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Joel Osteen - Dropped But Not Forgotten

April 30, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Dropped But Not Forgotten | April 30, 2026

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(applause) well, god bless you. it's
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(applause) well, god bless you. it's always a joy to come into your
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Well, god bless you. it's always a joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in our
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Always a joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in our area please stop by and be a
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Homes. if you're ever in our area please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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Area please stop by and be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you
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Part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but thanks
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in.
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Feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in. thank you again for coming out
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So much for tuning in. thank you again for coming out today.i like to start with
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Thank you again for coming out today.i like to start with something funny. i heard about
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Today.i like to start with something funny. i heard about this cat and mouse that died
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Something funny. i heard about this cat and mouse that died on the same day and went to
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This cat and mouse that died on the same day and went to heaven. after a few weeks,
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On the same day and went to heaven. after a few weeks, st. peter saw the mouse and
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Heaven. after a few weeks, st. peter saw the mouse and asked him how he liked it?
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St. peter saw the mouse and asked him how he liked it? he said, "oh, it's great but
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Asked him how he liked it? he said, "oh, it's great but it's so big. i would love to
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He said, "oh, it's great but it's so big. i would love to get some roller skates."
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It's so big. i would love to get some roller skates." peter said, "no problem."
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Get some roller skates." peter said, "no problem." and got him some roller skates.
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Peter said, "no problem." and got him some roller skates. a few weeks later, peter saw the
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And got him some roller skates. a few weeks later, peter saw the cat and asked him how he
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A few weeks later, peter saw the cat and asked him how he liked it. he said, "oh, it's
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Cat and asked him how he liked it. he said, "oh, it's fantastic. and just when
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Liked it. he said, "oh, it's fantastic. and just when i thought it couldn't get any
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Fantastic. and just when i thought it couldn't get any better, i discovered the meals
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I thought it couldn't get any better, i discovered the meals on wheels." (laughter)
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Better, i discovered the meals on wheels." (laughter) hold up your bible. say it like
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On wheels." (laughter) hold up your bible. say it like you mean it.
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Hold up your bible. say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the
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I can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the word of god.
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Today i will be taught the word of god. i boldly confess:
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Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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In jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today about dropped but not forgotten.
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I want to talk to you today about dropped but not forgotten. we all go through situations
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About dropped but not forgotten. we all go through situations where life is not fair. i met a
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We all go through situations where life is not fair. i met a man last week. he had just been
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Where life is not fair. i met a man last week. he had just been laid off after 25 years with
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Man last week. he had just been laid off after 25 years with the same company. he felt
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Laid off after 25 years with the same company. he felt betrayed, alone, forgotten.
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The same company. he felt betrayed, alone, forgotten. like he'd been dropped.
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Betrayed, alone, forgotten. like he'd been dropped. a friend of mine, his father
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Like he'd been dropped. a friend of mine, his father was killed in an accident when
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A friend of mine, his father was killed in an accident when he was 2 years old. and all
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Was killed in an accident when he was 2 years old. and all through school, he used to
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He was 2 years old. and all through school, he used to think, "why does everybody else
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Through school, he used to think, "why does everybody else have a dad but i don't?" there
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Think, "why does everybody else have a dad but i don't?" there was an emptiness on the inside.
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Have a dad but i don't?" there was an emptiness on the inside. dropped as a little boy.
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Was an emptiness on the inside. dropped as a little boy. sometimes, other people's poor
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Dropped as a little boy. sometimes, other people's poor choices have a negative effect
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Sometimes, other people's poor choices have a negative effect on us. maybe you were raised
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Choices have a negative effect on us. maybe you were raised in an unhealthy environment.
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On us. maybe you were raised in an unhealthy environment. and now you're still struggling
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In an unhealthy environment. and now you're still struggling with the same addictions, same
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And now you're still struggling with the same addictions, same depression, same anger.
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With the same addictions, same depression, same anger. it keeps getting passed down.
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Depression, same anger. it keeps getting passed down. some people have been
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It keeps getting passed down. some people have been mistreated, taken advantage of.
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Some people have been mistreated, taken advantage of. now they have to deal with
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Mistreated, taken advantage of. now they have to deal with guilt, shame, feeling like they
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Now they have to deal with guilt, shame, feeling like they don't measure up. it wasn't
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Guilt, shame, feeling like they don't measure up. it wasn't even their fault. somebody
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Don't measure up. it wasn't even their fault. somebody else dropped them. and i've
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Even their fault. somebody else dropped them. and i've learned you can't live very
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Else dropped them. and i've learned you can't live very long without being dropped.
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Learned you can't live very long without being dropped. dropped by an illness. dropped
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Long without being dropped. dropped by an illness. dropped by a divorce. dropped by a
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Dropped by an illness. dropped by a divorce. dropped by a friend that turns on you.
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By a divorce. dropped by a friend that turns on you. it's easy to get discouraged
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Friend that turns on you. it's easy to get discouraged and think, "man, this is my lot
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It's easy to get discouraged and think, "man, this is my lot in life. it's never going to
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And think, "man, this is my lot in life. it's never going to change."
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In life. it's never going to change." no, you may have been dropped.
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Change." no, you may have been dropped. but the good news is god knows
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No, you may have been dropped. but the good news is god knows how to pick you back up. david
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But the good news is god knows how to pick you back up. david said, "god lifted me out of the
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How to pick you back up. david said, "god lifted me out of the pit and set my feet upon a
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Said, "god lifted me out of the pit and set my feet upon a rock." david had been dropped
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Pit and set my feet upon a rock." david had been dropped by rejection, dropped by people
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Rock." david had been dropped by rejection, dropped by people coming against him, dropped by
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By rejection, dropped by people coming against him, dropped by his own mistakes and failures.
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Coming against him, dropped by his own mistakes and failures. but god said, in effect, "david,
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His own mistakes and failures. but god said, in effect, "david, don't worry. that drop is not
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But god said, in effect, "david, don't worry. that drop is not the end." that bad break, that
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Don't worry. that drop is not the end." that bad break, that person that hurt you, that
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The end." that bad break, that person that hurt you, that addiction, that sickness is not
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Person that hurt you, that addiction, that sickness is not the end of your story.
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Addiction, that sickness is not the end of your story. you may have been dropped.
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The end of your story. you may have been dropped. but you need to get ready.
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You may have been dropped. but you need to get ready. god is about to lift you.
