Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Fast Foward

May 3, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Fast Foward | May 3, 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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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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Much better offer.” say it life you mean it.
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Say it life 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 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. you're on
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Control right now. you're on the verge of seeing
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The verge of seeing acceleration, a quick work.
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Acceleration, a quick work. god speeding things up. what
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God speeding things up. what should have taken you years,
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Should have taken you years, will happen in a fraction of
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Will happen in a fraction of the time. “well, joel, i
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The time. “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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Started explaining to himp
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Started explaining to himp 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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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
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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
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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.
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The natural on your timeline. god has another timeline. he
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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
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See coming, good breaks that will catapult you ahead. you
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Will catapult you ahead. you look up and think, “how did i
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Look up and think, “how did i get here? i didn't have the
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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
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Addiction? they said it was going to be years.” but the
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Going to be years.” but the chain breaker stepped in. god
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Chain breaker stepped in. god said enough is enough and you
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Said enough is enough and you found yourself further.
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Found yourself further. the prophet ezekiel said,
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The prophet ezekiel said, “the hand of the lord was on
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“the hand of the lord was on me, and he carried me.” that
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Me, and he carried me.” that word ‘carried' in the
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Word ‘carried' in the original language means to
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Original language means to shoot out, to launch forward.
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Shoot out, to launch forward. it implies acceleration. as
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It implies acceleration. as god carries you through life,
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God carries you through life, it's not always going to be
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It's not always going to be predictable, routine, at the
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Predictable, routine, at the same pace. you're going to
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Same pace. you're going to come into these times where
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Come into these times where god is going to propel you
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God is going to propel you years down the road. you were
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Years down the road. you were going along fine, making
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Going along fine, making progress, being faithful.
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Progress, being faithful. then god hits fast forward.
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Then god hits fast forward. out of nowhere, you're thrust
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Out of nowhere, you're thrust into levels you didn't see
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Into levels you didn't see coming. favor, influence,
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Coming. favor, influence, opportunity that you've never
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Opportunity that you've never imagined.
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Imagined. when my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord, i had never
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With the lord, i had never ministered before. i liked
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Ministered before. i liked being behind the scenes,
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Being behind the scenes, doing the television
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Doing the television production. but i knew i was
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Production. but i knew i was supposed to step up and
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Supposed to step up and pastor the church. i called
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Pastor the church. i called our contact at the cable
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Our contact at the cable network where my father had a
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Network where my father had a national program for almost
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National program for almost twenty years. i told him that
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Twenty years. i told him that daddy had died and we were
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Daddy had died and we were going to have to cancel our
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Going to have to cancel our airtime. i thought, “i don't
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Airtime. i thought, “i don't know how to minister. i've
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Know how to minister. i've never been to seminary. i'm
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Never been to seminary. i'm sure not going to get on
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Sure not going to get on television. nobody is going
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Television. nobody is going to listen to me.” i came home
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To listen to me.” i came home that night and talking to
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That night and talking to victoria, just casually. she
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Victoria, just casually. she said, “what did you do
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Said, “what did you do today?” i told her that i
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Today?” i told her that i cancelled our airtime. she
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Cancelled our airtime. she looked at me and said,
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Looked at me and said, “listen here, joel. you need
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“listen here, joel. you need to call and get that time
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To call and get that time back. people are watching to
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Back. people are watching to see what's going to happen to
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See what's going to happen to lakewood.” she was so strong
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Lakewood.” she was so strong and so passionate about it. i
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And so passionate about it. i knew there was only one right
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Knew there was only one right answer, “yes ma'am.”
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Answer, “yes ma'am.” airtime is very valuable. it
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Was a holiday weekend. so, i
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Was a holiday weekend. so, i called first thing tuesday
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Called first thing tuesday morning. the man said, “joel,
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Morning. the man said, “joel, that's so interesting. i had
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That's so interesting. i had the time sold on friday. the
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The time sold on friday. the contract was on my desk, but
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Contract was on my desk, but something said to me, don't
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Something said to me, don't sign it until next week.” he
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Sign it until next week.” he gave us our time back. we
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Gave us our time back. we started airing my messages on
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Started airing my messages on television and much to my
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Television and much to my surprise people started
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Surprise people started watching in record numbers.
