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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The God Who Overrules | November 26, 2024
- Joel osteen: well god
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- Joel osteen: well god bless you! it's a joy
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- Bless you! it's a joy to come into your homes.
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- To come into your homes. if you're ever in our
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- If you're ever in our area, please stop by and
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- Area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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- Be a part of one of our services. i promise you
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- Services. i promise you we'll make you feel right
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- We'll make you feel right at home.
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- At home. 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 these four
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- I heard about these four catholic ladies. they
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- Catholic ladies. they were bragging on their
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- Were bragging on their sons.
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- Sons. the first one said,
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- The first one said, "my son is a priest.
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- "my son is a priest. when he walks in the
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- When he walks in the room, everyone calls
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- Room, everyone calls him father."
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- Him father." the second said, "my son
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- The second said, "my son is a bishop. when he walks
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- Is a bishop. when he walks in, everyone calls him
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- In, everyone calls him your grace."
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- Your grace." the third said, "my son
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- The third said, "my son is a cardinal. when he
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- Is a cardinal. when he walks in, everyone calls
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- Walks in, everyone calls him your eminence."
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- Him your eminence." the fourth lady said,
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- The fourth lady said, "my son is 6 ft 3, has
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- "my son is 6 ft 3, has broad shoulders, is
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- Broad shoulders, is incredibly good-looking,
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- Incredibly good-looking, dresses impeccably well.
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- Dresses impeccably well. when he walks in, all the
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- When he walks in, all the ladies say, 'oh my god'."
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- Ladies say, 'oh my god'." (laughter)
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- (laughter) 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
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- I have what it says i have. i can do what
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- I have. i can do what it says i can do.
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- It says i can do. today i will be taught
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- Today i will be taught the word of god.
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- The word of god. i boldly confess my
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- I boldly confess my mind is alert.
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- Mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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- My heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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- I will never be the same. in jesus' name.
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- In jesus' name. god bless you.
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- God bless you. i want to talk to you
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- I want to talk to you today about "the god
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- Today about "the god who overrules".
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- Who overrules". in the legal system, a
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- In the legal system, a court will rule on a case
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- Court will rule on a case and give its verdict.
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- And give its verdict. but just because you have
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- But just because you have the verdict doesn't mean
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- The verdict doesn't mean it's final.
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- It's final. you can appeal that
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- You can appeal that verdict to a higher court.
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- Verdict to a higher court. if they see it differently
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- If they see it differently because they have more
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- Because they have more authority, they can
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- Authority, they can overrule what the lower
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- Overrule what the lower court decided.
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- Court decided. there can be a ruling
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- From a local court, a
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- From a local court, a regional court, a state
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- Regional court, a state court. they all see it
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- Court. they all see it one way. but if the
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- One way. but if the supreme court sees it
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- Supreme court sees it another way, then all
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- Another way, then all the lower courts rulings
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- The lower courts rulings are nullified, of no
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- Are nullified, of no effect.
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- Effect. the supreme court is the
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- The supreme court is the highest authority. they
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- Highest authority. they can overrule any decision.
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- Can overrule any decision. in the same way, we all
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- In the same way, we all have things come against
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- Have things come against us that look like they're
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- Us that look like they're permanent. it looks like
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- Permanent. it looks like it's the final decision.
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- It's the final decision. "you'll always be
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- "you'll always be addicted. it runs in
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- Addicted. it runs in your family."
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- Your family." "you'll never get well.
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- "you'll never get well. you saw the medical
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- You saw the medical report."
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- Report." "you're not going to meet
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- "you're not going to meet the right person. you've
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- The right person. you've been single so long."
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- Been single so long." here's the key: that's
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- Here's the key: that's the lower courts ruling.
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- The lower courts ruling. that's not the final say.
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- That's not the final say. there is a higher court
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- There is a higher court that has more authority.
