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Joel Osteen - Faith For The Middle

February 10, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Faith For The Middle | February 10, 2026

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(music open) .
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. (applause)
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(applause) joel osteen intro: well god
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Joel osteen intro: well god bless you! it's a joy to be
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Bless you! it's a joy to be with you. if you're ever in
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With you. if you're ever in our area, please stop by,
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Our area, please stop by, be a part of one of our
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Be a part of one of our services. i promise you
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Services. i promise you we'll make you feel right
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We'll make you feel right at home.
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At home. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this man. he was
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About this man. he was sitting on an airplane next
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Sitting on an airplane next to a beautiful single lady.
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To a beautiful single lady. they struck up a conversation
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They struck up a conversation and he asked her what kind of
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And he asked her what kind of men she liked. she said,
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Men she liked. she said, "well, i like native american
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"well, i like native american men with their high cheek
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Men with their high cheek bones and golden tanned
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Bones and golden tanned skin. plus, i like jewish
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Skin. plus, i like jewish men. they're so brilliant
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Men. they're so brilliant and successful. and i like
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And successful. and i like good ole boys from the south
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Good ole boys from the south with their long, southern
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With their long, southern draw. what's your name?"
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Draw. what's your name?" he said, "my name is geronimo
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He said, "my name is geronimo bernstein. but my friends
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Bernstein. but my friends call me bubba." (laughter)
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Call me bubba." (laughter) say it like you mean it!
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Say it like you mean it! this is my bible, i am what
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This is my bible, i am what it says i am, i have what it
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It says i am, i have what it says i have, i can do what
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Says i have, i can do what it says i can do.
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It says i can do. today, i will be taught the
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Today, i will be taught the word of god. i boldly
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Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert,
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Confess: my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,
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My heart is receptive, i will never be the same.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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I want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "faith for the middle".
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About "faith for the middle". it's easy to have faith at
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It's easy to have faith at the start. when that new
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The start. when that new baby is born, you marry that
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Baby is born, you marry that beautiful girl, you start
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Beautiful girl, you start that business, that's
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That business, that's exciting, there's adrenaline
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Exciting, there's adrenaline flowing. it's easy to have
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Flowing. it's easy to have faith at the end, when you
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Faith at the end, when you can see the finish line, the
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Can see the finish line, the dream is in sight, you've
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Dream is in sight, you've fought the good fight.
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Fought the good fight. having faith at the start
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Having faith at the start and faith at the end is no
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And faith at the end is no problem, the real challenge
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Problem, the real challenge is having faith in the
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Is having faith in the middle.
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Middle. when it's taking longer than
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When it's taking longer than you thought, when you don't
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You thought, when you don't have the funds, when the
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Have the funds, when the medical report wasn't good.
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Medical report wasn't good. that little baby you were so
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That little baby you were so excited about, he was so
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Excited about, he was so cute, he couldn't do any
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Cute, he couldn't do any wrong. now he's a teenager.
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Wrong. now he's a teenager. you're convinced he's not
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You're convinced he's not your child. you're having
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Your child. you're having his dna tested next week.
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His dna tested next week. (laughter) the mistake we
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(laughter) the mistake we make is we get discouraged
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Make is we get discouraged in the middle. we think,
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In the middle. we think, "god, i know you gave me
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"god, i know you gave me this child, but he's making
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This child, but he's making my life miserable. god, you
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My life miserable. god, you brought this spouse into my
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Brought this spouse into my life, but there's conflict.
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Life, but there's conflict. god, you blessed me with this
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God, you blessed me with this business but i don't have the
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Business but i don't have the funds i need to run it."
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Funds i need to run it." in the middle is where most
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In the middle is where most people lose the battle.
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People lose the battle. but god never promised that
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But god never promised that we would reach our destiny
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We would reach our destiny without opposition, without
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Without opposition, without disappointments, without
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Disappointments, without things we don't understand.
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Things we don't understand. the scripture says, "don't
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The scripture says, "don't think it strange when you
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Think it strange when you face fiery trials."
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Face fiery trials." that means don't be upset
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That means don't be upset because that person did you
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Because that person did you wrong. don't start worrying
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Wrong. don't start worrying because business went down.
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Because business went down. god is still on the throne.
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God is still on the throne. nothing that's happened to
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Nothing that's happened to you has stopped his plan
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You has stopped his plan for your life. he's not in
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For your life. he's not in the heavens scratching his
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The heavens scratching his head thinking, "oh man that
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Head thinking, "oh man that one threw me off. i didn't
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One threw me off. i didn't see that bad break coming."
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See that bad break coming." what god promised you he
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What god promised you he still has every intention
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Still has every intention of bringing it to pass.
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Of bringing it to pass. i know you can have faith
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I know you can have faith at the start, i know you
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At the start, i know you can have faith at the end.
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Can have faith at the end. my question is will you
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My question is will you have faith for the middle?
