Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Discover Your Greatness

December 2, 2024 | S24:E4902

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Discover Your Greatness | December 2, 2024

< 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. if you're ever in
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Today. if you're ever in our area, please stop by
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of
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And be a part of one of our services. i promise you
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Our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right
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We'll make you feel right at home.
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At home. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week.
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With us during the week. we have a daily podcast
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We have a daily podcast you can download.
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You can download. our youtube channel; watch
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Our youtube channel; watch the messages anytime.
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The messages anytime. or you can follow us on
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Or you can follow us on social media.
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Social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. thanks so much for tuning
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Thanks so much for tuning in. thank you again for
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In. thank you again for coming out in person.
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Coming out in person. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this little
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I heard about this little girl. she was sitting on
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Girl. she was sitting on her grandfather's lap,
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Her grandfather's lap, and she noticed how
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And she noticed how wrinkled his face was.
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Wrinkled his face was. difference between his and
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Difference between his and hers, she said, "granddaddy,
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Hers, she said, "granddaddy, did god make you?"
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Did god make you?" he kind of laughed and said,
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He kind of laughed and said, "yes honey, he made me a
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"yes honey, he made me a long time ago."
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Long time ago." she then asked, "did god
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She then asked, "did god make me?"
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Make me?" he said, "yes, he made you
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He said, "yes, he made you just a little while ago."
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Just a little while ago." she thought about it a
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She thought about it a minute and said,
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Minute and said, "granddaddy, god's getting
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"granddaddy, god's getting better, isn't he?"
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Better, isn't he?" (laughter)
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(laughter) say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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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 never
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Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus'
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Be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Name. god bless you. i want to talk to you
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I want to talk to you today about discover
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Today about discover your greatness.
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Your greatness. saul was the leader of
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Saul was the leader of israel.
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Israel. for forty days a giant named
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For forty days a giant named goliath came out in the
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Goliath came out in the morning and the evening
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Morning and the evening to taunt the israelites.
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To taunt the israelites. his size and strength,
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His size and strength, coupled with his
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Coupled with his intimidating threats
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Intimidating threats paralyzed the israeli army.
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Paralyzed the israeli army. that is, until a teenager
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That is, until a teenager named david showed up to
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Named david showed up to bring lunch to his brothers.
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Bring lunch to his brothers. when he heard the insults
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When he heard the insults from goliath and saw the
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From goliath and saw the soldiers running in fear,
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Soldiers running in fear, something rose up on the
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Something rose up on the inside.
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Inside. he said, "who is this
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He said, "who is this uncircumcised philistine,
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Uncircumcised philistine, that he would defy the
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That he would defy the armies of the living god."
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Armies of the living god." he went out to face goliath,
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He went out to face goliath, not wearing any armor, still
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Not wearing any armor, still dressed as a shepherd, from
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Dressed as a shepherd, from taking care of his father's
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Taking care of his father's sheep. not with a sword or
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Sheep. not with a sword or a spear, but with a
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A spear, but with a sling shot that he had
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Sling shot that he had used to keep lions and
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Used to keep lions and bears from his sheep.
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Bears from his sheep. he picked up five smooth
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He picked up five smooth stones and ran toward
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Stones and ran toward the giant.
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The giant. saul and his men were
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Saul and his men were watching this drama play out
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Watching this drama play out intently, certain that david
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Intently, certain that david was about to be crushed.
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Was about to be crushed. but david slung a rock with
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But david slung a rock with such skill and such force,
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Such skill and such force, it hit goliath in the
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It hit goliath in the forehead and knocked him
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Forehead and knocked him unconscious. saul stood
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Unconscious. saul stood there in disbelief.
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There in disbelief. he couldn't understand it.
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He couldn't understand it. how did david learn to
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How did david learn to fight like a warrior?
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Fight like a warrior? where did he learn to speak
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Where did he learn to speak so powerfully that he had
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So powerfully that he had both camps, the israelis and
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Both camps, the israelis and the philistines spell bound.
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The philistines spell bound. where did he get this
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Where did he get this confidence, this leadership,
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Confidence, this leadership, who trained him?
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Who trained him? he went over to david and
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He went over to david and didn't say, "wow,
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Didn't say, "wow, congratulations, that was
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Congratulations, that was so awesome. thank you for
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So awesome. thank you for stepping up."
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Stepping up." he said, "david, tell me
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He said, "david, tell me about your father."
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About your father." he was saying, "where do
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He was saying, "where do you come from?
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You come from? how could you do this?
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How could you do this? you must have an incredible
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You must have an incredible father."
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Father." david said, "his name is
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David said, "his name is jesse, we live in the
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Jesse, we live in the city of bethlehem."
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City of bethlehem." i can imagine saul telling
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I can imagine saul telling an assistant, "find out
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An assistant, "find out about jesse, i want to know
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About jesse, i want to know everything."
