Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - The God Of Another Chance

May 11, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The God Of Another Chance | May 11, 2026

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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Of our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this man. he was in his
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About this man. he was in his bathroom, and he went over to
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Bathroom, and he went over to the scales to weigh himself.
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The scales to weigh himself. his wife was over in the
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His wife was over in the corner watching. he was a
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Corner watching. he was a really large man. when he
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Really large man. when he stepped on, he sucked in his
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Stepped on, he sucked in his stomach as much as he
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Stomach as much as he possibly could, and he held
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Possibly could, and he held his breath. his wife kind of
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His breath. his wife kind of laughed and said, “honey
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Laughed and said, “honey that's not going to help
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That's not going to help anything.” he said, “sure it
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Anything.” he said, “sure it is. that's the only way i can
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Is. that's the only way i can see the numbers.”
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See the numbers.” say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about the god of another
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About the god of another chance. we all have
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Chance. we all have opportunities that we've
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Opportunities that we've missed. times that we failed.
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Missed. times that we failed. we had something important.
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We had something important. we knew god's calling was on
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We knew god's calling was on our life. he'd given us a
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Our life. he'd given us a dream, a great spouse to
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Dream, a great spouse to love, the door opened for
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Love, the door opened for college, but we let
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College, but we let distractions, compromise,
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Distractions, compromise, other people cause us to get
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Other people cause us to get off course. we look back now
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Off course. we look back now and think, “what could i have
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And think, “what could i have become, if i would have been
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Become, if i would have been more disciplined, if i'd
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More disciplined, if i'd controlled my temper, if i'd
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Controlled my temper, if i'd finished school, if i'd
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Finished school, if i'd forgiven that person.” it's
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Forgiven that person.” it's easy to live in regrets and
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Easy to live in regrets and think our life is limited
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Think our life is limited because of our past choices.
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Because of our past choices. we knew better if we'd only
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We knew better if we'd only done better. the good news is
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Done better. the good news is god has taken into account
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God has taken into account every mistake you would ever
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Every mistake you would ever make. he's already calculated
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Make. he's already calculated the times you'd fail, the
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The times you'd fail, the times you'd shrink back, the
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Times you'd shrink back, the times you would compromise.
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Times you would compromise. that should stop your
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That should stop your destiny, it should keep us
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Destiny, it should keep us from our purpose, but we
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From our purpose, but we serve the god of another
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Serve the god of another chance. he's full of mercy.
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Chance. he's full of mercy. when we don't deserve it, it
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When we don't deserve it, it was our own fault. he could
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Was our own fault. he could say, “too bad. you blew it.
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Say, “too bad. you blew it. i'm done with you.” but he
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I'm done with you.” but he steps in and says, “i've got
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Steps in and says, “i've got you covered. i'm going to
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You covered. i'm going to give you another chance.”
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Give you another chance.” another chance to have a
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Another chance to have a great relationship, another
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Great relationship, another chance to accomplish your
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Chance to accomplish your dream, another chance to step
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Dream, another chance to step into your purpose. it's not
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Into your purpose. it's not too late. you haven't made
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Too late. you haven't made too many mistakes. god's
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Too many mistakes. god's calling is still on your
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Calling is still on your life. he never changes his
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Life. he never changes his mind. he doesn't disqualify
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Mind. he doesn't disqualify you. now don't disqualify
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You. now don't disqualify yourself.
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Yourself. the enemy is called the
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The enemy is called the accuser. he'll remind you of
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Accuser. he'll remind you of every mistake you've ever
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Every mistake you've ever made. he'd love for you to
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Made. he'd love for you to live down on yourself,
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Live down on yourself, thinking you don't deserve
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Thinking you don't deserve anything good. he'll whisper,
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Anything good. he'll whisper, “you had god's blessing, but
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“you had god's blessing, but you squandered it. you had
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You squandered it. you had his favor, but you mishandled
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His favor, but you mishandled your marriage, didn't treat
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Your marriage, didn't treat it with respect. you
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It with respect. you mishandled your dream. you
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Mishandled your dream. you got distracted and
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Got distracted and compromised. you mishandled
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Compromised. you mishandled your talent, your potential.
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Your talent, your potential. you weren't focused. you
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You weren't focused. you didn't develop what you know
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Didn't develop what you know is in you.” that may all be
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Is in you.” that may all be true, but what he doesn't
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True, but what he doesn't tell you is there's another
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Tell you is there's another chance coming. that god's
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Chance coming. that god's mercy is bigger than your
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Mercy is bigger than your mistakes. that god doesn't
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Mistakes. that god doesn't give up on you because you
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Give up on you because you mishandled what he gave you.
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Mishandled what he gave you. he has another opportunity so
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He has another opportunity so you can prove to him who you
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You can prove to him who you really are. you're not
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Really are. you're not defined by your mistakes.
