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Joel Osteen - Feed Your Faith

October 24, 2025 | 29:55

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Feed Your Faith | October 24, 2025

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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Our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this scientist. he said
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About this scientist. he said to god, “we've decided we no
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To god, “we've decided we no longer need you. we can clone
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Longer need you. we can clone people, transplant hearts, do
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People, transplant hearts, do all kinds of things once
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All kinds of things once considered miraculous.” god
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Considered miraculous.” god said, “fine, but to prove you
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Said, “fine, but to prove you don't need me, let's have a
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Don't need me, let's have a man making contest. the only
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Man making contest. the only requirement is you have to
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Requirement is you have to make man out of dirt.” the
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Make man out of dirt.” the scientist said, “great”, and
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Scientist said, “great”, and reached down to pick up a
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Reached down to pick up a handful of dirt. god said,
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Handful of dirt. god said, “not so fast, go get your own
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“not so fast, go get your own dirt.”
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Dirt.” say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about feed your faith. you
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About feed your faith. you get to choose what grows in
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Get to choose what grows in your life. what you're
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Your life. what you're feeding is getting stronger.
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Feeding is getting stronger. if you're feeding doubt,
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If you're feeding doubt, thinking about what you can't
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Thinking about what you can't do, how the obstacles are too
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Do, how the obstacles are too big, and how you're at a
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Big, and how you're at a disadvantage, because you're
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Disadvantage, because you're feeding it, that doubt is
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Feeding it, that doubt is getting bigger. just like
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Getting bigger. just like you're giving it vitamins,
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You're giving it vitamins, nutrients, helping it to
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Nutrients, helping it to grow. if you're feeding fear,
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Grow. if you're feeding fear, “what if i get laid off, what
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“what if i get laid off, what if i come down with that
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If i come down with that illness, i'm afraid for my
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Illness, i'm afraid for my children.” that fear is
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Children.” that fear is growing. you're helping it to
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Growing. you're helping it to become a reality. sometimes
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Become a reality. sometimes we're feeding insecurity,
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We're feeding insecurity, “i'm not attractive. i don't
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“i'm not attractive. i don't have a good personality. i'm
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Have a good personality. i'm not that talented.” we wonder
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Not that talented.” we wonder why we don't have much
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Why we don't have much confidence, why we don't feel
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Confidence, why we don't feel valuable. it's because we're
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Valuable. it's because we're feeding the wrong things.
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Feeding the wrong things. you've heard the saying, you
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You've heard the saying, you are what you eat. it's the
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Are what you eat. it's the same thing in your mind. if
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Same thing in your mind. if you feed fear, you're going
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You feed fear, you're going to live fearful. if you feed
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To live fearful. if you feed discouragement, “nothing good
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Discouragement, “nothing good is in my future. i have so
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Is in my future. i have so many problems.” you're going
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Many problems.” you're going to live discouraged. if you
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To live discouraged. if you feed the past, “look what
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Feed the past, “look what i've been through. they hurt
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I've been through. they hurt me. i wasn't raised right.”
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Me. i wasn't raised right.” if you keep dwelling on what
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If you keep dwelling on what didn't work out, the mistakes
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Didn't work out, the mistakes you've made, even though god
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You've made, even though god has beauty for the ashes,
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Has beauty for the ashes, even though there are great
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Even though there are great things in your future,
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Things in your future, because you're feeding the
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Because you're feeding the past, you won't see it.
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Past, you won't see it. you'll live bitter, in
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You'll live bitter, in regrets, with no passion.
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Regrets, with no passion. pay attention to what you're
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Pay attention to what you're feeding. we all have doubt,
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Feeding. we all have doubt, fear, insecurity, guilt. but
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Fear, insecurity, guilt. but we also have faith, hope,
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We also have faith, hope, confidence, value, victory.
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Confidence, value, victory. don't feed things you don't
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Don't feed things you don't want to grow. you have to
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Want to grow. you have to starve your doubts and feed
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Starve your doubts and feed your faith. starve the
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Your faith. starve the discouragement and feed your
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Discouragement and feed your hope. starve the inferiority
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Hope. starve the inferiority and feed your confidence.
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And feed your confidence. you'll be amazed at what
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You'll be amazed at what happens, if you'll quit
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Happens, if you'll quit giving life to the negative
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Giving life to the negative and start feeding the
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And start feeding the positive.
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Positive. the scripture says the enemy
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The scripture says the enemy goes around as a roaring
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Goes around as a roaring lion. he has this loud roar,
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Lion. he has this loud roar, these threats, trying to
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These threats, trying to intimidate, bring fear, cause
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Intimidate, bring fear, cause us to shrink back. but if you
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Us to shrink back. but if you take a lion, big, strong,
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Take a lion, big, strong, healthy animal. it has these
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Healthy animal. it has these incredible muscles. it can
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Incredible muscles. it can run fast, chase down its
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Run fast, chase down its prey, jump and attack. it has
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Prey, jump and attack. it has this powerful roar, this
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This powerful roar, this growl that strikes fear. he's
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Growl that strikes fear. he's called the king of the
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Called the king of the jungle. he rules wherever he
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Jungle. he rules wherever he goes. but if you were to quit
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Goes. but if you were to quit feeding that lion, you didn't
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Feeding that lion, you didn't give him any food for a week,
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Give him any food for a week, his growl is not going to be
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His growl is not going to be near what it was. in two
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Near what it was. in two weeks, he's not going to have
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Weeks, he's not going to have the strength, the energy to
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The strength, the energy to attack like he used to. in a
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Attack like he used to. in a month, he's going to be so
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Month, he's going to be so weak, so famished, he can't
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Weak, so famished, he can't get up off the ground.
