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Joel Osteen - The God Who Crosses His Arms

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The God Who Crosses His Arms | May 27, 2025

>> joel osteen: well, god
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you and thanks for
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Bless you and thanks for letting us come into your
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Letting us come into your homes today.
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Homes today. if you're ever in our area, i
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If you're ever in our area, i hope you'll stop by and be a
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Hope you'll stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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Part of one of our services. finest people in all of
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Finest people in all of houston, texas right here at
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Houston, texas right here at lakewood, but thanks for
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Lakewood, but thanks for tuning in today, and thank
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Tuning in today, and thank you again for coming out.
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You again for coming out. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny, and i heard
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Something funny, and i heard about this man that died and
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About this man that died and went to heaven.
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Went to heaven. saint peter escorted him down
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Saint peter escorted him down this long hallway filled with
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This long hallway filled with mini clocks.
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Mini clocks. the hands on the clocks were
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The hands on the clocks were all ticking at different
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All ticking at different speeds.
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Speeds. peter explained that every
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Peter explained that every person has a clock.
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Person has a clock. when they sin, the clock
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When they sin, the clock ticks.
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Ticks. one clock was barely moving.
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One clock was barely moving. that was billy graham's
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That was billy graham's clock.
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Clock. another clock was creeping
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Another clock was creeping along.
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Along. mother teresa's clock.
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Mother teresa's clock. the man said curiously, "can
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The man said curiously, "can i see my clock?"
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I see my clock?" peter said, "yeah, we keep
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Peter said, "yeah, we keep yours in the office and use
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Yours in the office and use it as a fan."
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It as a fan." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,
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Alert, my heart is receptive, i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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Jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "the god who crosses
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About "the god who crosses his arms."
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His arms." god has things in store for
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God has things in store for you that you don't see
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You that you don't see coming.
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Coming. it may seem like you've
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It may seem like you've reached your limits, you've
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Reached your limits, you've gone as far as you can, but
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Gone as far as you can, but god is going to open doors
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God is going to open doors you never thought would open.
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You never thought would open. you didn't have the training,
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You didn't have the training, you weren't next in line, but
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You weren't next in line, but somehow you were chosen for
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Somehow you were chosen for the promotion.
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The promotion. god has unexpected favor.
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God has unexpected favor. he's going to do things that
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He's going to do things that we didn't deserve, and that's
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We didn't deserve, and that's what happened in genesis 48.
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What happened in genesis 48. jacob was an old man and
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Jacob was an old man and about to die.
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About to die. his son joseph was the prime
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His son joseph was the prime minister of egypt, second in
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Minister of egypt, second in command under the pharaoh.
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Command under the pharaoh. joseph was jacob's youngest
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Joseph was jacob's youngest son and his favorite.
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Son and his favorite. he'd given joseph his coat
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He'd given joseph his coat of many colors and was so
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Of many colors and was so proud of him, but for many
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Proud of him, but for many years jacob thought joseph
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Years jacob thought joseph was dead.
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Was dead. his brothers told their
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His brothers told their father that joseph had been
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Father that joseph had been eaten by a wild animal.
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Eaten by a wild animal. jacob was heartbroken and
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Jacob was heartbroken and lived with all this pain.
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Lived with all this pain. some 13 years later, jacob
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Some 13 years later, jacob found out that joseph was
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Found out that joseph was still alive and in this
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Still alive and in this position of great honor.
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Position of great honor. joseph eventually brought his
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Joseph eventually brought his father and his family to
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Father and his family to egypt, gave them a place to
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Egypt, gave them a place to live, and took care of them.
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Live, and took care of them. now jacob was 140 years old
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Now jacob was 140 years old and about to pass.
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And about to pass. joseph went in to say his
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Joseph went in to say his goodbyes and to get the
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Goodbyes and to get the blessing from his father.
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Blessing from his father. he took his two sons with
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He took his two sons with him, manasseh and ephraim.
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Him, manasseh and ephraim. when jacob saw the boys, he
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When jacob saw the boys, he asked who they were.
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Asked who they were. joseph said, "dad, these are
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Joseph said, "dad, these are my sons, your grandsons."
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My sons, your grandsons." imagine how jacob must have
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Imagine how jacob must have felt.
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Felt. he never thought he would see
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He never thought he would see joseph again.
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Joseph again. he'd already accepted that he
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He'd already accepted that he was gone.
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Was gone. now god not only let him see
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Now god not only let him see his son, but he saw his
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His son, but he saw his grandsons.
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Grandsons. his heart was overjoyed.
