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Joel Osteen - Generational Blessing

June 11, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Generational Blessing | June 11, 2026

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(applause) well, god bless you. it's
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(applause) well, god bless you. it's always a joy to come into your
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Well, god bless you. it's always a joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in our
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Always a joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in our area please stop by and be a
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Homes. if you're ever in our area please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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Area please stop by and be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you
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Part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but thanks
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in. thank
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Feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in. thank you again for coming out.
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So much for tuning in. thank you again for coming out. i like to start with something
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You again for coming out. i like to start with something funny. i heard about this
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I like to start with something funny. i heard about this minister that died. he was
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Funny. i heard about this minister that died. he was standing in line at the pearly
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Minister that died. he was standing in line at the pearly gates. the man in front of him
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Standing in line at the pearly gates. the man in front of him was dressed in a loud t-shirt,
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Gates. the man in front of him was dressed in a loud t-shirt, sunglasses and blue jeans.
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Was dressed in a loud t-shirt, sunglasses and blue jeans. saint peter asked him, "what's
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Sunglasses and blue jeans. saint peter asked him, "what's your name?" he said, "i'm joe
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Saint peter asked him, "what's your name?" he said, "i'm joe cohen. taxicab driver. new york
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Your name?" he said, "i'm joe cohen. taxicab driver. new york city." peter checked his list
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Cohen. taxicab driver. new york city." peter checked his list and handed him a gold staff,
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City." peter checked his list and handed him a gold staff, silk robe, said, "welcome to
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And handed him a gold staff, silk robe, said, "welcome to heaven." the minister stepped
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Silk robe, said, "welcome to heaven." the minister stepped up. he said, "i'm reverend
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Heaven." the minister stepped up. he said, "i'm reverend joseph snow, pastor of saint
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Up. he said, "i'm reverend joseph snow, pastor of saint mary's cathedral." peter
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Joseph snow, pastor of saint mary's cathedral." peter checked his list, handed him a
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Mary's cathedral." peter checked his list, handed him a wooden staff and cotton robe.
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Checked his list, handed him a wooden staff and cotton robe. he said, "hey, that's not right.
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Wooden staff and cotton robe. he said, "hey, that's not right. the taxicab driver got a gold
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He said, "hey, that's not right. the taxicab driver got a gold staff and this is all i got?"
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The taxicab driver got a gold staff and this is all i got?" peter said, "sir, up here we
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Staff and this is all i got?" peter said, "sir, up here we work by results. when you
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Peter said, "sir, up here we work by results. when you preached people slept
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Work by results. when you preached people slept but when he drove people
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Preached people slept but when he drove people prayed." (laughter)
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But when he drove people prayed." (laughter) hold up your bible. say it like
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Prayed." (laughter) hold up your bible. say it like you mean it.
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Hold up your bible. say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught
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I have. i can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the word of god. i boldly
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Can do. today i will be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert. my
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The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive. i will
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Confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same. in jesus'
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Heart is receptive. i will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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Name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today about generational blessings.
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I want to talk to you today about generational blessings. every right choice you make
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About generational blessings. every right choice you make you're making it easier on those
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Every right choice you make you're making it easier on those that come after you. when you
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You're making it easier on those that come after you. when you live a life of excellence and
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That come after you. when you live a life of excellence and integrity, being your best,
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Live a life of excellence and integrity, being your best, helping others, those are seeds
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Integrity, being your best, helping others, those are seeds that will not only make your
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Helping others, those are seeds that will not only make your life fuller and more rewarding
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That will not only make your life fuller and more rewarding but your children and grand-
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Life fuller and more rewarding but your children and grand- children will be better off
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But your children and grand- children will be better off because of the way you lived.
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Children will be better off because of the way you lived. no person lives or dies unto
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Because of the way you lived. no person lives or dies unto himself. the choices you are
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No person lives or dies unto himself. the choices you are making will affect your family
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Himself. the choices you are making will affect your family line for generations to come.
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Making will affect your family line for generations to come. i want my relatives to do
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Line for generations to come. i want my relatives to do great things in life because
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I want my relatives to do great things in life because of me, not in spite of me. our
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Great things in life because of me, not in spite of me. our children have enough things to
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Of me, not in spite of me. our children have enough things to overcome without having to deal
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Children have enough things to overcome without having to deal with our negative baggage. your
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Overcome without having to deal with our negative baggage. your life can either be a stepping
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With our negative baggage. your life can either be a stepping stone for your family to go
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Life can either be a stepping stone for your family to go higher or a stumbling block
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Stone for your family to go higher or a stumbling block that causes them to struggle.
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Higher or a stumbling block that causes them to struggle. negative things may have been
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That causes them to struggle. negative things may have been passed down to you but god
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Negative things may have been passed down to you but god raised you up to put an end
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Passed down to you but god raised you up to put an end to it. you can be a difference
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Raised you up to put an end to it. you can be a difference maker. we hear a lot about the
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To it. you can be a difference maker. we hear a lot about the generational curse but there's
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Maker. we hear a lot about the generational curse but there's something called a generational
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Generational curse but there's something called a generational blessing. the scripture talks
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Something called a generational blessing. the scripture talks about how you can store up
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Blessing. the scripture talks about how you can store up mercy for your children and
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About how you can store up mercy for your children and future generations. i know i
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Mercy for your children and future generations. i know i am where i am today, in part,
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Future generations. i know i am where i am today, in part, because of the way my parents
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Am where i am today, in part, because of the way my parents and grandparents have lived.
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Because of the way my parents and grandparents have lived. i am reaping a harvest from
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And grandparents have lived. i am reaping a harvest from seeds that they sowed. i met a
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I am reaping a harvest from seeds that they sowed. i met a man a while back and he told
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Seeds that they sowed. i met a man a while back and he told how as a young man he had
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Man a while back and he told how as a young man he had lost his way in life. he was
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How as a young man he had lost his way in life. he was living on the streets downtown.
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Lost his way in life. he was living on the streets downtown. my father came out of the hotel
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Living on the streets downtown. my father came out of the hotel and saw him sitting there and
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My father came out of the hotel and saw him sitting there and went over to talk to him. this
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And saw him sitting there and went over to talk to him. this young man had a dream of
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Went over to talk to him. this young man had a dream of becoming a medical doctor but
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Young man had a dream of becoming a medical doctor but he had a lot of bad breaks.
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Becoming a medical doctor but he had a lot of bad breaks. his school financing didn't go
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He had a lot of bad breaks. his school financing didn't go through. he was still hoping
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His school financing didn't go through. he was still hoping to receive a scholarship.
