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Joel Osteen - Favor Connections

November 11, 2025 | 29:56

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Favor Connections | November 11, 2025

>> joel osteen: well,
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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God bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever in
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Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one
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And be a part of one of our services.
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Of our services. i promise you, we'll make you
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I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. but i like to start with
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But i like to start with something funny, and i heard
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Something funny, and i heard about this elderly couple.
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About this elderly couple. they were having a terrible
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They were having a terrible time with their memory.
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Time with their memory. they went to the doctor, and
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They went to the doctor, and he instructed them to start
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He instructed them to start writing down everything
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Writing down everything they had been forgetting.
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They had been forgetting. the next night, they were
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The next night, they were watching television.
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Watching television. the wife said, "i sure would
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The wife said, "i sure would like a bowl of ice cream."
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Like a bowl of ice cream." the husband said,
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The husband said, "i'll go get it for you."
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"i'll go get it for you." she said, "honey, you know
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She said, "honey, you know what the doctor said.
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What the doctor said. you better write it down."
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You better write it down." he said, "i'm just going
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He said, "i'm just going into the kitchen.
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Into the kitchen. i'm not going to forget."
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I'm not going to forget." came back a few minutes
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Came back a few minutes later, handed her a plate
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Later, handed her a plate of bacon and eggs.
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Of bacon and eggs. she shook her head and said,
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She shook her head and said, "i should've known it.
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"i should've known it. you forgot my toast."
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You forgot my toast." say it like you mean it:
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Say it like you mean it: "this is my bible.
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"this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I can do what it says i can do.
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I can do. today i will be taught
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,
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Alert, my heart is receptive, i will never be the same,
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I will never be the same, in jesus's name."
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In jesus's name." god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you about
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I want to talk to you about "favor connections."
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"favor connections." when i was a teenager, i was
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When i was a teenager, i was pulled over by a police
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Pulled over by a police officer for driving
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Officer for driving too fast."
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Too fast." when he saw the name on my
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When he saw the name on my license, he asked if i was
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License, he asked if i was related to the pastor that he
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Related to the pastor that he watched on television each
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Watched on television each week, and i told him
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Week, and i told him that was my father.
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That was my father. he gave me my license back,
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He gave me my license back, told me to slow down,
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Told me to slow down, and said i could go.
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And said i could go. i received favor because of
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I received favor because of who i was connected to.
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Who i was connected to. wasn't anything i did.
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Wasn't anything i did. i just happened to be the son
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I just happened to be the son of a man that was favored,
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Of a man that was favored, and because i was in
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And because i was in relationship with him, his
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Relationship with him, his favor spilled over onto me.
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Favor spilled over onto me. the scripture says, "noah
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The scripture says, "noah found favor with the lord."
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Found favor with the lord." when a great flood covered
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When a great flood covered the earth, noah's family were
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The earth, noah's family were the only ones saved.
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The only ones saved. it never says his sons had
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It never says his sons had favor or his daughters had
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Favor or his daughters had favor, but because they were
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Favor, but because they were connected to noah,
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Connected to noah, their lives were spared.
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Their lives were spared. the principle is, when you're
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The principle is, when you're connected to people that are
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Connected to people that are favored, people that are
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Favored, people that are further along, people that
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Further along, people that are more successful,
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Are more successful, that favor is going
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That favor is going to flow down to you.
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To flow down to you. you'll see increase,
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You'll see increase, promotion, because of that
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Promotion, because of that association, and there should
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Association, and there should be people you're in
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Be people you're in relationship with that
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Relationship with that inspire you, that challenge
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Inspire you, that challenge you, that make you strive
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You, that make you strive to do better.
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To do better. when you're connected to
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When you're connected to someone that's blessed, you
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Someone that's blessed, you honor them, you learn from
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Honor them, you learn from them, you sow into them,
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Them, you sow into them, the more blessed they are,
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The more blessed they are, the more blessed you're
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The more blessed you're going to be.
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Going to be. eventually, you're going
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Eventually, you're going to look like who you're
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To look like who you're connected to.
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Connected to. the question is, are you
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The question is, are you connected to anyone that has
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Connected to anyone that has what you want, or are you
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What you want, or are you connected to people that are
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Connected to people that are negative, critical,
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Negative, critical, can't get ahead,
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Can't get ahead, cause you to compromise,
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Cause you to compromise, drain your energy?
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Drain your energy? it's fine to be a good
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It's fine to be a good influence.
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Influence. it's fine to encourage them.
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It's fine to encourage them. but if you're spending all
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But if you're spending all your time with them, the
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Your time with them, the problem is, you're going
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Problem is, you're going to become just like them.
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To become just like them. they're rubbing off on you.
