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Joel Osteen - Even Now Faith

May 28, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Even Now Faith | May 28, 2026

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(applause) well, god bless you. it's
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Well, god bless you. it's always a joy to come into your
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Always a joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in our
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Homes. if you're ever in our area, please stop by and be a
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Area, please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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Part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but thanks
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Feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in. thank
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So much for tuning in. thank you again for coming out.
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You again for coming out. i like to start with something
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I like to start with something funny. i heard about this
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Funny. i heard about this scientist. he said to god,
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Scientist. he said to god, "we've decided we no longer
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"we've decided we no longer need you. we can clone people,
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Need you. we can clone people, transplant hearts and do all
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Transplant hearts and do all kinds of things once
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Kinds of things once considered miraculous."
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Considered miraculous." god said, "well, that's fine
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God said, "well, that's fine but to prove that you don't
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But to prove that you don't need me let's have a man making
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Need me let's have a man making contest. the only requirement
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Contest. the only requirement is you have to make man out of
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Is you have to make man out of dirt." the scientist said,
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Dirt." the scientist said, "great!" he reached down
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"great!" he reached down quickly to get a handful of
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Quickly to get a handful of dirt. god said, "not so quick.
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Dirt. god said, "not so quick. go get your own dirt."
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Go get your own dirt." (laughter)
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(laughter) say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
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I can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you.
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In jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about even now faith. we all
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About even now faith. we all face situations that look like
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Face situations that look like they're never going to work
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They're never going to work out. we don't see how we could
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Out. we don't see how we could get well, or how we can get
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Get well, or how we can get out of debt, how we could
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Out of debt, how we could accomplish a dream. it's been
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Accomplish a dream. it's been too long. the odds are against
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Too long. the odds are against us. too often we settle where
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Us. too often we settle where we are and just accept the
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We are and just accept the fact that, "hey, it wasn't
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Fact that, "hey, it wasn't meant to be." "in the
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Meant to be." "in the scripture, there's a lady named
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Scripture, there's a lady named martha that faced one of these
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Martha that faced one of these impossible situations. her
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Impossible situations. her brother lazarus was extremely
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Brother lazarus was extremely sick. martha and her sister
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Sick. martha and her sister mary were very close to jesus
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Mary were very close to jesus so they sent word for jesus
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So they sent word for jesus to come to their house and
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To come to their house and pray for lazarus. well, jesus
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Pray for lazarus. well, jesus was in another city and he kept
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Was in another city and he kept getting delayed. a day went by
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Getting delayed. a day went by and martha said to her
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And martha said to her assistant, "did you tell jesus
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Assistant, "did you tell jesus it was me asking for him?" the
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It was me asking for him?" the assistant said, "yes, i told
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Assistant said, "yes, i told him it was you." "well, did you
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Him it was you." "well, did you tell him it was an emergency?"
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Tell him it was an emergency?" "yes, i told him it was urgent."
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"yes, i told him it was urgent." another day went by and they're
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Another day went by and they're waiting and waiting. night
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Waiting and waiting. night falls and still no sign of
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Falls and still no sign of jesus. they wake up early the
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Jesus. they wake up early the next morning, looking out
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Next morning, looking out the windows, knowing that
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The windows, knowing that any moment jesus would arrive.
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Any moment jesus would arrive. after all, it's been three days
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After all, it's been three days since they first asked for him.
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Since they first asked for him. every hour that goes by they're
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Every hour that goes by they're getting more and more upset.
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Getting more and more upset. "where is he? i can't
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"where is he? i can't understand what's taking him
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Understand what's taking him so long." finally, their worst
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So long." finally, their worst nightmare comes true.
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Nightmare comes true. lazarus died. they're
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Lazarus died. they're distraught, upset. they've just
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Distraught, upset. they've just lost their brother. to make
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Lost their brother. to make matters worse they knew that
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Matters worse they knew that their good friend jesus could
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Their good friend jesus could have healed lazarus. they had
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Have healed lazarus. they had seen him open blind eyes, cure
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Seen him open blind eyes, cure the lepers, turned water into
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The lepers, turned water into wine. it would have been no big
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Wine. it would have been no big deal for jesus to heal their
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Deal for jesus to heal their brother. four days after
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Brother. four days after lazarus had died jesus showed
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Lazarus had died jesus showed up, knocked on the front door
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Up, knocked on the front door and said, "here i am. what can
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And said, "here i am. what can i do for you?" has it ever
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I do for you?" has it ever seemed like god showed up
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Seemed like god showed up too late? you prayed, you
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Too late? you prayed, you believed, but the problem
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Believed, but the problem didn't turn around. the medical
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Didn't turn around. the medical report wasn't good. the
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Report wasn't good. the business didn't make it. martha
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Business didn't make it. martha was crying. she went up to
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Was crying. she went up to him and said, "jesus, if you
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Him and said, "jesus, if you would have been here sooner
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Would have been here sooner my brother would not have
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My brother would not have died." she was saying, "jesus,
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Died." she was saying, "jesus, how could you do this to us?
