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Joel Osteen - Don't Ignore The Warnings

March 15, 2026 | 27:29

Joel Osteen - Don't Ignore The Warnings
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Don't Ignore The Warnings | March 15, 2026
  • >joel: god bless you. it's
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  • >joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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  • Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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  • I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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  • With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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  • Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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  • Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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  • Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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  • Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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  • Have you be a part of one of our services.
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  • I like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny. i heard
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  • Something funny. i heard about these three aspiring
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  • About these three aspiring psychiatrists, william, julie
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  • Psychiatrists, william, julie and bubba. they were taking
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  • And bubba. they were taking their first test on emotional
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  • Their first test on emotional extremes. the professor asked
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  • Extremes. the professor asked william, “what is the
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  • William, “what is the opposite of sadness?” he
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  • Opposite of sadness?” he replied, “happiness.” the
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  • Replied, “happiness.” the professor asked julie, “what
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  • Professor asked julie, “what is the opposite of
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  • Is the opposite of depression?” she replied,
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  • Depression?” she replied, “joy.” the professor asked
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  • “joy.” the professor asked bubba, “what is the opposite
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  • Bubba, “what is the opposite of woe? w-o-e.” bubba looked
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  • Of woe? w-o-e.” bubba looked kind of puzzled. after a long
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  • Kind of puzzled. after a long pause, he replied, “giddy up.”
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  • Say it like you mean it. this
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  • Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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  • Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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  • Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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  • Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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  • Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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  • Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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  • Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about don't ignore the
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  • About don't ignore the warnings. god can see things
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  • Warnings. god can see things that we can't see. he knows
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  • That we can't see. he knows what's going to happen long
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  • What's going to happen long before we do. there are traps
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  • Before we do. there are traps the enemy has set to try to
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  • The enemy has set to try to hinder us and cause us
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  • Hinder us and cause us trouble. there are paths that
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  • Trouble. there are paths that look good to us, but they end
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  • Look good to us, but they end in frustration. we look on
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  • In frustration. we look on the surface, and think, “this
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  • The surface, and think, “this person seems fine.” but god
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  • Person seems fine.” but god knows what their motives are.
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  • Knows what their motives are. he knows hidden agendas.
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  • He knows hidden agendas. “this business deal seems
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  • “this business deal seems exciting. this new door that
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  • Exciting. this new door that opened.” but god knows where
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  • Opened.” but god knows where the dead ends are, things
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  • The dead ends are, things that would waste our time.
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  • That would waste our time. before we get off course,
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  • Before we get off course, before we make a major
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  • Before we make a major mistake, god will always give
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  • Mistake, god will always give us a warning. in your spirit,
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  • Us a warning. in your spirit, there will be an unrest, an
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  • There will be an unrest, an uneasiness. like an alarm is
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  • Uneasiness. like an alarm is going off saying, “don't do
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  • Going off saying, “don't do that. something is not right.
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  • That. something is not right. stay away from that person.
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  • Stay away from that person. don't take that deal.” it may
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  • Don't take that deal.” it may not make sense to us, but you
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  • Not make sense to us, but you have to trust that god has
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  • Have to trust that god has your best interest at heart.
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  • Your best interest at heart. he wouldn't be warning you if
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  • He wouldn't be warning you if there was not danger up
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  • There was not danger up ahead. his warnings are not
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  • Ahead. his warnings are not about limiting you, keeping
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  • About limiting you, keeping you from your dreams, taking
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  • You from your dreams, taking something away. it's about
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  • Something away. it's about protection. it's about
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  • Protection. it's about avoiding heartache and
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  • Avoiding heartache and staying on the best path. you
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  • Staying on the best path. you have to be sensitive to what
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  • Have to be sensitive to what you're feeling on the inside.
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  • You're feeling on the inside. don't override the unrest.
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  • Don't override the unrest. don't go against that
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  • Don't go against that uneasiness. that's god
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  • Uneasiness. that's god speaking to you. it's a still
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  • Speaking to you. it's a still small voice. not in your
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  • Small voice. not in your mind, but in your spirit.
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  • Mind, but in your spirit. sometimes we feel the
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  • Sometimes we feel the uneasiness, the alarm is
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  • Uneasiness, the alarm is going off, but we keep
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  • Going off, but we keep overriding it. you hear that
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  • Overriding it. you hear that whisper, “you need to treat
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  • Whisper, “you need to treat your spouse better, quit
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  • Your spouse better, quit saying condescending things.
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  • Saying condescending things. you need to take care of
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  • You need to take care of yourself. quit eating so much
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  • Yourself. quit eating so much junk, quit staying up so
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  • Junk, quit staying up so late, watching tv.” you feel
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  • Late, watching tv.” you feel that unrest, that nudging
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  • That unrest, that nudging that you need to change. god
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  • That you need to change. god said in psalms, “i will guide
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  • Said in psalms, “i will guide you along the best path for
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  • You along the best path for your life.” that's the
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  • Your life.” that's the promise. god is going to
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  • Promise. god is going to guide you. but the next verse
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  • Guide you. but the next verse is the key. “don't be like a
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  • Is the key. “don't be like a senseless mule and have to
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  • Senseless mule and have to have a bit and bridle to stay
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  • Have a bit and bridle to stay under control.” god is
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  • Under control.” god is saying, “i'm going to guide
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  • Saying, “i'm going to guide you, but don't be stubborn.
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  • You, but don't be stubborn. don't ignore my warnings.
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  • Don't ignore my warnings. don't keep turning off the
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  • Don't keep turning off the alarm.
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  • Alarm. you know what happens, even
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  • You know what happens, even in the natural. if you hear
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  • In the natural. if you hear the alarm in the morning, you
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  • The alarm in the morning, you hit the snooze button, fall
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  • Hit the snooze button, fall back asleep. it goes off in
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  • Back asleep. it goes off in ten minutes and wakes you up.
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  • Ten minutes and wakes you up. you hit snooze again, fall
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  • You hit snooze again, fall back asleep. if you do that
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  • Back asleep. if you do that long enough, you'll get to
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  • Long enough, you'll get to where you don't hear the
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  • Where you don't hear the alarm. it doesn't wake you up
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  • Alarm. it doesn't wake you up anymore. you become
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  • Anymore. you become de-synthesized to it. it's
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  • De-synthesized to it. it's not that the alarm stopped
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  • Not that the alarm stopped working, it's that you
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  • Working, it's that you trained yourself to ignore
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  • Trained yourself to ignore it. in the same way, every
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  • It. in the same way, every time you override the unrest,
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  • Time you override the unrest, you go against what you're
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  • You go against what you're feeling, think, “oh, i can
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  • Feeling, think, “oh, i can handle it, joel. it's fine.
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  • Handle it, joel. it's fine. i'm going to be careful. i'll
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  • I'm going to be careful. i'll deal with it later.” you're
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  • Deal with it later.” you're hitting the snooze button.
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  • Hitting the snooze button. the alarm is becoming less
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  • The alarm is becoming less and less effective. you can
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  • And less effective. you can get to the point where you
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  • Get to the point where you don't hear it at all. it's
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  • Don't hear it at all. it's not that god is not speaking.
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  • Not that god is not speaking. it's that you've ignored the
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  • It's that you've ignored the warnings so long, the alarm
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  • Warnings so long, the alarm doesn't have any
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  • Doesn't have any effectiveness. there's a lot
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  • Effectiveness. there's a lot of unnecessary pain we go
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  • Of unnecessary pain we go through, unnecessary hurt and
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  • Through, unnecessary hurt and disappointment, because we're
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  • Disappointment, because we're not sensitive to what god is
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  • Not sensitive to what god is saying. we override what
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  • Saying. we override what we're feeling. the beauty is
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  • We're feeling. the beauty is god knows how to work all
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  • God knows how to work all things for good. he can still
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  • Things for good. he can still turn it around, but it's much
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  • Turn it around, but it's much better to avoid it in the
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  • Better to avoid it in the first place. are there
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  • First place. are there warnings god is giving you,
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  • Warnings god is giving you, but you're ignoring. are
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  • But you're ignoring. are there things you know you
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  • There things you know you need to change, but you keep
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  • Need to change, but you keep putting it off. god is not
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  • Putting it off. god is not trying to punish you, delay
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  • Trying to punish you, delay you, limit you. it's to
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  • You, limit you. it's to protect you. he can see
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  • Protect you. he can see things you can't see. he
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  • Things you can't see. he knows what's coming. if we'll
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  • Knows what's coming. if we'll pay attention, we can avoid a
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  • Pay attention, we can avoid a lot of heartache and trouble.
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  • Lot of heartache and trouble. this is what happened with
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  • This is what happened with noah. hebrews 11 says, “by
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  • Noah. hebrews 11 says, “by faith, noah being warned by
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  • Faith, noah being warned by god of things not yet seen,
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  • God of things not yet seen, moved with holy fear and
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  • Moved with holy fear and built an ark.” noah was going
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  • Built an ark.” noah was going along fine. had a great
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  • Along fine. had a great family, blessed in his
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  • Family, blessed in his business, but something was
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  • Business, but something was coming that he couldn't see.
