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Joel Osteen - Ease Is Coming

May 26, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Ease Is Coming | May 26, 2026

>> joel: well, god bless you.
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>> joel: well, god bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes.
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Homes. and if you're ever in our
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And if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be
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Area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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A part of one of our services. i promise you, we'll make
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I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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You feel right at home. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this mother,
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I heard about this mother, she had two young boys that
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She had two young boys that were known for their
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Were known for their mischievous behavior.
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Mischievous behavior. anytime trouble occurred,
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Anytime trouble occurred, they were certain to be
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They were certain to be a part. she decided to
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A part. she decided to take them one at a time
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Take them one at a time to see their pastor.
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To see their pastor. the pastor said to the
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The pastor said to the first young boy,
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First young boy, "son, where is god?"
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"son, where is god?" he sat there silently.
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He sat there silently. he asked again,
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He asked again, "where is god?"
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"where is god?" still, no reply.
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Still, no reply. the third time the pastor
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The third time the pastor asked, the young boy bolted
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Asked, the young boy bolted out the door, ran home and
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Out the door, ran home and said to his brother,
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Said to his brother, "god is missing and they
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"god is missing and they think we did it."
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Think we did it." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. "this is my bible.
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"this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do. today, i will be taught
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Do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess.
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I boldly confess. my mind is alert.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name."
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In jesus' name." god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about ease is coming.
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About ease is coming. we all go through seasons
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We all go through seasons of struggle when it feels
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Of struggle when it feels like it's uphill. there's
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Like it's uphill. there's pressure raising children.
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Pressure raising children. maybe you're believing
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Maybe you're believing for your health to improve,
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For your health to improve, but it's not getting better.
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But it's not getting better. too often, we get discouraged
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Too often, we get discouraged and think that's just the way
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And think that's just the way life is.
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Life is. in matthew chapter 11, jesus
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In matthew chapter 11, jesus talked about how the kingdom
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Talked about how the kingdom of heaven suffers violence
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Of heaven suffers violence and you have to take it by
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And you have to take it by force.
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Force. he was telling us there will
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He was telling us there will be seasons where you have to
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Be seasons where you have to stand strong and really fight
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Stand strong and really fight the good fight of faith.
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The good fight of faith. but a few verses later in
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But a few verses later in the same chapter he said,
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The same chapter he said, "my yoke is easy and my
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"my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
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Burden is light." he was saying, "there will be
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He was saying, "there will be times of struggle, pressure,
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Times of struggle, pressure, difficulties, but don't get
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Difficulties, but don't get discouraged. that's not
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Discouraged. that's not permanent. what i'm putting
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Permanent. what i'm putting on you my yoke, it's easy,
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On you my yoke, it's easy, it's light."
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It's light." you may be struggling now.
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You may be struggling now. you feel pressured. you
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You feel pressured. you think that's the way it's
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Think that's the way it's always going to be.
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Always going to be. you'll always struggle with
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You'll always struggle with your health, struggle in a
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Your health, struggle in a relationship, struggle in
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Relationship, struggle in your finances.
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Your finances. no, you're going to come in
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No, you're going to come in to an anointing of ease.
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To an anointing of ease. when you come into this ease,
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When you come into this ease, what once was a struggle
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What once was a struggle won't be a struggle anymore.
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Won't be a struggle anymore. he said he would go before
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He said he would go before you and make your crooked
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You and make your crooked places straight.
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Places straight. that means he's going to
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That means he's going to smooth things out.
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Smooth things out. you're coming into a season
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You're coming into a season where things are going to
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Where things are going to fall into place.
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Fall into place. you're going to get breaks
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You're going to get breaks that you didn't see coming.
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That you didn't see coming. problems that you thought
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Problems that you thought were permanent are suddenly
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Were permanent are suddenly going to turn around.
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Going to turn around. you are not going to go
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You are not going to go through life constantly
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Through life constantly struggling, pressured,
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Struggling, pressured, weighted down by problems.
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Weighted down by problems. this is a new day.
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This is a new day. ease is coming.
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Ease is coming. david said, "god anoints
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David said, "god anoints my head with oil."
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My head with oil." oil makes things flow.
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Oil makes things flow. when there's friction, things
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When there's friction, things that are stuck, oil is used
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That are stuck, oil is used to lubricate it, to make it
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To lubricate it, to make it more fluid.
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More fluid. god is going to oil your
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God is going to oil your life. this anointing is
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Life. this anointing is going to cause things to
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Going to cause things to be easier. you're going
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Be easier. you're going to accomplish more with
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To accomplish more with less effort.
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Less effort. what stopped you in the past,
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What stopped you in the past, what's caused friction is not
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What's caused friction is not going to stop you anymore.
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Going to stop you anymore. you're going to flow right
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You're going to flow right past that.
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Past that. you're going to accomplish
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You're going to accomplish goals and think, "that was
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Goals and think, "that was easier than i thought.