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Get up off the ground. we couldn't defeat a lion
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We couldn't defeat a lion one on one when he's healthy.
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One on one when he's healthy. he's way too big, and strong
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He's way too big, and strong and powerful. but if you
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And powerful. but if you quit feeding him, it's a
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Quit feeding him, it's a different story. he loses
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Different story. he loses all of his power, his
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All of his power, his strength, his control.
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Strength, his control. in the same way, fear, worry,
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In the same way, fear, worry, doubt, can seem too powerful.
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Doubt, can seem too powerful. we can't defeat it. it's like
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We can't defeat it. it's like it has the upper hand. but if
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It has the upper hand. but if you'll quit feeding it, if
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You'll quit feeding it, if you'll quit dwelling on it,
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You'll quit dwelling on it, quit giving it attention,
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Quit giving it attention, quit letting it play in your
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Quit letting it play in your mind, little by little, it
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Mind, little by little, it will get weaker and weaker.
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Will get weaker and weaker. you'll get to the point where
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You'll get to the point where it can't control you. every
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It can't control you. every time doubt comes, saying,
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Time doubt comes, saying, “nothing good is in your
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“nothing good is in your future, this sickness is
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Future, this sickness is going to be the end, your
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Going to be the end, your child is never going to get
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Child is never going to get back on course.” that's the
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Back on course.” that's the roaring lion trying to
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Roaring lion trying to deceive, manipulate and
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Deceive, manipulate and limit. now you get to make
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Limit. now you get to make the choice: am i going to
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The choice: am i going to feed this lion? when you
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Feed this lion? when you dwell on it, it's like you're
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Dwell on it, it's like you're giving him food. making the
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Giving him food. making the doubt stronger, the fear, the
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Doubt stronger, the fear, the discouragement. do yourself a
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Discouragement. do yourself a favor, start starving those
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Favor, start starving those things. they lose all their
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Things. they lose all their power when you quit feeding
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Power when you quit feeding them. instead of feeding your
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Them. instead of feeding your fears, take that same energy
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Fears, take that same energy and feed your hope, feed your
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And feed your hope, feed your faith, feed confidence, feed
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Faith, feed confidence, feed courage, feed value.
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Courage, feed value. i get up every morning and
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I get up every morning and say, “father thank you that
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Say, “father thank you that this is going to be a great
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This is going to be a great day. thank you that your
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Day. thank you that your favor surrounds me like a
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Favor surrounds me like a shield. thank you that i'm
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Shield. thank you that i'm anointed, equipped and
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Anointed, equipped and empowered. that you've armed
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Empowered. that you've armed me with strength for every
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Me with strength for every battle.” that's not just
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Battle.” that's not just being positive, that's
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Being positive, that's feeding my faith. that's
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Feeding my faith. that's feeding my hope. what you're
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Feeding my hope. what you're feeding is what's growing.
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Feeding is what's growing. i've found fear can't stay
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I've found fear can't stay where faith lives. doubt
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Where faith lives. doubt can't stay where hope lives.
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Can't stay where hope lives. defeat can't stay where
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Defeat can't stay where victory lives.
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Victory lives. you hear about all these
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You hear about all these different kinds of diets. no
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Different kinds of diets. no carb diet. you can't eat any
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Carb diet. you can't eat any carbohydrates. people that
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Carbohydrates. people that struggle with diabetes, no
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Struggle with diabetes, no sugar diet. there's a no red
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Sugar diet. there's a no red meat diet, a gluten free
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Meat diet, a gluten free diet. i have a friend that
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Diet. i have a friend that eats no white flour and no
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Eats no white flour and no dairy. we went to lunch the
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Dairy. we went to lunch the other day, i ordered a
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Other day, i ordered a hamburger and french fries.
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Hamburger and french fries. he ordered a piece of tree
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He ordered a piece of tree bark. he can't eat anything.
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Bark. he can't eat anything. i felt bad about eating my
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I felt bad about eating my food but he's so disciplined
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Food but he's so disciplined about it. i'm not a
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About it. i'm not a nutritionist, i'm not a
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Nutritionist, i'm not a doctor, but i'm putting you
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Doctor, but i'm putting you on a very strict diet. no
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On a very strict diet. no more worry, no more doubt, no
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More worry, no more doubt, no more insecurity, offense,
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More insecurity, offense, bitterness, self-pity, shame,
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Bitterness, self-pity, shame, regrets. your new diet is
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Regrets. your new diet is restricted to faith food.
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Restricted to faith food. feed your faith, feed your
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Feed your faith, feed your hope, feed peace, feed joy,
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Hope, feed peace, feed joy, feed positive expectations,
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Feed positive expectations, feed the promises god put in
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Feed the promises god put in your heart, feed the dreams
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Your heart, feed the dreams he's placed in your spirit.