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How could you do this to us? we're your friends. we hang
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We're your friends. we hang out together. we have you over
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Out together. we have you over for dinner. the least you could
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For dinner. the least you could do is show up when we have an
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Do is show up when we have an emergency." martha could've
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Emergency." martha could've turned and walked away bitter,
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Turned and walked away bitter, angry, complaining. that would
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Angry, complaining. that would be the end of the story. we
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Be the end of the story. we wouldn't be talking about it
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Wouldn't be talking about it today. but in that dark season,
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Today. but in that dark season, when it looked like it was too
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When it looked like it was too late, too far gone, martha did
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Late, too far gone, martha did something extremely
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Something extremely significant. it's a key to
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Significant. it's a key to seeing negative situations
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Seeing negative situations turn around. she said, "if you
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Turn around. she said, "if you would have been here sooner
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Would have been here sooner he wouldn't have died but i
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He wouldn't have died but i know, even now, whatever you
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Know, even now, whatever you ask, god will do it for you."
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Ask, god will do it for you." notice those two simple words -
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Notice those two simple words - even now. (applause)
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Even now. (applause) "it looks impossible but even
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"it looks impossible but even now you can turn it around.
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Now you can turn it around. he's been dead for four days
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He's been dead for four days but even now you can raise
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But even now you can raise him back up. i don't see a way
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Him back up. i don't see a way but even now you can make a
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But even now you can make a way." there will be times in
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Way." there will be times in life, like with martha, you
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Life, like with martha, you have to have even now faith.
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Have to have even now faith. "god, the medical report
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"god, the medical report doesn't look good but i believe
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Doesn't look good but i believe even now you can heal me."
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Even now you can heal me." "my business is hanging by a
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"my business is hanging by a thread but even now you can
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Thread but even now you can prosper me." "my marriage looks
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Prosper me." "my marriage looks like it's over but even now you
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Like it's over but even now you can restore me." when it looks
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Can restore me." when it looks impossible, the odds are
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Impossible, the odds are against you, you don't see how
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Against you, you don't see how it could work out, don't
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It could work out, don't complain. don't get bitter.
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Complain. don't get bitter. dig your heels in and have
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Dig your heels in and have this even now faith. "god,
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This even now faith. "god, even now you can turn my child
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Even now you can turn my child around." "i've had this
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Around." "i've had this addiction for years but even
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Addiction for years but even now you can set me free."
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Now you can set me free." "i've been believing to have a
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"i've been believing to have a baby. the medical report says
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Baby. the medical report says it's not going to happen. but
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It's not going to happen. but god, i'm bold enough to believe
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God, i'm bold enough to believe like martha that even now, in
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Like martha that even now, in spite of how long it's been, in
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Spite of how long it's been, in spite of what i've been told,
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Spite of what i've been told, in spite of what i feel, i know
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In spite of what i feel, i know you have the final say. you
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You have the final say. you control the universe. nothing
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Control the universe. nothing is too hard for you. i may not
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Is too hard for you. i may not see a way but i know you have a
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See a way but i know you have a way."
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Way." i know a young lady named
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I know a young lady named vanessa. she's a medical doctor
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Vanessa. she's a medical doctor that attends here. years back
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That attends here. years back she started experiencing
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She started experiencing terrible pain in her joints. it
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Terrible pain in her joints. it got so bad she could hardly
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Got so bad she could hardly stand it. she ended up having
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Stand it. she ended up having surgery on her knees but
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Surgery on her knees but unfortunately it didn't help.
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Unfortunately it didn't help. it continued to get worse.
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It continued to get worse. she got to the place where
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She got to the place where she was so crippled she had
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She was so crippled she had to walk with a cane. when she
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To walk with a cane. when she would come to church it would
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Would come to church it would take her 45 minutes to walk
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Take her 45 minutes to walk from the parking lot to her
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From the parking lot to her seat in the auditorium. during
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Seat in the auditorium. during the week she would get up at
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The week she would get up at three o'clock in the morning
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Three o'clock in the morning to start getting her joints
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To start getting her joints loosened up so she could be
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Loosened up so she could be at work at eight. this was a
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At work at eight. this was a gene that had been in her
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Gene that had been in her family line that kept getting
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Family line that kept getting passed down. her father had
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Passed down. her father had the same illness in his early
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The same illness in his early 20's. he died from
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20's. he died from complications of it at 43.