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Easier than i thought. never dreamed it'd happen
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Never dreamed it'd happen that quickly."
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That quickly." that's this anointing
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That's this anointing of ease.
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Of ease. there's a large company
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There's a large company that has a slogan that says,
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That has a slogan that says, "that was easy."
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"that was easy." a few years ago,
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A few years ago, a friend of mine sent me
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A friend of mine sent me their big red button,
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Their big red button, when you push it it says.
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When you push it it says. >> male: that was easy.
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>> male: that was easy. >> joel: i keep this
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>> joel: i keep this by my bathroom sink there
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By my bathroom sink there on the counter. every so
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On the counter. every so often i reach over and
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Often i reach over and push this button.
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Push this button. i like to get that phrase
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I like to get that phrase down in my spirit because
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Down in my spirit because it's easy to go through life
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It's easy to go through life looking at our problems,
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Looking at our problems, focused on our obstacles,
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Focused on our obstacles, thinking, "oh man, this is
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Thinking, "oh man, this is going to be so hard.
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Going to be so hard. i dread dealing with this.
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I dread dealing with this. it's never going to work
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It's never going to work out."
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Out." that mindset is not only
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That mindset is not only stealing our joy, but
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Stealing our joy, but it's keeping us from seeing
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It's keeping us from seeing god's favor.
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God's favor. when my dad went to be with
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When my dad went to be with the lord and i first started
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The lord and i first started ministering, it took
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Ministering, it took everything i had to write
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Everything i had to write a message for that weekend,
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A message for that weekend, all my focus, my creativity,
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All my focus, my creativity, my energy.
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My energy. i was pressured, stressed.
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I was pressured, stressed. when i finally finished,
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When i finally finished, i felt like that's the last
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I felt like that's the last one that i could ever do.
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One that i could ever do. and if i wasn't careful,
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And if i wasn't careful, i was tempted to dread it
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I was tempted to dread it and think, this is too hard.
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And think, this is too hard. i'm not going to know
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I'm not going to know what to say. i can't
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What to say. i can't do this anymore.
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Do this anymore. i had to turn it around.
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I had to turn it around. "father, thank you that
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"father, thank you that your yoke is easy. thank
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Your yoke is easy. thank you that i'm well able.
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You that i'm well able. thank you that you've
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Thank you that you've equipped me and empowered
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Equipped me and empowered me." i got my mind going
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Me." i got my mind going in the right direction.
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In the right direction. i went through seasons of
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I went through seasons of struggle, strain, difficulty
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Struggle, strain, difficulty but i didn't let it become
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But i didn't let it become permanent in my thinking.
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Permanent in my thinking. and one day i came into
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And one day i came into this anointing of ease.
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This anointing of ease. what once was a struggle
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What once was a struggle is not a struggle anymore.
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Is not a struggle anymore. every week when i finish
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Every week when i finish a message, i hit this button.
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A message, i hit this button. >> male: that was easy.
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>> male: that was easy. >> joel: just to remind me
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>> joel: just to remind me that it was easy.
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That it was easy. quit telling yourself,
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Quit telling yourself, "this is so hard. i'll
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"this is so hard. i'll never accomplish my dreams.
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Never accomplish my dreams. i'll never get out of debt."
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I'll never get out of debt." this is a new day.
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This is a new day. you are going to have a
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You are going to have a strength that you did not
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Strength that you did not have before. god did not
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Have before. god did not create you to struggle
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Create you to struggle your whole life. his yoke
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Your whole life. his yoke is easy.
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Is easy. you may have had that
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You may have had that addiction for a long time.
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Addiction for a long time. it's going to be easier than
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It's going to be easier than you think to break it.
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You think to break it. you're going to have a
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You're going to have a supernatural power.
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Supernatural power. maybe you're struggling
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Maybe you're struggling in your finances,
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In your finances, pressured to pay the bills,
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Pressured to pay the bills, pressured to get ahead.
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Pressured to get ahead. i believe that pressure is
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I believe that pressure is coming to an end.
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Coming to an end. god is going to cause
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God is going to cause good breaks to find you,
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Good breaks to find you, new doors are going to open.
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New doors are going to open. your gifts and talents are
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Your gifts and talents are going to come out in a
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Going to come out in a new way. it's going to be
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New way. it's going to be easier than you think.
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Easier than you think. a couple of years after i
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A couple of years after i wrote my first book, a man
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Wrote my first book, a man was walking by madison square
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Was walking by madison square garden one evening there in
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Garden one evening there in new york. he was an
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New york. he was an executive at one of the
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Executive at one of the largest publishing companies
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Largest publishing companies in the world.
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In the world. he saw my name on the
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He saw my name on the marquee and people waiting
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Marquee and people waiting in line to get in.
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In line to get in. he'd never heard of me and
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He'd never heard of me and he went home and did some
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He went home and did some research. he called my
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Research. he called my literary agent and said
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Literary agent and said that he wanted to publish
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That he wanted to publish my next book. she told him
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My next book. she told him that we already had a
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That we already had a publisher and we were happy.
