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Joel Osteen - God Controls Your Doors

June 1, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - God Controls Your Doors | June 1, 2025

Joel: god bless you. it's
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Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. my brother,
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Something funny. my brother, paul, sent me this one; so
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Paul, sent me this one; so you can blame him. but here's
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You can blame him. but here's how it goes. i heard about
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How it goes. i heard about this husband. he said to his
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This husband. he said to his wife, “do you know that men
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Wife, “do you know that men are going to arrive in
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Are going to arrive in heaven, thirty minutes before
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Heaven, thirty minutes before women?” she said, “what are
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Women?” she said, “what are you talking about? where'd
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You talking about? where'd you see that?” he said,
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You see that?” he said, “right here in the scripture.
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“right here in the scripture. revelation 8:1 says, ‘when he
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Revelation 8:1 says, ‘when he opened the seventh seal,
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Opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven
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There was silence in heaven for thirty minutes.'”
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For thirty minutes.'” (laughter)
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(laughter) okay paul, they didn't like
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Okay paul, they didn't like it. here we go y'all. this is
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It. here we go y'all. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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My bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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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 god controls your
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About god controls your doors. we all have dreams we
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Doors. we all have dreams we want to accomplish, things
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Want to accomplish, things we're believing for, but
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We're believing for, but sometimes we wonder how it's
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Sometimes we wonder how it's going to happen. “will i meet
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Going to happen. “will i meet the right people? what if i
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The right people? what if i don't get the scholarship?
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Don't get the scholarship? what if the loan doesn't go
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What if the loan doesn't go through?” we end up striving
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Through?” we end up striving and straining, trying to
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And straining, trying to force doors to open.
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Force doors to open. frustrated because we didn't
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Frustrated because we didn't get the promotion, upset
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Get the promotion, upset because this person walked
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Because this person walked away.” we think we have to do
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Away.” we think we have to do it all on our own. the good
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It all on our own. the good news is god is your
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News is god is your doorkeeper. he's in control
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Doorkeeper. he's in control of the doors in your life.
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Of the doors in your life. what opens and what closes.
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What opens and what closes. you're not at the mercy of
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You're not at the mercy of fate, luck, if this person
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Fate, luck, if this person likes you. the scripture
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Likes you. the scripture says, “god will open doors
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Says, “god will open doors that no person can shut. he
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That no person can shut. he will shut doors that no
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Will shut doors that no person can open.” every shut
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Person can open.” every shut door is not the enemy. god
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Door is not the enemy. god will shut doors to protect
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Will shut doors to protect you. he'll move someone out
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You. he'll move someone out of your life because he knows
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Of your life because he knows they're not going to be good
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They're not going to be good for you. he'll let the boss
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For you. he'll let the boss overlook you for the
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Overlook you for the promotion, because he has
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Promotion, because he has something much better in
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Something much better in store.
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Store. sometimes he closes doors
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Sometimes he closes doors because we're believing too
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Because we're believing too small. he can see the
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Small. he can see the greatness in you. he knows
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Greatness in you. he knows what you're capable of. he's
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What you're capable of. he's not going to let you settle
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Not going to let you settle for second best. he'll shut a
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For second best. he'll shut a door that you wanted so
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Door that you wanted so badly. “this person was so
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Badly. “this person was so good, joel, she was fine.
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Good, joel, she was fine. he was tall, dark, handsome,
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He was tall, dark, handsome, and rich.” but where god is
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And rich.” but where god is taking you, they cannot go.
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Taking you, they cannot go. god is not punishing you;
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God is not punishing you; he's protecting you. if he
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He's protecting you. if he let us have our way all the
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Let us have our way all the time, we wouldn't reach the
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Time, we wouldn't reach the fullness of our destiny. he
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Fullness of our destiny. he loves you too much to not
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Loves you too much to not close doors. we love when he
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Close doors. we love when he opens doors. we know that's
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Opens doors. we know that's the hand of god, but the
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The hand of god, but the closed doors are just as
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Closed doors are just as important. he's keeping you
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Important. he's keeping you on the best plan for your
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On the best plan for your life. he can see things we
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Life. he can see things we can't see, the big picture.
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Can't see, the big picture. he's already written everyday
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He's already written everyday of our life in his book. what
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Of our life in his book. what may look good to us, is
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May look good to us, is really leading to a dead end.
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Really leading to a dead end. it would be a waste of time
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It would be a waste of time and energy. so, he'll step in
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And energy. so, he'll step in as your doorkeeper and close
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As your doorkeeper and close the door.
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The door. when you realize this, it
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When you realize this, it takes the pressure off. you
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Takes the pressure off. you don't live frustrated,
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Don't live frustrated, striving. you can stay in
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Striving. you can stay in peace, knowing that the doors
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Peace, knowing that the doors you need open, no person can
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You need open, no person can shut. if god wanted you to
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Shut. if god wanted you to have that promotion, the boss
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Have that promotion, the boss wouldn't have overlooked you.