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Defined by your mistakes. you're prepared by your
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You're prepared by your mistakes. every failure can
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Mistakes. every failure can teach you something. don't
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Teach you something. don't live in regrets, learn from
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Live in regrets, learn from your mistakes. get the lesson
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Your mistakes. get the lesson out of it so you don't keep
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Out of it so you don't keep repeating it.
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Repeating it. when moses was leading the
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When moses was leading the israelites toward the
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Israelites toward the promised land, god told him
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Promised land, god told him to go on top of mount sinai
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To go on top of mount sinai and he was going to speak to
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And he was going to speak to him. moses was up there forty
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Him. moses was up there forty days. at one point there was
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Days. at one point there was a great cloud that
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A great cloud that encompassed the mountain, and
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Encompassed the mountain, and a huge lightning and
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A huge lightning and thunderstorm. that's when god
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Thunderstorm. that's when god gave moses the ten
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Gave moses the ten commandments. these two stone
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Commandments. these two stone tablets where the hand of god
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Tablets where the hand of god inscribed instructions for
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Inscribed instructions for the israelites. it was a
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The israelites. it was a powerful, holy, majestic
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Powerful, holy, majestic moment. i can imagine seeing
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Moment. i can imagine seeing these two pieces of stone,
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These two pieces of stone, and suddenly these letters
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And suddenly these letters began to be written. i'm sure
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Began to be written. i'm sure moses was standing there in
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Moses was standing there in awe, amazed at what he was
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Awe, amazed at what he was seeing. the cloud passed by,
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Seeing. the cloud passed by, the thunder stopped and moses
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The thunder stopped and moses went back down the mountain.
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Went back down the mountain. as he got closer, he focused
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As he got closer, he focused in and saw a gold calf the
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In and saw a gold calf the people had made. they were
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People had made. they were dancing, and partying,
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Dancing, and partying, worshipping this idol. he
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Worshipping this idol. he couldn't believe it. he'd
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Couldn't believe it. he'd just been gone for forty
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Just been gone for forty days, and the people had
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Days, and the people had already turned away from
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Already turned away from jehovah. when he got to the
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Jehovah. when he got to the bottom, he was so angry, and
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Bottom, he was so angry, and so frustrated, he raised up
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So frustrated, he raised up these two stone tablets,
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These two stone tablets, something sacred that god had
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Something sacred that god had given him, something amazing
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Given him, something amazing he had been entrusted with,
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He had been entrusted with, but in his anger, he threw
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But in his anger, he threw the tablets down and they
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The tablets down and they smashed into pieces on the
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Smashed into pieces on the ground.
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Ground. i can imagine god thinking,
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I can imagine god thinking, “moses, i just gave you
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“moses, i just gave you something incredibly
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Something incredibly valuable, one of a kind,
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Valuable, one of a kind, something i've never done,
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Something i've never done, and you threw it down. you
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And you threw it down. you let your anger, your
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Let your anger, your frustration, throw away the
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Frustration, throw away the priceless gift that i gave
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Priceless gift that i gave you.” it's easy to judge
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You.” it's easy to judge moses and think, “how could
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Moses and think, “how could he mishandle something that
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He mishandle something that important? how could he throw
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Important? how could he throw away a one-of-a-kind gift
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Away a one-of-a-kind gift like that?” but how many of
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Like that?” but how many of us have mishandled something
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Us have mishandled something incredibly valuable that god
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Incredibly valuable that god has given us. maybe not stone
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Has given us. maybe not stone tablets with his writing, but
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Tablets with his writing, but we mishandled a relationship.
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We mishandled a relationship. we let anger, our pride,
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We let anger, our pride, having to be right, tear us
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Having to be right, tear us apart. we mishandled the
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Apart. we mishandled the position god gave us, we
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Position god gave us, we weren't focused, we didn't
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Weren't focused, we didn't give it our full effort. it's
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Give it our full effort. it's like we threw it away. or how
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Like we threw it away. or how about the calling on our
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About the calling on our life? we knew god had
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Life? we knew god had destined us to set a new
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Destined us to set a new standard for our family, to
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Standard for our family, to break negative cycles, to
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Break negative cycles, to come out of lack and defeat.
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Come out of lack and defeat. but we gave in to the
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But we gave in to the compromise, we hung around
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Compromise, we hung around the wrong people, we didn't
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The wrong people, we didn't take it seriously. the truth
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Take it seriously. the truth is we've all mismanaged some
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Is we've all mismanaged some things. we've all let anger,
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Things. we've all let anger, disappointments, self-pity
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Disappointments, self-pity cause us to not value the
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Cause us to not value the gifts god has given us.
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Gifts god has given us. it's interesting that moses
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It's interesting that moses was frustrated because other
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Was frustrated because other people wouldn't do what's
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People wouldn't do what's right. he threw down this
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Right. he threw down this priceless gift because the
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Priceless gift because the israelites were compromising
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Israelites were compromising and giving in to temptation.