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He's placed in your spirit. you're going to become what
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You're going to become what you're feeding. positive,
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You're feeding. positive, hopeful, confident, secure,
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Hopeful, confident, secure, valuable, or negative,
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Valuable, or negative, worried, doubtful, afraid,
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Worried, doubtful, afraid, years ago, there was a man
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Years ago, there was a man that did work at the other
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That did work at the other church, some maintenance,
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Church, some maintenance, landscaping, and some
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Landscaping, and some repairs. i was in the
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Repairs. i was in the television department back
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Television department back then. i would see him from
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Then. i would see him from time to time during the week.
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Time to time during the week. he was very friendly, but he
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He was very friendly, but he was so negative. every time
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Was so negative. every time we would talk, he would tell
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We would talk, he would tell me how tough life was and how
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Me how tough life was and how he was having problems at
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He was having problems at home, a leak in the roof, a
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Home, a leak in the roof, a child causing him trouble; he
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Child causing him trouble; he didn't know how he could pay
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Didn't know how he could pay his bills. he would
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His bills. he would constantly use the phrase,
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Constantly use the phrase, “it's so hard.” a dozen times
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“it's so hard.” a dozen times in a short conversation. and
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In a short conversation. and i'm not saying there weren't
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I'm not saying there weren't difficulties but he was
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Difficulties but he was making it so much worse,
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Making it so much worse, feeding the wrong things.
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Feeding the wrong things. there was faith in him. there
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There was faith in him. there was hope, there was victory,
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Was hope, there was victory, but it never got fed. he
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But it never got fed. he starved his faith and fed his
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Starved his faith and fed his fears. he starved his hope
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Fears. he starved his hope and fed his doubt. in his
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And fed his doubt. in his early fifties, he was
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Early fifties, he was diagnosed with a terminal
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Diagnosed with a terminal disease. he lived a couple
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Disease. he lived a couple more years and then he
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More years and then he passed, a very sad,
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Passed, a very sad, discouraging life. i thought
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Discouraging life. i thought about how all those years he
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About how all those years he had told me how hard life was
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Had told me how hard life was and how it was such a
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And how it was such a struggle and there was so
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Struggle and there was so much disappointment. you
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Much disappointment. you become what you eat. if
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Become what you eat. if you're always feeding doubt,
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You're always feeding doubt, discouragement, “i'm afraid
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Discouragement, “i'm afraid i'm going to get sick, this
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I'm going to get sick, this problem is never going to
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Problem is never going to change.” you're drawing in
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Change.” you're drawing in all the defeat, the struggle,
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All the defeat, the struggle, the heartache. you need to
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The heartache. you need to get back on your diet. quit
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Get back on your diet. quit eating junk food and start
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Eating junk food and start eating faith food.
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Eating faith food. when doubt comes saying,
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When doubt comes saying, “you'll always struggle.
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“you'll always struggle. you'll always have
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You'll always have difficulties paying your
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Difficulties paying your bills, no funds for your
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Bills, no funds for your dreams, never get out of
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Dreams, never get out of debt.” just say, “no thanks,
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Debt.” just say, “no thanks, you're not on my diet. i only
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You're not on my diet. i only eat faith food. father thank
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Eat faith food. father thank you that you're supplying all
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You that you're supplying all of my needs. you said i would
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Of my needs. you said i would lend and not borrow. that my
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Lend and not borrow. that my cup would run over. that i
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Cup would run over. that i live under the open windows
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Live under the open windows of heaven, blessings that i
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Of heaven, blessings that i cannot contain.” that's
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Cannot contain.” that's feeding your faith, not your
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Feeding your faith, not your doubts. that's what allows
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Doubts. that's what allows god to go to work. when fear
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God to go to work. when fear comes trying to get you to
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Comes trying to get you to worry, “what about your
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Worry, “what about your children, are they safe at
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Children, are they safe at school? what about the crime?
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School? what about the crime? there's so much violence.
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There's so much violence. what are you going to do?”
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What are you going to do?” don't feed that fear. it's
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Don't feed that fear. it's not on your diet. switch over
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Not on your diet. switch over into faith. “the lord is my
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Into faith. “the lord is my shepherd i shall not fear. no
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Shepherd i shall not fear. no weapon formed against me will
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Weapon formed against me will prosper. a thousand may fall
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Prosper. a thousand may fall at my side, and ten thousand
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At my side, and ten thousand at my right hand but it will
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At my right hand but it will not come near me.” you keep
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Not come near me.” you keep doing that and fear is
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Doing that and fear is getting weaker and weaker.
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Getting weaker and weaker. your faith is getting
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Your faith is getting stronger and stronger. you're
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Stronger and stronger. you're becoming what you eat. you'll
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Becoming what you eat. you'll have a peace and trust
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Have a peace and trust knowing that god has you in
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Knowing that god has you in the palm of his hand.
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The palm of his hand. when thoughts whisper,
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When thoughts whisper, “you're not that valuable.
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“you're not that valuable. you're not attractive. look
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You're not attractive. look how beautiful your cousin is.
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How beautiful your cousin is. look at how talented your
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Look at how talented your coworker is. what happened to
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Coworker is. what happened to you?” just say, “no thanks.
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You?” just say, “no thanks. that's not on my eating plan.