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Complications of it at 43. her grandmother was a
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Her grandmother was a paraplegic. had the same
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Paraplegic. had the same problem. it looked like this
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Problem. it looked like this was vanessa's destiny. she
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Was vanessa's destiny. she could of thought, "hey, too
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Could of thought, "hey, too bad for me. it's in my dna.
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Bad for me. it's in my dna. can't do anything about this."
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Can't do anything about this." no, vanessa was like martha.
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No, vanessa was like martha. she had this even now faith.
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She had this even now faith. her attitude was, "even
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Her attitude was, "even though it looks impossible,
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Though it looks impossible, even though medical science
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Even though medical science says there is nothing they
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Says there is nothing they can do, even though daddy had
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Can do, even though daddy had it and grandmother had it,
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It and grandmother had it, this is a new day. the buck
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This is a new day. the buck stops with me. god, i believe
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Stops with me. god, i believe even now..." (applause)
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Even now..." (applause) "...in spite of what's been
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"...in spite of what's been passed down, in spite of what
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Passed down, in spite of what the experts have told me, i
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The experts have told me, i know you made my body. you
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Know you made my body. you can correct what's wrong. you
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Can correct what's wrong. you said you would restore health
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Said you would restore health unto me and heal me of my
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Unto me and heal me of my wounds." it didn't happen
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Wounds." it didn't happen overnight but little by little
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Overnight but little by little she kept getting better and
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She kept getting better and better and better. today, she
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Better and better. today, she is perfectly healthy and whole.
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Is perfectly healthy and whole. she can walk without pain and
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She can walk without pain and without that cane.
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Without that cane. you don't have to learn to live
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You don't have to learn to live with things that keep getting
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With things that keep getting passed down. "well, joel.
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Passed down. "well, joel. everybody in my family is
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Everybody in my family is depressed." maybe so but you
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Depressed." maybe so but you can be the turning point.
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Can be the turning point. why don't you rise up and say,
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Why don't you rise up and say, "god, i believe even now you
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"god, i believe even now you are freeing me from this
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Are freeing me from this depression." when you do that
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Depression." when you do that the creator of the universe
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The creator of the universe breathes in your direction.
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Breathes in your direction. he dispatches angels. you'll
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He dispatches angels. you'll feel a strength, a joy, a
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Feel a strength, a joy, a freedom that you didn't have
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Freedom that you didn't have before.
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Before. crowned you with his favor.
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Crowned you with his favor. he put seeds of greatness on
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He put seeds of greatness on the inside. don't accept lack
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The inside. don't accept lack and defeat as your destiny.
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And defeat as your destiny. it may have been that way in
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It may have been that way in the past but god raised you
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The past but god raised you up to put an end to it. you're
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Up to put an end to it. you're the difference maker. your
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The difference maker. your attitude should be, "god, i
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Attitude should be, "god, i want to thank you that even
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Want to thank you that even now you are prospering me.
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Now you are prospering me. even now you are opening up
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Even now you are opening up new doors, bringing
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New doors, bringing opportunity, divine
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Opportunity, divine connections, increase across
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Connections, increase across my path." he is an even now
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My path." he is an even now god but you have to have this
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God but you have to have this even now faith. here is why.
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Even now faith. here is why. god meets us at the level of
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God meets us at the level of our expectations. if you don't
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Our expectations. if you don't expect to get well then you
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Expect to get well then you won't get well. if you don't
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Won't get well. if you don't expect to accomplish your
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Expect to accomplish your dreams, if you don't expect to
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Dreams, if you don't expect to overcome the addiction, to
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Overcome the addiction, to be free from that depression,
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Be free from that depression, then you'll get stuck where
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Then you'll get stuck where you are. why don't you take
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You are. why don't you take the limits off of god? dare to
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The limits off of god? dare to say like martha, "god, i don't
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Say like martha, "god, i don't see how this can happen in the
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See how this can happen in the natural. my brother has been
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Natural. my brother has been dead for four days. he is
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Dead for four days. he is already in the tomb."
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Already in the tomb." in other words, "the medical
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In other words, "the medical report says i won't get well.
