Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - The God Who Opens Doors

May 5, 2025 | S25:E125

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The God Who Opens Doors | May 5, 2025

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> joel: god bless you.
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> joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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Channel, social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this pastor.
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I heard about this pastor. he was new in town, and he
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He was new in town, and he was going door to door
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Was going door to door inviting people to his
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Inviting people to his church. he knocked on
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Church. he knocked on this one door, he could
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This one door, he could tell someone was home,
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Tell someone was home, but no one would answer.
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But no one would answer. so, he took his business
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So, he took his business card out and wrote on
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Card out and wrote on the back the scripture
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The back the scripture reference, revelation 3:20,
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Reference, revelation 3:20, left it on the door.
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Left it on the door. the next sunday after
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The next sunday after service, an usher handed
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Service, an usher handed him the same card. under
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Him the same card. under what the pastor had written
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What the pastor had written was the scripture
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Was the scripture reference, genesis 3:10.
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Reference, genesis 3:10. here's what they say.
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Here's what they say. revelation 3:20, the
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Revelation 3:20, the pastor's words.
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Pastor's words. “behold i stand at the door
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“behold i stand at the door and knock. if anyone opens
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And knock. if anyone opens the door, i will come in.”
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The door, i will come in.” the reply was genesis 3:10.
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The reply was genesis 3:10. it says, “i heard your
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It says, “i heard your voice, and i was afraid,
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Voice, and i was afraid, because i was naked.”
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Because i was naked.” 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
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I can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never
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Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus'
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Be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about the god who opens
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About the god who opens doors.
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Doors. we all face situations
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We all face situations where it seems like the
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Where it seems like the door is shut.
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Door is shut. we're working hard but not
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We're working hard but not getting good breaks, the
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Getting good breaks, the loan didn't go through, we
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Loan didn't go through, we still haven't met anyone.
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Still haven't met anyone. thoughts will tell you,
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Thoughts will tell you, “that door is never going
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“that door is never going to open.
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To open. you can't accomplish your
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You can't accomplish your dreams. you don't have the
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Dreams. you don't have the training.
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Training. you're locked out.”
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You're locked out.” sometimes it's like a door
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Sometimes it's like a door has been slammed in our
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Has been slammed in our face.
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Face. a person walked away, a
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A person walked away, a friend betrayed us, we came
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Friend betrayed us, we came down with an illness.
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Down with an illness. the door looks permanently
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The door looks permanently locked.
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Locked. but the scripture says,
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But the scripture says, “god will open doors that
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“god will open doors that no person can shut.” god is
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No person can shut.” god is your doorkeeper.
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Your doorkeeper. he's in control of the
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He's in control of the doors in your life.
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Doors in your life. you may be up against a
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You may be up against a door that seems locked.
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Door that seems locked. no way you can get well, no
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No way you can get well, no way you can start your
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Way you can start your business, no way you can
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Business, no way you can break that addiction.
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Break that addiction. that door is deadbolted,
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That door is deadbolted, chained.
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Chained. no when it's your time the
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No when it's your time the most high god will break
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Most high god will break the chains.
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The chains. he's about to unlock some
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He's about to unlock some doors that have been locked.
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Doors that have been locked. you're about to walk into
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You're about to walk into what you've been shut out
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What you've been shut out of.
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Of. promotion, healing,
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Promotion, healing, freedom, the right people.
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Freedom, the right people. don't believe the lies that
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Don't believe the lies that the doors are permanently
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The doors are permanently closed.
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Closed. the god who opens doors is
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The god who opens doors is about to show out in your
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About to show out in your life.
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Life. maybe you've been shut out
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Maybe you've been shut out of abundance.
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Of abundance. stuck behind a door of
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Stuck behind a door of lack, not enough, i can see
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Lack, not enough, i can see that door opening up right
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That door opening up right now.
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Now. god is doing a new thing.
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God is doing a new thing. he's about to take you
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He's about to take you where you've never been.
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Where you've never been. the israelites wandered in
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The israelites wandered in the desert forty years,
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The desert forty years, shut out of the promised
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Shut out of the promised land.
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Land. they could see it but they
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They could see it but they couldn't go in it.
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Couldn't go in it. the door was closed.
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The door was closed. the people living there
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The people living there were bigger, stronger, more
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Were bigger, stronger, more powerful.
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Powerful. they couldn't defeat them.
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They couldn't defeat them. but just because the door
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But just because the door has been closed, doesn't
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Has been closed, doesn't mean it's going to stay
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Mean it's going to stay closed.