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Through. he was still hoping to receive a scholarship. my father handed him a $100
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To receive a scholarship. my father handed him a $100 bill and said, "you keep
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My father handed him a $100 bill and said, "you keep believing. god has great things
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Bill and said, "you keep believing. god has great things in your future." today, this
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Believing. god has great things in your future." today, this man is a very well respected
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In your future." today, this man is a very well respected successful surgeon. he stopped
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Man is a very well respected successful surgeon. he stopped by the church and said, "joel,
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Successful surgeon. he stopped by the church and said, "joel, i wouldn't be where i am
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By the church and said, "joel, i wouldn't be where i am without your father. i never
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I wouldn't be where i am without your father. i never got to tell him thank you but
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Without your father. i never got to tell him thank you but at least i wanted to tell you
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Got to tell him thank you but at least i wanted to tell you thanks." he handed me a
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At least i wanted to tell you thanks." he handed me a donation for the church, a
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Thanks." he handed me a donation for the church, a significant amount. when i
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Donation for the church, a significant amount. when i turned and walked away,
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Significant amount. when i turned and walked away, under my breath i said,
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Turned and walked away, under my breath i said, "thank you, daddy."
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Under my breath i said, "thank you, daddy." is there anything you're doing
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"thank you, daddy." is there anything you're doing that is going to cause your
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Is there anything you're doing that is going to cause your children to say, "thank you,
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That is going to cause your children to say, "thank you, daddy?" are you sowing seeds
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Children to say, "thank you, daddy?" are you sowing seeds of kindness? are you being a
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Daddy?" are you sowing seeds of kindness? are you being a blessing? are you putting an
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Of kindness? are you being a blessing? are you putting an end to negative things that
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Blessing? are you putting an end to negative things that have been passed down? back
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End to negative things that have been passed down? back in the late 1970's there was
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Have been passed down? back in the late 1970's there was a young minister that used to
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In the late 1970's there was a young minister that used to attend my father's thanksgiving
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A young minister that used to attend my father's thanksgiving conferences here at the
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Attend my father's thanksgiving conferences here at the church. this young man was
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Conferences here at the church. this young man was just getting started. he was
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Church. this young man was just getting started. he was learning how to pastor. he
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Just getting started. he was learning how to pastor. he really loved my father. he
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Learning how to pastor. he really loved my father. he listened all of my dad's tapes
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Really loved my father. he listened all of my dad's tapes and learned so much. well,
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Listened all of my dad's tapes and learned so much. well, some 20 years later my father
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And learned so much. well, some 20 years later my father went to be with the lord. now
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Some 20 years later my father went to be with the lord. now i was trying to learn how to
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Went to be with the lord. now i was trying to learn how to minister. this was all so new
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I was trying to learn how to minister. this was all so new to me. well, that young man
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Minister. this was all so new to me. well, that young man was one of my favorite
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To me. well, that young man was one of my favorite ministers - jentezen franklin.
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Was one of my favorite ministers - jentezen franklin. i used to listen to his cds, be
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Ministers - jentezen franklin. i used to listen to his cds, be so inspired. that's what helped
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I used to listen to his cds, be so inspired. that's what helped me to get started. my father
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So inspired. that's what helped me to get started. my father sowed into his life now he was
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Me to get started. my father sowed into his life now he was sowing into my life. my dad
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Sowed into his life now he was sowing into my life. my dad didn't reap that harvest. his
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Sowing into my life. my dad didn't reap that harvest. his son did. there are some seeds
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Didn't reap that harvest. his son did. there are some seeds that you sow, some people
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Son did. there are some seeds that you sow, some people that you're helping, you won't
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That you sow, some people that you're helping, you won't reap the fullness of that
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That you're helping, you won't reap the fullness of that harvest. god designed it for
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Reap the fullness of that harvest. god designed it for your children, for your
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Harvest. god designed it for your children, for your grandchildren. it's a
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Your children, for your grandchildren. it's a generational blessing. see,
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Grandchildren. it's a generational blessing. see, you didn't get to where you
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Generational blessing. see, you didn't get to where you are by yourself. somebody
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You didn't get to where you are by yourself. somebody prayed. somebody made
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Are by yourself. somebody prayed. somebody made sacrifices. somebody sowed
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Prayed. somebody made sacrifices. somebody sowed a seed of kindness and you
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Sacrifices. somebody sowed a seed of kindness and you got that good break. you
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A seed of kindness and you got that good break. you thought you were lucky. it was
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Got that good break. you thought you were lucky. it was a coincidence. no, it happened
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Thought you were lucky. it was a coincidence. no, it happened because you had a praying
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A coincidence. no, it happened because you had a praying mother. you had a grandfather
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Because you had a praying mother. you had a grandfather that was always helping people,
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Mother. you had a grandfather that was always helping people, a great-grandfather you never
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That was always helping people, a great-grandfather you never met but he sacrificed. he
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A great-grandfather you never met but he sacrificed. he persevered. now you're reaping
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Met but he sacrificed. he persevered. now you're reaping from some of those seeds. the
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Persevered. now you're reaping from some of those seeds. the scripture talks about how
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From some of those seeds. the scripture talks about how having a godly heritage is
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Scripture talks about how having a godly heritage is better than having great
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Having a godly heritage is better than having great wealth. you can leave your
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Better than having great wealth. you can leave your children money, cars, houses.
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Wealth. you can leave your children money, cars, houses. that's great. i'm all for that.
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Children money, cars, houses. that's great. i'm all for that. but when you leave them a godly
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That's great. i'm all for that. but when you leave them a godly heritage, when you model a life
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But when you leave them a godly heritage, when you model a life of excellence and integrity,
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Heritage, when you model a life of excellence and integrity, that's worth more than any
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Of excellence and integrity, that's worth more than any material thing you could ever
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That's worth more than any material thing you could ever leave them. (applause)
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Material thing you could ever leave them. (applause) god's blessing on their life
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Leave them. (applause) god's blessing on their life will cause them to go further
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God's blessing on their life will cause them to go further than if they had all the money
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Will cause them to go further than if they had all the money in the world. you can have less
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Than if they had all the money in the world. you can have less resources but with this
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In the world. you can have less resources but with this generational blessing,
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Resources but with this generational blessing, opportunity, increase,
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Generational blessing, opportunity, increase, the right people will be
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Opportunity, increase, the right people will be attracted to you. you'll look
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The right people will be attracted to you. you'll look up and think, "how did i get
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Attracted to you. you'll look up and think, "how did i get to where i am? i didn't have
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Up and think, "how did i get to where i am? i didn't have the connections, the
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To where i am? i didn't have the connections, the resources, the talent."
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The connections, the resources, the talent." what happened? you stepped in
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Resources, the talent." what happened? you stepped in to a generational blessing.