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Have faith for the middle? when it's not happening the
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When it's not happening the way you thought. when it
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Way you thought. when it seems like you're going
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Seems like you're going backwards, every voice tells
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Backwards, every voice tells you to give up. "you must
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You to give up. "you must have heard god wrong. you
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Have heard god wrong. you wouldn't have this opposition
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Wouldn't have this opposition if you were on the right
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If you were on the right course." don't believe those
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Course." don't believe those lies. it's all a part of the
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Lies. it's all a part of the process.
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Process. here's the key: when god puts
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Here's the key: when god puts a dream in your heart, he'll
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A dream in your heart, he'll show you the end, he gives
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Show you the end, he gives you the promise, but he
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You the promise, but he won't show you the middle.
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Won't show you the middle. if he told us all it was
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If he told us all it was going to take to see it come
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Going to take to see it come to pass, many times we would
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To pass, many times we would talk ourselves out of it.
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Talk ourselves out of it. in the scripture, an angel
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In the scripture, an angel appeared to a young teen age
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Appeared to a young teen age girl named mary. he said,
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Girl named mary. he said, "mary, you are highly
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"mary, you are highly favored of god. you're
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Favored of god. you're going to have a baby without
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Going to have a baby without knowing a man. he will be
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Knowing a man. he will be the messiah, the savior of
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The messiah, the savior of the world." god showed her
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The world." god showed her the end. she was going to
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The end. she was going to be the mother of christ,
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Be the mother of christ, have honor, be respected
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Have honor, be respected and admired for generations
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And admired for generations to come. i'm sure mary was
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To come. i'm sure mary was excited. she couldn't
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Excited. she couldn't believe it was happening.
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But years later, i can hear
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But years later, i can hear mary saying, "god, you didn't
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Mary saying, "god, you didn't tell me having this baby
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Tell me having this baby would cause my fiance to want
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Would cause my fiance to want to call off the engagement.
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To call off the engagement. you didn't tell me i would
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You didn't tell me i would have this baby in a manger
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Have this baby in a manger with smelly animals. you
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With smelly animals. you didn't tell me i would have
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Didn't tell me i would have to live on the run two years,
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To live on the run two years, trying to hide my baby
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Trying to hide my baby from king herod. you didn't
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From king herod. you didn't tell me my son would be
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Tell me my son would be mistreated, mocked,
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Mistreated, mocked, ridiculed. i'd have to watch
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Ridiculed. i'd have to watch him be crucified, die a
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Him be crucified, die a painful death."
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Painful death." what am i saying? god doesn't
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What am i saying? god doesn't give us all the details.
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Give us all the details. what you're facing may be
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What you're facing may be difficult, you don't
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Difficult, you don't understand it; it doesn't
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Understand it; it doesn't make sense. this is where
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Make sense. this is where your faith has to kick in.
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Your faith has to kick in. are you going to get
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Are you going to get discouraged and talk
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Discouraged and talk yourself out of it?
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Yourself out of it? or are you going to do like
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Or are you going to do like mary and say, "god, you
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Mary and say, "god, you didn't tell me that these
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Didn't tell me that these people would do me wrong,
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People would do me wrong, you didn't tell me i would
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You didn't tell me i would be dealing with this illness,
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Be dealing with this illness, you didn't tell me business
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You didn't tell me business would be slow, but god,
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Would be slow, but god, i know you're still on the
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I know you're still on the throne, this is not a
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Throne, this is not a surprise to you. it's a part
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Surprise to you. it's a part of the process. so i'm not
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Of the process. so i'm not going to live discouraged,
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Going to live discouraged, i'm not going to give up on
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I'm not going to give up on my dreams, i'm going to do
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My dreams, i'm going to do like mary and have faith in
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Like mary and have faith in the middle."
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This is what joseph did.
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This is what joseph did. god gave him a dream that
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God gave him a dream that he would rule a nation;
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He would rule a nation; that his brothers would
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That his brothers would bow down before him. god
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Bow down before him. god showed him the end. the
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Showed him the end. the promise was planted in his
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Promise was planted in his heart. but what god didn't
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Heart. but what god didn't show him was the middle.
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Show him was the middle. years later, when joseph was
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Years later, when joseph was ruling the nation of egypt,
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Ruling the nation of egypt, one of the most influential
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One of the most influential people of his day, the dream
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People of his day, the dream had come to pass.
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Had come to pass. i can imagine joseph saying,
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"god, you told me that i
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"god, you told me that i would take the throne, but
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Would take the throne, but you didn't tell me my
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You didn't tell me my brothers would be jealous
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Brothers would be jealous and throw me into a pit.
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And throw me into a pit. you showed me the kingdom,
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You showed me the kingdom, but you didn't show my along
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But you didn't show my along the way i would be sold into
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The way i would be sold into slavery. you didn't tell me
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Slavery. you didn't tell me i would be falsely accused
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I would be falsely accused and put in prison for
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And put in prison for something that i didn't do."
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Something that i didn't do." if joseph were here today he
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If joseph were here today he would tell you, "don't get
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Would tell you, "don't get discouraged in the middle.