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Wouldn't have overlooked you. don't blame your boss, it was
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Don't blame your boss, it was the hand of god. if god
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The hand of god. if god wanted you to marry that
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Wanted you to marry that person that walked away, you
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Person that walked away, you would have married him. he
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Would have married him. he didn't walk away on his own,
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Didn't walk away on his own, god shut the door. if god
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God shut the door. if god wanted you to have that house
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Wanted you to have that house that fell through, you would
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That fell through, you would have it. it looks like a bad
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Have it. it looks like a bad break. it's normal to be
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Break. it's normal to be disappointed, but you have to
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Disappointed, but you have to come back to this truth, that
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Come back to this truth, that god is your doorkeeper. no
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God is your doorkeeper. no person can shut what god
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Person can shut what god wants open. no force of
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Wants open. no force of darkness can stop what god
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Darkness can stop what god has purposed for your life.
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Has purposed for your life. the question is will you
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The question is will you trust him with your doors?
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Trust him with your doors? will you believe that he has
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Will you believe that he has your best interest at heart?
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Your best interest at heart? that he will open doors that
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That he will open doors that no man can shut. that he will
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No man can shut. that he will favor you, bring the right
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Favor you, bring the right people, cause promotion to
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People, cause promotion to track you down. he's not just
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Track you down. he's not just a god who closes doors; he's
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A god who closes doors; he's a god who opens doors that
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A god who opens doors that you couldn't open. a god who
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You couldn't open. a god who surprises you, with
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Surprises you, with opportunity, with promotion,
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Opportunity, with promotion, with influence that you
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Didn't see coming.t you
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Didn't see coming.t you think about david, he was out
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Think about david, he was out in the shepherd's field,
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In the shepherd's field, seventeen years old, taking
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Seventeen years old, taking care of his father's sheep.
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Care of his father's sheep. he had big dreams. he felt
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He had big dreams. he felt greatness on the inside, but
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Greatness on the inside, but there were no opportunities.
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He came from a family of
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He came from a family of shepherds, ordinary people.
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Shepherds, ordinary people. they didn't have much
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They didn't have much influence, but when god is
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Influence, but when god is ready to promote you, he
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Ready to promote you, he doesn't check your resume,
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Doesn't check your resume, what family you come from,
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What family you come from, who you know. god looks at
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Who you know. god looks at your heart. do you have a
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Your heart. do you have a heart to please him? can he
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Heart to please him? can he trust you with greater
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Trust you with greater influence, with promotion,
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Influence, with promotion, with favor?
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One day the prophet samuel,
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One day the prophet samuel, came from another city to
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Came from another city to jesse's house, david's
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Jesse's house, david's father, to anoint one of the
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Father, to anoint one of the sons as the next king of
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Sons as the next king of israel. jesse had eight sons.
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Israel. jesse had eight sons. he called seven of them to
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He called seven of them to stand before samuel. he left
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Stand before samuel. he left david out the in fields. he
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David out the in fields. he thought. “it's not david.
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Thought. “it's not david. he's too young. he'll never
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He's too young. he'll never do anything great.” jesse
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Do anything great.” jesse shut the door. he ruled david
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Shut the door. he ruled david out. but god is your
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Out. but god is your doorkeeper. he opens doors
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Doorkeeper. he opens doors that no man can shut. jesse
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Didn't believe in david, but
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Didn't believe in david, but jesse didn't have the final
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Jesse didn't have the final say. people are not your
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Say. people are not your doorkeeper. they may try to
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Doorkeeper. they may try to discount you, leave you out,
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Discount you, leave you out, push you down. they don't
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Push you down. they don't control your doors, the most
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Control your doors, the most high god does. don't get
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High god does. don't get bitter. don't try to get
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Bitter. don't try to get even, prove to them who you
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Even, prove to them who you are. you don't need their
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Are. you don't need their approval. they may be over
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Approval. they may be over you, have more seniority,
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You, have more seniority, more experience, but what god
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More experience, but what god has for you, they cannot
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Has for you, they cannot stop. they may try to shut
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Stop. they may try to shut the door. don't worry, the
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The door. don't worry, the doorkeeper is coming. the god
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Doorkeeper is coming. the god who opens doors that no
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Who opens doors that no person can shut.
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I can see samuel trying to
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I can see samuel trying to pour the oil on each of the
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Pour the oil on each of the sons, but the oil wouldn't
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Sons, but the oil wouldn't flow. it defied gravity, it
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Flow. it defied gravity, it wouldn't go to who jesse
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Wouldn't go to who jesse wanted. samuel asked jesse if
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Wanted. samuel asked jesse if he had any other sons. jesse
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He had any other sons. jesse scratched his head, so
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Scratched his head, so puzzled. he said, “yes, i
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Puzzled. he said, “yes, i have a son named david. he's
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The youngest; out in the
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The youngest; out in the fields.” samuel said, “bring
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Fields.” samuel said, “bring him in.” people may leave you
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Him in.” people may leave you out, but when it's your time,
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Out, but when it's your time, god will bring you in. they
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God will bring you in. they may overlook you, try to
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May overlook you, try to close the door, hold you
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Close the door, hold you back, but god sees you. he
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Back, but god sees you. he knows what you need for your
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Knows what you need for your destiny. he's the one that
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Destiny. he's the one that put the dreams in you.
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Put the dreams in you. people can't stop it. quit
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People can't stop it. quit being upset because someone
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Being upset because someone is not for you. or trying to
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Is not for you. or trying to win over that coworker that
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Win over that coworker that doesn't believe in you.
