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Joel Osteen - Don't Shrink Back

September 28, 2025 | 29:0

Joel Osteen - Don't Shrink Back
Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Don't Shrink Back | September 28, 2025
  • Joel: god bless you. it's
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  • Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today. i
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  • Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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  • 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 this minister. he was
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  • About this minister. he was driving down the road when he
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  • Driving down the road when he got pulled over by a
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  • Got pulled over by a policeman. the officer came
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  • Policeman. the officer came to the window and smelled
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  • To the window and smelled alcohol. he saw a thermos and
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  • Alcohol. he saw a thermos and said, “sir, what are you
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  • Said, “sir, what are you drinking?” the minister said,
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  • Drinking?” the minister said, ‘just water officer.” he
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  • ‘just water officer.” he asked to smell the thermos.
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  • Asked to smell the thermos. he took one sniff and said,
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  • He took one sniff and said, “this smells like wine to
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  • “this smells like wine to me.” the minister said, “what
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  • Me.” the minister said, “what do you know, jesus did it
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  • Do you know, jesus did it again.” (laughter) no jesus
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  • Again.” (laughter) no jesus didn't do it again. here we
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  • Didn't do it again. here we go y'all.
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  • Go y'all. this is my bible. i am what
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  • This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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  • It 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 not shrinking back. we
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  • About not shrinking back. we all go through times where
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  • All go through times where there's pressure, things
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  • There's pressure, things pushing against us. it's easy
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  • Pushing against us. it's easy to let fear, doubt,
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  • To let fear, doubt, intimidation, cause us to
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  • Intimidation, cause us to shrink back, to where we quit
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  • Shrink back, to where we quit believing for what god
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  • Believing for what god promised. but hebrews 10
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  • Promised. but hebrews 10 says, “we do not belong to
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  • Says, “we do not belong to those who shrink back and are
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  • Those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who
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  • Destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.”
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  • Have faith and are saved.” god didn't create us to have
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  • God didn't create us to have a shrink back mentality. you
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  • A shrink back mentality. you don't belong to that family.
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  • Don't belong to that family. your dna doesn't have ‘give
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  • Your dna doesn't have ‘give up', ‘too much', ‘can't do
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  • Up', ‘too much', ‘can't do it'. you belong to the most
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  • It'. you belong to the most high. he's put in you
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  • High. he's put in you courage, endurance, favor.
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  • Courage, endurance, favor. you are not weak, you're a
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  • You are not weak, you're a warrior. don't believe those
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  • Warrior. don't believe those lies that, “it's too much.
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  • Lies that, “it's too much. it's been too long. it's
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  • It's been too long. it's never going to work out.”
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  • Never going to work out.” that's the enemy trying to
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  • That's the enemy trying to convince you to shrink back,
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  • Convince you to shrink back, the scripture says, so you
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  • The scripture says, so you will be destroyed. you will
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  • Will be destroyed. you will miss your destiny. how you
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  • Miss your destiny. how you respond to the pressure in
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  • Respond to the pressure in life, will make you or break
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  • Life, will make you or break you. how you deal with the
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  • You. how you deal with the giants, the opposition, those
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  • Giants, the opposition, those times where everything in you
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  • Times where everything in you says to settle, it's not
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  • Says to settle, it's not worth it. those are critical
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  • Worth it. those are critical times. if you will keep
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  • Times. if you will keep pressing forward, believing
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  • Pressing forward, believing despite what's come against
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  • Despite what's come against you, you are passing the
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  • You, you are passing the test. on the other side is a
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  • Test. on the other side is a new level of your destiny.
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  • New level of your destiny. david was seventeen years old
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  • David was seventeen years old when he took lunch to his
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  • When he took lunch to his brothers. they were in the
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  • Brothers. they were in the army. he heard goliath
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  • Army. he heard goliath taunting the israelites.
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  • Taunting the israelites. goliath had been doing this
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  • Goliath had been doing this for forty days, once in the
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  • For forty days, once in the morning and once in the
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  • Morning and once in the evening. when the israelites
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  • Evening. when the israelites heard it, they were so
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  • Heard it, they were so afraid, they ran and hid.
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  • Afraid, they ran and hid. thousands of soldiers had put
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  • Thousands of soldiers had put their destinies on hold, at
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  • Their destinies on hold, at the mercy of this one giant.
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  • The mercy of this one giant. david was half his size, a
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  • David was half his size, a shepherd. he had no military
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  • Shepherd. he had no military training. but something rose
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  • Training. but something rose up in david, he said in
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  • Up in david, he said in effect, “i'm not like these
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  • Effect, “i'm not like these other men. i don't have a
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  • Other men. i don't have a shrink back spirit. i know
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  • Shrink back spirit. i know who i belong to. i know
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  • Who i belong to. i know what's in my dna.” while the
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  • What's in my dna.” while the others were hiding, the
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  • Others were hiding, the scripture said, “david ran
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  • Scripture said, “david ran quickly toward goliath.” you
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  • Quickly toward goliath.” you would think he would want to
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  • Would think he would want to sneak up on him, catch him
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  • Sneak up on him, catch him off guard. but when you know
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  • Off guard. but when you know who you are, and whose you
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  • Who you are, and whose you are, you don't run from
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  • Are, you don't run from giants, you run to giants.
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  • Giants, you run to giants. david slung that rock and
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  • David slung that rock and brought down goliath.
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  • Brought down goliath. when you face obstacles that
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  • When you face obstacles that seem too big, you feel
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  • Seem too big, you feel pressure, thoughts, “you
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  • Pressure, thoughts, “you can't beat the cancer, just
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  • Can't beat the cancer, just learn to live with it. you'll
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  • Learn to live with it. you'll never be successful, nobody
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  • Never be successful, nobody in your family is. your child
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  • In your family is. your child is not going to make good
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  • Is not going to make good decisions, just accept it.”
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  • Decisions, just accept it.” you're right where david was.
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  • You're right where david was. maybe friends, family,
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  • Maybe friends, family, they've shrunk back. they're
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  • They've shrunk back. they're on the sidelines. don't be
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  • On the sidelines. don't be like them. you don't belong
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  • Like them. you don't belong to those who shrink back.
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  • To those who shrink back. that's not who god created
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  • That's not who god created you to be. there's courage in
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  • You to be. there's courage in you. there's favor on your
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  • You. there's favor on your life to bring down the giants.
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  • Life to bring down the giants. the scripture talks about us
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  • The scripture talks about us putting on the armor of god.
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  • Putting on the armor of god. the helmet of salvation. the
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  • The helmet of salvation. the breastplate of righteousness.