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Everything." the research comes back.
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The research comes back. "he's a shepherd.
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"he's a shepherd. he comes from an ordinary
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He comes from an ordinary family. he lives in a
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Family. he lives in a typical house. shops at
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Typical house. shops at walmart, eats chick fil a,
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Walmart, eats chick fil a, watches the kardashians.
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Watches the kardashians. there's nothing significant
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There's nothing significant about him."
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About him." saul was perplexed.
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Saul was perplexed. "how could this teenager
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"how could this teenager have such greatness in him,
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Have such greatness in him, how could he rise up and
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How could he rise up and become a hero when he comes
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Become a hero when he comes from an average family?"
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From an average family?" the reason saul was confused
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The reason saul was confused was david didn't give him
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Was david didn't give him the whole answer.
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The whole answer. he told him about jesse,
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He told him about jesse, who his natural father was
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Who his natural father was but he didn't tell him
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But he didn't tell him about his heavenly father.
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About his heavenly father. your greatness, your
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Your greatness, your courage, the hero in you,
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Courage, the hero in you, it doesn't come from your
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It doesn't come from your natural father.
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Natural father. the scripture says, "every
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The scripture says, "every good gift comes from your
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Good gift comes from your father in heaven above."
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Father in heaven above." jesse was a good father;
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Jesse was a good father; he did his best to care
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He did his best to care for his family.
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For his family. he had david take lunch
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He had david take lunch to his brothers.
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To his brothers. he wanted to make sure
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He wanted to make sure they were okay.
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They were okay. but like any of us,
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But like any of us, jesse had shortcomings.
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Jesse had shortcomings. he had limitations.
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He had limitations. he didn't speak faith into
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He didn't speak faith into david.
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David. he didn't encourage him
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He didn't encourage him to go after his dreams.
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To go after his dreams. when the prophet samuel
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When the prophet samuel showed up at his house
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Showed up at his house to anoint the next king of
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To anoint the next king of israel, jesse didn't bring
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Israel, jesse didn't bring david in from the shepherd's
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David in from the shepherd's fields.
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Fields. he didn't think david was
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He didn't think david was king material.
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King material. he thought, "david, he's too
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He thought, "david, he's too small, too young, he's not
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Small, too young, he's not that talented, he'll never
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That talented, he'll never do anything great."
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Do anything great." he discounted david.
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He discounted david. the good news is people
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The good news is people don't determine your
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Don't determine your destiny.
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Destiny. your gifts, your talents,
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Your gifts, your talents, your potential, the king in
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Your potential, the king in you, it comes from your
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You, it comes from your heavenly father.
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Heavenly father. that's why saul was
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That's why saul was confused.
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Confused. he saw greatness in david,
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He saw greatness in david, he knew there was a king in
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He knew there was a king in him, a world changer.
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Him, a world changer. he thought, "am i missing
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He thought, "am i missing something? isn't this
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Something? isn't this jesse's son? doesn't he
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Jesse's son? doesn't he come from an average
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Come from an average family? they've never done
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Family? they've never done anything significant."
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Anything significant." here's the key, you come
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Here's the key, you come through your father, but
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Through your father, but you come from almighty god.
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You come from almighty god. he knew you before you were
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He knew you before you were formed in your mother's
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Formed in your mother's womb.
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Womb. my father's parents, my
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My father's parents, my grandparents, they were very
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Grandparents, they were very good people.
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Good people. they were loving and kind,
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They were loving and kind, but they didn't have much
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But they didn't have much vision.
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Vision. they lost everything during
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They lost everything during the great depression.
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The great depression. they were very poor,
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They were very poor, struggled to make ends meet.
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Struggled to make ends meet. my father went to school
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My father went to school with holes in his shoes and
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With holes in his shoes and holes in his pants.
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Holes in his pants. he had to drop out of high
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He had to drop out of high school to work on the farm.
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School to work on the farm. it looked like he was
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It looked like he was limited, that his destiny
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Limited, that his destiny was to just survive.
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Was to just survive. it's all he had seen growing
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It's all he had seen growing up.
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Up. but at seventeen years old,
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But at seventeen years old, he was walking home from a
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He was walking home from a night club at two o'clock in
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Night club at two o'clock in the morning.
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The morning. he looked up at the stars
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He looked up at the stars and began to think about god
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And began to think about god and what he was going to do
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And what he was going to do with his life.
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With his life. he wasn't raised with any
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He wasn't raised with any kind of faith.
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Kind of faith. he'd never been to church
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He'd never been to church but that night he felt a
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But that night he felt a sense of purpose, he knew he
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Sense of purpose, he knew he was made for more.
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Was made for more. the next morning, he went to
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The next morning, he went to church with a friend and
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Church with a friend and gave his life to christ.
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Gave his life to christ. something came alive on the
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Something came alive on the inside.