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That's not on my eating plan. i have a very strict diet. i
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I have a very strict diet. i don't feed insecurity, i
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Don't feed insecurity, i don't feed inferiority, i
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Don't feed inferiority, i don't feed shame, guilt, not
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Don't feed shame, guilt, not up to par. i feed confidence.
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Up to par. i feed confidence. i feed value. “father, you
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I feed value. “father, you said i am fearfully and
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Said i am fearfully and wonderfully made. you call me
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Wonderfully made. you call me a masterpiece, one of a kind.
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A masterpiece, one of a kind. you've crowned me with favor,
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You've crowned me with favor, you put royal blood flowing
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You put royal blood flowing through my veins. i know i'm
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Through my veins. i know i'm not ordinary, i'm a child of
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Not ordinary, i'm a child of the most high god.” you go
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The most high god.” you go around thinking like that and
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Around thinking like that and insecurity cannot stay.
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Insecurity cannot stay. you'll have a boldness, a
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You'll have a boldness, a confidence, to put your
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Confidence, to put your shoulders back, to hold your
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Shoulders back, to hold your head up high, knowing that
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Head up high, knowing that you're a son, a daughter of
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You're a son, a daughter of almighty god.
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Almighty god. in the scripture, a young man
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In the scripture, a young man named gideon was hiding in a
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Named gideon was hiding in a winepress afraid of the
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Winepress afraid of the midianites. every time the
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Midianites. every time the people of israel would grow
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People of israel would grow crops or have any kind of
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Crops or have any kind of flocks and herds, the
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Flocks and herds, the midianites would come and
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Midianites would come and raid the city and take
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Raid the city and take whatever they wanted. they
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Whatever they wanted. they were much bigger and more
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Were much bigger and more powerful than the israelites.
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Powerful than the israelites. gideon was threshing wheat in
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Gideon was threshing wheat in this cave so he wouldn't be
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This cave so he wouldn't be seen. an angel appeared and
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Seen. an angel appeared and said, “mighty hero, the lord
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Said, “mighty hero, the lord is with you. you are to
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Is with you. you are to deliver the israelites from
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Deliver the israelites from this enemy.” he said to the
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This enemy.” he said to the angel, “how can i deliver the
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Angel, “how can i deliver the people, i come from the
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People, i come from the poorest family, and am the
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Poorest family, and am the least one in my father's
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Least one in my father's house.” you can tell what
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House.” you can tell what gideon's been feeding.
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Gideon's been feeding. insecurity, doubt, fear. “i'm
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Insecurity, doubt, fear. “i'm not talented enough. i come
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Not talented enough. i come from the wrong family. we're
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From the wrong family. we're at a disadvantage.” god knew
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At a disadvantage.” god knew if gideon was going to
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If gideon was going to fulfill his purpose, he had
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Fulfill his purpose, he had to get him to change his
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To get him to change his diet. that's why the angel
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Diet. that's why the angel showed up and said mighty
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Showed up and said mighty hero. he could have just
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Hero. he could have just said, “hey gideon, god wants
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Said, “hey gideon, god wants you to go do something.” just
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You to go do something.” just called him by his name. but
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Called him by his name. but when he said mighty hero,
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When he said mighty hero, something came alive in
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Something came alive in gideon, a spark of faith. he
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Gideon, a spark of faith. he thought, “doesn't he know i'm
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Thought, “doesn't he know i'm poor, that i come from the
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Poor, that i come from the weakest family, that i'm not
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Weakest family, that i'm not leadership material. why is
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Leadership material. why is he calling me a hero.” as if,
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He calling me a hero.” as if, “am i missing something?” he
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“am i missing something?” he was intrigued like, “maybe he
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Was intrigued like, “maybe he knows something about me that
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Knows something about me that i don't know.”
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I don't know.” after he told the angel these
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After he told the angel these excuses of why he couldn't do
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Excuses of why he couldn't do it, how his family wasn't
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It, how his family wasn't qualified, he wasn't
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Qualified, he wasn't influential enough, god could
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Influential enough, god could have said, “fine, gideon,
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Have said, “fine, gideon, i'll go find someone else.
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I'll go find someone else. someone more confident, more
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Someone more confident, more talented, more courageous. no
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Talented, more courageous. no god said to him, “gideon, you
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God said to him, “gideon, you will destroy the midianites
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Will destroy the midianites as if you were fighting
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As if you were fighting against one man.” gideon was
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Against one man.” gideon was at this critical point. “am i
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At this critical point. “am i going to keep feeding my
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Going to keep feeding my doubt, my fear, my
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Doubt, my fear, my insecurity? or am i going to
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Insecurity? or am i going to get on a new diet? am i going
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Get on a new diet? am i going to believe that i am who god
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To believe that i am who god says i am, that i can do what
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Says i am, that i can do what god says i can do. that i am
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God says i can do. that i am not lacking, unqualified, not
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Not lacking, unqualified, not able. but i am a mighty hero,
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Able. but i am a mighty hero, raised up to leave my mark.”