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They're rubbing off on you. you need to disconnect from
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You need to disconnect from people that are hindering
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People that are hindering your growth, limiting your
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Your growth, limiting your potential, causing you to
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Potential, causing you to compromise, and find some
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Compromise, and find some favor connections, people
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Favor connections, people that are going places, people
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That are going places, people that are at another level,
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That are at another level, people that have what
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People that have what you're dreaming about.
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You're dreaming about. you need some eagles
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You need some eagles in your life.
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In your life. you cannot hang around
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You cannot hang around with chickens and reach
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With chickens and reach your destiny.
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Your destiny. you can't spend all your free
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You can't spend all your free time with crows, people
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Time with crows, people that complain, or turkeys,
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That complain, or turkeys, people that have
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People that have accepted mediocrity.
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Accepted mediocrity. you need people who are
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You need people who are soaring, people that are
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Soaring, people that are taking new ground, people
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Taking new ground, people that are out of debt, that
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That are out of debt, that think bigger than you, people
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Think bigger than you, people that are exposing you
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That are exposing you to levels that you've
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To levels that you've never seen.
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Never seen. a few years ago, i went to
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A few years ago, i went to this meeting with a man that
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This meeting with a man that runs television networks,
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Runs television networks, a friend of mine.
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A friend of mine. they were negotiating a
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They were negotiating a contract for programming.
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Contract for programming. he said, "i want to offer
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He said, "i want to offer $80 million."
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$80 million." i almost fell out
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I almost fell out of my chair.
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Of my chair. i thought it was a big deal
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I thought it was a big deal that we have spent $80,000 to
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That we have spent $80,000 to buy a screen for the church.
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Buy a screen for the church. they talked about these huge
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They talked about these huge numbers like i talked
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Numbers like i talked about buying a pair
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About buying a pair of tennis shoes.
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Of tennis shoes. i didn't realize it, but god
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I didn't realize it, but god was expanding my vision.
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Was expanding my vision. he was using that man
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He was using that man to enlarge my thinking.
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To enlarge my thinking. after the meeting, i was
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After the meeting, i was about to tell him,
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About to tell him, "wow, those were some
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"wow, those were some incredibly big numbers."
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Incredibly big numbers." i felt something right down
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I felt something right down in here say, "joel,
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In here say, "joel, zip it up."
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Zip it up." when god puts you with a
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When god puts you with a bunch of eagles, don't have
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Bunch of eagles, don't have a chicken mentality.
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A chicken mentality. don't start talking about how
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Don't start talking about how you've never seen anything
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You've never seen anything like that, how that could
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Like that, how that could never happen for you.
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Never happen for you. let it take root
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Let it take root on the inside.
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On the inside. breathe it in.
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Breathe it in. get used to it.
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Get used to it. that's where god
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That's where god is taking you.
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Is taking you. that's why he's exposing you
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That's why he's exposing you to new levels, not to just
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To new levels, not to just impress you, not to just show
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Impress you, not to just show you how the other half lives,
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You how the other half lives, but to get you prepared
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But to get you prepared in your thinking.
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In your thinking. you have to make room for the
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You have to make room for the new things god has in store.
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New things god has in store. if you live with a limited
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If you live with a limited vision, thinking, "it could
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Vision, thinking, "it could never happen, it's too far
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Never happen, it's too far out," then you're right.
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Out," then you're right. it's not going to happen.
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It's not going to happen. you'll never go where you
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You'll never go where you can't accept, and god gave
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Can't accept, and god gave you that favor connection to
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You that favor connection to give you a glimpse into the
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Give you a glimpse into the next level, to show you where
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Next level, to show you where he's about to take you.
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He's about to take you. now, do your part, and get
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Now, do your part, and get in agreement with god.
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In agreement with god. about five years after that
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About five years after that meeting, we acquired this
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Meeting, we acquired this place, the former compaq
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Place, the former compaq center, and when i found out
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Center, and when i found out it was going to cost about
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It was going to cost about $120 million to purchase
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$120 million to purchase and renovate,
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And renovate, i didn't fall apart.
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I didn't fall apart. i wasn't intimidated.
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I wasn't intimidated. i thought, "god, you did it
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I thought, "god, you did it for my friend.
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For my friend. you can do it for me."
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You can do it for me." but had i not connected with
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But had i not connected with that man, had i only spent
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That man, had i only spent time with people at my same
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Time with people at my same level, i wouldn't be here.
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Level, i wouldn't be here. in the scripture, naomi and
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In the scripture, naomi and ruth were both widows.
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Ruth were both widows. they were living in
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They were living in bethlehem, very poor.
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Bethlehem, very poor. ruth would go out into
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Ruth would go out into the fields each morning
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The fields each morning and pick up leftover wheat.
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And pick up leftover wheat. it looked like this
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It looked like this was their destiny,
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Was their destiny, to just barely survive.