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  • Coming that he couldn't see. he had no way of knowing
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  • He had no way of knowing danger was up ahead. that
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  • Danger was up ahead. that there was going to be a
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  • There was going to be a flood. it had never rained.
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  • Flood. it had never rained. they had no concept of water
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  • They had no concept of water flooding and causing
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  • Flooding and causing problems. no technology to
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  • Problems. no technology to forecast weather and predict
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  • Forecast weather and predict storms. this was totally
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  • Storms. this was totally foreign, but god knows
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  • Foreign, but god knows everything that's coming. the
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  • Everything that's coming. the storms, the traps, the
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  • Storms, the traps, the trouble, the people with
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  • Trouble, the people with wrong motives, the
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  • Wrong motives, the opportunities that look good
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  • Opportunities that look good but are dead ends. he's not
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  • But are dead ends. he's not going to let you walk into
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  • Going to let you walk into danger without giving you
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  • Danger without giving you warnings. that alarm will go
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  • Warnings. that alarm will go off. that uneasiness where
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  • Off. that uneasiness where you know you need to be
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  • You know you need to be careful.
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  • Noah could have dismissed it.
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  • Noah could have dismissed it. there was no visible evidence
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  • There was no visible evidence that rain was coming. no
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  • That rain was coming. no clouds, no thunder. i'm sure
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  • Clouds, no thunder. i'm sure he thought, “i must have
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  • He thought, “i must have heard god wrong. this is far
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  • Heard god wrong. this is far out.” no, he moved with holy
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  • Out.” no, he moved with holy fear and built an ark. he had
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  • Fear and built an ark. he had such a reverence for god,
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  • Such a reverence for god, such a trust, that he acted
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  • Such a trust, that he acted on what he heard. holy fear
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  • Is knowing god is protecting
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  • Is knowing god is protecting you from something that could
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  • You from something that could cause heartache, that could
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  • Cause heartache, that could set you back. noah knew if he
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  • Set you back. noah knew if he didn't heed that warning,
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  • Didn't heed that warning, that he and his family were
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  • That he and his family were in jeopardy. this wasn't a
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  • In jeopardy. this wasn't a light task. it took a hundred
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  • Light task. it took a hundred and twenty years to build the
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  • And twenty years to build the ark. you can imagine the
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  • Ark. you can imagine the people that came by and made
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  • People that came by and made fun. “there's that crazy guy
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  • Fun. “there's that crazy guy building a boat in the middle
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  • Building a boat in the middle of a desert.” but noah had a
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  • Of a desert.” but noah had a secret. he had been warned of
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  • Secret. he had been warned of things not yet seen. people
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  • Things not yet seen. people couldn't see it. the experts
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  • Couldn't see it. the experts couldn't see it. the
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  • Couldn't see it. the weatherman couldn't forecast
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  • Weatherman couldn't forecast it. but god saw it. he knows
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  • It. but god saw it. he knows what's coming. had noah
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  • What's coming. had noah ignored the warning, we
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  • Ignored the warning, we wouldn't be talking about
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  • Wouldn't be talking about him. because he obeyed, it
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  • Him. because he obeyed, it saved him and his family.
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  • Saved him and his family. some warnings, if you'll act
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  • Some warnings, if you'll act on them, do what you know god
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  • On them, do what you know god is telling you to do, it will
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  • Is telling you to do, it will not only save you, but it
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  • Not only save you, but it will save your children. it
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  • Will save your children. it will impact your family and
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  • Will impact your family and future generations.
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  • Future generations. my prayer is that when we
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  • My prayer is that when we hear the alarm, we do like
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  • Hear the alarm, we do like noah and move with holy fear.
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  • Noah and move with holy fear. we don't take it lightly. we
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  • We don't take it lightly. we don't dismiss it and think,
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  • Don't dismiss it and think, “maybe i'll deal with it
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  • “maybe i'll deal with it later. i don't see anything
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  • Later. i don't see anything wrong, joel. what's this
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  • Wrong, joel. what's this hurting?” no, we have such
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  • Hurting?” no, we have such respect, such a confidence in
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  • Respect, such a confidence in what god is keeping us from
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  • What god is keeping us from that we don't delay. we don't
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  • That we don't delay. we don't play around. we have a holy
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  • Play around. we have a holy fear. it's a knowing that,
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  • Fear. it's a knowing that, “even though i may not
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  • “even though i may not understand this, god is
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  • Understand this, god is keeping me from trouble and
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  • Keeping me from trouble and heartache.” he didn't have to
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  • Heartache.” he didn't have to warn us. he could have let us
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  • Warn us. he could have let us do our own thing. thought,
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  • Do our own thing. thought, “good luck. a big flood is
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  • “good luck. a big flood is coming. sorry, it's going to
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  • Coming. sorry, it's going to be devastating.” but in his
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  • Be devastating.” but in his mercy, he's watching over us,
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  • Mercy, he's watching over us, guiding us down the best
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  • Guiding us down the best path, warning us of floods,
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  • Path, warning us of floods, famines, dead ends. let's be
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  • Famines, dead ends. let's be noah's. he listened to the
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  • Noah's. he listened to the warnings, and he obeyed what
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  • Warnings, and he obeyed what god told him to do. here's
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  • God told him to do. here's the key, ignoring warnings
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  • The key, ignoring warnings doesn't make the danger
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  • Doesn't make the danger disappear. it just means
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  • Disappear. it just means you're not prepared for it.
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  • You're not prepared for it. noah could have said, “i'm
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  • Noah could have said, “i'm not going to build a boat.
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  • Not going to build a boat. life is good.” but that
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  • Life is good.” but that wouldn't have stopped the
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  • Wouldn't have stopped the flood. he just wouldn't have
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  • Flood. he just wouldn't have had a way out. when you feel
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  • Had a way out. when you feel these warnings, it's for your
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  • These warnings, it's for your own good, to keep you from
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  • Own good, to keep you from unnecessary trouble.
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  • It may not be something big,
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  • It may not be something big, you just hear that still
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  • You just hear that still small voice telling you,
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  • Small voice telling you, “don't go to lunch with that
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  • “don't go to lunch with that person. don't text with them
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  • Person. don't text with them all day. don't let them get
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  • All day. don't let them get close.” your mind, your
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  • Reasoning says, “why not? i
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  • Reasoning says, “why not? i like them. they're fun.” are
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  • Like them. they're fun.” are you going to hit the snooze
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  • You going to hit the snooze button? ignore the warning,
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  • Button? ignore the warning, do what you want. or are you
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  • Do what you want. or are you going to take heed? obey what
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  • Going to take heed? obey what you're feeling. god is not
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  • You're feeling. god is not trying to limit you; he's
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  • Trying to limit you; he's wanting to protect you. he
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  • Wanting to protect you. he can see what you can't see.
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  • Can see what you can't see. he knows people's motives.
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  • He knows people's motives. sometimes there are hidden
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  • Sometimes there are hidden agendas. that person wants to
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  • Agendas. that person wants to get close to you so they can
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  • Get close to you so they can take from you. they don't
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  • Take from you. they don't care about you; they care
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  • Care about you; they care about what you can do for
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  • About what you can do for them. people are not always
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  • Them. people are not always who they say they are. we see
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  • Who they say they are. we see the outside and what they
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  • The outside and what they present, but god sees the
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  • Present, but god sees the motives. he knows what
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  • Motives. he knows what they're really up to. when
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  • They're really up to. when you understand the alarms,
  • 00:09:12.908 --> 00:09:14.610
  • You understand the alarms, the unrest, the warnings are
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  • The unrest, the warnings are for your good, it's god
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  • For your good, it's god protecting you. then it's not
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  • Protecting you. then it's not a negative thing. you're
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  • A negative thing. you're grateful. you want to obey.
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  • Grateful. you want to obey. you know that's god watching
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  • You know that's god watching over you and keeping you on
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  • Over you and keeping you on the best path.
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  • Years ago, victoria and i
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  • Years ago, victoria and i came across this business
  • 00:09:29.825 --> 00:09:31.494
  • Came across this business opportunity that seemed so
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  • Opportunity that seemed so great. it was like a once in
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  • Great. it was like a once in a lifetime chance. the man we
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  • A lifetime chance. the man we would partner with was a good
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  • Would partner with was a good christian man that loved god
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  • And loved the ministry. i was
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  • And loved the ministry. i was in my twenties, and it fell
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  • In my twenties, and it fell into our lap. i knew it was
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  • Into our lap. i knew it was the hand of god. we proceeded
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  • The hand of god. we proceeded with great excitement and
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  • With great excitement and enthusiasm. it was going to
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  • Enthusiasm. it was going to take a couple years to get it
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  • All going. during the sixt it
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  • All going. during the sixt it months that we were drawing
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  • Months that we were drawing up the contracts, i began to
  • 00:09:53.849 --> 00:09:55.785
  • Up the contracts, i began to feel this uneasiness, this
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  • Feel this uneasiness, this unrest. but i wanted it so
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  • Unrest. but i wanted it so badly, i pushed it down. i
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  • Badly, i pushed it down. i thought that's just my
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  • Thought that's just my nerves. when i saw facts and
  • 00:10:02.324 --> 00:10:04.326
  • Nerves. when i saw facts and figures that didn't look
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  • Figures that didn't look good, i would discount it.