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Discouraged in the middle. don't give up when life
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Don't give up when life doesn't make sense. you
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Doesn't make sense. you know the promise is in your
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Know the promise is in your heart. you know god has told
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Heart. you know god has told you that you'll be healthy
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You that you'll be healthy again, that you'll see your
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Again, that you'll see your family restored, that
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Family restored, that you'll meet the person of
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You'll meet the person of your dreams, but every
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Your dreams, but every circumstance may say just
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Circumstance may say just the opposite. it looks like
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The opposite. it looks like you're going the other
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You're going the other direction. do like joseph:
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Direction. do like joseph: keep believing, keep being
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Keep believing, keep being your best. god has not
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Your best. god has not brought you this far to
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Brought you this far to leave you. he hasn't failed
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Leave you. he hasn't failed you in the past; he's not
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You in the past; he's not going to fail you in the
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Going to fail you in the future. don't get discouraged
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Future. don't get discouraged by the process. (applause)
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By the process. (applause) see, the start is fun, the
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See, the start is fun, the end is exciting but the
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End is exciting but the middle can be messy. in some
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Middle can be messy. in some way, we're all in the middle.
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Way, we're all in the middle. we're all on a journey.
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We're all on a journey. there are things that
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There are things that you're believing for. you
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You're believing for. you know god has planted that
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Know god has planted that seed. but over time it's
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Seed. but over time it's easy to get discouraged
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Easy to get discouraged and think, "oh, joel, it's
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And think, "oh, joel, it's never going to happen,
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Never going to happen, there are too many
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There are too many obstacles." god has you
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Obstacles." god has you hearing this to breathe new
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Hearing this to breathe new life into your dreams. what
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Life into your dreams. what he's promised you is already
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He's promised you is already en route. the process has
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En route. the process has already been started.
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Already been started. the healing, the right
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The healing, the right people, the new business,
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People, the new business, the breakthrough, it's
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The breakthrough, it's already on the way. now do
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Already on the way. now do your part and have faith
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Your part and have faith for the middle. david could
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For the middle. david could have said, "god, you promised
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Have said, "god, you promised me i would be the king but
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Me i would be the king but you didn't tell me i would
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You didn't tell me i would have to face a giant twice
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Have to face a giant twice my size. you left that
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My size. you left that detail out. you didn't tell
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Detail out. you didn't tell me king saul would chase me
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Me king saul would chase me through the desert and try
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Through the desert and try to kill me. you didn't tell
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To kill me. you didn't tell me my own son would turn on
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Me my own son would turn on me and try to take the
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Me and try to take the throne."
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Throne." when you study the great
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When you study the great heroes of faith, one common
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Heroes of faith, one common denominator you will find
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Denominator you will find is they had faith for the
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Is they had faith for the middle. when it looked
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Middle. when it looked impossible, when the promise
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Impossible, when the promise seemed a long way off, they
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Seemed a long way off, they kept moving forward knowing
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Kept moving forward knowing that it was a part of the
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That it was a part of the process. i can still remember
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Process. i can still remember where i was sitting years ago
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Where i was sitting years ago in a restaurant when a friend
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In a restaurant when a friend of mine told me that the
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Of mine told me that the houston rockets basketball
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Houston rockets basketball team was going to move out
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Team was going to move out of the compaq center and
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Of the compaq center and this facility was going to
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This facility was going to come available. when i heard
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Come available. when i heard that, something came alive
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That, something came alive on the inside. i knew it was
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On the inside. i knew it was supposed to be ours. god
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Supposed to be ours. god showed me the end. i could
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Showed me the end. i could already see us in here having
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Already see us in here having services, touching the world.
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Services, touching the world. looking back now, i realize
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Looking back now, i realize what god didn't show me,
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What god didn't show me, that it was going to take
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That it was going to take two years to try to convince
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Two years to try to convince ten city council members to
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Ten city council members to vote for us.
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Vote for us. he didn't show me one of the
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He didn't show me one of the largest companies in texas
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Largest companies in texas would file a lawsuit to try
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Would file a lawsuit to try to keep us from moving in.
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To keep us from moving in. he didn't tell me it was
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He didn't tell me it was going to cost a hundred
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Going to cost a hundred million dollars to renovate.
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Million dollars to renovate. sometimes god leaves out
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Sometimes god leaves out certain details on purpose.
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Certain details on purpose. if he would have told me i
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If he would have told me i would be responsible for
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Would be responsible for those funds, i would have
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Those funds, i would have said, "god, we're fine with
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Said, "god, we're fine with our old location." i would
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Our old location." i would have settled for less than
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Have settled for less than his best. there's a reason
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His best. there's a reason we don't know all the
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We don't know all the details. we wouldn't move
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Details. we wouldn't move into the fullness of our
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Into the fullness of our destiny because none of us
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Destiny because none of us like adversity. we like to
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Like adversity. we like to be comfortable. but you
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Be comfortable. but you won't become all you were
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Won't become all you were created to be without
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Created to be without opposition, without
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Opposition, without disappointments, without
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Disappointments, without struggles that cause you to
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Struggles that cause you to stretch your faith, to grow,
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Stretch your faith, to grow, to develop your spiritual
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To develop your spiritual muscles.