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What happened? you stepped in to a generational blessing. in the old testament, joshua
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To a generational blessing. in the old testament, joshua and the israelites were
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In the old testament, joshua and the israelites were fighting a battle with the
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And the israelites were fighting a battle with the amalekites. moses was up on
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Fighting a battle with the amalekites. moses was up on a hill holding up his rod in
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Amalekites. moses was up on a hill holding up his rod in the air. as long as his hands
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A hill holding up his rod in the air. as long as his hands were up the israelites were
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The air. as long as his hands were up the israelites were winning. when he got tired and
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Were up the israelites were winning. when he got tired and put his hands down the
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Winning. when he got tired and put his hands down the amalekites started winning.
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Put his hands down the amalekites started winning. a couple of men noticed what
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Amalekites started winning. a couple of men noticed what was going on and they helped
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A couple of men noticed what was going on and they helped him hold his hands in the air.
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Was going on and they helped him hold his hands in the air. but what i want us to see is
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Him hold his hands in the air. but what i want us to see is joshua was down there winning.
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But what i want us to see is joshua was down there winning. he didn't realize the only
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Joshua was down there winning. he didn't realize the only reason he was winning is
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He didn't realize the only reason he was winning is because moses had his hands
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Reason he was winning is because moses had his hands in the air. if moses hadn't
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Because moses had his hands in the air. if moses hadn't done his part the israelites
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In the air. if moses hadn't done his part the israelites would've been defeated.
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Done his part the israelites would've been defeated. in the book of hebrews it
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Would've been defeated. in the book of hebrews it talks about how a man by the
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In the book of hebrews it talks about how a man by the name of levi paid tithes and
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Talks about how a man by the name of levi paid tithes and offerings while he was in his
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Name of levi paid tithes and offerings while he was in his grandfather's loins.
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Offerings while he was in his grandfather's loins. in other words, before he was
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Grandfather's loins. in other words, before he was born. before he showed up,
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In other words, before he was born. before he showed up, god credited tithes and
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Born. before he showed up, god credited tithes and offerings to him all because
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God credited tithes and offerings to him all because his grandfather was a giver.
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Offerings to him all because his grandfather was a giver. when you give, god will not
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His grandfather was a giver. when you give, god will not only bless you but he will
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When you give, god will not only bless you but he will credit your children and
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Only bless you but he will credit your children and your grandchildren.
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Credit your children and your grandchildren. i have a little notebook that
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Your grandchildren. i have a little notebook that my grandfather kept a record
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I have a little notebook that my grandfather kept a record of all of his giving. for over
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My grandfather kept a record of all of his giving. for over 50 years he wrote down every
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Of all of his giving. for over 50 years he wrote down every gift. you can read,
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50 years he wrote down every gift. you can read, "1963: $7.00 to the lakewood
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Gift. you can read, "1963: $7.00 to the lakewood building fund. $10 to central
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"1963: $7.00 to the lakewood building fund. $10 to central baptist church." on and on.
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Building fund. $10 to central baptist church." on and on. no wonder i'm blessed today.
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Baptist church." on and on. no wonder i'm blessed today. no wonder i'm seeing god's
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No wonder i'm blessed today. no wonder i'm seeing god's favor. somebody went before
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No wonder i'm seeing god's favor. somebody went before me that was a giver. (applause)
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Favor. somebody went before me that was a giver. (applause) now god is honoring him by
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Me that was a giver. (applause) now god is honoring him by honoring me. i can say, "thank
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Now god is honoring him by honoring me. i can say, "thank you, granddaddy. thank you,
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Honoring me. i can say, "thank you, granddaddy. thank you, grandmother. you paid the
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You, granddaddy. thank you, grandmother. you paid the price. now i'm being blessed."
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Grandmother. you paid the price. now i'm being blessed." my mother turned 81 years
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Price. now i'm being blessed." my mother turned 81 years old last week. she had her
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My mother turned 81 years old last week. she had her birthday. (applause) she
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Old last week. she had her birthday. (applause) she raised five of us kids growing
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Birthday. (applause) she raised five of us kids growing up. my brother paul, of course,
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Raised five of us kids growing up. my brother paul, of course, was like raising five extra
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Up. my brother paul, of course, was like raising five extra kids. (laughter) but i thought
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Was like raising five extra kids. (laughter) but i thought about how many thousands of
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Kids. (laughter) but i thought about how many thousands of hot meals she must have
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About how many thousands of hot meals she must have cooked for us. i mean, heating
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Hot meals she must have cooked for us. i mean, heating up those tv dinners was a lot
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Cooked for us. i mean, heating up those tv dinners was a lot of work. (laughter)
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Up those tv dinners was a lot of work. (laughter) but we never left for school,
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Of work. (laughter) but we never left for school, seriously, without having
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But we never left for school, seriously, without having a hot breakfast, without
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Seriously, without having a hot breakfast, without having her pray for favor and
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A hot breakfast, without having her pray for favor and protection over us. every day
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Having her pray for favor and protection over us. every day i saw my parents reading their
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Protection over us. every day i saw my parents reading their bible. now all of us kids read
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I saw my parents reading their bible. now all of us kids read our bible. our children don't
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Bible. now all of us kids read our bible. our children don't leave without us praying
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Our bible. our children don't leave without us praying the blessing over them.
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Leave without us praying the blessing over them. that generational blessing
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The blessing over them. that generational blessing keeps getting passed down.
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That generational blessing keeps getting passed down. i can say, "thank you,
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Keeps getting passed down. i can say, "thank you, mother." we didn't get here by
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I can say, "thank you, mother." we didn't get here by ourselves. god had people
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Mother." we didn't get here by ourselves. god had people watching after you before you
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Ourselves. god had people watching after you before you even showed up (applause)
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Watching after you before you even showed up (applause) while you were still in your
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Even showed up (applause) while you were still in your mother's womb, doctors and
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While you were still in your mother's womb, doctors and nurses were taking care of
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Mother's womb, doctors and nurses were taking care of you. most likely, your parents
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Nurses were taking care of you. most likely, your parents believed and prayed many
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You. most likely, your parents believed and prayed many years before you were even
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Believed and prayed many years before you were even conceived, waiting for you.
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Years before you were even conceived, waiting for you. you had grandparents and
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Conceived, waiting for you. you had grandparents and relatives that worked hard.
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You had grandparents and relatives that worked hard. they made sacrifices knowing
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Relatives that worked hard. they made sacrifices knowing one day their granddaughter,
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They made sacrifices knowing one day their granddaughter, their great-grandson, would
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One day their granddaughter, their great-grandson, would show up. you are the answer
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Their great-grandson, would show up. you are the answer to their prayer. you're living
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Show up. you are the answer to their prayer. you're living in the day they dreamed about.