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Doesn't believe in you. they're not your doorkeeper.
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They're not your doorkeeper. they don't control the
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They don't control the opportunities, the good
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Opportunities, the good breaks, the influence. that
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Breaks, the influence. that comes from almighty god. if
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Comes from almighty god. if you don't realize this,
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You don't realize this, you'll live offended at the
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You'll live offended at the jesse's. “why did they leave
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Jesse's. “why did they leave me out? why does my own
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Me out? why does my own family not believe in me?”
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Family not believe in me?” you'll end up insecure. “i
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You'll end up insecure. “i guess i'm not good enough.”
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Guess i'm not good enough.” no tune all that out. you
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No tune all that out. you have one doorkeeper. not your
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Have one doorkeeper. not your boss, not your family, not
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Boss, not your family, not your critics, not the enemy.
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Your critics, not the enemy. the most high god is your
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The most high god is your doorkeeper. when he's ready
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Doorkeeper. when he's ready to open doors, all the forces
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To open doors, all the forces of darkness cannot stop him.
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Of darkness cannot stop him. people can't stop him. the
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People can't stop him. the economy can't stop him. bad
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Economy can't stop him. bad breaks can't stop him. your
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Breaks can't stop him. your past won't stop him. he
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Past won't stop him. he controls your doors.
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Controls your doors. david came in from the
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David came in from the fields. samuel poured the jar
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Fields. samuel poured the jar and the oil began to freely
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And the oil began to freely flow. he was anointed the
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Flow. he was anointed the next king of israel. the oil
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Next king of israel. the oil god has for you is not going
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God has for you is not going to flow to anyone else. quit
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To flow to anyone else. quit worrying that someone got
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Worrying that someone got your promotion. got your
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Your promotion. got your boyfriend. you wanted to date
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Boyfriend. you wanted to date that man. got your house.
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That man. got your house. your contract didn't go
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Your contract didn't go through. if you didn't get
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Through. if you didn't get it, they didn't take it, god
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It, they didn't take it, god closed the door. they're not
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Closed the door. they're not your doorkeeper. they don't
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Your doorkeeper. they don't control your breaks, and who
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Control your breaks, and who you meet, what you have
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You meet, what you have access to. god does. your oil
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Access to. god does. your oil can't flow to another person.
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Can't flow to another person. god ordained it for you. it
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God ordained it for you. it has your name on it. in the
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Has your name on it. in the same way, quit wanting what
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Same way, quit wanting what someone else has. don't live
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Someone else has. don't live envious. “i wish i had their
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Envious. “i wish i had their talent, their resources,
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Talent, their resources, their looks, their life.”
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Their looks, their life.” you're not anointed to be
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You're not anointed to be them. if god gave you what
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Them. if god gave you what they have, it wouldn't be a
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They have, it wouldn't be a blessing, it would be a
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Blessing, it would be a burden. god has designed a
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Burden. god has designed a specific path for you. he's
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Specific path for you. he's already lined up the right
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Already lined up the right people, the right breaks, the
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People, the right breaks, the favor. and at the right time
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Favor. and at the right time he'll open the doors. you
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He'll open the doors. you don't have to live worried.
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Don't have to live worried. “why am i still out here in
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“why am i still out here in the shepherd's fields? why
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The shepherd's fields? why are people passing me up?”
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Are people passing me up?” how you wait will determine
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How you wait will determine how long you're going to
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How long you're going to wait. when doors haven't
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Wait. when doors haven't opened. you're in a silent
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Opened. you're in a silent season. everyone else is
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Season. everyone else is being promoted, getting
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Being promoted, getting married, moving into a new
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Married, moving into a new house, having that baby. and
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House, having that baby. and you're still in the
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You're still in the shepherd's fields. it feels
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Shepherd's fields. it feels unfair. it's easy to get
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Unfair. it's easy to get discouraged and try to force
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Discouraged and try to force doors to open. no, be still
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Doors to open. no, be still and know that he is god. he
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And know that he is god. he has not forgotten about you.
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Has not forgotten about you. he's already lined up the
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He's already lined up the right doors. doors that no
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Right doors. doors that no person can shut. trust him
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Person can shut. trust him while you're waiting. keep a
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While you're waiting. keep a good attitude when the doors
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Good attitude when the doors haven't opened. keep doing
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Haven't opened. keep doing the right thing when the
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The right thing when the wrong thing has happened.
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Wrong thing has happened. samuel is on the way. god has
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Samuel is on the way. god has already scheduled your open
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Already scheduled your open doors, doors that will thrust
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Doors, doors that will thrust you into your destiny.
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At one point, david went to
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At one point, david went to take his brothers lunch. they
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Take his brothers lunch. they were in the army on the
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Were in the army on the battlefield. he heard goliath
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Battlefield. he heard goliath taunting the israelites.
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Taunting the israelites. something rose up in him,
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Something rose up in him, this fire on the inside. he
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This fire on the inside. he told king saul that he wanted
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To fight goliath. saul said,
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To fight goliath. saul said, “david, you're just a boy.
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“david, you're just a boy. you don't have a chance.”
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You don't have a chance.” saul tried to close the door.