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His heart was overjoyed. like jacob, you may have
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Like jacob, you may have given up on a dream.
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Given up on a dream. you think it's been too long.
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You think it's been too long. now you've accepted that
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Now you've accepted that you'll never get well, never
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You'll never get well, never meet the right person, never
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Meet the right person, never start that business, but what
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Start that business, but what god put in your heart, he's
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God put in your heart, he's not only still going to bring
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Not only still going to bring it to pass, but it's going to
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It to pass, but it's going to turn out better than you
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Turn out better than you thought.
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Thought. not just your son, but your
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Not just your son, but your grandson, so to speak.
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Grandson, so to speak. it's going to exceed what
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It's going to exceed what you're thinking.
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You're thinking. jacob called manasseh and
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Jacob called manasseh and ephraim over and hugged them
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Ephraim over and hugged them and kissed them.
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And kissed them. he said to joseph in verse 5,
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He said to joseph in verse 5, "i'm adopting as my own sons
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"i'm adopting as my own sons your two boys.
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Your two boys. they will inherit the same
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They will inherit the same thing as you and your
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Thing as you and your brothers."
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You can't get stuck in a rut and
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Egyptian mother.
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Egyptian mother. back then, the egyptians
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Back then, the egyptians worshiped idols.
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Worshiped idols. they didn't believe in
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They didn't believe in jehovah.
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Jehovah. she didn't have a heritage of
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She didn't have a heritage of faith.
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Faith. you would think god would
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You would think god would say, "i'm not going to have
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Say, "i'm not going to have anything to do with those
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Anything to do with those boys.
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Boys. i'm not going to bless
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I'm not going to bless someone from a family that
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Someone from a family that doesn't worship me."
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Doesn't worship me." but god doesn't disqualify
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But god doesn't disqualify you because of how you were
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You because of how you were raised.
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Raised. you may come from a family
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You may come from a family that didn't honor god.
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That didn't honor god. there was a lot of
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Look for new opportunities.
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Have to stop you.
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Have to stop you. like manasseh and ephraim,
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Like manasseh and ephraim, god is adopting you in spite
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God is adopting you in spite of what they did or didn't
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Of what they did or didn't do, and you may kind of
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Do, and you may kind of feel like you've been under a
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Feel like you've been under a generational curse because of
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Generational curse because of how you were raised.
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How you were raised. god is choosing you to start
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God is choosing you to start a generational blessing.
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A generational blessing. you're the difference maker.
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You're the difference maker. you can be the one to affect
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You can be the one to affect your family line for
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Your family line for generations to come, and it
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Generations to come, and it was extremely significant
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Was extremely significant that these boys were adopted
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That these boys were adopted by jacob.
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By jacob. not only did he overlook who
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Not only did he overlook who their mother was, but they
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Their mother was, but they were grandsons, not sons.
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Were grandsons, not sons. they should have had to wait
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They should have had to wait another generation, 40 years,
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Another generation, 40 years, to receive what jacob was
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To receive what jacob was giving them.
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Giving them. normally it would have come
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Normally it would have come from their father, joseph.
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From their father, joseph. he would have passed down the
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He would have passed down the blessing, the inheritance
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Blessing, the inheritance that was given to him.
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That was given to him. these boys were receiving
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These boys were receiving something that they didn't
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Something that they didn't deserve.
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Deserve. this was showing us the
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This was showing us the character of god.
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Character of god. there are things that we
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There are things that we don't deserve.
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Don't deserve. we were off course, doing our
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We were off course, doing our own thing, but god, who is
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Own thing, but god, who is full of mercy, said, "i'm
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Full of mercy, said, "i'm going to reach down in spite
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Going to reach down in spite of your past, in spite of
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Of your past, in spite of your mistakes, in spite of
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Your mistakes, in spite of what your family didn't do,
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What your family didn't do, and i'm going to adopt you
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And i'm going to adopt you anyway."
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Anyway." paul said in ephesians god
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Paul said in ephesians god has adopted us into his own
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Has adopted us into his own family.
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Family. because you've been adopted,
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Because you've been adopted, you're going to come in to
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You're going to come in to blessings that you didn't
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Blessings that you didn't earn, favor that you didn't
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Earn, favor that you didn't deserve, houses that you
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Deserve, houses that you didn't build, the scripture
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Didn't build, the scripture says, vineyards that you
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Says, vineyards that you didn't plant.
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Didn't plant. your past is not going to
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Your past is not going to limit you.
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Limit you. how you were raised is not
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How you were raised is not going to keep god from
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Going to keep god from blessing you.