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Inside. he felt god calling him to
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He felt god calling him to become a pastor.
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Become a pastor. nobody in his family had any
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Nobody in his family had any kind of training for
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Kind of training for ministry, no background of
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Ministry, no background of pastors or leadership.
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Pastors or leadership. they were farmers.
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They were farmers. he told his parents he was
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He told his parents he was going to leave the farm and
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Going to leave the farm and go out and start
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Go out and start ministering.
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Ministering. they said, "john, you better
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They said, "john, you better stay here with us.
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Stay here with us. all you know how to do is
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All you know how to do is work on a farm.
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Work on a farm. you're going to get out
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You're going to get out there and fail."
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There and fail." they meant well, they were
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They meant well, they were trying to protect him but
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Trying to protect him but like jesse, they couldn't
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Like jesse, they couldn't see his potential.
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See his potential. they couldn't see his
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They couldn't see his greatness.
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Greatness. they thought, "we're poor,
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They thought, "we're poor, all we know how to do is
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All we know how to do is farm, that's our son, we
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Farm, that's our son, we raised him, that's all he
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Raised him, that's all he knows how to do."
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Knows how to do." they didn't realize,
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They didn't realize, greatness doesn't come from
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Greatness doesn't come from people it comes from god.
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People it comes from god. yes, our fathers, our
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Yes, our fathers, our natural fathers, our family;
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Natural fathers, our family; they influence us, they
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They influence us, they teach us what they know, but
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Teach us what they know, but your gifts, talents,
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Your gifts, talents, courage, favor, it comes
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Courage, favor, it comes from your heavenly father.
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From your heavenly father. you are not limited by what
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You are not limited by what people didn't give you.
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People didn't give you. my father had to hitch hike,
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My father had to hitch hike, but he left home and started
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But he left home and started ministering in the prisons;
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Ministering in the prisons; in the senior citizens
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In the senior citizens homes.
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Homes. doors started opening.
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Doors started opening. he was able to go back and
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He was able to go back and finish high school.
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Finish high school. he went to seminary,
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He went to seminary, pastored great churches.
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Pastored great churches. started lakewood, pastored
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Started lakewood, pastored here for almost forty years.
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Here for almost forty years. along the way, i can hear
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Along the way, i can hear someone asking, "whose son
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Someone asking, "whose son is that?
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Is that? he sure is talented, he's
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He sure is talented, he's such a great speaker, a
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Such a great speaker, a gifted leader, impacting so
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Gifted leader, impacting so many people."
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Many people." when they found out who his
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When they found out who his parents were, they thought,
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Parents were, they thought, "how could that be?
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"how could that be? that doesn't make sense."
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That doesn't make sense." it's because they were only
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It's because they were only looking at it in the
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Looking at it in the natural.
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Natural. every good gift comes from
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Every good gift comes from your heavenly father.
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Your heavenly father. what he's destined for your
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What he's destined for your life, is not limited by what
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Life, is not limited by what kind of natural father you
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Kind of natural father you had.
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Had. jesse couldn't see the
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Jesse couldn't see the greatness in david, my
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Greatness in david, my grandfather couldn't see the
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Grandfather couldn't see the greatness in my father.
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Greatness in my father. but just because they didn't
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But just because they didn't see it, that didn't stop it
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See it, that didn't stop it from coming to pass.
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From coming to pass. i hope you had a great
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I hope you had a great father like i did, loving,
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Father like i did, loving, kind, empowering.
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Kind, empowering. a father that pushed you
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A father that pushed you further and helped you to be
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Further and helped you to be confident and secure.
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Confident and secure. but even if you didn't,
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But even if you didn't, you're still going to do
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You're still going to do great things.
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Great things. you're still going to leave
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You're still going to leave your mark.
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Your mark. maybe your father was like
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Maybe your father was like jesse, he didn't believe in
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Jesse, he didn't believe in you.
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You. or he wasn't around, he
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Or he wasn't around, he talked down to you.
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Talked down to you. when you think of your
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When you think of your father it's not a fond
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Father it's not a fond memory, it's a source of
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Memory, it's a source of pain and disappointment.
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Pain and disappointment. perhaps he was like my
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Perhaps he was like my father's dad, he meant well
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Father's dad, he meant well but he told my father what
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But he told my father what he couldn't accomplish and
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He couldn't accomplish and how he was going to fail.
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How he was going to fail. what i want you to see is
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What i want you to see is that is not going to stop
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That is not going to stop your destiny.
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Your destiny. your heavenly father
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Your heavenly father overrides what people do.
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Overrides what people do. your greatness doesn't come
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Your greatness doesn't come from your natural bloodline,
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From your natural bloodline, from your lineage, it comes
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From your lineage, it comes from your father in heaven.
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From your father in heaven. what he's spoken over your
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What he's spoken over your life will come to pass.
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Life will come to pass. tell me about your father.