  • 00:10:05.394 --> 00:10:06.929
  • Good, i would discount it. and think, “that's not going
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  • And think, “that's not going to bother us. we'll be the
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  • To bother us. we'll be the exception.” over and over, i
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  • Exception.” over and over, i would hear that still small
  • 00:10:12.101 --> 00:10:13.502
  • Would hear that still small voice saying, “joel, this is
  • 00:10:13.569 --> 00:10:14.870
  • Voice saying, “joel, this is not what it looks like. you
  • 00:10:14.937 --> 00:10:16.305
  • Not what it looks like. you don't know all the facts.” i
  • 00:10:16.372 --> 00:10:17.807
  • Don't know all the facts.” i kept ignoring it. at one
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  • Point my father said, “joel,
  • 00:10:19.442 --> 00:10:21.477
  • Point my father said, “joel, i don't know if i feel good
  • 00:10:21.544 --> 00:10:22.611
  • I don't know if i feel good about this. are you sure it's
  • 00:10:22.678 --> 00:10:24.313
  • About this. are you sure it's a great idea?” i said,
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  • A great idea?” i said, “daddy, i am so sure. this is
  • 00:10:25.815 --> 00:10:27.583
  • “daddy, i am so sure. this is an amazing opportunity.”
  • 00:10:27.650 --> 00:10:28.884
  • An amazing opportunity.” there were all these
  • 00:10:28.951 --> 00:10:30.052
  • There were all these warnings. but if you get so
  • 00:10:30.119 --> 00:10:31.721
  • Warnings. but if you get so set on having it your way.
  • 00:10:31.787 --> 00:10:33.989
  • Set on having it your way. you're only going to be happy
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  • You're only going to be happy if you do what you want, then
  • 00:10:35.124 --> 00:10:36.826
  • If you do what you want, then you'll keep pushing that
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  • You'll keep pushing that alarm down and keep ignoring
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  • Alarm down and keep ignoring the warnings.
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  • The warnings. we ended up getting the
  • 00:10:41.097 --> 00:10:42.031
  • We ended up getting the business going, but it was
  • 00:10:42.098 --> 00:10:43.466
  • Business going, but it was never what it was promised to
  • 00:10:43.532 --> 00:10:44.867
  • Never what it was promised to be. it never took off. there
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  • Be. it never took off. there were things we didn't know
  • 00:10:46.869 --> 00:10:48.237
  • Were things we didn't know until we got it running, that
  • 00:10:48.304 --> 00:10:50.239
  • Until we got it running, that would limit us and cause it
  • 00:10:50.306 --> 00:10:51.907
  • Would limit us and cause it to not flourish. now god
  • 00:10:51.974 --> 00:10:53.809
  • To not flourish. now god ended up making it all work
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  • Ended up making it all work out, but the fact is it was a
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  • Out, but the fact is it was a lot of trouble, a lot of
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  • Lot of trouble, a lot of heartache that was
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  • Heartache that was unnecessary. i could have
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  • Unnecessary. i could have avoided that if i had simply
  • 00:11:02.585 --> 00:11:04.687
  • Avoided that if i had simply listened to the still small
  • 00:11:04.754 --> 00:11:06.422
  • Listened to the still small voice, if i had not been so
  • 00:11:06.489 --> 00:11:08.157
  • Voice, if i had not been so stubborn. i thought what i was
  • 00:11:08.257 --> 00:11:10.192
  • Stubborn. i thought what i was feeling would limit me, that
  • 00:11:10.259 --> 00:11:11.961
  • Feeling would limit me, that it was keeping me from my
  • 00:11:12.027 --> 00:11:13.062
  • It was keeping me from my dreams, but now i realize it
  • 00:11:13.129 --> 00:11:15.397
  • Dreams, but now i realize it was trying to protect me and
  • 00:11:15.464 --> 00:11:17.299
  • Was trying to protect me and keep me from wasting my time.
  • 00:11:17.366 --> 00:11:19.535
  • Keep me from wasting my time. i've learned now, to listen
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  • I've learned now, to listen to the warnings. i don't go
  • 00:11:21.103 --> 00:11:22.705
  • To the warnings. i don't go against what i feel on the
  • 00:11:22.772 --> 00:11:24.140
  • Against what i feel on the inside. god has your best
  • 00:11:24.206 --> 00:11:26.342
  • Inside. god has your best interest at heart. he's not
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  • Interest at heart. he's not trying to hold you back. he's
  • 00:11:28.310 --> 00:11:29.945
  • Trying to hold you back. he's guiding you down the best
  • 00:11:30.012 --> 00:11:31.380
  • Guiding you down the best path for your life. you can't
  • 00:11:31.447 --> 00:11:33.616
  • Path for your life. you can't see what's up ahead. you
  • 00:11:33.682 --> 00:11:35.317
  • See what's up ahead. you don't know what's coming. the
  • 00:11:35.384 --> 00:11:36.552
  • Don't know what's coming. the dead ends, the detours, the
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  • Dead ends, the detours, the floods. i didn't know that
  • 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.122
  • Floods. i didn't know that was going to be a bust. that
  • 00:11:40.189 --> 00:11:41.857
  • Was going to be a bust. that they weren't telling me all
  • 00:11:41.924 --> 00:11:42.925
  • They weren't telling me all the facts. but like with
  • 00:11:42.992 --> 00:11:44.860
  • The facts. but like with noah, god will warn you of
  • 00:11:44.927 --> 00:11:46.762
  • Noah, god will warn you of things you can't see. he'll
  • 00:11:46.829 --> 00:11:48.864
  • Things you can't see. he'll whisper to your spirit. “be
  • 00:11:48.931 --> 00:11:50.666
  • Whisper to your spirit. “be careful. go slow. watch out.”
  • 00:11:50.733 --> 00:11:53.169
  • Careful. go slow. watch out.” it may be a feeling, not even
  • 00:11:53.235 --> 00:11:55.538
  • It may be a feeling, not even a voice but an uneasiness,
  • 00:11:55.604 --> 00:11:57.439
  • A voice but an uneasiness, where you know it's not
  • 00:11:57.506 --> 00:11:58.440
  • Where you know it's not right. instead of ignoring
  • 00:11:58.507 --> 00:12:00.643
  • Right. instead of ignoring it, having to have our way,
  • 00:12:00.709 --> 00:12:02.845
  • It, having to have our way, let's have that holy fear. we
  • 00:12:02.912 --> 00:12:04.847
  • Let's have that holy fear. we don't delay. “i'll do it
  • 00:12:04.914 --> 00:12:06.315
  • Don't delay. “i'll do it later.” we're not stubborn.
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  • Later.” we're not stubborn. “i don't want to change.” we
  • 00:12:08.484 --> 00:12:10.186
  • “i don't want to change.” we don't take it lightly. play
  • 00:12:10.252 --> 00:12:11.787
  • Don't take it lightly. play around with our destiny. like
  • 00:12:11.854 --> 00:12:13.756
  • Around with our destiny. like noah, we obey when we don't
  • 00:12:13.823 --> 00:12:15.057
  • Noah, we obey when we don't understand. we trust when it
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  • Understand. we trust when it doesn't make sense. we
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  • Doesn't make sense. we recognize god is protecting
  • 00:12:19.829 --> 00:12:21.564
  • Recognize god is protecting us and keeping us from
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  • Us and keeping us from unnecessary trouble and
  • 00:12:23.199 --> 00:12:24.533
  • Heartache.y trouble and
  • 00:12:24.633 --> 00:12:26.435
  • Heartache.y trouble and on april 10, 1912, the
  • 00:12:26.502 --> 00:12:28.938
  • On april 10, 1912, the titanic set off for its
  • 00:12:29.004 --> 00:12:30.639
  • Titanic set off for its maiden voyage. it was the
  • 00:12:30.706 --> 00:12:32.575
  • Maiden voyage. it was the largest moving object ever
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  • Largest moving object ever built by humans. it wasn't
  • 00:12:33.843 --> 00:12:35.978
  • Built by humans. it wasn't just a ship; it was a
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  • Just a ship; it was a statement. three football
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  • Fields long, a swimming pool,
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  • Fields long, a swimming pool, grand staircases. over a
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  • Grand staircases. over a hundred and ten years ago. it
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  • Hundred and ten years ago. it was described as the safest
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  • Was described as the safest ship ever built, unsinkable,
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  • Ship ever built, unsinkable, an engineering marvel. over
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  • An engineering marvel. over two thousand people were on
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  • Two thousand people were on board, so many celebrities
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  • Board, so many celebrities and world leaders, there to
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  • And world leaders, there to be a part of history. but
  • 00:12:57.466 --> 00:12:59.268
  • Be a part of history. but four days into the journey,
  • 00:12:59.335 --> 00:13:01.303
  • Four days into the journey, the captain of the titanic
  • 00:13:01.370 --> 00:13:03.305
  • The captain of the titanic received multiple messages
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  • Received multiple messages from other ships, saying
  • 00:13:05.040 --> 00:13:06.809
  • From other ships, saying there was danger up ahead.