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Blessing you. like these boys' mother,
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Like these boys' mother, there may have been people
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There may have been people that didn't honor god, didn't
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That didn't honor god, didn't make good choices.
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Make good choices. god is not holding that
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God is not holding that against you.
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Against you. he's saying, "i'm adopting
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He's saying, "i'm adopting you anyway.
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You anyway. not as my grandchild, not as
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Not as my grandchild, not as my great-grandchild.
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My great-grandchild. i'm adopting you as my own
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I'm adopting you as my own son, my own daughter."
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Son, my own daughter." joseph's sons shouldn't have
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Joseph's sons shouldn't have been heirs for another
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Been heirs for another generation, but because of
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Generation, but because of what jacob did they were
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What jacob did they were thrust 40 years down the
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Thrust 40 years down the road.
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Road. there are things that should
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There are things that should take you years to accomplish,
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Take you years to accomplish, years to get out of debt,
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Years to get out of debt, years to break an
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Years to break an addiction, years to set a new
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Addiction, years to set a new standard, but god is going to
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Standard, but god is going to do for you what he did for
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Do for you what he did for these boys.
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These boys. he's going to catapult you
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He's going to catapult you ahead.
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Ahead. you're going to see things
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You're going to see things happen faster than you
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Happen faster than you thought.
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Thought. it should have taken you a
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It should have taken you a generation, but god's going
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Generation, but god's going to do a quick work.
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To do a quick work. because you're honoring him,
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Because you're honoring him, because you say, "as for me
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Because you say, "as for me and my house, we will serve
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And my house, we will serve the lord," god is speeding
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The lord," god is speeding things up.
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Things up. what should have taken you
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What should have taken you your whole life is going to
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Your whole life is going to happen in a fraction of the
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Happen in a fraction of the time, but i can imagine
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Time, but i can imagine joseph's brothers.
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Joseph's brothers. when they saw the grandsons
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When they saw the grandsons getting the same blessing
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Getting the same blessing that belonged to the
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That belonged to the brothers, they didn't
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Brothers, they didn't understand it.
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Understand it. they said, "dad, that's not
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They said, "dad, that's not fair.
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Fair. they're sons, not grandsons.
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They're sons, not grandsons. you're giving them the same
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You're giving them the same thing that you're giving
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Thing that you're giving us."
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Us." can i tell you, favor is not
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Can i tell you, favor is not fair?
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Fair? it's just the goodness of
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It's just the goodness of god, and when god blesses
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God, and when god blesses you, don't be surprised if
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You, don't be surprised if some people get jealous.
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Some people get jealous. when he speeds things up,
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When he speeds things up, when you break barriers, some
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When you break barriers, some people won't understand it.
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People won't understand it. they'll start talking about
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They'll start talking about you: you don't deserve it,
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You: you don't deserve it, you're not talented, you're
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You're not talented, you're just lucky.
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Just lucky. it's not luck.
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It's not luck. it's favor.
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It's favor. it's god shining down on you,
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It's god shining down on you, making things happen that you
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Making things happen that you could not make happen.
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Could not make happen. now, stay on the high road.
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Now, stay on the high road. you don't have to convince
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You don't have to convince people to like you.
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People to like you. some people can't handle your
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Some people can't handle your success, and if they walk
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Success, and if they walk away let them walk.
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Away let them walk. you didn't need them.
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You didn't need them. if they left you, they're not
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If they left you, they're not a part of your destiny.
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A part of your destiny. don't waste your valuable
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Don't waste your valuable time with people that won't
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Time with people that won't celebrate the blessing that
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Celebrate the blessing that god put on your life.
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God put on your life. don't apologize for it.
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Don't apologize for it. don't try to downplay it.
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Don't try to downplay it. you didn't choose it.
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You didn't choose it. god chose you.
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God chose you. you were a grandson.
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You were a grandson. he is the one that said, "i'm
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He is the one that said, "i'm adopting you.
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Adopting you. i'm giving you what you don't
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I'm giving you what you don't deserve.
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Deserve. i'm taking you to a new
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I'm taking you to a new level."
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Level." wear your blessings well.
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Wear your blessings well. it's the favor of god on your
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It's the favor of god on your life.
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Life. after jacob told the boys he
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After jacob told the boys he was adopting them, he called
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Was adopting them, he called them over to give them his
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Them over to give them his blessing.
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Blessing. in the old testament, the
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In the old testament, the blessing from the father was
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Blessing from the father was very significant and very
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Very significant and very revered.
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Revered. what the father spoke over
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What the father spoke over the sons in his final days
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The sons in his final days carried great weight and
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Carried great weight and would affect the children the
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Would affect the children the rest of their lives.
