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Joel Osteen - Fast Forward

June 29, 2026 | 27:29

Joel Osteen - Fast Forward
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Fast Forward | June 29, 2026
  • > joel: god bless you.
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  • > joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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  • It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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  • Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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  • Connected with us during the week, through our
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  • The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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  • Daily podcast, our youtube channel, social media. and
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  • Channel, social media. and you can come visit us in
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  • You can come visit us in person. we'd love to have
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  • Person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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  • You be a part of one of our services.
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  • Our services. 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 groom. during the
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  • About this groom. during the wedding rehearsal, he said
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  • Wedding rehearsal, he said to the minister, “i'll make
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  • To the minister, “i'll make a deal with you. if you'll
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  • A deal with you. if you'll leave out all that honor,
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  • Leave out all that honor, love and obey stuff, i'll
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  • Love and obey stuff, i'll give you a hundred dollars.”
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  • Give you a hundred dollars.” he slipped a hundred-dollar
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  • He slipped a hundred-dollar bill into the minister's hand
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  • Bill into the minister's hand and walked away with a smile.
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  • And walked away with a smile. the next day, during the
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  • The next day, during the ceremony, the minister said
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  • Ceremony, the minister said to him, “do you promise to
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  • To him, “do you promise to bow down before your wife,
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  • Bow down before your wife, take her breakfast in bed,
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  • Take her breakfast in bed, fulfill her every desire.” he
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  • Fulfill her every desire.” he gulped in astonishment and
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  • Gulped in astonishment and said in a weak voice, “i do.”
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  • Said in a weak voice, “i do.” he then whispered in the
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  • He then whispered in the minister's ear, “i thought we
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  • Minister's ear, “i thought we had a deal.” the minister
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  • Had a deal.” the minister handed him his money back and
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  • Handed him his money back and said, “your wife made me a
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  • Said, “your wife made me a much better offer.”
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  • This is my bible. i am what
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  • This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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  • It says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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  • Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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  • Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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  • Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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  • Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about fast forward. when we
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  • About fast forward. when we look at the dreams we want to
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  • Look at the dreams we want to accomplish, problems we're
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  • Accomplish, problems we're hoping will turn around, it
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  • Hoping will turn around, it can seem like it's going to
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  • Can seem like it's going to take a long time. years to
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  • Take a long time. years to get out of debt, years to
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  • Get out of debt, years to recover from a sickness,
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  • Recover from a sickness, years to see the business
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  • Years to see the business grow. but god doesn't always
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  • Grow. but god doesn't always do things on a normal
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  • Do things on a normal timeline. the scripture talks
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  • Timeline. the scripture talks about how he can do a quick
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  • About how he can do a quick work. he knows how to speed
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  • Work. he knows how to speed things up. he has these
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  • Things up. he has these moments of favor where he
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  • Moments of favor where he will catapult you ahead.
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  • Will catapult you ahead. everything seems routine,
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  • Everything seems routine, you're going along at the
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  • You're going along at the same pace, making the same
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  • Same pace, making the same progress, then out of
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  • Progress, then out of nowhere, one good break, one
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  • Nowhere, one good break, one contract, one door opens, and
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  • Contract, one door opens, and you're twenty years down the
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  • You're twenty years down the road. you didn't see it
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  • Road. you didn't see it coming, you can't explain it.
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  • Coming, you can't explain it. it's god accelerating things,
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  • It's god accelerating things, propelling you forward. when
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  • Propelling you forward. when i'm watching a movie at home
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  • I'm watching a movie at home or i've recorded a ballgame,
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  • Or i've recorded a ballgame, if it's getting boring, or if
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  • If it's getting boring, or if i'm in a hurry, it's no big
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  • I'm in a hurry, it's no big deal. i pick up the remote
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  • Deal. i pick up the remote control and hit fast forward.
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  • Control and hit fast forward. it jumps it ahead. i hit it
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  • It jumps it ahead. i hit it again and four times the
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  • Again and four times the speed. again, eight times,
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  • Speed. again, eight times, then sixteen, thirty-two. it
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  • Then sixteen, thirty-two. it can go sixty-four times
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  • Can go sixty-four times faster than normal. i can
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  • Faster than normal. i can watch a three-hour ballgame
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  • Watch a three-hour ballgame in thirty minutes. the good
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  • In thirty minutes. the good news is god has a fast
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  • News is god has a fast forward button for your life.
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  • Forward button for your life. it should take you thirty
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  • It should take you thirty years to accomplish a dream,
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  • Years to accomplish a dream, but all god has to do is hit
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  • But all god has to do is hit fast forward, and it will
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  • Fast forward, and it will happen in a fraction of the
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  • Happen in a fraction of the time.
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  • Time. i met a lady in the lobby
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  • I met a lady in the lobby that was waiting for a liver
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  • That was waiting for a liver transplant. she was told it
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  • Transplant. she was told it could take up to five years.
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  • Could take up to five years. so many people in line in
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  • So many people in line in front of her. the problem was
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  • Front of her. the problem was she didn't have five years.
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  • She didn't have five years. her health was declining so
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  • Her health was declining so fast. i told her what i'm
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  • Fast. i told her what i'm telling you. god is not
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  • Telling you. god is not limited by a normal timeline.
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  • Limited by a normal timeline. god controls time. three
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  • God controls time. three weeks later, she came back in
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  • Weeks later, she came back in the lobby. i said, “i'm still
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  • The lobby. i said, “i'm still believing with you.” she
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  • Believing with you.” she said, “no joel, i've already
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  • Said, “no joel, i've already had the transplant.” they
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  • Had the transplant.” they called her back the next
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  • Called her back the next week. her doctor said that he
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  • Week. her doctor said that he had never seen anything like
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  • Had never seen anything like that before. what happened?
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  • That before. what happened? god hit fast forward. god
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  • God hit fast forward. god knows how to accelerate your
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  • Knows how to accelerate your dreams, accelerate your
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  • Dreams, accelerate your healing, accelerate what
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  • Healing, accelerate what you're believing for. that's
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  • You're believing for. that's why you can't judge your
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  • Why you can't judge your future based on the progress
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  • Future based on the progress you've seen in the past. god
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  • You've seen in the past. god has the remote control. he
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  • Has the remote control. he has some of these fast
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  • Has some of these fast forward moments coming your
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  • Forward moments coming your way, things that will
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  • Way, things that will catapult you ahead. you can't
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  • Catapult you ahead. you can't explain it. you didn't see it
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  • Explain it. you didn't see it coming, but suddenly you get
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  • Coming, but suddenly you get well, suddenly you're in
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  • Well, suddenly you're in management, suddenly you
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  • Management, suddenly you break the addiction. it
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  • Break the addiction. it should have taken you a
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  • Should have taken you a lifetime, but god hit fast
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  • Lifetime, but god hit fast forward, he did a quick work.
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  • Forward, he did a quick work. for years, lakewood was on
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  • For years, lakewood was on the other side of town. that
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  • The other side of town. that area had gotten a little
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  • Area had gotten a little rundown, become more
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  • Rundown, become more industrial. by the grace of
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  • Industrial. by the grace of god, we moved into this
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  • God, we moved into this place, the former compaq
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  • Place, the former compaq center. the rockets
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  • Center. the rockets basketball team won two world
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  • Basketball team won two world championships here. it's on
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  • Championships here. it's on the busiest freeway in texas.