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Raised up to leave my mark.” gideon did what we all must
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Gideon did what we all must do. he quit eating the junk
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Do. he quit eating the junk food. he changed what he was
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Food. he changed what he was feeding. instead of feeding
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Feeding. instead of feeding fear, he started feeding
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Fear, he started feeding faith. instead of feeding
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Faith. instead of feeding intimidation, he started
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Intimidation, he started feeding courage. instead of
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Feeding courage. instead of feeding the weak, poor,
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Feeding the weak, poor, defeated man, hiding in the
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Defeated man, hiding in the winepress, he started feeding
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Winepress, he started feeding the mighty hero. he changed
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The mighty hero. he changed his attitude from, “i can't
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His attitude from, “i can't do this” to, “god, i know you
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Do this” to, “god, i know you being for me is more than the
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Being for me is more than the world being against me.” he
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World being against me.” he went out with just three
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Went out with just three hundred men and defeated this
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Hundred men and defeated this army of thousands and
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Army of thousands and thousands, a supernatural
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Thousands, a supernatural victory. he became what he
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Victory. he became what he was feeding.
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Was feeding. could it be like gideon,
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Could it be like gideon, you're feeding the wrong
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You're feeding the wrong things. you're dwelling on
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Things. you're dwelling on what you can't do, how you've
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What you can't do, how you've made too many mistakes, you
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Made too many mistakes, you come from a limited family.
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Come from a limited family. or that giant, the sickness,
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Or that giant, the sickness, the addiction, the dream is
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The addiction, the dream is too big. god is saying to you
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Too big. god is saying to you what he said to gideon,
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What he said to gideon, you're a mighty hero. you are
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You're a mighty hero. you are destined to do great things.
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Destined to do great things. you're not limited by your
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You're not limited by your background, your education,
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Background, your education, by how big the opposition is.
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By how big the opposition is. what limits us is our wrong
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What limits us is our wrong diet, our thinking. stop
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Diet, our thinking. stop feeding the limited, average,
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Feeding the limited, average, can't do it you and start
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Can't do it you and start feeding the mighty hero you.
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Feeding the mighty hero you. “i can do all things through
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“i can do all things through christ. i am strong in the
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Christ. i am strong in the lord, equipped empowered and
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Lord, equipped empowered and anointed.”
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Anointed.” this is what i had to do when
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This is what i had to do when my father went to be with the
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My father went to be with the lord. i stepped up to pastor
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Lord. i stepped up to pastor the church, but i was very
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The church, but i was very insecure and nervous. i
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Insecure and nervous. i didn't feel qualified. i
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Didn't feel qualified. i didn't have the training.
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Didn't have the training. every thought told me that i
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Every thought told me that i couldn't do it. “nobody is
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Couldn't do it. “nobody is going to listen to you, joel.
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Going to listen to you, joel. you're going to get up there
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You're going to get up there and fail.” the enemy
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And fail.” the enemy specializes in serving junk
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Specializes in serving junk food. doubt, fear,
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Food. doubt, fear, inferiority. for years i had
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Inferiority. for years i had convinced myself that i
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Convinced myself that i couldn't minister. that's
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Couldn't minister. that's what i told my dad. i didn't
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What i told my dad. i didn't have the right personality. i
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Have the right personality. i was too quiet. i wouldn't
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Was too quiet. i wouldn't know what to say. i had fed
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Know what to say. i had fed those thoughts again and
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Those thoughts again and again, and i became what i
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Again, and i became what i was feeding. intimidated,
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Was feeding. intimidated, insecure, no way. but when my
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Insecure, no way. but when my father died, something
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Father died, something changed on the inside. there
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Changed on the inside. there was this boldness, this
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Was this boldness, this faith. all of a sudden, i
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Faith. all of a sudden, i believed i could do it. i had
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Believed i could do it. i had never felt that before. it
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Never felt that before. it was like god showed up and
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Was like god showed up and said, “joel, you're a mighty
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Said, “joel, you're a mighty hero. this is your time to
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Hero. this is your time to shine.” i felt the faith, but
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Shine.” i felt the faith, but the problem was the doubt
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The problem was the doubt didn't leave, the fear didn't
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Didn't leave, the fear didn't leave, the insecurity. i had
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Leave, the insecurity. i had to make a decision, am i
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To make a decision, am i going to keep feeding this
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Going to keep feeding this fear, this doubt, this
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Fear, this doubt, this intimidation or am i going to
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Intimidation or am i going to change my diet, and start
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Change my diet, and start feeding faith, feeding hope,
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Feeding faith, feeding hope, feeding courage. i did what
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Feeding courage. i did what i'm asking you to do.
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I'm asking you to do. when fear came saying, “joel,
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When fear came saying, “joel, you're not going to know what
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You're not going to know what to say. you better not get up
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To say. you better not get up there.” i said, “no thanks,
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There.” i said, “no thanks, you're not on my diet. i am
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You're not on my diet. i am well able. the favor of god
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Well able. the favor of god is on my life. i've been
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Is on my life. i've been raised up for such a time as
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Raised up for such a time as this.” “joel, you're not
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This.” “joel, you're not qualified. you've never been
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Qualified. you've never been to cemetery, i mean seminary.
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To cemetery, i mean seminary. you don't have the degrees.”