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And giving in to temptation. sometimes we can let what
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Sometimes we can let what others are doing, how society
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Others are doing, how society is acting, the division, the
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Is acting, the division, the dysfunction around us, to
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Dysfunction around us, to cause us to become angry and
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Cause us to become angry and bitter where we mishandle
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Bitter where we mishandle what god has given us. you
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What god has given us. you can't make everyone do what's
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Can't make everyone do what's right. you can't make the
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Right. you can't make the culture live according to
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Culture live according to god's word. yes, we're going
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God's word. yes, we're going to be bright lights. we're
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To be bright lights. we're going to do what we can, but
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Going to do what we can, but don't throw down what god has
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Don't throw down what god has entrusted you with because of
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Entrusted you with because of all the chaos around you.
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All the chaos around you. protect your gift, protect
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Protect your gift, protect your family, protect your
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Your family, protect your integrity, protect your
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Integrity, protect your holiness, protect your peace.
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Holiness, protect your peace. it's easy to mishandle the
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It's easy to mishandle the tablets, live frustrated,
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Tablets, live frustrated, angry, mad at people,
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Angry, mad at people, divisive. that's the trick of
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Divisive. that's the trick of the enemy to try to get you
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The enemy to try to get you to smash what god has given
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To smash what god has given you.
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You. god could have said, “moses,
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God could have said, “moses, you threw down something
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You threw down something sacred. is that how you're
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Sacred. is that how you're going to treat what i've
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Going to treat what i've given you? then fine, i'm
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Given you? then fine, i'm done with you.” if god gave
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Done with you.” if god gave us what we deserve, moses
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Us what we deserve, moses would have been done. but
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Would have been done. but here's how good god is. moses
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Here's how good god is. moses asked for forgiveness. he
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Asked for forgiveness. he prayed for the people for
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Prayed for the people for their compromise. god said to
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Their compromise. god said to him in deuteronomy 10,
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Him in deuteronomy 10, “prepare two stone tablets
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“prepare two stone tablets like the first ones. go back
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Like the first ones. go back up on the mountain and i will
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Up on the mountain and i will write the same words that
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Write the same words that were on the ones you
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Were on the ones you smashed.” think of the mercy
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Smashed.” think of the mercy of god. that wasn't a loaf of
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Of god. that wasn't a loaf of manna that moses threw down.
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Manna that moses threw down. it wasn't his walking stick.
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It wasn't his walking stick. this was a one-of-a-kind gift
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This was a one-of-a-kind gift that god had given him. god
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That god had given him. god said in effect, “moses, i
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Said in effect, “moses, i know you blew it. you let
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Know you blew it. you let your anger get the best of
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Your anger get the best of you. you smashed something
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You. you smashed something sacred. you mishandled
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Sacred. you mishandled something priceless. but if
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Something priceless. but if you'll go back up that
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You'll go back up that mountain, i'll give it to you
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Mountain, i'll give it to you again.” he's the god of
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Again.” he's the god of another chance.
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Another chance. you may have mishandled some
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You may have mishandled some things, missed opportunities,
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Things, missed opportunities, had relationships soured,
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Had relationships soured, mismanaged the blessing and
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Mismanaged the blessing and favor on your life, but god
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Favor on your life, but god is saying to you what he said
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Is saying to you what he said to moses. if you'll go back
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To moses. if you'll go back up that mountain, if you'll
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Up that mountain, if you'll start believing again, god is
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Start believing again, god is going to give you back what
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Going to give you back what you thought was done. what
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You thought was done. what was broken, what you messed
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Was broken, what you messed up, what you mishandled, god
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Up, what you mishandled, god has another chance coming.
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Has another chance coming. you may have thrown it down,
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You may have thrown it down, but he knows how to put it
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But he knows how to put it back together. your anger,
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Back together. your anger, the compromise, the
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The compromise, the frustration may have set you
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Frustration may have set you back but god is waiting for
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Back but god is waiting for you up on the mountain. don't
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You up on the mountain. don't let guilt keep you from going
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Let guilt keep you from going back up.
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Back up. i can hear moses saying, “god
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I can hear moses saying, “god are you sure you want me to
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Are you sure you want me to go back up on the mountain.
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Go back up on the mountain. you saw me throw down the
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You saw me throw down the tablets. you saw them shatter
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Tablets. you saw them shatter into pieces. you saw my anger
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Into pieces. you saw my anger get the best of me. it was my
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Get the best of me. it was my fault.” god said, “moses
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Fault.” god said, “moses that's what my mercy is all
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That's what my mercy is all about. i don't give up on
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About. i don't give up on you. i don't write you off. i
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You. i don't write you off. i give you another chance to
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Give you another chance to become who i've created you
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Become who i've created you to be.” like with moses,
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To be.” like with moses, there's another chance
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There's another chance waiting for you. but how many
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Waiting for you. but how many of us won't go back up the
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Of us won't go back up the mountain. we're down on
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Mountain. we're down on ourselves. “look what i've
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Ourselves. “look what i've done. i mishandled the
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Done. i mishandled the relationship with my
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Relationship with my children. now we're at odds.