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To just barely survive. but naomi saw a man
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But naomi saw a man named boaz.
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Named boaz. he was the owner of all the
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He was the owner of all the fields, one of the wealthiest
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Fields, one of the wealthiest men in that area.
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Men in that area. she not only recognized
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She not only recognized the favor on his life,
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The favor on his life, but she respected it.
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But she respected it. she told ruth, "i want you to
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She told ruth, "i want you to dress up, put on perfume,
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Dress up, put on perfume, and go meet this man."
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And go meet this man." she was saying, in effect,
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She was saying, in effect, "boaz has favor.
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"boaz has favor. we need to connect with him,"
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We need to connect with him," and ruth not only met boaz,
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And ruth not only met boaz, but they fell in love and
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But they fell in love and eventually were married, and
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Eventually were married, and because she connected with
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Because she connected with someone with favor, she had
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Someone with favor, she had more favor than she ever
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More favor than she ever imagined, and when you
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Imagined, and when you recognize the favor on
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Recognize the favor on a person's life, and you
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A person's life, and you respect that favor by
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Respect that favor by connecting with it, by
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Connecting with it, by honoring them, learning
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Honoring them, learning from them, that favor
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From them, that favor will come back to you.
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Will come back to you. naomi could have thought,
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Naomi could have thought, "oh, boaz, he's wealthy,
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"oh, boaz, he's wealthy, he's busy.
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He's busy. he's not going to have
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He's not going to have anything to do with us."
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Anything to do with us." she could've dismissed it and
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She could've dismissed it and just stayed with the friends
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Just stayed with the friends where she was comfortable.
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Where she was comfortable. we wouldn't be talking
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We wouldn't be talking about her.
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About her. she recognized boaz was an
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She recognized boaz was an eagle, and she was willing to
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Eagle, and she was willing to get out of her comfort zone.
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Get out of her comfort zone. no doubt, she had to break
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No doubt, she had to break away from a few chickens,
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Away from a few chickens, spend less time with
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Spend less time with a couple turkeys.
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A couple turkeys. she took these steps of faith
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She took these steps of faith and connected with an eagle.
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And connected with an eagle. that's what opened new doors
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That's what opened new doors and took her and ruth
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And took her and ruth to a new level.
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To a new level. are there favor connections
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Are there favor connections god has put in your life that
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God has put in your life that you're overlooking, people
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You're overlooking, people that have what you want,
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That have what you want, that are further along?
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That are further along? don't be intimidated by their
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Don't be intimidated by their success, be inspired.
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Success, be inspired. god put them there so you
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God put them there so you could connect, and if you
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Could connect, and if you will honor them, learn from
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Will honor them, learn from them, then because you're
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Them, then because you're connected to someone with
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Connected to someone with more favor, more influence,
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More favor, more influence, more vision, like ruth
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More vision, like ruth and naomi, that favor will
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And naomi, that favor will flow down to you.
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Flow down to you. you will see new doors open,
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You will see new doors open, influence in greater ways,
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Influence in greater ways, promotion that you couldn't
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Promotion that you couldn't have reached on your own.
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Have reached on your own. it came because of a favor
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It came because of a favor connection.
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Connection. see, what you sow into,
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See, what you sow into, you're going to reap.
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You're going to reap. if you sow into worry
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If you sow into worry connections, people that are
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Connections, people that are always upset, anxious,
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Always upset, anxious, worried, you're going
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Worried, you're going to reap worry.
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To reap worry. if you sow into compromise
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If you sow into compromise connections, people that are
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Connections, people that are pulling you down, causing you
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Pulling you down, causing you to give in to temptation,
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To give in to temptation, you're going
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You're going to reap compromise.
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To reap compromise. if you sow into gossip
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If you sow into gossip connections, critical
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Connections, critical connections, people that talk
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Connections, people that talk bad about the boss, complain
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Bad about the boss, complain about life, you're going
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About life, you're going to reap a negative, limited,
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To reap a negative, limited, discouraging life.
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Discouraging life. but if you sow into these
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But if you sow into these favor connections, into
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Favor connections, into eagles, into people that are
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Eagles, into people that are blessed, successful, happy,
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Blessed, successful, happy, people that have been where
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People that have been where you want to go, that are out
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You want to go, that are out of debt, building orphanages,
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Of debt, building orphanages, paying off people's houses,
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Paying off people's houses, expanding their businesses,
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Expanding their businesses, you're going to reap favor,
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You're going to reap favor, increase, new levels,
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Increase, new levels, and we all have our friends.
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And we all have our friends. we have peers.
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We have peers. hopefully, we have
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Hopefully, we have people we're helping,
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People we're helping, people we're mentoring.
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People we're mentoring. that's important, but we
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That's important, but we should have a few of these
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Should have a few of these favor connections, people
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Favor connections, people that are far ahead of us.