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  • The busiest freeway in texas. two million people a year had
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  • Two million people a year had come into this building for
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  • Come into this building for sports and concerts. that one
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  • Sports and concerts. that one move put us fifty years down
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  • Move put us fifty years down the road in influence, in
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  • The road in influence, in credibility, in respect. i
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  • Credibility, in respect. i had people that wouldn't give
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  • Had people that wouldn't give me the time of day, treated
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  • Me the time of day, treated me like i was second class,
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  • Me like i was second class, from that poor church across
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  • From that poor church across town, those holy rollers.
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  • Town, those holy rollers. when we got the compaq
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  • When we got the compaq center, those same people
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  • Center, those same people that ignored me, they'd come
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  • That ignored me, they'd come up and say, “can we come to
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  • Up and say, “can we come to your church. will you save us
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  • Your church. will you save us a seat?” i said, “i sure
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  • A seat?” i said, “i sure will, right up by the flag.”
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  • Will, right up by the flag.” that one good break did more
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  • That one good break did more than i could do on my own in
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  • Than i could do on my own in my whole lifetime. god has
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  • My whole lifetime. god has some of these fast forward
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  • Some of these fast forward moments for you. you couldn't
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  • Moments for you. you couldn't make it happen. you couldn't
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  • Make it happen. you couldn't change their mind. you
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  • Change their mind. you couldn't make yourself get
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  • Couldn't make yourself get well. it's the hand of god
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  • Well. it's the hand of god propelling you into your
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  • Propelling you into your destiny. he has the remote
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  • Destiny. he has the remote control right now.
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  • Control right now. “well, joel, i
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  • “well, joel, i don't know, man. i feel
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  • Don't know, man. i feel stuck. i'm not making much
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  • Stuck. i'm not making much progress. my dreams seem so
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  • Progress. my dreams seem so far off.” no, get in
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  • Far off.” no, get in agreement with god. you have
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  • Agreement with god. you have to be a believer and not a
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  • To be a believer and not a doubter. “father, i want to
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  • Doubter. “father, i want to thank you that acceleration
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  • Thank you that acceleration is coming my way. thank you
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  • Is coming my way. thank you that you've already lined up
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  • That you've already lined up these fast forward moments
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  • These fast forward moments that will propel me into my
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  • That will propel me into my destiny.”
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  • Destiny.” in acts chapter 8, philip was
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  • In acts chapter 8, philip was in samaria ministering. this
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  • In samaria ministering. this angel came and told him to go
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  • Angel came and told him to go into the desert on the road
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  • Into the desert on the road that leads to gaza. he didn't
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  • That leads to gaza. he didn't know what it meant but he
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  • Know what it meant but he obeyed. along came this
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  • Obeyed. along came this ethiopian man riding in a
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  • Ethiopian man riding in a chariot. he was the treasurer
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  • Chariot. he was the treasurer for the queen of ethiopia, a
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  • For the queen of ethiopia, a very respected, and
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  • Very respected, and influential man. while he was
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  • Influential man. while he was riding, he was reading out
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  • Riding, he was reading out loud a passage from the book
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  • Loud a passage from the book of isaiah that talked about
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  • Of isaiah that talked about jesus. when philip heard
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  • Jesus. when philip heard this, he walked alongside the
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  • This, he walked alongside the man and asked if he
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  • Man and asked if he understood what it meant. the
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  • Understood what it meant. the man said he didn't. philip
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  • Man said he didn't. philip started explaining to him
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  • Started explaining to him about how jesus came and how
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  • About how jesus came and how he died and rose again. when
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  • He died and rose again. when we believe in him, we can
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  • We believe in him, we can have salvation. this man was
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  • Have salvation. this man was so excited. he saw some water
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  • So excited. he saw some water and said, “i want to get
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  • And said, “i want to get baptized right now.” he got
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  • Baptized right now.” he got out and philip baptized him.
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  • Out and philip baptized him. when the man came up out of
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  • When the man came up out of the water, the scripture
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  • The water, the scripture says, “the spirit of god
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  • Says, “the spirit of god caught philip away and the
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  • Caught philip away and the man never saw philip again.”
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  • Man never saw philip again.” you can imagine what the man
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  • You can imagine what the man thought. he came up out of
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  • Thought. he came up out of the water and suddenly philip
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  • The water and suddenly philip is gone. he's disappeared.
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  • Is gone. he's disappeared. verse 40 says, “philip found
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  • Verse 40 says, “philip found himself further in the city
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  • Himself further in the city of azotus.” azotus was twenty
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  • Of azotus.” azotus was twenty miles from where they were.
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  • Miles from where they were. that defies logic. he's here
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  • That defies logic. he's here one moment, and the next he's
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  • One moment, and the next he's twenty miles away. god has
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  • Twenty miles away. god has these times where you're
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  • These times where you're going to find yourself
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  • Going to find yourself further. you can't explain
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  • Further. you can't explain it, it doesn't make sense,
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  • It, it doesn't make sense, but god propels you ahead. it
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  • But god propels you ahead. it may not be twenty miles to
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  • May not be twenty miles to another city, but god propels
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  • Another city, but god propels you in your career. it should
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  • You in your career. it should have taken you years to build
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  • Have taken you years to build your business, but you found
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  • Your business, but you found yourself further. god opened
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  • Yourself further. god opened doors. he brought the right
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  • Doors. he brought the right people. he gave you ideas. he
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  • People. he gave you ideas. he caused you to stand out. now
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  • Caused you to stand out. now you look up and think, “how
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  • You look up and think, “how did i get to azotus?” so to
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  • Did i get to azotus?” so to speak. it was the god of
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  • Speak. it was the god of acceleration. he's going to
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  • Acceleration. he's going to propel you in your health. it
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  • Propel you in your health. it was supposed to take a long
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  • Was supposed to take a long time to get well, you had
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  • Time to get well, you had made up your mind to endure
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  • Made up your mind to endure the treatment, to make it
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  • The treatment, to make it through, but god stepped in
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  • Through, but god stepped in and sped things up, did what
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  • And sped things up, did what you couldn't do. now you
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  • You couldn't do. now you found yourself further,
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  • Found yourself further, healthy, whole, victorious.
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  • Healthy, whole, victorious. or you thought that legal
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  • Or you thought that legal problem would last for years.
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  • Problem would last for years. the experts told you to not
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  • The experts told you to not get your hopes up, but god
  • 00:08:16.986 --> 00:08:18.854
  • Get your hopes up, but god hit the fast forward button.
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  • Hit the fast forward button. he did a quick work and you
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  • He did a quick work and you found yourself further.
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  • Found yourself further. we look at things in the
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  • We look at things in the natural. “it should take this
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  • Natural. “it should take this long to get out of debt. if i
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  • Long to get out of debt. if i work this many hours, save
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  • Work this many hours, save this much, the stock market
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  • This much, the stock market does this, my investments do
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  • Does this, my investments do that.” it's good to plan.
