Joel Osteen - A Fresh New Attitude

December 4, 2024 | S24:E4904

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

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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
  • 00:09:19.949 --> 00:09:21.884
  • 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
  • 00:09:51.313 --> 00:09:53.082
  • Just being positive, that's an attitude of faith.
  • 00:09:53.149 --> 00:09:54.717
  • 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
  • 00:09:58.254 --> 00:10:00.690
  • Paul said in ephesians 4, "be constantly renewed in the
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  • Constantly renewed in the spirit of your mind, putting
  • 00:10:02.591 --> 00:10:04.794
  • Spirit of your mind, putting on a fresh mental and
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  • On a fresh mental and spiritual attitude."
  • 00:10:06.629 --> 00:10:08.764
  • 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.
  • 00:10:12.802 --> 00:10:14.036
  • Attitude. you know why?
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  • You know why? yesterday's attitude will get
  • 00:10:15.337 --> 00:10:17.406
  • Yesterday's attitude will get old.
  • 00:10:17.473 --> 00:10:18.607
  • Old. if you don't start afresh and
  • 00:10:18.674 --> 00:10:20.509
  • 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
  • 00:10:29.351 --> 00:10:30.252
  • 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.
  • 00:10:42.465 --> 00:10:44.400
  • 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
  • 00:10:49.238 --> 00:10:50.406
  • They wonder why everything's a burden, why it's so heavy,
  • 00:10:50.473 --> 00:10:52.408
  • A burden, why it's so heavy, it's their attitude.
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  • It's their attitude. every morning when you wake
  • 00:10:54.510 --> 00:10:56.112
  • Every morning when you wake up, you need to say, "father,
  • 00:10:56.178 --> 00:10:58.247
  • 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
  • 00:11:07.757 --> 00:11:09.992
  • I'm grateful to be alive, i'm grateful for my family, i'm
  • 00:11:10.059 --> 00:11:11.961
  • Grateful for my family, i'm grateful for opportunities.
  • 00:11:12.027 --> 00:11:13.829
  • Grateful for opportunities. lord, i'm going to live this
  • 00:11:13.896 --> 00:11:15.030
  • Lord, i'm going to live this day to the full."
  • 00:11:15.097 --> 00:11:17.133
  • Day to the full." that's putting on a fresh new
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  • That's putting on a fresh new attitude.
  • 00:11:19.502 --> 00:11:20.936
  • Attitude. you wiped the slate clean.
  • 00:11:21.003 --> 00:11:23.172
  • You wiped the slate clean. you let go of yesterday's
  • 00:11:23.239 --> 00:11:25.975
  • You let go of yesterday's disappointments, what didn't
  • 00:11:26.041 --> 00:11:27.243
  • Disappointments, what didn't work out, and you get your
  • 00:11:27.309 --> 00:11:28.911
  • Work out, and you get your mind going in the right
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  • Mind going in the right direction.
  • 00:11:30.513 --> 00:11:31.480
  • Direction. "i'm going to see the good
  • 00:11:31.547 --> 00:11:32.681
  • "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.
  • 00:11:35.284 --> 00:11:35.951
  • Somebody. imagine if you wore the same
  • 00:11:36.018 --> 00:11:37.987
  • Imagine if you wore the same clothes for 30 years, never
  • 00:11:38.053 --> 00:11:40.356
  • Clothes for 30 years, never took them off.
  • 00:11:40.422 --> 00:11:41.357
  • Took them off. you didn't wash them, didn't
  • 00:11:41.423 --> 00:11:42.958
  • You didn't wash them, didn't clean them.
  • 00:11:43.025 --> 00:11:44.360
  • Clean them. they would stink, they would
  • 00:11:44.426 --> 00:11:46.228
  • They would stink, they would be dirty, nobody would want
  • 00:11:46.295 --> 00:11:47.897
  • Be dirty, nobody would want to be around you.
  • 00:11:47.963 --> 00:11:49.632
  • To be around you. that's what an old attitude
  • 00:11:49.698 --> 00:11:51.333
  • That's what an old attitude does.