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  • Breastplate of righteousness. the belt of truth. the shoes
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  • The belt of truth. the shoes of peace. the shield of
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  • Of peace. the shield of faith. the sword of the
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  • Faith. the sword of the spirit. what's interesting is
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  • Spirit. what's interesting is there's nothing for our back
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  • There's nothing for our back side. nothing to protect us
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  • Side. nothing to protect us from the rear. that's because
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  • From the rear. that's because you were never designed to
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  • You were never designed to run from the enemy, to
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  • Run from the enemy, to retreat, to live intimidated.
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  • Retreat, to live intimidated. when you shrink back, you're
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  • When you shrink back, you're leaving yourself open. it's
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  • Leaving yourself open. it's more dangerous than it is to
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  • More dangerous than it is to face the opposition. that's
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  • Face the opposition. that's why the scripture says,
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  • Why the scripture says, “stand firm in your faith,
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  • “stand firm in your faith, and having done all to
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  • And having done all to stand.” when you've done
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  • Stand.” when you've done everything you can, you've
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  • Everything you can, you've prayed, believed, taken steps
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  • Prayed, believed, taken steps of faith, but the giant is
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  • Of faith, but the giant is still there. still shouting
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  • Still there. still shouting insults. you still feel doubt
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  • Insults. you still feel doubt and uncertainty. don't turn
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  • And uncertainty. don't turn and run. just stand.
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  • And run. just stand. sometimes you have to outlast
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  • Sometimes you have to outlast the enemy. god wouldn't have
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  • The enemy. god wouldn't have allowed that giant if it was
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  • Allowed that giant if it was going to stop your purpose.
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  • Going to stop your purpose. it's not going to keep you
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  • It's not going to keep you from your destiny, like
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  • From your destiny, like david, it's going to launch
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  • David, it's going to launch you into your destiny.
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  • You into your destiny. because david didn't shrink
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  • Because david didn't shrink back, he changed the course
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  • Back, he changed the course of his family line. they were
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  • Of his family line. they were shepherds. out in the desert,
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  • Shepherds. out in the desert, taking care of animals. they
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  • Taking care of animals. they had no influence, very little
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  • Had no influence, very little income. i'm sure david
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  • Income. i'm sure david thought, “there has to be
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  • Thought, “there has to be more to life than this.” he
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  • More to life than this.” he could feel those seeds of
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  • Could feel those seeds of greatness, but as he looked
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  • Greatness, but as he looked around, he didn't see any way
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  • Around, he didn't see any way out. this is all he knew.
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  • Out. this is all he knew. his seven brothers were in
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  • His seven brothers were in the army that day he saw
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  • The army that day he saw goliath. they were shrinking
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  • Goliath. they were shrinking back with the rest of the
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  • Back with the rest of the army. they had been running
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  • Army. they had been running and hiding for the last forty
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  • Days. david's father didn'tty
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  • Days. david's father didn'tty have much vision. he didn't
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  • Have much vision. he didn't think david could do anything
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  • Think david could do anything great. he discounted him. but
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  • Great. he discounted him. but everything changed when one
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  • Everything changed when one person in that family made
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  • Person in that family made this decision, “i'm not
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  • This decision, “i'm not shrinking back.” everyone
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  • Shrinking back.” everyone else was afraid, accepting
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  • Else was afraid, accepting dysfunction. but not david.
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  • Dysfunction. but not david. his attitude was, “i am not a
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  • His attitude was, “i am not a shrink back person. i don't
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  • Shrink back person. i don't belong to that family. i have
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  • Belong to that family. i have the spirit of the living god
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  • The spirit of the living god on the inside of me. i was
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  • On the inside of me. i was created to defeat giants, to
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  • Created to defeat giants, to take new ground.”
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  • He had this boldness, this
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  • He had this boldness, this courage to stand strong and
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  • Courage to stand strong and face things that others in
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  • Face things that others in his family turned and hid
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  • His family turned and hid from. they backed away, but
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  • From. they backed away, but david moved forward in faith.
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  • David moved forward in faith. you can be the david in your
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  • You can be the david in your family. others may have
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  • Family. others may have backed down, “the addiction
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  • Backed down, “the addiction is too strong. everyone's
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  • Is too strong. everyone's depressed in my family. we've
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  • Depressed in my family. we've always struggled in our
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  • Always struggled in our finances. nobody can stay
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  • Finances. nobody can stay married. that's just who we
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  • Married. that's just who we are.” no, someone has to rise
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  • Are.” no, someone has to rise up and break the generational
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  • Up and break the generational bondages. someone has to run
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  • Bondages. someone has to run to goliath instead of running
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  • To goliath instead of running away. you are that someone.
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  • Away. you are that someone. you wouldn't be hearing this
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  • You wouldn't be hearing this if god didn't want you to set
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  • If god didn't want you to set new standards. you can be the
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  • New standards. you can be the first one in your family to
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  • First one in your family to be free from addictions, to
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  • Be free from addictions, to stay faithful in your
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  • Stay faithful in your marriage, to raise your
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  • Marriage, to raise your family in church, to start a
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  • Family in church, to start a business, to go to college,
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  • Business, to go to college, to see your children
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  • To see your children flourish. you weren't created
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  • Flourish. you weren't created to shrink back. you were
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  • To shrink back. you were created to take new ground.
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  • But when we've seen a pattern
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  • But when we've seen a pattern of people that give up on
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  • Of people that give up on dreams, and accept
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  • Dreams, and accept mediocrity, it can become
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  • Mediocrity, it can become normal to us. but when you
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  • Normal to us. but when you encounter a goliath, an
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  • Encounter a goliath, an obstacle that looks too big,
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  • Obstacle that looks too big, you hear those threats, like
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  • You hear those threats, like david's brothers, you've been
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  • David's brothers, you've been conditioned to shrink back,
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  • “it's too much. i can't do
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  • “it's too much. i can't do that.” god is saying to you,
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  • That.” god is saying to you, “you don't belong to shrink
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  • “you don't belong to shrink back people. that is not who
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  • Back people. that is not who you are.” you may have been
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  • You are.” you may have been conditioned to think that
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  • Conditioned to think that way, but the truth is, you're
  • 00:07:44.310 --> 00:07:45.745
  • Way, but the truth is, you're a david. you're a giant
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  • A david. you're a giant killer. you're a history
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  • Killer. you're a history maker. be strong. go after
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  • Maker. be strong. go after what god put in your heart.
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  • What god put in your heart. it just takes one person to
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  • It just takes one person to break a negative cycle in
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  • Break a negative cycle in your family. you can be the
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  • Your family. you can be the one to affect generations to
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  • One to affect generations to come. you may be outnumbered,
  • 00:08:01.694 --> 00:08:04.163
  • Come. you may be outnumbered, smaller, have less
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  • Smaller, have less experience, less equipment.