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Muscles. when god brought the
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When god brought the israelites out of slavery,
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Israelites out of slavery, they were headed toward
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They were headed toward the promised land. god
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The promised land. god showed them the destination,
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Showed them the destination, the land flowing with milk
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The land flowing with milk and honey. he got them
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And honey. he got them started, but in the middle
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Started, but in the middle god didn't abandon them.
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God didn't abandon them. he didn't say, "i gave you
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He didn't say, "i gave you the promise, now you're on
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The promise, now you're on your own. good luck in the
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Your own. good luck in the middle." no, all along the
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Middle." no, all along the way, god supernaturally
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Way, god supernaturally provided for them. he gave
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Provided for them. he gave them manna, something like
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Them manna, something like bread, to eat each morning
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Bread, to eat each morning out in the desert. when they
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Out in the desert. when they wanted meat, god shifted the
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Wanted meat, god shifted the direction of the winds and
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Direction of the winds and hundreds of thousands of
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Hundreds of thousands of quail came into the camp.
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Quail came into the camp. when they were thirsty and
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When they were thirsty and couldn't find a stream, god
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Couldn't find a stream, god brought water out of a rock.
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Brought water out of a rock. he protected them from
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He protected them from enemies that were much
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Enemies that were much bigger and more powerful.
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Bigger and more powerful. when pharaoh changed his
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When pharaoh changed his mind and came chasing after
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Mind and came chasing after the israelites, they were at
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The israelites, they were at a dead end at the red sea
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A dead end at the red sea and they had nowhere to go.
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And they had nowhere to go. it looked like they were
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It looked like they were done. god supernaturally
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Done. god supernaturally parted the waters and took
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Parted the waters and took them through on dry ground.
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Them through on dry ground. again and again, god showed
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Again and again, god showed them favor, made things
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Them favor, made things happen they could have never
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Happen they could have never made happen. god was showing
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Made happen. god was showing us, "i'm not just the god of
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Us, "i'm not just the god of the start, i'm not just the
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The start, i'm not just the god of the finish, i'm the
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God of the finish, i'm the god of the middle. i'm the
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God of the middle. i'm the god who will bring you
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God who will bring you through the storm, through
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Through the storm, through the trial, through the
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The trial, through the difficulty."
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Difficulty." when you're in the middle,
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When you're in the middle, god's given you the promise.
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God's given you the promise. like the israelites, you know
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Like the israelites, you know your destination, but you're
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Your destination, but you're en route raising that baby,
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En route raising that baby, believing for your healing,
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Believing for your healing, you're running your business.
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You're running your business. along the way, you'll face
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Along the way, you'll face situations like them where
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Situations like them where it looks impossible, the
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It looks impossible, the odds are against you; the
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Odds are against you; the opposition is much stronger.
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Opposition is much stronger. be encouraged. the god of
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Be encouraged. the god of the middle is right there
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The middle is right there with you. there may be some
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With you. there may be some red seas in your path.
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Red seas in your path. it seems like you're stuck,
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It seems like you're stuck, the good news is god knows
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The good news is god knows how to part the waters.
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How to part the waters. he knows how to make a way.
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He knows how to make a way. you may not have the funds
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You may not have the funds you need to go to college,
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You need to go to college, to run your business, but
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To run your business, but god knows how to shift the
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God knows how to shift the direction of the winds and
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Direction of the winds and bring quail into your camp,
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Bring quail into your camp, so to speak. god can still
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So to speak. god can still bring water out of a rock.
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Bring water out of a rock. don't give up in the middle.
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Don't give up in the middle. the scripture says, "you'll
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The scripture says, "you'll go through the flood but
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Go through the flood but you will not drown."
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You will not drown." why is that? the god of the
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Why is that? the god of the middle is with you. goes
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Middle is with you. goes onto say, "you'll go through
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Onto say, "you'll go through the fire but you won't be
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The fire but you won't be burned. you'll go through
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Burned. you'll go through the famine but you won't
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The famine but you won't go hungry." you may be in
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Go hungry." you may be in the fire, in the flood, in
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The fire, in the flood, in the famine. god is saying,
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The famine. god is saying, "you're not saying there,
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"you're not saying there, you're going through it."
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You're going through it." when you're in the middle,
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When you're in the middle, you have to remind yourself
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You have to remind yourself this too shall pass. it's
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This too shall pass. it's temporary. now quit giving
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Temporary. now quit giving so much energy to something
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So much energy to something that's not going to last.