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Rest of their lives. the oldest son would receive
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The oldest son would receive a double portion.
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A double portion. that was the tradition.
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That was the tradition. the blessing the father gave
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The blessing the father gave with his right hand was this
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With his right hand was this double-portion blessing, so
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Double-portion blessing, so joseph brought his oldest
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Joseph brought his oldest son, his firstborn, manasseh,
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Son, his firstborn, manasseh, and placed him at his
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And placed him at his father's right side so jacob
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Father's right side so jacob could easily reach out and
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Could easily reach out and touch him.
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Touch him. ephraim stood on his left.
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Ephraim stood on his left. joseph knelt down, put his
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Joseph knelt down, put his face toward the ground, but
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Face toward the ground, but jacob, instead of reaching
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Jacob, instead of reaching out with his right hand and
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Out with his right hand and touching manasseh, he crossed
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Touching manasseh, he crossed his arms and put his right
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His arms and put his right hand on ephraim, his left on
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Hand on ephraim, his left on manasseh.
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Manasseh. he spoke the blessing over
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He spoke the blessing over them.
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Them. when joseph eventually looked
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When joseph eventually looked up and saw it, he was upset.
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Up and saw it, he was upset. he got up in a hurry and
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He got up in a hurry and said, "dad, what are you
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Said, "dad, what are you doing?
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Doing? you've got it backwards.
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You've got it backwards. manasseh is my oldest."
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Manasseh is my oldest." he took jacob's right hand
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He took jacob's right hand and was going to place it on
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And was going to place it on manasseh.
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Manasseh. jacob pulled it back.
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Jacob pulled it back. he said, "i know what i'm
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He said, "i know what i'm doing.
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Doing. manasseh will be great, but
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Manasseh will be great, but ephraim will even be greater.
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Ephraim will even be greater. multitudes of nations will
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Multitudes of nations will come out of him."
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Come out of him." god was showing us that he
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God was showing us that he doesn't always bless the way
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Doesn't always bless the way we expect.
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We expect. ephraim wasn't next in line.
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Ephraim wasn't next in line. he didn't deserve it, he
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He didn't deserve it, he wasn't born in the right
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Wasn't born in the right position, but god bypassed
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Position, but god bypassed all the tradition.
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All the tradition. he bypassed what people
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He bypassed what people thought would happen and did
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Thought would happen and did something out of the
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Something out of the ordinary.
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Ordinary. when joseph tried to stop his
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When joseph tried to stop his father, jacob said, in
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Father, jacob said, in effect, "i know ephraim was
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Effect, "i know ephraim was born second, i know this
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Born second, i know this doesn't belong to him, but
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Doesn't belong to him, but i'm crossing my arms on
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I'm crossing my arms on purpose.
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Purpose. i'm going to show him favor
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I'm going to show him favor that he doesn't deserve."
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That he doesn't deserve." this story is not so much
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This story is not so much about one family member
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About one family member getting ahead of another.
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Getting ahead of another. it's god showing us how he
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It's god showing us how he can take people from the
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Can take people from the back, people that don't have
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Back, people that don't have the position, people that
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The position, people that feel left out and bring them
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Feel left out and bring them to the front.
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To the front. god loves to choose people
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God loves to choose people that others say are not
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That others say are not qualified.
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Qualified. they don't have the talent.
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They don't have the talent. they don't come from the
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They don't come from the right family.
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Right family. they've made too many
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They've made too many mistakes.
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Mistakes. don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. god is about to cross his
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God is about to cross his arms.
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Arms. he's going to put you in a
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He's going to put you in a position that you didn't
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Position that you didn't earn.
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Earn. you didn't qualify for it.
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You didn't qualify for it. you weren't next in line.
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You weren't next in line. god's going to make things
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God's going to make things happen that you didn't see
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Happen that you didn't see coming, and you may think,
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Coming, and you may think, like i did, that where you
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Like i did, that where you are now is where you're
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Are now is where you're always going to be.
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Always going to be. you've reached your limits.
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You've reached your limits. that would all be true except
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That would all be true except for one thing: god is going
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For one thing: god is going to cross his arms.
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To cross his arms. you keep honoring god, being
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You keep honoring god, being your best.
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Your best. he will open doors you never
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He will open doors you never dreamed would open.
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Dreamed would open. i think, how did i end up in
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I think, how did i end up in front of so many people?
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Front of so many people? eighteen years ago, i was
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Eighteen years ago, i was running the cameras.
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Running the cameras. i was doing the production.