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Publisher and we were happy. he asked if he could make
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He asked if he could make an offer. she said, "of
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An offer. she said, "of course, you can."
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Course, you can." he offered an amount more
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He offered an amount more than i ever imagined.
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Than i ever imagined. when she called and told me
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When she called and told me i nearly passed out.
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I nearly passed out. i said, "boy, you sure do
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I said, "boy, you sure do great work."
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Great work." she said, "actually, joel,
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She said, "actually, joel, i didn't go to him. he came
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I didn't go to him. he came to me."
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To me." i thought to myself that
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I thought to myself that was easy. that was god
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Was easy. that was god lining up the right people,
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Lining up the right people, having him at the right
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Having him at the right place at the right time.
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Place at the right time. if he had not left work late
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If he had not left work late that night, he wouldn't have
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That night, he wouldn't have seen those people in line.
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Seen those people in line. if he had not taken that
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If he had not taken that train home, he wouldn't have
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Train home, he wouldn't have been in their area.
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Been in their area. if he had have been
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If he had have been preoccupied, he could have
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Preoccupied, he could have walked by the arena just
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Walked by the arena just thought, it's another ball
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Thought, it's another ball game, another concert.
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Game, another concert. all these things had to
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All these things had to fall perfectly into place.
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Fall perfectly into place. that was the hand of god
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That was the hand of god making my life easier.
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Making my life easier. god has the right people
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God has the right people lined up for you.
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Lined up for you. he has the right breaks,
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He has the right breaks, the right opportunities.
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The right opportunities. you may not have seen it yet.
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You may not have seen it yet. you keep honoring god, being
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You keep honoring god, being your best, he's going to take
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Your best, he's going to take you into overflow.
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You into overflow. you are not going to go
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You are not going to go through life pressured by
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Through life pressured by bills, pressured to make ends
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Bills, pressured to make ends meet, pressured to send your
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Meet, pressured to send your children to college.
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Children to college. god is going to do
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God is going to do something unusual,
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Something unusual, something unexpected,
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Something unexpected, something that you
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Something that you couldn't make happen.
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Couldn't make happen. i talked to a young man.
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I talked to a young man. he was finishing up his
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He was finishing up his masters. he had one final
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Masters. he had one final exam left. it was the
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Exam left. it was the hardest class on his
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Hardest class on his schedule. he was very
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Schedule. he was very stressed out and concerned
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Stressed out and concerned that he wasn't going to
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That he wasn't going to pass. we prayed and asked
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Pass. we prayed and asked god to give him wisdom,
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God to give him wisdom, to help him to excel.
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To help him to excel. he came back last week so
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He came back last week so excited. he had passed
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Excited. he had passed the test. i asked him,
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The test. i asked him, "how was it?" he said,
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"how was it?" he said, "it's funny because all of
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"it's funny because all of my classmates thought it
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My classmates thought it was very difficult but to
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Was very difficult but to me, it was easier than i
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Me, it was easier than i expected." he did his part.
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Expected." he did his part. he studied. he prepared.
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He studied. he prepared. then god stepped in and
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Then god stepped in and made it easier than he
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Made it easier than he thought. quit thinking,
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Thought. quit thinking, "i'll never pass. i'll
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"i'll never pass. i'll never get out of debt.
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Never get out of debt. this is too hard."
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This is too hard." sometimes we're expecting
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Sometimes we're expecting to fail. we're expecting
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To fail. we're expecting to struggle. we're expecting
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To struggle. we're expecting it to be difficult. turn it
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It to be difficult. turn it around. "father, thank you
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Around. "father, thank you for your anointing of ease.
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For your anointing of ease. thank you that you're
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Thank you that you're causing me to excel.
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Causing me to excel. thank you that you're
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Thank you that you're breathing in my direction."
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Breathing in my direction." some of the things that
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Some of the things that you're worrying about, you
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You're worrying about, you don't see how it could ever
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Don't see how it could ever work out. it's not going
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Work out. it's not going to be what you think.
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To be what you think. god is going before you
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God is going before you right now making those
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Right now making those crooked places straight.
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Crooked places straight. you're going to look back
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You're going to look back like him and say, "it was
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Like him and say, "it was easier than i thought."
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Easier than i thought." the book of 1 samuel, the
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The book of 1 samuel, the philistines had just defeated
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Philistines had just defeated the israelites in a battle.
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The israelites in a battle. they captured the ark of the
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They captured the ark of the covenant.
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Covenant. that's where the presence
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That's where the presence of god was back then.
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Of god was back then. the israelites were so
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The israelites were so distraught.
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Distraught. when the prophet eli heard
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When the prophet eli heard this bad news, he passed out,
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This bad news, he passed out, fell backwards, and broke
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Fell backwards, and broke his neck. all of israel
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His neck. all of israel was in mourning. they'd
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Was in mourning. they'd not only lost the ark of
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Not only lost the ark of the covenant, their most
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The covenant, their most important possession, but
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Important possession, but 30,000 men had been killed
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30,000 men had been killed in that battle.