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Watching in record numbers. other networks started
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Other networks started calling. three years later,
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Calling. three years later, we were on the top stations
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In all the major cities. i
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In all the major cities. i was just hoping to keep
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Was just hoping to keep things going, but god had
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Things going, but god had another plan, fast forward.
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Another plan, fast forward. he propelled me further than
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He propelled me further than i ever imagined.
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I ever imagined. what am i saying? you don't
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What am i saying? you don't know what god has in store
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Know what god has in store for you. he's been carrying
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For you. he's been carrying you. he's been sustaining
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You. he's been sustaining you, but part of that
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You, but part of that carrying are these times
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Carrying are these times where god launches you
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Where god launches you forward, where he accelerates
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Forward, where he accelerates your destiny. he puts you
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Your destiny. he puts you years down the road. you may
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Years down the road. you may feel like you're not making
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Feel like you're not making much progress. it can be
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Much progress. it can be discouraging. at this rate,
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Discouraging. at this rate, it's going to take so long to
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It's going to take so long to get ahead, so long to get
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Get ahead, so long to get well, so long for your child
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Well, so long for your child to get back on course. what
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To get back on course. what you can't see is god has the
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You can't see is god has the remote control. you wouldn't
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Remote control. you wouldn't be hearing this if he wasn't
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Be hearing this if he wasn't about to accelerate some
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About to accelerate some things. keep being faithful,
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Things. keep being faithful, keep honoring him. he's about
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Keep honoring him. he's about to hit fast forward and put
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To hit fast forward and put you years down the road.
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You years down the road. i friend of mine has a small
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I friend of mine has a small business. he's in the
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Business. he's in the graphics industry. for years,
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Graphics industry. for years, it's been just him and a
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It's been just him and a couple of other employees.
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Couple of other employees. he's always had bigger things
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He's always had bigger things in his heart. his dream to
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In his heart. his dream to see it grow and expand. he's
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See it grow and expand. he's always worked hard, gone the
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Always worked hard, gone the extra mile but it seemed like
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Extra mile but it seemed like he always hit a limit. he
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He always hit a limit. he would make a little progress
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Would make a little progress then things would slow down.
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Then things would slow down. thoughts would tell him,
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Thoughts would tell him, “it's too late. it would have
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“it's too late. it would have happened by now. just accept
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Happened by now. just accept that it's not meant to be.”
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That it's not meant to be.” despite not seeing anything
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Despite not seeing anything change, he kept believing, he
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Change, he kept believing, he kept thanking god that he was
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Kept thanking god that he was working. last year, he picked
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Working. last year, he picked up one client that brought
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Up one client that brought him more revenue in one year,
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Him more revenue in one year, than all the previous twenty
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Than all the previous twenty years combined. his business
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Years combined. his business has exploded, has over three
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Has exploded, has over three hundred employees. he said,
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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.”
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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
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Too late to accomplish your dream. don't worry, god has
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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
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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
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Where you are. stay faithful but don't let the fact that
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But don't let the fact that it's routine, convince you
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It's routine, convince you that it's always going to be
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That it's always going to be that way. god has some of
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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. in genesis 48, jacob was an
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In genesis 48, jacob was an old man and about to pass.
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Old man and about to pass. his son, joseph, came in to
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His son, joseph, came in to say his goodbyes. he brought
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Say his goodbyes. he brought with him his two sons,
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With him his two sons, manasseh and ephraim. when
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Manasseh and ephraim. when jacob saw his grandsons, he
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Jacob saw his grandsons, he called them over and hugged
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Called them over and hugged them. he said to joseph. “i
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Them. he said to joseph. “i am adopting your two boys as
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Am adopting your two boys as my own sons. they will
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My own sons. they will inherit the same thing you
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Inherit the same thing you and my other sons inherit.”
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And my other sons inherit.” what's interesting is these
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What's interesting is these two boys were born from an
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Two boys were born from an egyptian mother. the
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Egyptian mother. the egyptians back then
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Egyptians back then worshipped idols. they didn't
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Worshipped idols. they didn't believe in jehovah. it didn't
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Believe in jehovah. it didn't seem like god would have
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Seem like god would have anything to do with them. but
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Anything to do with them. but god doesn't hold against you
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God doesn't hold against you how you were raised, what
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How you were raised, what family you come from. there
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Family you come from. there may have been dysfunction,
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May have been dysfunction, people that compromised, made
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People that compromised, made poor choices, but that does
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Poor choices, but that does not disqualify you. you can
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Not disqualify you. you can be the difference maker. you
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Be the difference maker. you can be the one that sets a
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Can be the one that sets a new standard.