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Saul tried to close the door. you're not qualified. his
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Brothers made fun of him.
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Brothers made fun of him. said, “david, what did you do
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Said, “david, what did you do with those few sheep your
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With those few sheep your supposed to be taking care of
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Supposed to be taking care of back at home?” tried to
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Back at home?” tried to belittle him. close the door.
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Belittle him. close the door. david felt the sting of
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David felt the sting of rejection from his father not
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Rejection from his father not believing in him. he had
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Believing in him. he had plenty of opportunities to
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Plenty of opportunities to live discouraged, inferior,
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Live discouraged, inferior, go back home. despite all
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Go back home. despite all this opposition, the
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This opposition, the scripture says, “david ran
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Scripture says, “david ran toward goliath.” he's running
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Toward goliath.” he's running to face a giant that's twice
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To face a giant that's twice his size. that doesn't make
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Sense. but when god opens the
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Sense. but when god opens the door there's a faith, a
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Door there's a faith, a courage, a power to do what
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Courage, a power to do what he's called you to do. god
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He's called you to do. god won't open a door without
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Won't open a door without giving you everything you
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Giving you everything you need to walk through it.
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Need to walk through it. you may have gone through
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You may have gone through some closed doors. like
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Some closed doors. like david, you got passed over,
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David, you got passed over, people didn't believe in you.
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People didn't believe in you. you think where you are is
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You think where you are is where you'll always be. can i
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Where you'll always be. can i encourage you; doors are
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Encourage you; doors are about to open that you never
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About to open that you never dreamed would open. it's
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Dreamed would open. it's going to happen sooner than
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Going to happen sooner than you think. it's going to be
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You think. it's going to be better than you've imagined.
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Better than you've imagined. you were faithful in the
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You were faithful in the shepherd's fields. god heard
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Shepherd's fields. god heard you praising when you could
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You praising when you could have been complaining, doing
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Have been complaining, doing the right thing when you
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The right thing when you weren't getting the credit.
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Weren't getting the credit. he's about to surprise you.
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He's about to surprise you. samuel is about to show up.
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Samuel is about to show up. something you didn't see
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Something you didn't see coming. the right person
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Coming. the right person finding you. your business
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Finding you. your business taking off. your child
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Taking off. your child turning around. your health
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Turning around. your health improving. this is a door
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Improving. this is a door that no person can shut, a
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That no person can shut, a door that will thrust you
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Door that will thrust you into your purpose.
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Into your purpose. now here's a key, it's easy
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Now here's a key, it's easy to trust god with the open
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To trust god with the open doors. when samuel comes,
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Doors. when samuel comes, when goliath falls, we know
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When goliath falls, we know that's the favor and goodness
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That's the favor and goodness of god. but will you trust
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Of god. but will you trust him with your closed doors.
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Him with your closed doors. when you didn't get what you
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When you didn't get what you wanted. samuel went to your
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Wanted. samuel went to your cousin's house. you hit
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Cousin's house. you hit goliath with the rock, but he
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Goliath with the rock, but he smacked you back. none of us
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Smacked you back. none of us like the closed doors. we
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Like the closed doors. we prayed, believed, we did our
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Prayed, believed, we did our best, but it didn't work out.
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Best, but it didn't work out. but just as god opens doors,
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But just as god opens doors, he closes doors. you have to
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He closes doors. you have to go through your closed doors
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Go through your closed doors before you'll get to your
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Before you'll get to your open doors. you'll be tempted
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Open doors. you'll be tempted to get discouraged, “god,
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To get discouraged, “god, it's not fair. why didn't i
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It's not fair. why didn't i get that position? why did
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Get that position? why did that person walk away? why
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That person walk away? why didn't the contract go
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Didn't the contract go through?” we're not going to
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Through?” we're not going to understand it all at the
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Understand it all at the time. it's not going to make
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Time. it's not going to make sense, but god knows things
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Sense, but god knows things we don't know. he can see the
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We don't know. he can see the detours, delays, and dead
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Detours, delays, and dead ends. you have to trust him
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Ends. you have to trust him when the door closes, when
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When the door closes, when you didn't get what you
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You didn't get what you wanted. because if you hold
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Wanted. because if you hold on too tightly, you'll become
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On too tightly, you'll become bitter. it will keep you from
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Bitter. it will keep you from the new doors god wants to
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The new doors god wants to open. you have to releast it,
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Open. you have to releast it, let it go. it's fine to be
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Let it go. it's fine to be honest. “god, i wanted this,
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Honest. “god, i wanted this, i don't understand it, it
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I don't understand it, it looks right to me, but god i
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Looks right to me, but god i trust you. you know what's
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Best for my life.”w what's
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Best for my life.”w what's after i graduated from high
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After i graduated from high school, i went off to
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School, i went off to college. from my early teens,
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College. from my early teens, i always loved television
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I always loved television production; cameras,
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Production; cameras, lighting, editing. i knew
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Lighting, editing. i knew that's what i wanted to do
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That's what i wanted to do with my life. the church had
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Cameras growing up, i would
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Cameras growing up, i would come down as a teenager on
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Come down as a teenager on saturdays, play with the
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Saturdays, play with the equipment. sundays, i would
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Equipment. sundays, i would run camera during the
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Run camera during the services. the college i went
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Services. the college i went to had a big tv production
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To had a big tv production program. it was known as one
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Program. it was known as one of the best in the country.
