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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - A Fresh New Attitude | December 4, 2024
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- . >> joel osteen: well, god
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- >> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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- Bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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- It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever in
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- Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and
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- Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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- Be a part of one of our services.
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- Services. i promise you we'll make you
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- I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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- Feel right at home. i like to start with
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- I like to start with something funny, and i heard
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- Something funny, and i heard about these four catholic
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- About these four catholic ladies, they were bragging on
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- Ladies, they were bragging on their sons.
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- Their sons. the first one said, "my son
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- The first one said, "my son is a priest.
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- Is a priest. when he walks in the room,
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- When he walks in the room, everyone calls him father."
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- Everyone calls him father." the second one said, "my son
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- The second one said, "my son is a bishop.
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- Is a bishop. when he walks in the room,
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- When he walks in the room, everyone calls him
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- Everyone calls him your grace."
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- Your grace." the third one said, "my son
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- The third one said, "my son is a cardinal.
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- Is a cardinal. when he walks in, everyone
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- When he walks in, everyone calls him your eminence."
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- Calls him your eminence." the fourth lady said, "my son
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- The fourth lady said, "my son is 6'3, has broad shoulders,
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- Is 6'3, has broad shoulders, is incredibly handsome, and
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- Is incredibly handsome, and dresses impeccably well.
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- Dresses impeccably well. when he walks in the room,
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- When he walks in the room, all the ladies say,
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- All the ladies say, 'oh my god.'"
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- 'oh my god.'" say it like you mean it.
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- Say it like you mean it. this is my bible, i am what
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- This is my bible, i am what it says i am, i have what it
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- It says i am, i have what it says i have, i can do what it
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- Says i have, i can do what it says i can do.
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- Says i can do. today, i will be taught the
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- Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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- Word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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- I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.
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- Alert, my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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- I will never be the same in jesus's name.
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- Jesus's name. god bless you.
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- God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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- I want to talk to you today about a fresh new attitude.
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- About a fresh new attitude. studies show that your
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- Studies show that your attitude can have a greater
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- Attitude can have a greater impact on your success than
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- Impact on your success than your iq.
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- Your iq. you can be extremely
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- You can be extremely talented, have incredible
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- Talented, have incredible potential, but if you don't
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- Potential, but if you don't have the right attitude, it
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- Have the right attitude, it will keep you from rising
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- Will keep you from rising higher.
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- Higher. we spend all kinds of time
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- We spend all kinds of time and money making sure the
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- And money making sure the outside looks good.
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- Outside looks good. eating right, working out,
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- Eating right, working out, wearing the latest fashions,
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- Wearing the latest fashions, and that's all fine, but too
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- And that's all fine, but too often we're not spending any
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- Often we're not spending any time on the inside.
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- Time on the inside. nice clothes won't cover up a
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- Nice clothes won't cover up a bad attitude.
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- Bad attitude. a pretty face, perfect makeup
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- A pretty face, perfect makeup won't hide being bitter on
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- Won't hide being bitter on the inside.
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- The inside. in high school, this new girl
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- In high school, this new girl moved into town and she was
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- Moved into town and she was very beautiful, very
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- Very beautiful, very attractive, and i was shy,
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- Attractive, and i was shy, never had the nerve to talk
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- Never had the nerve to talk to her.
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- To her. but our senior year, we had a
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- But our senior year, we had a class together.
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- Class together. the seating was assigned, it
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- The seating was assigned, it just so happened i was
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- Just so happened i was sitting right next to her.
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- Sitting right next to her. i thought i had died and gone
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- I thought i had died and gone to heaven, and the first time
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- To heaven, and the first time i sat by her, i turned, just
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- I sat by her, i turned, just being friendly, and said
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- Being friendly, and said hello, nothing more.
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- Hello, nothing more. she looked at me like i had
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- She looked at me like i had just insulted her, like she
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- Just insulted her, like she was totally offended.
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- Was totally offended. she looked away and never
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- She looked away and never said a word to me the whole
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- Said a word to me the whole semester.
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- Semester. she was beautiful on the
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- She was beautiful on the outside, but can i tell you
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- Outside, but can i tell you she was ugly on the inside.
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- She was ugly on the inside. i never saw her the same way.
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- I never saw her the same way. a bad attitude makes you
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- A bad attitude makes you unattractive.
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- Unattractive. it overrides what's on the
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- It overrides what's on the outside.
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- Outside. it's important to look good,
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- It's important to look good, to develop your skills, to
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- To develop your skills, to get an education, but it's
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- Get an education, but it's even more important to keep a
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- Even more important to keep a good attitude.
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- Good attitude. nobody wants to be around a
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- Nobody wants to be around a sour, critical, condescending
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- Sour, critical, condescending person.
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- Person. colossians 3 in the message
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- Colossians 3 in the message translation says, "dress in
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- Translation says, "dress in the wardrobe god picked out
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- The wardrobe god picked out for you, kindness,
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- For you, kindness, compassion, and humility."
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- Compassion, and humility." as parents, sometimes we pick
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- As parents, sometimes we pick out clothes for our children
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- Out clothes for our children to wear.
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- To wear. our heavenly father has
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- Our heavenly father has picked out something for us
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- Picked out something for us all to wear, kindness, being
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- All to wear, kindness, being good to people, being
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- Good to people, being pleasant to be around.
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- Pleasant to be around. when you're kind, you draw
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- When you're kind, you draw people to you.
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- People to you. when you're good-natured,
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- When you're good-natured, friendly, opportunity will
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- Friendly, opportunity will come your way.
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- Come your way. people want to do business
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- People want to do business with people that they like.