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Children. now we're at odds. i mishandled my gifts. i
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I mishandled my gifts. i didn't pay attention in
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Didn't pay attention in school, didn't put forth the
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School, didn't put forth the effort at work. i mishandled
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Effort at work. i mishandled the calling on my life. i
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The calling on my life. i used to be close to god. i
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Used to be close to god. i used to read my bible and
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Used to read my bible and pray. i used to keep him
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Pray. i used to keep him first place, but i've drifted
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First place, but i've drifted away.” it's not too late. god
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Away.” it's not too late. god is waiting for you up on the
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Is waiting for you up on the mountain. he has another
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Mountain. he has another chance. he's going to write
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Chance. he's going to write those same words that were on
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Those same words that were on the first tablets you
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The first tablets you smashed. not a watered-down
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Smashed. not a watered-down version, not almost as good.
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Version, not almost as good. no, you can still reach the
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No, you can still reach the fullness of your destiny.
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Fullness of your destiny. i talked to this mother. she
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I talked to this mother. she and her daughter had always
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And her daughter had always been the best of friends.
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Been the best of friends. they loved being together.
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They loved being together. but when the daughter got
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But when the daughter got into her late teens, they
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Into her late teens, they started having conflict. just
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Started having conflict. just contentious. the mother
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Contentious. the mother didn't like some of the
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Didn't like some of the choices the daughter was
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Choices the daughter was making, she was constantly
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Making, she was constantly riding her. she would get
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Riding her. she would get upset, say things she
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Upset, say things she shouldn't, and make hurtful
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Shouldn't, and make hurtful comments. their relationship
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Comments. their relationship came to an end. the daughter
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Came to an end. the daughter moved out. they didn't speak
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Moved out. they didn't speak to each other anymore. the
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To each other anymore. the mother felt so heavy and so
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Mother felt so heavy and so heartbroken. she loved her
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Heartbroken. she loved her daughter more than the world.
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Daughter more than the world. but she knew she didn't
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But she knew she didn't handle things like she
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Handle things like she should. she let her emotions
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Should. she let her emotions get the best of her. she
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Get the best of her. she carried all this guilt,
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Carried all this guilt, living in regrets, thinking,
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Living in regrets, thinking, “look what you've done.
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“look what you've done. you're a terrible mother.
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You're a terrible mother. you've ruined the very thing
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You've ruined the very thing you loved the most. now your
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You loved the most. now your daughter won't even see you.”
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Daughter won't even see you.” like those sacred tablets,
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Like those sacred tablets, our relationships are sacred.
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Our relationships are sacred. god gives us people in life
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God gives us people in life to love. don't treat them
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To love. don't treat them like they're ordinary, just
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Like they're ordinary, just common. they're a priceless
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Common. they're a priceless gift from god. he entrusted
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Gift from god. he entrusted you with his most valuable
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You with his most valuable possession. not a stone
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Possession. not a stone tablet, but someone he made
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Tablet, but someone he made in his own image. someone he
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In his own image. someone he calls a masterpiece. don't
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Calls a masterpiece. don't throw around hurtful words,
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Throw around hurtful words, say things that wound,
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Say things that wound, degrade and make them not
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Degrade and make them not feel valuable. use your words
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Feel valuable. use your words to lift, to encourage, to
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To lift, to encourage, to push people forward, and not
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Push people forward, and not set them back. when we
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Set them back. when we recognize something is
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Recognize something is sacred, we should treat it
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Sacred, we should treat it with more respect. this is
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With more respect. this is the mistake moses made. those
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The mistake moses made. those tablets with the fingerprints
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Tablets with the fingerprints of god, that wasn't common.
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Of god, that wasn't common. that was one of a kind. you
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That was one of a kind. you would think moses would be
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Would think moses would be super cautious, extra careful
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Super cautious, extra careful to make sure they weren't
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To make sure they weren't damaged. but sometimes, like
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Damaged. but sometimes, like moses, we mishandled the
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Moses, we mishandled the sacred. we let pressure,
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Sacred. we let pressure, stress, cause us to let our
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Stress, cause us to let our guard down and not treat
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Guard down and not treat people the way we should.
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People the way we should. several years went by, this
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Several years went by, this mother and daughter hadn't
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Mother and daughter hadn't spoken to each other. the
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Spoken to each other. the mother was praying and
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Mother was praying and believing. she knew god could
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Believing. she knew god could restore but there wasn't any
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Restore but there wasn't any sign of it. one day, i was
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Sign of it. one day, i was having a book signing in
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Having a book signing in chicago. the mother and
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Chicago. the mother and daughter showed up at the
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Daughter showed up at the bookstore. they didn't know
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Bookstore. they didn't know it, but they had both been
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It, but they had both been watching us on television.