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  • There was danger up ahead. there were icebergs. to
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  • There were icebergs. to proceed with caution or to
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  • Proceed with caution or to take another route. another
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  • Take another route. another large ship traveling that
  • 00:13:14.817 --> 00:13:16.018
  • Large ship traveling that same path stopped and
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  • Same path stopped and wouldn't go any further. but
  • 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:19.288
  • Wouldn't go any further. but not the titanic. the captain
  • 00:13:19.355 --> 00:13:21.390
  • Not the titanic. the captain got warning, after warning,
  • 00:13:21.457 --> 00:13:23.359
  • Got warning, after warning, after warning, but he
  • 00:13:23.425 --> 00:13:24.526
  • After warning, but he thought, “we're the titanic.
  • 00:13:24.593 --> 00:13:26.695
  • Thought, “we're the titanic. they've never seen a ship
  • 00:13:26.762 --> 00:13:27.630
  • They've never seen a ship like us. we're too advanced,
  • 00:13:27.696 --> 00:13:29.899
  • Like us. we're too advanced, too strong and too important
  • 00:13:29.965 --> 00:13:32.034
  • Too strong and too important to slow down.” the whole
  • 00:13:32.101 --> 00:13:33.802
  • To slow down.” the whole world was watching. all these
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  • World was watching. all these celebrities and leaders. the
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  • Celebrities and leaders. the captain thought, “i'm not
  • 00:13:37.172 --> 00:13:38.240
  • Captain thought, “i'm not going to stop. and i'm
  • 00:13:38.307 --> 00:13:39.642
  • Going to stop. and i'm certainly not going to turn
  • 00:13:39.708 --> 00:13:40.943
  • Certainly not going to turn around. what would people
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  • Around. what would people think of me?” changing course
  • 00:13:42.211 --> 00:13:44.346
  • Think of me?” changing course would seem weak. he was
  • 00:13:44.413 --> 00:13:46.048
  • Would seem weak. he was hearing the alarms, other
  • 00:13:46.115 --> 00:13:47.883
  • Hearing the alarms, other ships were sending messages,
  • 00:13:47.950 --> 00:13:49.852
  • Ships were sending messages, but he wouldn't listen.
  • 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:51.487
  • But he wouldn't listen. when the ship hit these huge
  • 00:13:51.553 --> 00:13:53.055
  • When the ship hit these huge icebergs, the unthinkable
  • 00:13:53.122 --> 00:13:54.690
  • Icebergs, the unthinkable happened. it began to sink
  • 00:13:54.757 --> 00:13:56.425
  • Happened. it began to sink and fifteen hundred people
  • 00:13:56.492 --> 00:13:57.960
  • And fifteen hundred people lost their lives. one message
  • 00:13:58.027 --> 00:14:00.229
  • Lost their lives. one message of the titanic is ‘don't
  • 00:14:00.296 --> 00:14:02.064
  • Of the titanic is ‘don't ignore warnings'. don't think
  • 00:14:02.131 --> 00:14:04.133
  • Ignore warnings'. don't think you're too invincible to
  • 00:14:04.199 --> 00:14:05.267
  • You're too invincible to sink. don't let pride and
  • 00:14:05.334 --> 00:14:08.170
  • Sink. don't let pride and what people will think cause
  • 00:14:08.237 --> 00:14:09.905
  • What people will think cause you to sail into icebergs and
  • 00:14:09.972 --> 00:14:11.907
  • You to sail into icebergs and cause you to miss your
  • 00:14:11.974 --> 00:14:13.042
  • Cause you to miss your destiny. be willing to
  • 00:14:13.108 --> 00:14:14.009
  • Destiny. be willing to change. be willing to stop
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  • Change. be willing to stop and turn around. listen to
  • 00:14:15.744 --> 00:14:17.713
  • And turn around. listen to those warnings. they're not
  • 00:14:17.780 --> 00:14:19.548
  • Those warnings. they're not there to restrict you, to
  • 00:14:19.615 --> 00:14:21.350
  • There to restrict you, to control you, they're there to
  • 00:14:21.417 --> 00:14:22.985
  • Control you, they're there to keep you from sinking. from
  • 00:14:23.052 --> 00:14:24.787
  • Keep you from sinking. from getting into things that are
  • 00:14:24.853 --> 00:14:25.821
  • Getting into things that are going to pull you down. had
  • 00:14:25.888 --> 00:14:27.656
  • Going to pull you down. had the captain had more
  • 00:14:27.723 --> 00:14:28.624
  • Humility, had he been willing
  • 00:14:28.724 --> 00:14:30.492
  • Humility, had he been willing to change course; to listen
  • 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:32.594
  • To change course; to listen to others, this would have
  • 00:14:32.661 --> 00:14:34.296
  • To others, this would have been a different outcome.
  • 00:14:34.363 --> 00:14:35.998
  • Been a different outcome. unlike the titanic, it's not
  • 00:14:36.065 --> 00:14:38.067
  • Unlike the titanic, it's not too late for us. there's
  • 00:14:38.133 --> 00:14:39.501
  • Too late for us. there's still time for you to make a
  • 00:14:39.568 --> 00:14:41.203
  • Course correction. to heed
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  • Course correction. to heed the warnings. to listen to
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  • The warnings. to listen to what god is saying to you.
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  • What god is saying to you. don't be too proud. “joel, i
  • 00:14:46.709 --> 00:14:48.944
  • Don't be too proud. “joel, i know i need to bite my
  • 00:14:49.011 --> 00:14:49.912
  • Know i need to bite my tongue. not be condescending,
  • 00:14:49.979 --> 00:14:52.214
  • Tongue. not be condescending, not be argumentative.” those
  • 00:14:52.281 --> 00:14:54.016
  • Not be argumentative.” those are icebergs. they can sink
  • 00:14:54.083 --> 00:14:56.218
  • Are icebergs. they can sink you. they can ruin
  • 00:14:56.285 --> 00:14:57.653
  • You. they can ruin relationships. that's why you
  • 00:14:57.720 --> 00:14:59.655
  • Relationships. that's why you feel that unrest. now you may
  • 00:14:59.722 --> 00:15:01.890
  • Feel that unrest. now you may have pushed it down a long
  • 00:15:01.957 --> 00:15:03.058
  • Have pushed it down a long time. it's not as loud, but
  • 00:15:03.125 --> 00:15:05.227
  • Time. it's not as loud, but there's still danger up
  • 00:15:05.294 --> 00:15:06.562
  • There's still danger up ahead. why don't you heed
  • 00:15:06.628 --> 00:15:08.430
  • Ahead. why don't you heed that warning? why don't you
  • 00:15:08.497 --> 00:15:09.932
  • That warning? why don't you have some holy fear?
  • 00:15:09.999 --> 00:15:11.900
  • Have some holy fear? recognize god is trying to
  • 00:15:11.967 --> 00:15:13.869
  • Recognize god is trying to protect you from trouble and
  • 00:15:13.936 --> 00:15:15.504
  • Protect you from trouble and heartache.
  • 00:15:15.571 --> 00:15:16.772
  • Heartache. sometimes we think we're like
  • 00:15:16.839 --> 00:15:18.674
  • Sometimes we think we're like the titanic. we're
  • 00:15:18.741 --> 00:15:19.942
  • The titanic. we're invincible. we're so strong,
  • 00:15:20.009 --> 00:15:22.644
  • Invincible. we're so strong, disciplined. we'd never
  • 00:15:22.711 --> 00:15:24.046
  • Disciplined. we'd never compromise or let our guard
  • 00:15:24.113 --> 00:15:25.581
  • Compromise or let our guard down. but the scripture says,
  • 00:15:25.647 --> 00:15:27.383
  • Down. but the scripture says, “be careful when you stand,
  • 00:15:27.449 --> 00:15:29.451
  • “be careful when you stand, lest you fall.” you have to
  • 00:15:29.518 --> 00:15:31.320
  • Lest you fall.” you have to walk in humility. don't be a
  • 00:15:31.387 --> 00:15:33.389
  • Walk in humility. don't be a know it all where you can't
  • 00:15:33.455 --> 00:15:34.823
  • Know it all where you can't take any advice. you don't
  • 00:15:34.890 --> 00:15:36.658
  • Take any advice. you don't have any weaknesses. it's
  • 00:15:36.725 --> 00:15:38.427
  • Have any weaknesses. it's always someone else that's
  • 00:15:38.494 --> 00:15:39.661
  • Always someone else that's the problem. that was the
  • 00:15:39.728 --> 00:15:41.130
  • The problem. that was the captain of the titanic. “your
  • 00:15:41.196 --> 00:15:43.232
  • Captain of the titanic. “your boats are lesser. you don't
  • 00:15:43.298 --> 00:15:44.900
  • Boats are lesser. you don't have what i have. i'm not
  • 00:15:44.967 --> 00:15:46.368
  • Have what i have. i'm not impacted by the icebergs. i
  • 00:15:46.435 --> 00:15:48.270
  • Impacted by the icebergs. i don't have to change course.”