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In that battle. it looked like the ark was
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It looked like the ark was gone forever.
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Gone forever. and the philistines took
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And the philistines took the ark to their temple and
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The ark to their temple and placed it next to their god,
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Placed it next to their god, dagon. he was a stone statue
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Dagon. he was a stone statue that they worshipped.
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That they worshipped. in the middle of the night,
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In the middle of the night, dagon fell over.
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Dagon fell over. they thought it was a
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They thought it was a coincidence, maybe the wind
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Coincidence, maybe the wind or something.
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Or something. they stood him back up.
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They stood him back up. the next night, dagon not
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The next night, dagon not only fell over, this time
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Only fell over, this time he broke into pieces.
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He broke into pieces. they realized their god
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They realized their god couldn't stand in the
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Couldn't stand in the presence of israel's god.
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Presence of israel's god. plagues begin to break out
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Plagues begin to break out in the camp. people started
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In the camp. people started getting boils and tumors.
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Getting boils and tumors. they finally realized,
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They finally realized, "it's because we have the
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"it's because we have the ark of the covenant."
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Ark of the covenant." they decided to move it to
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They decided to move it to another city just to make
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Another city just to make sure. the same plagues and
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Sure. the same plagues and boils started afflicting
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Boils started afflicting those people.
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Those people. they panicked and said, "we
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They panicked and said, "we have to get rid of this ark.
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Have to get rid of this ark. we can't mess with the god
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We can't mess with the god of israel."
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Of israel." seven months after they
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Seven months after they captured it, they built this
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Captured it, they built this wood cart, placed the ark
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Wood cart, placed the ark of the covenant on it,
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Of the covenant on it, hooked it up to two young
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Hooked it up to two young cows. they turned it loose
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Cows. they turned it loose and let those cows go
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And let those cows go wherever they wanted.
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Wherever they wanted. they started heading
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They started heading straight toward the
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Straight toward the israelites' camp.
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Israelites' camp. in a few days when the
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In a few days when the israelites saw the ark
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Israelites saw the ark coming, they couldn't
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Coming, they couldn't believe their eyes. they
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Believe their eyes. they started celebrating. they
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Started celebrating. they never dreamed they would
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Never dreamed they would see the ark again. they
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See the ark again. they not only got it back, but
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Not only got it back, but they didn't have to fight
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They didn't have to fight for it. the ark came
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For it. the ark came looking for them.
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Looking for them. if they would have had
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If they would have had one of these red buttons,
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One of these red buttons, they would have pushed it.
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They would have pushed it. "that was easy."
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"that was easy." but during those 7 months,
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But during those 7 months, i'm sure the israelites came
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I'm sure the israelites came up with plans and strategies,
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Up with plans and strategies, how to get the ark back.
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How to get the ark back. they had lost thousands
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They had lost thousands of men. they knew they
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Of men. they knew they were going to lose more.
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Were going to lose more. then they saw the cows come
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Then they saw the cows come walking up. suddenly their
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Walking up. suddenly their life got much easier.
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Life got much easier. they were so relieved.
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They were so relieved. and some of the things that
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And some of the things that you're worrying about,
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You're worrying about, trying to figure out how
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Trying to figure out how it's going to work out,
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It's going to work out, how you're going to get
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How you're going to get well, how you're going to
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Well, how you're going to get out of debt, how your
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Get out of debt, how your family's going to be
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Family's going to be restored, god is going to
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Restored, god is going to do for you what he did for
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Do for you what he did for them. he's going to cause
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Them. he's going to cause those things to find you.
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Those things to find you. you're not going to have
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You're not going to have to fight those battles.
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To fight those battles. good breaks are going to
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Good breaks are going to come after you. the right
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Come after you. the right people are going to search
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People are going to search you out. what you're
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You out. what you're believing for is going to
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Believing for is going to track you down. god is
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Track you down. god is saying, "get ready, the
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Saying, "get ready, the cows are coming. what
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Cows are coming. what belongs to you is headed
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Belongs to you is headed your way, the health, the
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Your way, the health, the freedom, the abundance,
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Freedom, the abundance, the contracts, the spouse."
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The contracts, the spouse." god is going to make things
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God is going to make things happen that you could have
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Happen that you could have never made happen. those
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Never made happen. those cows could have stayed
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Cows could have stayed there grazing. they could
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There grazing. they could have wandered aimlessly
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Have wandered aimlessly month after month, but
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Month after month, but god controls the universe.
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God controls the universe. that means god controls
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That means god controls the cows. he knows how
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The cows. he knows how to get what's yours into
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To get what's yours into your hands. people can't
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Your hands. people can't stop him. bad breaks can't
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Stop him. bad breaks can't stop him. cows can't stop
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Stop him. cows can't stop him. enemies can't stop
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Him. enemies can't stop him.