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Watching us on television. when they saw each other in
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When they saw each other in line, something supernatural
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Line, something supernatural happened. all the hurt, the
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Happened. all the hurt, the bitterness, the anger, was
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Bitterness, the anger, was suddenly washed away. their
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Suddenly washed away. their hearts were filled afresh and
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Hearts were filled afresh and anew with love, with joy;
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Anew with love, with joy; with friendship. they came up
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With friendship. they came up to the table weeping. with
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To the table weeping. with tears of joy, the mother
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Tears of joy, the mother said, “i never thought i
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Said, “i never thought i would see this day. i never
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Would see this day. i never dreamed i would feel what i
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Dreamed i would feel what i feel.” today they're back to
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Feel.” today they're back to being the best of friends,
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Being the best of friends, just like they were before.
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Just like they were before. maybe you've mishandled a
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Maybe you've mishandled a relationship, mishandled your
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Relationship, mishandled your finances, mishandled your
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Finances, mishandled your dream. god is not holding
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Dream. god is not holding your faults against you.
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Your faults against you. moses threw down the ten
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Moses threw down the ten commandments in anger. he
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Commandments in anger. he couldn't pick them up and
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Couldn't pick them up and dust them off, they
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Dust them off, they shattered. it looked
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Shattered. it looked permanent. no way that could
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Permanent. no way that could ever happen again. like this
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Ever happen again. like this mother, we all have times
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Mother, we all have times where it looks like, “this
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Where it looks like, “this relationship is done, too
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Relationship is done, too much water under the bridge.
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Much water under the bridge. or i blew that position;
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Or i blew that position; joel, i shattered that dream,
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Joel, i shattered that dream, i wasn't disciplined growing
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I wasn't disciplined growing up. i missed my opportunity.”
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Up. i missed my opportunity.” no, god is going to give you
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No, god is going to give you another chance. he's going to
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Another chance. he's going to write the same words that
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Write the same words that were on the last tablets,
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Were on the last tablets, what he originally purposed
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What he originally purposed for your life. you may have
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For your life. you may have mishandled it in some way,
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Mishandled it in some way, but the mercy of god has you
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But the mercy of god has you covered. go back up that
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Covered. go back up that mountain. god's about to
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Mountain. god's about to rewrite what you threw away.
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Rewrite what you threw away. he's about to restore
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He's about to restore something sacred, something
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Something sacred, something priceless, something you
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Priceless, something you should have handled more
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Should have handled more carefully. what you
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Carefully. what you shattered, he's going to put
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Shattered, he's going to put back together.
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Back together. there was a lady in the
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There was a lady in the scripture named hannah. she
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Scripture named hannah. she had been praying for years to
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Had been praying for years to have a baby. she told god,
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Have a baby. she told god, “if you'll give me a child,
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“if you'll give me a child, i'll take him to the temple
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I'll take him to the temple and dedicate him to you.” she
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And dedicate him to you.” she finally had a son that she
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Finally had a son that she named samuel. he was twelve
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Named samuel. he was twelve years old, living in the
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Years old, living in the temple, serving the priest
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Temple, serving the priest eli. one night while samuel
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Eli. one night while samuel was sleeping, he heard a
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Was sleeping, he heard a voice saying, “samuel,
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Voice saying, “samuel, samuel.” he got up and ran
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Samuel.” he got up and ran into eli's room, “yes sir,
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Into eli's room, “yes sir, what do you need.” eli said,
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What do you need.” eli said, “i didn't call you. i don't
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“i didn't call you. i don't need anything.” samuel went
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Need anything.” samuel went back to bed. he heard it
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Back to bed. he heard it again, “samuel.” he jumped
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Again, “samuel.” he jumped up, ran back to eli's room.
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Up, ran back to eli's room. same thing, “i didn't call
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Same thing, “i didn't call you.” it happened a third
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You.” it happened a third time. this time when he came
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Time. this time when he came in eli's room, eli realized
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In eli's room, eli realized what was happening. he said,
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What was happening. he said, “samuel, the next time you
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“samuel, the next time you hear that voice, answer back,
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Hear that voice, answer back, ‘yes, lord, your servant is
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‘yes, lord, your servant is listening.'” he went to bed,
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Listening.'” he went to bed, in a few minutes, he heard
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In a few minutes, he heard the voice calling his name.
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The voice calling his name. this time he stayed there,
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This time he stayed there, said, “lord, i'm listening.”
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Said, “lord, i'm listening.” god spoke to him and told him
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God spoke to him and told him what was going to happen and
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What was going to happen and gave him instruction for his
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Gave him instruction for his life.
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Life. but what if god would have
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But what if god would have thought, “samuel, i called
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Thought, “samuel, i called you the first time, but you
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You the first time, but you didn't recognize my voice. i
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Didn't recognize my voice. i had something great to tell
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Had something great to tell you. it was important but too
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You. it was important but too bad. you missed out.” no, our
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Bad. you missed out.” no, our god is the god who calls
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God is the god who calls back. you may have missed it
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Back. you may have missed it the first time. you didn't
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The first time. you didn't obey. you were too busy.