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To their prayer. you're living in the day they dreamed about. they wanted your life to be
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In the day they dreamed about. they wanted your life to be better. now, don't take for
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They wanted your life to be better. now, don't take for granted the price that they
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Better. now, don't take for granted the price that they paid. because of them you're
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Granted the price that they paid. because of them you're experiencing generational
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Paid. because of them you're experiencing generational blessings. how this should
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Experiencing generational blessings. how this should inspire us to be our best, to
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Blessings. how this should inspire us to be our best, to break free from things that are
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Inspire us to be our best, to break free from things that are holding us back, to dream
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Break free from things that are holding us back, to dream bigger, to see each day as a
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Holding us back, to dream bigger, to see each day as a gift. they passed the baton
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Bigger, to see each day as a gift. they passed the baton to us. let's not drop it. let's
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Gift. they passed the baton to us. let's not drop it. let's not settle and live mediocre.
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To us. let's not drop it. let's not settle and live mediocre. let's push forward. let's take
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Not settle and live mediocre. let's push forward. let's take new ground. let's break
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Let's push forward. let's take new ground. let's break barriers that have held us
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New ground. let's break barriers that have held us back. you may not be able to
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Barriers that have held us back. you may not be able to see them, but right now up in
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Back. you may not be able to see them, but right now up in heaven your relatives cheering
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See them, but right now up in heaven your relatives cheering you on. in that great cloud of
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Heaven your relatives cheering you on. in that great cloud of witnesses there are parents,
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You on. in that great cloud of witnesses there are parents, grandparents, generations
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Witnesses there are parents, grandparents, generations that have gone before you.
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Grandparents, generations that have gone before you. they're saying, "go further.
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That have gone before you. they're saying, "go further. climb new mountains. set a new
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They're saying, "go further. climb new mountains. set a new standard. this is your day.
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Climb new mountains. set a new standard. this is your day. this is your time. all of what
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Standard. this is your day. this is your time. all of what we are has been poured into
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This is your time. all of what we are has been poured into you."
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We are has been poured into you." now don't let the sacrifices
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You." now don't let the sacrifices they've made go to waste. make
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Now don't let the sacrifices they've made go to waste. make them proud. they're watching
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They've made go to waste. make them proud. they're watching you.
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Them proud. they're watching you. this
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You. this is what happened with david.
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This is what happened with david. he had a dream to build the
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Is what happened with david. he had a dream to build the temple. he cut down the cedars
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He had a dream to build the temple. he cut down the cedars of lebanon, raised the funds;
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Temple. he cut down the cedars of lebanon, raised the funds; got everything lined up. but
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Of lebanon, raised the funds; got everything lined up. but god said, "david, no; i put
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Got everything lined up. but god said, "david, no; i put that dream in you to lay the
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God said, "david, no; i put that dream in you to lay the foundation. i want your son,
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That dream in you to lay the foundation. i want your son, solomon, to build it." david
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Foundation. i want your son, solomon, to build it." david saw further than he could
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Solomon, to build it." david saw further than he could go. solomon stepped into a
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Saw further than he could go. solomon stepped into a generational blessing and he
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Go. solomon stepped into a generational blessing and he built the temple.
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Generational blessing and he built the temple. young people, you have a
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Built the temple. young people, you have a responsibility. your parents,
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Young people, you have a responsibility. your parents, your grandparents, they
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Responsibility. your parents, your grandparents, they worked hard. there are
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Your grandparents, they worked hard. there are blessings they did not receive
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Worked hard. there are blessings they did not receive because god has them stored
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Blessings they did not receive because god has them stored up for you. they've been
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Because god has them stored up for you. they've been accruing in your account.
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Up for you. they've been accruing in your account. whether you're eight years
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Accruing in your account. whether you're eight years old or 80 years old don't be
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Whether you're eight years old or 80 years old don't be lazy, indifferent, compromise.
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Old or 80 years old don't be lazy, indifferent, compromise. your family worked too hard
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Lazy, indifferent, compromise. your family worked too hard for you to not take care of
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Your family worked too hard for you to not take care of and appreciate what's coming
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For you to not take care of and appreciate what's coming your way. (applause)
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And appreciate what's coming your way. (applause) some of them worked out in
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Your way. (applause) some of them worked out in the fields. they weren't
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Some of them worked out in the fields. they weren't treated right. they went
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The fields. they weren't treated right. they went through great injustice,
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Treated right. they went through great injustice, sleepless nights, made
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Through great injustice, sleepless nights, made sacrifices that we don't have
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Sleepless nights, made sacrifices that we don't have to make today. don't take for
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Sacrifices that we don't have to make today. don't take for granted the price that they
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To make today. don't take for granted the price that they paid. you have a responsibility
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Granted the price that they paid. you have a responsibility to not just enjoy the blessing
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Paid. you have a responsibility to not just enjoy the blessing but to go further. god's
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To not just enjoy the blessing but to go further. god's dream is that every generation
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But to go further. god's dream is that every generation increase. it's not enough to
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Dream is that every generation increase. it's not enough to just settle where your
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Increase. it's not enough to just settle where your parents and grandparents are.
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Just settle where your parents and grandparents are. that's the easy way out. you
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Parents and grandparents are. that's the easy way out. you have generations of wisdom,
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That's the easy way out. you have generations of wisdom, perseverance, hard work,
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Have generations of wisdom, perseverance, hard work, that's been passed down to you.
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Perseverance, hard work, that's been passed down to you. after all, our ancestors made
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That's been passed down to you. after all, our ancestors made it without air-conditioning,
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After all, our ancestors made it without air-conditioning, without smart phones, without
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It without air-conditioning, without smart phones, without beautiful buildings, without
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Without smart phones, without beautiful buildings, without the internet. we have no excuse
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Beautiful buildings, without the internet. we have no excuse to not go further. (applause)
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The internet. we have no excuse to not go further. (applause) when my father died, i took
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To not go further. (applause) when my father died, i took over the church. i was 36
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When my father died, i took over the church. i was 36 years old. most pastors at
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Over the church. i was 36 years old. most pastors at that age would be trying to
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Years old. most pastors at that age would be trying to get their first building,
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That age would be trying to get their first building, trying to build their
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Get their first building, trying to build their foundation. i had friends that
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Trying to build their foundation. i had friends that were pastors. they were
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Foundation. i had friends that were pastors. they were meeting in high school
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Were pastors. they were meeting in high school auditoriums, had a couple
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Meeting in high school auditoriums, had a couple hundred people. but my father
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Auditoriums, had a couple hundred people. but my father put me 40 years down the road.
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Hundred people. but my father put me 40 years down the road. i didn't have to start from
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Put me 40 years down the road. i didn't have to start from scratch. we already had an
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I didn't have to start from scratch. we already had an 8,000-seat sanctuary.