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Tell me about your father. "well, he was so busy, joel,
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"well, he was so busy, joel, he didn't have time for me,
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He didn't have time for me, he discouraged me, he was
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He discouraged me, he was loving but, man, he had some
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Loving but, man, he had some rough edges."
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Rough edges." i don't mean that father.
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I don't mean that father. tell me about your heavenly
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Tell me about your heavenly father.
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Father. he spoke worlds into
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He spoke worlds into existence.
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Existence. he flung stars into space.
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He flung stars into space. he fearfully and wonderfully
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He fearfully and wonderfully made you.
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Made you. he said you're a
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He said you're a masterpiece.
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Masterpiece. he's equipped you, empowered
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He's equipped you, empowered you, and anointed you.
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You, and anointed you. he put seeds of greatness in
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He put seeds of greatness in you.
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You. he calls you a history
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He calls you a history maker, a giant killer, a
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Maker, a giant killer, a world changer.
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World changer. whether your natural father
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Whether your natural father was great or not so great,
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Was great or not so great, whether you have fond
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Whether you have fond memories or not so fond
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Memories or not so fond memories, when you recognize
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Memories, when you recognize who your heavenly father is,
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Who your heavenly father is, that he's the giver of all
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That he's the giver of all good gifts.
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Good gifts. that means if your father
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That means if your father was loving, kind, talented,
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Was loving, kind, talented, generous, that all came from
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Generous, that all came from our heavenly father.
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Our heavenly father. in my grandparent's defense,
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In my grandparent's defense, they had no history of
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They had no history of leadership.
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Leadership. they didn't know how to
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They didn't know how to train my father to become a
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Train my father to become a pastor.
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Pastor. they had never experienced
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They had never experienced abundance, more than enough,
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Abundance, more than enough, influence.
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Influence. no wonder they couldn't see
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No wonder they couldn't see it.
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It. it was foreign to them.
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It was foreign to them. don't fault people that
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Don't fault people that can't see what you can see.
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Can't see what you can see. god will put things in your
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God will put things in your spirit that your parents,
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Spirit that your parents, your relatives, people
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Your relatives, people around you, can't fathom.
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Around you, can't fathom. it's too big, too great, too
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It's too big, too great, too influential.
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Influential. they can't comprehend it.
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They can't comprehend it. they've never seen it.
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They've never seen it. you're going to set a new
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You're going to set a new standard.
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Standard. you're going to accomplish
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You're going to accomplish dreams bigger than they've
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Dreams bigger than they've imagined.
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Imagined. you're going to see honor,
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You're going to see honor, influence, wealth that your
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Influence, wealth that your family has never
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Family has never experienced.
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Experienced. there's no history of it.
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There's no history of it. when you look back, it's all
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When you look back, it's all at one level.
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At one level. "i don't see how that can
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"i don't see how that can happen."
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Happen." you're looking at your
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You're looking at your natural lineage.
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Natural lineage. i'm asking you not to look
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I'm asking you not to look back but to look up.
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Back but to look up. your heavenly father has
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Your heavenly father has some big gifts coming, big
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Some big gifts coming, big favor, big opportunities,
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Favor, big opportunities, creativity, ideas, resources
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Creativity, ideas, resources that will exceed your
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That will exceed your expectations.
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Expectations. he's about to catapult you
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He's about to catapult you into greatness, into
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Into greatness, into abundance, into new levels
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Abundance, into new levels of your destiny.
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Of your destiny. there are times that for
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There are times that for generations everything is
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Generations everything is the same, going along fine,
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The same, going along fine, no complaints, then suddenly
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No complaints, then suddenly like with david, greatness
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Like with david, greatness comes out.
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Comes out. there's no explanations.
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There's no explanations. how could he defeat that
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How could he defeat that giant?
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Giant? jesse couldn't train him for
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Jesse couldn't train him for that.
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That. he couldn't train him to
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He couldn't train him to become a king.
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Become a king. that wasn't in jesse.
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That wasn't in jesse. he'd never experienced any
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He'd never experienced any of that.
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Of that. it was his heavenly father
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It was his heavenly father shining down favor.
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Shining down favor. when jesus was on the earth,
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When jesus was on the earth, he went around healing the
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He went around healing the sick, curing the lepers.
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Sick, curing the lepers. teaching with such authority
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Teaching with such authority and wisdom that great crowds
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And wisdom that great crowds followed him.
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Followed him. when people looked at his
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When people looked at his background, where he had
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Background, where he had come from, they couldn't
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Come from, they couldn't understand it.
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Understand it. they asked, "is this not the
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They asked, "is this not the carpenter's son?"
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Carpenter's son?" they were saying, "isn't
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They were saying, "isn't this joseph's child?
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This joseph's child? we know joseph, he builds
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We know joseph, he builds cabinets.
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Cabinets. he's not anything special.
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He's not anything special. how could his son be doing
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How could his son be doing miracles?