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New standard. when jacob said, “i'm
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When jacob said, “i'm adopting your boys.” this was
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Adopting your boys.” this was significant. they were
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Significant. they were grandsons, not sons. they
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Grandsons, not sons. they should have had to wait forty
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Should have had to wait forty years to get the inheritance
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Years to get the inheritance from their father, another
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From their father, another generation. but because jacob
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Generation. but because jacob adopted them, he put these
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Adopted them, he put these boys four decades down the
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Boys four decades down the road. one good break, and
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Road. one good break, and they were a generation ahead.
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They were a generation ahead. god was showing us how he
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God was showing us how he doesn't always follow a
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Doesn't always follow a normal timeline. he has some
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Normal timeline. he has some blessings that are going to
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Blessings that are going to put you a generation ahead.
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Put you a generation ahead. everything is in order, in
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Everything is in order, in line, routine and then out of
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Line, routine and then out of nowhere a generational
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Nowhere a generational blessing. the scripture says,
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Blessing. the scripture says, “you will live in houses that
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“you will live in houses that you didn't build, eat from
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You didn't build, eat from vineyards that you didn't
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Vineyards that you didn't plant.” those are
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Plant.” those are generational blessings. to
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Generational blessings. to reach the fullness of your
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Reach the fullness of your destiny, it's not going to
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Destiny, it's not going to happen only at a normal pace.
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Happen only at a normal pace. there are going to be some of
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There are going to be some of these fast-forward moments.
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These fast-forward moments. favor that catapults you
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Favor that catapults you ahead. times like with philip
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Ahead. times like with philip that you find yourself
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That you find yourself further. you can't explain
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Further. you can't explain it. you didn't earn it. it
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It. you didn't earn it. it wasn't on your schedule. it
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Wasn't on your schedule. it was the hand of god,
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Was the hand of god, accelerating your destiny,
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Accelerating your destiny, thrusting you years ahead.
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Yes, i know there are seasons
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Yes, i know there are seasons of waiting, times when we're
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Of waiting, times when we're not making any progress. we
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Not making any progress. we have to endure, do the right
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Have to endure, do the right thing when nothing is
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Thing when nothing is changing. pass those tests.
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Changing. pass those tests. but as god carries you,
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But as god carries you, you're also going to come
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You're also going to come into these moments of favor
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Into these moments of favor where he catapults you ahead.
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Where he catapults you ahead. you feel like you're falling
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You feel like you're falling behind then god hits fast
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Behind then god hits fast forward. you are a grandson
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Forward. you are a grandson so to speak, but god steps in
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So to speak, but god steps in and says, “i'm adopting you
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And says, “i'm adopting you as my son.” he puts you a
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As my son.” he puts you a generation ahead. forty years
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Down the road. you may have a
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Down the road. you may have a situation now; you don't see
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Situation now; you don't see how it's going to resolve.
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How it's going to resolve. how you're going to
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How you're going to accomplish a dream, how
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Accomplish a dream, how you're going to get well.
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You're going to get well. it's been so long. you don't
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It's been so long. you don't know what god is up to. you
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Know what god is up to. you don't know when he's about to
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Don't know when he's about to hit fast forward. what you
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Hit fast forward. what you think is going to take your
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Think is going to take your whole lifetime, like these
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Whole lifetime, like these boys, god's going to do a
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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
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In december of 2003, we leased this building from the
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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
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Own it, but the lease was the best option at the time. deep
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Best option at the time. deep down, i knew that sometime
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Down, i knew that sometime during those sixty years, god
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During those sixty years, god would make a way where we
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Would make a way where we could purchase it. i was
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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,
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City hall when i'm a hundred, trying to renew the lease. i
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Trying to renew the lease. i need to be at home, taking
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Need to be at home, taking care of my brother paul. i
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Care of my brother paul. i said, “god let me purchase it
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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
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Up in the air for the next generation.” seven years into
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Generation.” seven years into our sixty-year lease, the
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Our sixty-year lease, the city was running low on tax
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City was running low on tax revenue. they decided to sell
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Revenue. they decided to sell off some of their properties.