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  • That.” it's good to plan. it's good to be wise. but god
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  • It's good to be wise. but god is supernatural. all he has
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  • Is supernatural. all he has to do is hit fast forward and
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  • To do is hit fast forward and you're twenty years down the
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  • You're twenty years down the road. you find yourself
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  • Road. you find yourself further. here's the key. you
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  • Further. here's the key. you can't calculate his goodness.
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  • Can't calculate his goodness. you can't quantify his
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  • You can't quantify his blessings, his favor, his
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  • Blessings, his favor, his increase. there are things
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  • Increase. there are things he's already planned for you
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  • He's already planned for you that are out of the ordinary,
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  • That are out of the ordinary, uncommon. that's why he said,
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  • Uncommon. that's why he said, “lean not to your own
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  • “lean not to your own understanding.” don't look at
  • 00:09:04.300 --> 00:09:06.402
  • Understanding.” don't look at your dreams, your problems,
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  • Your dreams, your problems, that medical report just in
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  • That medical report just in the natural on your timeline.
  • 00:09:10.106 --> 00:09:12.575
  • The natural on your timeline. god has another timeline. he
  • 00:09:12.642 --> 00:09:14.810
  • God has another timeline. he has some fast forward moments
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  • Has some fast forward moments that are going to defy the
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  • That are going to defy the odds. acceleration you didn't
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  • Odds. acceleration you didn't see coming, good breaks that
  • 00:09:20.950 --> 00:09:23.119
  • See coming, good breaks that will catapult you ahead. you
  • 00:09:23.185 --> 00:09:25.354
  • Will catapult you ahead. you look up and think, “how did i
  • 00:09:25.421 --> 00:09:26.889
  • Look up and think, “how did i get here? i didn't have the
  • 00:09:26.956 --> 00:09:28.524
  • Get here? i didn't have the training. i wasn't next in
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  • Training. i wasn't next in line.” but god catapulted you
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  • Line.” but god catapulted you ahead. “how did i break this
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  • Ahead. “how did i break this addiction? they said it was
  • 00:09:34.563 --> 00:09:36.032
  • Addiction? they said it was going to be years.” but the
  • 00:09:36.098 --> 00:09:37.600
  • Going to be years.” but the chain breaker stepped in. god
  • 00:09:37.667 --> 00:09:39.802
  • Chain breaker stepped in. god said enough is enough and you
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  • Said enough is enough and you found yourself further.
  • 00:09:41.704 --> 00:09:44.073
  • Found yourself further. the prophet ezekiel said,
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  • The prophet ezekiel said, “the hand of the lord was on
  • 00:09:46.142 --> 00:09:47.810
  • “the hand of the lord was on me, and he carried me.” that
  • 00:09:47.877 --> 00:09:50.513
  • Me, and he carried me.” that word ‘carried' in the
  • 00:09:50.579 --> 00:09:51.514
  • Word ‘carried' in the original language means to
  • 00:09:51.580 --> 00:09:53.282
  • Original language means to shoot out, to launch forward.
  • 00:09:53.349 --> 00:09:56.085
  • Shoot out, to launch forward. it implies acceleration. as
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  • It implies acceleration. as god carries you through life,
  • 00:09:59.055 --> 00:10:00.790
  • God carries you through life, it's not always going to be
  • 00:10:00.856 --> 00:10:02.191
  • It's not always going to be predictable, routine, at the
  • 00:10:02.258 --> 00:10:05.127
  • Predictable, routine, at the same pace. you're going to
  • 00:10:05.194 --> 00:10:06.962
  • Same pace. you're going to come into these times where
  • 00:10:07.029 --> 00:10:08.531
  • Come into these times where god is going to propel you
  • 00:10:08.597 --> 00:10:10.166
  • God is going to propel you years down the road. you were
  • 00:10:10.232 --> 00:10:12.368
  • Years down the road. you were going along fine, making
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  • Going along fine, making progress, being faithful.
  • 00:10:14.303 --> 00:10:16.439
  • Progress, being faithful. then god hits fast forward.
  • 00:10:16.505 --> 00:10:18.641
  • Then god hits fast forward. out of nowhere, you're thrust
  • 00:10:18.708 --> 00:10:20.409
  • Out of nowhere, you're thrust into levels you didn't see
  • 00:10:20.476 --> 00:10:21.777
  • Into levels you didn't see coming. favor, influence,
  • 00:10:21.844 --> 00:10:24.313
  • Coming. favor, influence, opportunity that you've never
  • 00:10:24.380 --> 00:10:26.082
  • Opportunity that you've never imagined.
  • 00:10:26.148 --> 00:10:27.717
  • Imagined. when my father went to be
  • 00:10:27.783 --> 00:10:28.884
  • When my father went to be with the lord, i had never
  • 00:10:28.951 --> 00:10:30.519
  • With the lord, i had never ministered before. i liked
  • 00:10:30.586 --> 00:10:32.588
  • Ministered before. i liked being behind the scenes,
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  • Being behind the scenes, doing the television
  • 00:10:33.823 --> 00:10:34.690
  • Doing the television production. but i knew i was
  • 00:10:34.757 --> 00:10:36.559
  • Production. but i knew i was supposed to step up and
  • 00:10:36.625 --> 00:10:37.760
  • Supposed to step up and pastor the church. i called
  • 00:10:37.827 --> 00:10:39.995
  • Pastor the church. i called our contact at the cable
  • 00:10:40.062 --> 00:10:41.764
  • Our contact at the cable network where my father had a
  • 00:10:41.831 --> 00:10:43.733
  • Network where my father had a national program for almost
  • 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:45.601
  • National program for almost twenty years. i told him that
  • 00:10:45.668 --> 00:10:47.603
  • Twenty years. i told him that daddy had died and we were
  • 00:10:47.670 --> 00:10:49.271
  • Daddy had died and we were going to have to cancel our
  • 00:10:49.338 --> 00:10:50.406
  • Going to have to cancel our airtime. i thought, “i don't
  • 00:10:50.473 --> 00:10:52.475
  • Airtime. i thought, “i don't know how to minister. i've
  • 00:10:52.541 --> 00:10:54.243
  • Know how to minister. i've never been to seminary. i'm
  • 00:10:54.310 --> 00:10:55.845
  • Never been to seminary. i'm sure not going to get on
  • 00:10:55.911 --> 00:10:56.645
  • Sure not going to get on television. nobody is going
  • 00:10:56.712 --> 00:10:57.747
  • Television. nobody is going to listen to me.” i came home
  • 00:10:57.813 --> 00:10:59.882
  • To listen to me.” i came home that night and talking to
  • 00:10:59.949 --> 00:11:01.450
  • That night and talking to victoria, just casually. she
  • 00:11:01.517 --> 00:11:02.885
  • Victoria, just casually. she said, “what did you do
  • 00:11:02.952 --> 00:11:03.619
  • Said, “what did you do today?” i told her that i
  • 00:11:03.686 --> 00:11:05.688
  • Today?” i told her that i cancelled our airtime. she
  • 00:11:05.755 --> 00:11:07.757
  • Cancelled our airtime. she looked at me and said,
  • 00:11:07.823 --> 00:11:08.591
  • Looked at me and said, “listen here, joel. you need
  • 00:11:08.657 --> 00:11:10.326
  • “listen here, joel. you need to call and get that time
  • 00:11:10.392 --> 00:11:11.961
  • To call and get that time back. people are watching to
  • 00:11:12.027 --> 00:11:13.763
  • Back. people are watching to see what's going to happen to
  • 00:11:13.829 --> 00:11:14.930
  • See what's going to happen to lakewood.” she was so strong
  • 00:11:14.997 --> 00:11:17.366
  • Lakewood.” she was so strong and so passionate about it. i
  • 00:11:17.433 --> 00:11:19.201
  • And so passionate about it. i knew there was only one right
  • 00:11:19.268 --> 00:11:20.536
  • Knew there was only one right answer, “yes ma'am.”