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Closed. god told joshua, “it's time
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God told joshua, “it's time to possess the land.” he
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To possess the land.” he was saying, “joshua, i know
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Was saying, “joshua, i know the door has been shut.
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The door has been shut. i haven't allowed you to go
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I haven't allowed you to go in, the obstacles were too
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In, the obstacles were too big, but this is a new
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Big, but this is a new season.
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Season. i'm going to open this door
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I'm going to open this door so you can enter the
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So you can enter the promised land.” doors that
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Promised land.” doors that have been closed a long
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Have been closed a long time for you, are about to
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Time for you, are about to open.
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Open. david said in psalm 24,
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David said in psalm 24, “open up ancient gates and
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“open up ancient gates and the king of glory will come
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The king of glory will come in.” ancient gates mean
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In.” ancient gates mean things that have been shut
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Things that have been shut for years.
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For years. doors that have been closed
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Doors that have been closed in your family line, for
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In your family line, for generations, things you've
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Generations, things you've been shut out of.
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Been shut out of. dealing with addictions,
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Dealing with addictions, depression, low
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Depression, low self-esteem, mediocrity,
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Self-esteem, mediocrity, those ancient gates are
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Those ancient gates are about to open up.
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About to open up. like the israelites, you're
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Like the israelites, you're about to walk into your
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About to walk into your promised land.
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Promised land. to blessings, freedom,
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To blessings, freedom, wholeness, success.
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Wholeness, success. i can see chains breaking
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I can see chains breaking right now, deadbolts coming
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Right now, deadbolts coming off, doors opening.
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Off, doors opening. you're coming out of
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You're coming out of generational curses,
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Generational curses, generational limitations,
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Generational limitations, generational struggles,
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Generational struggles, into generational blessings.
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Into generational blessings. what's been stored up for
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What's been stored up for your family is about to be
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Your family is about to be released with you.
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Released with you. what's been held back, what
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What's been held back, what should have been yours,
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Should have been yours, it's not lost, it's been
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It's not lost, it's been accumulating, ancient gates
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Accumulating, ancient gates are going to open up.
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Are going to open up. you couldn't make this
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You couldn't make this happen, it's the king of
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Happen, it's the king of glory, it's the most high
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Glory, it's the most high god, it's your doorkeeper
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God, it's your doorkeeper doing what only he can do.
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Doing what only he can do. here's a key, the doors
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Here's a key, the doors that have been closed,
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That have been closed, weren't closed by accident.
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Weren't closed by accident. god was getting you
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God was getting you prepared for what's next.
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Prepared for what's next. the scripture says he
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The scripture says he didn't take the israelites
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Didn't take the israelites the shortest route to the
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The shortest route to the promised land because they
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Promised land because they weren't ready for war.
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Weren't ready for war. they would have been
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They would have been defeated by their enemies.
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Defeated by their enemies. that time you've been shut
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That time you've been shut out, the door has been
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Out, the door has been closed was not wasted.
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Closed was not wasted. god was doing a work in
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God was doing a work in you, getting you stronger,
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You, getting you stronger, making sure you could carry
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Making sure you could carry the weight of glory.
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The weight of glory. you were faithful.
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You were faithful. you kept doing the right
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You kept doing the right thing.
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Thing. you didn't complain when it
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You didn't complain when it wasn't fair.
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Wasn't fair. you didn't get bitter over
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You didn't get bitter over who did you wrong.
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Who did you wrong. you passed the test. you
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You passed the test. you proved to god you would be
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Proved to god you would be faithful, now you're going
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Faithful, now you're going to come into favor,
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To come into favor, resources, opportunities.
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Resources, opportunities. you're going to see what
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You're going to see what your parents and
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Your parents and grandparents dreamed of.
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Grandparents dreamed of. you're going to walk into
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You're going to walk into the blessing that they
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The blessing that they prayed for.
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Prayed for. these ancient gates are
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These ancient gates are about to open for you.
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About to open for you. it's because of your
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It's because of your grandmother's prayers.
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Grandmother's prayers. it's because your great
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It's because your great grandfather honored god.
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Grandfather honored god. you're going to see
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You're going to see generational blessings.
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Generational blessings. my father dreamed of having
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My father dreamed of having an auditorium with twenty
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An auditorium with twenty thousand seats.
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Thousand seats. he talked about how one day
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He talked about how one day he was going to buy the
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He was going to buy the compaq center.
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Compaq center. this is when he had an
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This is when he had an auditorium that held two
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Auditorium that held two thousand people.
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Thousand people. years before the rockets
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Years before the rockets ever moved out of this
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Ever moved out of this facility, god put the dream
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Facility, god put the dream in him. he could sense
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In him. he could sense something big was coming
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Something big was coming but that door never opened.