  • 00:15:48.337 --> 00:15:50.472
  • Don't have to change course.” in other words, “i don't have
  • 00:15:50.539 --> 00:15:51.707
  • In other words, “i don't have to forgive. i don't have to
  • 00:15:51.774 --> 00:15:53.542
  • To forgive. i don't have to deal with this temper, this
  • 00:15:53.609 --> 00:15:54.943
  • Deal with this temper, this addiction. it's okay for me
  • 00:15:55.010 --> 00:15:56.712
  • Addiction. it's okay for me to hang around this person
  • 00:15:56.779 --> 00:15:57.746
  • To hang around this person that i don't feel good
  • 00:15:57.813 --> 00:15:58.814
  • That i don't feel good about.” the problem is those
  • 00:15:58.881 --> 00:16:01.150
  • About.” the problem is those things can sink your ship.
  • 00:16:01.216 --> 00:16:03.419
  • You would think the captain
  • 00:16:03.519 --> 00:16:04.720
  • You would think the captain of the titanic, with so many
  • 00:16:04.787 --> 00:16:06.221
  • Of the titanic, with so many lives on board, would put
  • 00:16:06.288 --> 00:16:08.290
  • Lives on board, would put down his pride and listen to
  • 00:16:08.357 --> 00:16:10.125
  • Down his pride and listen to the warnings, but he was
  • 00:16:10.192 --> 00:16:11.627
  • The warnings, but he was careless. he wasn't
  • 00:16:11.693 --> 00:16:13.295
  • Careless. he wasn't responsible. i would like to
  • 00:16:13.362 --> 00:16:15.030
  • Responsible. i would like to think if i got that warning
  • 00:16:15.097 --> 00:16:16.565
  • Think if i got that warning and there were icebergs up
  • 00:16:16.632 --> 00:16:17.900
  • And there were icebergs up ahead, and i had a ship full
  • 00:16:17.966 --> 00:16:19.668
  • Ahead, and i had a ship full of people, i would have some
  • 00:16:19.735 --> 00:16:21.136
  • Of people, i would have some holy fear. i would say to the
  • 00:16:21.203 --> 00:16:23.305
  • Holy fear. i would say to the other boats, “thank you for
  • 00:16:23.372 --> 00:16:25.007
  • Other boats, “thank you for letting me know. that's
  • 00:16:25.074 --> 00:16:26.475
  • Letting me know. that's critical information that can
  • 00:16:26.542 --> 00:16:28.177
  • Critical information that can keep us from tragedy.” but
  • 00:16:28.243 --> 00:16:30.012
  • Sometimes we discount the
  • 00:16:30.112 --> 00:16:31.413
  • Sometimes we discount the warning. like that captain,
  • 00:16:31.480 --> 00:16:33.248
  • Warning. like that captain, we're careless. we don't take
  • 00:16:33.315 --> 00:16:34.983
  • We're careless. we don't take it seriously. we let pride
  • 00:16:35.050 --> 00:16:37.152
  • It seriously. we let pride blind us. no when you hear
  • 00:16:37.219 --> 00:16:39.321
  • Blind us. no when you hear that warning, that still
  • 00:16:39.388 --> 00:16:40.756
  • That warning, that still small voice, be quick to
  • 00:16:40.823 --> 00:16:42.257
  • Small voice, be quick to obey. that's god keeping you
  • 00:16:42.324 --> 00:16:44.526
  • Obey. that's god keeping you from unnecessary trouble.
  • 00:16:44.593 --> 00:16:46.895
  • From unnecessary trouble. when jesus was about to be
  • 00:16:46.962 --> 00:16:48.130
  • When jesus was about to be born, king herod heard the
  • 00:16:48.197 --> 00:16:50.432
  • Born, king herod heard the news that was prophesied that
  • 00:16:50.499 --> 00:16:52.835
  • News that was prophesied that this baby would be the
  • 00:16:52.901 --> 00:16:53.669
  • This baby would be the messiah, the king of the
  • 00:16:53.735 --> 00:16:55.204
  • Messiah, the king of the jews. herod was jealous and
  • 00:16:55.270 --> 00:16:57.806
  • Jews. herod was jealous and afraid that he would lose
  • 00:16:57.873 --> 00:16:59.308
  • Afraid that he would lose power and respect among the
  • 00:16:59.374 --> 00:17:01.276
  • Power and respect among the people. these three wisemen
  • 00:17:01.343 --> 00:17:03.579
  • People. these three wisemen came from afar to bring gifts
  • 00:17:03.645 --> 00:17:05.214
  • Came from afar to bring gifts to jesus. they stopped by
  • 00:17:05.280 --> 00:17:07.349
  • To jesus. they stopped by jerusalem looking for him.
  • 00:17:07.416 --> 00:17:09.318
  • Jerusalem looking for him. when herod found out, he
  • 00:17:09.384 --> 00:17:10.686
  • When herod found out, he called them into the palace
  • 00:17:10.752 --> 00:17:12.020
  • Called them into the palace and questioned what they knew
  • 00:17:12.087 --> 00:17:13.622
  • And questioned what they knew about this baby, and when
  • 00:17:13.689 --> 00:17:15.124
  • About this baby, and when they first saw the star. he
  • 00:17:15.190 --> 00:17:17.259
  • They first saw the star. he told them in verse 8, “go to
  • 00:17:17.326 --> 00:17:18.861
  • Told them in verse 8, “go to bethlehem and search for
  • 00:17:18.927 --> 00:17:20.295
  • Bethlehem and search for jesus, and when you find him,
  • 00:17:20.362 --> 00:17:22.598
  • Jesus, and when you find him, come back and tell me, so i
  • 00:17:22.664 --> 00:17:24.366
  • Come back and tell me, so i can worship him too.” the
  • 00:17:24.433 --> 00:17:26.602
  • Can worship him too.” the truth is, herod didn't want
  • 00:17:26.668 --> 00:17:28.137
  • Truth is, herod didn't want to worship jesus, he wanted
  • 00:17:28.203 --> 00:17:29.738
  • To worship jesus, he wanted to kill jesus. he was
  • 00:17:29.805 --> 00:17:31.573
  • To kill jesus. he was threatened by all the
  • 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:32.474
  • Threatened by all the reports. the wisemen didn't
  • 00:17:32.541 --> 00:17:34.209
  • Reports. the wisemen didn't know this. they had never met
  • 00:17:34.276 --> 00:17:36.411
  • Know this. they had never met herod, only heard of him. i'm
  • 00:17:36.478 --> 00:17:38.347
  • Herod, only heard of him. i'm sure they thought, “as soon
  • 00:17:38.413 --> 00:17:40.048
  • Sure they thought, “as soon as we find him, we'll come
  • 00:17:40.115 --> 00:17:41.617
  • As we find him, we'll come back and let you know.” but
  • 00:17:41.683 --> 00:17:43.685
  • Back and let you know.” but god knows what people's
  • 00:17:43.752 --> 00:17:45.187
  • God knows what people's motives are. herod was saying
  • 00:17:45.254 --> 00:17:47.456
  • Motives are. herod was saying one thing, but his intentions
  • 00:17:47.523 --> 00:17:49.558
  • One thing, but his intentions were something else. he was
  • 00:17:49.625 --> 00:17:51.393
  • Were something else. he was trying to trick them into
  • 00:17:51.460 --> 00:17:52.528
  • Trying to trick them into giving away jesus' location
  • 00:17:52.594 --> 00:17:54.897
  • Giving away jesus' location so he can put an end to him.
  • 00:17:54.963 --> 00:17:56.698
  • So he can put an end to him. every voice that sounds
  • 00:17:56.765 --> 00:17:58.000
  • Every voice that sounds sincere doesn't have your
  • 00:17:58.066 --> 00:18:00.002
  • Sincere doesn't have your best interest at heart. god
  • 00:18:00.068 --> 00:18:02.037
  • Best interest at heart. god knows how to protect you.