  • 00:11:20.603 --> 00:11:23.806
  • Answer, “yes ma'am.” airtime is very valuable. it
  • 00:11:23.873 --> 00:11:26.275
  • Airtime is very valuable. it was a holiday weekend. so, i
  • 00:11:26.342 --> 00:11:28.110
  • Was a holiday weekend. so, i called first thing tuesday
  • 00:11:28.177 --> 00:11:29.445
  • Called first thing tuesday morning. the man said, “joel,
  • 00:11:29.512 --> 00:11:31.280
  • Morning. the man said, “joel, that's so interesting. i had
  • 00:11:31.347 --> 00:11:33.282
  • That's so interesting. i had the time sold on friday. the
  • 00:11:33.349 --> 00:11:35.684
  • The time sold on friday. the contract was on my desk, but
  • 00:11:35.751 --> 00:11:37.686
  • Contract was on my desk, but something said to me, don't
  • 00:11:37.753 --> 00:11:39.121
  • Something said to me, don't sign it until next week.” he
  • 00:11:39.188 --> 00:11:41.457
  • Sign it until next week.” he gave us our time back. we
  • 00:11:41.524 --> 00:11:43.592
  • Gave us our time back. we started airing my messages on
  • 00:11:43.659 --> 00:11:45.394
  • Started airing my messages on television and much to my
  • 00:11:45.461 --> 00:11:47.163
  • Television and much to my surprise people started
  • 00:11:47.229 --> 00:11:48.931
  • Surprise people started watching in record numbers.
  • 00:11:48.998 --> 00:11:51.200
  • Watching in record numbers. other networks started
  • 00:11:51.267 --> 00:11:52.401
  • Other networks started calling. three years later,
  • 00:11:52.468 --> 00:11:54.470
  • Calling. three years later, we were on the top stations
  • 00:11:54.537 --> 00:11:56.338
  • We were on the top stations in all the major cities. i
  • 00:11:56.405 --> 00:11:58.073
  • In all the major cities. i was just hoping to keep
  • 00:11:58.140 --> 00:11:59.475
  • Was just hoping to keep things going, but god had
  • 00:11:59.542 --> 00:12:01.377
  • Things going, but god had another plan, fast forward.
  • 00:12:01.443 --> 00:12:03.479
  • Another plan, fast forward. he propelled me further than
  • 00:12:03.546 --> 00:12:06.015
  • He propelled me further than i ever imagined.
  • 00:12:06.081 --> 00:12:08.017
  • I ever imagined. what am i saying? you don't
  • 00:12:08.083 --> 00:12:10.052
  • What am i saying? you don't know what god has in store
  • 00:12:10.119 --> 00:12:12.054
  • Know what god has in store for you. he's been carrying
  • 00:12:12.121 --> 00:12:14.390
  • For you. he's been carrying you. he's been sustaining
  • 00:12:14.456 --> 00:12:16.292
  • You. he's been sustaining you, but part of that
  • 00:12:16.358 --> 00:12:17.726
  • You, but part of that carrying are these times
  • 00:12:17.793 --> 00:12:19.762
  • Carrying are these times where god launches you
  • 00:12:19.829 --> 00:12:20.996
  • Where god launches you forward, where he accelerates
  • 00:12:21.063 --> 00:12:23.332
  • Forward, where he accelerates your destiny. he puts you
  • 00:12:23.399 --> 00:12:24.800
  • Your destiny. he puts you years down the road. you may
  • 00:12:24.867 --> 00:12:27.203
  • Years down the road. you may feel like you're not making
  • 00:12:27.269 --> 00:12:28.337
  • Feel like you're not making much progress. it can be
  • 00:12:28.404 --> 00:12:30.206
  • Much progress. it can be discouraging. at this rate,
  • 00:12:30.272 --> 00:12:32.174
  • Discouraging. at this rate, it's going to take so long to
  • 00:12:32.241 --> 00:12:33.275
  • It's going to take so long to get ahead, so long to get
  • 00:12:33.342 --> 00:12:35.244
  • Get ahead, so long to get well, so long for your child
  • 00:12:35.311 --> 00:12:37.112
  • Well, so long for your child to get back on course. what
  • 00:12:37.179 --> 00:12:39.281
  • To get back on course. what you can't see is god has the
  • 00:12:39.348 --> 00:12:41.450
  • You can't see is god has the remote control. you wouldn't
  • 00:12:41.517 --> 00:12:43.519
  • Remote control. you wouldn't be hearing this if he wasn't
  • 00:12:43.586 --> 00:12:45.588
  • Be hearing this if he wasn't about to accelerate some
  • 00:12:45.654 --> 00:12:47.122
  • About to accelerate some things. keep being faithful,
  • 00:12:47.189 --> 00:12:49.525
  • Things. keep being faithful, keep honoring him. he's about
  • 00:12:49.592 --> 00:12:51.360
  • Keep honoring him. he's about to hit fast forward and put
  • 00:12:51.427 --> 00:12:53.395
  • To hit fast forward and put you years down the road.
  • 00:12:53.462 --> 00:12:54.563
  • You years down the road. i friend of mine has a small
  • 00:12:54.630 --> 00:12:56.765
  • I friend of mine has a small business. he's in the
  • 00:12:56.832 --> 00:12:58.267
  • Business. he's in the graphics industry. for years,
  • 00:12:58.334 --> 00:13:00.603
  • Graphics industry. for years, it's been just him and a
  • 00:13:00.669 --> 00:13:02.004
  • It's been just him and a couple of other employees.
  • 00:13:02.071 --> 00:13:04.006
  • Couple of other employees. he's always had bigger things
  • 00:13:04.073 --> 00:13:05.441
  • He's always had bigger things in his heart. his dream to
  • 00:13:05.507 --> 00:13:07.042
  • In his heart. his dream to see it grow and expand. he's
  • 00:13:07.109 --> 00:13:08.911
  • See it grow and expand. he's always worked hard, gone the
  • 00:13:08.978 --> 00:13:10.713
  • Always worked hard, gone the extra mile but it seemed like
  • 00:13:10.779 --> 00:13:12.448
  • Extra mile but it seemed like he always hit a limit. he
  • 00:13:12.514 --> 00:13:14.283
  • He always hit a limit. he would make a little progress
  • 00:13:14.350 --> 00:13:15.651
  • Would make a little progress then things would slow down.
  • 00:13:15.718 --> 00:13:17.920
  • Then things would slow down. thoughts would tell him,
  • 00:13:17.987 --> 00:13:18.888
  • Thoughts would tell him, “it's too late. it would have
  • 00:13:18.954 --> 00:13:20.556
  • “it's too late. it would have happened by now. just accept
  • 00:13:20.623 --> 00:13:22.491
  • Happened by now. just accept that it's not meant to be.”