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But you need to get ready. god is about to lift you. he's about to set you on a
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God is about to lift you. he's about to set you on a higher place. he's going to
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He's about to set you on a higher place. he's going to take you where you could not
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Higher place. he's going to take you where you could not go on your own to a new level
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Take you where you could not go on your own to a new level with new opportunities, new
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Go on your own to a new level with new opportunities, new friendships, new joy, new
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With new opportunities, new friendships, new joy, new health, new fulfillment. you're
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Friendships, new joy, new health, new fulfillment. you're not going to come out the same
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Health, new fulfillment. you're not going to come out the same way. the scripture talks about
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Not going to come out the same way. the scripture talks about how god will pay us back double
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Way. the scripture talks about how god will pay us back double for the unfair things that have
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How god will pay us back double for the unfair things that have happened. and when you go
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For the unfair things that have happened. and when you go through a disappointment, when
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Happened. and when you go through a disappointment, when you get dropped, don't get
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Through a disappointment, when you get dropped, don't get bitter, don't get discouraged.
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You get dropped, don't get bitter, don't get discouraged. get ready for double. get ready
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Bitter, don't get discouraged. get ready for double. get ready for increase. get ready for
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Get ready for double. get ready for increase. get ready for favor. get ready for new
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For increase. get ready for favor. get ready for new levels.
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Favor. get ready for new levels. but the truth
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Levels. but the truth is we all get dropped in life
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But the truth is we all get dropped in life and it's easy to feel alone,
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Is we all get dropped in life and it's easy to feel alone, forgotten, like you don't
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And it's easy to feel alone, forgotten, like you don't matter. but don't believe those
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Forgotten, like you don't matter. but don't believe those lies. god said in isaiah,
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Matter. but don't believe those lies. god said in isaiah, "i will not forget you. i have
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Lies. god said in isaiah, "i will not forget you. i have carved you into the palm of
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"i will not forget you. i have carved you into the palm of my hand."
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Carved you into the palm of my hand." every time god opens his hand,
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My hand." every time god opens his hand, he sees your name. he's
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Every time god opens his hand, he sees your name. he's reminded of you. and you may
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He sees your name. he's reminded of you. and you may have had some bad breaks, some
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Reminded of you. and you may have had some bad breaks, some closed doors, some people come
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Have had some bad breaks, some closed doors, some people come against you. but god has not
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Closed doors, some people come against you. but god has not forgotten about your dreams.
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Against you. but god has not forgotten about your dreams. he has not forgotten about the
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Forgotten about your dreams. he has not forgotten about the promises that he's given you.
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He has not forgotten about the promises that he's given you. he didn't forget about that baby
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Promises that he's given you. he didn't forget about that baby you want to have, that husband
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He didn't forget about that baby you want to have, that husband or wife you've been praying
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You want to have, that husband or wife you've been praying about. that wholeness, that
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Or wife you've been praying about. that wholeness, that healing, that freedom that you
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About. that wholeness, that healing, that freedom that you need. stay in faith. life
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Healing, that freedom that you need. stay in faith. life happens to all of us. you may
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Need. stay in faith. life happens to all of us. you may get dropped. but remember, it's
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Happens to all of us. you may get dropped. but remember, it's only temporary. god sees it.
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Get dropped. but remember, it's only temporary. god sees it. he's not only going to lift you
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Only temporary. god sees it. he's not only going to lift you back up, but he's going to set
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He's not only going to lift you back up, but he's going to set you on a higher place. you're
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Back up, but he's going to set you on a higher place. you're going to come out better off
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You on a higher place. you're going to come out better off than you were before.
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Going to come out better off than you were before. this is what happened to a
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Than you were before. this is what happened to a young man in the scripture
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This is what happened to a young man in the scripture named mephibosheth. he was the
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Young man in the scripture named mephibosheth. he was the grandson of king saul and the
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Named mephibosheth. he was the grandson of king saul and the son of jonathan. he was born
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Grandson of king saul and the son of jonathan. he was born into royalty, destined to one
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Son of jonathan. he was born into royalty, destined to one day take the throne. his future
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Into royalty, destined to one day take the throne. his future was very bright. and as a
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Day take the throne. his future was very bright. and as a child, he was being raised by
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Was very bright. and as a child, he was being raised by loving nurses, people that
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Child, he was being raised by loving nurses, people that treated him with great
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Loving nurses, people that treated him with great kindness, made sure to meet
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Treated him with great kindness, made sure to meet his every need. they knew
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Kindness, made sure to meet his every need. they knew they were dealing with the
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His every need. they knew they were dealing with the future king. but when he was
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They were dealing with the future king. but when he was five years old, his father and
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Future king. but when he was five years old, his father and his grandfather, king saul,
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Five years old, his father and his grandfather, king saul, were both killed in a battle.
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His grandfather, king saul, were both killed in a battle. news messengers rushed to
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Were both killed in a battle. news messengers rushed to mephibosheth's house to tell
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News messengers rushed to mephibosheth's house to tell them the terrible news and to
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Mephibosheth's house to tell them the terrible news and to inform them that the army was on
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Them the terrible news and to inform them that the army was on their way to try to wipe out all
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Inform them that the army was on their way to try to wipe out all of king saul's relatives.
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Their way to try to wipe out all of king saul's relatives. a nurse picked up little
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Of king saul's relatives. a nurse picked up little mephibosheth, in a great panic,
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A nurse picked up little mephibosheth, in a great panic, took off running out of the
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Mephibosheth, in a great panic, took off running out of the house as fast as she could.
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Took off running out of the house as fast as she could. she was trying to save his life.
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House as fast as she could. she was trying to save his life. she had good intentions, trying
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She was trying to save his life. she had good intentions, trying to help the young boy, but on
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She had good intentions, trying to help the young boy, but on the way down the stairs, she
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To help the young boy, but on the way down the stairs, she tripped and dropped
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The way down the stairs, she tripped and dropped mephibosheth. both of his legs
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Tripped and dropped mephibosheth. both of his legs were broken. he became crippled
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Mephibosheth. both of his legs were broken. he became crippled and could never walk again.
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Were broken. he became crippled and could never walk again. here mephibosheth had not
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And could never walk again. here mephibosheth had not done anything wrong. it wasn't
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Here mephibosheth had not done anything wrong. it wasn't his fault. yet he's having to
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Done anything wrong. it wasn't his fault. yet he's having to pay the price for somebody
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His fault. yet he's having to pay the price for somebody else's mistake. it doesn't seem
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Pay the price for somebody else's mistake. it doesn't seem fair. but sometimes in life,
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Else's mistake. it doesn't seem fair. but sometimes in life, well meaning people can drop
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Fair. but sometimes in life, well meaning people can drop you. they didn't mean to hurt
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Well meaning people can drop you. they didn't mean to hurt you. they made a mistake and
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You. they didn't mean to hurt you. they made a mistake and said some things that they
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You. they made a mistake and said some things that they shouldn't have. or they worked
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Said some things that they shouldn't have. or they worked all the time, struggling to
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Shouldn't have. or they worked all the time, struggling to make ends meet. they weren't
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All the time, struggling to make ends meet. they weren't there when you really needed
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Make ends meet. they weren't there when you really needed them. perhaps, they had bad
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There when you really needed them. perhaps, they had bad habits, addictions, passed down
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Them. perhaps, they had bad habits, addictions, passed down to them. and now they're
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Habits, addictions, passed down to them. and now they're passing them on down to you.