  • 00:18:02.104 --> 00:18:03.772
  • Knows how to protect you. he'll whisper to your spirit,
  • 00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:05.307
  • He'll whisper to your spirit, “beware. they sound good, but
  • 00:18:05.374 --> 00:18:07.576
  • “beware. they sound good, but they're not who they say they
  • 00:18:07.643 --> 00:18:08.610
  • They're not who they say they are. they're friendly. they
  • 00:18:08.677 --> 00:18:10.746
  • Are. they're friendly. they say the right things, but
  • 00:18:10.812 --> 00:18:12.080
  • Say the right things, but they have hidden agendas.” if
  • 00:18:12.147 --> 00:18:14.616
  • They have hidden agendas.” if you'll listen to the
  • 00:18:14.683 --> 00:18:15.417
  • You'll listen to the warnings, god will keep you
  • 00:18:15.484 --> 00:18:16.985
  • Warnings, god will keep you from trouble.
  • 00:18:17.052 --> 00:18:18.287
  • These wisemen went to
  • 00:18:18.387 --> 00:18:19.621
  • These wisemen went to bethlehem and found baby
  • 00:18:19.688 --> 00:18:21.190
  • Bethlehem and found baby jesus. they presented their
  • 00:18:21.256 --> 00:18:22.791
  • Jesus. they presented their gifts and worshipped him.
  • 00:18:22.858 --> 00:18:24.860
  • Gifts and worshipped him. they were about to go back
  • 00:18:24.927 --> 00:18:26.028
  • They were about to go back and tell herod the good news.
  • 00:18:26.094 --> 00:18:28.130
  • And tell herod the good news. but the scripture says, “they
  • 00:18:28.197 --> 00:18:29.665
  • Were warned in a dream to not
  • 00:18:29.765 --> 00:18:31.934
  • Were warned in a dream to not go back to jerusalem, but to
  • 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:33.936
  • Go back to jerusalem, but to return to their country by
  • 00:18:34.002 --> 00:18:35.737
  • Return to their country by another route.” look at how
  • 00:18:35.804 --> 00:18:37.639
  • Another route.” look at how god protects us and keeps us
  • 00:18:37.706 --> 00:18:39.541
  • God protects us and keeps us on the best path. herod
  • 00:18:39.608 --> 00:18:41.577
  • On the best path. herod seemed like a friend. he was
  • 00:18:41.643 --> 00:18:43.478
  • Seemed like a friend. he was helpful, gracious. they
  • 00:18:43.545 --> 00:18:45.347
  • Helpful, gracious. they didn't know any better. but
  • 00:18:45.414 --> 00:18:46.882
  • Didn't know any better. but when they woke up from that
  • 00:18:46.949 --> 00:18:48.150
  • When they woke up from that dream, after hearing that
  • 00:18:48.217 --> 00:18:49.685
  • Dream, after hearing that warning, they had a holy
  • 00:18:49.751 --> 00:18:51.386
  • Warning, they had a holy fear. they acted on what god
  • 00:18:51.453 --> 00:18:53.555
  • Fear. they acted on what god was telling them and went
  • 00:18:53.622 --> 00:18:55.057
  • Was telling them and went back a different route. when
  • 00:18:55.123 --> 00:18:56.992
  • Back a different route. when herod found out, he was
  • 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:58.093
  • Herod found out, he was furious. his true intentions
  • 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:00.095
  • Furious. his true intentions came out. he issued a decree
  • 00:19:00.162 --> 00:19:02.164
  • Came out. he issued a decree that all the hebrew male
  • 00:19:02.231 --> 00:19:03.865
  • That all the hebrew male babies two years old and
  • 00:19:03.932 --> 00:19:05.133
  • Babies two years old and under would be killed. one
  • 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:07.603
  • Under would be killed. one moment herod was saying, “i
  • 00:19:07.669 --> 00:19:08.937
  • Moment herod was saying, “i want to worship this child.
  • 00:19:09.004 --> 00:19:10.572
  • Want to worship this child. wisemen, you're my friends.”
  • 00:19:10.639 --> 00:19:12.374
  • Wisemen, you're my friends.” the next moment, he's trying
  • 00:19:12.441 --> 00:19:13.842
  • The next moment, he's trying to kill them all. there are
  • 00:19:13.909 --> 00:19:15.377
  • To kill them all. there are dangers up ahead that we
  • 00:19:15.444 --> 00:19:16.878
  • Dangers up ahead that we can't see. people we meet
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  • Can't see. people we meet that have hidden agendas.
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  • That have hidden agendas. floods that are coming we
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  • Floods that are coming we don't know to prepare for.
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  • Don't know to prepare for. but like god did for these
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  • But like god did for these wiseman, like he did for
  • 00:19:25.854 --> 00:19:27.289
  • Wiseman, like he did for noah, he's going to warn you
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  • Noah, he's going to warn you of things up ahead that you
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  • Of things up ahead that you don't know. now pay attention
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  • Don't know. now pay attention to what you're feeling. don't
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  • To what you're feeling. don't override it, don't reason it
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  • Override it, don't reason it out, “this doesn't make
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  • Out, “this doesn't make sense.”
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  • The wisemen could have
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  • The wisemen could have thought, “we don't want to go
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  • Thought, “we don't want to go back the long way. it's not
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  • Back the long way. it's not going to hurt to go through
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  • Going to hurt to go through jerusalem. herod likes us.”
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  • Jerusalem. herod likes us.” no, herod was two-faced. he
  • 00:19:45.874 --> 00:19:47.843
  • No, herod was two-faced. he had hidden agendas. god will
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  • Protect you from two-faced
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  • Protect you from two-faced people. people that act like
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  • People. people that act like they like you, but really,
  • 00:19:53.348 --> 00:19:54.549
  • They like you, but really, it's just the opposite. they
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  • It's just the opposite. they say one thing with their
  • 00:19:56.251 --> 00:19:57.319
  • Say one thing with their words, but in their heart
  • 00:19:57.386 --> 00:19:58.820
  • Words, but in their heart it's something different. is
  • 00:19:58.887 --> 00:20:00.889
  • It's something different. is god warning you about
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  • God warning you about something that you're not
  • 00:20:02.357 --> 00:20:03.125
  • Something that you're not acting on? do you hear that
  • 00:20:03.191 --> 00:20:05.093
  • Acting on? do you hear that still small voice, but you
  • 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:06.528
  • Still small voice, but you keep putting it off? there's
  • 00:20:06.595 --> 00:20:08.497
  • Keep putting it off? there's danger up ahead that god's
  • 00:20:08.563 --> 00:20:10.332
  • Danger up ahead that god's trying to keep you from.
  • 00:20:10.399 --> 00:20:11.967
  • Trying to keep you from. there's trouble and heartache
  • 00:20:12.034 --> 00:20:13.335
  • There's trouble and heartache you can avoid. icebergs that
  • 00:20:13.402 --> 00:20:15.671
  • You can avoid. icebergs that don't have to sink your ship,
  • 00:20:15.737 --> 00:20:17.539
  • Don't have to sink your ship, but you have to heed the
  • 00:20:17.606 --> 00:20:18.440
  • But you have to heed the warnings. have that holy
  • 00:20:18.507 --> 00:20:20.309
  • Warnings. have that holy fear, that reverence knowing
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  • Fear, that reverence knowing that the creator of the
  • 00:20:22.477 --> 00:20:23.512
  • That the creator of the universe cares so much about
  • 00:20:23.578 --> 00:20:25.714
  • Universe cares so much about you, that he's giving you
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  • You, that he's giving you this inside information, what
  • 00:20:27.249 --> 00:20:29.551
  • This inside information, what you can't see up ahead, he's
  • 00:20:29.618 --> 00:20:31.186
  • You can't see up ahead, he's going to protect you and keep
  • 00:20:31.253 --> 00:20:32.988
  • Going to protect you and keep you on the best path for your
  • 00:20:33.055 --> 00:20:34.289
  • You on the best path for your life.
  • 00:20:34.356 --> 00:20:35.557
  • Life. i have a friend that's very
  • 00:20:35.624 --> 00:20:36.792
  • I have a friend that's very successful. he's married to a
  • 00:20:36.858 --> 00:20:38.493
  • Successful. he's married to a beautiful woman, two
  • 00:20:38.560 --> 00:20:40.062
  • Beautiful woman, two children. but at one point he
  • 00:20:40.128 --> 00:20:42.264
  • Children. but at one point he and his wife weren't getting
  • 00:20:42.331 --> 00:20:43.498
  • And his wife weren't getting along. they still loved each
  • 00:20:43.565 --> 00:20:45.267
  • Along. they still loved each other, but there were petty
  • 00:20:45.334 --> 00:20:46.902
  • Other, but there were petty things they were letting come
  • 00:20:46.968 --> 00:20:48.070
  • Things they were letting come between them. arguing, being
  • 00:20:48.136 --> 00:20:50.672
  • Between them. arguing, being short, unfriendly. in the big
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  • Short, unfriendly. in the big picture, it was nothing. but
  • 00:20:53.008 --> 00:20:54.776
  • Picture, it was nothing. but this man let it get down in
  • 00:20:54.843 --> 00:20:56.311
  • This man let it get down in him, and it changed who he
  • 00:20:56.378 --> 00:20:58.146
  • Him, and it changed who he was. he quit treating her the
  • 00:20:58.213 --> 00:21:00.315
  • Was. he quit treating her the way he knew he should. not
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  • Way he knew he should. not giving her time, not being
  • 00:21:02.417 --> 00:21:04.052
  • Giving her time, not being kind and respectful. this
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  • Kind and respectful. this went on for several months.