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- With people that they like. when we're hiring someone,
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- When we're hiring someone, their resume tells us what
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- Their resume tells us what they can do, what their
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- They can do, what their skills are, but we always
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- Skills are, but we always meet with them to see what
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- Meet with them to see what their attitude is.
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- Their attitude is. are they positive, are they
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- Are they positive, are they friendly, kind, considerate?
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- Friendly, kind, considerate? we can find someone else with
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- We can find someone else with the same skills.
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- The same skills. the real question is, do they
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- The real question is, do they have the attitude that's
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- Have the attitude that's going to take us higher?
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- Going to take us higher? they may be gifted, but a
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- They may be gifted, but a negative attitude will pull
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- Negative attitude will pull the team down, and your
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- The team down, and your attitude is going to
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- Attitude is going to determine your altitude.
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- Determine your altitude. it will determine how high or
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- It will determine how high or how low you go.
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- How low you go. "well, joel, i've always been
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- "well, joel, i've always been kind of negative, critical,
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- Kind of negative, critical, condescending.
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- Condescending. that's just who i am."
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- That's just who i am." no, that's who you're
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- No, that's who you're choosing to be.
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- Choosing to be. that's not who you are.
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- That's not who you are. that may be how you were
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- That may be how you were raised, that's what you saw
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- Raised, that's what you saw growing up, but that's not
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- Growing up, but that's not how you have to stay.
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- How you have to stay. try being kind, friendly,
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- Try being kind, friendly, good-natured.
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- Good-natured. you'll not only enjoy life
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- You'll not only enjoy life more, but you'll go further.
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- More, but you'll go further. on an airplane, there's an
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- On an airplane, there's an instrument called an attitude
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- Instrument called an attitude indicator.
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- Indicator. it shows how level the plane
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- It shows how level the plane is on the horizon.
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- Is on the horizon. if the pilot wants to ascend,
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- If the pilot wants to ascend, he tilts the plane nose high.
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- He tilts the plane nose high. if he wants to descend, he
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- If he wants to descend, he tilts it nose down.
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- Tilts it nose down. it's the same principle in
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- It's the same principle in life.
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- Life. if you have a nose high
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- If you have a nose high attitude, if you're positive,
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- Attitude, if you're positive, you see the best, you're kind
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- You see the best, you're kind to people, you have a smile.
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- To people, you have a smile. because you're nose high,
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- Because you're nose high, you're going to continue to
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- You're going to continue to rise higher, you're going to
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- Rise higher, you're going to see god's blessings and
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- See god's blessings and favor.
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- Favor. but if you're sour, hard to
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- But if you're sour, hard to get along with, you don't
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- Get along with, you don't want to go to work, bitter
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- Want to go to work, bitter over disappointments, because
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- Over disappointments, because you have a nose down
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- You have a nose down attitude, your life is going
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- Attitude, your life is going to go that direction, and
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- To go that direction, and sometimes we're discouraged
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- Sometimes we're discouraged over what we brought on
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- Over what we brought on ourselves.
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- Ourselves. it's not the enemy, it's our
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- It's not the enemy, it's our attitude.
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- Attitude. the good news is all you have
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- The good news is all you have to do is make an attitude
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- To do is make an attitude adjustment.
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- Adjustment. it's not complicated.
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- It's not complicated. you can't change other
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- You can't change other people, you can't change how
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- People, you can't change how you were raised.
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- You were raised. a lot in life we can't
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- A lot in life we can't control, but one thing we can
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- Control, but one thing we can all control is our attitude.
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- All control is our attitude. am i going to live this day
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- Am i going to live this day negative, sour, seeing the
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- Negative, sour, seeing the wrong, chip on my shoulder?
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- Wrong, chip on my shoulder? or am i going to live it in
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- Or am i going to live it in faith, positive, hopeful,
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- Faith, positive, hopeful, seeing the best, being good
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- Seeing the best, being good to people?"
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- To people?" this is a choice that we have
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- This is a choice that we have to make every day.
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- To make every day. if you're going to have a
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- If you're going to have a good attitude, you have to do
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- Good attitude, you have to do it on purpose because there
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- It on purpose because there will be all kinds of negative
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- Will be all kinds of negative things that try to creep in,
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- Things that try to creep in, bitterness, discouragement,
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- Bitterness, discouragement, self-pity.
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- Self-pity. if you're not proactive, if
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- If you're not proactive, if you don't choose the right
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- You don't choose the right attitude, then the wrong
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- Attitude, then the wrong attitude will show up.
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- Attitude will show up. when a pilot makes a small
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- When a pilot makes a small tweak, the plane can be
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- Tweak, the plane can be level, but when he tilts it
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- Level, but when he tilts it just a little nose high, in a
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- Just a little nose high, in a half an hour the plane
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- Half an hour the plane would've climbed thousands of
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- Would've climbed thousands of feet in the air.
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- Feet in the air. i wonder what would happen in
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- I wonder what would happen in your life if you would make a
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- Your life if you would make a small tweak.
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- Small tweak. instead of going to work
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- Instead of going to work sour, dreading the day,
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- Sour, dreading the day, feeling unappreciated, you
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- Feeling unappreciated, you would show up with a smile,
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- Would show up with a smile, grateful to have the job,
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- Grateful to have the job, knowing that you're not
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- Knowing that you're not working unto people, you're
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- Working unto people, you're working unto god, that he's
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- Working unto god, that he's keeping the records.
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- Keeping the records. that's what allows god to
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- That's what allows god to change things.
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- Change things. what would happen in your
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- What would happen in your marriage, your relationships
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- Marriage, your relationships if you'd make a small
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- If you'd make a small attitude adjustment?