  • 00:13:22.558 --> 00:13:24.526
  • That it's not meant to be.” despite not seeing anything
  • 00:13:24.593 --> 00:13:26.328
  • Despite not seeing anything change, he kept believing, he
  • 00:13:26.395 --> 00:13:28.364
  • Change, he kept believing, he kept thanking god that he was
  • 00:13:28.430 --> 00:13:29.798
  • Kept thanking god that he was working. last year, he picked
  • 00:13:29.865 --> 00:13:32.635
  • Working. last year, he picked up one client that brought
  • 00:13:32.701 --> 00:13:34.570
  • Up one client that brought him more revenue in one year,
  • 00:13:34.637 --> 00:13:37.006
  • Him more revenue in one year, than all the previous twenty
  • 00:13:37.072 --> 00:13:38.841
  • Than all the previous twenty years combined. his business
  • 00:13:38.908 --> 00:13:41.043
  • Years combined. his business has exploded, has over three
  • 00:13:41.110 --> 00:13:43.212
  • Has exploded, has over three hundred employees. he said,
  • 00:13:43.279 --> 00:13:45.114
  • Hundred employees. he said, “joel, i can't explain it. i
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  • “joel, i can't explain it. i don't know why this big
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  • Don't know why this big company chose my small firm.”
  • 00:13:48.284 --> 00:13:51.186
  • Company chose my small firm.” you know why? god hit fast
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  • You know why? god hit fast forward. god said in isaiah,
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  • Forward. god said in isaiah, “i will make it happen
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  • “i will make it happen quickly.” it may look like
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  • Quickly.” it may look like you're falling behind, it's
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  • You're falling behind, it's too late to accomplish your
  • 00:14:01.297 --> 00:14:02.564
  • Too late to accomplish your dream. don't worry, god has
  • 00:14:02.631 --> 00:14:04.600
  • Dream. don't worry, god has the remote control. he knows
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  • The remote control. he knows how to speed things up. he
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  • How to speed things up. he can do things quickly. it's
  • 00:14:08.804 --> 00:14:10.873
  • Can do things quickly. it's not going to be at the same
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  • Not going to be at the same gradual pace your whole
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  • Gradual pace your whole lifetime. be grateful for
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  • Lifetime. be grateful for where you are. stay faithful
  • 00:14:16.512 --> 00:14:18.881
  • Where you are. stay faithful but don't let the fact that
  • 00:14:18.948 --> 00:14:20.215
  • But don't let the fact that it's routine, convince you
  • 00:14:20.282 --> 00:14:22.217
  • It's routine, convince you that it's always going to be
  • 00:14:22.284 --> 00:14:23.485
  • That it's always going to be that way. god has some of
  • 00:14:23.552 --> 00:14:25.554
  • That way. god has some of these fast forward moments
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  • These fast forward moments already on your schedule.
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  • Already on your schedule. yes, i know there are seasons
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  • Yes, i know there are seasons of waiting, times when we're
  • 00:14:31.894 --> 00:14:33.762
  • Of waiting, times when we're not making any progress. we
  • 00:14:33.829 --> 00:14:35.898
  • Not making any progress. we have to endure, do the right
  • 00:14:35.965 --> 00:14:37.800
  • Have to endure, do the right thing when nothing is
  • 00:14:37.866 --> 00:14:38.667
  • Thing when nothing is changing. pass those tests.
  • 00:14:38.734 --> 00:14:41.003
  • Changing. pass those tests. but as god carries you,
  • 00:14:41.070 --> 00:14:42.972
  • But as god carries you, you're also going to come
  • 00:14:43.038 --> 00:14:44.206
  • You're also going to come into these moments of favor
  • 00:14:44.273 --> 00:14:46.608
  • Into these moments of favor where he catapults you ahead.
  • 00:14:46.675 --> 00:14:48.978
  • Where he catapults you ahead. you feel like you're falling
  • 00:14:49.044 --> 00:14:50.079
  • You feel like you're falling behind then god hits fast
  • 00:14:50.145 --> 00:14:52.047
  • Behind then god hits fast forward. you are a grandson
  • 00:14:52.114 --> 00:14:53.882
  • Forward. you are a grandson so to speak, but god steps in
  • 00:14:53.949 --> 00:14:55.718
  • So to speak, but god steps in and says, “i'm adopting you
  • 00:14:55.784 --> 00:14:57.419
  • And says, “i'm adopting you as my son.” he puts you a
  • 00:14:57.486 --> 00:14:59.121
  • As my son.” he puts you a generation ahead. forty years
  • 00:14:59.188 --> 00:15:01.457
  • Generation ahead. forty years down the road. you may have a
  • 00:15:01.523 --> 00:15:03.459
  • Down the road. you may have a situation now; you don't see
  • 00:15:03.525 --> 00:15:05.394
  • Situation now; you don't see how it's going to resolve.
  • 00:15:05.461 --> 00:15:07.096
  • How it's going to resolve. how you're going to
  • 00:15:07.162 --> 00:15:07.763
  • How you're going to accomplish a dream, how
  • 00:15:07.830 --> 00:15:09.331
  • Accomplish a dream, how you're going to get well.
  • 00:15:09.398 --> 00:15:10.632
  • You're going to get well. it's been so long. you don't
  • 00:15:10.699 --> 00:15:13.002
  • It's been so long. you don't know what god is up to. you
  • 00:15:13.068 --> 00:15:15.037
  • Know what god is up to. you don't know when he's about to
  • 00:15:15.104 --> 00:15:16.839
  • Don't know when he's about to hit fast forward. what you
  • 00:15:16.905 --> 00:15:18.874
  • Hit fast forward. what you think is going to take your
  • 00:15:18.941 --> 00:15:20.009
  • Think is going to take your whole lifetime, like these
  • 00:15:20.075 --> 00:15:21.910
  • Whole lifetime, like these boys, god's going to do a
  • 00:15:21.977 --> 00:15:23.412
  • Boys, god's going to do a quick work. it's going to
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  • Quick work. it's going to happen in a fraction of the
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  • Happen in a fraction of the time.
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  • Time. in december of 2003, we
  • 00:15:26.782 --> 00:15:29.885
  • In december of 2003, we leased this building from the
  • 00:15:29.952 --> 00:15:31.453
  • Leased this building from the city of houston for sixty
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  • City of houston for sixty years. we always wanted to
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  • Years. we always wanted to own it, but the lease was the
  • 00:15:35.424 --> 00:15:37.326
  • Own it, but the lease was the best option at the time. deep
  • 00:15:37.393 --> 00:15:39.695
  • Best option at the time. deep down, i knew that sometime
  • 00:15:39.762 --> 00:15:40.963
  • Down, i knew that sometime during those sixty years, god
  • 00:15:41.030 --> 00:15:42.931
  • During those sixty years, god would make a way where we
  • 00:15:42.998 --> 00:15:43.966
  • Would make a way where we could purchase it. i was
  • 00:15:44.033 --> 00:15:45.868
  • Could purchase it. i was forty years old at the time.