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That's not going to last. quit wasting time worried
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Quit wasting time worried about the situation at work,
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About the situation at work, discouraged over the medical
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Discouraged over the medical report, upset over what they
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Report, upset over what they said. that's not your
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Said. that's not your destination; you're only
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Destination; you're only passing through. the
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Passing through. the trouble is not permanent,
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Trouble is not permanent, the sickness, the legal
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The sickness, the legal situation, the loneliness,
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Situation, the loneliness, it's just a step along the
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It's just a step along the way. but if you make the
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Way. but if you make the mistake of letting it
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Mistake of letting it overwhelm you and get
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Overwhelm you and get discouraged, then you'll
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Discouraged, then you'll settle there and let what
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Settle there and let what should have been temporary
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Should have been temporary become permanent. this is
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Become permanent. this is where many people miss it;
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Where many people miss it; they give up in the middle.
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They give up in the middle. i'm asking you to keep
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I'm asking you to keep moving forward. david said
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It this way, "though i walk
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It this way, "though i walk through the valley of the
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Through the valley of the shadow of death." he didn't
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Shadow of death." he didn't say, "i stay in the valley.
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Say, "i stay in the valley. i set up camp in the valley.
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I set up camp in the valley. i build my house in the
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I build my house in the valley." he said, "the
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Valley." he said, "the valley is not my home. i
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Valley is not my home. i don't settle in the middle.
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Don't settle in the middle. i don't get discouraged by
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I don't get discouraged by opposition. i don't give up
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Opposition. i don't give up when life doesn't make
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When life doesn't make sense." he had faith for
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Sense." he had faith for the middle. when things
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The middle. when things come against you and you're
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Come against you and you're tempted to settle, you have
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Tempted to settle, you have to dig your heels in and
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To dig your heels in and say like david, "i know
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Say like david, "i know he's not just the god of
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He's not just the god of the finish, he's the god
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The finish, he's the god of the middle. so i'm not
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Of the middle. so i'm not going to settle in the
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Going to settle in the valley, i'm not going to
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Valley, i'm not going to get stuck in the middle, i'm
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Get stuck in the middle, i'm going to keep moving forward
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Going to keep moving forward knowing that god will get
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Knowing that god will get me to where i'm supposed to be--
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Me to where i'm supposed to be-- paul said in ephesians,
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Paul said in ephesians, "put on the armor of god,
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"put on the armor of god, so that in the day of
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So that in the day of trouble you can stand."
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Trouble you can stand." in life, we will all have
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In life, we will all have days of trouble, days of
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Days of trouble, days of disappointments, days of
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Disappointments, days of opposition. but the same
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Opposition. but the same god that said there will
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God that said there will be a day of trouble also
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Be a day of trouble also said there will be a day
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Said there will be a day when that trouble comes to
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When that trouble comes to an end. you may be in a
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An end. you may be in a difficultly right now.
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Difficultly right now. be encouraged, it's
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Be encouraged, it's temporary. that trouble has
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Temporary. that trouble has an expiration date. god has
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An expiration date. god has already set an end to it.
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Already set an end to it. you're in the middle but at
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You're in the middle but at the appointed time, the end
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The appointed time, the end will come. that legal
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Will come. that legal situation; it's just one of
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Situation; it's just one of those days of trouble that
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Those days of trouble that god talked about. instead
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God talked about. instead of being discouraged,
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Of being discouraged, remind yourself, "this
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Remind yourself, "this trouble is not permanent.
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Trouble is not permanent. it has an expiration date.
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It has an expiration date. just like there's a day of
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Just like there's a day of trouble, god has a day of
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Trouble, god has a day of deliverance, a day of
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Deliverance, a day of healing, a day of abundance,
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Healing, a day of abundance, a day of breakthroughs."
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A day of breakthroughs." (applause)
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(applause) this couple i know have a
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This couple i know have a son that was addicted to
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Son that was addicted to drugs for over 20 years.
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Drugs for over 20 years. these parents are good
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These parents are good people, they love god,
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People, they love god, they're always giving and
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They're always giving and serving, but somehow their
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Serving, but somehow their son got on the wrong course.
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Son got on the wrong course. year after year went by,
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Year after year went by, it looked like nothing was
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It looked like nothing was changing. but i never heard
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Changing. but i never heard these parents talk about
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These parents talk about the problem. i never once
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The problem. i never once heard them complain,
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Heard them complain, "god, why did this happen
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"god, why did this happen to our son, we don't
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To our son, we don't understand it?" they were
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Understand it?" they were in the valley but they
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In the valley but they didn't make the valley
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Didn't make the valley their home. they knew just
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Their home. they knew just as there was a day of
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As there was a day of trouble, when their son
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Trouble, when their son was addicted, there was a
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Was addicted, there was a day of deliverance, set by
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Day of deliverance, set by the creator of the universe
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The creator of the universe where their son would be
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Where their son would be free from that addiction.
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Free from that addiction. they had done everything
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They had done everything they could. they prayed,
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They could. they prayed, they believed, they sent
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They believed, they sent him to rehab but none of
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Him to rehab but none of that worked. a few months
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That worked. a few months ago, some people that worked
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Ago, some people that worked with this young man took a
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With this young man took a special interest in him.
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Special interest in him. they're not even believers,
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They're not even believers, but they befriended him and
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But they befriended him and paid his way to go through
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Paid his way to go through treatment. this time it was
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Treatment. this time it was successful. now for the
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Successful. now for the first time in over 20 years,
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First time in over 20 years, he's completely clean.