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To them. and now they're passing them on down to you. they weren't bad people. they
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Passing them on down to you. they weren't bad people. they had our best interest at heart,
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They weren't bad people. they had our best interest at heart, but like this nurse, they
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Had our best interest at heart, but like this nurse, they dropped us. we can become
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But like this nurse, they dropped us. we can become crippled with low self-esteem,
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Dropped us. we can become crippled with low self-esteem, crippled with addictions,
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Crippled with low self-esteem, crippled with addictions, crippled with depression.
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Crippled with addictions, crippled with depression. and even though mephibosheth
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Crippled with depression. and even though mephibosheth was the grandson of the king,
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And even though mephibosheth was the grandson of the king, even though he had royalty in
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Was the grandson of the king, even though he had royalty in his blood, he ended up living
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Even though he had royalty in his blood, he ended up living in a place called lodibar.
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His blood, he ended up living in a place called lodibar. that was one of the poorest,
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In a place called lodibar. that was one of the poorest, most rundown cities of that day.
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That was one of the poorest, most rundown cities of that day. year after year went by.
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Most rundown cities of that day. year after year went by. i'm sure he thought, "nobody
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Year after year went by. i'm sure he thought, "nobody remembers me. i used to be
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I'm sure he thought, "nobody remembers me. i used to be somebody important. somebody
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Remembers me. i used to be somebody important. somebody that was respected. i used to
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Somebody important. somebody that was respected. i used to be excited about my future.
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That was respected. i used to be excited about my future. i had big dreams. but look at
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Be excited about my future. i had big dreams. but look at me now. i'm a cripple. i can't
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I had big dreams. but look at me now. i'm a cripple. i can't even walk. i'm living in the
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Me now. i'm a cripple. i can't even walk. i'm living in the slums. nobody cares about me.
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Even walk. i'm living in the slums. nobody cares about me. i don't have any friends and it
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Slums. nobody cares about me. i don't have any friends and it wasn't even my fault. somebody
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I don't have any friends and it wasn't even my fault. somebody else dropped me."
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Wasn't even my fault. somebody else dropped me." he felt alone, forgotten, like
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Else dropped me." he felt alone, forgotten, like it would never change. but
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He felt alone, forgotten, like it would never change. but here's the beauty: nothing goes
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It would never change. but here's the beauty: nothing goes unnoticed with our god. god
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Here's the beauty: nothing goes unnoticed with our god. god saw his father killed and taken
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Unnoticed with our god. god saw his father killed and taken away at a young age. god saw
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Saw his father killed and taken away at a young age. god saw the well-meaning nurse drop
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Away at a young age. god saw the well-meaning nurse drop him. god saw his once normal
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The well-meaning nurse drop him. god saw his once normal legs that could run and jump
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Him. god saw his once normal legs that could run and jump and play instantly becoming
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Legs that could run and jump and play instantly becoming crippled. god saw the despair,
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And play instantly becoming crippled. god saw the despair, poverty, the lack that he was
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Crippled. god saw the despair, poverty, the lack that he was living in. and god didn't say,
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Poverty, the lack that he was living in. and god didn't say, "well, mephibosheth, you sure
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Living in. and god didn't say, "well, mephibosheth, you sure got some bad breaks. you need
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"well, mephibosheth, you sure got some bad breaks. you need to find you a more sure-footed
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Got some bad breaks. you need to find you a more sure-footed nurse next time. she really
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To find you a more sure-footed nurse next time. she really messed your life up." no, god
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Nurse next time. she really messed your life up." no, god said, "mephibosheth, i have not
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Messed your life up." no, god said, "mephibosheth, i have not forgotten about you. i've got
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Said, "mephibosheth, i have not forgotten about you. i've got you carved into the palm of my
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Forgotten about you. i've got you carved into the palm of my hand. you're always on my mind.
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You carved into the palm of my hand. you're always on my mind. and yes, you may have been
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Hand. you're always on my mind. and yes, you may have been dropped. but that bad break is
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And yes, you may have been dropped. but that bad break is not the end. i'm a god of
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Dropped. but that bad break is not the end. i'm a god of justice. i am going to pay you
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Not the end. i'm a god of justice. i am going to pay you back for what has happened."
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Justice. i am going to pay you back for what has happened." and one day, king david was on
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Back for what has happened." and one day, king david was on the throne of israel, sitting in
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And one day, king david was on the throne of israel, sitting in the palace, minding his own
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The throne of israel, sitting in the palace, minding his own business when all of a sudden,
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The palace, minding his own business when all of a sudden, he felt this desire to be good
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Business when all of a sudden, he felt this desire to be good to some of saul's relatives.
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He felt this desire to be good to some of saul's relatives. now this is unusual because,
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To some of saul's relatives. now this is unusual because, saul was the one that tried to
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Now this is unusual because, saul was the one that tried to kill david. he was the one that
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Saul was the one that tried to kill david. he was the one that chased david through the
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Kill david. he was the one that chased david through the wilderness and made his life
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Chased david through the wilderness and made his life miserable. yet, david said in
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Wilderness and made his life miserable. yet, david said in 2nd samuel 9, "is there anyone
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Miserable. yet, david said in 2nd samuel 9, "is there anyone left from the house of saul
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2nd samuel 9, "is there anyone left from the house of saul that i might show kindness to?"
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Left from the house of saul that i might show kindness to?" why would david want to be
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That i might show kindness to?" why would david want to be kind to one of his enemies?
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Why would david want to be kind to one of his enemies? that was god whispering in
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Kind to one of his enemies? that was god whispering in david's ear, giving him a desire
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That was god whispering in david's ear, giving him a desire to be good to someone that
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David's ear, giving him a desire to be good to someone that had been dropped. god can make
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To be good to someone that had been dropped. god can make things happen that you could
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Had been dropped. god can make things happen that you could never make happen on your own.
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Things happen that you could never make happen on your own. you may say, "joel, i'm stuck.
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Never make happen on your own. you may say, "joel, i'm stuck. i've had these bad breaks. i'll
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You may say, "joel, i'm stuck. i've had these bad breaks. i'll never accomplish my dreams.
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I've had these bad breaks. i'll never accomplish my dreams. i'll never get out of this mess.
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Never accomplish my dreams. i'll never get out of this mess. i'll never be fulfilled."
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I'll never get out of this mess. i'll never be fulfilled." no, you need to get ready.