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You don't have the degrees.” “lord, i thank you that you
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“lord, i thank you that you qualified me. you chose me
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Qualified me. you chose me before i was born. you've
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Before i was born. you've approved me. you've anointed
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Approved me. you've anointed me. you've put your hand of
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Me. you've put your hand of blessing on my life.” i
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Blessing on my life.” i wouldn't be up here today if
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Wouldn't be up here today if i had not changed my diet.
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I had not changed my diet. i've learned to stay on a
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I've learned to stay on a very strict eating plan. it's
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Very strict eating plan. it's easy to feed worry, feed
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Easy to feed worry, feed bitterness, feed hurts,
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Bitterness, feed hurts, betrayals, negative things
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Betrayals, negative things people have said. “you need
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People have said. “you need to pay them back. they're
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To pay them back. they're making you look bad.” don't
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Making you look bad.” don't feed that. that's junk food.
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Feed that. that's junk food. you can't feed faith and feed
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You can't feed faith and feed fear at the same time. you
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Fear at the same time. you can't feed hope when you're
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Can't feed hope when you're feeding bitterness. you can't
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Feeding bitterness. you can't feed peace when you're trying
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Feed peace when you're trying to get even with that
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To get even with that coworker. you can't feed the
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Coworker. you can't feed the mighty hero if you're feeding
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Mighty hero if you're feeding insecurity, comparing
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Insecurity, comparing yourself to a friend.
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Yourself to a friend. life is short. you need all
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Life is short. you need all your energy for the right
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Your energy for the right things. every time you feed
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Things. every time you feed worry, that's energy you
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Worry, that's energy you could be using to feed faith.
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Could be using to feed faith. when you feed doubts, that's
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When you feed doubts, that's taking time away from the
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Taking time away from the dreams you could be feeding.
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Dreams you could be feeding. bottom line is don't feed
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Bottom line is don't feed what you don't want to grow.
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What you don't want to grow. if you'll start starving the
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If you'll start starving the doubt, not dwelling on how
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Doubt, not dwelling on how it's not going to work out
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It's not going to work out and how you'll never get
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And how you'll never get well. starving the
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Well. starving the insecurity, how you're not up
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Insecurity, how you're not up to par, you're at a
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To par, you're at a disadvantage. starving the
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Disadvantage. starving the fear, “what if i get laid
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Fear, “what if i get laid off, what if i never meet
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Off, what if i never meet someone.” use that same
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Someone.” use that same energy to feed faith, feed
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Energy to feed faith, feed hope, feed victory.
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Hope, feed victory. in the scripture, several
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In the scripture, several times, it compares the life
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Times, it compares the life of a believer to an eagle.
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Of a believer to an eagle. isaiah said, “they will mount
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Isaiah said, “they will mount up with wings like the
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Up with wings like the eagles.” eagles are known for
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Eagles.” eagles are known for soaring, how they can rise
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Soaring, how they can rise above the storms. they're
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Above the storms. they're known for their keen sense of
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Known for their keen sense of vision. they can spot a fish
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Vision. they can spot a fish in the ocean from a hundred
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In the ocean from a hundred yards away. they're a strong,
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Yards away. they're a strong, majestic bird. it's been said
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Majestic bird. it's been said that the strength of the
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That the strength of the eagle is found in its diet.
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Eagle is found in its diet. an eagle feeds off of live
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An eagle feeds off of live foods. their main source of
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Foods. their main source of food is fresh fish and other
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Food is fresh fish and other live animals. they don't feed
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Live animals. they don't feed off of dead things nearly as
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Off of dead things nearly as much as other animals. it's
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Much as other animals. it's not a coincidence that god
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Not a coincidence that god chose an eagle to compare us
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Chose an eagle to compare us to. an eagle doesn't go
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To. an eagle doesn't go around eating junk food. it
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Around eating junk food. it couldn't soar and reach great
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Couldn't soar and reach great heights if it was feeding on
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Heights if it was feeding on the wrong things. in the same
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The wrong things. in the same way, our strength is found in
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Way, our strength is found in our diet. we're not going to
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Our diet. we're not going to soar if we're eating dead
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Soar if we're eating dead things, worry, bitterness,
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Things, worry, bitterness, doubt, fear. that's junk
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Doubt, fear. that's junk food. that's going to limit
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Food. that's going to limit your height, cloud your
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Your height, cloud your vision, stunt your grow. you
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Vision, stunt your grow. you need to feed on live food.
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Need to feed on live food. faith, hope, favor, victory.
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Faith, hope, favor, victory. when you're in tough times,
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When you're in tough times, it's easy to go get some junk
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It's easy to go get some junk food. “why did this happen?
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Food. “why did this happen? god where were you? i don't
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God where were you? i don't understand it.” no get some
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Understand it.” no get some faith food. “father, you said
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Faith food. “father, you said many are the afflictions of
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Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but you
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The righteous, but you deliver me out of them all.
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Deliver me out of them all. lord, i thank you i'm coming
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Lord, i thank you i'm coming out better than i was before.”