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I was doing the production. i wasn't next in line
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I wasn't next in line necessarily.
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Necessarily. i wasn't the most qualified,
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I wasn't the most qualified, but god crossed his arms and
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But god crossed his arms and here i am.
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Here i am. how did we get the compaq
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How did we get the compaq center?
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Center? we weren't the most
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We weren't the most influential group in the
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Influential group in the bidding process.
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Bidding process. we didn't have the biggest
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We didn't have the biggest portfolio, the most
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Portfolio, the most resources, but god crossed
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Resources, but god crossed his arms.
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His arms. he took us from the back and
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He took us from the back and put us in the front.
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Put us in the front. how is my mother still alive
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How is my mother still alive 37 years after being
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37 years after being diagnosed with terminal
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Diagnosed with terminal cancer?
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Cancer? god crossed his arms.
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God crossed his arms. he did what medicine could
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He did what medicine could not do.
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Not do. we can all come up with an
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We can all come up with an excuse to settle where we
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Excuse to settle where we are.
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Are. "i don't have the training,
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"i don't have the training, joel.
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Joel. i don't have the connections,
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I don't have the connections, the confidence, the talent,
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The confidence, the talent, the size, the personality."
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The size, the personality." god says, "i know all that.
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God says, "i know all that. i created you.
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I created you. i know what order you were
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I know what order you were born in."
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Born in." you may not be the firstborn
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You may not be the firstborn son, so to speak.
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Son, so to speak. you don't feel like you have
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You don't feel like you have what you need to go further.
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What you need to go further. don't worry.
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Don't worry. god's going to cross his
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God's going to cross his arms.
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Arms. he's going to make things
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He's going to make things happen that you couldn't make
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Happen that you couldn't make happen.
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Happen. samson could have said, "god,
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Samson could have said, "god, i don't deserve your
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I don't deserve your goodness.
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Goodness. you gave me supernatural
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You gave me supernatural strength, and i blew it.
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Strength, and i blew it. i kept giving in to
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I kept giving in to temptation.
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Temptation. now i'm blind, bound,
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Now i'm blind, bound, grinding at the mill, and
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Grinding at the mill, and it's all my own fault."
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It's all my own fault." god said, "samson, i knew
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God said, "samson, i knew every mistake you would ever
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Every mistake you would ever make, and my mercy is bigger
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Make, and my mercy is bigger than anything you've done
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Than anything you've done wrong.
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Wrong. yes, you should die defeated,
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Yes, you should die defeated, feeling like a failure, but
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Feeling like a failure, but take heart.
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Take heart. i'm going to cross my arms."
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I'm going to cross my arms." god blessed samson one more
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God blessed samson one more time, and he defeated more
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Time, and he defeated more enemies in his death than he
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Enemies in his death than he did his whole lifetime.
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Did his whole lifetime. you may have a thousand
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You may have a thousand reasons why you can't
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Reasons why you can't accomplish your dream, why
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Accomplish your dream, why you can't get out of that
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You can't get out of that problem.
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Problem. god is saying to you, "i'm
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God is saying to you, "i'm about to cross my arms.
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About to cross my arms. i'm going to show you
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I'm going to show you unexpected favor, unexpected
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Unexpected favor, unexpected promotion, unexpected
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Promotion, unexpected healing, unexpected
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Healing, unexpected breakthroughs."
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Breakthroughs." you didn't see it coming.
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You didn't see it coming. you aren't qualified.
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You aren't qualified. you weren't the next in line.
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You weren't the next in line. it's just the goodness of
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It's just the goodness of god.
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God. in the book luke, the angel
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In the book luke, the angel said, "mary, the lord has
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Said, "mary, the lord has decided to bless you."
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Decided to bless you." there are some blessings that
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There are some blessings that come from being faithful and
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Come from being faithful and doing the right thing when
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Doing the right thing when it's hard, but there are
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It's hard, but there are times, like with mary, like
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Times, like with mary, like with ephraim, that god has
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With ephraim, that god has simply decided to bless you.
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Simply decided to bless you. you didn't do anything to
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You didn't do anything to earn it.
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Earn it. in fact, there were plenty of
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In fact, there were plenty of reasons why it shouldn't have
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Reasons why it shouldn't have happened.
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Happened. maybe you didn't make good
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Maybe you didn't make good choices or you had a family
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Choices or you had a family member, like ephraim, that
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Member, like ephraim, that didn't honor god, but god, in
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Didn't honor god, but god, in his mercy, crossed his arms.
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His mercy, crossed his arms. he chose to be good to you.