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Scratch. we already had an 8,000-seat sanctuary. thousands of people coming.
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8,000-seat sanctuary. thousands of people coming. plus, the church was debt-free.
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Thousands of people coming. plus, the church was debt-free. my dad left us plenty of
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Plus, the church was debt-free. my dad left us plenty of funds in the bank. when we
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My dad left us plenty of funds in the bank. when we signed the original lease for
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Funds in the bank. when we signed the original lease for this place it was $12 million
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Signed the original lease for this place it was $12 million dollars. we were able to pay
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This place it was $12 million dollars. we were able to pay cash for that because of
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Dollars. we were able to pay cash for that because of what my father had left.
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Cash for that because of what my father had left. (applause) my dad was raised
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What my father had left. (applause) my dad was raised during the great depression.
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(applause) my dad was raised during the great depression. his father picked cotton for
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During the great depression. his father picked cotton for a living. his mother made
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His father picked cotton for a living. his mother made 10 cents an hour washing
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A living. his mother made 10 cents an hour washing people's clothes. that's how
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10 cents an hour washing people's clothes. that's how they spent their lives.
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People's clothes. that's how they spent their lives. hard-working dedicated people.
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They spent their lives. hard-working dedicated people. my father came out of such
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Hard-working dedicated people. my father came out of such poverty and lack that he was
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My father came out of such poverty and lack that he was very frugal, very conservative.
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Poverty and lack that he was very frugal, very conservative. he would walk the halls of the
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Very frugal, very conservative. he would walk the halls of the office at the old church at
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He would walk the halls of the office at the old church at night and make sure every
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Office at the old church at night and make sure every light switch was turned off.
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Night and make sure every light switch was turned off. if he saw a paperclip on the
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Light switch was turned off. if he saw a paperclip on the ground he would pick it up,
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If he saw a paperclip on the ground he would pick it up, not throw it away, put it on
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Ground he would pick it up, not throw it away, put it on somebody's desk. but because
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Not throw it away, put it on somebody's desk. but because of the sacrifices he made and
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Somebody's desk. but because of the sacrifices he made and the faithful members that gave
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Of the sacrifices he made and the faithful members that gave generously back then, now we
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The faithful members that gave generously back then, now we are sitting in this beautiful
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Generously back then, now we are sitting in this beautiful building. it's a generational
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Are sitting in this beautiful building. it's a generational blessing. (applause)
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Building. it's a generational blessing. (applause) when we first moved in back
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Blessing. (applause) when we first moved in back in 2005 i had pastor friends
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When we first moved in back in 2005 i had pastor friends that wanted to come see it.
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In 2005 i had pastor friends that wanted to come see it. i was almost a little
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That wanted to come see it. i was almost a little embarrassed. it's so big, so
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I was almost a little embarrassed. it's so big, so beautiful and i was younger
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Embarrassed. it's so big, so beautiful and i was younger than most of them. i didn't
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Beautiful and i was younger than most of them. i didn't want it to seem like we were
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Than most of them. i didn't want it to seem like we were showing off and so i would try
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Want it to seem like we were showing off and so i would try to downplay it. one day i
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Showing off and so i would try to downplay it. one day i realized, number one, i'm not
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To downplay it. one day i realized, number one, i'm not bragging on us. i'm bragging on
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Realized, number one, i'm not bragging on us. i'm bragging on the greatness of god.
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Bragging on us. i'm bragging on the greatness of god. (applause)
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The greatness of god. (applause) and number two, my parents
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(applause) and number two, my parents and grandparents worked too
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And number two, my parents and grandparents worked too hard to downplay what god
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And grandparents worked too hard to downplay what god has done. they sacrificed too
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Hard to downplay what god has done. they sacrificed too much. made 10 cents an hour.
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Has done. they sacrificed too much. made 10 cents an hour. picked cotton until their
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Much. made 10 cents an hour. picked cotton until their fingers bled. believed when
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Picked cotton until their fingers bled. believed when they didn't see a way. prayed
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Fingers bled. believed when they didn't see a way. prayed for the funds. i've learned you
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They didn't see a way. prayed for the funds. i've learned you don't have to apologize for
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For the funds. i've learned you don't have to apologize for god's goodness. wear your
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Don't have to apologize for god's goodness. wear your blessings well. (applause)
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God's goodness. wear your blessings well. (applause) you too have family members
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Blessings well. (applause) you too have family members that endured great hardships.
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You too have family members that endured great hardships. they struggled so that your
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That endured great hardships. they struggled so that your life could be better. a mom
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They struggled so that your life could be better. a mom that sacrificed her dream so
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Life could be better. a mom that sacrificed her dream so she could pour into you.
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That sacrificed her dream so she could pour into you. parents that they didn't buy
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She could pour into you. parents that they didn't buy what they wanted so they
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Parents that they didn't buy what they wanted so they could send you to college.
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What they wanted so they could send you to college. a dad that worked two jobs
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Could send you to college. a dad that worked two jobs to make ends meet. don't
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A dad that worked two jobs to make ends meet. don't apologize for what god has
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To make ends meet. don't apologize for what god has done. your relatives put blood,
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Apologize for what god has done. your relatives put blood, sweat and tears to get you
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Done. your relatives put blood, sweat and tears to get you to where you are. wear your
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Sweat and tears to get you to where you are. wear your blessings well. (applause)
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To where you are. wear your blessings well. (applause) see, sometimes, it's like
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Blessings well. (applause) see, sometimes, it's like people come in at the end
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See, sometimes, it's like people come in at the end of the movie. they see you
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People come in at the end of the movie. they see you blessed, prosperous, living
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Of the movie. they see you blessed, prosperous, living your dreams and they judge
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Blessed, prosperous, living your dreams and they judge you by where you are right
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Your dreams and they judge you by where you are right there. the problem is they
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You by where you are right there. the problem is they didn't see the first part of
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There. the problem is they didn't see the first part of the movie. well, you say,
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Didn't see the first part of the movie. well, you say, "joel, god has blessed you
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The movie. well, you say, "joel, god has blessed you with that big church. you've
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"joel, god has blessed you with that big church. you've got that big ministry."
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With that big church. you've got that big ministry." yes, but you didn't see my
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Got that big ministry." yes, but you didn't see my grandparents making 10 cents
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Yes, but you didn't see my grandparents making 10 cents an hour. you didn't see my
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Grandparents making 10 cents an hour. you didn't see my father preaching to 90 people
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An hour. you didn't see my father preaching to 90 people year after year in an old
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Father preaching to 90 people year after year in an old rundown feed store. you didn't
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Year after year in an old rundown feed store. you didn't see my siblings and i sweeping
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Rundown feed store. you didn't see my siblings and i sweeping out the church. as little kids
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See my siblings and i sweeping out the church. as little kids we used to come up and clean
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Out the church. as little kids we used to come up and clean out the building. my father
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We used to come up and clean out the building. my father wasn't just the pastor. he
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Out the building. my father wasn't just the pastor. he was the janitor, the
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Wasn't just the pastor. he was the janitor, the landscaper, the soundman,
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Was the janitor, the landscaper, the soundman, the secretary. when you have
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Landscaper, the soundman, the secretary. when you have 90 people you do it all.