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That are far ahead of us. in the natural, it looks like
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In the natural, it looks like we could never get there.
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We could never get there. that connection is the seed
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That connection is the seed god is going to use
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God is going to use to take you where
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To take you where you've never dreamed.
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You've never dreamed. a pastor friend of mine here
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A pastor friend of mine here in houston had a church of
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In houston had a church of several hundred people.
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Several hundred people. he started it 15 years ago,
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He started it 15 years ago, and they had been at that
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And they had been at that same number for years.
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Same number for years. it looked like they had
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It looked like they had reached their limits and
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Reached their limits and that's all they'd ever have.
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That's all they'd ever have. but he saw this pastor in
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But he saw this pastor in california that had a large
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California that had a large church, and he was so
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Church, and he was so impressed by it, he flew
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Impressed by it, he flew out there just to attend
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Out there just to attend a service.
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A service. he sat in the auditorium,
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He sat in the auditorium, looked around,
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Looked around, and breathed it all in.
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And breathed it all in. it was very inspiring, never
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It was very inspiring, never seen anything that large.
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Seen anything that large. after the service, he was
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After the service, he was able to meet the pastor.
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Able to meet the pastor. he gave him a small donation
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He gave him a small donation that his church had taken up
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That his church had taken up for their ministry.
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For their ministry. every month, he started
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Every month, he started flying out to california
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Flying out to california just to attend a service
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Just to attend a service and give a donation.
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And give a donation. he had plenty of pastor
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He had plenty of pastor friends here in houston.
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Friends here in houston. he had good members in his
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He had good members in his church, had a great family.
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Church, had a great family. but he understood, to reach a
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But he understood, to reach a new level, you have to have
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New level, you have to have some favor connections.
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Some favor connections. you need to be sowing time,
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You need to be sowing time, energy, resources,
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Energy, resources, honor into people
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Honor into people that have what you want.
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That have what you want. the anointing you respect is
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The anointing you respect is the anointing you will
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The anointing you will attract, and this man sowed
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Attract, and this man sowed into a vision much larger
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Into a vision much larger than his.
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Than his. he could have been jealous
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He could have been jealous of the man, intimidated,
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Of the man, intimidated, competitive.
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Competitive. instead, he celebrated
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Instead, he celebrated what he was doing.
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What he was doing. he cheered him on.
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He cheered him on. it wasn't long before his
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It wasn't long before his church started to grow.
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Church started to grow. he went from 300 to 500,
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He went from 300 to 500, from 500 to 1,000, from 1,000
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From 500 to 1,000, from 1,000 to several thousand.
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To several thousand. now his church is larger than
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Now his church is larger than the church in california.
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The church in california. he outgrew that man.
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He outgrew that man. i don't believe it would have
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I don't believe it would have happened if he had not sown
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Happened if he had not sown into his ministry, and i
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Into his ministry, and i don't mean just finances.
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Don't mean just finances. he sowed honor, respect,
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He sowed honor, respect, encouragement.
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Encouragement. he valued and esteemed
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He valued and esteemed what that man had built.
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What that man had built. but when we see people that
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But when we see people that are more successful, more
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Are more successful, more talented, more blessed, it's
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Talented, more blessed, it's easy to get jealous, try to
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Easy to get jealous, try to compete, discredit them, talk
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Compete, discredit them, talk about what they're doing
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About what they're doing wrong, how they're
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Wrong, how they're not talented.
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Not talented. they're just lucky.
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They're just lucky. here's a key: if you can't
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Here's a key: if you can't celebrate other people's
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Celebrate other people's success, you will never get
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Success, you will never get to where they are.
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To where they are. if you get jealous, try to
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If you get jealous, try to outperform them, intimidated,
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Outperform them, intimidated, you'll get stuck.
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You'll get stuck. it's a test.
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It's a test. god brings these favor
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God brings these favor connections across our path.
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Connections across our path. are you secure enough in who
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Are you secure enough in who you are to honor them, to
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You are to honor them, to respect them, to cheer them
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Respect them, to cheer them on, or will your pride keep
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On, or will your pride keep you from connecting
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You from connecting with their favor?
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With their favor? the problem is, your destiny
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The problem is, your destiny is tied to certain people.
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Is tied to certain people. when you connect with the
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When you connect with the favor on their life,
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Favor on their life, that's going to cause you
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That's going to cause you to rise higher.
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To rise higher. but if we won't humble
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But if we won't humble ourselves, if we think,
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Ourselves, if we think, "i'm as smart as them.
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"i'm as smart as them. i'm not going to celebrate
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I'm not going to celebrate them, joel.
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Them, joel. they should be
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They should be celebrating me."
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Celebrating me." that's going to limit
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That's going to limit our growth.
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Our growth. what you're connected
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What you're connected to eventually is going
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To eventually is going to come back to you.