  • 00:08:05.898 --> 00:08:07.133
  • Experience, less equipment. that's where david was. it
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  • That's where david was. it wasn't his size, his
  • 00:08:09.368 --> 00:08:10.870
  • Wasn't his size, his strength, his skill. it was
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  • Strength, his skill. it was the fact that he had the
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  • The fact that he had the courage to move toward
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  • Courage to move toward the enemy, when everyone else
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  • The enemy, when everyone else was retreating. god saw his
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  • Was retreating. god saw his faith and breathed favor on
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  • Faith and breathed favor on his life. he became a giant
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  • His life. he became a giant killer. that can be you. i'm
  • 00:08:24.083 --> 00:08:26.519
  • Killer. that can be you. i'm not looking at shrink back
  • 00:08:26.586 --> 00:08:27.954
  • Not looking at shrink back people. that's not who you
  • 00:08:28.020 --> 00:08:29.555
  • People. that's not who you belong to. i've seen your
  • 00:08:29.622 --> 00:08:31.157
  • Belong to. i've seen your birth certificate. you are a
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  • Birth certificate. you are a child of the most high. in
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  • Child of the most high. in your dna is courage,
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  • Your dna is courage, endurance, faith, fortitude.
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  • Endurance, faith, fortitude. stand strong and you will see
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  • Stand strong and you will see god show out in your life.
  • 00:08:41.667 --> 00:08:44.503
  • God show out in your life. a friend of mine was raised
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  • A friend of mine was raised in a single parent home in
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  • In a single parent home in government housing. she
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  • Government housing. she didn't know her father. her
  • 00:08:48.674 --> 00:08:49.942
  • Didn't know her father. her mother was never around. she
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  • Mother was never around. she didn't have any guidance. she
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  • Didn't have any guidance. she became pregnant at sixteen
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  • Became pregnant at sixteen and had to drop out of
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  • And had to drop out of school. it looked like this
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  • School. it looked like this cycle of defeat would get
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  • Cycle of defeat would get passed to the next
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  • Passed to the next generation. she found a job
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  • Generation. she found a job at a school cafeteria,
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  • At a school cafeteria, punching meal tickets. every
  • 00:09:04.624 --> 00:09:06.559
  • Punching meal tickets. every thought told her, “this is
  • 00:09:06.626 --> 00:09:09.028
  • Thought told her, “this is who you are. you're stuck
  • 00:09:09.095 --> 00:09:10.830
  • Who you are. you're stuck here. nothing will change.”
  • 00:09:10.896 --> 00:09:12.732
  • Here. nothing will change.” but deep down she heard
  • 00:09:12.798 --> 00:09:14.367
  • But deep down she heard something on the inside
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  • Something on the inside saying, “you were made for
  • 00:09:15.768 --> 00:09:16.902
  • Saying, “you were made for more. this is not your
  • 00:09:16.969 --> 00:09:18.204
  • More. this is not your destiny.” the enemy will try
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  • Destiny.” the enemy will try to convince you that the
  • 00:09:20.806 --> 00:09:22.441
  • To convince you that the obstacles are too big. there
  • 00:09:22.508 --> 00:09:24.443
  • Obstacles are too big. there are no options, so just
  • 00:09:24.510 --> 00:09:25.678
  • Are no options, so just shrink back. but if you'll
  • 00:09:25.745 --> 00:09:27.146
  • Shrink back. but if you'll listen closely, there's a
  • 00:09:27.213 --> 00:09:28.914
  • Listen closely, there's a still small voice saying,
  • 00:09:28.981 --> 00:09:31.017
  • Still small voice saying, “you were made for more. you
  • 00:09:31.083 --> 00:09:32.218
  • “you were made for more. you have greatness in you. you
  • 00:09:32.284 --> 00:09:33.753
  • Have greatness in you. you can set new standards.”
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  • Can set new standards.” she had every reason to
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  • She had every reason to settle; all the odds were
  • 00:09:37.423 --> 00:09:38.557
  • Settle; all the odds were against her. but she decided
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  • Against her. but she decided to go back to school. two
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  • To go back to school. two years later she got her ged.
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  • Years later she got her ged. that was good, but she wasn't
  • 00:09:45.297 --> 00:09:46.432
  • That was good, but she wasn't satisfied. she enrolled in
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  • Satisfied. she enrolled in college. she would work all
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  • College. she would work all day and go to school at
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  • Day and go to school at night. in four years, she
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  • Night. in four years, she graduated with honors. she
  • 00:09:52.271 --> 00:09:54.306
  • Graduated with honors. she still wasn't satisfied. she
  • 00:09:54.373 --> 00:09:55.975
  • Still wasn't satisfied. she went back to school and got
  • 00:09:56.042 --> 00:09:57.343
  • Went back to school and got her master's degree. she was
  • 00:09:57.410 --> 00:09:58.811
  • Her master's degree. she was then hired as a principal at
  • 00:09:58.878 --> 00:10:01.280
  • Then hired as a principal at the same school where she
  • 00:10:01.347 --> 00:10:02.615
  • The same school where she worked in the cafeteria. god
  • 00:10:02.682 --> 00:10:05.484
  • Worked in the cafeteria. god will do amazing things if you
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  • Will do amazing things if you don't shrink back.
  • 00:10:07.553 --> 00:10:09.855
  • Don't shrink back. are there areas today where
  • 00:10:09.922 --> 00:10:11.223
  • Are there areas today where maybe you've settled. you
  • 00:10:11.290 --> 00:10:13.325
  • Maybe you've settled. you quit believing for your
  • 00:10:13.392 --> 00:10:14.427
  • Quit believing for your healing, it doesn't seem
  • 00:10:14.493 --> 00:10:15.628
  • Healing, it doesn't seem possible now. you're not
  • 00:10:15.695 --> 00:10:17.229
  • Possible now. you're not pursuing the dream; too many
  • 00:10:17.296 --> 00:10:19.198
  • Pursuing the dream; too many doors have closed. you've
  • 00:10:19.265 --> 00:10:20.700
  • Doors have closed. you've accepted you won't get
  • 00:10:20.766 --> 00:10:21.901
  • Accepted you won't get married, won't break the
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  • Married, won't break the addiction, won't get into
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  • Addiction, won't get into college. this is a call to
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  • College. this is a call to action. no more hiding.