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Off some of their properties. the mayor called and asked if
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The mayor called and asked if we wanted to purchase the
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We wanted to purchase the building. i said we did but
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Building. i said we did but it would depend on the price.
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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
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Would be five hundred million dollars. she said the city
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Dollars. she said the city would do an appraisal and get
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Would do an appraisal and get back with us. they had to
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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,
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Would still be honored. so, whoever purchased it wouldn't
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Whoever purchased it wouldn't take possession for many
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Take possession for many years. the appraisal came
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Years. the appraisal came back not at two hundred
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Back not at two hundred million, not a hundred
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Million, not a hundred million, not fifty, not
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Million, not fifty, not twenty-five. they said you
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Twenty-five. they said you can purchase it for seven
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Can purchase it for seven million dollars. we not only
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Million dollars. we not only got it for an unbelievable
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Got it for an unbelievable price, but what should have
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Price, but what should have taken sixty years, god did
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Taken sixty years, god did fifty-three years sooner. we
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Fifty-three years sooner. we didn't see it coming. we
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Didn't see it coming. we didn't go after it, the mayor
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Didn't go after it, the mayor called us. when god hits fast
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Called us. when god hits fast forward, you're going to see
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Forward, you're going to see things that boggle your mind.
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Things that boggle your mind. you haven't seen heard or
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You haven't seen heard or imagined what he has in store
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Imagined what he has in store for you.
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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
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Thirty years to get out of debt. you've run all the
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Debt. you've run all the numbers, projected your
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Numbers, projected your income, calculated the
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Income, calculated the payments, by the time you're
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Payments, by the time you're a hundred and twenty-three
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A hundred and twenty-three you're going to be debt free.
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You're going to be debt free. you don't know what god is up
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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.
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Catapult you ahead. david had these fast forward
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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
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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
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Imagine the battle taking place in his mind. thoughts
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Place in his mind. thoughts saying, “you were anointed.
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Saying, “you were anointed. samuel chose you. why are you
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Samuel chose you. why are you still out here. it must have
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Still out here. it must have been a mistake. you're
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Been a mistake. you're falling behind.” you can be
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Falling behind.” you can be anointed but not appointed
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Anointed but not appointed yet. don't try to take
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Yet. don't try to take matters into your own hands.
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Matters into your own hands. trust god's timing. let him
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Trust god's timing. let him do it his way. when we think
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Do it his way. when we think we're falling behind, it's
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We're falling behind, it's easy to get impatient and try
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Easy to get impatient and try to force things to happen.
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To force things to happen. but god knows how to make up
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But god knows how to make up for lost time. when he hits
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For lost time. when he hits fast forward, it will thrust
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Fast forward, it will thrust you ahead.
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You ahead. david kept being faithful. he
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David kept being faithful. he didn't complain. he didn't
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Didn't complain. he didn't get bitter. he kept excelling
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Get bitter. he kept excelling right where he was.
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Right where he was. eventually he was called to
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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
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For king saul, but saul was jealous of david. he tried to
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Jealous of david. he tried to kill him. david had to flee
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Kill him. david had to flee for his life. he lived out in
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For his life. he lived out in the desert on the run. this
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The desert on the run. this whole time, he knew god had
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Whole time, he knew god had anointed him, but there was
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Anointed him, but there was no sign that it was ever
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No sign that it was ever going to happen. saul wasn't
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Going to happen. saul wasn't an old man. he could have
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An old man. he could have been the king for another
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Been the king for another fifty years. everything was
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Fifty years. everything was routine out in the desert.
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Routine out in the desert. david wasn't making any
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David wasn't making any progress, nothing changing.
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Progress, nothing changing. he was no closer to the
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He was no closer to the throne than he was thirteen
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Throne than he was thirteen years earlier when samuel
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Years earlier when samuel anointed him.
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One day while david and his
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One day while david and his men were away on a trip,
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Men were away on a trip, bandits came in and burned
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Bandits came in and burned down their city, stole all
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Down their city, stole all their possessions and
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Their possessions and kidnapped their wives and
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Kidnapped their wives and children. it was the greatest
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Children. it was the greatest defeat david had ever
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Defeat david had ever suffered. his men were so
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Suffered. his men were so distraught, they talked about
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Distraught, they talked about stoning david. sitting in the
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Stoning david. sitting in the ruins of his city, something
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Ruins of his city, something rose up in david. he told his
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Rose up in david. he told his men to get ready, they were
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Men to get ready, they were going to go attack the enemy.