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- Attitude adjustment? instead of being contentious,
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- Instead of being contentious, hard to get along with, you'd
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- Hard to get along with, you'd start being friendly, loving,
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- Start being friendly, loving, respectful.
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- Respectful. instead of saying harsh,
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- Instead of saying harsh, critical words, you would
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- Critical words, you would start giving compliments,
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- Start giving compliments, telling your spouse how much
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- Telling your spouse how much you love them, how blessed
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- You love them, how blessed you are to have them in your
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- You are to have them in your life.
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- Life. just a small adjustment,
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- Just a small adjustment, getting your attitude a
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- Getting your attitude a little higher, and watch
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- Little higher, and watch those relationships begin to
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- Those relationships begin to improve.
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- Improve. or maybe you've had bad
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- Or maybe you've had bad breaks, life hasn't treated
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- Breaks, life hasn't treated you fair, and it's easy to
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- You fair, and it's easy to get sour, go around with a
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- Get sour, go around with a chip on our shoulder, focus
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- Chip on our shoulder, focus on what's wrong.
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- On what's wrong. that's a nose down attitude.
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- That's a nose down attitude. you're choosing the direction
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- You're choosing the direction you're going to go.
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- You're going to go. why don't you tilt it a
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- Why don't you tilt it a little nose high?
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- Little nose high? yes, it was unfair, but i
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- Yes, it was unfair, but i know god is my vindicator.
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- Know god is my vindicator. i know god is fighting my
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- I know god is fighting my battles.
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- Battles. god promised to pay me back
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- God promised to pay me back double for the unfair things
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- Double for the unfair things that have happened.
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- That have happened. you keep that up and you'll
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- You keep that up and you'll see god make up for the
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- See god make up for the wrongs.
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- Wrongs. it's what joseph did.
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- It's what joseph did. he was betrayed by his
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- He was betrayed by his family, falsely accused, put
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- Family, falsely accused, put in prison for something he
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- In prison for something he didn't do.
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- Didn't do. for years, he was mistreated.
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- For years, he was mistreated. it wasn't fair.
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- It wasn't fair. but you never read where
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- But you never read where joseph complained, where he
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- Joseph complained, where he got bitter, where he slacked
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- Got bitter, where he slacked off.
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- Off. despite all the bad breaks,
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- Despite all the bad breaks, joseph kept a nose high
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- Joseph kept a nose high attitude.
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- Attitude. thirteen years later, god
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- Thirteen years later, god vindicated him, made him the
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- Vindicated him, made him the prime minister of egypt, and
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- Prime minister of egypt, and what you're facing may not be
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- What you're facing may not be fair, people may not be
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- Fair, people may not be treating you right.
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- Treating you right. it's a test.
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- It's a test. god wants to see what are you
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- God wants to see what are you going to do in the difficult
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- Going to do in the difficult times.
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- Times. too many people go nose down.
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- Too many people go nose down. their attitude keeps them
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- Their attitude keeps them from seeing justice and
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- From seeing justice and vindication.
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- Vindication. but if you'll do like joseph
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- But if you'll do like joseph and stay nose high, keep
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- And stay nose high, keep doing the right thing, keep
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- Doing the right thing, keep being good to people when
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- Being good to people when they're not being good to
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- They're not being good to you, keep that song of praise
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- You, keep that song of praise in your heart, that's not
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- In your heart, that's not just being positive, that's
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- Just being positive, that's an attitude of faith.
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- An attitude of faith. that's what allows god to
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- That's what allows god to show out in your life.
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- Show out in your life. paul said in ephesians 4, "be
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- Paul said in ephesians 4, "be constantly renewed in the
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- Constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind, putting
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- Spirit of your mind, putting on a fresh mental and
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- On a fresh mental and spiritual attitude."
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- Spiritual attitude." he was saying every day we
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- He was saying every day we need to put on a fresh, new
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- Need to put on a fresh, new attitude.
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- Attitude. you know why?
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- You know why? yesterday's attitude will get
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- Yesterday's attitude will get old.
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- Old. if you don't start afresh and
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- If you don't start afresh and anew, then you'll bring all
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- Anew, then you'll bring all the negative from yesterday
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- The negative from yesterday into today.
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- Into today. if you do that week after
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- If you do that week after week, month after month,
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- Week, month after month, before long you'll be
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- Before long you'll be negative, discouraged,
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- Negative, discouraged, finding fault.
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- Finding fault. "i can't stand my job, joel.
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- "i can't stand my job, joel. traffic is so bad.
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- Traffic is so bad. my house is too small.
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- My house is too small. i'll never get well."
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- I'll never get well." you know what that is?
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- You know what that is? an old attitude.
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- An old attitude. some people have not put on a
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- Some people have not put on a new attitude for years and
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- New attitude for years and years.
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- Years. they wonder why everything's
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- They wonder why everything's a burden, why it's so heavy,
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- A burden, why it's so heavy, it's their attitude.
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- It's their attitude. every morning when you wake
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- Every morning when you wake up, you need to say, "father,
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- Up, you need to say, "father, thank you for this day.
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- Thank you for this day. thank you that you woke me
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- Thank you that you woke me up, thank you that you gave
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- Up, thank you that you gave me air to breathe, thank you
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- Me air to breathe, thank you that you surrounded me with
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- That you surrounded me with favor.
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- Favor. i'm grateful to be alive, i'm
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- I'm grateful to be alive, i'm grateful for my family, i'm
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- Grateful for my family, i'm grateful for opportunities.
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- Grateful for opportunities. lord, i'm going to live this
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- Lord, i'm going to live this day to the full."