  • 00:11:51.400 --> 00:11:52.434
  • Does. a stale attitude pushes
  • 00:11:52.501 --> 00:11:54.436
  • A stale attitude pushes people away.
  • 00:11:54.503 --> 00:11:56.071
  • People away. a sour attitude will keep you
  • 00:11:56.138 --> 00:11:58.007
  • A sour attitude will keep you from being promoted.
  • 00:11:58.073 --> 00:11:59.809
  • From being promoted. a stinking attitude will stop
  • 00:11:59.875 --> 00:12:01.677
  • A stinking attitude will stop dreams from coming to pass.
  • 00:12:01.744 --> 00:12:04.280
  • Dreams from coming to pass. i knew this man that was
  • 00:12:04.346 --> 00:12:05.614
  • I knew this man that was always finding fault with his
  • 00:12:05.681 --> 00:12:07.349
  • Always finding fault with his employer.
  • 00:12:07.416 --> 00:12:08.651
  • Employer. he was constantly bucking the
  • 00:12:08.717 --> 00:12:10.553
  • He was constantly bucking the system and challenging the
  • 00:12:10.619 --> 00:12:12.321
  • System and challenging the policies.
  • 00:12:12.388 --> 00:12:13.656
  • Policies. the management was very good
  • 00:12:13.722 --> 00:12:15.391
  • The management was very good to him.
  • 00:12:15.457 --> 00:12:16.392
  • To him. other people in the
  • 00:12:16.458 --> 00:12:17.293
  • Other people in the department, they loved the
  • 00:12:17.359 --> 00:12:18.394
  • Department, they loved the company, but he always found
  • 00:12:18.460 --> 00:12:20.396
  • Company, but he always found something to complain about.
  • 00:12:20.462 --> 00:12:22.565
  • Something to complain about. they had to be at work at
  • 00:12:22.631 --> 00:12:23.766
  • 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
  • 00:12:25.267 --> 00:12:26.936
  • Parked in a big garage and had to walk.
  • 00:12:27.002 --> 00:12:28.204
  • Had to walk. his attitude was as long as
  • 00:12:28.270 --> 00:12:30.272
  • His attitude was as long as he was on the property at
  • 00:12:30.339 --> 00:12:31.607
  • 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
  • 00:12:35.711 --> 00:12:36.712
  • Well, nobody else thought that, but he kept doing it
  • 00:12:36.779 --> 00:12:38.147
  • That, but he kept doing it his way, being contentious.
  • 00:12:38.214 --> 00:12:41.083
  • His way, being contentious. several years later, he was
  • 00:12:41.150 --> 00:12:42.885
  • Several years later, he was let go, he lost a prominent
  • 00:12:42.952 --> 00:12:45.254
  • Let go, he lost a prominent position.
  • 00:12:45.321 --> 00:12:46.488
  • Position. he went to work for another
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  • He went to work for another company and did the same
  • 00:12:47.790 --> 00:12:49.592
  • Company and did the same thing.
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  • Thing. he kept challenging the
  • 00:12:50.726 --> 00:12:51.827
  • He kept challenging the policies, being hard to get
  • 00:12:51.894 --> 00:12:53.729
  • Policies, being hard to get along with, and one day, i
  • 00:12:53.796 --> 00:12:55.731
  • Along with, and one day, i heard this man had not only
  • 00:12:55.798 --> 00:12:57.967
  • Heard this man had not only been fired, but security was
  • 00:12:58.033 --> 00:13:00.436
  • Been fired, but security was escorting him out of the
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  • Escorting him out of the building.
  • 00:13:01.670 --> 00:13:02.471
  • Building. he wasn't even allowed back
  • 00:13:02.538 --> 00:13:03.806
  • He wasn't even allowed back on the property.
  • 00:13:03.873 --> 00:13:05.074
  • On the property. what am i saying?
  • 00:13:05.140 --> 00:13:06.375
  • What am i saying? a bad attitude will follow
  • 00:13:06.442 --> 00:13:08.277
  • A bad attitude will follow you around.