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He's completely clean. he has no desire for any
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He has no desire for any of those drugs. what
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Of those drugs. what happened? he came into his
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Happened? he came into his day of deliverance. what his
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Day of deliverance. what his parents couldn't do, god had
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Parents couldn't do, god had somebody to do for him.
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Somebody to do for him. when you have faith for the
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When you have faith for the middle, god will make things
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Middle, god will make things happen you could never make
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Happen you could never make happen. you may be in one
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Happen. you may be in one of those days of trouble
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Of those days of trouble right now. trouble in your
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Right now. trouble in your health, in a relationship,
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Health, in a relationship, in your mind. it's easy to
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In your mind. it's easy to think, "it's never going
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Think, "it's never going to change, i'll always be
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To change, i'll always be depressed. i'll always
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Depressed. i'll always struggle in my finances.
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Struggle in my finances. i'll always struggle with
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I'll always struggle with this addiction."
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This addiction." no, you need to get ready.
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No, you need to get ready. like this young man, god is
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Like this young man, god is saying, "your day of
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Saying, "your day of deliverance is coming, your
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Deliverance is coming, your day of freedom, your day of
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Day of freedom, your day of joy, your day of victory is
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Joy, your day of victory is on the way."
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Mark chapter 4, jesus had
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Mark chapter 4, jesus had been teaching thousands of
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Been teaching thousands of people. it was late in the
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People. it was late in the day. he said to the
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Day. he said to the disciples, "let's go to the
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Disciples, "let's go to the other side of the lake.
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"they got in a boat and
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"they got in a boat and began to travel there.
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Began to travel there. but along the way they
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But along the way they encountered a huge storm.
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Encountered a huge storm. the scripture describes
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The scripture describes it as a furious squall of
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It as a furious squall of hurricane proportions. the
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Hurricane proportions. the winds were so strong they
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Winds were so strong they thought the boat was going
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Thought the boat was going to capsize. the waves were
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To capsize. the waves were coming up over the top of it.
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Coming up over the top of it. the disciples were so
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The disciples were so panicked that peter ran down
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Panicked that peter ran down to the stern of the boat
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To the stern of the boat where jesus was sleeping and
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Where jesus was sleeping and said, "jesus, wake up, we're
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Said, "jesus, wake up, we're in the middle of a storm.
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In the middle of a storm. we're about to die."
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We're about to die." jesus woke up and he spoke
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Jesus woke up and he spoke to the storm and everything
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To the storm and everything calmed down. what's
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Calmed down. what's interesting is jesus knew
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Interesting is jesus knew there was going to be a
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There was going to be a storm before they left that
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Storm before they left that night. he's god, he knows
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Night. he's god, he knows everything. why did he tell
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Everything. why did he tell them, "let's go to the other
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Them, "let's go to the other side", if he knew there was
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Side", if he knew there was going to be a hurricane,
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Going to be a hurricane, a major storm? because he
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A major storm? because he also knew that storm could
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Also knew that storm could not keep them from their
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Not keep them from their destiny. he knew there would
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Destiny. he knew there would be difficulties in the
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Be difficulties in the middle, but when he declares,
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Middle, but when he declares, "we're going to the other
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"we're going to the other side", all the forces of
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Side", all the forces of darkness cannot stop him.
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Darkness cannot stop him. he's going to make it to the
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He's going to make it to the other side.
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Other side. in the same way, when god
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In the same way, when god puts a promise in your heart,
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Puts a promise in your heart, when he speaks into your
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When he speaks into your destiny, you don't have to be
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Destiny, you don't have to be moved by the winds, worried
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Moved by the winds, worried by the storms, upset and
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By the storms, upset and panicked because there's a
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Panicked because there's a few hurricanes along the
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Few hurricanes along the journey. god controls the
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Journey. god controls the universe, what he's spoken
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Universe, what he's spoken over your life will come to
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Over your life will come to pass. the reason jesus
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Pass. the reason jesus didn't wake up on his own
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Didn't wake up on his own in the middle of that storm
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In the middle of that storm is because he knew the
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Is because he knew the disciples could handle it.
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Disciples could handle it. if they were all going to
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If they were all going to die, he would have gotten up
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Die, he would have gotten up without them having to wake
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Without them having to wake him up. when we're in a
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Him up. when we're in a storm, a lot of times we
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Storm, a lot of times we do like peter. we get all
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Do like peter. we get all upset, panicked, "god,
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Upset, panicked, "god, you've got to help me god.
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You've got to help me god. god, you've got to fix this
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God, you've got to fix this right now." the reason it
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Right now." the reason it may seem like god is not
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May seem like god is not waking up is not because
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Waking up is not because he's ignoring you, not
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He's ignoring you, not because he's uninterested,
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Because he's uninterested, it's because he knows you
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It's because he knows you can handle it. he wouldn't
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Can handle it. he wouldn't have allowed that storm if
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Have allowed that storm if it was going to sink you.