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I'll never be fulfilled." no, you need to get ready. your time is coming. god is
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No, you need to get ready. your time is coming. god is about to whisper in somebody's
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Your time is coming. god is about to whisper in somebody's ear to be good to you. you
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About to whisper in somebody's ear to be good to you. you didn't deserve it. you couldn't
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Ear to be good to you. you didn't deserve it. you couldn't earn it. but for no reason,
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Didn't deserve it. you couldn't earn it. but for no reason, somebody gives you a good
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Earn it. but for no reason, somebody gives you a good break. somebody offers you
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Somebody gives you a good break. somebody offers you the job. somebody gives you
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Break. somebody offers you the job. somebody gives you the contract. somebody steps
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The job. somebody gives you the contract. somebody steps up and solves the problem for
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The contract. somebody steps up and solves the problem for you. don't get discouraged.
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Up and solves the problem for you. don't get discouraged. justice is coming. restoration
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You. don't get discouraged. justice is coming. restoration is coming. new beginnings are
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Justice is coming. restoration is coming. new beginnings are on their way.
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Is coming. new beginnings are on their way. when david asked if any of
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On their way. when david asked if any of saul's relatives were still
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When david asked if any of saul's relatives were still alive, one of his assistants
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Saul's relatives were still alive, one of his assistants said, "we've searched and
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Alive, one of his assistants said, "we've searched and searched. there's only one
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Said, "we've searched and searched. there's only one grandson left. it's the son of
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Searched. there's only one grandson left. it's the son of jonathan. his name is
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Grandson left. it's the son of jonathan. his name is mephibosheth. but he's
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Jonathan. his name is mephibosheth. but he's crippled. he can't even walk,
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Mephibosheth. but he's crippled. he can't even walk, david. no use wasting your time
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Crippled. he can't even walk, david. no use wasting your time with him. he's never going to
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David. no use wasting your time with him. he's never going to amount to anything."
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With him. he's never going to amount to anything." they tried to talk david out of
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Amount to anything." they tried to talk david out of it. david said, "no, you go
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They tried to talk david out of it. david said, "no, you go find him right now and bring
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It. david said, "no, you go find him right now and bring him to the palace."
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Find him right now and bring him to the palace." well, mephibosheth was living in
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Him to the palace." well, mephibosheth was living in hiding, in exile, hoping that
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Well, mephibosheth was living in hiding, in exile, hoping that nobody knew that he was related
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Hiding, in exile, hoping that nobody knew that he was related to king saul. after all, saul
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Nobody knew that he was related to king saul. after all, saul had not treated david right.
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To king saul. after all, saul had not treated david right. imagine what the people thought
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Had not treated david right. imagine what the people thought when they saw these officials
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Imagine what the people thought when they saw these officials from the palace, wearing their
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When they saw these officials from the palace, wearing their royal uniforms, show up in
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From the palace, wearing their royal uniforms, show up in lodibar and start searching
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Royal uniforms, show up in lodibar and start searching through the slums for this
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Lodibar and start searching through the slums for this crippled man named mephibosheth.
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Through the slums for this crippled man named mephibosheth. the whole city was stirring,
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Crippled man named mephibosheth. the whole city was stirring, buzzing with excitement.
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The whole city was stirring, buzzing with excitement. word finally reached
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Buzzing with excitement. word finally reached mephibosheth that people were
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Word finally reached mephibosheth that people were here from the palace.
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Mephibosheth that people were here from the palace. he asked, "what in the world are
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Here from the palace. he asked, "what in the world are they doing here in lodibar?
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He asked, "what in the world are they doing here in lodibar? of all places?" they said,
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They doing here in lodibar? of all places?" they said, "mephibosheth, they're looking
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Of all places?" they said, "mephibosheth, they're looking for you." his heart skipped a
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"mephibosheth, they're looking for you." his heart skipped a beat. he thought, "oh man, my
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For you." his heart skipped a beat. he thought, "oh man, my luck has run out. they finally
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Beat. he thought, "oh man, my luck has run out. they finally found me. they're going to
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Luck has run out. they finally found me. they're going to get rid of me."
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Found me. they're going to get rid of me." the officials came bursting in
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Get rid of me." the officials came bursting in and said, "mephibosheth, get up
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The officials came bursting in and said, "mephibosheth, get up and come with us. you're being
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And said, "mephibosheth, get up and come with us. you're being summoned by the king."
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And come with us. you're being summoned by the king." the problem is mephibosheth
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Summoned by the king." the problem is mephibosheth couldn't walk. they had to
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The problem is mephibosheth couldn't walk. they had to carry him to the palace.
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Couldn't walk. they had to carry him to the palace. they traveled hour after hour.
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Carry him to the palace. they traveled hour after hour. finally arrived and told king
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They traveled hour after hour. finally arrived and told king david that he was there. david
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Finally arrived and told king david that he was there. david went out to meet mephibosheth.
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David that he was there. david went out to meet mephibosheth. he was expecting to see someone
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Went out to meet mephibosheth. he was expecting to see someone that looked like king saul, his
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He was expecting to see someone that looked like king saul, his grandfather. saul stood head
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That looked like king saul, his grandfather. saul stood head and shoulders above the rest.
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Grandfather. saul stood head and shoulders above the rest. saul looked like a king. he had
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And shoulders above the rest. saul looked like a king. he had a presence that commanded
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Saul looked like a king. he had a presence that commanded respect. saul walked like he
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A presence that commanded respect. saul walked like he was royalty. here's his
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Respect. saul walked like he was royalty. here's his grandson now. david is
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Was royalty. here's his grandson now. david is expecting some kind of
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Grandson now. david is expecting some kind of resemblance. but when david
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Expecting some kind of resemblance. but when david opens the door and sees
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Resemblance. but when david opens the door and sees mephibosheth on the ground,
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Opens the door and sees mephibosheth on the ground, frail, emaciated, legs
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Mephibosheth on the ground, frail, emaciated, legs shriveled up, hair not combed,
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Frail, emaciated, legs shriveled up, hair not combed, clothes dirty.
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Shriveled up, hair not combed, clothes dirty. david said to his assistant,
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Clothes dirty. david said to his assistant, "are you sure this is the
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David said to his assistant, "are you sure this is the grandson of a king? are you
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"are you sure this is the grandson of a king? are you sure this man is royalty?"
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Grandson of a king? are you sure this man is royalty?" they said, "yes sir, we are
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Sure this man is royalty?" they said, "yes sir, we are certain."
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They said, "yes sir, we are certain." david looks at him and says,
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Certain." david looks at him and says, "mephibosheth, what happened
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David looks at him and says, "mephibosheth, what happened to you?"
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"mephibosheth, what happened to you?" mephibosheth wouldn't look at
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To you?" mephibosheth wouldn't look at david. he was too insecure, too
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Mephibosheth wouldn't look at david. he was too insecure, too afraid, too embarrassed.