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Of the best in the country. when i first arrived, i
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When i first arrived, i called a man i had met a few
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Called a man i had met a few years earlier. he was the
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Years earlier. he was the production manager, in charge
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Of all the hiring. he was soe
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Of all the hiring. he was soe friendly. he knew my father.
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Friendly. he knew my father. he invited me to tour the
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He invited me to tour the facility. i went over and
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Facility. i went over and walked around and saw all the
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Walked around and saw all the studios, editing bays and
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Studios, editing bays and control rooms. i was like a
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Control rooms. i was like a kid at an amusement park. it
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Kid at an amusement park. it was so amazing. i dreamed of
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Being in that environment. i
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Being in that environment. i gave him my phone number and
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Gave him my phone number and a little resume, told him
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A little resume, told him what i'd done at the church,
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What i'd done at the church, running camera. i said, “it
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Running camera. i said, “it doesn't matter. i'll do
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Doesn't matter. i'll do anything. i'll just start
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Anything. i'll just start pulling cable.” i just wanted
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Pulling cable.” i just wanted to be there so badly. he
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To be there so badly. he said, “no problem, joel, we'd
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Said, “no problem, joel, we'd love to have you. i'll give
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Love to have you. i'll give you a call in a week or so
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You a call in a week or so and give you the details.” i
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And give you the details.” i left that day so excited.
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Left that day so excited. well, a week went by, and i
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Well, a week went by, and i didn't hear from, and
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Didn't hear from, and thought, “he's probably just
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Thought, “he's probably just busy.” two weeks, still
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Busy.” two weeks, still nothing. so, i called him,
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Nothing. so, i called him, but he didn't call back. i
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But he didn't call back. i went by the studio, but every
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Went by the studio, but every time, there was an excuse;
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Time, there was an excuse; he's busy, he's out to lunch,
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He's busy, he's out to lunch, he can't talk right now. it
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He can't talk right now. it was very odd. after several
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Was very odd. after several months of trying, i finally
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Months of trying, i finally got the message, it wasn't
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Got the message, it wasn't going to happen. i was so
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Going to happen. i was so disappointed. i couldn't
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Disappointed. i couldn't understand why. this would
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Understand why. this would have been perfect. such a
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Have been perfect. such a good experience. i wanted
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Good experience. i wanted that position more than
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That position more than anything. i was tempted to be
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Anything. i was tempted to be aggravated at him, “god why
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Aggravated at him, “god why did this jerk, i mean why
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Did this jerk, i mean why wouldn't this man call me
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Wouldn't this man call me back?” but the same god who
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Back?” but the same god who opens doors will close doors.
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Opens doors will close doors. if you only trust him if you
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If you only trust him if you get your way, you'll be
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Get your way, you'll be frustrated. because some
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Frustrated. because some doors will close that don't
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Doors will close that don't make sense to us. that was my
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Make sense to us. that was my dream to work there. i knew
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Dream to work there. i knew that was right for me. but
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That was right for me. but god knows the best plan. he
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God knows the best plan. he knows what's leading to your
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Knows what's leading to your purpose and what's a
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Purpose and what's a distraction. sometimes what
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Distraction. sometimes what we think is best is really a
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We think is best is really a detour that will waste time
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Detour that will waste time and energy. we can't see it.
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And energy. we can't see it. but again, god has the
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But again, god has the advantage. he can see the end
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Advantage. he can see the end from the beginning. i know
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From the beginning. i know you trust him with your open
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You trust him with your open doors, but will you trust him
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Doors, but will you trust him with your closed doors? when
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With your closed doors? when you don't get what you were
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You don't get what you were praying for. when it doesn't
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Praying for. when it doesn't turn out the way you hoped.
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Turn out the way you hoped. looking back now, i can see
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Looking back now, i can see what god was doing. if i had
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What god was doing. if i had gotten that job, i would have
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Gotten that job, i would have been so excited, and so
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Been so excited, and so caught up in it, i would have
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Caught up in it, i would have never come back to start the
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Never come back to start the television ministry here at
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Television ministry here at lakewood. i know my
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Lakewood. i know my personality; i would have
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Personality; i would have been so satisfied that i
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Been so satisfied that i wouldn't have wanted to
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Wouldn't have wanted to leave. at the time, i was put
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Leave. at the time, i was put out that that man didn't call
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Out that that man didn't call me back. he didn't keep his
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Me back. he didn't keep his word. now i realize, it
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Word. now i realize, it wasn't him, it was god
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Wasn't him, it was god closing the doors. god closes
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Closing the doors. god closes doors that no person can
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Doors that no person can open. that man loved me. he
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Open. that man loved me. he loved my father. it didn't
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Loved my father. it didn't make sense, but god is your
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Make sense, but god is your doorkeeper. he's going to
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Doorkeeper. he's going to close doors that will keep
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Close doors that will keep you from his best plan. if
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You from his best plan. if you don't understand this,
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You don't understand this, you'll live offended at
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You'll live offended at people, mad at your boss
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People, mad at your boss because he passed you over,
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Because he passed you over, upset with god because that
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Upset with god because that person you wanted to date, he
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Person you wanted to date, he won't give you the time of
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Won't give you the time of day. have a new perspective.