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It was going to sink you. now quit being upset over
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Now quit being upset over something you can handle.
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Something you can handle. quit worrying about that
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Quit worrying about that situation at work. god is
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Situation at work. god is not ignoring you. he knew
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Not ignoring you. he knew there would be a storm
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There would be a storm before he sent you out.
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Before he sent you out. he's not waking up because
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He's not waking up because he's growing you up. he's
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He's growing you up. he's teaching you to have faith
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Teaching you to have faith for the middle. if he came
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For the middle. if he came running every time we had
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Running every time we had a difficulty, our spiritual
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A difficulty, our spiritual muscles would never develop.
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Muscles would never develop. we would never really trust
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We would never really trust him. but when you're calm
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Him. but when you're calm despite what's coming
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Despite what's coming against you, that's a sign
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Against you, that's a sign of maturity. that's a sign
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Of maturity. that's a sign you have faith for the
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You have faith for the middle. if god is not
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Middle. if god is not turning it around yet, the
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Turning it around yet, the winds are still blowing,
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Winds are still blowing, the waves are still rocking,
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The waves are still rocking, take it as a compliment.
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Take it as a compliment. that means you can handle
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That means you can handle it. it's not too much for
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It. it's not too much for you. you have the most
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You. you have the most powerful force in the
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Powerful force in the universe breathing in your
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Universe breathing in your direction. years ago, we
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Direction. years ago, we were doing a night of hope
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Were doing a night of hope in los angeles at dodger
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In los angeles at dodger stadium. alexandra, our
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Stadium. alexandra, our daughter, was a little
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Daughter, was a little girl. she would come up at
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Girl. she would come up at the end of the program and
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The end of the program and sing. there were thousands
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Of people there and it was
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Of people there and it was live on television.
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Live on television. alexandra started her song,
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Alexandra started her song, but the mic wasn't working
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But the mic wasn't working properly. it would come on
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Properly. it would come on for a second, go off for
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For a second, go off for three seconds, cutting in
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Three seconds, cutting in and out. it's hard enough
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To sing in the big stadiums
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To sing in the big stadiums 'cause there's so much echo,
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'cause there's so much echo, but now she couldn't hear
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But now she couldn't hear herself. she was a little
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Herself. she was a little girl and didn't really know
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Girl and didn't really know what to do. as she was
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What to do. as she was singing, with these
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Singing, with these thoughts of confusion
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Thoughts of confusion filling her mind, saying,
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Filling her mind, saying, "you should stop, nobody
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"you should stop, nobody can hear you. you're
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Can hear you. you're wasting your time."
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Wasting your time." she looked over to the left
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She looked over to the left and could see victoria, her
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And could see victoria, her mother, sitting on the side
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Mother, sitting on the side of the platform. the whole
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Of the platform. the whole time, victoria had a big
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Time, victoria had a big smile on her face and was
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Smile on her face and was nodding her head yes, just
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Nodding her head yes, just like she was saying, "keep
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Like she was saying, "keep going, you're doing good."
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Going, you're doing good." alexandra would sing for
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Alexandra would sing for another fifteen seconds,
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Another fifteen seconds, mic cutting in and out.
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Mic cutting in and out. she would look back over
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She would look back over and there was victoria,
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And there was victoria, still smiling from ear to
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Still smiling from ear to ear, nodding her head yes.
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Ear, nodding her head yes. alexandra made it through
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Alexandra made it through the whole song simply
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The whole song simply because she could see her
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Because she could see her mother reassuring her that
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Mother reassuring her that everything was going to be
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Everything was going to be all right.
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All right. sometimes in life, the mic
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Sometimes in life, the mic is not working. you're in
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Is not working. you're in the middle of your song.
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The middle of your song. you thought it would be the
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You thought it would be the best part of your life but
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Best part of your life but you came down with an
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You came down with an illness or somebody walked
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Illness or somebody walked away and broke your heart.
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Away and broke your heart. the business didn't make
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The business didn't make it. you hit one of those
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It. you hit one of those days of trouble. every
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Days of trouble. every voice will tell you to stop
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Voice will tell you to stop singing, it's not making a
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Singing, it's not making a difference; nobody's
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Difference; nobody's listening. but if you'll
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Listening. but if you'll look up through your eyes
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Look up through your eyes of faith, you'll see your
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Of faith, you'll see your heavenly father nodding
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Heavenly father nodding his head yes, saying,
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His head yes, saying, "keep going, you're doing
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"keep going, you're doing good. i'm in control." when
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Good. i'm in control." when you're in the middle and
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You're in the middle and the mic quits working,
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The mic quits working, the key is just keep
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The key is just keep singing your song. keep
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Singing your song. keep doing the right thing. you
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Doing the right thing. you can't control everything
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Can't control everything that happens to you. just
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That happens to you. just be your best and trust god
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Be your best and trust god to take care of the rest.
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To take care of the rest. he's not just the god of
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He's not just the god of the start, not just the
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The start, not just the god of the finish, he's
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God of the finish, he's the god of the middle.