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But that door never opened. he stayed shut out.
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He stayed shut out. but god knows what he's
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But god knows what he's doing.
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Doing. he's a faithful god.
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He's a faithful god. the fulfillment of that
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The fulfillment of that dream wasn't for my father,
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Dream wasn't for my father, it was for his children.
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It was for his children. that was an ancient gate
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That was an ancient gate that had been shut.
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That had been shut. it was in our family line.
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It was in our family line. god had already promised it.
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God had already promised it. at the right time the
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At the right time the doorkeeper, opened that
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Doorkeeper, opened that ancient gate.
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Ancient gate. i'm living in the dream
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I'm living in the dream that started with my father.
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That started with my father. daddy was very influential,
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Daddy was very influential, he was very blessed, but he
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He was very blessed, but he never saw the favor that
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Never saw the favor that god has shown me.
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God has shown me. i say this in humility,
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I say this in humility, giving god all the credit,
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Giving god all the credit, but god has taken me much
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But god has taken me much further than my father.
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Further than my father. i often think about, what
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I often think about, what would my father think now.
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Would my father think now. he couldn't even fathom
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He couldn't even fathom what god is doing.
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What god is doing. i believe there are
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I believe there are blessings stored up in your
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Blessings stored up in your family line.
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Family line. your parents, those that
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Your parents, those that went before you, they may
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Went before you, they may have seen god's goodness.
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Have seen god's goodness. they were blessed, but they
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They were blessed, but they didn't realize, it was
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Didn't realize, it was limited.
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Limited. they were in some ways
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They were in some ways still locked out.
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Still locked out. like god did with me,
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Like god did with me, you're going to see ancient
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You're going to see ancient gates open up, you're going
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Gates open up, you're going to see the fullness of what
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To see the fullness of what god had in mind.
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God had in mind. psalm 107 says, “he broke
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Psalm 107 says, “he broke down their gates of bronze,
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Down their gates of bronze, he cut in two their bars of
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He cut in two their bars of iron.” you may have
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Iron.” you may have struggled with a sickness a
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Struggled with a sickness a long time, it looks like
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Long time, it looks like you'll never get well, the
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You'll never get well, the door to health has been
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Door to health has been chained so to speak.
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Chained so to speak. i can see the chain
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I can see the chain breaking, i can see the
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Breaking, i can see the hinges moving.
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Hinges moving. god's about to do something
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God's about to do something supernatural.
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Supernatural. that addiction, depression,
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That addiction, depression, anxiety may seem permanent.
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Anxiety may seem permanent. every thought tells you
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Every thought tells you you'll have to live with
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You'll have to live with it, you've been locked out
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It, you've been locked out of freedom. i can see the
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Of freedom. i can see the deadbolt turning.
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Deadbolt turning. i can see the door starting
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I can see the door starting to open.
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To open. you're about to walk into
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You're about to walk into wholeness.
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Wholeness. it seems like you can't
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It seems like you can't accomplish your dream, you
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Accomplish your dream, you don't have the connection,
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Don't have the connection, the loan didn't go through,
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The loan didn't go through, like it's an iron door, it
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Like it's an iron door, it will never move.
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Will never move. i can see those bars of
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I can see those bars of iron being cut in two.
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Iron being cut in two. i can see god doing
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I can see god doing something unusual, uncommon.
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Something unusual, uncommon. he's about to unlock some
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He's about to unlock some things that have been
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Things that have been limiting you.
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Limiting you. doors that look impossible
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Doors that look impossible are about to suddenly open.
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Are about to suddenly open. a door to healing, a door
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A door to healing, a door to freedom, a door to
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To freedom, a door to promotion, a door to a
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Promotion, a door to a spouse, a door to a baby.
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Spouse, a door to a baby. the report may say you
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The report may say you can't have children.
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Can't have children. you've tried everything,
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You've tried everything, seems like the door is
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Seems like the door is locked.
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Locked. medically speaking it's not
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Medically speaking it's not going to happen.
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Going to happen. no get ready, the
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No get ready, the doorkeeper is about to open
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Doorkeeper is about to open up your womb.
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Up your womb. against all odds, you're
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Against all odds, you're going to conceive and have
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Going to conceive and have that baby you've been
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That baby you've been dreaming about.
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Dreaming about. you've been single a long
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You've been single a long time, that door to meeting
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Time, that door to meeting someone has been closed.
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Someone has been closed. thoughts will tell you,
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Thoughts will tell you, “you'll always be lonely.”