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Report says i won't get well. business is slow. my marriage
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Business is slow. my marriage in on the rocks. but god, i
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In on the rocks. but god, i believe even now in spite of
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Believe even now in spite of how bad it looks, in spite of
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How bad it looks, in spite of the setbacks i've suffered,
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The setbacks i've suffered, i know your power is greater
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I know your power is greater than any power that is trying
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Than any power that is trying to stop me. you said what's
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To stop me. you said what's meant for my harm you would
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Meant for my harm you would use to my advantage. so lord,
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Use to my advantage. so lord, i want to thank you that i'm
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I want to thank you that i'm not only coming out, but i'm
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Not only coming out, but i'm coming out better." even now
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Coming out better." even now faith says, "i still believe
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Faith says, "i still believe even though the medical report
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Even though the medical report is not good. i still believe
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Is not good. i still believe that my children will be mighty
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That my children will be mighty in the land. i still believe
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In the land. i still believe that i'll live debt-free, pay
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That i'll live debt-free, pay off my house and be a blessing
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Off my house and be a blessing to others. i still believe that
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To others. i still believe that i'll accomplish my dreams,
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I'll accomplish my dreams, build that orphanage, start my
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Build that orphanage, start my business, step into the
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Business, step into the fullness of my destiny.
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Fullness of my destiny. my sister lisa was born with
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My sister lisa was born with something like cerebral palsy.
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Something like cerebral palsy. the doctors told my parents
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The doctors told my parents that she would most likely
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That she would most likely never be able to walk or to
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Never be able to walk or to talk, that she would need
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Talk, that she would need constant 24-hour care. of
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Constant 24-hour care. of course my parents were
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Course my parents were devastated. they never dreamed
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Devastated. they never dreamed they would be dealing with an
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They would be dealing with an unhealthy baby but they didn't
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Unhealthy baby but they didn't get bitter. they didn't start
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Get bitter. they didn't start complaining. they did what i'm
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Complaining. they did what i'm asking you to do. they said,
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Asking you to do. they said, "god, this doesn't look
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"god, this doesn't look possible in the natural.
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Possible in the natural. medical science says that she
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Medical science says that she will be disabled. but god we
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Will be disabled. but god we know you can do what medicine
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Know you can do what medicine cannot do. god, even now, we
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Cannot do. god, even now, we believe you can heal our
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Believe you can heal our daughter." (applause)
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Daughter." (applause) and again, like vanessa, it
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And again, like vanessa, it didn't happen instantly but
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Didn't happen instantly but lisa kept getting better and
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Lisa kept getting better and better. today she's as healthy
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Better. today she's as healthy as can be, one of the ministers
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As can be, one of the ministers here on staff. seventy-seven
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Here on staff. seventy-seven years old. still going strong.
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Years old. still going strong. (laughter)
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(laughter) but you know, i think about how
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But you know, i think about how different life would be if my
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Different life would be if my parents would have just
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Parents would have just accepted it and thought, "hey,
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Accepted it and thought, "hey, too bad. this is our lot in
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Too bad. this is our lot in life." no, if you want to step
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Life." no, if you want to step into the fullness of your
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Into the fullness of your destiny, if you're going to
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Destiny, if you're going to overcome these challenges,
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Overcome these challenges, see the greatness of god's
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See the greatness of god's favor, you've got to have this
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Favor, you've got to have this even now faith. when it looks
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Even now faith. when it looks impossible, "god, i know you
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Impossible, "god, i know you can do the impossible." when
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Can do the impossible." when you don't see a way, "god, i
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You don't see a way, "god, i know you still have a way."
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Know you still have a way." when your natural reasoning
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When your natural reasoning is telling you it's never going
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Is telling you it's never going to work out, "god, i know you
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To work out, "god, i know you are a supernatural god."
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Are a supernatural god." it's significant that jesus
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It's significant that jesus waited four days to go pray
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Waited four days to go pray for lazarus. he knew he was
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For lazarus. he knew he was sick. in fact, jesus knew he
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Sick. in fact, jesus knew he was going to die. he could
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Was going to die. he could have gone on the first day,
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Have gone on the first day, healed lazarus and save them
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Healed lazarus and save them all of that trouble. or at
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All of that trouble. or at least he could have arrived
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Least he could have arrived on the second or third day.
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On the second or third day. they wouldn't have had to go
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They wouldn't have had to go through so much. but there is
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Through so much. but there is always a reason for a delay.
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Always a reason for a delay. we may not understand it.
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We may not understand it. sometimes it's just a test of
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Sometimes it's just a test of our faith. are we going to get
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Our faith. are we going to get discouraged and give up?
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Discouraged and give up? if martha would've gotten
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If martha would've gotten bitter, complained, angry, she
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Bitter, complained, angry, she could have stopped the miracle.
