks after they put
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Two weeks after they put the house on the market it
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The house on the market it sold for full price.
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Sold for full price. they met with the new
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They met with the new owners and asked why they
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Owners and asked why they chose their house out of
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Chose their house out of all the others.
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All the others. they said, "we looked at
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They said, "we looked at over thirty properties, but
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Over thirty properties, but when we walked in yours,
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When we walked in yours, something just felt right.
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Something just felt right. we knew it was supposed to
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We knew it was supposed to be ours."
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Be ours." god knows how to bring the
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God knows how to bring the right people to you.
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Right people to you. he knows how to open doors
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He knows how to open doors you can't open.
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You can't open. he knows how to turn your
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He knows how to turn your child around, how to free
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Child around, how to free you from that addiction.
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You from that addiction. don't believe those lies
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Don't believe those lies that, "it's not going to
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That, "it's not going to happen, it's too late, the
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Happen, it's too late, the odds are against you."
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Odds are against you." just say, "no thanks,
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Just say, "no thanks, you're not welcome here.
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You're not welcome here. i'm going to keep my mind
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I'm going to keep my mind stayed on him."
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Stayed on him." are your thoughts limiting
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Are your thoughts limiting you or are your thoughts
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You or are your thoughts empowering you?
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Empowering you? are you thinking thoughts
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Are you thinking thoughts of defeat, worry, can't do
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Of defeat, worry, can't do it or are you thinking
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It or are you thinking thoughts of victory, favor,
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Thoughts of victory, favor, breakthroughs, abundance?
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Breakthroughs, abundance? there's a battle taking
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There's a battle taking place in your thinking.
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Place in your thinking. i'm asking you to start
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I'm asking you to start closing the door to the
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Closing the door to the negative.
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Negative. you control the access.
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You control the access. be selective.
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Be selective. don't just let anything in.
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Don't just let anything in. wrong thinking will keep
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Wrong thinking will keep you from your destiny.
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You from your destiny. start erasing and replacing.
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Start erasing and replacing. erase the negative, don't
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Erase the negative, don't give it the time of day,
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Give it the time of day, replace it with god's word,
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Replace it with god's word, with positive, faith filled
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With positive, faith filled thoughts.
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Thoughts. if you'll do this, i
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare,
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Believe and declare, because your mind is stayed
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Because your mind is stayed on him, you're going to
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On him, you're going to have more peace, more joy,
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Have more peace, more joy, more favor.
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More favor. forces that have held you
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Forces that have held you back are being broken right
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Back are being broken right now.
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Now. you're about to rise
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You're about to rise higher, accomplish dreams
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Higher, accomplish dreams and go further than you've
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And go further than you've imagined.
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Imagined. i declare it in the name of
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I declare it in the name of jesus.
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Jesus. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen?
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God's healing isn't earned,
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God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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It's received, and you can discover
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And you can discover how in the next 31 days.
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How in the next 31 days. life has a way of
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Life has a way of wearing us down
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Wearing us down physically, mentally,
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Physically, mentally, emotionally.
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Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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But god didn't create us to just survive, but to thrive.
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To just survive, but to thrive. i'm excited about
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I'm excited about our new devotional,
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Happy, healthy, and free.
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Happy, healthy, and free. for 31 days,
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For 31 days, i'll take you
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I'll take you on a wellness journey
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On a wellness journey for your spirit, body,
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And soul.
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It's filled with daily
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It's filled with daily declarations,
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Declarations, scriptures, encouragement.
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Scriptures, encouragement. as you get your mind in tune
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As you get your mind in tune with what god says,
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With what god says, you'll experience a refreshing,
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A revitalization.
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Ayou were created to be strong,
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Ayou were created to be strong, to be passionate,
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To be passionate, to live happy,
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To live happy, healthy, and free.
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Healthy, and free. when you contact us today,
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Happy, healthy, and free: a 31-day wellness journey
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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Joel Osteen - Dealing With Negative Thoughts

September 1, 2025 | S E | 30:0

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