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- Day to the full." that's putting on a fresh new
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- That's putting on a fresh new attitude.
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- Attitude. you wiped the slate clean.
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- You wiped the slate clean. you let go of yesterday's
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- You let go of yesterday's disappointments, what didn't
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- Disappointments, what didn't work out, and you get your
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- Work out, and you get your mind going in the right
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- Mind going in the right direction.
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- Direction. "i'm going to see the good
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- "i'm going to see the good today.
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- Today. i'm going to be kind to
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- I'm going to be kind to somebody.
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- Somebody. imagine if you wore the same
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- Imagine if you wore the same clothes for 30 years, never
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- Clothes for 30 years, never took them off.
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- Took them off. you didn't wash them, didn't
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- You didn't wash them, didn't clean them.
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- Clean them. they would stink, they would
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- They would stink, they would be dirty, nobody would want
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- Be dirty, nobody would want to be around you.
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- To be around you. that's what an old attitude
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- That's what an old attitude does.
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- Does. a stale attitude pushes
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- A stale attitude pushes people away.
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- People away. a sour attitude will keep you
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- A sour attitude will keep you from being promoted.
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- From being promoted. a stinking attitude will stop
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- A stinking attitude will stop dreams from coming to pass.
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- Dreams from coming to pass. i knew this man that was
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- I knew this man that was always finding fault with his
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- Always finding fault with his employer.
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- Employer. he was constantly bucking the
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- He was constantly bucking the system and challenging the
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- System and challenging the policies.
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- Policies. the management was very good
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- The management was very good to him.
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- To him. other people in the
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- Other people in the department, they loved the
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- Department, they loved the company, but he always found
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- Company, but he always found something to complain about.
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- Something to complain about. they had to be at work at
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- They had to be at work at eight in the morning, they
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- Eight in the morning, they parked in a big garage and
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- Parked in a big garage and had to walk.
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- Had to walk. his attitude was as long as
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- His attitude was as long as he was on the property at
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- He was on the property at eight that he was there on
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- Eight that he was there on time, they couldn't do
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- Time, they couldn't do anything about it.
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- Anything about it. well, nobody else thought
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- Well, nobody else thought that, but he kept doing it
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- That, but he kept doing it his way, being contentious.
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- His way, being contentious. several years later, he was
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- Several years later, he was let go, he lost a prominent
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- Let go, he lost a prominent position.
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- Position. he went to work for another
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- He went to work for another company and did the same
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- Company and did the same thing.
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- Thing. he kept challenging the
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- He kept challenging the policies, being hard to get
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- Policies, being hard to get along with, and one day, i
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- Along with, and one day, i heard this man had not only
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- Heard this man had not only been fired, but security was
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- Been fired, but security was escorting him out of the
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- Escorting him out of the building.
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- Building. he wasn't even allowed back
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- He wasn't even allowed back on the property.
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- On the property. what am i saying?
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- What am i saying? a bad attitude will follow
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- A bad attitude will follow you around.
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- You around. you can change jobs, think
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- You can change jobs, think other people are the problem,
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- Other people are the problem, but sometimes we have to look
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- But sometimes we have to look inside and see if we're the
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- Inside and see if we're the problem.
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- Problem. do i have a sour attitude?
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- Do i have a sour attitude? am i being hard to get along
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- Am i being hard to get along with?
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- With? am i focused on the negative,
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- Am i focused on the negative, being critical?
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- Being critical? this man was talented, he was
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- This man was talented, he was smart, had a big future in
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- Smart, had a big future in front of him, but he lived
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- Front of him, but he lived nose down.
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- Nose down. his attitude took him in the
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- His attitude took him in the wrong direction.
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- Wrong direction. it wasn't something big.
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- It wasn't something big. a simple adjustment and it
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- A simple adjustment and it would be a different story,
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- Would be a different story, he would be at another level.
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- He would be at another level. what direction is your
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- What direction is your attitude taking you in your
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- Attitude taking you in your marriage, in your
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- Marriage, in your relationships?
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- Relationships? are you kind, respectful, fun
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- Are you kind, respectful, fun to be around?
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- To be around? in your career, are you
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- In your career, are you positive, being your best,
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- Positive, being your best, helping others?
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- Helping others? or do you need to make an
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- Or do you need to make an adjustment?
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- Adjustment? don't wait till it's too
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- Don't wait till it's too late, till the relationship
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- Late, till the relationship comes to an end, till the
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- Comes to an end, till the company says they don't need
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- Company says they don't need you anymore.
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- You anymore. make the changes now.
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- Make the changes now. get rid of anything you know
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- Get rid of anything you know that's holding you back,
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- That's holding you back, being negative, finding
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- Being negative, finding fault.
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- Fault. that old attitude doesn't
- 00:14:21.350 --> 00:14:22.685
- That old attitude doesn't smell good.
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- Smell good. it's going to taint you
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- It's going to taint you everywhere you go.
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- Everywhere you go. a 92-year-old man was moving
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- A 92-year-old man was moving into a seniors home.
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- Into a seniors home. he could see images, but he
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- He could see images, but he was technically blind.
- 00:14:33.562 --> 00:14:35.397
- Was technically blind. his wife of many years had
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- His wife of many years had just passed, and after
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- Just passed, and after waiting in the lobby for some
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- Waiting in the lobby for some time, this young lady, a
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- Time, this young lady, a nurse, came to take him to
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- Nurse, came to take him to his new room.
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- His new room. as he maneuvered his walker
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- As he maneuvered his walker through the hallways, the
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- Through the hallways, the nurse began to describe his
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- Nurse began to describe his room in great detail.