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David. he was too insecure, too afraid, too embarrassed. he said, "king david, when i was
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Afraid, too embarrassed. he said, "king david, when i was five years old and my father
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He said, "king david, when i was five years old and my father and grandfather were killed,
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Five years old and my father and grandfather were killed, somebody dropped me and my
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And grandfather were killed, somebody dropped me and my life has never been the same."
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Somebody dropped me and my life has never been the same." that could have been the end
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Life has never been the same." that could have been the end of the story and david thought,
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That could have been the end of the story and david thought, "well too bad for you. you
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Of the story and david thought, "well too bad for you. you should have seen how your
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"well too bad for you. you should have seen how your grandfather treated me. i don't
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Should have seen how your grandfather treated me. i don't feel sorry for you one bit.
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Grandfather treated me. i don't feel sorry for you one bit. you're getting what your
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Feel sorry for you one bit. you're getting what your family deserved."
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You're getting what your family deserved." mephibosheth is there on the
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Family deserved." mephibosheth is there on the ground, afraid, trembling,
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Mephibosheth is there on the ground, afraid, trembling, thinking that it's the end.
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Ground, afraid, trembling, thinking that it's the end. david smiles and says,
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Thinking that it's the end. david smiles and says, "mephibosheth, don't worry.
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David smiles and says, "mephibosheth, don't worry. i'm not going to harm you.
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"mephibosheth, don't worry. i'm not going to harm you. i'm going to be good to you.
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I'm not going to harm you. i'm going to be good to you. from now on, you're not going
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I'm going to be good to you. from now on, you're not going to live in lodibar. you're
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From now on, you're not going to live in lodibar. you're going to live in the palace
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To live in lodibar. you're going to live in the palace with me. i'm going to give you
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Going to live in the palace with me. i'm going to give you all the land that belonged to
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With me. i'm going to give you all the land that belonged to your grandfather, king saul.
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All the land that belonged to your grandfather, king saul. you're not going to go out
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Your grandfather, king saul. you're not going to go out and have to work it and farm
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You're not going to go out and have to work it and farm the land. i'm going to give you
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And have to work it and farm the land. i'm going to give you a full staff to farm the land
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The land. i'm going to give you a full staff to farm the land for you and give you the
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A full staff to farm the land for you and give you the profits. they'll do all the
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For you and give you the profits. they'll do all the work and you'll reap all the
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Profits. they'll do all the work and you'll reap all the benefits. last thing,
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Work and you'll reap all the benefits. last thing, mephibosheth, every night, you
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Benefits. last thing, mephibosheth, every night, you will always sit at my table and
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Mephibosheth, every night, you will always sit at my table and have dinner with me. not with
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Will always sit at my table and have dinner with me. not with my staff. not with my military
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Have dinner with me. not with my staff. not with my military leaders. no, you have a
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My staff. not with my military leaders. no, you have a permanent seat at the king's
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Leaders. no, you have a permanent seat at the king's table."
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Permanent seat at the king's table." interesting is mephibosheth
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Table." interesting is mephibosheth never did get healed. he
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Interesting is mephibosheth never did get healed. he continued to be a cripple the
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Never did get healed. he continued to be a cripple the rest of his life. and it could
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Continued to be a cripple the rest of his life. and it could have seemed like this story
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Rest of his life. and it could have seemed like this story doesn't have a good ending but
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Have seemed like this story doesn't have a good ending but i've learned that if god
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Doesn't have a good ending but i've learned that if god doesn't remove the difficulty,
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I've learned that if god doesn't remove the difficulty, if he doesn't totally turn it
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Doesn't remove the difficulty, if he doesn't totally turn it around, god will make it up to
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If he doesn't totally turn it around, god will make it up to you.
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Around, god will make it up to you. you may have lost a loved one.
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You. you may have lost a loved one. you can't bring that person back
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You may have lost a loved one. you can't bring that person back but god can make the rest of
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You can't bring that person back but god can make the rest of your life so rewarding, so
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But god can make the rest of your life so rewarding, so fulfilling that it will help
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Your life so rewarding, so fulfilling that it will help take away that pain. or perhaps
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Fulfilling that it will help take away that pain. or perhaps somebody walked out of a
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Take away that pain. or perhaps somebody walked out of a relationship, broke your heart,
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Somebody walked out of a relationship, broke your heart, did you wrong; god can bring
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Relationship, broke your heart, did you wrong; god can bring somebody new in your life that
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Did you wrong; god can bring somebody new in your life that is so loving, so kind, so good
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Somebody new in your life that is so loving, so kind, so good looking, so well off, you don't
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Is so loving, so kind, so good looking, so well off, you don't even miss that old goat that
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Looking, so well off, you don't even miss that old goat that left you, i mean that person
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Even miss that old goat that left you, i mean that person that left you. god knows how
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Left you, i mean that person that left you. god knows how to pay you back!
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That left you. god knows how to pay you back! mephibosheth never walked
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To pay you back! mephibosheth never walked again. but sitting at the
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Mephibosheth never walked again. but sitting at the king's table every night,
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Again. but sitting at the king's table every night, having people wait on him,
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King's table every night, having people wait on him, bring his food, farm his land,
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Having people wait on him, bring his food, farm his land, give him the profits, for some
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Bring his food, farm his land, give him the profits, for some reason, i don't think he ever
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Give him the profits, for some reason, i don't think he ever complained. all he could say
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Reason, i don't think he ever complained. all he could say was, "lord, thank you for
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Complained. all he could say was, "lord, thank you for remembering me. thank you
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Was, "lord, thank you for remembering me. thank you for your favor. thank you for
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Remembering me. thank you for your favor. thank you for your mercy."
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For your favor. thank you for your mercy." when god overwhelms you with
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Your mercy." when god overwhelms you with his goodness, when he brings
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When god overwhelms you with his goodness, when he brings you out with double, you won't
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His goodness, when he brings you out with double, you won't complain about who hurt you
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You out with double, you won't complain about who hurt you and what didn't work out and
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Complain about who hurt you and what didn't work out and how unfair it was. you'll be
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And what didn't work out and how unfair it was. you'll be so amazed that god remembered
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How unfair it was. you'll be so amazed that god remembered you and promoted you and had
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So amazed that god remembered you and promoted you and had people to carry you when you
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You and promoted you and had people to carry you when you couldn't go on your own.
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People to carry you when you couldn't go on your own. like mephibosheth, all you'll
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Couldn't go on your own. like mephibosheth, all you'll be able to do is thank god for
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Like mephibosheth, all you'll be able to do is thank god for his goodness in your life.
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Be able to do is thank god for his goodness in your life. my sister, lisa, and her
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His goodness in your life. my sister, lisa, and her husband, kevin, they tried for
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My sister, lisa, and her husband, kevin, they tried for many years to have a baby with
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Husband, kevin, they tried for many years to have a baby with no success. and lisa went
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Many years to have a baby with no success. and lisa went through all the fertility
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No success. and lisa went through all the fertility treatments. even had a couple
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Through all the fertility treatments. even had a couple of surgeries. still no baby.