  • 00:13:08.344 --> 00:13:09.678
  • You around. you can change jobs, think
  • 00:13:09.745 --> 00:13:11.881
  • You can change jobs, think other people are the problem,
  • 00:13:11.947 --> 00:13:14.083
  • Other people are the problem, but sometimes we have to look
  • 00:13:14.149 --> 00:13:16.151
  • But sometimes we have to look inside and see if we're the
  • 00:13:16.218 --> 00:13:18.120
  • Inside and see if we're the problem.
  • 00:13:18.187 --> 00:13:19.121
  • Problem. do i have a sour attitude?
  • 00:13:19.188 --> 00:13:21.190
  • Do i have a sour attitude? am i being hard to get along
  • 00:13:21.257 --> 00:13:22.691
  • Am i being hard to get along with?
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  • With? am i focused on the negative,
  • 00:13:23.525 --> 00:13:25.294
  • Am i focused on the negative, being critical?
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  • Being critical? this man was talented, he was
  • 00:13:27.229 --> 00:13:29.565
  • This man was talented, he was smart, had a big future in
  • 00:13:29.632 --> 00:13:32.167
  • Smart, had a big future in front of him, but he lived
  • 00:13:32.234 --> 00:13:33.836
  • Front of him, but he lived nose down.
  • 00:13:33.903 --> 00:13:34.536
  • Nose down. his attitude took him in the
  • 00:13:34.603 --> 00:13:37.039
  • His attitude took him in the wrong direction.
  • 00:13:37.106 --> 00:13:38.574
  • Wrong direction. it wasn't something big.
  • 00:13:38.641 --> 00:13:40.242
  • It wasn't something big. a simple adjustment and it
  • 00:13:40.309 --> 00:13:42.444
  • A simple adjustment and it would be a different story,
  • 00:13:42.511 --> 00:13:44.046
  • Would be a different story, he would be at another level.
  • 00:13:44.113 --> 00:13:46.315
  • He would be at another level. what direction is your
  • 00:13:46.382 --> 00:13:48.284
  • What direction is your attitude taking you in your
  • 00:13:48.350 --> 00:13:50.686
  • Attitude taking you in your marriage, in your
  • 00:13:50.753 --> 00:13:51.754
  • Marriage, in your relationships?
  • 00:13:51.820 --> 00:13:52.688
  • Relationships? are you kind, respectful, fun
  • 00:13:52.755 --> 00:13:55.190
  • Are you kind, respectful, fun to be around?
  • 00:13:55.257 --> 00:13:56.725
  • To be around? in your career, are you
  • 00:13:56.792 --> 00:13:58.093
  • In your career, are you positive, being your best,
  • 00:13:58.160 --> 00:14:00.362
  • 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
  • 00:14:08.537 --> 00:14:10.272
  • Comes to an end, till the company says they don't need
  • 00:14:10.339 --> 00:14:12.074
  • Company says they don't need you anymore.
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  • You anymore. make the changes now.
  • 00:14:13.509 --> 00:14:15.611
  • Make the changes now. get rid of anything you know
  • 00:14:15.678 --> 00:14:17.446
  • Get rid of anything you know that's holding you back,
  • 00:14:17.513 --> 00:14:18.881
  • That's holding you back, being negative, finding
  • 00:14:18.948 --> 00:14:20.482
  • 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.
  • 00:14:22.751 --> 00:14:23.852
  • Smell good. it's going to taint you
  • 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:24.687
  • It's going to taint you everywhere you go.
  • 00:14:24.753 --> 00:14:27.323
  • Everywhere you go. a 92-year-old man was moving
  • 00:14:27.389 --> 00:14:29.525
  • A 92-year-old man was moving into a seniors home.
  • 00:14:29.591 --> 00:14:31.794
  • Into a seniors home. he could see images, but he
  • 00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:33.495
  • 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
  • 00:14:35.464 --> 00:14:36.832
  • His wife of many years had just passed, and after
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  • Just passed, and after waiting in the lobby for some
  • 00:14:38.400 --> 00:14:39.868
  • Waiting in the lobby for some time, this young lady, a
  • 00:14:39.935 --> 00:14:41.804
  • Time, this young lady, a nurse, came to take him to
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  • Nurse, came to take him to his new room.