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To come back to you. don't be small minded where
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Don't be small minded where you have to be the smartest
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You have to be the smartest one in your circle.
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One in your circle. if you're only sowing into
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If you're only sowing into your level, then your level
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Your level, then your level is all that's going
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Is all that's going to come back.
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To come back. you need to sow into where
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You need to sow into where you want to go.
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You want to go. swallow your pride and sow
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Swallow your pride and sow honor into that supervisor
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Honor into that supervisor at work.
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At work. sow respect into
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Sow respect into that colleague that's
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That colleague that's really talented.
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Really talented. they're not in your life
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They're not in your life by accident.
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By accident. god put them there
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God put them there as a favor connection.
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As a favor connection. as you connect to them, new
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As you connect to them, new doors will open for you.
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Doors will open for you. new talents will come out,
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New talents will come out, new levels.
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New levels. they are instrumental in you
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They are instrumental in you reaching the fullness
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Reaching the fullness of your destiny.
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Of your destiny. but too often, when we
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But too often, when we someone that's further along,
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Someone that's further along, someone that's more blessed,
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Someone that's more blessed, instead of being inspired,
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Instead of being inspired, we can get discouraged,
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We can get discouraged, thinking, "we could never
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Thinking, "we could never get there."
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Get there." god wouldn't have brought
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God wouldn't have brought them across your path
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Them across your path if he wasn't about
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If he wasn't about to take you higher.
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To take you higher. the favor on their life is an
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The favor on their life is an indication of what god is
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Indication of what god is about to do in yours.
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About to do in yours. in the scripture, when they
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In the scripture, when they poured oil on aaron,
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Poured oil on aaron, the high priest, on his head,
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The high priest, on his head, it flowed down
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It flowed down to the rest of his body.
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To the rest of his body. this is symbolic.
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This is symbolic. oil represents favor, and
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Oil represents favor, and when you're connected with
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When you're connected with people with favor, the more
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People with favor, the more blessed they are, the more
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Blessed they are, the more blessed you'll be.
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Blessed you'll be. that oil will flow down to
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That oil will flow down to you, and when we understand
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You, and when we understand this, it's easy to celebrate
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This, it's easy to celebrate those that are ahead.
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Those that are ahead. we know because we're
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We know because we're honoring them, sowing into
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Honoring them, sowing into them, as they rise higher,
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Them, as they rise higher, because we're connected,
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Because we're connected, we're going to rise higher.
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We're going to rise higher. that favor is going to flow
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That favor is going to flow down to us, and like that
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Down to us, and like that pastor, there will be times
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Pastor, there will be times where you surpass what
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Where you surpass what you're honoring.
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You're honoring. you overtake what
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You overtake what you're celebrating.
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You're celebrating. when i first started
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When i first started ministering, i was very
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Ministering, i was very nervous and unsure of myself.
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Nervous and unsure of myself. i didn't have the training or
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I didn't have the training or the experience, but there
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The experience, but there were several very prominent
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Were several very prominent ministers that i knew
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Ministers that i knew from growing up.
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From growing up. i listened to their messages
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I listened to their messages over and over.
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Over and over. i would send them notes
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I would send them notes telling them how much they
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Telling them how much they had helped me, and how much i
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Had helped me, and how much i admired and respected them.
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Admired and respected them. this one man, at least to me,
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This one man, at least to me, he was a legend.
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He was a legend. he was so far ahead of me.
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He was so far ahead of me. i was amazed at what he had
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I was amazed at what he had accomplished and how
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Accomplished and how respected he was, and i say
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Respected he was, and i say this with humility, but now,
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This with humility, but now, nearly 20 years later, god
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Nearly 20 years later, god has taken me further
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Has taken me further than him.
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Than him. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? when you celebrate those that
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When you celebrate those that are ahead of you, you show
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Are ahead of you, you show honor, respect, then some of
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Honor, respect, then some of the favor on them is going
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The favor on them is going to come back to you.
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To come back to you. you'll look up and think,
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You'll look up and think, "how did i get here?"
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"how did i get here?" part of it is
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Part of it is the favor connection.
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The favor connection. you connected with someone
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You connected with someone that was where you
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That was where you wanted to go.
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Wanted to go. that's why you don't have
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That's why you don't have to compete with people.
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To compete with people. you don't have to try
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You don't have to try to outperform them.
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To outperform them. you 're not in competition
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You 're not in competition with anyone except yourself.
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With anyone except yourself. let where they are inspire
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Let where they are inspire you to be the best
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You to be the best that you can be.
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That you can be. like iron sharpens iron,
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Like iron sharpens iron, they can sharpen you.
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They can sharpen you. they can make you better.
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They can make you better. but when we start competing,
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But when we start competing, before long, we get jealous,
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Before long, we get jealous, find fault, try to discredit.