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Out better than i was before.” or your dream may seem
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Or your dream may seem too big. you don't have the
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Too big. you don't have the connections. no doors have
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Connections. no doors have opened. it's tempting to eat
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Opened. it's tempting to eat dead food. “it's never going
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Dead food. “it's never going to happen. it wasn't meant to
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To happen. it wasn't meant to be. i don't have what it
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Be. i don't have what it takes.” that's going to talk
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Takes.” that's going to talk you out of it. eating dead
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You out of it. eating dead food is causing the wrong
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Food is causing the wrong things to grow. doubt,
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Things to grow. doubt, discouragement, you can't do
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Discouragement, you can't do it. change your diet. you're
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It. change your diet. you're not a chicken, pecking around
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Not a chicken, pecking around on the ground at anything
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On the ground at anything they can find. you're not a
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They can find. you're not a crow, eating roadkill,
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Crow, eating roadkill, leftover, stinky, stale. that
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Leftover, stinky, stale. that junk is going to poison your
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Junk is going to poison your spirit. you're an eagle.
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Spirit. you're an eagle. you're made for live food.
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You're made for live food. the healthiest food you can
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The healthiest food you can find is what god says about
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Find is what god says about you. “father, my dream looks
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You. “father, my dream looks impossible, but i know you
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Impossible, but i know you can do the impossible. that
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Can do the impossible. that you're making ways where i
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You're making ways where i don't see a way, that your
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Don't see a way, that your favor is causing me to stand
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Favor is causing me to stand out. that what you promised
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Out. that what you promised me will come to pass.” that's
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Me will come to pass.” that's feeding faith, feeding hope.
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Feeding faith, feeding hope. that's what's going to cause
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That's what's going to cause you to soar and go places
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You to soar and go places you've never dreamed.
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You've never dreamed. this is where the israelites
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This is where the israelites missed it. god brought them
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Missed it. god brought them out of slavery. they saw the
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Out of slavery. they saw the red sea part, pharaoh's army
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Red sea part, pharaoh's army drowned, water come out of a
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Drowned, water come out of a rock. god supernaturally
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Rock. god supernaturally delivered them and sustained
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Delivered them and sustained them. they were headed toward
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Them. they were headed toward the promised land when moses
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The promised land when moses sent twelve men to spy it
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Sent twelve men to spy it out. ten came back and said,
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Out. ten came back and said, “moses we don't have a
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“moses we don't have a chance. there are giants in
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Chance. there are giants in the land. the people are
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The land. the people are huge. we felt like
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Huge. we felt like grasshoppers compared to
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Grasshoppers compared to them.” after all god had
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Them.” after all god had done, you would think they
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Done, you would think they would be confident and
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Would be confident and believe they could take the
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Believe they could take the land. but instead of feeding
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Land. but instead of feeding their faith, they made the
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Their faith, they made the mistake of feeding their
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Mistake of feeding their fears. that negative report
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Fears. that negative report got back to the camp. before
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Got back to the camp. before long, all two million people
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Long, all two million people were afraid, saying, “moses,
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Were afraid, saying, “moses, let's go back to egypt. let's
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Let's go back to egypt. let's go back to being slaves.”
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Go back to being slaves.” that's how powerful what
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That's how powerful what we're feeding is. if you feed
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We're feeding is. if you feed the wrong things, it will
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The wrong things, it will keep you out of your promised
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Keep you out of your promised land.
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Land. there were two other spies,
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There were two other spies, joshua and caleb. they said,
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Joshua and caleb. they said, “we are well able, let us go
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“we are well able, let us go in at once and take the
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In at once and take the land.” they fed their faith
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Land.” they fed their faith and not their fears. they
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And not their fears. they were the only two out of all
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Were the only two out of all those people that ever went
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Those people that ever went into the promised land. are
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Into the promised land. are you feeding the grasshopper
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You feeding the grasshopper or are you feeding the mighty
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Or are you feeding the mighty hero? they're both in you.
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Hero? they're both in you. you determine which one is
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You determine which one is going to show up by what
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Going to show up by what you're feeding, what you're
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You're feeding, what you're dwelling on, what's playing
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Dwelling on, what's playing in your mind. is it faith,
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In your mind. is it faith, like joshua and caleb,
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Like joshua and caleb, knowing that you are well
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Knowing that you are well able, knowing that god being
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Able, knowing that god being for you is more than what's
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For you is more than what's against you? or are you
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Against you? or are you feeding the grasshopper? “we
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Feeding the grasshopper? “we can't get the compaq center,
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Can't get the compaq center, that other company is too
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That other company is too big. i can't beat this
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Big. i can't beat this cancer, joel, the doctor said
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Cancer, joel, the doctor said it was permanent. i'll never
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It was permanent. i'll never get out of debt, everyone in
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Get out of debt, everyone in my family struggles.” do
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My family struggles.” do yourself a favor, change your
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Yourself a favor, change your diet. quit feeding the
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Diet. quit feeding the grasshopper, the doubt, the
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Grasshopper, the doubt, the worry, the fear and start
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Worry, the fear and start feeding your faith.
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Feeding your faith. friends, you have an
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Friends, you have an assignment. there's a calling
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Assignment. there's a calling on your life, something god
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On your life, something god has destined you to
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Has destined you to accomplish. he didn't put you
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Accomplish. he didn't put you here to just take up space,
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Here to just take up space, hopefully make it through. he
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Hopefully make it through. he created you to leave your
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Created you to leave your mark, to set a new standard
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Mark, to set a new standard for your family. he's put
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For your family. he's put greatness in you. there's a
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Greatness in you. there's a mighty hero waiting to
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Mighty hero waiting to emerge. but here's the key,
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Emerge. but here's the key, the enemy would love to
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The enemy would love to deceive us into feeding the
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Deceive us into feeding the grasshopper. living weak,
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Grasshopper. living weak, intimidated, thinking you
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Intimidated, thinking you can't do it. no more eating
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Can't do it. no more eating junk food. you can't soar
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Junk food. you can't soar like the eagles if you're
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Like the eagles if you're eating dead things. stay on
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Eating dead things. stay on this new diet, faith food.