  • 00:14:43.472 --> 00:14:44.974
  • His new room. as he maneuvered his walker
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  • As he maneuvered his walker through the hallways, the
  • 00:14:46.909 --> 00:14:48.377
  • Through the hallways, the nurse began to describe his
  • 00:14:48.444 --> 00:14:50.646
  • Nurse began to describe his room in great detail.
  • 00:14:50.713 --> 00:14:52.614
  • Room in great detail. she said, "it has a beautiful
  • 00:14:52.681 --> 00:14:54.450
  • She said, "it has a beautiful window, a big couch, a nice
  • 00:14:54.516 --> 00:14:57.519
  • Window, a big couch, a nice desk area," and right in the
  • 00:14:57.586 --> 00:14:59.321
  • Desk area," and right in the middle, he interrupted her
  • 00:14:59.388 --> 00:15:01.357
  • Middle, he interrupted her and said, "i love it, i love
  • 00:15:01.423 --> 00:15:03.125
  • And said, "i love it, i love it, i love it."
  • 00:15:03.192 --> 00:15:05.127
  • It, i love it." she kind of laughed and said,
  • 00:15:05.194 --> 00:15:06.195
  • 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."
  • 00:15:09.832 --> 00:15:11.400
  • Hang on just a minute." he said, "no, whether i like
  • 00:15:11.467 --> 00:15:13.202
  • He said, "no, whether i like my room or not doesn't depend
  • 00:15:13.268 --> 00:15:15.437
  • My room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is
  • 00:15:15.504 --> 00:15:16.805
  • On how the furniture is arranged, it depends on how
  • 00:15:16.872 --> 00:15:18.841
  • Arranged, it depends on how my mind is arranged, and i've
  • 00:15:18.907 --> 00:15:20.976
  • 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
  • 00:15:24.680 --> 00:15:25.647
  • That's the way we should live.
  • 00:15:25.714 --> 00:15:26.281
  • 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.
  • 00:15:27.950 --> 00:15:28.917
  • To enjoy this day. i've already made up my mind
  • 00:15:28.984 --> 00:15:31.353
  • 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
  • 00:15:33.589 --> 00:15:35.357
  • Life is too short to live negative, sour, letting
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  • Negative, sour, letting circumstances dictate our
  • 00:15:38.160 --> 00:15:40.162
  • Circumstances dictate our attitude.
  • 00:15:40.229 --> 00:15:41.530
  • Attitude. every morning, you need to
  • 00:15:41.597 --> 00:15:42.798
  • Every morning, you need to make the decision, "this is
  • 00:15:42.865 --> 00:15:44.967
  • Make the decision, "this is another day the lord has
  • 00:15:45.034 --> 00:15:46.602
  • Another day the lord has made.
  • 00:15:46.668 --> 00:15:47.369
  • Made. i'm going to live it in
  • 00:15:47.436 --> 00:15:48.070
  • 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
  • 00:15:50.139 --> 00:15:51.907
  • Positive, i'm going to see the best, i'm going to make
  • 00:15:51.974 --> 00:15:53.642
  • 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
  • 00:16:01.383 --> 00:16:02.317
  • 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
  • 00:16:05.621 --> 00:16:07.456
  • We can all find a reason to live sour, to have a chip on
  • 00:16:07.523 --> 00:16:09.525
  • Live sour, to have a chip on our shoulders.
  • 00:16:09.591 --> 00:16:10.526
  • Our shoulders. you have to learn to let
  • 00:16:10.592 --> 00:16:12.094
  • You have to learn to let things go.
  • 00:16:12.161 --> 00:16:13.562
  • Things go. what's happened in your past
  • 00:16:13.629 --> 00:16:15.731
  • What's happened in your past cannot stop what god has in
  • 00:16:15.798 --> 00:16:17.699
  • Cannot stop what god has in your future.