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He chose to be good to you. he chose to turn that problem
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He chose to turn that problem around that you got yourself
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Around that you got yourself into.
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Into. he chose to open that door
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He chose to open that door that you could have never
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That you could have never opened.
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Opened. that's god deciding to bless
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That's god deciding to bless you.
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You. this is what happened with my
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This is what happened with my father.
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Father. he was raised in a good
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He was raised in a good family, but they didn't have
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Family, but they didn't have any kind of faith.
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Any kind of faith. you would think when god
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You would think when god needed a pastor, when he
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Needed a pastor, when he needed somebody to carry out
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Needed somebody to carry out his will, he would find
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His will, he would find somebody from a family of
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Somebody from a family of faith, but god doesn't always
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Faith, but god doesn't always choose who we would choose.
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Choose who we would choose. at 17 years of age, my father
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At 17 years of age, my father was walking home from a
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Was walking home from a nightclub at 2 o'clock in the
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Nightclub at 2 o'clock in the morning like he'd done many
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Morning like he'd done many times before, but this time,
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Times before, but this time, there was something
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There was something different.
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Different. he looked up at the stars,
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He looked up at the stars, for some reason, began to
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For some reason, began to think about god.
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Think about god. he wondered what he would do
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He wondered what he would do with the rest of his life.
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With the rest of his life. his family was very poor.
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His family was very poor. they were cotton farmers.
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They were cotton farmers. he thought he'd have to pick
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He thought he'd have to pick cotton the rest of his life.
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Cotton the rest of his life. it's all he knew how to do,
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It's all he knew how to do, but as he looked up at those
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But as he looked up at those stars, deep down he knew he
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Stars, deep down he knew he was made for more.
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Was made for more. didn't understand anything
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Didn't understand anything about god, but that night he
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About god, but that night he felt something special.
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Felt something special. when he got home, he noticed
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When he got home, he noticed the family bible on the
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The family bible on the coffee table.
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Coffee table. it was there as a decoration.
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It was there as a decoration. something told him to open
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Something told him to open it.
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It. when he did, it fell open to
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When he did, it fell open to a picture of jesus standing
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A picture of jesus standing at a door and knocking.
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At a door and knocking. the caption read "i stand at
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The caption read "i stand at the door and knock.
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The door and knock. if you open it, i will come
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If you open it, i will come in."
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In." my father didn't understand
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My father didn't understand theology, but he could
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Theology, but he could understand opening a door.
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Understand opening a door. the next day, he went to
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The next day, he went to church with a friend for the
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Church with a friend for the first time.
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First time. at the end of the service,
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At the end of the service, the pastor invited people to
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The pastor invited people to come to the front that wanted
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Come to the front that wanted to receive christ.
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To receive christ. my father wanted to go, but
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My father wanted to go, but he was too nervous.
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He was too nervous. he wouldn't budge.
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He wouldn't budge. his friend turned and said,
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His friend turned and said, "john, if you'll go, i'll go
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"john, if you'll go, i'll go with you."
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With you." they walked down together.
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They walked down together. my father gave his life to
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My father gave his life to christ, the first one in our
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Christ, the first one in our family.
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Family. but i think, why my father?
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But i think, why my father? why did he feel that drawing?
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Why did he feel that drawing? why did he look up at the
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Why did he look up at the stars and begin to think
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Stars and begin to think about his destiny?
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About his destiny? why did the bible fall open
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Why did the bible fall open to a picture he could
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To a picture he could understand?
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Understand? why did that friend take an
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Why did that friend take an interest and walk down the
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Interest and walk down the aisle with him?
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Aisle with him? that was the lord deciding to
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That was the lord deciding to bless my father, the lord
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Bless my father, the lord deciding to be good to my
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Deciding to be good to my family.
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Family. my father, he wasn't next in
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My father, he wasn't next in line to become a pastor.
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Line to become a pastor. he wasn't qualified.
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He wasn't qualified. he didn't come from the,
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He didn't come from the, quote, "right family."
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Quote, "right family." can i tell you none of that
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Can i tell you none of that matters?
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Matters? when god decides to bless
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When god decides to bless you, he'll show you favor
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You, he'll show you favor that you didn't earn, mercy
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That you didn't earn, mercy that you didn't deserve.
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That you didn't deserve. it wasn't anything you did.
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It wasn't anything you did. it was just god crossing his
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It was just god crossing his arms.
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Arms. where would i be if god had
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Where would i be if god had not decided to be good to my
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Not decided to be good to my father?
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Father? where would my children be if
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Where would my children be if god had not crossed his arms?