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“you'll always be lonely.” no, a door is about to open.
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No, a door is about to open. you're about to see a
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You're about to see a divine connection.
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Divine connection. the right person is already
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The right person is already in route.
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In route. the reason you haven't seen
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The reason you haven't seen them yet is they've been
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Them yet is they've been behind a close door.
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Behind a close door. the good news is god is
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The good news is god is your doorkeeper.
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Your doorkeeper. he knows not only how to
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He knows not only how to open the door but when to
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Open the door but when to open the door.
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Open the door. when it's the right time,
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When it's the right time, all the forces of darkness
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All the forces of darkness cannot stop what god has
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Cannot stop what god has purposed for your life.
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Purposed for your life. you need to tell every
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You need to tell every closed door, “you are not
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Closed door, “you are not permanent, you will not
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Permanent, you will not keep me from my destiny,
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Keep me from my destiny, you don't have the final
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You don't have the final say, my doorkeeper has the
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Say, my doorkeeper has the final say, he's promised,
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Final say, he's promised, he will open doors no
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He will open doors no person can shut, he will
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Person can shut, he will cut through bars of iron,
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Cut through bars of iron, he will break chains to get
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He will break chains to get me into my purpose.”
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Me into my purpose.” i can see right now,
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I can see right now, through my eyes of faith,
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Through my eyes of faith, doors opening.
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Doors opening. i can see chains breaking.
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I can see chains breaking. i can see you stepping into
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I can see you stepping into new levels of freedom,
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New levels of freedom, health, favor, abundance.
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Health, favor, abundance. i can see ancient gates,
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I can see ancient gates, gates that have held you
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Gates that have held you back for years, they're
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Back for years, they're opening up.
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Opening up. the king of glory is about
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The king of glory is about to come in. he's going to
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To come in. he's going to do things you can't
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Do things you can't explain. it's going to be
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Explain. it's going to be supernatural, doors opening
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Supernatural, doors opening that you never dreamed
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That you never dreamed would open, promotion
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Would open, promotion coming to you, the right
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Coming to you, the right people showing up, healing
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People showing up, healing when the report says
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When the report says there's no way, freedom
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There's no way, freedom from things that have
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From things that have limited you.
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Limited you. these open doors are going
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These open doors are going to catapult you into a new
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To catapult you into a new level of your destiny.
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Level of your destiny. in acts 12, king herod had
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In acts 12, king herod had peter arrested and put in
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Peter arrested and put in prison.
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Prison. herod was against the
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Herod was against the church.
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Church. he had already had james,
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He had already had james, one of the apostles killed.
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One of the apostles killed. it looked like peter would
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It looked like peter would be next.
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Be next. he was in the deepest part
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He was in the deepest part of the prison, chained
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Of the prison, chained between two guards.
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Between two guards. herod had assigned sixteen
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Herod had assigned sixteen soldiers to watch over
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Soldiers to watch over peter.
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Peter. there were two guard
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There were two guard stations with two doors he
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Stations with two doors he would have to pass; on top
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Would have to pass; on top of that, there was a huge
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Of that, there was a huge iron gate at the entrance
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Iron gate at the entrance of the property.
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Of the property. herod went to great lengths
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Herod went to great lengths to make sure that peter
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To make sure that peter didn't escape.
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Didn't escape. what he didn't realize was
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What he didn't realize was he was not the doorkeeper.
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He was not the doorkeeper. he was not in control of
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He was not in control of peter's destiny.
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Peter's destiny. there will always be people
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There will always be people and circumstances that try
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And circumstances that try to keep you behind closed
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To keep you behind closed doors.
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Doors. like herod assigned those
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Like herod assigned those soldiers to hold peter
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Soldiers to hold peter back, there are forces
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Back, there are forces assigned to you to try to
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Assigned to you to try to stop your purpose.
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Stop your purpose. the good news is the forces
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The good news is the forces that are for you are
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That are for you are greater than the forces
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Greater than the forces that are against you.
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That are against you. you may have these times
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You may have these times where you're behind closed
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Where you're behind closed doors, you feel like you're
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Doors, you feel like you're outnumbered, the odds are
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Outnumbered, the odds are against you.
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Against you. you have to remind yourself
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You have to remind yourself who your doorkeeper is.
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You have to keep this
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You have to keep this scripture in your spirit,
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Scripture in your spirit, god will open doors that no
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God will open doors that no person can shut.
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Person can shut. the enemy may have put you
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The enemy may have put you behind a door of sickness,
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Behind a door of sickness, a door of trouble, a door
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A door of trouble, a door of addiction.