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Miracles? how could his son be this
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How could his son be this influential, where did he
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Influential, where did he get this wisdom to teach in
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Get this wisdom to teach in the synagogues?"
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The synagogues?" like saul, they were looking
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Like saul, they were looking at his natural father.
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At his natural father. they were looking at his
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They were looking at his background, his training,
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Background, his training, where he lived.
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Where he lived. they didn't realize who his
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They didn't realize who his heavenly father was.
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Heavenly father was. sometimes life will try to
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Sometimes life will try to tell you that you're
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Tell you that you're average, you've reached your
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Average, you've reached your limits, gone as far as you
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Limits, gone as far as you can.
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Can. "look at your family,
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"look at your family, there's nothing special
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There's nothing special about you.
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About you. you can't do anything great.
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You can't do anything great. you're just william's son,
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You're just william's son, you're just casey's son."
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You're just casey's son." that may be true, but you
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That may be true, but you have to realize you have
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Have to realize you have another father.
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Another father. no discredit to your natural
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No discredit to your natural father, but your heavenly
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Father, but your heavenly father is the giver of all
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Father is the giver of all good gifts.
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Good gifts. i believe god is going to
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I believe god is going to show out in your life in
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Show out in your life in such a way people will look
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Such a way people will look at you and think, "is this
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At you and think, "is this not jesse's son, how can
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Not jesse's son, how can david defeat that giant?
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David defeat that giant? his father is a shepherd.
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His father is a shepherd. is this not jack osteen's
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Is this not jack osteen's son, how can john be
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Son, how can john be pastoring a church of
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Pastoring a church of thousands, they're farmers.
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Thousands, they're farmers. is this not william's son,
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Is this not william's son, how can he be leading that
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How can he be leading that company, william struggled
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Company, william struggled with an addiction.
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With an addiction. is this not jose's son, how
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Is this not jose's son, how can he be that successful,
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Can he be that successful, jose was never around
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Jose was never around growing up."
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Growing up." your destiny is not limited
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Your destiny is not limited by how you were raised, it's
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By how you were raised, it's not limited by what level
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Not limited by what level your parents reached.
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Your parents reached. god wants you to go further.
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God wants you to go further. now get in agreement with
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Now get in agreement with him.
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Him. quit seeing yourself as
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Quit seeing yourself as average, limited.
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Average, limited. "we all struggle with these
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"we all struggle with these addictions, joel; this
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Addictions, joel; this depression.
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Depression. we never get any good
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We never get any good breaks.
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Breaks. that's just who we are."
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That's just who we are." that is not who you are.
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That is not who you are. your spiritual bloodline
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Your spiritual bloodline overrides your natural
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Overrides your natural bloodline.
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Bloodline. if you're going to see the
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If you're going to see the greatness that belongs to
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Greatness that belongs to you, the favor, the
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You, the favor, the influence, the talent, you
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Influence, the talent, you have to look to your
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Have to look to your heavenly father.
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Heavenly father. that's what david did.
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That's what david did. that's where he got the
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That's where he got the courage, the strength, the
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Courage, the strength, the favor.
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Favor. he wasn't looking at his
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He wasn't looking at his history, his family line,
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History, his family line, what his father had
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What his father had accomplished.
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Accomplished. if he'd stayed focused on
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If he'd stayed focused on that, he would have never
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That, he would have never left the shepherd's fields.
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Left the shepherd's fields. he would have lived limited,
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He would have lived limited, intimidated.
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Intimidated. we wouldn't be talking about
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We wouldn't be talking about him.
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Him. david understood this
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David understood this principle.
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Principle. he said to goliath, "you
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He said to goliath, "you come against me with a sword
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Come against me with a sword and a spear, but i come
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And a spear, but i come against you in the name of
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Against you in the name of the lord god of israel."
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The lord god of israel." he was saying, "you may be
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He was saying, "you may be big, you may be powerful,
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Big, you may be powerful, but i know who my heavenly
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But i know who my heavenly father is, i know what he's
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Father is, i know what he's put in me."
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Put in me." in the scripture, god
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In the scripture, god promised abraham that he was
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Promised abraham that he was going to be the father of
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Going to be the father of many nations.
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Many nations. he was eighty years old and
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He was eighty years old and had never had a child.
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Had never had a child. his wife, sarah, had gone
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His wife, sarah, had gone through the change of life.
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Through the change of life. there was no way in the
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There was no way in the natural that they could have
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Natural that they could have a baby.
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A baby. but god told abraham to do
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But god told abraham to do something interesting, to go
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Something interesting, to go outside his tent at night,
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Outside his tent at night, and look up into the sky and
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And look up into the sky and the number of stars he could
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The number of stars he could see, that's how many
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See, that's how many descendants he was going to
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Descendants he was going to have.