  • 00:21:06.088 --> 00:21:07.389
  • Went on for several months. just contention and strife.
  • 00:21:07.456 --> 00:21:09.124
  • Just contention and strife. they started to grow apart.
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  • One night he had a dream. in
  • 00:21:11.593 --> 00:21:13.662
  • One night he had a dream. in this dream, he saw his wife
  • 00:21:13.729 --> 00:21:15.630
  • This dream, he saw his wife with another man. they were
  • 00:21:15.697 --> 00:21:17.466
  • With another man. they were laughing and having fun, so
  • 00:21:17.532 --> 00:21:19.368
  • Laughing and having fun, so happy and friendly. it was as
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  • Happy and friendly. it was as vivid and real as could be.
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  • Vivid and real as could be. he woke up in a cold sweat.
  • 00:21:23.939 --> 00:21:26.675
  • He woke up in a cold sweat. he said, “joel, i heard god
  • 00:21:26.742 --> 00:21:28.210
  • He said, “joel, i heard god saying to me, ‘if you don't
  • 00:21:28.276 --> 00:21:29.878
  • Saying to me, ‘if you don't change and start treating her
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  • Change and start treating her right, you're going to lose
  • 00:21:31.513 --> 00:21:33.281
  • Right, you're going to lose what i've given you.'” it was
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  • What i've given you.'” it was like a holy fear came over
  • 00:21:35.283 --> 00:21:36.918
  • Like a holy fear came over him. he knew he was at a
  • 00:21:36.985 --> 00:21:38.320
  • Him. he knew he was at a critical point. that day he
  • 00:21:38.387 --> 00:21:40.856
  • Started treating her better,
  • 00:21:40.956 --> 00:21:42.524
  • Started treating her better, being kind, and respectful,
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  • Being kind, and respectful, having fun, doing things with
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  • Having fun, doing things with the family. today, they're as
  • 00:21:46.061 --> 00:21:47.896
  • The family. today, they're as happy and fulfilled as can
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  • Happy and fulfilled as can be. god will always give us
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  • Be. god will always give us warnings. the question is are
  • 00:21:52.167 --> 00:21:54.202
  • Warnings. the question is are we listening? are we making
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  • We listening? are we making changes? doing like noah,
  • 00:21:56.138 --> 00:21:58.240
  • Changes? doing like noah, building our ark. like the
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  • Building our ark. like the wisemen, going back a
  • 00:22:00.308 --> 00:22:01.510
  • Wisemen, going back a different way. or are we
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  • Different way. or are we stubborn? pushing it down.
  • 00:22:03.612 --> 00:22:05.480
  • Stubborn? pushing it down. too busy.
  • 00:22:05.547 --> 00:22:06.982
  • Too busy. mary gave birth to jesus
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  • Mary gave birth to jesus there in the stable. the
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  • There in the stable. the shepherds came to worship,
  • 00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:12.187
  • Shepherds came to worship, and they left. the wisemen
  • 00:22:12.254 --> 00:22:14.256
  • And they left. the wisemen gave their gifts, they went
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  • Gave their gifts, they went on their way. after all the
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  • On their way. after all the excitement and celebration,
  • 00:22:17.993 --> 00:22:19.661
  • Excitement and celebration, it seemed so peaceful, so
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  • It seemed so peaceful, so calm. they could finally
  • 00:22:21.563 --> 00:22:23.098
  • Calm. they could finally relax. but the scripture
  • 00:22:23.165 --> 00:22:25.000
  • Relax. but the scripture says, “an angel appeared to
  • 00:22:25.066 --> 00:22:26.768
  • Says, “an angel appeared to joseph in a dream and said,
  • 00:22:26.835 --> 00:22:28.970
  • Joseph in a dream and said, get up. take your child and
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  • Get up. take your child and his mother and flee to egypt.
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  • His mother and flee to egypt. for herod is going to try to
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  • For herod is going to try to kill him.” joseph went out
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  • Kill him.” joseph went out and didn't see any soldiers.
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  • And didn't see any soldiers. he didn't hear of any
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  • He didn't hear of any trouble. nothing looked
  • 00:22:39.548 --> 00:22:40.715
  • Trouble. nothing looked wrong. he could have thought,
  • 00:22:40.782 --> 00:22:42.317
  • Wrong. he could have thought, “this doesn't make sense.
  • 00:22:42.384 --> 00:22:43.785
  • “this doesn't make sense. we're tired. we just had a
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  • We're tired. we just had a baby. we don't want to
  • 00:22:45.287 --> 00:22:46.388
  • Baby. we don't want to travel.” but the next verse
  • 00:22:46.455 --> 00:22:48.623
  • Travel.” but the next verse says, “joseph got up that
  • 00:22:48.690 --> 00:22:50.692
  • Says, “joseph got up that same night and left for
  • 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:52.427
  • Same night and left for egypt.” he heard the warning
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  • Egypt.” he heard the warning and didn't even wait till
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  • And didn't even wait till morning. god give us that
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  • Morning. god give us that kind of obedience. help us to
  • 00:22:58.567 --> 00:23:00.535
  • Kind of obedience. help us to have that kind of holy fear.
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  • Have that kind of holy fear. that when we hear the still
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  • That when we hear the still small voice, when we feel the
  • 00:23:03.805 --> 00:23:06.007
  • Small voice, when we feel the unrest, that knowing to make
  • 00:23:06.074 --> 00:23:08.143
  • Unrest, that knowing to make a change, we don't question
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  • A change, we don't question it, we don't debate it.
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  • It, we don't debate it. negotiate, “maybe later.” no
  • 00:23:12.147 --> 00:23:14.382
  • Negotiate, “maybe later.” no just do it. god is protecting
  • 00:23:14.449 --> 00:23:16.885
  • Just do it. god is protecting you from what you can't see.
  • 00:23:16.952 --> 00:23:18.920
  • You from what you can't see. there's harm and trouble that
  • 00:23:18.987 --> 00:23:20.755
  • There's harm and trouble that you can avoid. don't delay.
  • 00:23:20.822 --> 00:23:23.558
  • You can avoid. don't delay. don't talk yourself out of
  • 00:23:23.625 --> 00:23:24.893
  • Don't talk yourself out of it. obedience brings
  • 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:26.795
  • It. obedience brings protection. ignoring warnings
  • 00:23:26.862 --> 00:23:30.098
  • Protection. ignoring warnings bring unnecessary trouble.
  • 00:23:30.165 --> 00:23:32.501
  • Bring unnecessary trouble. maybe god is dealing with you
  • 00:23:32.567 --> 00:23:33.869
  • Maybe god is dealing with you about something that you keep
  • 00:23:33.935 --> 00:23:35.203
  • About something that you keep putting off. you hear the
  • 00:23:35.270 --> 00:23:36.872
  • Putting off. you hear the alarm, but you keep hitting
  • 00:23:36.938 --> 00:23:38.340
  • Alarm, but you keep hitting the snooze button. “not now.
  • 00:23:38.406 --> 00:23:40.342
  • The snooze button. “not now. i don't feel like it.” no be
  • 00:23:40.408 --> 00:23:41.943
  • I don't feel like it.” no be a joseph. this is the time to
  • 00:23:42.010 --> 00:23:44.145
  • A joseph. this is the time to take action, to make changes.
  • 00:23:44.212 --> 00:23:46.982
  • Take action, to make changes. so, god can keep you on the
  • 00:23:47.048 --> 00:23:48.250
  • So, god can keep you on the best path. don't be stubborn.
  • 00:23:48.316 --> 00:23:51.319
  • Best path. don't be stubborn. i've learned god will aways
  • 00:23:51.386 --> 00:23:52.988
  • I've learned god will aways get his way, but sometimes we
  • 00:23:53.054 --> 00:23:55.323
  • Get his way, but sometimes we take the long route. we make
  • 00:23:55.390 --> 00:23:57.392
  • Take the long route. we make it much more difficult. when
  • 00:23:57.459 --> 00:23:59.594
  • It much more difficult. when he whispers, “stay away from
  • 00:23:59.661 --> 00:24:01.129
  • He whispers, “stay away from that person. treat your
  • 00:24:01.196 --> 00:24:02.664
  • That person. treat your spouse better. go to bed
  • 00:24:02.731 --> 00:24:04.533
  • Spouse better. go to bed earlier. get more rest.”