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Him. the philistines took the
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The philistines took the ark, but i love the fact
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Ark, but i love the fact they couldn't keep it.
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They couldn't keep it. it made them miserable.
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It made them miserable. that tells me nobody can
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That tells me nobody can keep what belongs to you.
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Keep what belongs to you. the enemy may take your
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The enemy may take your health for a little while
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Health for a little while but he can't keep it.
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But he can't keep it. it doesn't belong to him.
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It doesn't belong to him. you are god's property.
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You are god's property. god will send it back.
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God will send it back. he may distract your child,
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He may distract your child, get them off course for a
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Get them off course for a season, but he can't keep
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Season, but he can't keep them there. quit worrying,
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Them there. quit worrying, quit losing sleep.
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Quit losing sleep. they're coming back.
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They're coming back. he may have taken your dream
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He may have taken your dream temporarily, had bad breaks,
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Temporarily, had bad breaks, disappointments.
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Disappointments. stay encouraged.
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Stay encouraged. what has your name on it
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What has your name on it is going to find you.
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Is going to find you. some of you, your cows
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Some of you, your cows are going to show up
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Are going to show up sooner than you think.
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Sooner than you think. what you thought was over
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What you thought was over and done, it would never
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And done, it would never work out, suddenly, things
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Work out, suddenly, things are going to fall into place.
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Are going to fall into place. you don't have to fight.
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You don't have to fight. you don't have to struggle.
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You don't have to struggle. just get up every morning,
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Just get up every morning, "father, thank you that my
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"father, thank you that my cows are coming."
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Cows are coming." isaiah said to the
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Isaiah said to the israelites, "your swords
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Israelites, "your swords will be turned into
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Will be turned into plowshares. your spears
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Plowshares. your spears into pruning hooks."
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Into pruning hooks." god was saying, "you're
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God was saying, "you're coming into a season where
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Coming into a season where you're not going to need
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You're not going to need your swords and your spears.
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Your swords and your spears. you're not going to have to
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You're not going to have to fight, not going to have to
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Fight, not going to have to struggle, try to make things
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Struggle, try to make things happen."
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Happen." instead of a sword, you're
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Instead of a sword, you're going to need a plow to
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Going to need a plow to gather up the harvest.
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Gather up the harvest. you can put down your spears.
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You can put down your spears. you're not going to have to
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You're not going to have to go attack, try to get back
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Go attack, try to get back what belongs to you. god
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What belongs to you. god is fighting your battles.
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Is fighting your battles. he's putting pressure on
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He's putting pressure on those that have what's
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Those that have what's yours. you need to get
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Yours. you need to get ready, not for a fight,
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Ready, not for a fight, not for a battle. get ready
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Not for a battle. get ready for a harvest. get ready
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For a harvest. get ready for a breakthrough.
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For a breakthrough. get ready for healing.
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Get ready for healing. you're coming into this
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You're coming into this season of ease.
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Season of ease. i have a friend that i grew
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I have a friend that i grew up with that struggled with
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Up with that struggled with an addiction for a long
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An addiction for a long time, he got mixed up with
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Time, he got mixed up with the wrong students in high
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The wrong students in high school and 20 years later,
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School and 20 years later, he was still addicted.
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He was still addicted. he'd gone through rehab
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He'd gone through rehab and all kinds of treatment
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And all kinds of treatment but it never worked.
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But it never worked. like the israelites,
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Like the israelites, he looked defeated.
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He looked defeated. that addiction looks so
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That addiction looks so much bigger like nothing
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Much bigger like nothing he could ever do.
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He could ever do. i saw him a couple of years
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I saw him a couple of years ago and he told how after
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Ago and he told how after 21 years of being addicted,
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21 years of being addicted, he is now totally free.
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He is now totally free. he looks better than he
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He looks better than he looked in high school.
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Looked in high school. skin had cleared up.
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Skin had cleared up. he gained some weight.
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He gained some weight. had a smile on his face.
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Had a smile on his face. i asked him how he did it.
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I asked him how he did it. i thought he went through
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I thought he went through some type of special rehab.
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Some type of special rehab. he said, "joel, i didn't do
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He said, "joel, i didn't do anything different. i can't
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Anything different. i can't really put my finger on it.
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Really put my finger on it. it was just like something
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It was just like something broke on the inside and i
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Broke on the inside and i felt a strength that i'd
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Felt a strength that i'd never felt before."
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Never felt before." what was that? god causing
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What was that? god causing his cows to find him.
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His cows to find him. god gave him the victory
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God gave him the victory without him having to fight.
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Without him having to fight. friends, freedom belongs to
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Friends, freedom belongs to you. wholeness belongs to
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You. wholeness belongs to you. quit believing those
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You. quit believing those lies that you're stuck,
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Lies that you're stuck, you'll never get well,
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You'll never get well, it's been too long, it's
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It's been too long, it's too hard.