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  • Action. no more hiding. hiding because of fear. the
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  • Hiding because of fear. the giant looks too big. it's
  • 00:10:31.977 --> 00:10:33.879
  • Giant looks too big. it's intimidating. you and god are
  • 00:10:33.946 --> 00:10:36.282
  • Intimidating. you and god are a majority. he has not
  • 00:10:36.348 --> 00:10:38.517
  • A majority. he has not brought you this far to leave
  • 00:10:38.584 --> 00:10:39.919
  • Brought you this far to leave you. you have to get your
  • 00:10:39.985 --> 00:10:41.454
  • You. you have to get your fire back, get your passion
  • 00:10:41.520 --> 00:10:43.322
  • Fire back, get your passion back and start pursuing what
  • 00:10:43.389 --> 00:10:45.124
  • Back and start pursuing what he's put in your heart. those
  • 00:10:45.191 --> 00:10:47.760
  • He's put in your heart. those dreams have an expiration
  • 00:10:47.827 --> 00:10:49.595
  • Dreams have an expiration date. there are windows of
  • 00:10:49.662 --> 00:10:51.731
  • Date. there are windows of opportunity. you can't sit
  • 00:10:51.797 --> 00:10:54.133
  • Opportunity. you can't sit around nursing old wounds,
  • 00:10:54.200 --> 00:10:56.202
  • Around nursing old wounds, “why did this happen to me?
  • 00:10:56.268 --> 00:10:58.104
  • “why did this happen to me? why did i go through loss? i
  • 00:10:58.170 --> 00:11:00.639
  • Why did i go through loss? i don't think i'll get out of
  • 00:11:00.706 --> 00:11:01.674
  • Don't think i'll get out of this problem.” you need to
  • 00:11:01.741 --> 00:11:03.409
  • This problem.” you need to check your birth certificate.
  • 00:11:03.476 --> 00:11:05.177
  • Check your birth certificate. you don't belong to a shrink
  • 00:11:05.244 --> 00:11:06.545
  • You don't belong to a shrink back family. you don't come
  • 00:11:06.612 --> 00:11:08.147
  • Back family. you don't come from a dna of retreat,
  • 00:11:08.214 --> 00:11:09.882
  • From a dna of retreat, hiding, and can't do it. your
  • 00:11:09.949 --> 00:11:12.118
  • Hiding, and can't do it. your dna is full of courage, full
  • 00:11:12.184 --> 00:11:14.153
  • Dna is full of courage, full of faith, full of can-do
  • 00:11:14.220 --> 00:11:15.755
  • Of faith, full of can-do power. don't be like all
  • 00:11:15.821 --> 00:11:18.057
  • Power. don't be like all those others in the army and
  • 00:11:18.124 --> 00:11:19.692
  • Those others in the army and run away from goliath. be a
  • 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:21.694
  • Run away from goliath. be a david and run to goliath.
  • 00:11:21.761 --> 00:11:25.164
  • David and run to goliath. there was a man in the
  • 00:11:25.231 --> 00:11:25.831
  • There was a man in the scripture named bartimaeus.
  • 00:11:25.898 --> 00:11:27.566
  • Scripture named bartimaeus. he had been blind since
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  • He had been blind since birth. he was on the side of
  • 00:11:28.768 --> 00:11:30.903
  • Birth. he was on the side of the road begging, asking
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  • The road begging, asking people for money, like he did
  • 00:11:32.004 --> 00:11:33.606
  • People for money, like he did every day. he heard all this
  • 00:11:33.672 --> 00:11:35.407
  • Every day. he heard all this commotion, all this chatter.
  • 00:11:35.474 --> 00:11:37.309
  • Commotion, all this chatter. he asked what was going on.
  • 00:11:37.376 --> 00:11:38.978
  • He asked what was going on. they said, “this teacher
  • 00:11:39.044 --> 00:11:40.446
  • They said, “this teacher named jesus is passing by.”
  • 00:11:40.513 --> 00:11:42.882
  • Named jesus is passing by.” well, he had heard about
  • 00:11:42.948 --> 00:11:44.183
  • Well, he had heard about jesus, how he did all kinds
  • 00:11:44.250 --> 00:11:46.385
  • Jesus, how he did all kinds of miracles. so bartimaeus
  • 00:11:46.452 --> 00:11:48.087
  • Of miracles. so bartimaeus started shouting, “jesus, son
  • 00:11:48.154 --> 00:11:49.755
  • Started shouting, “jesus, son of david, have mercy on me,”
  • 00:11:49.822 --> 00:11:52.925
  • Of david, have mercy on me,” again and again. the people
  • 00:11:52.992 --> 00:11:54.827
  • Around him said, “bartimaeus,
  • 00:11:54.927 --> 00:11:56.462
  • Around him said, “bartimaeus, be quiet. quit yelling you're
  • 00:11:56.529 --> 00:11:58.898
  • Be quiet. quit yelling you're making a big scene.” but the
  • 00:11:58.964 --> 00:12:01.300
  • Making a big scene.” but the scripture says, “bartimaeus
  • 00:12:01.367 --> 00:12:02.902
  • Scripture says, “bartimaeus shouted even louder.” he
  • 00:12:02.968 --> 00:12:04.503
  • Shouted even louder.” he didn't have a shrink back
  • 00:12:04.570 --> 00:12:06.272
  • Didn't have a shrink back spirit. he had a bold,
  • 00:12:06.338 --> 00:12:07.873
  • Spirit. he had a bold, courageous spirit. about
  • 00:12:07.940 --> 00:12:09.909
  • Courageous spirit. about that time, jesus stopped,
  • 00:12:09.975 --> 00:12:11.043
  • That time, jesus stopped, turned and looked right at
  • 00:12:11.110 --> 00:12:12.711
  • Turned and looked right at him. the people thought, “oh
  • 00:12:12.778 --> 00:12:14.046
  • Him. the people thought, “oh great, you've made him mad.
  • 00:12:14.113 --> 00:12:15.948
  • Great, you've made him mad. he's going to chew you out.”
  • 00:12:16.015 --> 00:12:17.950
  • He's going to chew you out.” jesus smiled and said, “tell
  • 00:12:18.017 --> 00:12:19.018
  • Jesus smiled and said, “tell him to come to me.” they
  • 00:12:19.084 --> 00:12:20.186
  • Couldn't believe it. they
  • 00:12:20.286 --> 00:12:21.620
  • Couldn't believe it. they said, “bartimaeus, he's not
  • 00:12:21.687 --> 00:12:23.055
  • Said, “bartimaeus, he's not upset. he's calling for you.”
  • 00:12:23.122 --> 00:12:26.125
  • Upset. he's calling for you.” jesus said to him, “what do
  • 00:12:26.192 --> 00:12:27.359
  • Jesus said to him, “what do you want me to do for you?”