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Have. it looked impossible to have
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It looked impossible to have children, looked like it was
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Children, looked like it was too late.
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Too late. god could have given him
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God could have given him this promise at thirty-five
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This promise at thirty-five years old.
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Years old. he could have spoken to him
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He could have spoken to him at a more reasonable time
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At a more reasonable time when it was common to have a
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When it was common to have a child.
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Child. but often god waits till the
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But often god waits till the odds are against us, till we
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Odds are against us, till we don't see how it can happen,
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Don't see how it can happen, so when he brings it to pass
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So when he brings it to pass everyone will know it was
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Everyone will know it was his favor.
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His favor. but the time we're waiting,
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But the time we're waiting, that's a test of our faith.
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That's a test of our faith. are we going to get
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Are we going to get discouraged and talk
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Discouraged and talk ourselves out of it?
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Ourselves out of it? "it's never going to happen,
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"it's never going to happen, joel, it's been too long,
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Joel, it's been too long, this giant is too big."
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This giant is too big." i can imagine those thoughts
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I can imagine those thoughts came to abraham, that's when
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Came to abraham, that's when god said, "abraham get
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God said, "abraham get outside your tent and look
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Outside your tent and look up."
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Up." god was saying, "abraham
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God was saying, "abraham you're looking at it in the
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You're looking at it in the natural.
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Natural. as long as you're in your
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As long as you're in your tent, all you can see is you
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Tent, all you can see is you and sarah, you're focused on
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And sarah, you're focused on what you can accomplish.
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What you can accomplish. you have to get outside your
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You have to get outside your tent and look up.
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Tent and look up. bring me into the picture.
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Bring me into the picture. recognize i'm your source.
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Recognize i'm your source. no, you can't father this
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No, you can't father this child in your own efforts,
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Child in your own efforts, you are too old, but i'm
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You are too old, but i'm your heavenly father, i can
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Your heavenly father, i can make things happen that you
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Make things happen that you can't make happen.
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Can't make happen. get your eyes off your
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Get your eyes off your impossibilities and get your
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Impossibilities and get your eyes on me."
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Eyes on me." it seemed like david, as a
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It seemed like david, as a teenager, was stuck in the
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Teenager, was stuck in the shepherd's fields.
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Shepherd's fields. god put big dreams in his
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God put big dreams in his heart.
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Heart. deep down he knew he was
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Deep down he knew he was destined to leave his mark.
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Destined to leave his mark. but year after year, taking
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But year after year, taking care of sheep, i can
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Care of sheep, i can imagine, he started to get
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Imagine, he started to get discouraged, "it's never
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Discouraged, "it's never going to happen."
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Going to happen." god said, "david, get out of
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God said, "david, get out of your tent.
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Your tent. get a new vision."
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Get a new vision." i can see him in the fields
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I can see him in the fields at night, looking up at the
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At night, looking up at the stars.
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Stars. he feels this new sense of
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He feels this new sense of destiny.
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Destiny. he can hear his heavenly
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He can hear his heavenly father whispering, "the
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Father whispering, "the greatness i put in you is
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Greatness i put in you is about to come out.
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About to come out. keep believing, keep
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Keep believing, keep dreaming, keep being your
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Dreaming, keep being your best."
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Best." when my father was coming
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When my father was coming home from that night club at
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Home from that night club at two o'clock in the morning,
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Two o'clock in the morning, for some reason he looked up
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For some reason he looked up at the stars.
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At the stars. he felt limited, no future
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He felt limited, no future to speak of, but that night
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To speak of, but that night as he looked up something
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As he looked up something began to happen.
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Began to happen. faith began to rise, hope
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Faith began to rise, hope that he'd never felt, a
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That he'd never felt, a dream to do something
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Dream to do something significant with his life.
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Significant with his life. what happened?
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What happened? he got out of his tent.
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He got out of his tent. he knew he had come through
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He knew he had come through his parents, but that night
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His parents, but that night he started to realize who he
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He started to realize who he had come from.
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Had come from. that his heavenly father was
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That his heavenly father was calling him, that he wasn't
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Calling him, that he wasn't just the son of jack osteen
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Just the son of jack osteen but he was the son of the
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But he was the son of the most high god.
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Most high god. you may feel limited, like
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You may feel limited, like you've gone as far as you
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You've gone as far as you can.
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Can. deep down you know there are
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Deep down you know there are bigger things in you, but
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Bigger things in you, but every circumstance says
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Every circumstance says you're stuck.
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You're stuck. god is saying, "come out of
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God is saying, "come out of your tent.
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Your tent. look up."
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Look up." you're focused on the
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You're focused on the natural.
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Natural. you have to change your
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You have to change your perspective.
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Perspective. you're not limited by your
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You're not limited by your background.
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Background. you're not at the mercy of
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You're not at the mercy of who raised you, what you
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Who raised you, what you didn't get, what looks
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Didn't get, what looks impossible.