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Day. have a new perspective. what god has for you; no
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What god has for you; no person can stop. the doors
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Person can stop. the doors he's going to open, no man
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He's going to open, no man can close. if a door is
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Can close. if a door is closing, i know it's
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Closing, i know it's disappointing, but you have
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Disappointing, but you have to come back to this place of
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To come back to this place of peace. “god, i don't like it,
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Peace. “god, i don't like it, but i trust you as my
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Doorkeeper.”you as my
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Doorkeeper.”you as my if i hadn't come back from
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If i hadn't come back from college, i wouldn't have
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College, i wouldn't have spent those seventeen years
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Spent those seventeen years behind the scenes editing my
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Behind the scenes editing my father's sermons. hearing all
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Father's sermons. hearing all the scriptures and stories,
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The scriptures and stories, that prepared me for what i'm
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That prepared me for what i'm doing now. i wouldn't have
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Doing now. i wouldn't have been here when my father
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Been here when my father passed to step up and pastor
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Passed to step up and pastor the church. i would have
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The church. i would have never seen the compaq center,
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Never seen the compaq center, the books, the favor. i was
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The books, the favor. i was disappointed then, but now i
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Disappointed then, but now i say, “lord, thank you for
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Say, “lord, thank you for closing that door. you
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Closing that door. you weren't punishing me. you
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Weren't punishing me. you were protecting me. you were
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Making sure i would be where
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Making sure i would be where i needed to be when you
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I needed to be when you opened doors bigger than i
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Opened doors bigger than i could imagine.” i had to go
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Could imagine.” i had to go through the closed doors to
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Through the closed doors to get to my open doors.
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Get to my open doors. maturity is when you come to
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Maturity is when you come to a point where you say, “god,
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A point where you say, “god, my life is in your hands. i
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My life is in your hands. i trust you to open the right
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Trust you to open the right doors. supernatural
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Doors. supernatural opportunities. and god, i
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Opportunities. and god, i trust you with my closed
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Trust you with my closed doors. when i don't
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Doors. when i don't understand it. when people
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Understand it. when people walk away. when i don't get
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Walk away. when i don't get what i want. god, you know
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What i want. god, you know what's best for me.”
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What's best for me.” this is such a freeing way to
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This is such a freeing way to live because it takes all the
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Live because it takes all the pressure off. it's not up to
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Pressure off. it's not up to us to strain, force this door
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Us to strain, force this door to open, manipulate things to
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To open, manipulate things to bring a dream to pass. all
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Bring a dream to pass. all you're going to do is
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You're going to do is frustrate yourself. the good
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Frustrate yourself. the good news is, if you'll keep
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News is, if you'll keep honoring god, being your best
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Honoring god, being your best each day, then samuel is
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Each day, then samuel is going to find you. god will
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Going to find you. god will open a door that no person
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Open a door that no person can shut. that door is going
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Can shut. that door is going to be bigger, more rewarding,
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To be bigger, more rewarding, than anything you had in
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Than anything you had in mind. i dreamed of being in
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Mind. i dreamed of being in television production. i
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Television production. i never knew i could get up
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Never knew i could get up here and speak in front of
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Here and speak in front of people, be on the other side
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People, be on the other side of the camera, see gifts come
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Of the camera, see gifts come out that i didn't even know i
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Out that i didn't even know i had. sometimes god closes a
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Had. sometimes god closes a door because we're thinking
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Door because we're thinking too small. if he gave us what
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Too small. if he gave us what we wanted, it would stunt our
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We wanted, it would stunt our growth, limit our potential.
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Growth, limit our potential. god has put greatness in you.
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God has put greatness in you. he's going to take you where
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He's going to take you where you can't go on your own.
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You can't go on your own. we're looking for doors we
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We're looking for doors we can open, how we can be
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Can open, how we can be promoted, how can we
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Promoted, how can we increase, and that's all
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Increase, and that's all good. but what god has
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Good. but what god has coming, are doors that you
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Coming, are doors that you could have never opened. you
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Could have never opened. you didn't have the training, the
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Didn't have the training, the experience, the funds. i'm
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Experience, the funds. i'm talking about supernatural
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Talking about supernatural doors that thrust you ahead,
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Doors that thrust you ahead, doors that surprise you, that
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Exceed your expectations.that
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Exceed your expectations.that if you look back over your
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If you look back over your life, i'm sure you too can
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Life, i'm sure you too can see some closed doors. things
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See some closed doors. things you don't understand, that
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You don't understand, that don't make sense. you wanted
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Don't make sense. you wanted it so badly, but it didn't
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It so badly, but it didn't work out. that would be
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Work out. that would be disappointing if life was
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Disappointing if life was just random, happenstance;
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Man, you had a bad break. no,
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Man, you had a bad break. no, you have a doorkeeper. the
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You have a doorkeeper. the most high god is watching
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Most high god is watching over your life. he's not only
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Over your life. he's not only ordering your steps, but he's
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Ordering your steps, but he's controlling your doors. he's
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Controlling your doors. he's weeding out the wrong people.