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- Room in great detail. she said, "it has a beautiful
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- She said, "it has a beautiful window, a big couch, a nice
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- Window, a big couch, a nice desk area," and right in the
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- Desk area," and right in the middle, he interrupted her
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- Middle, he interrupted her and said, "i love it, i love
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- And said, "i love it, i love it, i love it."
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- It, i love it." she kind of laughed and said,
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- She kind of laughed and said, "sir, we're not there yet.
- 00:15:06.261 --> 00:15:08.530
- "sir, we're not there yet. you haven't seen the room.
- 00:15:08.597 --> 00:15:09.765
- You haven't seen the room. hang on just a minute."
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- Hang on just a minute." he said, "no, whether i like
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- He said, "no, whether i like my room or not doesn't depend
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- My room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is
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- On how the furniture is arranged, it depends on how
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- Arranged, it depends on how my mind is arranged, and i've
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- My mind is arranged, and i've already made up my mind, i'm
- 00:15:21.043 --> 00:15:22.578
- Already made up my mind, i'm going to like it."
- 00:15:22.644 --> 00:15:24.613
- Going to like it." that's the way we should
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- That's the way we should live.
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- Live. "i've already made up my mind
- 00:15:26.348 --> 00:15:27.883
- "i've already made up my mind to enjoy this day.
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- To enjoy this day. i've already made up my mind
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- I've already made up my mind to have a blessed year."
- 00:15:31.420 --> 00:15:33.522
- To have a blessed year." life is too short to live
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- Life is too short to live negative, sour, letting
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- Negative, sour, letting circumstances dictate our
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- Circumstances dictate our attitude.
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- Attitude. every morning, you need to
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- Every morning, you need to make the decision, "this is
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- Make the decision, "this is another day the lord has
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- Another day the lord has made.
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- Made. i'm going to live it in
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- I'm going to live it in faith, i'm going to be
- 00:15:48.137 --> 00:15:50.072
- Faith, i'm going to be positive, i'm going to see
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- Positive, i'm going to see the best, i'm going to make
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- The best, i'm going to make the most of this day."
- 00:15:53.709 --> 00:15:55.878
- The most of this day." "well, joel, i'm discouraged
- 00:15:55.944 --> 00:15:57.479
- "well, joel, i'm discouraged because i've had bad breaks.
- 00:15:57.546 --> 00:15:59.081
- Because i've had bad breaks. i had a rough childhood.
- 00:15:59.148 --> 00:16:01.316
- I had a rough childhood. a friend walked out of a
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- A friend walked out of a relationship.
- 00:16:02.384 --> 00:16:03.485
- Relationship. i went through an illness."
- 00:16:03.552 --> 00:16:05.554
- I went through an illness." we can all find a reason to
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- We can all find a reason to live sour, to have a chip on
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- Live sour, to have a chip on our shoulders.
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- Our shoulders. you have to learn to let
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- You have to learn to let things go.
- 00:16:12.161 --> 00:16:13.562
- Things go. what's happened in your past
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- What's happened in your past cannot stop what god has in
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- Cannot stop what god has in your future.
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- Your future. god wouldn't have allowed it
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- God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to keep you
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- If it was going to keep you from your destiny.
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- From your destiny. but if we go around
- 00:16:24.039 --> 00:16:24.840
- But if we go around discouraged, "why did it
- 00:16:24.907 --> 00:16:26.475
- Discouraged, "why did it happen?
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- Happen? why did this door close?"
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- Why did this door close?" that's going to keep us from
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- That's going to keep us from the new things god has in
- 00:16:30.312 --> 00:16:31.680
- The new things god has in store, and the scripture
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- Store, and the scripture says, "the rain falls on the
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- Says, "the rain falls on the just and the unjust."
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- Just and the unjust." no one is exempt from
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- No one is exempt from difficulties.
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- Difficulties. but here's the key, if you'll
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- But here's the key, if you'll stay in faith, that setback
- 00:16:42.791 --> 00:16:45.594
- Stay in faith, that setback is setting you up for god to
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- Is setting you up for god to show out in your life.
- 00:16:47.629 --> 00:16:49.698
- Show out in your life. instead of being sour, put on
- 00:16:49.765 --> 00:16:51.633
- Instead of being sour, put on this fresh, new attitude.
- 00:16:51.700 --> 00:16:53.836
- This fresh, new attitude. "father, you said you'd give
- 00:16:53.902 --> 00:16:55.404
- "father, you said you'd give me beauty for these ashes.
- 00:16:55.471 --> 00:16:57.539
- Me beauty for these ashes. you said what was meant for
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- You said what was meant for harm you would turn to my
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- Harm you would turn to my advantage.
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- Advantage. so lord, i want to thank you
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- So lord, i want to thank you that i'm not only coming out,
- 00:17:03.245 --> 00:17:04.880
- That i'm not only coming out, but i'm going to come out
- 00:17:04.947 --> 00:17:05.848
- But i'm going to come out better."
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- Better." in the scripture, job went
- 00:17:07.116 --> 00:17:08.817
- In the scripture, job went through a great trial.
- 00:17:08.884 --> 00:17:10.552
- Through a great trial. wasn't fair, he didn't do
- 00:17:10.619 --> 00:17:12.454
- Wasn't fair, he didn't do anything wrong, but
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- Anything wrong, but everything fell apart.
- 00:17:14.022 --> 00:17:15.958
- Everything fell apart. at first, he had a bad
- 00:17:16.024 --> 00:17:17.326
- At first, he had a bad attitude.
- 00:17:17.392 --> 00:17:18.393
- Attitude. he complained and was bitter,
- 00:17:18.460 --> 00:17:20.329
- He complained and was bitter, but he didn't stay there.