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Too hard. this is a new day. that
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This is a new day. that yoke of bondage is being
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Yoke of bondage is being broken. you're getting a
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Broken. you're getting a new yoke, a yoke of ease,
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New yoke, a yoke of ease, a yoke of freedom, a yoke
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A yoke of freedom, a yoke of victory. you're going
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Of victory. you're going to break habits that looked
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To break habits that looked permanent. it's not going
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Permanent. it's not going to happen just by your
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To happen just by your might, by your power.
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Might, by your power. it's going to happen
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It's going to happen because the most high
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Because the most high god is breathing in your
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God is breathing in your direction.
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Direction. it may have been difficult
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It may have been difficult in the past, you tried and
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In the past, you tried and it didn't work out. try
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It didn't work out. try again. you're in a new
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Again. you're in a new season. you come into
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Season. you come into harvest. you can put those
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Harvest. you can put those swords down. you don't
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Swords down. you don't have to do it in your
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Have to do it in your own strength. god is
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Own strength. god is fighting our battles.
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Fighting our battles. dare to declare, "i am
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Dare to declare, "i am free. i am whole. i am
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Free. i am whole. i am victorious."
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Victorious." like this man, god is
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Like this man, god is going to surprise you.
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Going to surprise you. what you thought would
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What you thought would never turn around suddenly,
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Never turn around suddenly, you're going to see it
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You're going to see it happen.
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Happen. several years before my
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Several years before my father went to be with
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Father went to be with the lord, we came across
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The lord, we came across a construction permit for
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A construction permit for the last full power
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The last full power television station in
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Television station in houston. the transmitter
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Houston. the transmitter was going to be out north.
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Was going to be out north. we needed a place to put
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We needed a place to put the station here in the
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The station here in the city. a few months earlier,
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City. a few months earlier, a man had called me out of
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A man had called me out of the blue, left a message
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The blue, left a message saying that he was in
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Saying that he was in commercial real estate,
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Commercial real estate, that if we ever needed
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That if we ever needed anything, he would love
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Anything, he would love to help. normally, i would
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To help. normally, i would have erased that, not
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Have erased that, not thought much about it,
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Thought much about it, just another sales call.
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Just another sales call. but for some reason,
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But for some reason, i wrote his name and
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I wrote his name and number down, put it in
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Number down, put it in my desk drawer, never
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My desk drawer, never realizing in a few months,
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Realizing in a few months, we were going to need a
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We were going to need a place to put the station.
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Place to put the station. i called him. it was like
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I called him. it was like we were old friends.
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We were old friends. he was so likable.
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He was so likable. he took us to different
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He took us to different office buildings and they
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Office buildings and they were nice but our challenge
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Were nice but our challenge was we needed a cell phone
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Was we needed a cell phone tower close by so we could
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Tower close by so we could microwave our signal down
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Microwave our signal down to the transmitter site.
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To the transmitter site. we looked for several
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We looked for several weeks and couldn't find
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Weeks and couldn't find anything. one day he took
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Anything. one day he took us to this big office
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Us to this big office complex, about 50 acres,
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Complex, about 50 acres, very beautiful, trees and
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Very beautiful, trees and lakes. there were new
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Lakes. there were new owners. they were very
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Owners. they were very excited about the
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Excited about the possibility of having a
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Possibility of having a television station there.
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Television station there. they told us we would be
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They told us we would be their main tenants and
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Their main tenants and they would give us the
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They would give us the signage out front.
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Signage out front. they showed us offices
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They showed us offices overlooking this lake.
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Overlooking this lake. they wanted us so badly,
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They wanted us so badly, their price was about half
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Their price was about half of anything we'd seen.
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Of anything we'd seen. we loved it. we wanted
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We loved it. we wanted to be there. the only
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To be there. the only problem was we had to see
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Problem was we had to see if there was a cell phone
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If there was a cell phone tower close. we went on
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Tower close. we went on top of the building and
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Top of the building and looked around and we didn't
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Looked around and we didn't see anything.
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See anything. i was disappointed.
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I was disappointed. i thought, that would have
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I thought, that would have been a perfect location.
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Been a perfect location. everyone left but victoria
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Everyone left but victoria and i stayed and we walked
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And i stayed and we walked around the property for
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Around the property for about 30 minutes. and as
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About 30 minutes. and as we were coming up the
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We were coming up the parking lot on the side
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Parking lot on the side of the building, about
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Of the building, about 40 yards from the place
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40 yards from the place they showed us, i could
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They showed us, i could hear construction behind
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Hear construction behind this wood fence. i climbed
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This wood fence. i climbed up on the fence and looked
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Up on the fence and looked over. they were pouring a
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Over. they were pouring a foundation. i asked one of
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Foundation. i asked one of the men what they were
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The men what they were building. he said, "a cell
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Building. he said, "a cell phone tower." i nearly
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Phone tower." i nearly fell off that fence.