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  • Forty years old at the time. i didn't want to be down at
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  • I didn't want to be down at city hall when i'm a hundred,
  • 00:15:49.038 --> 00:15:50.806
  • City hall when i'm a hundred, trying to renew the lease. i
  • 00:15:50.873 --> 00:15:52.775
  • Trying to renew the lease. i need to be at home, taking
  • 00:15:52.841 --> 00:15:53.842
  • Need to be at home, taking care of my brother paul. i
  • 00:15:53.909 --> 00:15:55.711
  • Care of my brother paul. i said, “god let me purchase it
  • 00:15:55.778 --> 00:15:58.547
  • Said, “god let me purchase it in my lifetime, not leave it
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  • In my lifetime, not leave it up in the air for the next
  • 00:16:01.150 --> 00:16:02.251
  • Up in the air for the next generation.” seven years into
  • 00:16:02.317 --> 00:16:04.887
  • Generation.” seven years into our sixty-year lease, the
  • 00:16:04.953 --> 00:16:06.688
  • Our sixty-year lease, the city was running low on tax
  • 00:16:06.755 --> 00:16:08.490
  • City was running low on tax revenue. they decided to sell
  • 00:16:08.557 --> 00:16:10.392
  • Revenue. they decided to sell off some of their properties.
  • 00:16:10.459 --> 00:16:12.094
  • Off some of their properties. the mayor called and asked if
  • 00:16:12.161 --> 00:16:13.729
  • The mayor called and asked if we wanted to purchase the
  • 00:16:13.796 --> 00:16:14.630
  • We wanted to purchase the building. i said we did but
  • 00:16:14.696 --> 00:16:16.965
  • Building. i said we did but it would depend on the price.
  • 00:16:17.032 --> 00:16:19.034
  • It would depend on the price. a building like this now
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  • A building like this now would be five hundred million
  • 00:16:20.302 --> 00:16:21.437
  • Would be five hundred million dollars. she said the city
  • 00:16:21.503 --> 00:16:23.439
  • Dollars. she said the city would do an appraisal and get
  • 00:16:23.505 --> 00:16:24.907
  • Would do an appraisal and get back with us. they had to
  • 00:16:24.973 --> 00:16:26.708
  • Back with us. they had to appraise the property based
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  • Appraise the property based on the fact that our lease
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  • On the fact that our lease would still be honored. so,
  • 00:16:30.112 --> 00:16:31.680
  • Would still be honored. so, whoever purchased it wouldn't
  • 00:16:31.747 --> 00:16:33.615
  • Whoever purchased it wouldn't take possession for many
  • 00:16:33.682 --> 00:16:34.716
  • Take possession for many years. the appraisal came
  • 00:16:34.783 --> 00:16:36.752
  • Years. the appraisal came back not at two hundred
  • 00:16:36.819 --> 00:16:38.387
  • Back not at two hundred million, not a hundred
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  • Million, not a hundred million, not fifty, not
  • 00:16:39.621 --> 00:16:40.789
  • Million, not fifty, not twenty-five. they said you
  • 00:16:40.856 --> 00:16:42.491
  • Twenty-five. they said you can purchase it for seven
  • 00:16:42.558 --> 00:16:44.093
  • Can purchase it for seven million dollars. we not only
  • 00:16:44.159 --> 00:16:46.628
  • Million dollars. we not only got it for an unbelievable
  • 00:16:46.695 --> 00:16:48.363
  • Got it for an unbelievable price, but what should have
  • 00:16:48.430 --> 00:16:50.566
  • Price, but what should have taken sixty years, god did
  • 00:16:50.632 --> 00:16:53.235
  • Taken sixty years, god did fifty-three years sooner. we
  • 00:16:53.302 --> 00:16:55.671
  • Fifty-three years sooner. we didn't see it coming. we
  • 00:16:55.737 --> 00:16:58.307
  • Didn't see it coming. we didn't go after it, the mayor
  • 00:16:58.373 --> 00:17:00.209
  • Didn't go after it, the mayor called us. when god hits fast
  • 00:17:00.275 --> 00:17:03.679
  • Called us. when god hits fast forward, you're going to see
  • 00:17:03.745 --> 00:17:05.047
  • Forward, you're going to see things that boggle your mind.
  • 00:17:05.114 --> 00:17:07.015
  • Things that boggle your mind. you haven't seen heard or
  • 00:17:07.082 --> 00:17:08.484
  • You haven't seen heard or imagined what he has in store
  • 00:17:08.550 --> 00:17:10.319
  • Imagined what he has in store for you.
  • 00:17:10.385 --> 00:17:11.854
  • For you. you think it's going to take
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  • You think it's going to take thirty years to get out of
  • 00:17:12.855 --> 00:17:13.922
  • Thirty years to get out of debt. you've run all the
  • 00:17:13.989 --> 00:17:15.557
  • Debt. you've run all the numbers, projected your
  • 00:17:15.624 --> 00:17:17.159
  • Numbers, projected your income, calculated the
  • 00:17:17.226 --> 00:17:18.794
  • Income, calculated the payments, by the time you're
  • 00:17:18.861 --> 00:17:20.529
  • Payments, by the time you're a hundred and twenty-three
  • 00:17:20.596 --> 00:17:21.430
  • A hundred and twenty-three you're going to be debt free.
  • 00:17:21.497 --> 00:17:23.365
  • You're going to be debt free. you don't know what god is up
  • 00:17:23.432 --> 00:17:24.733
  • You don't know what god is up to. he's already lined up
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  • To. he's already lined up these fast forward moments.
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  • These fast forward moments. he's already scheduled the
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  • He's already scheduled the right people to call you, the
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  • Right people to call you, the good breaks to chase you
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  • Good breaks to chase you down, favor that will
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  • Down, favor that will catapult you ahead.
  • 00:17:35.144 --> 00:17:37.012
  • Catapult you ahead. david had these fast forward
  • 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:38.514
  • David had these fast forward moments. he was anointed by
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  • Moments. he was anointed by samuel to be the next king of
  • 00:17:40.616 --> 00:17:42.050
  • Samuel to be the next king of israel, but he didn't go to
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  • Israel, but he didn't go to the palace, he went back to
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  • The palace, he went back to the shepherd's fields. for
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  • The shepherd's fields. for years, he took care of his
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  • Years, he took care of his father's sheep. you can
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  • Father's sheep. you can imagine the battle taking
  • 00:17:49.958 --> 00:17:51.393
  • Imagine the battle taking place in his mind. thoughts
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  • Place in his mind. thoughts saying, “you were anointed.
  • 00:17:53.495 --> 00:17:55.497
  • Saying, “you were anointed. samuel chose you. why are you
  • 00:17:55.564 --> 00:17:57.399
  • Samuel chose you. why are you still out here. it must have
  • 00:17:57.466 --> 00:17:59.067
  • Still out here. it must have been a mistake. you're
  • 00:17:59.134 --> 00:17:59.968
  • Been a mistake. you're falling behind.” you can be
  • 00:18:00.035 --> 00:18:02.404
  • Falling behind.” you can be anointed but not appointed
  • 00:18:02.471 --> 00:18:04.673
  • Anointed but not appointed yet. don't try to take
  • 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:06.575
  • Yet. don't try to take matters into your own hands.