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Treatments. even had a couple of surgeries. still no baby. finally, the doctors told her
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Of surgeries. still no baby. finally, the doctors told her that she would never be able
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Finally, the doctors told her that she would never be able to have a child. and other
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That she would never be able to have a child. and other people had had that same
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To have a child. and other people had had that same negative report but against
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People had had that same negative report but against all odds, they've had a baby
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Negative report but against all odds, they've had a baby anyway.
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All odds, they've had a baby anyway. we've all seen god make a way
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Anyway. we've all seen god make a way where there was no way.
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We've all seen god make a way where there was no way. but for lisa and kevin, it
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Where there was no way. but for lisa and kevin, it didn't happen. lisa could've
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But for lisa and kevin, it didn't happen. lisa could've felt like she had been dropped.
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Didn't happen. lisa could've felt like she had been dropped. infertility. but god is a god
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Felt like she had been dropped. infertility. but god is a god of justice. like mephibosheth,
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Infertility. but god is a god of justice. like mephibosheth, if it doesn't turn out your
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Of justice. like mephibosheth, if it doesn't turn out your way, god will make it up to
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If it doesn't turn out your way, god will make it up to you. and one day, out of the
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Way, god will make it up to you. and one day, out of the blue, lisa received a phone
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You. and one day, out of the blue, lisa received a phone call from a lady we know in
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Blue, lisa received a phone call from a lady we know in another state that runs a
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Call from a lady we know in another state that runs a ministry that helps teenage
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Another state that runs a ministry that helps teenage girls. this lady said, "lisa
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Ministry that helps teenage girls. this lady said, "lisa and kevin, i've got a young
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Girls. this lady said, "lisa and kevin, i've got a young lady about to give birth to
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And kevin, i've got a young lady about to give birth to twins. something told me that
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Lady about to give birth to twins. something told me that i should call you to see if you
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Twins. something told me that i should call you to see if you would be interested in adopting
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I should call you to see if you would be interested in adopting these babies."
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Would be interested in adopting these babies." when lisa and kevin heard that,
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These babies." when lisa and kevin heard that, something leaped on the inside.
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When lisa and kevin heard that, something leaped on the inside. they knew those babies were
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Something leaped on the inside. they knew those babies were supposed to be theirs. they
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They knew those babies were supposed to be theirs. they ended up adopting them and
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Supposed to be theirs. they ended up adopting them and a few years later, adopted
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Ended up adopting them and a few years later, adopted a baby boy.
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A few years later, adopted a baby boy. today, they have 3 amazing
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A baby boy. today, they have 3 amazing teenage children as happy as
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Today, they have 3 amazing teenage children as happy as can be. (applause)
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Teenage children as happy as can be. (applause) lisa said, "here's how good
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Can be. (applause) lisa said, "here's how good god is. i have three children
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Lisa said, "here's how good god is. i have three children and i never had to get pregnant
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God is. i have three children and i never had to get pregnant one time." (laughter)
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And i never had to get pregnant one time." (laughter) god will make it up to you.
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One time." (laughter) god will make it up to you. mephibosheth was summoned to
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God will make it up to you. mephibosheth was summoned to the palace but he couldn't get
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Mephibosheth was summoned to the palace but he couldn't get there on his own. he had to be
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The palace but he couldn't get there on his own. he had to be carried to the palace. each
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There on his own. he had to be carried to the palace. each night at dinner, he couldn't
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Carried to the palace. each night at dinner, he couldn't get to his seat by himself.
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Night at dinner, he couldn't get to his seat by himself. he had to be carried to his
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Get to his seat by himself. he had to be carried to his seat.
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He had to be carried to his seat. you may think, "joel, i'm never
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Seat. you may think, "joel, i'm never going to accomplish my dreams.
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You may think, "joel, i'm never going to accomplish my dreams. i'm crippled. i've got this
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Going to accomplish my dreams. i'm crippled. i've got this sickness. this addiction. this
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I'm crippled. i've got this sickness. this addiction. this depression that i'm dealing
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Sickness. this addiction. this depression that i'm dealing with."
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Depression that i'm dealing with." no, when you can't get there
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With." no, when you can't get there on your own, god will always
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No, when you can't get there on your own, god will always have somebody there to carry
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On your own, god will always have somebody there to carry you. you're not alone.
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Have somebody there to carry you. you're not alone. you're not forgotten.
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You. you're not alone. you're not forgotten. god has you in the palm of his
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You're not forgotten. god has you in the palm of his hand and god is not looking down
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God has you in the palm of his hand and god is not looking down at you because you're still
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Hand and god is not looking down at you because you're still crippled so to speak. you're
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At you because you're still crippled so to speak. you're still struggling with some
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Crippled so to speak. you're still struggling with some issues. god saw the times
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Still struggling with some issues. god saw the times you've been dropped. you
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Issues. god saw the times you've been dropped. you didn't go down by yourself
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You've been dropped. you didn't go down by yourself and you're not going to come
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Didn't go down by yourself and you're not going to come up by yourself. god has
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And you're not going to come up by yourself. god has already lined up the right
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Up by yourself. god has already lined up the right people to carry you, to
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Already lined up the right people to carry you, to encourage you, to help you
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People to carry you, to encourage you, to help you do what you couldn't do on
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Encourage you, to help you do what you couldn't do on your own.
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Do what you couldn't do on your own. when jesus was carrying the
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Your own. when jesus was carrying the cross on his way to be
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When jesus was carrying the cross on his way to be crucified, he was so weak,
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Cross on his way to be crucified, he was so weak, so exhausted, he fell down
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Crucified, he was so weak, so exhausted, he fell down under the weight of the cross.
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So exhausted, he fell down under the weight of the cross. he couldn't carry it anymore.
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Under the weight of the cross. he couldn't carry it anymore. there was a man named simon
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He couldn't carry it anymore. there was a man named simon that just so happened to be
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There was a man named simon that just so happened to be there. he picked up the cross
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That just so happened to be there. he picked up the cross and carried it the rest of the
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There. he picked up the cross and carried it the rest of the way for jesus.
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And carried it the rest of the way for jesus. the point is: you don't have to
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Way for jesus. the point is: you don't have to be strong all of the time.
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The point is: you don't have to be strong all of the time. even jesus fell down under
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Be strong all of the time. even jesus fell down under the weight of the cross.
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Even jesus fell down under the weight of the cross. the good news is there will
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The weight of the cross. the good news is there will always be a simon there for
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The good news is there will always be a simon there for you. somebody to help you.
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Always be a simon there for you. somebody to help you. somebody to encourage you.