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Going to go attack the enemy. they found them partying,
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They found them partying, celebrating their victory.
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David surprised them. they
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David surprised them. they went in and defeated them.
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Went in and defeated them. they recovered all their
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They recovered all their possessions and all their
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Possessions and all their family, all their children.
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Family, all their children. three days later, word came
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Three days later, word came to david that king saul and
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To david that king saul and his son jonathan were killed
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His son jonathan were killed in a battle. david was made
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In a battle. david was made the king. it looked like that
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The king. it looked like that was decades away, but god hit
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Was decades away, but god hit fast forward. seventy-two
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Fast forward. seventy-two hours after david suffered
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Hours after david suffered his greatest attack, he was
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His greatest attack, he was made the king. when it feels
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Made the king. when it feels like your dream is a long way
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Like your dream is a long way off, that's a sign that god
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Off, that's a sign that god is up to something. he's
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Is up to something. he's about to do a quick work.
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About to do a quick work. don't let the circumstances
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Don't let the circumstances fool you. how unlikely it is.
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Fool you. how unlikely it is. how impossible it looks.
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How impossible it looks. david was anointed to be king
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David was anointed to be king when there was a man on the
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When there was a man on the throne that could have been
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Throne that could have been there for decades. saul was
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There for decades. saul was strong, healthy, had loyal
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Strong, healthy, had loyal followers. on top of that,
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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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It's easy to feel stuck in life
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It's easy to feel stuck in life wondering why
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Wondering why things aren't
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Things aren't changing and worrying
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Changing and worrying if it will ever happen,
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If it will ever happen, but there's
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But there's a better way to wait.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new resource called
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My new resource called pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. this book is a collection
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This book is a collection of prayers and promises
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Of prayers and promises from the scripture
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From the scripture to help you pray boldly
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To help you pray boldly to strengthen your faith.
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To strengthen your faith. while you're waiting,
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While you're waiting, it's important
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It's important to keep your mind
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To keep your mind filled with hope
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Filled with hope and expectancy.
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And expectancy. when you pray in faith,
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When you pray in faith, believe in what god promised,
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Believe in what god promised, that's what moves
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That's what moves the hands of god.
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The hands of god. and that's when you'll see
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And that's when you'll see doors open and healing
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Doors open and healing begins to come.
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Begins to come. breakthroughs in your family.
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Breakthroughs in your family. don't let doubt hold you back.
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Don't let doubt hold you back. pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount,
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For your gift of any amount, we'd love to
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Send you a copy of pray it forward: guided prayers
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It forward: guided prayers for faith and breakthrough.
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Answered prayers, pray it forward will help you
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Pray it forward will help you speak god's promises
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Speak god's promises over your life
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Over your life and over the people you love.
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And over the people you love. trusting that when you ask
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Trusting that when you ask in faith,
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In faith, god is already at work
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God is already at work preparing victory ahead of you.
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Preparing victory ahead of you. you can take these prayers
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You can take these prayers and scriptures
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And scriptures and pray them forward.
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And pray them forward. they'll build
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They'll build a momentum of faith
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A momentum of faith that carries you past obstacles
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That carries you past obstacles and into the promises
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And into the promises god has spoken over your life.
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When you pray the promises,
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When you pray the promises, what god has spoken over
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What god has spoken over your life,
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Your life, those are powerful prayers.
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Those are powerful prayers. and that's when
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And that's when god shows up and does
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God shows up and does what only he can do.
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What only he can do. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us.
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For being with us. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day
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You and your family every day and we appreciate your prayer
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And we appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity helps us
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Helps us take this message of hope
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Take this message of hope to people around the world.
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To people around the world. a special
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. but until we meet again,
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But until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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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 and savior.
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I make you my lord and savior. if you prayed that
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If you prayed that simple prayer,
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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We believe you got born again. and we'd love to send you
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And we'd love to send you some free resources
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With the lord. you can text
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You can text the number on the screen
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The number on the screen or go to the website.
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Or go to the website. but until we meet again,
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But until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Joel Osteen - Fast Foward

May 3, 2026 | 27:29

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