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Could have stopped the miracle. this is where many people miss
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This is where many people miss god's best. while you're
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God's best. while you're waiting for the problem to
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Waiting for the problem to turn around, waiting for your
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Turn around, waiting for your health to improve, waiting for
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Health to improve, waiting for a child to get on the right
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A child to get on the right course, that's a very critical
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Course, that's a very critical time. can you pass the test of
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Time. can you pass the test of staying in faith when you don't
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Staying in faith when you don't see anything happening?
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See anything happening? can you keep a good attitude
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Can you keep a good attitude when god is silent? you're
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When god is silent? you're calling out to him. like
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Calling out to him. like martha, you sent word. you're
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Martha, you sent word. you're praying but he's not coming.
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Praying but he's not coming. for some reason he's delayed.
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For some reason he's delayed. he's not answering. the
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He's not answering. the situation is not improving.
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Situation is not improving. this is when many people get
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This is when many people get discouraged and think, "well,
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Discouraged and think, "well, too bad it wasn't meant to be.
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Too bad it wasn't meant to be. joel, i believed five years ago
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Joel, i believed five years ago that i could get out of debt,
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That i could get out of debt, but man, not now. i'm way over
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But man, not now. i'm way over my head." or, "i used to
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My head." or, "i used to believe that i'd get healthy
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Believe that i'd get healthy again, that i'd meet the right
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Again, that i'd meet the right person, that i'd accomplish my
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Person, that i'd accomplish my dream, but it's been too long,
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Dream, but it's been too long, had too many setbacks."
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Had too many setbacks." no, how you wait will determine
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No, how you wait will determine whether or not that situation
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Whether or not that situation changes.
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Changes. when jesus said,
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When jesus said, "take me to the tomb. roll away
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"take me to the tomb. roll away the stone," i can imagine
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The stone," i can imagine martha said, "no, jesus. i
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Martha said, "no, jesus. i don't want to go there. it
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Don't want to go there. it stinks. he's been dead for
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Stinks. he's been dead for four days." maybe something
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Four days." maybe something has died in your life. you went
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Has died in your life. you went through a divorce, a
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Through a divorce, a bankruptcy, a friend betrayed
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Bankruptcy, a friend betrayed you. now like with lazarus
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You. now like with lazarus it stinks. it's a mess.
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It stinks. it's a mess. but unless you're willing to
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But unless you're willing to deal with your stinky stuff you
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Deal with your stinky stuff you probably won't get your miracle.
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Probably won't get your miracle. we make excuses.
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We make excuses. "joel, they hurt me. he walked
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"joel, they hurt me. he walked out of a relationship. it
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Out of a relationship. it wasn't my fault. that's why i'm
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Wasn't my fault. that's why i'm angry and bitter." no, you've
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Angry and bitter." no, you've got to do your part and let go
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Got to do your part and let go of the bitterness. you've got
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Of the bitterness. you've got to forgive the people that have
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To forgive the people that have done you wrong. deal with
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Done you wrong. deal with the stinky stuff. or maybe, "my
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The stinky stuff. or maybe, "my business didn't make it. i went
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Business didn't make it. i went through bankruptcy. i tried,
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Through bankruptcy. i tried, but man, i'm a failure."
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But man, i'm a failure." no, failure is an event. it's
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No, failure is an event. it's not who you are. don't put that
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Not who you are. don't put that label on you. you are a child
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Label on you. you are a child of the most high god. if one
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Of the most high god. if one dream dies you have to dream
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Dream dies you have to dream another dream. a young man
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Another dream. a young man i met a few years ago had taken
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I met a few years ago had taken the state bar for his law
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The state bar for his law degree for the second time
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Degree for the second time and failed. it had been over a
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And failed. it had been over a year and he was working as
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Year and he was working as a legal assistant. you could
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A legal assistant. you could tell he wasn't fulfilled.
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Tell he wasn't fulfilled. i asked him when he was going
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I asked him when he was going to take the state bar again.
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To take the state bar again. he kind of laughed and he said,
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He kind of laughed and he said, "oh man, joel. i'm done with
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"oh man, joel. i'm done with that. i've already failed it
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That. i've already failed it twice. it just wasn't meant
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Twice. it just wasn't meant to be." i told him what i'm
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To be." i told him what i'm telling you. if god is going
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Telling you. if god is going to resurrect that dream, if
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To resurrect that dream, if you're going to step into the
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You're going to step into the fullness of your destiny,
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Fullness of your destiny, you've got to roll away the
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You've got to roll away the stone. those two failures may
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Stone. those two failures may stink. it may not be pretty but
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Stink. it may not be pretty but that is not the end of your
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That is not the end of your story. god didn't put the dream
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Story. god didn't put the dream in you to lie dormant. he
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In you to lie dormant. he didn't give you the promise to
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Didn't give you the promise to just kind of tease you and take
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Just kind of tease you and take you halfway there. you may
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You halfway there. you may have had some setbacks. it may
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Have had some setbacks. it may not have happened on your
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Not have happened on your timetable. the heavens may have
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Timetable. the heavens may have been silent when you prayed.