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The secretary. when you have 90 people you do it all. isaiah said god will give you
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90 people you do it all. isaiah said god will give you beauty for your ashes.
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Isaiah said god will give you beauty for your ashes. sometimes people see your
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Beauty for your ashes. sometimes people see your beauty and they get jealous,
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Sometimes people see your beauty and they get jealous, envious, "i don't think they
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Beauty and they get jealous, envious, "i don't think they deserve that." but i'm
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Envious, "i don't think they deserve that." but i'm convinced if they ever saw
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Deserve that." but i'm convinced if they ever saw your ashes they would be
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Convinced if they ever saw your ashes they would be happy for your beauty. if they
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Your ashes they would be happy for your beauty. if they could see how the generation
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Happy for your beauty. if they could see how the generation before you sacrificed, gave
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Could see how the generation before you sacrificed, gave when they didn't have much,
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Before you sacrificed, gave when they didn't have much, came when they didn't feel
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When they didn't have much, came when they didn't feel like it, helped others when
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Came when they didn't feel like it, helped others when they really needed help, if
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Like it, helped others when they really needed help, if they could see your ashes,
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They really needed help, if they could see your ashes, they would celebrate what
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They could see your ashes, they would celebrate what god has done in your life.
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They would celebrate what god has done in your life. (applause)
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God has done in your life. (applause) in the book of joel it talks
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(applause) in the book of joel it talks about how we should receive
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In the book of joel it talks about how we should receive the former rain and the latter
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About how we should receive the former rain and the latter rain. the latter rain is god
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The former rain and the latter rain. the latter rain is god blessing you because you're
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Rain. the latter rain is god blessing you because you're using your gifts and talents,
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Blessing you because you're using your gifts and talents, making the most of your
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Using your gifts and talents, making the most of your opportunities. you're doing
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Making the most of your opportunities. you're doing your part. that's the latter
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Opportunities. you're doing your part. that's the latter rain. but it's time to start
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Your part. that's the latter rain. but it's time to start believing for the former rain.
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Rain. but it's time to start believing for the former rain. that's all the blessings that
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Believing for the former rain. that's all the blessings that are stored up in your family's
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That's all the blessings that are stored up in your family's account. that's the favor that
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Are stored up in your family's account. that's the favor that should have been your relatives
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Account. that's the favor that should have been your relatives but they never saw it. i know
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Should have been your relatives but they never saw it. i know right now i am being paid back
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But they never saw it. i know right now i am being paid back for my grandparents working
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Right now i am being paid back for my grandparents working so hard but receiving so little.
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For my grandparents working so hard but receiving so little. they didn't get what they
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So hard but receiving so little. they didn't get what they deserved but god is a god of
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They didn't get what they deserved but god is a god of justice. now their grandson
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Deserved but god is a god of justice. now their grandson and their grandchildren are
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Justice. now their grandson and their grandchildren are receiving what belonged to
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And their grandchildren are receiving what belonged to them. you too had family
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Receiving what belonged to them. you too had family members that honored god.
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Them. you too had family members that honored god. you may not have ever met
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Members that honored god. you may not have ever met them but you had people that
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You may not have ever met them but you had people that stored up mercy, favor, honor;
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Them but you had people that stored up mercy, favor, honor; increase. it's been accruing in
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Stored up mercy, favor, honor; increase. it's been accruing in your account. our attitude
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Increase. it's been accruing in your account. our attitude should be, "lord, i want to
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Your account. our attitude should be, "lord, i want to thank you that you are
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Should be, "lord, i want to thank you that you are releasing everything that
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Thank you that you are releasing everything that belongs to my family."
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Releasing everything that belongs to my family." (applause)
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Belongs to my family." (applause) in deuteronomy it says,
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(applause) in deuteronomy it says, "may the lord god of your
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In deuteronomy it says, "may the lord god of your fathers make you 1,000 times
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"may the lord god of your fathers make you 1,000 times more than you are." notice,
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Fathers make you 1,000 times more than you are." notice, the god of your fathers. when
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More than you are." notice, the god of your fathers. when you have a godly heritage, god
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The god of your fathers. when you have a godly heritage, god can increase you in ways you've
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You have a godly heritage, god can increase you in ways you've never imagined. if you had a
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Can increase you in ways you've never imagined. if you had a praying mother you should
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Never imagined. if you had a praying mother you should thank god every day. if you
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Praying mother you should thank god every day. if you had grandparents that took
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Thank god every day. if you had grandparents that took you to church when you were
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Had grandparents that took you to church when you were growing up you may not have
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You to church when you were growing up you may not have liked it, thought it was wasting
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Growing up you may not have liked it, thought it was wasting your time. the truth is, it was
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Liked it, thought it was wasting your time. the truth is, it was storing up favor in your
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Your time. the truth is, it was storing up favor in your account. those are the seeds
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Storing up favor in your account. those are the seeds god is going to use to increase
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Account. those are the seeds god is going to use to increase you 1,000 times more than you
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God is going to use to increase you 1,000 times more than you are. in the coming days you're
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You 1,000 times more than you are. in the coming days you're going to stumble into
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Are. in the coming days you're going to stumble into blessings, stumble into favor.
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Going to stumble into blessings, stumble into favor. you think, "where did that come
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Blessings, stumble into favor. you think, "where did that come from? i didn't deserve that."
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You think, "where did that come from? i didn't deserve that." that's the former rain. that's
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From? i didn't deserve that." that's the former rain. that's god releasing generational
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That's the former rain. that's god releasing generational blessings. you're going to
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God releasing generational blessings. you're going to have wisdom beyond your years.
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Blessings. you're going to have wisdom beyond your years. people are going to ask, "how
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Have wisdom beyond your years. people are going to ask, "how did he get so smart? how did
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People are going to ask, "how did he get so smart? how did she know that?" it's not just
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Did he get so smart? how did she know that?" it's not just the books, not just the
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She know that?" it's not just the books, not just the university. that's the wisdom
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The books, not just the university. that's the wisdom of your fathers helping you
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University. that's the wisdom of your fathers helping you to go to a new level of your
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Of your fathers helping you to go to a new level of your destiny. you're going to
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To go to a new level of your destiny. you're going to accomplish dreams that didn't
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Destiny. you're going to accomplish dreams that didn't originate with you, like i did
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Accomplish dreams that didn't originate with you, like i did with this facility. increase
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Originate with you, like i did with this facility. increase and favor because a loved one
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With this facility. increase and favor because a loved one laid the groundwork. those
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And favor because a loved one laid the groundwork. those are the houses that you didn't
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Laid the groundwork. those are the houses that you didn't have to build, the vineyards
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Are the houses that you didn't have to build, the vineyards that you didn't have to plant.