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Fell off that fence. i said, "is there room for
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I said, "is there room for other clients?" he said,
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Other clients?" he said, "yeah, it's brand new."
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"yeah, it's brand new." i called the company.
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I called the company. the next day we had a
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The next day we had a contract to microwave our
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Contract to microwave our signal. what was that?
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Signal. what was that? god causing things to fall
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God causing things to fall into place, going before
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Into place, going before us making crooked places
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Us making crooked places straight. "well, joel,
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Straight. "well, joel, that was just a lucky
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That was just a lucky break." can i tell you?
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Break." can i tell you? the lucky breaks you've
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The lucky breaks you've been having, that's the
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Been having, that's the hand of god, that's the
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Hand of god, that's the yoke of ease. when you
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Yoke of ease. when you recognize god's favor.
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Recognize god's favor. when you take time to say,
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When you take time to say, "lord, thank you for making
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"lord, thank you for making my life easier, thank you
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My life easier, thank you for your goodness," then
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For your goodness," then you will see more of
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You will see more of god's favor.
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God's favor. what's interesting is
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What's interesting is this man i met, this
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This man i met, this realtor, when we learned
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Realtor, when we learned that the compaq center was
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That the compaq center was coming available, he was
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Coming available, he was one of the first people
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One of the first people i called. he worked hand
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I called. he worked hand in hand on our behalf with
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In hand on our behalf with the city. he was very
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The city. he was very instrumental in us getting
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Instrumental in us getting this place. what are the
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This place. what are the chances of him calling me
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Chances of him calling me out of the blue, me keeping
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Out of the blue, me keeping his number, him taking us
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His number, him taking us to an office building where
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To an office building where they were building a cell
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They were building a cell tower? that wasn't random.
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Tower? that wasn't random. that wasn't a coincidence.
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That wasn't a coincidence. that was god causing our
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That was god causing our cows to find us.
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Cows to find us. god is in control of your
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God is in control of your life. he knows what you
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Life. he knows what you need and he knows how to
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Need and he knows how to get it to you.
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Get it to you. yes, we all go through
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Yes, we all go through seasons of struggle, seasons
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Seasons of struggle, seasons of pressure and difficulty,
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Of pressure and difficulty, but that is not your
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But that is not your permanent home. you are
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Permanent home. you are coming into this anointing
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Coming into this anointing of ease. like with me,
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Of ease. like with me, you're going to see things
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You're going to see things fall into place. you're
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Fall into place. you're going to know it's the
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Going to know it's the goodness of god.
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Goodness of god. a friend of mine grew up
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A friend of mine grew up very poor. his family lived
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Very poor. his family lived in public housing and there
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In public housing and there was crime and drugs. his
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Was crime and drugs. his parents were migrant
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Parents were migrant farmers and had no
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Farmers and had no education. it didn't look
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Education. it didn't look like this young man would
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Like this young man would ever amount to too much.
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Ever amount to too much. his mother saw that he had
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His mother saw that he had a love for music and
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A love for music and encouraged him to join the
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Encouraged him to join the band in school. he became
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Band in school. he became one of their top tuba
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One of their top tuba players. in the 6th grade,
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Players. in the 6th grade, he already stood 6-foot,
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He already stood 6-foot, 6-inches tall. he was the
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6-inches tall. he was the star player on the
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Star player on the basketball team. when he
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Basketball team. when he graduated from high school,
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Graduated from high school, he received 30 scholarship
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He received 30 scholarship offers to play in college.
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Offers to play in college. he was headed to the
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He was headed to the portland trailblazers to
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Portland trailblazers to play professionally when
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Play professionally when he suffered a career-ending
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He suffered a career-ending injury. he ended up back at
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Injury. he ended up back at home in the projects, no
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Home in the projects, no money, no education, working
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Money, no education, working for the city as a dogcatcher
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For the city as a dogcatcher making a little more than
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Making a little more than minimum wage. during his
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Minimum wage. during his lunch hour, he would go up
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Lunch hour, he would go up to the local music store
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To the local music store and play the keyboards
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And play the keyboards that were out on demo
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That were out on demo wearing his dogcatcher
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Wearing his dogcatcher uniform. customers would
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Uniform. customers would gather around to listen
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Gather around to listen to him play. they were
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To him play. they were mesmerized at his ability.
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Mesmerized at his ability. one day a customer told
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One day a customer told the owner she wanted to
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The owner she wanted to buy the keyboard that the
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Buy the keyboard that the dogcatcher was playing.
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Dogcatcher was playing. this happened again and
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This happened again and again. they owner said to
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Again. they owner said to this young man, "people
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This young man, "people aren't buying my pianos.
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Aren't buying my pianos. they're buying the
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They're buying the dogcatcher sound. they
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Dogcatcher sound. they love what you do."
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Love what you do." he offered him a full-time
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He offered him a full-time job to come in and play
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Job to come in and play the piano all day. that
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The piano all day. that was the first step in his
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Was the first step in his musical career. today,
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Musical career. today, my friend ben tankard
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My friend ben tankard has become known as the
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Has become known as the godfather of gospel jazz.