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Been silent when you prayed. but don't take that as a sign
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But don't take that as a sign that god is not there. he is
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That god is not there. he is closely watching you. this is
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Closely watching you. this is a test. what are you going to
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A test. what are you going to do? settle where you are?
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Do? settle where you are? get discouraged, bitter?
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Get discouraged, bitter? "it wasn't meant to be."
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"it wasn't meant to be." no, you've got to do your
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No, you've got to do your part. roll away the stone. deal
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Part. roll away the stone. deal with the stinky stuff and get
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With the stinky stuff and get your passion back. (applause)
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Your passion back. (applause) "god, i failed this test two
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"god, i failed this test two times. all the odds are against
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Times. all the odds are against me but i know even now you can
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Me but i know even now you can help me to pass. even now you
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Help me to pass. even now you are changing things in my
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Are changing things in my favor." about three or four
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Favor." about three or four months ago i saw that young
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Months ago i saw that young man out in the lobby. he had a
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Man out in the lobby. he had a big smile on his face. he put
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Big smile on his face. he put his hand up for a half five.
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His hand up for a half five. he said, "joel, i did it. the
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He said, "joel, i did it. the third time was a charm. i
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Third time was a charm. i passed that test." he got his
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Passed that test." he got his law degree. (applause)
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Law degree. (applause) friends, god knows how to
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Friends, god knows how to resurrect dead dreams. don't
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Resurrect dead dreams. don't talk yourself out of it. we
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Talk yourself out of it. we make excuses. "jesus, he's been
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Make excuses. "jesus, he's been dead for four days. they've
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Dead for four days. they've already wrapped him up like a
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Already wrapped him up like a mummy." or, "i've taken the
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Mummy." or, "i've taken the test twice and failed. no use
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Test twice and failed. no use taking it again." or like
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Taking it again." or like vanessa, "it's in my dna. i'll
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Vanessa, "it's in my dna. i'll never get well." no, get rid
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Never get well." no, get rid of the excuses. we serve a
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Of the excuses. we serve a supernatural god. it may be
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Supernatural god. it may be taking a long time. the odds
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Taking a long time. the odds are against you but keep
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Are against you but keep passing the test. keep doing
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Passing the test. keep doing the right thing. if you will do
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The right thing. if you will do what you can god will show up
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What you can god will show up and do what you can't.
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And do what you can't. (applause)
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(applause) what's interesting is back in
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What's interesting is back in those days the sadducees,
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Those days the sadducees, these were the people that
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These were the people that were against jesus, they were
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Were against jesus, they were always doubting him, they
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Always doubting him, they believed that the spirit left
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Believed that the spirit left the body after the third day
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The body after the third day when a person had died. it's
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When a person had died. it's not a coincidence that jesus
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Not a coincidence that jesus waited until the fourth day
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Waited until the fourth day to show up. he wanted to make
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To show up. he wanted to make sure that when he raised
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Sure that when he raised lazarus from the dead there
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Lazarus from the dead there would be no doubt about it.
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Would be no doubt about it. sometimes god will delay in
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Sometimes god will delay in your life on purpose not only
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Your life on purpose not only so that you will know that it's
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So that you will know that it's his favor but so that all of
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His favor but so that all of your critics, friends,
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Your critics, friends, relatives, coworkers, they
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Relatives, coworkers, they won't be able to deny the great
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Won't be able to deny the great thing god did in your life.
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Thing god did in your life. (applause)
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(applause) mary and martha were upset
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Mary and martha were upset at first that jesus didn't get
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At first that jesus didn't get there in time to heal their
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There in time to heal their brother. their prayer didn't
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Brother. their prayer didn't get answered the way they
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Get answered the way they wanted. but all along god knew
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Wanted. but all along god knew what he was doing. he wasn't
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What he was doing. he wasn't planning a healing. he had
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Planning a healing. he had something better in mind; a
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Something better in mind; a resurrection. if it hasn't
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Resurrection. if it hasn't worked out your way on your
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Worked out your way on your timetable don't get upset. that
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Timetable don't get upset. that doesn't mean that god has
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Doesn't mean that god has failed you. it's just the
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Failed you. it's just the opposite. it means god is
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Opposite. it means god is planning something even better.
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Planning something even better. a few years after my father
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A few years after my father went to be with the lord the
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Went to be with the lord the church was really growing.