  • 00:18:06.642 --> 00:18:08.443
  • Matters into your own hands. trust god's timing. let him
  • 00:18:08.510 --> 00:18:10.646
  • Trust god's timing. let him do it his way. when we think
  • 00:18:10.712 --> 00:18:12.881
  • Do it his way. when we think we're falling behind, it's
  • 00:18:12.948 --> 00:18:14.349
  • We're falling behind, it's easy to get impatient and try
  • 00:18:14.416 --> 00:18:16.251
  • Easy to get impatient and try to force things to happen.
  • 00:18:16.318 --> 00:18:18.287
  • To force things to happen. but god knows how to make up
  • 00:18:18.353 --> 00:18:19.888
  • But god knows how to make up for lost time. when he hits
  • 00:18:19.955 --> 00:18:22.057
  • For lost time. when he hits fast forward, it will thrust
  • 00:18:22.124 --> 00:18:23.892
  • Fast forward, it will thrust you ahead.
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  • You ahead. david kept being faithful. he
  • 00:18:25.394 --> 00:18:27.162
  • David kept being faithful. he didn't complain. he didn't
  • 00:18:27.229 --> 00:18:29.198
  • Didn't complain. he didn't get bitter. he kept excelling
  • 00:18:29.264 --> 00:18:31.400
  • Get bitter. he kept excelling right where he was.
  • 00:18:31.466 --> 00:18:33.001
  • Right where he was. eventually he was called to
  • 00:18:33.068 --> 00:18:34.269
  • Eventually he was called to the palace to play the harp
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  • The palace to play the harp for king saul, but saul was
  • 00:18:36.271 --> 00:18:38.106
  • For king saul, but saul was jealous of david. he tried to
  • 00:18:38.173 --> 00:18:40.042
  • Jealous of david. he tried to kill him. david had to flee
  • 00:18:40.108 --> 00:18:41.977
  • Kill him. david had to flee for his life. he lived out in
  • 00:18:42.044 --> 00:18:44.046
  • For his life. he lived out in the desert on the run. this
  • 00:18:44.112 --> 00:18:46.081
  • The desert on the run. this whole time, he knew god had
  • 00:18:46.148 --> 00:18:48.050
  • Whole time, he knew god had anointed him, but there was
  • 00:18:48.116 --> 00:18:49.851
  • Anointed him, but there was no sign that it was ever
  • 00:18:49.918 --> 00:18:51.286
  • No sign that it was ever going to happen. saul wasn't
  • 00:18:51.353 --> 00:18:53.322
  • Going to happen. saul wasn't an old man. he could have
  • 00:18:53.388 --> 00:18:54.957
  • An old man. he could have been the king for another
  • 00:18:55.023 --> 00:18:55.924
  • Been the king for another fifty years. everything was
  • 00:18:55.991 --> 00:18:58.093
  • Fifty years. everything was routine out in the desert.
  • 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:00.128
  • Routine out in the desert. david wasn't making any
  • 00:19:00.195 --> 00:19:01.196
  • David wasn't making any progress, nothing changing.
  • 00:19:01.263 --> 00:19:03.765
  • Progress, nothing changing. he was no closer to the
  • 00:19:03.832 --> 00:19:05.000
  • He was no closer to the throne than he was thirteen
  • 00:19:05.067 --> 00:19:06.835
  • Throne than he was thirteen years earlier when samuel
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  • Years earlier when samuel anointed him.
  • 00:19:08.604 --> 00:19:10.272
  • Anointed him. one day while david and his
  • 00:19:10.339 --> 00:19:11.573
  • One day while david and his men were away on a trip,
  • 00:19:11.640 --> 00:19:13.609
  • Men were away on a trip, bandits came in and burned
  • 00:19:13.675 --> 00:19:15.477
  • Bandits came in and burned down their city, stole all
  • 00:19:15.544 --> 00:19:17.279
  • Down their city, stole all their possessions and
  • 00:19:17.346 --> 00:19:18.480
  • Their possessions and kidnapped their wives and
  • 00:19:18.547 --> 00:19:19.815
  • Kidnapped their wives and children. it was the greatest
  • 00:19:19.881 --> 00:19:22.217
  • Children. it was the greatest defeat david had ever
  • 00:19:22.284 --> 00:19:23.619
  • Defeat david had ever suffered. his men were so
  • 00:19:23.685 --> 00:19:25.687
  • Suffered. his men were so distraught, they talked about
  • 00:19:25.754 --> 00:19:27.155
  • Distraught, they talked about stoning david. sitting in the
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  • Stoning david. sitting in the ruins of his city, something
  • 00:19:29.625 --> 00:19:31.326
  • Ruins of his city, something rose up in david. he told his
  • 00:19:31.393 --> 00:19:33.562
  • Rose up in david. he told his men to get ready, they were
  • 00:19:33.629 --> 00:19:35.030
  • Men to get ready, they were going to go attack the enemy.
  • 00:19:35.097 --> 00:19:37.165
  • Going to go attack the enemy. they found them partying,
  • 00:19:37.232 --> 00:19:38.800
  • They found them partying, celebrating their victory.
  • 00:19:38.867 --> 00:19:40.402
  • Celebrating their victory. david surprised them. they
  • 00:19:40.469 --> 00:19:42.404
  • David surprised them. they went in and defeated them.
  • 00:19:42.471 --> 00:19:44.206
  • Went in and defeated them. they recovered all their
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  • They recovered all their possessions and all their
  • 00:19:45.274 --> 00:19:46.642
  • Possessions and all their family, all their children.
  • 00:19:46.708 --> 00:19:48.844
  • Family, all their children. three days later, word came
  • 00:19:48.910 --> 00:19:50.846
  • Three days later, word came to david that king saul and
  • 00:19:50.912 --> 00:19:53.115
  • To david that king saul and his son jonathan were killed
  • 00:19:53.181 --> 00:19:55.117
  • His son jonathan were killed in a battle. david was made
  • 00:19:55.183 --> 00:19:57.152
  • In a battle. david was made the king. it looked like that
  • 00:19:57.219 --> 00:19:59.321
  • The king. it looked like that was decades away, but god hit
  • 00:19:59.388 --> 00:20:01.890
  • Was decades away, but god hit fast forward. seventy-two
  • 00:20:01.957 --> 00:20:04.092
  • Fast forward. seventy-two hours after david suffered
  • 00:20:04.159 --> 00:20:06.094
  • Hours after david suffered his greatest attack, he was
  • 00:20:06.161 --> 00:20:08.030
  • His greatest attack, he was made the king. when it feels
  • 00:20:08.096 --> 00:20:10.432
  • Made the king. when it feels like your dream is a long way
  • 00:20:10.499 --> 00:20:12.167
  • Like your dream is a long way off, that's a sign that god
  • 00:20:12.234 --> 00:20:13.935
  • Off, that's a sign that god is up to something. he's
  • 00:20:14.002 --> 00:20:15.470
  • Is up to something. he's about to do a quick work.
  • 00:20:15.537 --> 00:20:17.606
  • About to do a quick work. don't let the circumstances
  • 00:20:17.673 --> 00:20:19.007
  • Don't let the circumstances fool you. how unlikely it is.