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God had not crossed his arms? see, my father not only went
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See, my father not only went on to become a great pastor,
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On to become a great pastor, founded lakewood, and touched
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Founded lakewood, and touched the world, but daddy broke
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The world, but daddy broke the curse of poverty that he
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The curse of poverty that he was raised in.
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Was raised in. he set a new standard for our
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He set a new standard for our family.
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Family. i believe, like god did for
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I believe, like god did for my father, like he's done for
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My father, like he's done for me, god has decided to bless
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Me, god has decided to bless you.
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You. he's decided to bring your
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He's decided to bring your family in.
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Family in. he's decided to take you to
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He's decided to take you to new levels.
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New levels. circumstances may say it's
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Circumstances may say it's not going to happen, you're
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Not going to happen, you're not qualified, you're not
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Not qualified, you're not next in line.
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Next in line. don't worry.
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Don't worry. god has unexpected favor,
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God has unexpected favor, unexpected promotion,
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Unexpected promotion, unexpected turnarounds.
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Unexpected turnarounds. you didn't see it coming, and
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You didn't see it coming, and it may seem like your family
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It may seem like your family will never come in, or you
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Will never come in, or you could never set a new
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Could never set a new standard.
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Standard. you keep honoring god, and
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You keep honoring god, and you will come into these
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You will come into these moments where god has decided
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Moments where god has decided to bless you.
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To bless you. i saw a young man on
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I saw a young man on television playing
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Television playing professional football.
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Professional football. he had just caught the
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He had just caught the game-winning catch.
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Game-winning catch. his teammates were piling on
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His teammates were piling on him, the fans were cheering,
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Him, the fans were cheering, everybody shouting and going
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Everybody shouting and going wild.
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Wild. two years earlier, he was
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Two years earlier, he was working at a grocery store
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Working at a grocery store stocking shelves.
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Stocking shelves. he was turned down by all the
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He was turned down by all the teams.
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Teams. they said he was too small.
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They said he was too small. he was the star player in
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He was the star player in college.
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College. he was excited about playing
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He was excited about playing professionally, but he wasn't
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Professionally, but he wasn't drafted.
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Drafted. no one wanted him.
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No one wanted him. he felt overlooked,
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He felt overlooked, forgotten.
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Forgotten. he knew he had what it takes,
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He knew he had what it takes, but nobody would give him a
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But nobody would give him a chance.
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Chance. one day, out of the blue, a
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One day, out of the blue, a coach that he had never met
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Coach that he had never met called and invited him to try
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Called and invited him to try out for the team.
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Out for the team. he made the team and went on
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He made the team and went on to become their leading
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To become their leading receiver.
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Receiver. the reporter was interviewing
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The reporter was interviewing him after the game-winning
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Him after the game-winning catch.
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Catch. he thanked the lord, then he
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He thanked the lord, then he said, "wow, i never saw this
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Said, "wow, i never saw this coming."
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Coming." he thought his days of
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He thought his days of football were over.
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Football were over. he'd already accepted that it
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He'd already accepted that it wasn't meant to be, then god
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Wasn't meant to be, then god crossed his arms.
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Crossed his arms. not only was he celebrating
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Not only was he celebrating the victory, but everyone was
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The victory, but everyone was celebrating him.
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Celebrating him. people may rule you out, they
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People may rule you out, they may tell you it's never going
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May tell you it's never going to work out, but god has the
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To work out, but god has the final say.
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Final say. he knows how to take you from
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He knows how to take you from the background to the
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The background to the foreground.
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Foreground. when he decides to bless you,
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When he decides to bless you, things are going to happen
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Things are going to happen that you didn't see coming.
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That you didn't see coming. you don't have to be the most
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You don't have to be the most qualified, the most
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Qualified, the most experienced, from the most
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Experienced, from the most influential family.
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Influential family. if you are, that's great.
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If you are, that's great. god can still take you
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God can still take you higher.
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Higher. but you may feel like you
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But you may feel like you have disadvantages, some you
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Have disadvantages, some you had no control over, what
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Had no control over, what family you were born into,
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Family you were born into, what nationality, what social
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What nationality, what social standing.
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Standing. like ephraim, he couldn't
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Like ephraim, he couldn't help that he wasn't the
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Help that he wasn't the firstborn son.
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Firstborn son. he couldn't help that his
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He couldn't help that his mother worshiped idols.
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Mother worshiped idols. he had no say over that.
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He had no say over that. on the surface, that could
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On the surface, that could hold you back, cause you to
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Hold you back, cause you to think, "too bad.