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Church was really growing. we needed a larger auditorium.
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We needed a larger auditorium. my father told how he would
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My father told how he would never move the church.
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Never move the church. i was new, the young pastor.
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I was new, the young pastor. i wasn't about to rock the boat.
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I wasn't about to rock the boat. and so i found a 100-acre tract
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And so i found a 100-acre tract of land about 2 miles from the
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Of land about 2 miles from the other location right on the
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Other location right on the freeway. i thought, "this is
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Freeway. i thought, "this is perfect. we'll build a new
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Perfect. we'll build a new sanctuary." the owner of the
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Sanctuary." the owner of the property told how that had
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Property told how that had been for sale for over 20 years
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Been for sale for over 20 years and he had never had one offer
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And he had never had one offer on the property. i knew god
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On the property. i knew god saved that property for us.
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Saved that property for us. he said, "you don't even need
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He said, "you don't even need to draw up a contract now.
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To draw up a contract now. just go ahead and do your
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Just go ahead and do your preliminary drawings and soil
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Preliminary drawings and soil studies and then we'll draw
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Studies and then we'll draw up the contract. four months
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Up the contract. four months later we went to close on the
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Later we went to close on the property. we had an 8 o'clock
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Property. we had an 8 o'clock in the morning meeting. we
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In the morning meeting. we showed up at 7:45 so excited
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Showed up at 7:45 so excited about our new property. his
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About our new property. his secretary walked out and
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Secretary walked out and said, "i'm sorry. he sold the
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Said, "i'm sorry. he sold the property last night to someone
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Property last night to someone else," i was so disappointed.
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Else," i was so disappointed. i knew that was the devil
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I knew that was the devil stealing our property.
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Stealing our property. (laughter)
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(laughter) a couple of months later we
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A couple of months later we found another large piece of
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Found another large piece of property. we thought, "this is
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Property. we thought, "this is even better." but do you know
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Even better." but do you know the same exact thing happened?
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The same exact thing happened? they sold it out from under us.
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They sold it out from under us. i thought, "god, what is going
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I thought, "god, what is going on?" you know we need a larger
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On?" you know we need a larger building." there weren't any
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Building." there weren't any more large pieces of property
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More large pieces of property over in that area. i was
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Over in that area. i was tempted to get discouraged and
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Tempted to get discouraged and quit believing and think,
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Quit believing and think, "well, i guess this is good
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"well, i guess this is good enough. we tried. it just
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Enough. we tried. it just wasn't meant to be." about six
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Wasn't meant to be." about six months later i could feel
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Months later i could feel something stirring on the
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Something stirring on the inside. i knew i had to get my
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Inside. i knew i had to get my passion back. it's as if i went
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Passion back. it's as if i went to that stinky place where the
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To that stinky place where the dream died, been turned down
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Dream died, been turned down two times. i said, "god, it
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Two times. i said, "god, it hasn't worked out my way but
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Hasn't worked out my way but i know you are still on the
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I know you are still on the throne. i don't see any land
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Throne. i don't see any land available but i know even now
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Available but i know even now you have the right place for
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You have the right place for us." (applause)
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Us." (applause) a few weeks later i received
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A few weeks later i received a phone call that this place,
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A phone call that this place, the former compaq center,
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The former compaq center, was coming available. when
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Was coming available. when i heard that something leaped
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I heard that something leaped on the inside. i knew it was
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On the inside. i knew it was supposed to be ours. three and
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Supposed to be ours. three and a half years later we moved
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A half years later we moved into it. we didn't have to
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Into it. we didn't have to build a new sanctuary.
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Build a new sanctuary. god gave us an auditorium
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God gave us an auditorium already built. the premier
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Already built. the premier facility in the fourth-largest
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Facility in the fourth-largest city in america. (applause)
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City in america. (applause) my point is, i was praying for
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My point is, i was praying for a healing but god had something
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A healing but god had something better in mind; a resurrection
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Better in mind; a resurrection if it's not happening your way,
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If it's not happening your way, on your timetable, don't get
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On your timetable, don't get upset. stay in faith. god knows
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Upset. stay in faith. god knows what he is doing. he can see
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What he is doing. he can see the big picture for your life.
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The big picture for your life. he always has your best
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He always has your best interest at heart.