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Find fault, try to discredit. but here's a key: pulling
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But here's a key: pulling somebody else down will never
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Somebody else down will never make you rise higher.
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Make you rise higher. trying to make them look bad,
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Trying to make them look bad, spreading rumors,
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Spreading rumors, magnifying their fault,
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Magnifying their fault, it may feel good.
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It may feel good. the problem is, it's going
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The problem is, it's going to boomerang and come
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To boomerang and come right back to us.
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Right back to us. if you sow disrespect, you'll
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If you sow disrespect, you'll reap disrespect.
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Reap disrespect. if you sow spreading rumors,
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If you sow spreading rumors, stirring up trouble,
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Stirring up trouble, that's what you'll reap.
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That's what you'll reap. a much better approach is
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A much better approach is to celebrate those
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To celebrate those that are ahead.
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That are ahead. how do you know they're not
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How do you know they're not a favor connection,
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A favor connection, somebody god brought
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Somebody god brought into your life so that you
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Into your life so that you could rise higher?
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Could rise higher? if you're jealous,
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If you're jealous, competitive, then you're
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Competitive, then you're letting what god meant for
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Letting what god meant for your good to become something
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Your good to become something that's holding you back.
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That's holding you back. turn it around.
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Turn it around. let's be people that
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Let's be people that celebrate success, that learn
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Celebrate success, that learn from those that are ahead,
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From those that are ahead, that honor people that are
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That honor people that are blessed with more influence.
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Blessed with more influence. elijah in the scripture was
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Elijah in the scripture was a great prophet, did amazing
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A great prophet, did amazing miracles, and one day,
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Miracles, and one day, he was walking by a field.
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He was walking by a field. he saw a young man named
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He saw a young man named elisha out plowing.
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Elisha out plowing. he told him to leave his
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He told him to leave his animals and come with him.
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Animals and come with him. well, elisha came from
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Well, elisha came from a well-to-do family.
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A well-to-do family. i'm sure he had goals
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I'm sure he had goals and dreams.
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And dreams. elijah wanted him to become
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Elijah wanted him to become his assistant, basically,
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His assistant, basically, take care of him, bring him
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Take care of him, bring him food, set up his tent,
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Food, set up his tent, feed his animals.
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Feed his animals. elisha could've thought, "no,
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Elisha could've thought, "no, thanks, i'll stay here
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Thanks, i'll stay here at my own place."
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At my own place." he could've been too proud,
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He could've been too proud, but he recognized the favor
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But he recognized the favor on elijah's life.
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On elijah's life. he respected his anointing.
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He respected his anointing. he wasn't jealous.
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He wasn't jealous. he didn't get bitter because
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He didn't get bitter because he offered him what seemed
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He offered him what seemed to be a low-level position.
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To be a low-level position. for years, he served elijah
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For years, he served elijah with honor, watching after
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With honor, watching after him, making sure he was
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Him, making sure he was comfortable, and what you sow
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Comfortable, and what you sow into is what you're going
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Into is what you're going to reap.
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To reap. when you sow into someone
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When you sow into someone with great favor, you're
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With great favor, you're going to reap some
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Going to reap some of that favor.
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Of that favor. when you honor someone that
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When you honor someone that has more influence, some of
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Has more influence, some of that influence is going
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That influence is going to come back to you.
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To come back to you. i'm sure elisha's friends
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I'm sure elisha's friends came around saying, "elisha,
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Came around saying, "elisha, what are you still doing
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What are you still doing here, serving this old man?
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Here, serving this old man? you have your own dreams.
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You have your own dreams. why don't you start your own
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Why don't you start your own ministry?
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Ministry? he's holding you back."
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He's holding you back." he could've let them talk him
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He could've let them talk him out of it, thought he was
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Out of it, thought he was wasting his time, but he
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Wasting his time, but he just kept on sowing,
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Just kept on sowing, honoring, respecting
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Honoring, respecting the favor connection.
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The favor connection. well, eventually, elijah
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Well, eventually, elijah was taken to heaven
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Was taken to heaven in a whirlwind.
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In a whirlwind. elisha received a double
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Elisha received a double portion of his anointing.
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Portion of his anointing. he didn't just get the favor
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He didn't just get the favor on elijah's life, he got
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On elijah's life, he got twice the favor, and some of
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Twice the favor, and some of these favor connections that
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These favor connections that you're sowing into, giving,
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You're sowing into, giving, serving, honoring,
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Serving, honoring, your time is coming.
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Your time is coming. like with elisha, you're not
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Like with elisha, you're not just going to go to the level
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Just going to go to the level where they are.
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Where they are. you're going to go further.
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You're going to go further. double the influence,
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Double the influence, double the favor,
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Double the favor, double the resources.