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Weeding out the wrong people. he's stopping opportunities
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He's stopping opportunities that would be a distraction.
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That would be a distraction. he's not letting you take
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He's not letting you take that small promotion, so he
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That small promotion, so he can give you a bigger one. he
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Can give you a bigger one. he closed that one job you
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Closed that one job you wanted, so like me, he can
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Wanted, so like me, he can launch you into something
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Launch you into something better than you've ever
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Better than you've ever imagined. i know we're happy
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Imagined. i know we're happy over the open doors, but i
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Over the open doors, but i want you to be at peace with
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Want you to be at peace with your closed doors. if what
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Your closed doors. if what you're believing for hasn't
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You're believing for hasn't happened yet, you didn't get
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Happened yet, you didn't get what you wanted, what if you
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What you wanted, what if you knew god was protecting you.
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Knew god was protecting you. that he has something far
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That he has something far greater, so he had to shut
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Greater, so he had to shut that door. not because he's
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That door. not because he's holding you back, but so
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Holding you back, but so you'll be in position for a
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You'll be in position for a door that no man can open,
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Door that no man can open, for something supernatural,
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For something supernatural, something better than you've
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Something better than you've imagined.
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Imagined. in acts 12, king herod had
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In acts 12, king herod had peter arrested put in prison
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Peter arrested put in prison for sharing his faith. herod
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For sharing his faith. herod already had the disciple
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Already had the disciple james killed. when he saw
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James killed. when he saw that it pleased the people,
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That it pleased the people, it looked like peter was next
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It looked like peter was next in line. he was in the
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In line. he was in the dungeon, chained between two
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Dungeon, chained between two guards. he was going to be
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Guards. he was going to be brought to trial the next
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Brought to trial the next day. this could be the last
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Day. this could be the last night of peter's life. while
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Night of peter's life. while he was asleep, in the middle
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He was asleep, in the middle of the night, an angel showed
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Of the night, an angel showed up. it's significant that he
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Up. it's significant that he was sleeping the night before
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Was sleeping the night before he could lose his life. peter
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He could lose his life. peter had a trust, a faith that god
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Was in control of his life.od
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Was in control of his life.od the angel had to wake him up.
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The angel had to wake him up. the chains fell off his feet.
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The chains fell off his feet. the scripture says, “the
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The scripture says, “the prison doors opened of their
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Prison doors opened of their own accord.” people didn't
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Own accord.” people didn't open it. peter's friends
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Open it. peter's friends didn't sneak in and open it.
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Didn't sneak in and open it. no guard, no staff. this was
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No guard, no staff. this was the doorkeeper. god doing
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The doorkeeper. god doing what only he can do. opening
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What only he can do. opening doors that no person can shut.
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Doors that no person can shut. we have a gate outside our
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We have a gate outside our driveway at home. sometimes
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Driveway at home. sometimes when a friend is coming over,
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When a friend is coming over, i'll stand at the back
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I'll stand at the back window. i have the remote
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Control. when i see them pull
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Control. when i see them pull up, i hit the button so they
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Up, i hit the button so they can drive in. they never see
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Can drive in. they never see me, but i see them. they
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Me, but i see them. they couldn't get in this gate by
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Couldn't get in this gate by themselves, but i'm the
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Themselves, but i'm the gatekeeper. i'm watching for
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Gatekeeper. i'm watching for them. when they arrive, no
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Them. when they arrive, no big deal, click, it opens on
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Big deal, click, it opens on its own accord. can i
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Its own accord. can i encourage you; god has the
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Encourage you; god has the remote control to doors you
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Remote control to doors you can't open. you come to a
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Can't open. you come to a door where you don't have the
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Door where you don't have the training, the medical report
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Training, the medical report is not good, your boss
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Is not good, your boss doesn't like you, the loan
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Doesn't like you, the loan didn't go through. the good
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Didn't go through. the good news is your doorkeeper is
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News is your doorkeeper is there. he has the remote.
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There. he has the remote. like peter, you're going to
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Like peter, you're going to see some doors open of their
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See some doors open of their own accord. things you
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Own accord. things you couldn't make happen. not
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Couldn't make happen. not little doors, not ordinary,
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Little doors, not ordinary, supernatural. the hand of
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Supernatural. the hand of god. good breaks that you
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God. good breaks that you didn't see coming.
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Didn't see coming. opportunities you've never
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Opportunities you've never imagined. how about like a
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Imagined. how about like a compaq centers. how about
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Compaq centers. how about like my mother, healed from
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Like my mother, healed from terminal cancer. things that
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Terminal cancer. things that defy the odds.
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Defy the odds. this was so amazing, peter
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This was so amazing, peter thought he was dreaming. he
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Thought he was dreaming. he was out of the prison, on the
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Was out of the prison, on the streets, before he realized
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Streets, before he realized what had really happened. god
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What had really happened. god has doors he's going to open
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Has doors he's going to open for you that will seem like a
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For you that will seem like a dream, too good to be true.