  • 00:16:17.766 --> 00:16:18.967
  • Your future. god wouldn't have allowed it
  • 00:16:19.034 --> 00:16:20.869
  • God wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to keep you
  • 00:16:20.936 --> 00:16:22.204
  • If it was going to keep you from your destiny.
  • 00:16:22.271 --> 00:16:23.972
  • 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?
  • 00:16:26.542 --> 00:16:27.309
  • Happen? why did this door close?"
  • 00:16:27.376 --> 00:16:28.977
  • Why did this door close?" that's going to keep us from
  • 00:16:29.044 --> 00:16:30.245
  • 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
  • 00:16:33.515 --> 00:16:35.818
  • Says, "the rain falls on the just and the unjust."
  • 00:16:35.884 --> 00:16:38.454
  • Just and the unjust." no one is exempt from
  • 00:16:38.520 --> 00:16:40.055
  • No one is exempt from difficulties.
  • 00:16:40.122 --> 00:16:41.156
  • Difficulties. but here's the key, if you'll
  • 00:16:41.223 --> 00:16:42.724
  • 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
  • 00:16:45.661 --> 00:16:47.563
  • 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
  • 00:16:57.606 --> 00:16:58.774
  • You said what was meant for harm you would turn to my
  • 00:16:58.841 --> 00:17:00.576
  • Harm you would turn to my advantage.
  • 00:17:00.642 --> 00:17:01.577
  • Advantage. so lord, i want to thank you
  • 00:17:01.643 --> 00:17:03.178
  • 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."
  • 00:17:05.914 --> 00:17:07.049
  • 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
  • 00:17:12.521 --> 00:17:13.956
  • 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.
  • 00:17:20.395 --> 00:17:22.331
  • But he didn't stay there. when it looked like he was
  • 00:17:22.397 --> 00:17:23.532
  • When it looked like he was done, like there was no
  • 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:25.200
  • Done, like there was no reason to have hope, he
  • 00:17:25.267 --> 00:17:26.802
  • 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."
  • 00:17:30.873 --> 00:17:32.007
  • Lives." he was saying, "i know god is
  • 00:17:32.074 --> 00:17:33.709
  • 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
  • 00:17:38.180 --> 00:17:39.948
  • He put on this fresh, new attitude.
  • 00:17:40.015 --> 00:17:41.517
  • Attitude. if he would've stayed bitter,
  • 00:17:41.583 --> 00:17:43.418
  • If he would've stayed bitter, angry, discouraged, we
  • 00:17:43.485 --> 00:17:44.920
  • Angry, discouraged, we wouldn't be talking about
  • 00:17:44.987 --> 00:17:45.888
  • Wouldn't be talking about him.
  • 00:17:45.954 --> 00:17:46.755
  • 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
  • 00:17:48.023 --> 00:17:50.058
  • Done, job came out with twice what he had before.
  • 00:17:50.125 --> 00:17:51.960
  • 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
  • 00:18:04.006 --> 00:18:05.841
  • 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
  • 00:18:09.845 --> 00:18:11.113
  • I am not going to let what happened to me, who did me
  • 00:18:11.180 --> 00:18:12.915
  • Happened to me, who did me wrong, what i didn't get keep
  • 00:18:12.981 --> 00:18:15.450
  • 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.
  • 00:18:17.352 --> 00:18:19.288
  • Created to be. god, i know you being for me
  • 00:18:19.354 --> 00:18:21.757
  • 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
  • 00:18:24.193 --> 00:18:25.894
  • 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
  • 00:18:28.063 --> 00:18:30.365
  • 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
  • 00:18:42.110 --> 00:18:43.645
  • The scripture talks about how god created you to be like an
  • 00:18:43.712 --> 00:18:45.948
  • God created you to be like an eagle, to soar.