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Of addiction. you feel chained, there's
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You feel chained, there's no way out.
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No way out. your time is coming.
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Your time is coming. god wouldn't have let that
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God wouldn't have let that door close, if he didn't
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Door close, if he didn't have a way to open it.
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Have a way to open it. peter was in prison,
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Peter was in prison, chained between two guards.
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Chained between two guards. the next day he was going
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The next day he was going to be brought to trial.
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To be brought to trial. he knew there was a good
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He knew there was a good chance this was the last
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Chance this was the last night of his life.
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Night of his life. what was he doing?
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What was he doing? worrying, complaining,
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Worrying, complaining, pacing the floor.
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Pacing the floor. no, in his most difficult
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No, in his most difficult challenge, he was sound
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Challenge, he was sound asleep.
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Asleep. he understood this
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He understood this principle.
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Principle. even though there was an
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Even though there was an iron gate in front of him,
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Iron gate in front of him, there was no way he could
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There was no way he could get out on his own, he knew
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Get out on his own, he knew that god was his
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That god was his doorkeeper, that god had
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Doorkeeper, that god had the remote control.
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The remote control. so, when he could have been
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So, when he could have been panicked, frustrated, he
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Panicked, frustrated, he was at rest. i've learned
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Was at rest. i've learned when you rest, god goes to
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When you rest, god goes to work.
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Work. but when you work, when
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But when you work, when you're worried, stressed,
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You're worried, stressed, “what am i going to do?”
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“what am i going to do?” god rests.
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God rests. come back to a place of
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Come back to a place of peace.
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Peace. god has the remote control
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God has the remote control to any door you're facing.
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To any door you're facing. the enemy may have closed
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The enemy may have closed it, there's an iron gate,
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It, there's an iron gate, but god is the doorkeeper.
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But god is the doorkeeper. herod did his best to keep
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Herod did his best to keep peter from getting out.
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Peter from getting out. what he didn't realize is
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What he didn't realize is he couldn't keep god from
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He couldn't keep god from coming in. the scripture
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Coming in. the scripture says, “god is a very
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Says, “god is a very present help in trouble.”
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Present help in trouble.” god comes with you in the
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God comes with you in the prison, in the hospital, in
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Prison, in the hospital, in the betrayal.
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The betrayal. while peter was sleeping,
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While peter was sleeping, in the middle of the night,
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In the middle of the night, an angel showed up, walked
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An angel showed up, walked over to peter to wake him
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Over to peter to wake him up.
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Up. notice how god comes to the
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Notice how god comes to the dark places.
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Dark places. he comes when you're
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He comes when you're hurting, when you're
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Hurting, when you're lonely, when life is not
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Lonely, when life is not fair.
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Fair. you couldn't get to him,
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You couldn't get to him, but god comes to you.
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But god comes to you. he's with you right now.
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He's with you right now. he has something in his
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He has something in his hand, it's the remote
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Hand, it's the remote control.
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Control. he knows how to bring you
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He knows how to bring you out.
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Out. the moment peter woke up,
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The moment peter woke up, the chains fell off his
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The chains fell off his wrists.
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Wrists. the angel didn't have a
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The angel didn't have a key, he didn't have some
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Key, he didn't have some big wire cutters,
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Big wire cutters, supernaturally the chains
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Supernaturally the chains fell off.
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Fell off. the angel told peter to get
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The angel told peter to get dressed and follow him.
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Dressed and follow him. it's significant that none
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It's significant that none of the other guards woke up.
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Of the other guards woke up. god is strategic.
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God is strategic. he knows how to hide you.
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He knows how to hide you. he knows how to make you
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He knows how to make you invisible to the enemy.
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Invisible to the enemy. the angel and peter walked
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The angel and peter walked out of the dungeon.
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Out of the dungeon. they passed the first set
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They passed the first set of guards; the guards
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Of guards; the guards didn't see them. they
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Didn't see them. they passed the second set of
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Passed the second set of guards, same thing.
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Guards, same thing. everything was great up to
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Everything was great up to this point, but now they
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This point, but now they came to the iron gate.
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Came to the iron gate. this was the big one.
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This was the big one. it secured the whole
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It secured the whole facility.
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Facility. i can imagine peter
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I can imagine peter thinking, “oh man, what are
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Thinking, “oh man, what are we going to do now.
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We going to do now. we made it through those
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We made it through those small doors, but this one
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Small doors, but this one looks impossible.” the
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Looks impossible.” the angel said, “peter, just
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Angel said, “peter, just keep on walking.” they're
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Keep on walking.” they're walking toward a gate
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Walking toward a gate that's not opening, moving
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That's not opening, moving toward a gate that's made
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Toward a gate that's made out of iron.