  • 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:06.401
  • Earlier. get more rest.” don't be like the captain of
  • 00:24:06.468 --> 00:24:07.502
  • Don't be like the captain of the titanic, hear the
  • 00:24:07.569 --> 00:24:09.271
  • The titanic, hear the warnings and think, “it's not
  • 00:24:09.337 --> 00:24:10.772
  • Warnings and think, “it's not going to affect me. i can
  • 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:12.641
  • Going to affect me. i can make it through these
  • 00:24:12.707 --> 00:24:13.375
  • Make it through these icebergs.” don't fool
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  • Icebergs.” don't fool yourself. god wouldn't be
  • 00:24:14.943 --> 00:24:17.012
  • Yourself. god wouldn't be warning you if there wasn't
  • 00:24:17.078 --> 00:24:18.613
  • Warning you if there wasn't danger up ahead. if it wasn't
  • 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:20.582
  • Danger up ahead. if it wasn't going to bring trouble.
  • 00:24:20.649 --> 00:24:22.117
  • Going to bring trouble. here's the good news. you can
  • 00:24:22.183 --> 00:24:23.618
  • Here's the good news. you can make a course correction. you
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  • Make a course correction. you can be a joseph and do it
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  • Can be a joseph and do it now. you can be a noah and
  • 00:24:27.522 --> 00:24:29.658
  • Now. you can be a noah and have a holy fear to obey what
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  • Have a holy fear to obey what god is telling you. this is
  • 00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:33.795
  • God is telling you. this is how you avoid unnecessary
  • 00:24:33.862 --> 00:24:35.463
  • How you avoid unnecessary difficulties. now do your
  • 00:24:35.530 --> 00:24:37.232
  • Difficulties. now do your part and don't ignore the
  • 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.667
  • Part and don't ignore the warnings. if you'll do this,
  • 00:24:38.733 --> 00:24:40.335
  • Warnings. if you'll do this, i believe and declare, god is
  • 00:24:40.402 --> 00:24:42.437
  • I believe and declare, god is going to protect you and keep
  • 00:24:42.504 --> 00:24:44.306
  • Going to protect you and keep you on the best path. you
  • 00:24:44.372 --> 00:24:46.074
  • You on the best path. you will inside information to
  • 00:24:46.141 --> 00:24:48.543
  • Will inside information to avoid unnecessary heartache
  • 00:24:48.610 --> 00:24:50.512
  • Avoid unnecessary heartache and trouble and you will live
  • 00:24:50.579 --> 00:24:52.013
  • And trouble and you will live the life of victory that
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  • The life of victory that belongs to you, in jesus'
  • 00:24:53.815 --> 00:24:56.184
  • Belongs to you, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
  • 00:24:56.251 --> 00:24:58.486
  • Name. if you receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
  • 00:24:58.553 --> 00:24:59.421
  • Joel's message
  • 00:25:00.488 --> 00:25:01.489
  • Joel's message resonated with me
  • 00:25:01.556 --> 00:25:02.657
  • Resonated with me because i tried to listen
  • 00:25:02.724 --> 00:25:03.758
  • Because i tried to listen to other people
  • 00:25:03.825 --> 00:25:04.893
  • To other people and some of them
  • 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:05.827
  • And some of them were like hellfire
  • 00:25:05.894 --> 00:25:07.028
  • Were like hellfire and brimstone.
  • 00:25:07.095 --> 00:25:07.896
  • And brimstone. so i took what joel said
  • 00:25:07.963 --> 00:25:10.332
  • So i took what joel said in the i am's and
  • 00:25:10.398 --> 00:25:11.833
  • In the i am's and i physically replaced them with
  • 00:25:11.900 --> 00:25:14.069
  • I physically replaced them with i am strong, i am worthy.
  • 00:25:14.135 --> 00:25:16.438
  • I am strong, i am worthy. i started
  • 00:25:16.504 --> 00:25:17.238
  • I started saying those over and over
  • 00:25:17.305 --> 00:25:18.907
  • Saying those over and over and over throughout my day,
  • 00:25:18.974 --> 00:25:21.109
  • And over throughout my day, and i said, you know,
  • 00:25:21.176 --> 00:25:22.444
  • And i said, you know, i will do this for one year.
  • 00:25:22.510 --> 00:25:25.180
  • I will do this for one year. and it actually changed
  • 00:25:25.246 --> 00:25:27.082
  • And it actually changed my mindset
  • 00:25:27.148 --> 00:25:27.983
  • My mindset from being a victim
  • 00:25:28.049 --> 00:25:29.884
  • From being a victim to being a victor.
  • 00:25:29.951 --> 00:25:32.053
  • To being a victor. what a powerful story.
  • 00:25:32.120 --> 00:25:33.788
  • What a powerful story. one life changed by hope,
  • 00:25:33.855 --> 00:25:35.490
  • One life changed by hope, by faith,
  • 00:25:35.557 --> 00:25:36.291
  • By faith, by the goodness of god.
  • 00:25:36.358 --> 00:25:38.159
  • By the goodness of god. this is the reason
  • 00:25:38.226 --> 00:25:39.127
  • This is the reason we do what we do.
  • 00:25:39.194 --> 00:25:40.161
  • We do what we do. every message,
  • 00:25:40.228 --> 00:25:41.229
  • Every message, every broadcast, every prayer.
  • 00:25:41.296 --> 00:25:43.398
  • Every broadcast, every prayer. it's about reaching people
  • 00:25:43.465 --> 00:25:44.733
  • It's about reaching people right where they are,
  • 00:25:44.799 --> 00:25:45.934
  • Right where they are, and reminding them
  • 00:25:46.001 --> 00:25:47.002
  • And reminding them that god is not finished
  • 00:25:47.068 --> 00:25:48.236
  • That god is not finished with them.
  • 00:25:48.303 --> 00:25:49.270
  • With them. the truth is,
  • 00:25:49.337 --> 00:25:50.338
  • The truth is, none of this happens
  • 00:25:50.405 --> 00:25:51.306
  • None of this happens without you.
  • 00:25:51.373 --> 00:25:52.507
  • Without you. this is the time of year
  • 00:25:52.574 --> 00:25:53.708
  • This is the time of year when my team and i make plans
  • 00:25:53.775 --> 00:25:55.677
  • When my team and i make plans for how we can impact
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  • As many people as possible
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  • As many people as possible over the next 12 months.
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  • Over the next 12 months. so thank you
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  • So thank you in advance for your generosity.
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  • In advance for your generosity. god sees your heart
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  • God sees your heart to help others
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  • To help others to make a difference
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  • To make a difference with your life.
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  • With your life. as our way of saying thank you,
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  • As our way of saying thank you, we want to send you
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  • We want to send you a new resource called double
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  • A new resource called double for your trouble.
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  • For your trouble. it will encourage you
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  • It will encourage you and uplift you.
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  • And uplift you. this ministry
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  • This ministry is reaching people
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  • Is reaching people around the world
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  • Around the world with the message of hope,
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  • With the message of hope, and as our way of saying
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  • And as our way of saying thank you
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  • Thank you for your gift of any amount,
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  • For your gift of any amount, we would like to send you
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  • We would like to send you a copy of double
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  • A copy of double for your trouble:
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  • For your trouble: a daily guide for restoration.
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  • A daily guide for restoration. this 31-day spiral bound
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  • This 31-day spiral bound resource is an invitation
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  • Resource is an invitation into healing, restoration,
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  • Into healing, restoration, and the abundant life
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  • And the abundant life god has promised.
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  • God has promised. request your copy
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  • Request your copy of double for your trouble,
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  • Of double for your trouble, available this month
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  • Available this month call or click anytime,
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  • Call or click anytime, 24 hours a day.
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  • 24 hours a day. none of us like difficulties.
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  • None of us like difficulties. but if you'll stay in faith,
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  • But if you'll stay in faith, you won't come out the same.
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  • You won't come out the same. you'll come out with double.
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  • You'll come out with double. victoria and i pray for
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  • Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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  • You and your family every day. thank you for your prayers
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  • Thank you for your prayers and support.
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  • And support. your donations
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  • Your donations are bringing hope
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  • Are bringing hope to people around the world.
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  • To people around the world. special thank you
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  • Special thank you to our champion
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  • To our champion of hope partners
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  • Of hope partners for all you do
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  • For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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  • To make the ministry possible. until we see you again
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  • Until we see you again next week,
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  • Next week, may the lord bless
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  • May the lord bless you and keep you.
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  • You and keep you. be sure to request
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  • Be sure to request your copy of double
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  • Your copy of double for your trouble,
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  • For your trouble, available this month
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  • Available this month by simply visiting us
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  • By simply visiting us at joelosteen.com,
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  • At joelosteen.com, or call 888-567-joel.
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  • Or call 888-567-joel. call or click anytime,
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  • Call or click anytime, 24 hours a day.
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