  • 00:18:46.014 --> 00:18:48.217
  • Eagle, to soar. what's interesting is an
  • 00:18:48.283 --> 00:18:49.751
  • What's interesting is an eagle doesn't eat anything
  • 00:18:49.818 --> 00:18:51.553
  • 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
  • 00:18:59.194 --> 00:19:01.296
  • Eagle only feeds off of live foods, swoops down to the
  • 00:19:01.363 --> 00:19:03.365
  • Foods, swoops down to the ocean and picks up a live
  • 00:19:03.432 --> 00:19:04.766
  • Ocean and picks up a live fish.
  • 00:19:04.833 --> 00:19:06.034
  • Fish. if you're going to be an
  • 00:19:06.101 --> 00:19:07.069
  • If you're going to be an eagle, if you're going to
  • 00:19:07.135 --> 00:19:08.637
  • Eagle, if you're going to soar, you can't go back to
  • 00:19:08.704 --> 00:19:11.006
  • 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
  • 00:19:27.723 --> 00:19:29.891
  • Quit feeding off that dead food.
  • 00:19:29.958 --> 00:19:31.093
  • Food. you can't put poison into
  • 00:19:31.159 --> 00:19:32.761
  • 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
  • 00:19:39.301 --> 00:19:40.736
  • 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?
  • 00:19:59.454 --> 00:20:01.290
  • 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
  • 00:20:33.588 --> 00:20:35.190
  • 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
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  • 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
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  • Don't go back to what you've released.
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  • Released. if you're always feeding off
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  • If you're always feeding off of what's been discarded,
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  • Of what's been discarded, reliving old hurts, thinking
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  • Reliving old hurts, thinking about what you've lost,
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  • About what you've lost, that's going to keep you from
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  • That's going to keep you from flying.
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  • Flying. but god didn't give you wings
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  • But god didn't give you wings so you could stay on the
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  • So you could stay on the ground.
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  • Ground. he didn't say you will mount
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  • 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.
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  • He created you to soar. don't let a wrong attitude
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  • Don't let a wrong attitude keep you grounded.
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  • Keep you grounded. my father had heart disease
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  • My father had heart disease most of his life.
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  • Most of his life. he struggled with his blood
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  • He struggled with his blood pressure and he came from a
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  • Pressure and he came from a family that had to fight
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  • Family that had to fight that.
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  • That. when i was a teenager, we
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  • When i was a teenager, we used to go watch the astros
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  • Used to go watch the astros play baseball.
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  • Play baseball. walking from the parking lot
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  • Walking from the parking lot to the stadium, my father
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  • To the stadium, my father would have to stop several
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  • Would have to stop several times and rest, he was out of
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  • Times and rest, he was out of breath.
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  • Breath. it'd been that way so long,
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  • It'd been that way so long, that was normal to him.
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  • That was normal to him. he eventually went to the
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  • He eventually went to the doctor and they discovered
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  • Doctor and they discovered the arteries to his heart
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  • The arteries to his heart were almost completely
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  • Were almost completely clogged.
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  • Clogged. the doctor said he was only
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  • The doctor said he was only operating on 30% of what he
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  • Operating on 30% of what he should be.
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  • Should be. he eventually had open heart
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  • He eventually had open heart surgery and they removed all
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  • 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,
  • 00:22:36.912 --> 00:22:39.347
  • 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.
  • 00:22:42.884 --> 00:22:43.685
  • 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
  • 00:22:49.724 --> 00:22:51.793
  • 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
  • 00:22:54.496 --> 00:22:56.631
  • How high could you fly if you didn't have contaminants
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  • Didn't have contaminants holding you back?
  • 00:22:58.099 --> 00:22:59.468
  • 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
  • 00:23:23.358 --> 00:23:25.293
  • 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
  • 00:23:37.239 --> 00:23:38.807
  • 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
  • 00:23:47.549 --> 00:23:50.285
  • Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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  • Repent of my sins. come into my heart .i make
  • 00:23:52.821 --> 00:23:55.657
  • 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
  • 00:23:58.460 --> 00:23:59.361
  • 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
  • 00:24:16.211 --> 00:24:16.878
  • 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
  • 00:24:23.351 --> 00:24:25.220
  • 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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