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Out of iron. every thought was telling
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Every thought was telling peter, “you're stuck,
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Peter, “you're stuck, nothing's happening,
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Nothing's happening, there's no way to get out.”
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There's no way to get out.” but they just kept on
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But they just kept on walking.
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Walking. when they got to the gate,
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When they got to the gate, the scripture says, “the
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The scripture says, “the gate opened of its own
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Gate opened of its own accord.” what happened?
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Accord.” what happened? god hit the remote control.
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God hit the remote control. herod thought he controlled
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Herod thought he controlled the gate.
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The gate. he didn't realize, god was
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He didn't realize, god was peter's doorkeeper.
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Peter's doorkeeper. there may be gates that are
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There may be gates that are controlled by other people,
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Controlled by other people, but when it effects your
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But when it effects your destiny, god becomes the
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Destiny, god becomes the doorkeeper.
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Doorkeeper. herod's men had control of
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Herod's men had control of that gate to a point, but
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That gate to a point, but when it affected peter and
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When it affected peter and his purpose, god said,
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His purpose, god said, “i'll take the remote.”
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“i'll take the remote.” when you realize god is
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When you realize god is your doorkeeper, that even
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Your doorkeeper, that even iron gates, doors that look
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Iron gates, doors that look impossible, situations
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Impossible, situations where you don't see a way
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Where you don't see a way out, that god has the
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Out, that god has the remote control, then you
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Remote control, then you can live in peace.
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Can live in peace. you can stay in faith
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You can stay in faith knowing that god will get
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Knowing that god will get you to where you're
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You to where you're supposed to be.
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Supposed to be. part of the test is when
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Part of the test is when the gate is not moving,
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The gate is not moving, peter kept walking, it
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Peter kept walking, it didn't open up until he got
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Didn't open up until he got up to it.
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Up to it. you have to keep walking by
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You have to keep walking by faith, the medical report
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Faith, the medical report is not improving, your
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Is not improving, your child is not doing better,
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Child is not doing better, your dream is not any
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Your dream is not any closer, that iron gate is
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Closer, that iron gate is staring at you.
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Staring at you. thoughts are whispering,
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Thoughts are whispering, “you might as well go back.
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“you might as well go back. you made it through a
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You made it through a couple closed doors, but
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Couple closed doors, but this big one is not going
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This big one is not going to open, you see the iron,
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To open, you see the iron, you see the medical report,
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You see the medical report, you know what your finances
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You know what your finances are.” no keep walking by
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Are.” no keep walking by faith and not by sight.
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Faith and not by sight. when it's the right time,
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When it's the right time, it's going to open of its
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It's going to open of its own accord. you didn't have
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Own accord. you didn't have to force it, manipulate,
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To force it, manipulate, strive.
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Strive. it will be the hand of god.
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It will be the hand of god. that's what happened with
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That's what happened with us with the compaq center.
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Us with the compaq center. after working almost three
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After working almost three years, one of our main
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Years, one of our main votes backed out.
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Votes backed out. now we were one vote shy.
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Now we were one vote shy. the final vote was in two
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The final vote was in two days.
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Days. it didn't look like it
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It didn't look like it would happen.
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Would happen. like peter, this was an
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Like peter, this was an iron gate.
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Iron gate. we were tempted to think,
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We were tempted to think, “it's too late now, this
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“it's too late now, this gate is not going to open.”
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Gate is not going to open.” instead, we just kept on
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Instead, we just kept on walking, “god we only have
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Walking, “god we only have twenty-four hours left, we
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Twenty-four hours left, we don't see a way, it looks
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Don't see a way, it looks impossible, but we know
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Impossible, but we know you're our doorkeeper.
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You're our doorkeeper. you're the one that opens
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You're the one that opens and closes doors.” at the
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And closes doors.” at the last minute, a lady i had
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Last minute, a lady i had never met called a council
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Never met called a council member that had been
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Member that had been against us the whole time,
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Against us the whole time, and he suddenly changed his
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And he suddenly changed his mind, and we got the
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Mind, and we got the facility.
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Facility. the gate opened of its own
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The gate opened of its own accord. i didn't make it
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Accord. i didn't make it happen.
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Happen. it wasn't my skills, my
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It wasn't my skills, my talent, it was the hand of
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Talent, it was the hand of god moving on a lady that i
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God moving on a lady that i didn't know, to call a
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Didn't know, to call a councilmember on our behalf.
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Councilmember on our behalf. she was able to do in five
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She was able to do in five minutes, what i couldn't do
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Minutes, what i couldn't do in three years.