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This new diet, faith food. feed your hope, feed your
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Feed your hope, feed your confidence, feed the promises
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Confidence, feed the promises god put in your heart. if
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God put in your heart. if you'll do this, i believe and
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You'll do this, i believe and declare, forces that have
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Declare, forces that have held you back are being
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Held you back are being broken right now. like
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Broken right now. like gideon, the mighty hero is
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Gideon, the mighty hero is about to come out. like
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About to come out. like joshua and caleb, you're
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Joshua and caleb, you're going to go into your
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Going to go into your promised land and become all
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Promised land and become all you were created to be, in
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You were created to be, in jesus' name. if you receive
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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It, can you say amen? (applause)
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Are you in
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Are you in a situation where
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A situation where you feel lost?
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You feel lost? afraid? hopeless?
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Afraid? hopeless? where there seems to be
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Where there seems to be no solutions?
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No solutions? no answers?
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No answers? no way out?
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No way out? it's time for your turnaround.
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It's time for your turnaround. we all face situations
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We all face situations that look like
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That look like they'll never change.
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They'll never change. it's easy to get discouraged.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my book, turnaround:
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My book, turnaround: how god can take you
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How god can take you from a setback to a comeback,
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From a setback to a comeback, where you'll discover
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Where you'll discover how god can turn sickness
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How god can turn sickness into health, lack
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Into health, lack into abundance, addictions
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Into abundance, addictions into freedom.
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Into freedom. it'll inspire you
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It'll inspire you to keep believing
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To keep believing and having expectancy
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And having expectancy for things
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For things to turn in your favor.
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To turn in your favor. recent weeks,
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Recent weeks, we've been celebrating
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We've been celebrating the incredible
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The incredible life of my mother.
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Life of my mother. her miraculous turnaround
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Her miraculous turnaround story of overcoming
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Story of overcoming terminal cancer
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Terminal cancer over 40 years ago.
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Over 40 years ago. it's a testimony of the power
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It's a testimony of the power of god's promises.
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Of god's promises. just because you don't see
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Just because you don't see a way, doesn't mean
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A way, doesn't mean god doesn't have a way.
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God doesn't have a way. stay in faith.
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Stay in faith. your turnaround is on the way.
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Your turnaround is on the way. 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
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A copy of joel's brand new book, turnaround:
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Brand new book, turnaround: how god can take you
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How god can take you from setback to comeback.
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From setback to comeback. through biblical examples,
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Through biblical examples, real-life applications,
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Real-life applications, and practical encouragement,
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And practical encouragement, you'll learn to see challenges
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You'll learn to see challenges through a faith-filled
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Through a faith-filled perspective.
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Perspective. each section highlights
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Each section highlights a faith turnaround
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A faith turnaround point to help
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Point to help you see a positive change
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You see a positive change in your life.
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In your life. as you meditate
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As you meditate on his promises,
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On his promises, you'll begin
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You'll begin to see your greatest challenges
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To see your greatest challenges turn around.
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Turn around. these power-packed,
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These power-packed, life-transforming stories
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Life-transforming stories will shift your mindset,
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Will shift your mindset, strengthen your faith,
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Strengthen your faith, and turn your trials
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And turn your trials into triumphs.
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Into triumphs. request your copy today
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Request your copy today and see the turnaround
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And see the turnaround and breakthrough
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And breakthrough you've been waiting for.
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You've been waiting for. god won't let you
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God won't let you get in a problem
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Get in a problem that he can't bring you out of.
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That he can't bring you out of. there are turnarounds
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There are turnarounds in your future.
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In your future. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family
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You and your family and we sure
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And we sure appreciate your prayer
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Appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity is helping
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Your generosity is helping bring hope to people
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Bring hope to people around the world.
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Around the world. special thank you
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Special thank you to our champion
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To our champion of hope partners
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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 consider
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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You can watch the services online every sunday morning,
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Online every sunday morning, download our daily podcast,
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Download our daily podcast, watch on youtube,
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Watch on youtube, the new joel osteen network,
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The new joel osteen network, social media,
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Social media, of course you can listen on
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Sirius xm 24 hours a day. we'll keep you
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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Encouraged and inspired. until we see
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Until we see you next time,
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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 turnaround:
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Your copy of turnaround: how god can take you
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How god can take you from setback to comeback.
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From setback to comeback. visit joelosteen.com
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We are also offering the turnaround faith duo,
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The turnaround faith duo, one for you and one to share
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Victory collection. it includes
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It includes two turnaround books
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Two turnaround books and a beautiful set
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And a beautiful set of three wooden
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Of three wooden encouragement blocks:
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Encouragement blocks: happy, healthy,
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Joel Osteen - Feed Your Faith

October 24, 2025 | 29:55

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