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Obey. you were too busy. that's okay. you missed it
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That's okay. you missed it the second time. you were off
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The second time. you were off course, compromising. that's
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Course, compromising. that's alright. you missed it the
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Alright. you missed it the third time. usually, it's
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Third time. usually, it's three strikes and you're out,
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Three strikes and you're out, but not with our god. he
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But not with our god. he called back the fourth time.
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Called back the fourth time. then samuel recognized his
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Then samuel recognized his voice. then he obeyed. but if
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Voice. then he obeyed. but if samuel would have missed it
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Samuel would have missed it the fourth time, god would
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The fourth time, god would have called the fifth time,
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Have called the fifth time, the sixth time, the twentieth
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The sixth time, the twentieth time. some of you god's on
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Time. some of you god's on call number 6,233. god is not
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Call number 6,233. god is not going to give up on you. he's
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Going to give up on you. he's going to keep calling back,
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Going to keep calling back, giving you opportunities to
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Giving you opportunities to step into your purpose, to
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Step into your purpose, to break negative cycles, to set
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Break negative cycles, to set new standards, to accomplish
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New standards, to accomplish your dream. maybe you didn't
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Your dream. maybe you didn't answer the first time, the
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Answer the first time, the second time, the third time.
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Second time, the third time. neither did samuel. he was a
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Neither did samuel. he was a great prophet. quit beating
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Great prophet. quit beating yourself up. quit thinking
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Yourself up. quit thinking you're disqualified. another
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You're disqualified. another chance is coming. he's the
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Chance is coming. he's the god who calls back.
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God who calls back. a few years ago, this person
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A few years ago, this person i grew up with wanted me to
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I grew up with wanted me to be a part of his event. he
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Be a part of his event. he called the office and asked
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Called the office and asked to talk with me about it. i
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To talk with me about it. i knew i didn't have time. it
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Knew i didn't have time. it was on the weekend. we have
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Was on the weekend. we have services. i asked them to
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Services. i asked them to tell him very respectfully
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Tell him very respectfully that i couldn't do it. i
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That i couldn't do it. i thought that would solve it
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Thought that would solve it but somehow he got my cell
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But somehow he got my cell number. he kept calling and
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Number. he kept calling and calling. i'd let it go to
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Calling. i'd let it go to voicemail because i have a
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Voicemail because i have a hard time saying no. when i
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Hard time saying no. when i wouldn't answer, he started
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Wouldn't answer, he started having other friends that we
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Having other friends that we know call me. he called so
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Know call me. he called so much, i ended up saying,
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Much, i ended up saying, “yes, i'll do your stinking
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“yes, i'll do your stinking even—i'll do your great
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Even—i'll do your great event.” that's the way god
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Event.” that's the way god is. he's not going to quit
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Is. he's not going to quit calling. you ignore him,
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Calling. you ignore him, he'll call back. you say you
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He'll call back. you say you won't do it. he'll call back.
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Won't do it. he'll call back. you say you're too busy. he's
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You say you're too busy. he's going to call again. he's
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Going to call again. he's going to keep giving you
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Going to keep giving you opportunities to become who
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Opportunities to become who you were created to be.
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You were created to be. maybe the reason you're not
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Maybe the reason you're not answering the call is like
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Answering the call is like samuel, you don't recognize
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Samuel, you don't recognize his voice. you have all these
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His voice. you have all these other voices telling you what
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Other voices telling you what to do, where to go, who to
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To do, where to go, who to be. but there is a still
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Be. but there is a still small voice inside, that's
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Small voice inside, that's your creator speaking to you,
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Your creator speaking to you, that's the voice of your
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That's the voice of your heavenly father. sometimes
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Heavenly father. sometimes with all the noise,
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With all the noise, distractions, opinions, that
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Distractions, opinions, that voice can be drowned out. you
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Voice can be drowned out. you have to be still and listen.
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Have to be still and listen. god knows what's best for
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God knows what's best for you. the reason he keeps
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You. the reason he keeps calling is he has something
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Calling is he has something amazing in your future. when
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Amazing in your future. when you answer that call, you'll
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You answer that call, you'll step into purpose, peace and
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Step into purpose, peace and fulfillment that you've never
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Fulfillment that you've never known. next time you hear
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Known. next time you hear that voice, instead of
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That voice, instead of ignoring it, instead of
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Ignoring it, instead of pushing it down, say like
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Pushing it down, say like samuel, “yes, lord, i'm
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Samuel, “yes, lord, i'm listening. show me what you
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Listening. show me what you want me to do.”
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Want me to do.” think about samson in the
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Think about samson in the scripture. his birth was
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Scripture. his birth was prophesied. an angel appeared
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Prophesied. an angel appeared to his mother and said that
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To his mother and said that she was going to have a baby
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She was going to have a baby that would be a deliverer.
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That would be a deliverer. there was this calling on his
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There was this calling on his life even before he was born.
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Life even before he was born. samson grew up with this
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Samson grew up with this incredible strength. one time
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Incredible strength. one time he was trapped inside a city.