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You. somebody to help you. somebody to encourage you. somebody to get you to where
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Somebody to encourage you. somebody to get you to where you're supposed to be. on the
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Somebody to get you to where you're supposed to be. on the cross, even jesus felt alone,
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You're supposed to be. on the cross, even jesus felt alone, forgotten. he was so stressed
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Cross, even jesus felt alone, forgotten. he was so stressed that he sweat great drops of
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Forgotten. he was so stressed that he sweat great drops of blood. at one point, he cried
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That he sweat great drops of blood. at one point, he cried out, "my god, why have you
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Blood. at one point, he cried out, "my god, why have you forsaken me?" he was saying,
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Out, "my god, why have you forsaken me?" he was saying, "god, i've been dropped."
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Forsaken me?" he was saying, "god, i've been dropped." it looked like the end but the
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"god, i've been dropped." it looked like the end but the enemy never has the final say,
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It looked like the end but the enemy never has the final say, god does. three days later,
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Enemy never has the final say, god does. three days later, jesus was sitting at the king's
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God does. three days later, jesus was sitting at the king's table, the victor, not the
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Jesus was sitting at the king's table, the victor, not the victim. (applause)
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Table, the victor, not the victim. (applause) friends, god is a god of
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Victim. (applause) friends, god is a god of justice. and when you don't
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Friends, god is a god of justice. and when you don't have the strength to move
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Justice. and when you don't have the strength to move forward on your own, don't
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Have the strength to move forward on your own, don't worry. god will have angels
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Forward on your own, don't worry. god will have angels to carry you. god is not going
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Worry. god will have angels to carry you. god is not going to let you stay in lodibar.
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To carry you. god is not going to let you stay in lodibar. he's going to keep working,
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To let you stay in lodibar. he's going to keep working, moving, restoring; speaking to
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He's going to keep working, moving, restoring; speaking to the right people until he gets
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Moving, restoring; speaking to the right people until he gets you to your seat at the king's
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The right people until he gets you to your seat at the king's table. dinner is not complete
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You to your seat at the king's table. dinner is not complete without you there. and you
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Table. dinner is not complete without you there. and you may have been dropped, had
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Without you there. and you may have been dropped, had bad breaks, you feel broken,
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May have been dropped, had bad breaks, you feel broken, crippled, but today you're
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Bad breaks, you feel broken, crippled, but today you're being summoned to the table.
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Crippled, but today you're being summoned to the table. we need your presence.
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Being summoned to the table. we need your presence. we need your gifts. we need
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We need your presence. we need your gifts. we need your smile, your joy, your
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We need your gifts. we need your smile, your joy, your laughter. not pushed down.
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Your smile, your joy, your laughter. not pushed down. not half-hearted. no, this
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Laughter. not pushed down. not half-hearted. no, this is a new day.
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Not half-hearted. no, this is a new day. isaiah said, "god will give
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Is a new day. isaiah said, "god will give you the oil of gladness
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Isaiah said, "god will give you the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a crown
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You the oil of gladness instead of mourning, a crown of beauty instead of ashes,
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Instead of mourning, a crown of beauty instead of ashes, a garment of praise instead
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Of beauty instead of ashes, a garment of praise instead of a spirit of heaviness."
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A garment of praise instead of a spirit of heaviness." there's too much heaviness in
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Of a spirit of heaviness." there's too much heaviness in our world. people are letting
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There's too much heaviness in our world. people are letting circumstances and the stress
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Our world. people are letting circumstances and the stress of life push them down.
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Circumstances and the stress of life push them down. but i believe today as god is
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Of life push them down. but i believe today as god is breathing new hope into your
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But i believe today as god is breathing new hope into your heart that gladness is coming
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Breathing new hope into your heart that gladness is coming and the sadness leaving.
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Heart that gladness is coming and the sadness leaving. the heaviness is going and joy
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And the sadness leaving. the heaviness is going and joy is on its way. your life is
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The heaviness is going and joy is on its way. your life is going to be filled with a new
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Is on its way. your life is going to be filled with a new laughter. the scripture calls
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Going to be filled with a new laughter. the scripture calls it joy unspeakable, full of
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Laughter. the scripture calls it joy unspeakable, full of glory.
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It joy unspeakable, full of glory. years ago, there was a young
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Glory. years ago, there was a young man in south korea that was
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Years ago, there was a young man in south korea that was dying from tuberculosis. one
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Man in south korea that was dying from tuberculosis. one lung had already collapsed.
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Dying from tuberculosis. one lung had already collapsed. as he lay on his bed at home
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Lung had already collapsed. as he lay on his bed at home waiting to die, he was in so
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As he lay on his bed at home waiting to die, he was in so much pain that he started
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Waiting to die, he was in so much pain that he started calling out to his different
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Much pain that he started calling out to his different gods one by one. he cried out
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Calling out to his different gods one by one. he cried out to this god, "please come and
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Gods one by one. he cried out to this god, "please come and help me." no answer. he called
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To this god, "please come and help me." no answer. he called out to another god, "please
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Help me." no answer. he called out to another god, "please won't you help me." still not
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Out to another god, "please won't you help me." still not an answer again and again and
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Won't you help me." still not an answer again and again and again. finally, in desperation,
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An answer again and again and again. finally, in desperation, he said, "if there's any god up
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Again. finally, in desperation, he said, "if there's any god up there anywhere, i don't ask
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He said, "if there's any god up there anywhere, i don't ask you to heal me, i just ask you
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There anywhere, i don't ask you to heal me, i just ask you to show me how to die."
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You to heal me, i just ask you to show me how to die." he was alone, felt forgotten,
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To show me how to die." he was alone, felt forgotten, dropped by a life threatening
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He was alone, felt forgotten, dropped by a life threatening illness. no fault of his own.
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Dropped by a life threatening illness. no fault of his own. you wouldn't think that god
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Illness. no fault of his own. you wouldn't think that god would have anything to do with
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You wouldn't think that god would have anything to do with him. he wasn't a believer.
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Would have anything to do with him. he wasn't a believer. he doesn't come from our
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Him. he wasn't a believer. he doesn't come from our same faith. but the scripture
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He doesn't come from our same faith. but the scripture says, "call on the name of the
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Same faith. but the scripture says, "call on the name of the lord and he will answer you."
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Says, "call on the name of the lord and he will answer you." it doesn't say, "call if you
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Lord and he will answer you." it doesn't say, "call if you come to church. call if you
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It doesn't say, "call if you come to church. call if you know the scripture. call if you
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Come to church. call if you know the scripture. call if you live the right kind of life."
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Know the scripture. call if you live the right kind of life." no, anyone is welcome to
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Live the right kind of life." no, anyone is welcome to call. there's a seat at the
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No, anyone is welcome to call. there's a seat at the king's table waiting for you.