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Have to build, the vineyards that you didn't have to plant. god has generational blessings
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That you didn't have to plant. god has generational blessings stored up that he is about to
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God has generational blessings stored up that he is about to release in your life. well, you
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Stored up that he is about to release in your life. well, you say, "joel, this all sounds
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Release in your life. well, you say, "joel, this all sounds good but i don't know any
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Say, "joel, this all sounds good but i don't know any family members as far back as
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Good but i don't know any family members as far back as i can see that honored god.
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Family members as far back as i can see that honored god. i don't think this is going to
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I can see that honored god. i don't think this is going to happen for me." no, you can be
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I don't think this is going to happen for me." no, you can be the first. god raised you up to
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Happen for me." no, you can be the first. god raised you up to get it started. (applause)
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The first. god raised you up to get it started. (applause) here's the beauty. the one
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Get it started. (applause) here's the beauty. the one that breaks the curse gets
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Here's the beauty. the one that breaks the curse gets paid back for everything that
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That breaks the curse gets paid back for everything that should have been yours.
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Paid back for everything that should have been yours. (applause)
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Should have been yours. (applause) now, don't settle for things
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(applause) now, don't settle for things that you know are holding you
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Now, don't settle for things that you know are holding you back: addictions, compromising,
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That you know are holding you back: addictions, compromising, taking the easy way out. be a
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Back: addictions, compromising, taking the easy way out. be a difference maker. draw the
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Taking the easy way out. be a difference maker. draw the line in the sand and say,
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Difference maker. draw the line in the sand and say, "that's it. this is a new day.
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Line in the sand and say, "that's it. this is a new day. as for me and my house we
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"that's it. this is a new day. as for me and my house we will serve the lord."
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As for me and my house we will serve the lord." (applause)
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Will serve the lord." (applause) in the old testament it talks
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(applause) in the old testament it talks about the god of abraham,
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In the old testament it talks about the god of abraham, isaac and jacob. they
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About the god of abraham, isaac and jacob. they understood the power of the
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Isaac and jacob. they understood the power of the generational blessing. there
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Understood the power of the generational blessing. there is something significant about
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Generational blessing. there is something significant about three generations honoring
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Is something significant about three generations honoring god. the scripture says,
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Three generations honoring god. the scripture says, "a threefold cord cannot be
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God. the scripture says, "a threefold cord cannot be broken." if you can get your
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"a threefold cord cannot be broken." if you can get your father and your son along
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Broken." if you can get your father and your son along with yourself, or your mother
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Father and your son along with yourself, or your mother and your grandmother, when
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With yourself, or your mother and your grandmother, when there's three in a row that
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And your grandmother, when there's three in a row that blessing is multiplied. my
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There's three in a row that blessing is multiplied. my father was raised in a family
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Blessing is multiplied. my father was raised in a family that didn't know anything
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Father was raised in a family that didn't know anything about god. they were good
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That didn't know anything about god. they were good hard-working people like i
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About god. they were good hard-working people like i mentioned but he didn't have
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Hard-working people like i mentioned but he didn't have any kind of spiritual
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Mentioned but he didn't have any kind of spiritual upbringing. but at the age
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Any kind of spiritual upbringing. but at the age of 17, walking home from a
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Upbringing. but at the age of 17, walking home from a night club at 2 o'clock in the
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Of 17, walking home from a night club at 2 o'clock in the morning my dad made the
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Night club at 2 o'clock in the morning my dad made the decision, "i'm not going to
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Morning my dad made the decision, "i'm not going to live like this anymore. i'm
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Decision, "i'm not going to live like this anymore. i'm going to give my life to
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Live like this anymore. i'm going to give my life to christ." he was the first one
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Going to give my life to christ." he was the first one in our immediate family to
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Christ." he was the first one in our immediate family to honor god. now, all of his
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In our immediate family to honor god. now, all of his children and grandchildren
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Honor god. now, all of his children and grandchildren are honoring god. because of
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Children and grandchildren are honoring god. because of the decision he made i can
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Are honoring god. because of the decision he made i can now say, "he is the god of
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The decision he made i can now say, "he is the god of john osteen, the god of joel
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Now say, "he is the god of john osteen, the god of joel osteen and of my son, the
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John osteen, the god of joel osteen and of my son, the god of jonathan osteen."
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Osteen and of my son, the god of jonathan osteen." when there are three in a
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God of jonathan osteen." when there are three in a row that's a powerful thing.
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When there are three in a row that's a powerful thing. (applause)
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Row that's a powerful thing. (applause) when you need favor, when you
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(applause) when you need favor, when you need a breakthrough, you can
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When you need favor, when you need a breakthrough, you can say, "god, my father honored
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Need a breakthrough, you can say, "god, my father honored you. i honor you. my son
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Say, "god, my father honored you. i honor you. my son honors you." that gets god's
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You. i honor you. my son honors you." that gets god's attention. now you may have
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Honors you." that gets god's attention. now you may have to start this for your family
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Attention. now you may have to start this for your family like my father did. or your
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To start this for your family like my father did. or your job may be to keep it going
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Like my father did. or your job may be to keep it going for your family. your parents
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Job may be to keep it going for your family. your parents and grandparents honored
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For your family. your parents and grandparents honored god. are you going to break
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And grandparents honored god. are you going to break it? are you going to make it
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God. are you going to break it? are you going to make it more difficult on your
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It? are you going to make it more difficult on your children? don't drop the ball.
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More difficult on your children? don't drop the ball. too much is at stake. they
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Children? don't drop the ball. too much is at stake. they worked too hard to get you
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Too much is at stake. they worked too hard to get you to where you are. with the
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Worked too hard to get you to where you are. with the decisions you make, your
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To where you are. with the decisions you make, your children, future generations,
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Decisions you make, your children, future generations, are either going to be better
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Children, future generations, are either going to be better off, further down the road,
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Are either going to be better off, further down the road, or they're going to have to
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Off, further down the road, or they're going to have to struggle and try to overcome
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Or they're going to have to struggle and try to overcome things that you can defeat
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Struggle and try to overcome things that you can defeat right now. you have the power
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Things that you can defeat right now. you have the power to put a stop to anything
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Right now. you have the power to put a stop to anything that's holding you back.