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In three years. you may not see any sign of
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You may not see any sign of that iron gate opening.
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That iron gate opening. it looks immovable, the
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It looks immovable, the sickness, the addiction;
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Sickness, the addiction; how can you accomplish your
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How can you accomplish your dream?
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Dream? just keep on walking by
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Just keep on walking by faith.
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Faith. keep thanking god, keep
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Keep thanking god, keep declaring his promises,
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Declaring his promises, keep speaking victory.
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Keep speaking victory. god is about to step in as
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God is about to step in as your doorkeeper.
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Your doorkeeper. it's going to be unusual.
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It's going to be unusual. of its own accord, it's
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Of its own accord, it's going to open.
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Going to open. it's not going to happen
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It's not going to happen the way you think, with the
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The way you think, with the people you think, how the
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People you think, how the experts think.
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Experts think. you're not going to be able
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You're not going to be able to explain it.
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To explain it. you will know it is the
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You will know it is the hand of god.
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Hand of god. what's interesting is the
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What's interesting is the whole time peter was
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Whole time peter was following the angel, he
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Following the angel, he thought he was dreaming.
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Thought he was dreaming. he thought he was seeing
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He thought he was seeing himself leaving the
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Himself leaving the dungeon, going past the
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Dungeon, going past the guards, the iron gate
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Guards, the iron gate opening.
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Opening. he didn't realize it was
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He didn't realize it was real until he got out on
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Real until he got out on the street, walking as a
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The street, walking as a free man.
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Free man. then the angel suddenly
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Then the angel suddenly disappeared.
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Disappeared. sometimes while god is
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Sometimes while god is working, you don't realize
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Working, you don't realize all that's happening while
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All that's happening while you're in it.
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You're in it. he's doing things right now
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He's doing things right now that are leading you to the
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That are leading you to the open doors.
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Open doors. only after you get passed
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Only after you get passed it, you'll look back and
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It, you'll look back and think, “wow god, you were
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Think, “wow god, you were with me the whole time.
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With me the whole time. you were ordering my steps.
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You were ordering my steps. you brought that person
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You brought that person across my path for a reason.
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Across my path for a reason. you made me invisible to
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You made me invisible to those people that weren't
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Those people that weren't for me.” how many times
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For me.” how many times have angels worked on our
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Have angels worked on our behalf, but we couldn't see
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Behalf, but we couldn't see it?
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It? even now, god is working
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Even now, god is working behind the scenes.
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Behind the scenes. there are doors he's about
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There are doors he's about to open for you.
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To open for you. doors of healing, doors of
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Doors of healing, doors of freedom, doors to abundance.
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Freedom, doors to abundance. it looks like an iron gate,
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It looks like an iron gate, but of its own accord, it's
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But of its own accord, it's going to open.
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Going to open. when peter realized what
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When peter realized what had happened, that it was
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Had happened, that it was real, he walked to mary's
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Real, he walked to mary's house where everyone had
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House where everyone had gathered to pray for him.
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Gathered to pray for him. it was in the middle of the
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It was in the middle of the night.
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Night. he knocked on the door, a
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He knocked on the door, a young lady answered.
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Young lady answered. she was so surprised to see
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She was so surprised to see peter, she shut the door,
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Peter, she shut the door, ran back and told everyone
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Ran back and told everyone that peter was there.
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That peter was there. i'm sure peter thought,
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I'm sure peter thought, “god, not another closed
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“god, not another closed door.” verse 16 says,
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Door.” verse 16 says, “peter continued knocking.
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“peter continued knocking. when they finally opened
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When they finally opened the door, they were all
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The door, they were all amazed at what god had
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Amazed at what god had done.” there are doors god
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Done.” there are doors god will open for you, that are
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Will open for you, that are going to amaze you.
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Going to amaze you. now, don't be discouraged
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Now, don't be discouraged because they've been closed
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Because they've been closed a long time.
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A long time. that was all a part of the
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That was all a part of the process.
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Process. god has not forgotten about
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God has not forgotten about you.
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You. the angel is about to show
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The angel is about to show up.
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Up. iron gates are about to
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Iron gates are about to open.
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Open. it's not going to be what
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It's not going to be what you were thinking.
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You were thinking. it's going to be bigger,
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It's going to be bigger, better, more fulfilling.
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Better, more fulfilling. a friend of mine worked as
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A friend of mine worked as a television news reporter.
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A television news reporter. she had a real bad problem
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She had a real bad problem with rosacea.
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With rosacea. her skin would get so red.