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Godfather of gospel jazz. he sold millions of albums,
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He sold millions of albums, pastors a great church, goes
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Pastors a great church, goes around the world sharing his
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Around the world sharing his music. like with ben, god
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Music. like with ben, god is working behind the scenes
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Is working behind the scenes lining up what you need.
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Lining up what you need. you're coming into a season
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You're coming into a season where you're not going to
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Where you're not going to have to struggle. you're
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Have to struggle. you're not going to have to fight.
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Not going to have to fight. you can put those swords
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You can put those swords down. you are coming into
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Down. you are coming into a harvest season.
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A harvest season. you're going to see the
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You're going to see the goodness of god making your
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Goodness of god making your life easier.
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Life easier. you may be in a difficult
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You may be in a difficult time. god is about to take
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Time. god is about to take the pressure off. you're
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The pressure off. you're going to have a strength
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Going to have a strength that you didn't have before.
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That you didn't have before. people are going to go out
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People are going to go out of their way to be good to
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Of their way to be good to you. that yoke of bondage
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You. that yoke of bondage is coming off, the yoke
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Is coming off, the yoke of ease is coming on.
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Of ease is coming on. what's hindered you in the
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What's hindered you in the past is not going to hinder
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Past is not going to hinder you in the future.
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You in the future. i believe and declare you're
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I believe and declare you're going to overcome obstacles
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Going to overcome obstacles easier than you think.
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Easier than you think. you're going to accomplish
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You're going to accomplish dreams easier than you think.
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Dreams easier than you think. like the israelites, those
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Like the israelites, those cows are going to find you.
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Cows are going to find you. ease is coming your way.
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Ease is coming your way. in jesus' name, if you
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In jesus' name, if you receive it, can you say,
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Receive it, can you say, "amen" today?
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It's easy to feel stuck in life
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It's easy to feel stuck in life wondering why
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Wondering why things aren't
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Things aren't changing and worrying
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Changing and worrying if it will ever happen,
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If it will ever happen, but there's
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But there's a better way to wait.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new resource called
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My new resource called pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. this book is a collection
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This book is a collection of prayers and promises
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Of prayers and promises from the scripture
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From the scripture to help you pray boldly
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To help you pray boldly to strengthen your faith.
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To strengthen your faith. while you're waiting,
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While you're waiting, it's important
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It's important to keep your mind
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To keep your mind filled with hope
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Filled with hope and expectancy.
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And expectancy. when you pray in faith,
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When you pray in faith, believe in what god promised,
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Believe in what god promised, that's what moves
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That's what moves the hands of god.
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The hands of god. and that's when you'll see
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And that's when you'll see doors open and healing
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Doors open and healing begins to come.
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Begins to come. breakthroughs in your family.
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Breakthroughs in your family. don't let doubt hold you back.
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Don't let doubt hold you back. pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. 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'd love to
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Answered prayers, pray it forward will help you
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Pray it forward will help you speak god's promises
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Speak god's promises over your life
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Over your life and over the people you love.
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And over the people you love. trusting that when you ask
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Trusting that when you ask in faith,
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In faith, god is already at work
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God is already at work preparing victory ahead of you.
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Preparing victory ahead of you. you can take these prayers
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You can take these prayers and scriptures
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And scriptures and pray them forward.
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And pray them forward. they'll build
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They'll build a momentum of faith
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A momentum of faith that carries you past obstacles
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That carries you past obstacles and into the promises
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And into the promises god has spoken over your life.
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God has spoken over your life. as you meditate
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As you meditate on these truths,
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On these truths, you won't be tossed
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You won't be tossed back and forth
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Back and forth by finances, health challenges,
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By finances, health challenges, or relationship struggles.
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Or relationship struggles. instead,
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Instead, you'll be able to
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You'll be able to boldly pray with faith
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Boldly pray with faith that is immovable and strong,
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That is immovable and strong, and you'll
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And you'll be filled with peace,
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Be filled with peace, assurance, and joy.
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Assurance, and joy. don't let circumstances
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Don't let circumstances control your future.
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Control your future. pray the truth of god's
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Pray the truth of god's word forward in faith
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Word forward in faith and watch the mountains
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And watch the mountains in your life begin to move.
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When you pray the promises,
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When you pray the promises, what god has spoken over
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What god has spoken over your life,
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Your life, those are powerful prayers.
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Those are powerful prayers. and that's when
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And that's when god shows up and does
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God shows up and does what only he can do.
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What only he can do. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us.
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For being with us. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day
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You and your family every day and we appreciate your prayer
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And we appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity helps us
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Helps us take this message of hope
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Take this message of hope to people around the world.
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To people around the world. special
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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. but until we meet again,
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Joel Osteen - Ease Is Coming

May 26, 2026 | 27:29

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