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- But he didn't stay there. when it looked like he was
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- When it looked like he was done, like there was no
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- Done, like there was no reason to have hope, he
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- Reason to have hope, he looked up to the heavens and
- 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:28.403
- Looked up to the heavens and said, "i know my redeemer
- 00:17:28.470 --> 00:17:30.806
- Said, "i know my redeemer lives."
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- Lives." he was saying, "i know god is
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- He was saying, "i know god is still on the throne.
- 00:17:33.775 --> 00:17:35.244
- Still on the throne. i know he's bigger than what
- 00:17:35.310 --> 00:17:36.778
- I know he's bigger than what i'm facing."
- 00:17:36.845 --> 00:17:38.113
- I'm facing." he put on this fresh, new
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- He put on this fresh, new attitude.
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- Attitude. if he would've stayed bitter,
- 00:17:41.583 --> 00:17:43.418
- If he would've stayed bitter, angry, discouraged, we
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- Angry, discouraged, we wouldn't be talking about
- 00:17:44.987 --> 00:17:45.888
- Wouldn't be talking about him.
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- Him. when it was all said and
- 00:17:46.822 --> 00:17:47.956
- When it was all said and done, job came out with twice
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- Done, job came out with twice what he had before.
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- What he had before. in difficult times, it's
- 00:17:52.027 --> 00:17:53.695
- In difficult times, it's tempting to get sour.
- 00:17:53.762 --> 00:17:55.564
- Tempting to get sour. "joel, i was doing the right
- 00:17:55.631 --> 00:17:56.732
- "joel, i was doing the right thing and had this bad break.
- 00:17:56.798 --> 00:17:59.401
- Thing and had this bad break. this setback came out of
- 00:17:59.468 --> 00:18:00.602
- This setback came out of nowhere."
- 00:18:00.669 --> 00:18:01.637
- Nowhere." you have to do like job, put
- 00:18:01.703 --> 00:18:03.939
- You have to do like job, put your foot down, and say, "i
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- Your foot down, and say, "i refuse to go through life
- 00:18:05.908 --> 00:18:07.976
- Refuse to go through life with a bad attitude.
- 00:18:08.043 --> 00:18:09.778
- With a bad attitude. i am not going to let what
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- I am not going to let what happened to me, who did me
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- Happened to me, who did me wrong, what i didn't get keep
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- Wrong, what i didn't get keep me from becoming all i was
- 00:18:15.517 --> 00:18:17.286
- Me from becoming all i was created to be.
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- Created to be. god, i know you being for me
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- God, i know you being for me is more than the world being
- 00:18:21.823 --> 00:18:22.991
- Is more than the world being against me."
- 00:18:23.058 --> 00:18:24.126
- Against me." that's what allows god to
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- That's what allows god to show out in your life.
- 00:18:25.961 --> 00:18:27.996
- Show out in your life. too often, we're holding on
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- Too often, we're holding on to the hurts,
- 00:18:30.432 --> 00:18:31.767
- To the hurts, disappointments, the things
- 00:18:31.833 --> 00:18:33.235
- Disappointments, the things we don't understand.
- 00:18:33.302 --> 00:18:34.636
- We don't understand. that poisons our attitude,
- 00:18:34.703 --> 00:18:36.672
- That poisons our attitude, steals our passion.
- 00:18:36.738 --> 00:18:38.440
- Steals our passion. you have to let it go.
- 00:18:38.507 --> 00:18:40.042
- You have to let it go. this is a new day.
- 00:18:40.108 --> 00:18:42.044
- This is a new day. the scripture talks about how
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- The scripture talks about how god created you to be like an
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- God created you to be like an eagle, to soar.
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- Eagle, to soar. what's interesting is an
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- What's interesting is an eagle doesn't eat anything
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- Eagle doesn't eat anything that's dead.
- 00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:53.088
- That's dead. unlike other animals that
- 00:18:53.155 --> 00:18:54.723
- Unlike other animals that would eat a carcass, a coyote
- 00:18:54.790 --> 00:18:56.992
- Would eat a carcass, a coyote that would eat a dead cow, an
- 00:18:57.059 --> 00:18:59.127
- That would eat a dead cow, an eagle only feeds off of live
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- Eagle only feeds off of live foods, swoops down to the
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- Foods, swoops down to the ocean and picks up a live
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- Ocean and picks up a live fish.
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- Fish. if you're going to be an
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- If you're going to be an eagle, if you're going to
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- Eagle, if you're going to soar, you can't go back to
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- Soar, you can't go back to the dead things in your life.
- 00:19:11.073 --> 00:19:13.642
- The dead things in your life. too many people are feeding
- 00:19:13.709 --> 00:19:15.444
- Too many people are feeding off of what didn't work out,
- 00:19:15.510 --> 00:19:17.512
- Off of what didn't work out, reliving the disappointments,
- 00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:19.514
- Reliving the disappointments, the mistakes, the bad breaks.
- 00:19:19.581 --> 00:19:22.050
- The mistakes, the bad breaks. when they wake up, first
- 00:19:22.117 --> 00:19:23.151
- When they wake up, first thing they think about, who
- 00:19:23.218 --> 00:19:24.720
- Thing they think about, who hurt them, the people that
- 00:19:24.786 --> 00:19:26.321
- Hurt them, the people that did them wrong.
- 00:19:26.388 --> 00:19:27.656
- Did them wrong. quit feeding off that dead
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- Quit feeding off that dead food.
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- Food. you can't put poison into
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- You can't put poison into your spirit and live a
- 00:19:32.828 --> 00:19:34.496
- Your spirit and live a victorious life.