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Impossible. your heavenly father is
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Your heavenly father is about to breathe on your
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About to breathe on your life in a new way.
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Life in a new way. new doors are about to open.
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New doors are about to open. new gifts are about to come
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New gifts are about to come out, the greatness god put
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Out, the greatness god put in you is about to show up.
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In you is about to show up. there was a young boy back
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There was a young boy back in the early 1900's that was
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In the early 1900's that was raised by a single mother in
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Raised by a single mother in the hills of tennessee.
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The hills of tennessee. because his mother was not
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Because his mother was not married, the neighbors
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Married, the neighbors wouldn't allow him to play
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Wouldn't allow him to play with their children.
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With their children. it was very looked down back
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It was very looked down back then.
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Then. they would make remarks
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They would make remarks like, "what's he doing in
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Like, "what's he doing in our town and who is his
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Our town and who is his father anyway?"
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Father anyway?" on saturdays, he would go up
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On saturdays, he would go up with his mother to the local
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With his mother to the local store and people would make
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Store and people would make disparaging comments, loud
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Disparaging comments, loud enough for him to hear.
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Enough for him to hear. "there they are again.
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"there they are again. did you ever figure out who
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Did you ever figure out who his father is?"
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His father is?" this little boy grew up
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This little boy grew up insecure, always feeling
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Insecure, always feeling like there was something
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Like there was something wrong with him.
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Wrong with him. at twelve years old, a new
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At twelve years old, a new pastor moved into town.
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Pastor moved into town. he was a young minister,
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He was a young minister, very gifted and passionate.
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Very gifted and passionate. this young boy had never
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This young boy had never been to church but one
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Been to church but one sunday he decided to go hear
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Sunday he decided to go hear this new minister that
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This new minister that everyone was talking about.
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Everyone was talking about. he arrived late and sat in
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He arrived late and sat in the back so no one would
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The back so no one would notice him.
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Notice him. as he listened that day, he
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As he listened that day, he felt a love and acceptance
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Felt a love and acceptance that he had never felt.
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That he had never felt. he had planned to leave
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He had planned to leave early but he was so
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Early but he was so engrossed in what the
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Engrossed in what the minister was saying it was
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Minister was saying it was over before he knew it.
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Over before he knew it. he got caught in the crowd.
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He got caught in the crowd. as he was leaving, the young
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As he was leaving, the young minister was greeting the
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Minister was greeting the congregation at the door, he
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Congregation at the door, he saw this young man.
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Saw this young man. he noticed that he wasn't
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He noticed that he wasn't with anyone.
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With anyone. he didn't know anything
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He didn't know anything about him.
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About him. he said very innocently,
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He said very innocently, very friendly, "young man
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Very friendly, "young man who's child are you?"
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Who's child are you?" the room grew completely
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The room grew completely silent.
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Silent. that was the question
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That was the question everyone wanted to ask.
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Everyone wanted to ask. the boy didn't know what to
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The boy didn't know what to say.
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Say. he put his head down.
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He put his head down. the minister realized
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The minister realized something was wrong, how the
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Something was wrong, how the little boy was very
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Little boy was very uncomfortable.
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Uncomfortable. he looked at him and said,
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He looked at him and said, "oh, i know who your father
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"oh, i know who your father is.
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Is. i can see the resemblance so
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I can see the resemblance so strongly, you're a child of
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Strongly, you're a child of almighty god."
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Almighty god." that day was a turning point
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That day was a turning point in the young boy's life.
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In the young boy's life. the stronghold of insecurity
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The stronghold of insecurity and shame was broken.
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And shame was broken. thirty years later, that
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Thirty years later, that young boy was elected
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Young boy was elected governor of tennessee.
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Governor of tennessee. if you asked him, ben hooper
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If you asked him, ben hooper would have told you, the day
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Would have told you, the day he really got elected was
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He really got elected was the day that minister told
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The day that minister told him who his father was.
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Him who his father was. tell me about your father.
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Tell me about your father. i don't mean your natural
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I don't mean your natural father.
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Father. they may not have been
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They may not have been there, they may have made
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There, they may have made mistakes, they may not have
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Mistakes, they may not have believed in you, tell me
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Believed in you, tell me about your heavenly father.
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About your heavenly father. do you realize who you
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Do you realize who you belong to, that your gifts,
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Belong to, that your gifts, your talents, your greatness
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Your talents, your greatness doesn't come from people,
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Doesn't come from people, from family, from relatives,
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From family, from relatives, it comes from your heavenly
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It comes from your heavenly father.
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Father. when he breathed life into
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When he breathed life into you, he put his dna on the
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You, he put his dna on the inside.
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Inside. that's how david could do
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That's how david could do something no one in his
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Something no one in his family had done.
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Family had done. that's how my father could
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That's how my father could break out of poverty and
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Break out of poverty and limited thinking and make a
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Limited thinking and make a difference with his life.