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Double the resources. this is why the enemy works
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This is why the enemy works overtime to try to get us
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Overtime to try to get us jealous of each other,
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Jealous of each other, competing, trying
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Competing, trying to pull each other down.
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To pull each other down. he wants us to get stuck
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He wants us to get stuck where we are, and it's very
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Where we are, and it's very freeing when you can
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Freeing when you can celebrate those that are
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Celebrate those that are ahead, knowing that the seeds
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Ahead, knowing that the seeds you sow into them, the honor,
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You sow into them, the honor, the respect, the resources,
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The respect, the resources, are going to come back
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Are going to come back to you.
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To you. but if you're only sowing
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But if you're only sowing into horizontal
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Into horizontal relationships, people at your
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Relationships, people at your same level, then you're going
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Same level, then you're going to see horizontal favor.
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To see horizontal favor. but when you're secure enough
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But when you're secure enough in who you are to sow into
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In who you are to sow into vertical relationships,
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Vertical relationships, people that are ahead of you,
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People that are ahead of you, you're going to reap some
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You're going to reap some of this vertical favor.
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Of this vertical favor. luke chapter 5, jesus had
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Luke chapter 5, jesus had just borrowed peter's boat
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Just borrowed peter's boat to teach the people
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To teach the people from the shore.
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From the shore. when he finished, he told
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When he finished, he told peter to launch out into
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Peter to launch out into the deep and he would catch
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The deep and he would catch a great haul of fish.
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A great haul of fish. well, peter had fished all
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Well, peter had fished all night, but he went back out
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Night, but he went back out to try it again.
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To try it again. he caught so many fish that
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He caught so many fish that his net began to break,
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His net began to break, and verse 7 says:
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And verse 7 says: "peter shouted for help,
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"peter shouted for help, and his partners came."
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And his partners came." soon, both boats were so
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Soon, both boats were so loaded with fish, they were
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Loaded with fish, they were concerned the boats
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Concerned the boats might sink.
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Might sink. peter was blessed
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Peter was blessed because he obeyed.
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Because he obeyed. he had favor.
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He had favor. but notice, the favor
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But notice, the favor didn't stop with him.
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Didn't stop with him. he caught so many fish that
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He caught so many fish that his partners, those that were
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His partners, those that were connected with him, they
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Connected with him, they received the overflow.
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Received the overflow. when you connect with someone
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When you connect with someone that's blessed, someone
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That's blessed, someone that's favored, as they
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That's favored, as they increase, you'll increase.
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Increase, you'll increase. peter's partners hadn't done
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Peter's partners hadn't done anything to really
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Anything to really deserve the fish.
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Deserve the fish. peter was the one that lent
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Peter was the one that lent jesus the boat.
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Jesus the boat. god could've just sent enough
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God could've just sent enough fish to fill peter's boat,
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Fish to fill peter's boat, made sure peter was paid
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Made sure peter was paid back, but god on purpose
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Back, but god on purpose blessed peter in such a way,
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Blessed peter in such a way, there would be overflow so
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There would be overflow so all in partnership, all those
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All in partnership, all those connected would see increase
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Connected would see increase and favor as well.
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And favor as well. who you're connected to
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Who you're connected to is extremely important.
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Is extremely important. there are blessings that
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There are blessings that belong to you that are
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Belong to you that are attached to the people god's
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Attached to the people god's placed in your life, and if
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Placed in your life, and if you're not seeing any fish,
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You're not seeing any fish, you need to evaluate
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You need to evaluate who you're connected to.
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Who you're connected to. you may need to disconnect
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You may need to disconnect from relationships that
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From relationships that aren't producing any
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Aren't producing any increase, and connect with
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Increase, and connect with people that are blessed,
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People that are blessed, people that are seeing favor.
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People that are seeing favor. peter's boat was
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Peter's boat was not only full of fish,
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Not only full of fish, but his partner's boat
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But his partner's boat was full of fish.
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Was full of fish. you're going to become like
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You're going to become like who you're connected to.
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Who you're connected to. again, are you connected to
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Again, are you connected to anyone that has what you
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Anyone that has what you want, people that are more
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Want, people that are more blessed, people that are
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Blessed, people that are more successful?
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More successful? look around, find the favor
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Look around, find the favor connections in your life.
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Connections in your life. don't be intimidated because
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Don't be intimidated because they're further along.
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They're further along. don't be jealous
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Don't be jealous because they have more.
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Because they have more. celebrate them, honor them,
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Celebrate them, honor them, sow into them.
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Sow into them. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, because you're
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And declare, because you're connected to favor, like
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Connected to favor, like peter's friends, your boat is
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Peter's friends, your boat is going to be full.
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Going to be full. you're going to see increase,
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You're going to see increase, promotion, new levels, the
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Promotion, new levels, the fullness of your destiny,
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Fullness of your destiny, in jesus's name.