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Dream, too good to be true. that's what it means, a door
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That's what it means, a door no person can open. it's out
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No person can open. it's out of your league, over your
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Of your league, over your head, beyond what you're
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Head, beyond what you're qualified for. here's the
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Qualified for. here's the beauty, it's going to open of
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Beauty, it's going to open of its own accord. it wasn't all
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Its own accord. it wasn't all your striving, straining,
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Your striving, straining, living pressured. no just
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Living pressured. no just keep god first place. keep
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Keep god first place. keep honoring him, and he's going
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Honoring him, and he's going to open doors you never
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To open doors you never imagined would open. one
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Imagined would open. one reason is because you've been
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Reason is because you've been faithful with your closed
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Faithful with your closed doors. you didn't get sour
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Doors. you didn't get sour when you didn't get your way.
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When you didn't get your way. you kept a good attitude when
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You kept a good attitude when you were overlooked for the
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You were overlooked for the promotion. you kept thanking
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Promotion. you kept thanking god even though friends were
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God even though friends were passing you up. you passed
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Passing you up. you passed the test. now god is going to
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The test. now god is going to do what only he can do.
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Do what only he can do. i'm asking you to trust him
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I'm asking you to trust him with the doors in your life.
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With the doors in your life. no more frustrated over
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No more frustrated over closed doors, things you
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Closed doors, things you don't understand. god knows
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Don't understand. god knows what he's doing. no more
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What he's doing. no more straining, trying to force
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Straining, trying to force things to happen. take the
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Things to happen. take the pressure off. god controls
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Pressure off. god controls what opens and what closes.
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What opens and what closes. not people, not bad breaks,
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Not people, not bad breaks, not the enemy. you may be
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Not the enemy. you may be waiting for a door to open. i
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Waiting for a door to open. i know thoughts tell you, “it's
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Know thoughts tell you, “it's never going to happen.” no
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Never going to happen.” no samuel is already on the
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Samuel is already on the schedule. at the right time,
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Schedule. at the right time, god will surprise you. it
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God will surprise you. it will be better than you've
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Will be better than you've imagined. trust him as your
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Imagined. trust him as your doorkeeper. if you'll do
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Doorkeeper. if you'll do this, i believe and declare,
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This, i believe and declare, god is not only going to
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God is not only going to protect you by closing wrong
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Protect you by closing wrong doors, but like peter, you're
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Doors, but like peter, you're going to see doors open of
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Going to see doors open of their own accord. promotion,
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Their own accord. promotion, breakthroughs, healing,
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Breakthroughs, healing, divine connections, the
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Divine connections, the fullness of your destiny, in
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Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive
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Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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It, can you say amen? (applause)
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It's easy to let the
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It's easy to let the day get away from us
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Day get away from us before the day even starts.
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Before the day even starts. the first few
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The first few minutes of your morning
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Minutes of your morning are more powerful
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Are more powerful than you might think.
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Than you might think. life moves
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Life moves really fast sometimes,
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Really fast sometimes, and it can be easy to begin
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And it can be easy to begin each day
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Each day by zeroing in on your problems.
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By zeroing in on your problems. but here's the truth:
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But here's the truth: how you start
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How you start the day can determine
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The day can determine what kind of day
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What kind of day it's going to be,
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It's going to be, and i'd love to send you
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And i'd love to send you my devotional,
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My devotional, 3 minute mornings:
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3 minute mornings: start your day the blessed way.
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Three minutes
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Three minutes doesn't seem like
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Doesn't seem like a lot of time,
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A lot of time, but when you put god
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But when you put god first place
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First place and get your mind
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And get your mind going in the right
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Going in the right direction, it's
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Direction, it's setting the tone for a blessed,
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Setting the tone for a blessed, productive day.
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Productive day. it's filled with inspiration
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It's filled with inspiration and encouragement
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And encouragement to help you begin
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To help you begin each day with a fresh attitude,
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Each day with a fresh attitude, grateful that you're alive.
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Grateful that you're alive. it's amazing
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It's amazing what happens
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What happens when you take three minutes
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When you take three minutes and speak
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And speak blessings over your life,
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Blessings over your life, declaring god's favor.
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Declaring god's favor. 3 minute mornings
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3 minute mornings is our gift to you.
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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3 minute mornings: start your day in faith.
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Start your day in faith. the bible promises
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The bible promises that god is a rewarder
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That god is a rewarder of those
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Of those who diligently seek him.
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Who diligently seek him. so as you pause
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So as you pause for only three minutes
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For only three minutes and take
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And take in his wonderful promises
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In his wonderful promises in this book,
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In this book, you will be
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You will be positioning yourself
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Positioning yourself to receive
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To receive all the amazing things
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All the amazing things that god has in store for you.
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Problems to renewed possibilities.
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Possibilities. frustrations to god's favor.
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Frustrations to god's favor. yes, only
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Yes, only three minutes will transform
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Three minutes will transform your entire day.
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Your entire day. from the time
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From the time i was a little boy,
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I was a little boy, my parents taught me the value
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My parents taught me the value of starting the day off
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Of starting the day off in faith.
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In faith. 3 minute mornings
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3 minute mornings will help you do just that.
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Will help you do just that. victoria and i pray
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Victoria and i pray for you every day
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For you every day for god's very best.
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For god's very best. we want to thank you
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We want to thank you for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. you're impacting people
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You're impacting people all over the world.
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All over the world. a special
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Joel Osteen - God Controls Your Doors

June 1, 2025 | 27:29

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