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Difference with his life. our natural dna gets passed
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Our natural dna gets passed down, but your spiritual dna
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Down, but your spiritual dna will override the natural.
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Will override the natural. i saw a documentary on
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I saw a documentary on championship racehorses, the
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Championship racehorses, the kind you see at the kentucky
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Kind you see at the kentucky derby.
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Derby. it's not a coincidence that
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It's not a coincidence that these horses are the fastest
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These horses are the fastest horses in the world.
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Horses in the world. they've been carefully
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They've been carefully studied and carefully bred
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Studied and carefully bred for generations.
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For generations. it can cost hundreds of
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It can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to
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Thousands of dollars to breed a racehorse with a
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Breed a racehorse with a champion stallion.
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Champion stallion. it's very expensive.
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It's very expensive. before breeding, the owner
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Before breeding, the owner will go back fifty or sixty
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Will go back fifty or sixty years and study the
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Years and study the bloodline of a particular
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Bloodline of a particular stallion.
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Stallion. they'll research his father,
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They'll research his father, his grandfather.
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His grandfather. they'll study how long their
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They'll study how long their stride was, the length of
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Stride was, the length of their legs, their take off
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Their legs, their take off speed, their endurance.
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Speed, their endurance. with all this information,
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With all this information, they'll choose the stallion
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They'll choose the stallion they believe to be the
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They believe to be the perfect match.
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Perfect match. they understand winners
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They understand winners don't just randomly happen,
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Don't just randomly happen, it's in their dna.
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It's in their dna. that's how it is with you
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That's how it is with you and me.
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And me. because of who your heavenly
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Because of who your heavenly father is you can defeat
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Father is you can defeat giants, you can accomplish
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Giants, you can accomplish great dreams, you can break
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Great dreams, you can break addictions, you can set new
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Addictions, you can set new standards.
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Standards. i'm not looking at ordinary
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I'm not looking at ordinary people, you have the dna of
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People, you have the dna of a champion.
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A champion. there's no limit to what you
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There's no limit to what you can achieve, i know who your
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Can achieve, i know who your father is.
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Father is. there's no obstacle you
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There's no obstacle you can't overcome, i've seen
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Can't overcome, i've seen your father do it.
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Your father do it. there's no struggle that can
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There's no struggle that can hold you back, your father
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Hold you back, your father is jehovah jireh, the lord
00:23:14.572 --> 00:23:16.674
Is jehovah jireh, the lord your provider.
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Your provider. now do your part, come out
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Now do your part, come out of your tent.
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Of your tent. get a new perspective.
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Get a new perspective. you're not limited by who
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You're not limited by who raised you.
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Raised you. you're not at a disadvantage
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You're not at a disadvantage because of what you didn't
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Because of what you didn't get, who went before you.
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Get, who went before you. you are hearing this because
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You are hearing this because you're about to see the
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You're about to see the greatness in you come out.
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Greatness in you come out. people are going to wonder,
00:23:36.227 --> 00:23:37.728
People are going to wonder, is this the carpenter's son?
00:23:37.795 --> 00:23:39.563
Is this the carpenter's son? is this jesse's son?
00:23:39.630 --> 00:23:41.065
Is this jesse's son? is this jack osteen's son?
00:23:41.131 --> 00:23:42.833
Is this jack osteen's son? get ready, you're about to
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Get ready, you're about to defy the odds.
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Defy the odds. i believe and declare, god
00:23:45.936 --> 00:23:48.105
I believe and declare, god is about to do something
00:23:48.172 --> 00:23:49.240
Is about to do something unusual, uncommon, favor
00:23:49.306 --> 00:23:52.476
Unusual, uncommon, favor that will catapult you
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That will catapult you ahead, gifts and talents
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Ahead, gifts and talents coming out that you didn't
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Coming out that you didn't know you had.
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Know you had. courage, confidence,
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Courage, confidence, creativity like you've never
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Creativity like you've never seen.
00:24:01.485 --> 00:24:02.119
Seen. healing is coming,
00:24:02.186 --> 00:24:03.187
Healing is coming, promotion, good breaks, the
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Promotion, good breaks, the fullness of your destiny, in
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Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today? (applause)
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What if what
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You imagine came to pass?
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What if what you asked for
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Turned out
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Greater than what you can see?
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What if each day
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Was filled with new hope?
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What if you could plan
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For god's best in your life?
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We all have hopes and dreams
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And things we're believing for.
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But what god has in store
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For you
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Is more than you can imagine.
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When you start the year off
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In faith,
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Believing for greater things,
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That's when god will exceed
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Your expectations.
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How you're being your best
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Each day.
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Joel and i are standing
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For you and your family.
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We pray for you every day
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For god's very best,
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Becoming one.
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Joel Osteen - Discover Your Greatness

December 2, 2024 | S24:E4902

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