  • 00:12:27.426 --> 00:12:29.094
  • You want me to do for you?” he said, “lord, i want to
  • 00:12:29.161 --> 00:12:30.329
  • He said, “lord, i want to see.” jesus told him, “go
  • 00:12:30.396 --> 00:12:32.164
  • See.” jesus told him, “go your way, your faith has made
  • 00:12:32.231 --> 00:12:34.033
  • Your way, your faith has made you whole.” instantly he
  • 00:12:34.099 --> 00:12:35.467
  • You whole.” instantly he could see.
  • 00:12:35.534 --> 00:12:37.303
  • Could see. here's my point. i'm sure
  • 00:12:37.369 --> 00:12:38.671
  • Here's my point. i'm sure there were other blind people
  • 00:12:38.737 --> 00:12:39.905
  • There were other blind people on the road that day, other
  • 00:12:39.972 --> 00:12:41.907
  • On the road that day, other sick people, those that
  • 00:12:41.974 --> 00:12:43.609
  • Sick people, those that needed favor and
  • 00:12:43.676 --> 00:12:44.610
  • Needed favor and breakthroughs. but he was the
  • 00:12:44.677 --> 00:12:46.312
  • Breakthroughs. but he was the only one that was healed.
  • 00:12:46.378 --> 00:12:48.447
  • Only one that was healed. maybe the others were
  • 00:12:48.514 --> 00:12:49.548
  • Maybe the others were complacent. maybe at one time
  • 00:12:49.615 --> 00:12:51.717
  • Complacent. maybe at one time they believed, they took
  • 00:12:51.784 --> 00:12:53.519
  • They believed, they took steps of faith, but it didn't
  • 00:12:53.586 --> 00:12:54.987
  • Steps of faith, but it didn't work out. now they've
  • 00:12:55.054 --> 00:12:56.422
  • Work out. now they've settled. the difference was
  • 00:12:56.488 --> 00:12:59.024
  • Settled. the difference was bartimaeus didn't have a
  • 00:12:59.091 --> 00:13:00.492
  • Bartimaeus didn't have a shrink back spirit. he kept
  • 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:02.294
  • Shrink back spirit. he kept believing despite being blind
  • 00:13:02.361 --> 00:13:04.663
  • Believing despite being blind his whole life. he kept
  • 00:13:04.730 --> 00:13:06.298
  • His whole life. he kept calling out to jesus despite
  • 00:13:06.365 --> 00:13:07.933
  • Calling out to jesus despite others trying to talk him out
  • 00:13:08.000 --> 00:13:09.602
  • Others trying to talk him out of it. jesus said, your faith
  • 00:13:09.668 --> 00:13:12.071
  • Of it. jesus said, your faith has made you whole. my
  • 00:13:12.137 --> 00:13:13.973
  • Has made you whole. my question is, are you
  • 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:16.008
  • Question is, are you releasing your faith? are
  • 00:13:16.075 --> 00:13:17.710
  • Releasing your faith? are you stretching, praying,
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  • You stretching, praying, expecting? or have you gotten
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  • Expecting? or have you gotten complacent? accepting
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  • Complacent? accepting mediocrity, living with
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  • Mediocrity, living with dysfunction. shake off that
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  • Dysfunction. shake off that shrink back spirit and start
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  • Shrink back spirit and start pursuing what god put in your
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  • Pursuing what god put in your heart.
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  • Heart. my father gave his life to
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  • My father gave his life to christ at seventeen years
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  • Christ at seventeen years old, the first one in the
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  • Old, the first one in the family. he felt god calling
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  • Family. he felt god calling him to become a pastor this
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  • Him to become a pastor this was totally new to them. they
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  • Was totally new to them. they knew nothing about faith.
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  • Knew nothing about faith. they were very poor, they had
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  • They were very poor, they had lost everything during the
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  • Lost everything during the great depression. he told his
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  • Great depression. he told his parents he was going to leave
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  • Parents he was going to leave the farm and become a
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  • The farm and become a minister. they said, “john
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  • Minister. they said, “john you don't know how to pastor.
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  • You don't know how to pastor. all you know how to do is
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  • All you know how to do is work on the farm. you're
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  • Work on the farm. you're going to get out there and
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  • Going to get out there and fail.” they were good people,
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  • Fail.” they were good people, but they had a limited
  • 00:14:01.387 --> 00:14:03.656
  • But they had a limited mindset. people that are
  • 00:14:03.722 --> 00:14:05.357
  • Mindset. people that are living small lives will try
  • 00:14:05.424 --> 00:14:07.159
  • Living small lives will try to convince you to live
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  • To convince you to live small. family members that
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  • Small. family members that have shrunk back, will try to
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  • Have shrunk back, will try to talk you into shrinking back.
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  • Talk you into shrinking back. you have to be like
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  • You have to be like bartimaeus and break out of
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  • Bartimaeus and break out of that mold. have the boldness
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  • That mold. have the boldness to take steps of faith.
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  • To take steps of faith. that's what my father did. he
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  • That's what my father did. he had to hitchhike, but he left
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  • Had to hitchhike, but he left the farm and he went out and
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  • The farm and he went out and began to minister. that was
  • 00:14:26.245 --> 00:14:28.247
  • Began to minister. that was the start to more than fifty
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  • The start to more than fifty years of pastoring and
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  • Years of pastoring and ministering all over the
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  • Ministering all over the world. had daddy shrunk back,
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  • World. had daddy shrunk back, we wouldn't be here today.
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  • We wouldn't be here today. where god is calling you is
  • 00:14:37.890 --> 00:14:39.358
  • Where god is calling you is going to take greater faith,
  • 00:14:39.425 --> 00:14:41.593
  • Going to take greater faith, greater courage. people may
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  • Greater courage. people may not understand and try to
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  • Not understand and try to talk you out of it. there
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  • Talk you out of it. there will be giants that look
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  • Will be giants that look bigger. you'll be tempted to
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  • Bigger. you'll be tempted to retreat, “i don't want that
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  • Retreat, “i don't want that pressure.” you have to be
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  • Pressure.” you have to be strong. god has raised you up
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  • Strong. god has raised you up for this time. he's empowered
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  • For this time. he's empowered you with his spirit. it's not
  • 00:14:57.810 --> 00:14:59.878
  • You with his spirit. it's not a spirit to quit, a spirit to
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  • A spirit to quit, a spirit to settle, a spirit to run and
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  • Settle, a spirit to run and hide. it's a spirit of power,
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  • Hide. it's a spirit of power, a spirit to outlast, a spirit
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  • A spirit to outlast, a spirit to bring down giants, to
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  • To bring down giants, to break generational
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  • Break generational limitations, to accomplish
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  • Limitations, to accomplish more than you thought
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  • More than you thought possible.