- 00:19:34.563 --> 00:19:36.365
- Victorious life. let it go, that's over and
- 00:19:36.431 --> 00:19:38.600
- Let it go, that's over and done.
- 00:19:38.667 --> 00:19:39.234
- Done. now, start feeding on live
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- Now, start feeding on live food.
- 00:19:40.802 --> 00:19:41.670
- Food. you know what's alive?
- 00:19:41.737 --> 00:19:43.071
- You know what's alive? you know the healthiest food
- 00:19:43.138 --> 00:19:44.873
- You know the healthiest food you can put in your spirit?
- 00:19:44.940 --> 00:19:46.508
- You can put in your spirit? promises from the scripture.
- 00:19:46.575 --> 00:19:48.844
- Promises from the scripture. "i am blessed and i cannot be
- 00:19:48.910 --> 00:19:50.912
- "i am blessed and i cannot be cursed.
- 00:19:50.979 --> 00:19:52.080
- Cursed. i will live and not die and
- 00:19:52.147 --> 00:19:53.882
- I will live and not die and declare the works of the
- 00:19:53.949 --> 00:19:54.916
- Declare the works of the lord.
- 00:19:54.983 --> 00:19:55.717
- Lord. thanks be to god who always
- 00:19:55.784 --> 00:19:57.519
- Thanks be to god who always causes me to triumph."
- 00:19:57.586 --> 00:19:59.388
- Causes me to triumph." what are you feeding on?
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- What are you feeding on? pay attention to what you're
- 00:20:01.356 --> 00:20:02.457
- Pay attention to what you're putting in your spirit.
- 00:20:02.524 --> 00:20:04.126
- Putting in your spirit. you're called to be an eagle,
- 00:20:04.192 --> 00:20:06.161
- You're called to be an eagle, but sometimes we're acting
- 00:20:06.228 --> 00:20:07.763
- But sometimes we're acting like a chicken.
- 00:20:07.829 --> 00:20:09.431
- Like a chicken. do you know a chicken will
- 00:20:09.498 --> 00:20:11.466
- Do you know a chicken will eat its own waste?
- 00:20:11.533 --> 00:20:13.568
- Eat its own waste? a chicken feeds off of what's
- 00:20:13.635 --> 00:20:15.537
- A chicken feeds off of what's been discarded, off of what's
- 00:20:15.604 --> 00:20:17.539
- Been discarded, off of what's supposed to be trash?
- 00:20:17.606 --> 00:20:19.308
- Supposed to be trash? maybe that's why a chicken
- 00:20:19.374 --> 00:20:20.709
- Maybe that's why a chicken has wings, but it can't
- 00:20:20.776 --> 00:20:22.511
- Has wings, but it can't really fly.
- 00:20:22.577 --> 00:20:23.912
- Really fly. it holds on to what it
- 00:20:23.979 --> 00:20:25.514
- It holds on to what it should've released, and you
- 00:20:25.580 --> 00:20:27.482
- Should've released, and you need to view the negative
- 00:20:27.549 --> 00:20:28.917
- Need to view the negative things in your life as waste.
- 00:20:28.984 --> 00:20:31.653
- Things in your life as waste. no, god doesn't waste it, but
- 00:20:31.720 --> 00:20:33.522
- No, god doesn't waste it, but you're not supposed to feed
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- You're not supposed to feed on it.
- 00:20:35.257 --> 00:20:36.158
- On it. it's over, you've been
- 00:20:36.224 --> 00:20:37.726
- It's over, you've been through it, you've eliminated
- 00:20:37.793 --> 00:20:39.027
- Through it, you've eliminated it, now move on.
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- It, now move on. don't go back to what you've
- 00:20:40.996 --> 00:20:42.764
- Don't go back to what you've released.
- 00:20:42.831 --> 00:20:44.099
- Released. if you're always feeding off
- 00:20:44.166 --> 00:20:45.767
- If you're always feeding off of what's been discarded,
- 00:20:45.834 --> 00:20:47.402
- Of what's been discarded, reliving old hurts, thinking
- 00:20:47.469 --> 00:20:49.404
- Reliving old hurts, thinking about what you've lost,
- 00:20:49.471 --> 00:20:50.839
- About what you've lost, that's going to keep you from
- 00:20:50.906 --> 00:20:52.007
- That's going to keep you from flying.
- 00:20:52.074 --> 00:20:53.041
- Flying. but god didn't give you wings
- 00:20:53.108 --> 00:20:54.976
- But god didn't give you wings so you could stay on the
- 00:20:55.043 --> 00:20:56.011
- So you could stay on the ground.
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- Ground. he didn't say you will mount
- 00:20:57.145 --> 00:20:58.213
- He didn't say you will mount up like chickens, he called
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- Up like chickens, he called you an eagle.
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- You an eagle. he created you to soar.
- 00:21:01.149 --> 00:21:02.551
- He created you to soar. don't let a wrong attitude
- 00:21:02.617 --> 00:21:04.619
- Don't let a wrong attitude keep you grounded.
- 00:21:04.686 --> 00:21:05.887
- Keep you grounded. my father had heart disease
- 00:21:05.954 --> 00:21:09.691
- My father had heart disease most of his life.
- 00:21:09.758 --> 00:21:10.759
- Most of his life. he struggled with his blood
- 00:21:10.826 --> 00:21:12.427
- He struggled with his blood pressure and he came from a
- 00:21:12.494 --> 00:21:13.829
- Pressure and he came from a family that had to fight
- 00:21:13.895 --> 00:21:15.564
- Family that had to fight that.