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In jesus's name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Say amen today? i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say: "lord jesus,
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Just say: "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord
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I make you my lord and savior."
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And savior." if you prayed that simple
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church.
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Church. keep god first place.
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Keep god first place. victoria and i will be right
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing
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Back to speak a blessing over you.
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Fear can be a powerful force
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Fear can be a powerful force and will try to make you feel
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And will try to make you feel alone, stuck, without hope.
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Alone, stuck, without hope. but fear doesn't
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But fear doesn't have to get the final say.
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Have to get the final say. there is a way out.
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There is a way out. fear is a powerful force,
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Fear is a powerful force, but so is faith.
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But so is faith. what we focus on shapes
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What we focus on shapes our reality.
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In my new book, no more fear:
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In my new book, no more fear: you have the mind of christ,
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You have the mind of christ, i'll show you how
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I'll show you how to silence fear and live boldly
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To silence fear and live boldly in faith and confidence.
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In faith and confidence. just like david said, "though
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Just like david said, "though i walk through the valley,
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I walk through the valley, i will not fear,"
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I will not fear," you too can walk through
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You too can walk through life's challenges
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Life's challenges without being paralyzed
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Without being paralyzed by fear.
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By fear. i can't promise you
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I can't promise you you'll never feel fear,
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You'll never feel fear, but i can teach you
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But i can teach you how to rise above it
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How to rise above it by dwelling on what god says,
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By dwelling on what god says, learning to replace
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Learning to replace the anxious thoughts
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The anxious thoughts with faith-filled ones.
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With faith-filled ones. you can live
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You can live from a place of peace,
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From a place of peace, power, and purpose.
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Power, and purpose. 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 this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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A copy of joel's book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. the bible proclaims,
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The bible proclaims, "the lord is my light
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"the lord is my light and my salvation;
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And my salvation; whom shall i fear?"
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Whom shall i fear?" this powerful
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This powerful and practical book
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And practical book will help you silence doubt,
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Will help you silence doubt, overcome anxiety,
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Overcome anxiety, and step boldly into god's
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And step boldly into god's overcoming power.
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Overcoming power. when fear whispers,
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When fear whispers, "you can't,"
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"you can't," this devotional will stir
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This devotional will stir your faith
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Your faith to declare, "god will."
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To declare, "god will." each page
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Each page reminds you
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Reminds you that you weren't
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That you weren't created to live in fear
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Created to live in fear or despair.
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Or despair. you were created to live
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You were created to live with passion,
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With passion, purpose, and confidence
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Purpose, and confidence in god's plans for your life.
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In god's plans for your life. let god's word
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Let god's word equip you to rise above fear
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Equip you to rise above fear and walk in victory.
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And walk in victory. fear doesn't have
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Fear doesn't have the final say, god does.
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The final say, god does. be bold,
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Be bold, be strong, and step up to who
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Be strong, and step up to who he made you to be.
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He made you to be. victoria and i want you to know
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Victoria and i want you to know we're praying for
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We're praying for you and your family,
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You and your family, believing for god's very best.
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Believing for god's very best. thank you so much
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Thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Around the world. as we finish this year,
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As we finish this year, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider making a special year-end
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Making a special year-end gift; helps
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Gift; helps to keep the ministries strong.
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To keep the ministries strong. i always want to thank our
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I always want to thank our champion of hope partners
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Champion of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. 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. and until we see you next time,
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And until we see you next time, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of joel's new book,
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Your copy of joel's new book, no more fear:
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No more fear: you have the mind of christ.
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You have the mind of christ. visit joelosteen.com or
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Call 888-567-joel. and for an additional gift
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And for an additional gift this month,
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This month, we're also offering the god's
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We're also offering the god's word work study collection.
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Word work study collection. this empowering set includes
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This empowering set includes the niv,
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The niv, the message
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The message parallel bible, joel's
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Parallel bible, joel's no more fear
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No more fear devotional, the classic
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Devotional, the classic how to read your bible
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How to read your bible and enjoy it,
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And enjoy it, plus a beautifully
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Plus a beautifully crafted leather
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Crafted leather bookmark with pen.
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Bookmark with pen. you can request these inspiring
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You can request these inspiring scripture discovery
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Resources
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By calling 888-567-joel
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By calling 888-567-joel or logging on to joelosteen.com
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Or logging on to joelosteen.com today.
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Today. call or click anytime,
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Call or click anytime, 24 hours a day.
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24 hours a day. silence fear.
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Silence fear. strengthen your spirit.
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Strengthen your spirit. let god's word
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Let god's word equip you to rise above
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Equip you to rise above fear and walk in victory.
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Fear and walk in victory. request these resources today.
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Joel Osteen - Favor Connections

November 11, 2025 | 29:56

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