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  • Think about the three hebrew
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  • Think about the three hebrew teenagers, shadrach, meshach,
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  • Teenagers, shadrach, meshach, abednego. they wouldn't bow
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  • Abednego. they wouldn't bow down to the king's golden
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  • Down to the king's golden idol. they only worshipped
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  • Idol. they only worshipped jehovah. when the king got
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  • Jehovah. when the king got word, he was furious. he
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  • Word, he was furious. he said, “i'm going to give you
  • 00:15:28.707 --> 00:15:29.508
  • Said, “i'm going to give you one more chance. if you don't
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  • One more chance. if you don't bow, if you don't shrink back
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  • Bow, if you don't shrink back like everyone else, i'm going
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  • Like everyone else, i'm going to throw you into a fiery
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  • To throw you into a fiery furnace.” they had emotions
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  • Furnace.” they had emotions just like us. they felt fear,
  • 00:15:37.916 --> 00:15:40.285
  • Just like us. they felt fear, intimidation. no doubt panic
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  • Set in. “man, this is life or
  • 00:15:43.188 --> 00:15:45.491
  • Set in. “man, this is life or death.” everything in them
  • 00:15:45.557 --> 00:15:47.559
  • Death.” everything in them said, “back down. retreat.
  • 00:15:47.626 --> 00:15:49.895
  • Said, “back down. retreat. it's not worth it.” this
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  • It's not worth it.” this battle was taking place in
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  • Battle was taking place in their mind. they could have
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  • Their mind. they could have said, “all right king, we've
  • 00:15:54.566 --> 00:15:55.634
  • Said, “all right king, we've changed our mind. we're going
  • 00:15:55.701 --> 00:15:57.503
  • Changed our mind. we're going to bow.” it's always easier
  • 00:15:57.569 --> 00:15:59.405
  • To bow.” it's always easier to shrink back. it's easier
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  • To shrink back. it's easier to get out from under the
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  • To get out from under the pressure, quit believing, not
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  • Pressure, quit believing, not have to stand strong. but to
  • 00:16:04.810 --> 00:16:07.479
  • Have to stand strong. but to reach your destiny you have
  • 00:16:07.546 --> 00:16:09.281
  • Reach your destiny you have to do the hard thing. if it
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  • To do the hard thing. if it was easy, everyone would do
  • 00:16:11.316 --> 00:16:13.452
  • Was easy, everyone would do it. god is looking for people
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  • It. god is looking for people that won't be intimidated by
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  • That won't be intimidated by the threats, won't back down
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  • The threats, won't back down because of fear, won't give
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  • Because of fear, won't give up because of the
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  • Up because of the disappointment, or because
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  • Disappointment, or because the giant is bigger. be a
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  • The giant is bigger. be a david. do the hard thing.
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  • David. do the hard thing. what i've found is when you
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  • What i've found is when you do what's difficult, there's
  • 00:16:30.369 --> 00:16:32.204
  • Do what's difficult, there's a grace that empowers you. a
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  • A grace that empowers you. a favor that enables you. it
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  • Favor that enables you. it won't be as hard as it looks.
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  • Won't be as hard as it looks. god will show up and breathe
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  • God will show up and breathe on your life. strength and
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  • On your life. strength and courage, he'll make ways
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  • Courage, he'll make ways where you don't see a way.
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  • Where you don't see a way. he'll turn your sling shot
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  • He'll turn your sling shot into a mighty weapon that
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  • Into a mighty weapon that brings down giants.
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  • These teenagers said, “we're
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  • These teenagers said, “we're sorry, king, but we are not
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  • Sorry, king, but we are not going to bow down. we know
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  • Going to bow down. we know our god will deliver us.
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  • Our god will deliver us. here's the key, they went on
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  • Here's the key, they went on to say, “but even if he
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  • To say, “but even if he doesn't, we're still not
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  • Doesn't, we're still not going to bow.” that's a
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  • Powerful attitude, “god, we
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  • Powerful attitude, “god, we would rather honor you and
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  • Would rather honor you and lose our life, than shrink
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  • Lose our life, than shrink back and keep our life.”
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  • Back and keep our life.” because if you shrink back,
  • 00:17:12.411 --> 00:17:13.645
  • Because if you shrink back, you can't become who you were
  • 00:17:13.712 --> 00:17:15.447
  • You can't become who you were created to be. this takes
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  • Created to be. this takes trust. sometimes we think, “i
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  • Trust. sometimes we think, “i won't shrink back as long as
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  • Won't shrink back as long as i know it's going to work out
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  • I know it's going to work out my way. i'll face goliath as
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  • My way. i'll face goliath as long as i know i'm going to
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  • Long as i know i'm going to defeat him. i'll go after the
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  • Defeat him. i'll go after the compaq center as long as i
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  • Compaq center as long as i know that we're going to get
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  • Know that we're going to get it.” but that doesn't take
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  • It.” but that doesn't take any faith. god will ask you
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  • Any faith. god will ask you to go into the unknown, where
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  • To go into the unknown, where there's uncertainty. you
  • 00:17:35.701 --> 00:17:37.536
  • There's uncertainty. you don't know how it's going to
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  • Don't know how it's going to work out. you're saying,
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  • Work out. you're saying, “god, my life is in your
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  • “god, my life is in your hands. i'm going to keep
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  • Hands. i'm going to keep pressing forward, despite
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  • Pressing forward, despite this giant being so much
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  • This giant being so much bigger, knowing that you have
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  • Bigger, knowing that you have the final say. what you've
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  • The final say. what you've purposed for my life will
  • 00:17:48.247 --> 00:17:50.149
  • Purposed for my life will come to pass.” if the giant
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  • Come to pass.” if the giant would have defeated david,
  • 00:17:53.685 --> 00:17:55.821
  • Would have defeated david, david would have finished his
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  • David would have finished his course. he would have died in
  • 00:17:57.156 --> 00:17:58.724
  • Course. he would have died in faith. if the fire consumed
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  • Faith. if the fire consumed the teenagers, they would
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  • The teenagers, they would have fulfilled their destiny.
  • 00:18:02.461 --> 00:18:04.730
  • Have fulfilled their destiny. as long as you're pursuing
  • 00:18:04.796 --> 00:18:05.764
  • As long as you're pursuing god's purpose, doing what
  • 00:18:05.831 --> 00:18:07.432
  • God's purpose, doing what he's put in your heart, then
  • 00:18:07.499 --> 00:18:09.501
  • He's put in your heart, then it's up to him to protect
  • 00:18:09.568 --> 00:18:10.802
  • It's up to him to protect you, to favor you, to move
  • 00:18:10.869 --> 00:18:12.671
  • You, to favor you, to move you into your destiny.