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Think, "too bad. this is my lot in life," but
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This is my lot in life," but god doesn't choose the way we
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God doesn't choose the way we choose.
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Choose. he's about to show you
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He's about to show you influence, ability,
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Influence, ability, opportunities that you didn't
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Opportunities that you didn't see coming.
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See coming. david said, "who am i, o
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David said, "who am i, o lord, and what is my family
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Lord, and what is my family that you would take me this
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That you would take me this far?"
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Far?" he was saying, "i'm not the
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He was saying, "i'm not the biggest, strongest, most
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Biggest, strongest, most qualified.
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Qualified. i didn't come from royalty.
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I didn't come from royalty. i was a shepherd working in
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I was a shepherd working in the fields, minding my own
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The fields, minding my own business, and lord, look
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Business, and lord, look where you've taken me."
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Where you've taken me." he didn't have to go after
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He didn't have to go after it.
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It. it came after him.
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It came after him. the prophet samuel showed up
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The prophet samuel showed up at his house to anoint him
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At his house to anoint him king.
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King. god has some far and beyond
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God has some far and beyond opportunities that are about
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Opportunities that are about to come looking for you.
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To come looking for you. the right people are going to
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The right people are going to track you down.
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Track you down. you couldn't have made it
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You couldn't have made it happen.
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Happen. it's the arm of the lord
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It's the arm of the lord reaching down to promote, to
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Reaching down to promote, to elevate, to increase you.
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Elevate, to increase you. you're going to look back and
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You're going to look back and say like david, "wow, god, i
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Say like david, "wow, god, i never dreamed you'd take me
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Never dreamed you'd take me to this level."
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To this level." now, keep your faith out
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Now, keep your faith out there.
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There. thoughts will tell you it's
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Thoughts will tell you it's never going to happen.
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Never going to happen. no, get ready.
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No, get ready. god's about to cross his
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God's about to cross his arms.
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Arms. i believe and declare you're
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I believe and declare you're coming into unexpected favor,
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Coming into unexpected favor, unexpected healing,
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Unexpected healing, unexpected turnarounds.
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Unexpected turnarounds. god's going to take you from
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God's going to take you from the background to the
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The background to the foreground.
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Foreground. you're going to step into new
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You're going to step into new levels, set a new standard
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Levels, set a new standard for your family, and reach
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For your family, and reach the fullness of your destiny
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The fullness of your destiny in jesus' name, and if you
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In jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you say amen?
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Receive it, can you say amen? i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, lord jesus, i
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Just say, lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior.
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Savior. if you prayed that simple
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church and keep god first
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Church and keep god first place.
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Place. victoria and i
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Victoria and i will be right back
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Will be right back to speak a blessing over you.
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Each week, i stand on
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Each week, i stand on this stage
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This stage and remind you
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And remind you of what god says about you.
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Of what god says about you. because it's easy
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Because it's easy to be defined by
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To be defined by who people say we are,
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Who people say we are, or by our own
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Or by our own negative thoughts;
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Negative thoughts; that we're not talented,
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That we're not talented, our problems too big.
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Our problems too big. the key is to go back to
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The key is to go back to who god says you are.
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I'd love to send you
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I'll help you discover your true identity.
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Your true identity. god says you're blessed.
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God says you're blessed. you're chosen. you're forgiven.
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You're chosen. you're forgiven. you have seeds of greatness.
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You have seeds of greatness. your future is bright.
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Your future is bright. when you get in agreement
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When you get in agreement with god and declare
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With god and declare his promises,
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His promises, you'll rise higher
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You'll rise higher and become
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And become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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God says about you: faith reminders
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Faith reminders when you need them most.
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When you need them most. as you read and reflect,
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As you read and reflect, the story of your life, the way
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The story of your life, the way you see yourself,
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You see yourself, will radically change.
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Will radically change. it will become a reflection
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It will become a reflection of god himself
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And what he says about you. use this resource
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To encourage your heart and remind you
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And remind you of who you are in him.
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Of who you are in him. you are everything
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You are everything god says about you
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God says about you within these pages,
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Within these pages, so read it, experience it,
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So read it, experience it, and believe it.
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And declare these reminders every day.
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Every day. yes, you are
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Yes, you are who god says you are.
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Who god says you are. now is your time
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For who you really are: strong, talented,
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Strong, talented, valuable, a victor,
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Valuable, a victor, never a victim.
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Never a victim. victoria
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Victoria and i want you to know
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That we love you and we pray for you every day.
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Joel Osteen - The God Who Crosses His Arms

May 27, 2025 | 27:29

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