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Call. there's a seat at the king's table waiting for you. a few hours later, a young
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King's table waiting for you. a few hours later, a young college student walking
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A few hours later, a young college student walking through his neighborhood felt
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College student walking through his neighborhood felt what she described as an
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Through his neighborhood felt what she described as an unexplainable love drawing
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What she described as an unexplainable love drawing her to that house. she went
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Unexplainable love drawing her to that house. she went over and knocked on the door.
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Her to that house. she went over and knocked on the door. his mother answered.
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Over and knocked on the door. his mother answered. the young lady said, "i know
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His mother answered. the young lady said, "i know this is odd. you don't know me
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The young lady said, "i know this is odd. you don't know me but is there anything that i
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This is odd. you don't know me but is there anything that i can pray with you about?"
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But is there anything that i can pray with you about?" his mother began to weep and
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Can pray with you about?" his mother began to weep and told how her son was on his
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His mother began to weep and told how her son was on his deathbed in the back bedroom.
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Told how her son was on his deathbed in the back bedroom. the young lady went back and
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Deathbed in the back bedroom. the young lady went back and prayed for her son. that day,
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The young lady went back and prayed for her son. that day, he gave his life to christ.
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Prayed for her son. that day, he gave his life to christ. long story short, god healed
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He gave his life to christ. long story short, god healed him. he went on to become
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Long story short, god healed him. he went on to become dr. david yongii cho, the
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Him. he went on to become dr. david yongii cho, the pastor of the largest church
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Dr. david yongii cho, the pastor of the largest church in the world there in south
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Pastor of the largest church in the world there in south korea. (applause)
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In the world there in south korea. (applause) friends, god has not forgotten
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Korea. (applause) friends, god has not forgotten about you. you may be dealing
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Friends, god has not forgotten about you. you may be dealing with an illness, a loss, a bad
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About you. you may be dealing with an illness, a loss, a bad break. you feel like life has
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With an illness, a loss, a bad break. you feel like life has dropped you. you need to
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Break. you feel like life has dropped you. you need to get ready. god is about to
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Dropped you. you need to get ready. god is about to lift you back up, not bring you
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Get ready. god is about to lift you back up, not bring you out the same. he's going to set
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Lift you back up, not bring you out the same. he's going to set you on a higher place and bring
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Out the same. he's going to set you on a higher place and bring you out better off than you
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You on a higher place and bring you out better off than you were before. it's payback time.
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You out better off than you were before. it's payback time. god is about to make some things
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Were before. it's payback time. god is about to make some things up to you. he's already spoken
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God is about to make some things up to you. he's already spoken to the right people to come
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Up to you. he's already spoken to the right people to come find you with healing, with
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To the right people to come find you with healing, with encouragement, with blessing.
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Find you with healing, with encouragement, with blessing. and like mephibosheth,
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Encouragement, with blessing. and like mephibosheth, i believe and declare you're
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And like mephibosheth, i believe and declare you're coming into the palace, the
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I believe and declare you're coming into the palace, the place of healing, the place of
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Coming into the palace, the place of healing, the place of blessing, the place of
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Place of healing, the place of blessing, the place of abundance. you will take your
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Blessing, the place of abundance. you will take your seat at the king's table and
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Abundance. you will take your seat at the king's table and become everything god's
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Seat at the king's table and become everything god's created you to be. in jesus'
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Become everything god's created you to be. in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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Created you to be. in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Name. if you receive it, can you say amen today? (applause)
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You say amen today? (applause) well, we never like to close
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(applause) well, we never like to close our broadcasts without giving
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Well, we never like to close our broadcasts without giving you an opportunity to make
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Our broadcasts without giving you an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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You an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior."
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Of my sins. come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that
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I make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you got born again. get in a good
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Simple prayer we believe you got born again. get in a good bible-based church. keep god
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Got born again. get in a good bible-based church. keep god first place. he's going to take
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Bible-based church. keep god first place. he's going to take you places that you've never
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First place. he's going to take you places that you've never dreamed of.
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Life throws so much at us.
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Life throws so much at us. disappointments,
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Disappointments, failures, challenges.
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Failures, challenges. we can feel so out of touch
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We can feel so out of touch that we no longer
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That we no longer recognize ourselves.
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Recognize ourselves. life has a way of changing us.
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Life has a way of changing us. at one time
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At one time we were outgoing
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We were outgoing and excited about our dreams.
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And excited about our dreams. but when we go
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But when we go through disappointments
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Through disappointments and people do us
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And people do us wrong, it's easy
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Wrong, it's easy to lose that positive,
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To lose that positive, passionate person
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Passionate person that we used to be.
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In my new book,
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In my new book, rediscovering the forgotten
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Rediscovering the forgotten you, i'll help you
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You, i'll help you get back to who you really are.
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Get back to who you really are. the joyful you,
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The joyful you, the confident you,
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The confident you, the talented you.
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The talented you. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. you haven't been
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You haven't been through too much.
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Through too much. you may have lost
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You may have lost part of yourself,
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Part of yourself, but you can find yourself.
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But you can find yourself. god is in the business
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God is in the business of restoring what was lost.
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Of restoring what was lost. healing what was broken.
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Healing what was broken. you haven't seen the
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You haven't seen the best version of you yet.
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Best version of you yet. it's still in front of you.
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It's still in front of you. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount,
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For your gift of any amount, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's
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A copy of joel's brand new book,
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Brand new book, rediscovering
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Rediscovering the forgotten you.
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The forgotten you. take back your passion,
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Take back your passion, reignite your dreams,
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Reignite your dreams, and embrace the life
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And embrace the life you were created to live.
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You were created to live. this book shares
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This book shares uplifting scripture
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And personal stories
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And personal stories that will help you
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That will help you release bitterness, silence,
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Release bitterness, silence, self-defeating
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Self-defeating thoughts, and embrace
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Thoughts, and embrace by faith
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By faith the vision of the life
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The vision of the life god designed for you.
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God designed for you. life's challenges
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Life's challenges might have distorted
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Might have distorted the true you,
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The true you, but now you can reclaim,
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But now you can reclaim, revitalize and restore
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Revitalize and restore the version of yourself
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The version of yourself that you once knew,
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That you once knew, or the version that you know
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Or the version that you know god has made you to be:
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God has made you to be: filled with hopes and dreams,
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Filled with hopes and dreams, optimism and confidence.
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Optimism and confidence. request your copy today
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Request your copy today and discover
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And discover the best version of you yet.
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God is about to breathe
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God is about to breathe new life, new passion,
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New life, new passion, new dreams into your heart.
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New dreams into your heart. what he started,
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What he started, he's going to finish.
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He's going to finish. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i are praying
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Victoria and i are praying for you and your family,
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For you and your family, for god's very best.
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For god's very best. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity helps people
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Helps people all over the world.
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All over the world. a special
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for 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. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request your copy
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Be sure to request your copy of rediscovering
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Joel Osteen - Dropped But Not Forgotten

April 30, 2026 | 27:29

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