  • 00:18:12.738 --> 00:18:14.840
  • You into your destiny. the king heated up the fire
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  • The king heated up the fire seven times hotter than
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  • Seven times hotter than normal. he wanted to make
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  • Normal. he wanted to make sure they were quickly
  • 00:18:19.478 --> 00:18:20.412
  • Sure they were quickly killed. what he didn't
  • 00:18:20.479 --> 00:18:22.347
  • Killed. what he didn't realize, was he was setting
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  • Realize, was he was setting them up for a bigger miracle.
  • 00:18:23.916 --> 00:18:26.418
  • Them up for a bigger miracle. sometimes the enemy overplays
  • 00:18:26.485 --> 00:18:27.519
  • Sometimes the enemy overplays his hand. god will let the
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  • His hand. god will let the odds be against you in a
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  • Odds be against you in a greater way on purpose.
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  • Greater way on purpose. goliath could have been a
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  • Goliath could have been a typical tall man. someone
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  • Typical tall man. someone big, maybe six foot five,
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  • Big, maybe six foot five, muscular. he still would have
  • 00:18:39.198 --> 00:18:40.933
  • Muscular. he still would have towered over david. david was
  • 00:18:40.999 --> 00:18:42.367
  • Towered over david. david was small. but goliath stood over
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  • Small. but goliath stood over nine feet tall. his armor
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  • Nine feet tall. his armor weighed a hundred and
  • 00:18:47.239 --> 00:18:48.340
  • Weighed a hundred and twenty-five pounds. he was
  • 00:18:48.407 --> 00:18:49.942
  • Twenty-five pounds. he was almost twice david's size.
  • 00:18:50.008 --> 00:18:52.211
  • Almost twice david's size. that wasn't a coincidence.
  • 00:18:52.277 --> 00:18:54.446
  • That wasn't a coincidence. god let goliath be so much
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  • God let goliath be so much bigger, he let the fire be
  • 00:18:56.281 --> 00:18:58.383
  • Bigger, he let the fire be seven times hotter, so that
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  • Seven times hotter, so that when he turned it around,
  • 00:19:00.185 --> 00:19:01.653
  • When he turned it around, there would be no doubt, it
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  • There would be no doubt, it was the hand of almighty god.
  • 00:19:03.589 --> 00:19:05.390
  • Was the hand of almighty god. his power at work.
  • 00:19:05.457 --> 00:19:08.293
  • His power at work. they threw these teenagers
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  • They threw these teenagers into the fire. of course,
  • 00:19:09.461 --> 00:19:10.796
  • Into the fire. of course, they should have burned up
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  • They should have burned up quickly. the king looked in
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  • Quickly. the king looked in and said, “didn't we throw
  • 00:19:13.465 --> 00:19:14.633
  • And said, “didn't we throw three men in the fire. i see
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  • Three men in the fire. i see four men, and one looks like
  • 00:19:16.735 --> 00:19:18.003
  • Four men, and one looks like the son of god.” they came
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  • The son of god.” they came out without the smell of
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  • Out without the smell of smoke. the king said, “from
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  • Smoke. the king said, “from now on, we're all going to
  • 00:19:23.976 --> 00:19:24.910
  • Now on, we're all going to worship the god of shadrach,
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  • Worship the god of shadrach, meshach and abednego.”
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  • Meshach and abednego.” amazing things happen when
  • 00:19:28.113 --> 00:19:29.748
  • Amazing things happen when you don't shrink back. you'll
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  • You don't shrink back. you'll be protected in the fire.
  • 00:19:31.817 --> 00:19:33.585
  • Be protected in the fire. you'll defeat giants, you'll
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  • You'll defeat giants, you'll overcome impossible
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  • Overcome impossible situations.
  • 00:19:36.088 --> 00:19:38.290
  • Situations. in acts 3 peter and john were
  • 00:19:38.357 --> 00:19:40.359
  • In acts 3 peter and john were going to the temple one
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  • Going to the temple one afternoon. there was a
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  • Afternoon. there was a crippled man lying at the
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  • Crippled man lying at the gate. he asked them for
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  • Gate. he asked them for money. peter said, “i don't
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  • Money. peter said, “i don't have any silver or gold, but
  • 00:19:47.866 --> 00:19:49.368
  • Have any silver or gold, but i have something better. in
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  • I have something better. in the name of jesus rise and
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  • The name of jesus rise and walk.” the man was instantly
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  • Walk.” the man was instantly healed. he went around
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  • Healed. he went around dancing, thanking god. well,
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  • Dancing, thanking god. well, it created a big stir. people
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  • It created a big stir. people had seen the man there for
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  • Had seen the man there for years, crippled, begging, now
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  • Years, crippled, begging, now he was perfectly healthy. you
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  • He was perfectly healthy. you would think they would be
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  • Would think they would be excited, so happy, but the
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  • Excited, so happy, but the religious leaders didn't like
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  • Religious leaders didn't like it. there will always be
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  • It. there will always be people that find fault. you
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  • People that find fault. you can do a good thing, but
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  • Can do a good thing, but someone won't understand.
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  • Someone won't understand. they'll be jealous, try to
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  • They'll be jealous, try to discredit you. the leaders
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  • Discredit you. the leaders had the temple guards arrest
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  • Had the temple guards arrest peter and john and put them
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  • Peter and john and put them in jail. they brought them
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  • In jail. they brought them out the next morning and
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  • Out the next morning and said, “by what power or by
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  • Said, “by what power or by what name did you do this?
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  • What name did you do this? they thought they were
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  • They thought they were trapping peter and john, but
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  • Trapping peter and john, but this was a divine setup.
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  • This was a divine setup. peter said, “let me be clear.
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  • Peter said, “let me be clear. this man was healed by the
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  • This man was healed by the power of the name of jesus.
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  • Power of the name of jesus. the man you crucified, who
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  • The man you crucified, who god raised from the dead.”
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  • God raised from the dead.” those leaders didn't know
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  • Those leaders didn't know what to do with peter and
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  • What to do with peter and john. they had seen a great
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  • John. they had seen a great miracle. they couldn't deny
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  • Miracle. they couldn't deny it.
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  • They said in verse 17,
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  • They said in verse 17, “perhaps we can stop this
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  • “perhaps we can stop this from spreading any further.