- 00:21:15.630 --> 00:21:16.365
- That. when i was a teenager, we
- 00:21:16.431 --> 00:21:18.033
- When i was a teenager, we used to go watch the astros
- 00:21:18.100 --> 00:21:19.735
- Used to go watch the astros play baseball.
- 00:21:19.801 --> 00:21:21.036
- Play baseball. walking from the parking lot
- 00:21:21.103 --> 00:21:22.637
- Walking from the parking lot to the stadium, my father
- 00:21:22.704 --> 00:21:24.639
- To the stadium, my father would have to stop several
- 00:21:24.706 --> 00:21:25.841
- Would have to stop several times and rest, he was out of
- 00:21:25.907 --> 00:21:28.110
- Times and rest, he was out of breath.
- 00:21:28.176 --> 00:21:29.077
- Breath. it'd been that way so long,
- 00:21:29.144 --> 00:21:30.445
- It'd been that way so long, that was normal to him.
- 00:21:30.512 --> 00:21:31.680
- That was normal to him. he eventually went to the
- 00:21:31.747 --> 00:21:33.281
- He eventually went to the doctor and they discovered
- 00:21:33.348 --> 00:21:35.083
- Doctor and they discovered the arteries to his heart
- 00:21:35.150 --> 00:21:37.085
- The arteries to his heart were almost completely
- 00:21:37.152 --> 00:21:38.453
- Were almost completely clogged.
- 00:21:38.520 --> 00:21:39.554
- Clogged. the doctor said he was only
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- The doctor said he was only operating on 30% of what he
- 00:21:41.123 --> 00:21:43.759
- Operating on 30% of what he should be.
- 00:21:43.825 --> 00:21:45.160
- Should be. he eventually had open heart
- 00:21:45.227 --> 00:21:46.395
- He eventually had open heart surgery and they removed all
- 00:21:46.461 --> 00:21:48.430
- Surgery and they removed all the blockage.
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- The blockage. my father was like a new man,
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- My father was like a new man, he could walk for miles.
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- He could walk for miles. but sometimes, like my
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- But sometimes, like my father, our heart has become
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- Father, our heart has become clogged, not physically, but
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- Clogged, not physically, but with offense, with self-pity,
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- With offense, with self-pity, with discouragement.
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- With discouragement. we don't realize it, but
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- We don't realize it, but we're only operating at a
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- We're only operating at a percentage of what we should
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- Percentage of what we should be.
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- Be. we wonder why our marriage is
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- We wonder why our marriage is stale and why we're not
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- Stale and why we're not passionate about our dreams.
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- Passionate about our dreams. there are contaminants
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- There are contaminants blocking the flow.
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- Blocking the flow. we've allowed these poisons
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- We've allowed these poisons to clog up the blessings, the
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- To clog up the blessings, the joy, the ideas that belong to
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- Joy, the ideas that belong to us.
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- Us. the good news is you can get
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- The good news is you can get back to who you were created
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- Back to who you were created to be.
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- To be. you don't have to have a
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- You don't have to have a doctor, you can make these
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- Doctor, you can make these changes.
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- Changes. if you will get rid of the
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- If you will get rid of the offense, the critical spirit,
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- Offense, the critical spirit, the negative attitude, you'll
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- The negative attitude, you'll get that spring back in your
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- Get that spring back in your step.
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- Step. you'll not only enjoy life
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- You'll not only enjoy life more, but you'll see favor in
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- More, but you'll see favor in greater ways.
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- Greater ways. what could you be if your
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- What could you be if your heart was totally unclogged?
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- Heart was totally unclogged? how high could you fly if you
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- How high could you fly if you didn't have contaminants
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- Didn't have contaminants holding you back?
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- Holding you back? it's time to find out.
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- It's time to find out. get up every morning, start
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- Get up every morning, start putting on this fresh, new
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- Putting on this fresh, new attitude.
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- Attitude. this day is a gift from god.
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- This day is a gift from god. it is filled with
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- It is filled with possibilities, new ideas, new
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- Possibilities, new ideas, new friendships.
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- Friendships. i'm asking you, like that
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- I'm asking you, like that airplane, to live nose high,
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- Airplane, to live nose high, focused on the good, focused
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- Focused on the good, focused on the possibilities.
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- On the possibilities. if you'll do this, i believe
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- If you'll do this, i believe and declare you're about to
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- And declare you're about to lift off.
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- Lift off. new doors are about to open,
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- New doors are about to open, freshness in your
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- Freshness in your relationships, healing,
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- Relationships, healing, promotion, new levels, the
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- Promotion, new levels, the fullness of your destiny in
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- Fullness of your destiny in jesus's name, and if you
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- Jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you say amen
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- Receive it, can you say amen today?
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- Today? well, i'd like to give you an
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- Well, i'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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- Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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- Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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- Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i
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- Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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- Repent of my sins. come into my heart .i make
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- Come into my heart .i make you my lord and savior."
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- You my lord and savior." well, friends, if you prayed
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- Well, friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we
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- That simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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- Believe you got born again. get in a good, bible-based
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- Get in a good, bible-based church, keep god first place.
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- Church, keep god first place. victoria and i will be
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- Victoria and i will be right back to speak
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- Right back to speak a blessing over you.
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- What if what
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- You imagine came to pass?
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- What if what you asked for
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- Turned out
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- Greater than what you can see?
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- What if each day
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- Was filled with new hope?
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- What if you could plan
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- For god's best in your life?
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- We all have hopes and dreams
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- And things we're believing for.
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- But what god has in store
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- For you
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- Is more than you can imagine.
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- When you start the year off
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- In faith,
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- Believing for greater things,
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- That's when god will exceed
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- Your expectations.
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- This planner is
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- Each day.
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