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He was trapped inside a city. it was surrounded by high
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It was surrounded by high walls; the gates were locked.
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Walls; the gates were locked. it looked like he would be
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It looked like he would be captured, but in the middle
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Captured, but in the middle of the night, he went out to
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Of the night, he went out to the city gates, these huge
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The city gates, these huge iron entrances, he ripped
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Iron entrances, he ripped them out of the ground, put
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Them out of the ground, put them on his shoulders and
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Them on his shoulders and carried them up the hill. he
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Carried them up the hill. he couldn't be contained. he had
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Couldn't be contained. he had something unusual, something
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Something unusual, something sacred. he knew it wasn't
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Sacred. he knew it wasn't common. he knew god's hand
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Common. he knew god's hand was on him, but he got
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Was on him, but he got sloppy. he started hanging
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Sloppy. he started hanging around the wrong people. they
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Around the wrong people. they tried to figure out the
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Tried to figure out the secret of his strength.
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Secret of his strength. instead of protecting what
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Instead of protecting what god had entrusted him with,
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God had entrusted him with, valuing that gift, he let his
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Valuing that gift, he let his guard down. he started
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Guard down. he started telling riddles to the
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Telling riddles to the enemies. playing with them,
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Enemies. playing with them, seeing if they could figure
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Seeing if they could figure out the source of his
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Out the source of his strength.
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Strength. it's significant that he used
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It's significant that he used riddles. that's showing us
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Riddles. that's showing us that he didn't take seriously
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That he didn't take seriously what god had given him. he
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What god had given him. he was playing with his talent,
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Was playing with his talent, playing with his potential,
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Playing with his potential, playing with his strength. if
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Playing with his strength. if you don't see that as
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You don't see that as valuable, then you'll end up
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Valuable, then you'll end up mishandling it. moses, in his
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Mishandling it. moses, in his anger, threw down the ten
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Anger, threw down the ten commandments. samson, in
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Commandments. samson, in compromise, threw down his
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Compromise, threw down his potential. the philistines
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Potential. the philistines figured it out and cut his
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Figured it out and cut his hair. he lost all of his
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Hair. he lost all of his power. they not only captured
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Power. they not only captured him, but they gouged out his
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Him, but they gouged out his eyes, they bound him in
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Eyes, they bound him in chains. this once powerful
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Chains. this once powerful man, prophesied to do great
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Man, prophesied to do great things, supernatural favor on
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Things, supernatural favor on his life, now he's blind,
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His life, now he's blind, chained, and grinding at the
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Chained, and grinding at the mill. it's nobody's fault
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Mill. it's nobody's fault except his own. he had the
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Except his own. he had the strength, but he squandered
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Strength, but he squandered it. he had the favor, but he
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It. he had the favor, but he mishandled it.
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Mishandled it. what do you do when you've
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What do you do when you've brought the trouble on
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Brought the trouble on yourself? you had the stone
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Yourself? you had the stone tablets, but you threw them
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Tablets, but you threw them down. you had the strength,
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Down. you had the strength, the marriage, the position,
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The marriage, the position, the children. god gave you
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The children. god gave you something sacred, but you let
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Something sacred, but you let it slip away. god could have
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It slip away. god could have said to samson, “you're
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Said to samson, “you're getting what you deserve. i
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Getting what you deserve. i should have found someone
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Should have found someone more disciplined, that
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More disciplined, that wouldn't compromise. i'm done
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Wouldn't compromise. i'm done with you.” no god never
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With you.” no god never writes you off. he's going to
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Writes you off. he's going to call back again and again.
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Call back again and again. the philistines were having
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The philistines were having this big party, celebrating
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This big party, celebrating their victory. they brought
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Their victory. they brought samson out to make fun of
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Samson out to make fun of him. it looked like that's
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Him. it looked like that's how his life would end, in
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How his life would end, in defeat and shame. but the
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Defeat and shame. but the scripture says, “the spirit
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Scripture says, “the spirit of god came on samson one
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Of god came on samson one more time.” look at the mercy
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More time.” look at the mercy of god. after he squandered
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Of god. after he squandered his strength, mishandled his
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His strength, mishandled his calling, walked away from
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Calling, walked away from what he was prophesied to do.
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What he was prophesied to do. you mean god would give him
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You mean god would give him another chance. that's the
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Another chance. that's the god we serve. the god who
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God we serve. the god who calls you back when you don't
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Calls you back when you don't deserve it. the god who
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Deserve it. the god who rewrites what you threw away.
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Rewrites what you threw away. as they were making fun of
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As they were making fun of samson, he felt this
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Samson, he felt this supernatural strength come on
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Supernatural strength come on him like before. he pushed
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Him like before. he pushed over these two large pillars
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Over these two large pillars that were holding up the
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That were holding up the building. it came crashing
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Building. it came crashing down. he defeated more
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Down. he defeated more philistines in his death than
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Philistines in his death than he did his whole life.