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  • From spreading any further. we'll warn them to not speak
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  • We'll warn them to not speak in the name of jesus
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  • In the name of jesus anymore.” they called them in
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  • Anymore.” they called them in and said, “no more teaching,
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  • And said, “no more teaching, praying or talking about that
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  • Praying or talking about that name.” peter and john had to
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  • Name.” peter and john had to make a decision. are we going
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  • Make a decision. are we going to shrink back, be
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  • To shrink back, be intimidated, let these people
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  • Intimidated, let these people silence us? i can imagine the
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  • Silence us? i can imagine the spirit of god rising up on
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  • Spirit of god rising up on the inside, saying, “you
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  • Don't belong to shrink back
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  • Don't belong to shrink back people. you belong to those
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  • People. you belong to those who have courage, who have
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  • Who have courage, who have faith.” they said to the
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  • Faith.” they said to the leaders, “do you think god
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  • Leaders, “do you think god wants us to obey him or to
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  • Wants us to obey him or to obey you. we cannot stop
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  • Obey you. we cannot stop talking about the wonderful
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  • Talking about the wonderful things we have seen.” they
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  • Things we have seen.” they released peter and john. they
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  • Released peter and john. they went to the other believers
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  • Went to the other believers and told them what happened.
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  • And told them what happened. they prayed in verse 29,
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  • They prayed in verse 29, “lord, you have heard their
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  • “lord, you have heard their threats. now give your
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  • Threats. now give your servants greater boldness.
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  • Servants greater boldness. send your healing, your
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  • Send your healing, your miracles in greater ways.”
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  • Miracles in greater ways.” when they got through
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  • When they got through praying, the scripture says,
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  • Praying, the scripture says, “the building where they were
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  • “the building where they were meeting began to shake and
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  • Meeting began to shake and they were all filled with the
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  • They were all filled with the holy spirit.”
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  • Holy spirit.” we are living in a time where
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  • We are living in a time where some people don't want to
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  • Some people don't want to hear about god, faith, hope.
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  • Hear about god, faith, hope. they've never experienced his
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  • They've never experienced his goodness. they'll try to
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  • Goodness. they'll try to silence you, intimidate you.
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  • Silence you, intimidate you. it's tempting to shrink back
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  • It's tempting to shrink back and think, “i don't want to
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  • And think, “i don't want to be out of place.” no, let
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  • Be out of place.” no, let your light shine. we need to
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  • Your light shine. we need to pray like peter. “god give us
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  • Pray like peter. “god give us greater boldness. let us see
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  • Greater boldness. let us see your favor in greater ways.”
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  • Your favor in greater ways.” people can try to discredit
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  • People can try to discredit what you say, but they can't
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  • What you say, but they can't discredit what they see.
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  • Discredit what they see. those leaders didn't want to
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  • Those leaders didn't want to believe in peter and john.
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  • Believe in peter and john. they tried to discredit him,
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  • They tried to discredit him, but they could not deny this
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  • But they could not deny this crippled man was up walking.
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  • Crippled man was up walking. when people see the miracles,
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  • When people see the miracles, when they see us here in the
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  • When they see us here in the former compaq center, when
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  • Former compaq center, when they saw my mother live
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  • They saw my mother live forty-four years after being
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  • Forty-four years after being diagnosed with terminal
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  • Diagnosed with terminal cancer, they can't deny that.
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  • Cancer, they can't deny that. god is going to make you an
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  • God is going to make you an example of his goodness. he's
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  • Example of his goodness. he's going to let his favor shine
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  • Going to let his favor shine through you in a greater way,
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  • Through you in a greater way, so there won't be any doubt
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  • So there won't be any doubt that you belong to him.
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  • It's significant that this
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  • It's significant that this verse about not shrinking
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  • Verse about not shrinking back is the last verse in
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  • Back is the last verse in chapter 10 of hebrews.
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  • Chapter 10 of hebrews. chapter 11 is where all the
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  • Chapter 11 is where all the heroes of faith are listed.
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  • God is saying, if you won't
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  • God is saying, if you won't shrink back, you'll make it
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  • Shrink back, you'll make it into to chapter 11. you'll
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  • Into to chapter 11. you'll become a hero of faith,
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  • Become a hero of faith, breaking generational
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  • Breaking generational bondages and setting new
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  • Bondages and setting new standards. are there areas in
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  • Standards. are there areas in your life where you've gotten
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  • Your life where you've gotten complacent, become stagnate?
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  • Complacent, become stagnate? this is not the time to
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  • This is not the time to shrink back; this is the time
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  • Shrink back; this is the time to take new ground. you have
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  • To take new ground. you have to stir your faith. get your
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  • To stir your faith. get your passion back. you may have
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  • Passion back. you may have gone through disappointments,
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  • Gone through disappointments, a door closed, but everything
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  • A door closed, but everything good in your life is not
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  • Good in your life is not behind you, it's in front of
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  • Behind you, it's in front of you. don't settle because of
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  • You. don't settle because of what didn't work out. this is
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  • What didn't work out. this is a new day. god is doing new
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  • A new day. god is doing new things. you don't belong to a
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  • Things. you don't belong to a shrink back family. in your
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  • Shrink back family. in your dna is the courage of esther,
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  • Dna is the courage of esther, a young woman who saved the
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  • A young woman who saved the jewish people. the boldness
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  • Jewish people. the boldness of david, who brought down a
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  • Of david, who brought down a giant. the faith of abraham,
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  • Giant. the faith of abraham, who believed without seeing.
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  • Who believed without seeing. the endurance of sarah, who
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  • The endurance of sarah, who gave birth at ninety years
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  • Gave birth at ninety years old. the favor of mary, who
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  • Old. the favor of mary, who had a child without knowing a
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  • Had a child without knowing a man. the power of elijah, who
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  • Man. the power of elijah, who called down fire from heaven.
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  • Called down fire from heaven. the strength of samson, who
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  • The strength of samson, who defeated a whole army by
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  • Defeated a whole army by himself. that's who you are.
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  • Himself. that's who you are. a history maker, a giant
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  • A history maker, a giant killer. be strong. be
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  • Killer. be strong. be courageous and go after what
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  • Courageous and go after what god put in your heart. if
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  • God put in your heart. if you'll do this, i believe and
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  • You'll do this, i believe and declare, like bartimaeus,
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  • Declare, like bartimaeus, your faith is going to make
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  • Your faith is going to make you whole. healing, favor,
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  • You whole. healing, favor, breakthroughs. like david,
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  • Breakthroughs. like david, giants are about to come
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  • Giants are about to come down. like peter, you will
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  • Down. like peter, you will see greater favor that people
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  • See greater favor that people cannot deny, in jesus' name.
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  • Cannot deny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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  • If you receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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  • God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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  • It's received, and you can discover
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  • Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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