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To put a stop to anything that's holding you back. no addiction is too strong
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That's holding you back. no addiction is too strong for you. no enemy is too
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No addiction is too strong for you. no enemy is too powerful. no obstacle is too
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For you. no enemy is too powerful. no obstacle is too high. you have the most
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Powerful. no obstacle is too high. you have the most powerful force in the universe
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High. you have the most powerful force in the universe on the inside. now take a
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Powerful force in the universe on the inside. now take a stand for your family.
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On the inside. now take a stand for your family. (applause)
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Stand for your family. (applause) somebody did it for you. just
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(applause) somebody did it for you. just like moses held up his hands
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Somebody did it for you. just like moses held up his hands for joshua, hold up your hands
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Like moses held up his hands for joshua, hold up your hands so that somebody else can win.
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For joshua, hold up your hands so that somebody else can win. the psalmist said our life is
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So that somebody else can win. the psalmist said our life is like a mist. we're here for a
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The psalmist said our life is like a mist. we're here for a moment, then we're gone.
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Like a mist. we're here for a moment, then we're gone. you can't afford to put this
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Moment, then we're gone. you can't afford to put this off. this is the time to step
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You can't afford to put this off. this is the time to step into your destiny. your
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Off. this is the time to step into your destiny. your relatives are cheering you on
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Into your destiny. your relatives are cheering you on saying, "you go, girl. you go,
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Relatives are cheering you on saying, "you go, girl. you go, boy. make me proud. do
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Saying, "you go, girl. you go, boy. make me proud. do something great. give it your
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Boy. make me proud. do something great. give it your best." (applause)
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Something great. give it your best." (applause) i know many of you have
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Best." (applause) i know many of you have honored god. you've been
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I know many of you have honored god. you've been faithful. you've seen the
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Honored god. you've been faithful. you've seen the latter rain but you haven't
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Faithful. you've seen the latter rain but you haven't seen anything yet. god is about
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Latter rain but you haven't seen anything yet. god is about to release the former rain.
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Seen anything yet. god is about to release the former rain. the increase, the favor, the
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To release the former rain. the increase, the favor, the good breaks that's been
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The increase, the favor, the good breaks that's been stored up in your family's
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Good breaks that's been stored up in your family's account. i believe and declare
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Stored up in your family's account. i believe and declare generational blessings are
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Account. i believe and declare generational blessings are coming your way. get ready for
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Generational blessings are coming your way. get ready for increase. get ready for new
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Coming your way. get ready for increase. get ready for new levels. get ready for the
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Increase. get ready for new levels. get ready for the fullness of your destiny. in
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Levels. get ready for the fullness of your destiny. in jesus' name. if you receive it
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Fullness of your destiny. in jesus' name. if you receive it can you say, "amen" today?
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Jesus' name. if you receive it can you say, "amen" today? (applause)
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Can you say, "amen" today? (applause) well, we never like to close
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(applause) well, we never like to close our broadcasts without giving
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Well, we never like to close our broadcasts without giving you an opportunity to make
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Our broadcasts without giving you an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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You an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior."
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Of my sins. come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that
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I make you my lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer we believe you got born again. get in a good
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Simple prayer we believe you got born again. get in a good bible-based church. keep god
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Got born again. get in a good bible-based church. keep god first place. he is going to
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Bible-based church. keep god first place. he is going to take you where you've never
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First place. he is going to take you where you've never dreamed.
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Every day we can live:
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Every day we can live: discouraged, angry,
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Discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated.
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Depressed, defeated. is it possible
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Is it possible to turn these negatives
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To turn these negatives into an outlook
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Into an outlook filled with purpose,
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Filled with purpose, happiness and joy?
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Happiness and joy? every day we make choices.
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Every day we make choices. how we see ourselves,
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How we see ourselves, how we respond to challenges,
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How we respond to challenges, how we approach
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How we approach what's in front of us.
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What's in front of us. i've written
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A devotional called today
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A devotional called today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life.
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For a better life. it's designed to help
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It's designed to help you make those choices
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You make those choices on purpose, to choose
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On purpose, to choose faith over fear
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Faith over fear and peace
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And peace over frustration
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Over frustration and kindness over offense.
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And kindness over offense. each day is filled
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Each day is filled with scripture
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With scripture and practical encouragement
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And practical encouragement to help you live
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To help you live with confidence and victory.
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With confidence and victory. you can't wait to see
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You can't wait to see what kind of day
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What kind of day it's going to be.
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It's going to be. you have to decide
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You have to decide ahead of time.
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Ahead of time. when you do,
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When you do, you can step into
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You can step into a more blessed, fulfilled life.
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A more blessed, fulfilled life. i'd love to send you a copy.
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I'd love to send you a copy. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount,
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For your gift of any amount, we would like to
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We would like to send you a copy of today
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Send you a copy of today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life.
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Every day begins with a choice,
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Every day begins with a choice, and this inspiring book
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And this inspiring book is packed
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Is packed with powerful devotional truths
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With powerful devotional truths that will help you
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That will help you in the specific challenges
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In the specific challenges you face in life,
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You face in life, including: today,
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Including: today, i choose to
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I choose to turn down the noise,
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Turn down the noise, to believe
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To believe what i cannot see,
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What i cannot see, to be happy,
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To be happy, to trust god's timing.
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To trust god's timing. they will transform
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They will transform your attitude, your outlook,
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Your attitude, your outlook, your entire day.
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Your entire day. as you embrace
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As you embrace these biblical principles,
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These biblical principles, you'll see problems dissolve,
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You'll see problems dissolve, hope restored, mountains move.
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Choose the joy and happiness
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Choose the joy and happiness god has chosen for you.
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God has chosen for you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of today
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Your copy of today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life,
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For a better life, available this month
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Available this month by simply visiting us
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At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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24 hours a day. when you make choices
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When you make choices based on what
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Based on what god says about you,
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God says about you, you're going to live happier,
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You're going to live happier, have more peace,
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Have more peace, and you'll be a bigger blessing
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And you'll be a bigger blessing to others.
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To others. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. we sure appreciate your prayer
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We sure appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity helps us
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Helps us take this message
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Take this message to people around the world.
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To people around the world. and a special
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And a special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. and until we meet again,
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And until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to
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Be sure to request your copy of today
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Request your copy of today i choose: devotions
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I choose: devotions for a better life,
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For a better life, available this month
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Available this month by simply visiting us
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24 hours a day. you can also receive the today
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The powerful promise of psalm 118:24.
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Of psalm 118:24. this is the day
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This is the day the lord has made.
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The lord has made. we will rejoice
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We will rejoice and be glad in it.
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And be glad in it. choose every morning
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Choose every morning to begin
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Joel Osteen - Generational Blessing

June 11, 2026 | 27:29

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