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He did his whole life. like samson, you may have
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Like samson, you may have mishandled some things. you
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Mishandled some things. you think, “if i could do it
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Think, “if i could do it over, i would make better
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Over, i would make better choices. i'd treat my spouse
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Choices. i'd treat my spouse better. i'd be more focused.
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Better. i'd be more focused. i wouldn't let my emotions
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I wouldn't let my emotions cause me to throw down the
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Cause me to throw down the sacred in my life.” you don't
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Sacred in my life.” you don't have to live in regrets.
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Have to live in regrets. god's going to give you
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God's going to give you another chance. another
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Another chance. another chance for that relationship
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Chance for that relationship to flourish, another chance
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To flourish, another chance to accomplish your dream,
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To accomplish your dream, another chance to answer the
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Another chance to answer the call on your life. it's not
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Call on your life. it's not too late. you may have missed
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Too late. you may have missed the other times. that's okay,
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The other times. that's okay, he's calling back today. you
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He's calling back today. you wouldn't be hearing this if
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Wouldn't be hearing this if he wasn't about to do
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He wasn't about to do something amazing in your
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Something amazing in your life. now you have to do your
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Life. now you have to do your part and go back up that
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Part and go back up that mountain. quit living guilty,
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Mountain. quit living guilty, thinking you've blown it too
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Thinking you've blown it too many times. nothing you've
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Many times. nothing you've done has stopped your
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Done has stopped your purpose. another chance is
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Purpose. another chance is coming. i believe and
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Coming. i believe and declare, like with moses, god
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Declare, like with moses, god is about to rewrite what you
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Is about to rewrite what you shattered. like samson, his
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Shattered. like samson, his spirit is going to come on
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Spirit is going to come on you one more time. new doors
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You one more time. new doors opening, relationships
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Opening, relationships restored, dreams coming to
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Restored, dreams coming to pass, the fullness of your
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Pass, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if
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Destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say
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You receive it, can you say amen?
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It's easy to feel stuck in life
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It's easy to feel stuck in life wondering why
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Wondering why things aren't
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Things aren't changing and worrying
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Changing and worrying if it will ever happen,
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If it will ever happen, but there's
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But there's a better way to wait.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new resource called
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My new resource called pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. this book is a collection
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This book is a collection of prayers and promises
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Of prayers and promises from the scripture
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From the scripture to help you pray boldly
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To help you pray boldly to strengthen your faith.
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To strengthen your faith. while you're waiting,
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While you're waiting, it's important
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It's important to keep your mind
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To keep your mind filled with hope
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Filled with hope and expectancy.
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And expectancy. when you pray in faith,
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When you pray in faith, believe in what god promised,
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Believe in what god promised, that's what moves
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That's what moves the hands of god.
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The hands of god. and that's when you'll see
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And that's when you'll see doors open and healing
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Doors open and healing begins to come.
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Begins to come. breakthroughs in your family.
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Breakthroughs in your family. don't let doubt hold you back.
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Don't let doubt hold you back. pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. 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'd love to
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We'd love to send you a copy of pray
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Send you a copy of pray it forward: guided prayers
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It forward: guided prayers for faith and breakthrough.
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Inspired by real liferough.
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Answered prayers, pray it forward will help you
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Pray it forward will help you speak god's promises
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Speak god's promises over your life
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Over your life and over the people you love.
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And over the people you love. trusting that when you ask
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Trusting that when you ask in faith,
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In faith, god is already at work
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God is already at work preparing victory ahead of you.
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Preparing victory ahead of you. you can take these prayers
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You can take these prayers and scriptures
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And scriptures and pray them forward.
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And pray them forward. they'll build
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They'll build a momentum of faith
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A momentum of faith that carries you past obstacles
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That carries you past obstacles and into the promises
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And into the promises god has spoken over your life.
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God has spoken over your life. as you meditate
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As you meditate on these truths,
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On these truths, you won't be tossed
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You won't be tossed back and forth
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Back and forth by finances, health challenges,
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By finances, health challenges, or relationship struggles.
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Or relationship struggles. instead,
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Instead, you'll be able to
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You'll be able to boldly pray with faith
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Boldly pray with faith that is immovable and strong,
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That is immovable and strong, and you'll
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And you'll be filled with peace,
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Be filled with peace, assurance, and joy.
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Assurance, and joy. don't let circumstances
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Don't let circumstances control your future.
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Control your future. pray the truth of god's
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Pray the truth of god's word forward in faith
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Word forward in faith and watch the mountains
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And watch the mountains in your life begin to move.
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When you pray the promises,
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When you pray the promises, what god has spoken over
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What god has spoken over your life,
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Your life, those are powerful prayers.
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Those are powerful prayers. and that's when
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And that's when god shows up and does
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God shows up and does what only he can do.
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What only he can do. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us.
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For being with us. 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 and we appreciate your prayer
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And we 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 of hope
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Take this message of hope to people around the world.
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To people around the world. special
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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. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. but until we meet again,
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But until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Joel Osteen - The God Of Another Chance

May 11, 2026 | 27:29

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