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Interest at heart. i heard about this lady that
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I heard about this lady that was losing her home. she had
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Was losing her home. she had been laid off. she prayed and
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Been laid off. she prayed and prayed that she would somehow
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Prayed that she would somehow be able to make her payments
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Be able to make her payments but unfortunately she couldn't
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But unfortunately she couldn't do it. eventually her house
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Do it. eventually her house was foreclosed on. the bank
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Was foreclosed on. the bank took it and put it up for
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Took it and put it up for auction. she had already
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Auction. she had already accepted the fact that her
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Accepted the fact that her house was gone and this
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House was gone and this chapter in her life was over
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Chapter in her life was over but deep down she was
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But deep down she was heartbroken. this is where she
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Heartbroken. this is where she had raised her children,
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Had raised her children, a single-parent mom. just to
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A single-parent mom. just to get some kind of closure she
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Get some kind of closure she went to the auction where they
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Went to the auction where they were selling off these
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Were selling off these foreclosed homes, including
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Foreclosed homes, including her own. while she was there
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Her own. while she was there she couldn't help but weep
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She couldn't help but weep seeing her house up on the
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Seeing her house up on the docket to be auctioned. a lady
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Docket to be auctioned. a lady nearby noticed that she was
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Nearby noticed that she was upset and came over and asked
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Upset and came over and asked what was wrong. she explained
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What was wrong. she explained how she lost her job and now
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How she lost her job and now her home was about to be
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Her home was about to be auctioned off. the lady asked
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Auctioned off. the lady asked which one it was. she pointed
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Which one it was. she pointed to the picture. when it came up
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To the picture. when it came up to be auctioned this lady
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To be auctioned this lady started bidding on it. she kept
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Started bidding on it. she kept bidding, bidding bidding.
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Bidding, bidding bidding. eventually won the bid. now
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Eventually won the bid. now she owned her house. she
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She owned her house. she turned to her new friend, the
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Turned to her new friend, the one that was weeping that she
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One that was weeping that she had just met, she said, "i came
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Had just met, she said, "i came to buy a house for my son but i
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To buy a house for my son but i know now god sent me here to
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Know now god sent me here to buy your house and to give it
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Buy your house and to give it back to you." she handed her
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Back to you." she handed her the deed. (applause)
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The deed. (applause) the lady couldn't believe it.
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The lady couldn't believe it. (applause) she had been praying
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(applause) she had been praying to make the payments, for a
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To make the payments, for a healing, but god had a
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Healing, but god had a resurrection. now she owns it
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Resurrection. now she owns it free and clear. no more
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Free and clear. no more payments. (applause)
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Payments. (applause) is there something you have
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Is there something you have given up on? you think it's
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Given up on? you think it's been too long. you don't see
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Been too long. you don't see how it could ever work out.
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How it could ever work out. all it takes is one touch of
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All it takes is one touch of god's favor. you've got to go
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God's favor. you've got to go back to that place where you
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Back to that place where you quit believing. god is saying,
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Quit believing. god is saying, "even now i can turn it around.
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"even now i can turn it around. even now i can restore your
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Even now i can restore your health. even now i can help
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Health. even now i can help accomplish your dreams."
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Accomplish your dreams." now pass the test of staying
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Now pass the test of staying in faith when god is silent.
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In faith when god is silent. keep a good attitude even when
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Keep a good attitude even when it's not happening on your
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It's not happening on your timetable. god knows what he
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Timetable. god knows what he is doing. you may be praying
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Is doing. you may be praying for a healing but he has a
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For a healing but he has a resurrection coming your way.
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Resurrection coming your way. if you will tap into this even
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If you will tap into this even now faith, like martha, i
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Now faith, like martha, i believe and declare god is
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Believe and declare god is about to resurrect what you
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About to resurrect what you thought was dead. he is going
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Thought was dead. he is going to breathe new life into your
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To breathe new life into your health, your dreams, your
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Health, your dreams, your finances, your relationships.
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Finances, your relationships. you're going to see problems
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You're going to see problems turnaround, dreams fulfilled
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Turnaround, dreams fulfilled a new level of your destiny.
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A new level of your destiny. in jesus' name. if you receive
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In jesus' name. if you receive it can you say, "amen" today?
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It can you say, "amen" today? (applause)
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(applause) well, we never like to close
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Well, we never like to close our broadcast without giving
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Our broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make
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You an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Of my sins. come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior."
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I make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you
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Simple prayer we believe you got born again. get in a good
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Got born again. get in a good bible-based church. keep god
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Bible-based church. keep god first place. he is going to
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First place. he is going to take you places that you've
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Take you places that you've never dreamed.
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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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We'd love to send you a copy of pray
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Send you a copy of pray it forward: guided prayers
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It forward: guided prayers for faith and breakthrough.
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Inspired by real liferough.
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Inspired by real liferough. answered prayers,
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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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But until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Joel Osteen - Even Now Faith

May 28, 2026 | 27:29

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