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Her skin would get so red. she couldn't find any
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She couldn't find any makeup that would keep it
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Makeup that would keep it covered.
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Covered. if she accidentally touched
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If she accidentally touched her face, it would rub off
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Her face, it would rub off and not look good.
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And not look good. she decided to quit her job
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She decided to quit her job and try to develop makeup
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And try to develop makeup that would fix her problem.
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That would fix her problem. she came up with a product
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She came up with a product that she really loved.
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That she really loved. she and her husband tried
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She and her husband tried to get funding but bank
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To get funding but bank after bank turned them down.
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After bank turned them down. told them how the cosmetic
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Told them how the cosmetic field was too competitive,
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Field was too competitive, it was controlled by a few
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It was controlled by a few global companies, that
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Global companies, that there was no way they could
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There was no way they could break in. it was like an
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Break in. it was like an iron gate.
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Iron gate. she didn't see how it could
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She didn't see how it could ever open.
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Ever open. but she did understand that
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But she did understand that god is our doorkeeper.
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God is our doorkeeper. that he can open doors no
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That he can open doors no person can shut.
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Person can shut. her dream was to get on
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Her dream was to get on qvc, one of the home
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Qvc, one of the home shopping networks.
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Shopping networks. she knew if people could
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She knew if people could see her product that they
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See her product that they would want it.
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Would want it. she contacted qvc but she
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She contacted qvc but she was turned down again and
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Was turned down again and again. there were so many
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Again. there were so many people trying to get on.
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People trying to get on. she was down to her last
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She was down to her last thousand dollars, didn't
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Thousand dollars, didn't know what she was going to
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Know what she was going to do.
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Do. she went to a big cosmetic
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She went to a big cosmetic convention.
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Convention. she had a three feet wide
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She had a three feet wide booth where she was showing
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Booth where she was showing people her product.
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People her product. across the way, qvc had a
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Across the way, qvc had a huge display.
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Huge display. this older lady came by and
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This older lady came by and said, “honey, i love your
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Said, “honey, i love your product, i'm one of the
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Product, i'm one of the buyers for qvc, i'm going
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Buyers for qvc, i'm going to tell my staff we need to
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To tell my staff we need to have you on.” she used her
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Have you on.” she used her influence to open the door.
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Influence to open the door. this young lady went on
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This young lady went on qvc, her product took off,
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Qvc, her product took off, broke all kinds of records.
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Broke all kinds of records. my friend jaime kern, the
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My friend jaime kern, the founder of it cosmetics,
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Founder of it cosmetics, became a huge success.
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Became a huge success. she was on qvc two hundred
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She was on qvc two hundred times a year.
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Times a year. her company is one of the
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Her company is one of the largest cosmetic companies
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Largest cosmetic companies in the world.
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In the world. years later, jaime asked
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Years later, jaime asked that lady why she put in a
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That lady why she put in a good word for her.
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Good word for her. the lady said, “jaime, i
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The lady said, “jaime, i liked your product but it
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Liked your product but it wasn't about the cosmetics.
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Wasn't about the cosmetics. when i saw you that day, i
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When i saw you that day, i heard god say to me, go
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Heard god say to me, go help that young lady.”
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Help that young lady.” sometimes god will use
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Sometimes god will use people to open up these
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People to open up these iron gates.
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Iron gates. he has the right people
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He has the right people already lined up for you.
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Already lined up for you. you may not even know them
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You may not even know them now; they will come to you.
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Now; they will come to you. they'll use their influence
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They'll use their influence to push you forward.
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To push you forward. you don't have to make it
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You don't have to make it happen, you just keep
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Happen, you just keep honoring god, keep him
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Honoring god, keep him first place and the
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First place and the doorkeeper will open doors
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Doorkeeper will open doors that no person can shut.
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That no person can shut. like jaime, you may have
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Like jaime, you may have worked hard, prayed,
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Worked hard, prayed, believed, done all you can,
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Believed, done all you can, but nothing has worked out.
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But nothing has worked out. get ready, i believe and
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Get ready, i believe and declare, doors are about to
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Declare, doors are about to open for you, in your
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Open for you, in your business, your health,
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Business, your health, relationships, your
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Relationships, your finances.
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Finances. like peter, those iron
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Like peter, those iron gates, doors that look
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Gates, doors that look permanent, of their own
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Permanent, of their own accord are going to
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Accord are going to suddenly open.
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Suddenly open. in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen?
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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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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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And become all you were created to be.
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As you read and reflect, the story of your life, the way
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You see yourself, will radically change.
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Joel Osteen - The God Who Opens Doors

May 5, 2025 | S25:E125

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