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The god of the middle. he has you in the palm of
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He has you in the palm of his hand. he's behind the
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His hand. he's behind the scenes right now, working
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Scenes right now, working out his plan for your life.
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Out his plan for your life. don't be discouraged by the
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Don't be discouraged by the process. you may be in the
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Process. you may be in the fire but you're not staying
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Fire but you're not staying there. you're going to pass
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There. you're going to pass through. you're coming out.
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Through. you're coming out. i believe and declare, if
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I believe and declare, if you'll have faith for
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You'll have faith for the middle, the god of the
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The middle, the god of the middle is going to show up
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Middle is going to show up and show out in your life.
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And show out in your life. like the israelites,
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Like the israelites, providing for you, protecting
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Providing for you, protecting you, and you won't get stuck
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You, and you won't get stuck in the middle. you will make
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In the middle. you will make it into your promised land,
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It into your promised land, in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Say amen today? (applause)
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(applause) i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus,
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord
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I make you my lord and savior."
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And savior." if you prayed that
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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You got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church.
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Church. victoria and i will be
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a
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Right back to speak a blessing over you.
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Many people believe
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Many people believe that god can heal.
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That god can heal. but when nothing is improving,
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But when nothing is improving, our prayers are
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Our prayers are not being answered,
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Not being answered, it's easy to think:
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It's easy to think: will god heal me?
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Will god heal me? the truth is,
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The truth is, god still loves to heal.
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God still loves to heal. i've witnessed
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I've witnessed god's healing power
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God's healing power firsthand in my own family.
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Firsthand in my own family. when situations
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When situations seemed impossible,
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Seemed impossible, and medically
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And medically speaking,
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Speaking, there were no options,
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There were no options, god stepped in and made a way.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you our new devotional,
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God still loves to heal.
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It's filled with scripture
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It's filled with scripture and encouragement
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And encouragement designed to strengthen
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Designed to strengthen your faith
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Your faith and help
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And help you believe for healing.
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You believe for healing. even when you can't see it,
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Even when you can't see it, god is still working.
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God is still working. as you stand firm and declare
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As you stand firm and declare his promises,
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His promises, healing is on the way.
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The same god who healed in
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The same god who healed in the bible
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Is still healing today.
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Is still healing today. your generous support
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Your generous support is so important to help us
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Is so important to help us share the message of hope.
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Share the message of hope. and as our way of saying
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And as our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount,
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Pastor
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Joel would like to send you
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Joel would like to send you a copy of god
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Still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. this new seasonal devotional
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Will guide younal devotional
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Will guide younal devotional through a weekly rhythm
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Through a weekly rhythm where you'll be encouraged
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Where you'll be encouraged by life-changing insight
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By life-changing insight that will strengthen
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That will strengthen and encourage
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And encourage you in your faith.
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You in your faith. jesus cares
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Jesus cares about you physically,
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About you physically, mentally, and emotionally.
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Mentally, and emotionally. he forgives us, delivers
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He forgives us, delivers us, and he heals
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Us, and he heals us and makes us whole.
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Us and makes us whole. with this
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With this inspiring devotional resource,
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Inspiring devotional resource, you'll go on a healing journey.
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You'll go on a healing journey. you'll enter into god's rest
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You'll enter into god's rest and restoration, knowing
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And restoration, knowing his promises are true
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His promises are true yesterday, today, and forever.
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Yesterday, today, and forever. receive your copy
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And experience god's goodness
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By simply visiting us
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At joelosteen.com
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At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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My mother was
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My mother was miraculously healed
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From terminal cancer.
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My sisterinal cancer.
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Lisa was healed
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From a birth injury
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From a birth injury similar to cerebral palsy.
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Similar to cerebral palsy. what god did for us,
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What god did for us, he can do for you.
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Victoria and i
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Are going to be praying for you
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Are going to be praying for you this month,
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This month, especially for healing for
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Especially for healing for you and your family,
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You and your family, not just physically,
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Not just physically, but mentally
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But mentally and emotionally
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And emotionally that you will be
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That you will be completely whole.
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Completely whole. we appreciate your prayer
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We appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity is impacting people
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Around the world.
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And specialworld.
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And specialworld. 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. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Be sure to request
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Your copy of godst
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Still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. available this month
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By simply visiting us
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At joelosteen.com
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At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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And you can fill your year
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And you can fill your year with strength, peace,
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With strength, peace, and encouragement
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And encouragement with the healing
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And wholeness collection.
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And wholeness collection. it features god's
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Word for every season,
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A guided four-part journal series to help anchor
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Journal series to help anchor your heart to his promises.
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Your heart to his promises. plus, god still loves to heal,
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Plus, god still loves to heal, and the blessing
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And the blessing of taking communion.
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Of taking communion. together,
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Together, they'll strengthen your faith,
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They'll strengthen your faith, renew your hope,
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Renew your hope, and remind you
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That jesus still heals
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And restores today.als
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Joel Osteen - Faith For The Middle

February 10, 2026 | 27:29

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