  • 00:20:19.074 --> 00:20:22.044
  • Fool you. how unlikely it is. how impossible it looks.
  • 00:20:22.110 --> 00:20:24.212
  • How impossible it looks. david was anointed to be king
  • 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:26.481
  • David was anointed to be king when there was a man on the
  • 00:20:26.548 --> 00:20:27.449
  • When there was a man on the throne that could have been
  • 00:20:27.516 --> 00:20:28.884
  • Throne that could have been there for decades. saul was
  • 00:20:28.950 --> 00:20:30.719
  • There for decades. saul was strong, healthy, had loyal
  • 00:20:30.786 --> 00:20:32.954
  • Strong, healthy, had loyal followers. on top of that,
  • 00:20:33.021 --> 00:20:34.923
  • Followers. on top of that, his son was next in line. all
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  • His son was next in line. all the circumstances said david
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  • The circumstances said david was stuck. it would be years
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  • Was stuck. it would be years and years. but god has a fast
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  • And years. but god has a fast forward button. he knows how
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  • Forward button. he knows how to accelerate your destiny.
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  • To accelerate your destiny. when you're under attack, it
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  • When you're under attack, it seems like everything is
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  • Seems like everything is coming against you, god is
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  • Coming against you, god is setting you up to thrust you
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  • Setting you up to thrust you forward.
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  • Forward. a friend of mine wanted to
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  • A friend of mine wanted to buy some property to build a
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  • Buy some property to build a school on. he had a few acres
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  • School on. he had a few acres but needed more. there were
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  • But needed more. there were ten acres behind him
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  • Ten acres behind him connecting to his property.
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  • Connecting to his property. he had bought his land for
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  • He had bought his land for $4,000 an acre. when he
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  • $4,000 an acre. when he inquired about the new
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  • Inquired about the new property, they wanted 25
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  • Property, they wanted 25 thousand an acre, more than
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  • Thousand an acre, more than five times what he paid for
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  • Five times what he paid for his. he was disappointed. he
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  • His. he was disappointed. he needed room to expand, but no
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  • Needed room to expand, but no doors were opening. a year
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  • Doors were opening. a year went by, and nothing
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  • Went by, and nothing happened, another year, three
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  • Happened, another year, three years, four years. it looked
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  • Years, four years. it looked like he was falling behind.
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  • Like he was falling behind. thoughts told him, “it's too
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  • Thoughts told him, “it's too late. he'd missed his chance.
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  • Late. he'd missed his chance. it would never happen now.”
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  • It would never happen now.” but god knows how to make up
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  • But god knows how to make up for lost time. he knows how
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  • For lost time. he knows how to take a grandson and adopt
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  • To take a grandson and adopt him as a son. one good break
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  • Him as a son. one good break will put you decades ahead.
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  • Will put you decades ahead. this is where faith comes in.
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  • This is where faith comes in. “god, i don't see anything
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  • “god, i don't see anything happening. i feel like i'm
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  • Happening. i feel like i'm stuck, but i believe that you
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  • Stuck, but i believe that you have fast forward moments in
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  • Have fast forward moments in my future. god i believe that
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  • My future. god i believe that acceleration is on the way.”
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  • Acceleration is on the way.” one day a city official came
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  • One day a city official came to his office and told him
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  • To his office and told him about a hundred and twenty
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  • About a hundred and twenty acres that was right in front
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  • Acres that was right in front of his property. it all had
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  • Of his property. it all had street frontage. it had been
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  • Street frontage. it had been foreclosed on five times.
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  • Foreclosed on five times. they had sold it and taken it
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  • They had sold it and taken it back again and again. he
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  • Back again and again. he said, “we've been authorized
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  • Said, “we've been authorized to get rid of this. make us
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  • To get rid of this. make us an offer and we'll see what
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  • An offer and we'll see what we can do.” the property had
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  • We can do.” the property had nine buildings on it that he
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  • Nine buildings on it that he could use for a school. he
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  • Could use for a school. he offered the man two hundred
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  • Offered the man two hundred thousand dollars. the man
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  • Thousand dollars. the man shook his hand and said, “the
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  • Shook his hand and said, “the property is yours.” that
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  • Property is yours.” that other party wanted two
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  • Other party wanted two hundred and fifty thousand
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  • Hundred and fifty thousand for ten acres. he bought a
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  • For ten acres. he bought a hundred and twenty acres,
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  • Hundred and twenty acres, with nine buildings for two
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  • With nine buildings for two hundred thousand. that was a
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  • Hundred thousand. that was a generational blessing. he not
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  • Generational blessing. he not only has property for his
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  • Only has property for his school but there's enough for
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  • School but there's enough for the next generation to
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  • The next generation to expand. what should have
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  • Expand. what should have taken him fifty years to
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  • Taken him fifty years to acquire, god gave him in a
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  • Acquire, god gave him in a fraction of the time.
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  • Fraction of the time. it may seem like you're
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  • It may seem like you're falling behind, stay
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  • Falling behind, stay encouraged. god has some of
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  • Encouraged. god has some of these fast forward moments
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  • These fast forward moments for you. he's about to
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  • For you. he's about to accelerate things in your
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  • Accelerate things in your life. like with philip,
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  • Life. like with philip, you're going to find yourself
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  • You're going to find yourself further. things you can't
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  • Further. things you can't explain. like manasseh and
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  • Explain. like manasseh and ephraim, generational
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  • Ephraim, generational blessings. good breaks that
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  • Blessings. good breaks that will put you decades ahead.
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  • Will put you decades ahead. you may have gone through
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  • You may have gone through disappointments, nothing
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  • Disappointments, nothing looks like it will ever
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  • Looks like it will ever change. like david, you could
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  • Change. like david, you could be just seventy-two hours
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  • Be just seventy-two hours from seeing your greatest
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  • From seeing your greatest victories. thoughts will tell
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  • Victories. thoughts will tell you, “this is not for you
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  • You, “this is not for you today. you never get any good
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  • Today. you never get any good breaks. you're stuck where
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  • Breaks. you're stuck where you are.” don't believe those
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  • You are.” don't believe those lies. god has the remote
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  • Lies. god has the remote control. he's about to do
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  • Control. he's about to do some quick works. what looks
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  • Some quick works. what looks like is a long way off, get
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  • Like is a long way off, get ready, it's going to happen
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  • Ready, it's going to happen sooner than you think. i
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  • Sooner than you think. i believe and declare,
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  • Believe and declare, acceleration is coming to
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  • Acceleration is coming to your family. god is speeding
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  • Your family. god is speeding things up. the right people
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  • Things up. the right people finding you, good breaks
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  • Finding you, good breaks chasing you down, dreams
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  • Chasing you down, dreams coming to pass, healing,
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  • Coming to pass, healing, freedom, abundance, sooner
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  • Freedom, abundance, sooner than you think, in jesus'
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  • Than you think, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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  • Name. if you receive it, can you say amen? (amen)
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  • Is it possible to turn these negatives
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  • To turn these negatives into an outlook
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  • Into an outlook filled with purpose,
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  • Happiness and joy? every day we make choices.
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  • The powerful promise of psalm 118:24.
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  • Of psalm 118:24. this is the day
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  • This is the day the lord has made.
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  • The lord has made. we will rejoice
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  • We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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