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- That has more authority. our god is called the
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- Our god is called the most high god. he's the
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- Most high god. he's the supreme court all by
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- Supreme court all by himself. he can overrule
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- Himself. he can overrule any decision.
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- Any decision. when the lower court
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- When the lower court tells you "you'll never
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- Tells you "you'll never get well; god says,
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- Get well; god says, "overruled. i'm restoring
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- "overruled. i'm restoring health back unto you."
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- Health back unto you." "you've made too many
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- "you've made too many mistakes. you'll never
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- Mistakes. you'll never fulfill your destiny.
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- Fulfill your destiny. overruled. my mercy is
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- Overruled. my mercy is bigger than any mistake."
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- Bigger than any mistake." "you'll never get out of
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- "you'll never get out of debt. overruled. you'll
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- Debt. overruled. you'll lend and not borrow."
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- Lend and not borrow." "you won't break that
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- "you won't break that addiction. overruled.
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- Addiction. overruled. freedom is coming.
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- Freedom is coming. wholeness is coming."
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- Wholeness is coming." he's the god who
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- He's the god who overrules.
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- Overrules. now don't let what the
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- Now don't let what the lower court decided
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- Lower court decided become permanent in your
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- Become permanent in your thinking. don't let it
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- Thinking. don't let it discourage you to where
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- Discourage you to where you quit believing.
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- You quit believing. it's only temporary.
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- It's only temporary. that may be the way it
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- That may be the way it is now but your case
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- Is now but your case is under appeal.
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- Is under appeal. it's being reviewed.
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- It's being reviewed. the good news is the
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- The good news is the judge in your case, the
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- Judge in your case, the highest authority, the
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- Highest authority, the one that makes the final
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- One that makes the final decision, it just so
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- Decision, it just so happens you're related
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- Happens you're related to him. he's not a
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- To him. he's not a distant cousin, a long
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- Distant cousin, a long lost relative that you've
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- Lost relative that you've never met. he's your
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- Never met. he's your heavenly father. you
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- Heavenly father. you have an advantage. the
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- Have an advantage. the judge is on your side.
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- Judge is on your side. the psalmist said, "my
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- The psalmist said, "my enemies turned in retreat.
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- Enemies turned in retreat. they were defeated for me
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- They were defeated for me for you have judged in my
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- For you have judged in my favor."
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- Favor." those enemies that have
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- Those enemies that have come against you like the
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- Come against you like the enemy of sickness, enemy
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- Enemy of sickness, enemy of addiction, fears,
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- Of addiction, fears, struggle, lack; god is
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- Struggle, lack; god is about to judge in your
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- About to judge in your favor. he's about to
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- Favor. he's about to overrule some things.
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- Overrule some things. what you're dealing with
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- What you're dealing with is not permanent. you're
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- Is not permanent. you're about to get a new verdict.
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- About to get a new verdict. you're going to see a
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- You're going to see a breakthrough in your
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- Breakthrough in your health. doors are going
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- Health. doors are going to open bigger than you've
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- To open bigger than you've imagined. god's going to
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- Imagined. god's going to bring divine connections,
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- Bring divine connections, the right people, across
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- The right people, across your path.
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- Your path. i look back over my life
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- I look back over my life and i can see the god who
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- And i can see the god who overrules.
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- Overrules. my father was born into
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- My father was born into poverty. during the great
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- Poverty. during the great depression, he had no
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- Depression, he had no money, no education.
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- Money, no education. his family told him,
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- His family told him, "john, you better just
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- "john, you better just stay here on the farm
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- Stay here on the farm with us and pick cotton.
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- With us and pick cotton. that's all you know how
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- That's all you know how to do." he could have
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- To do." he could have believed those lies but
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- Believed those lies but in his spirit he could
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- In his spirit he could hear god saying,
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- Hear god saying, "overruled. i have a
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- "overruled. i have a destiny for you. you
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- Destiny for you. you weren't created for
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- Weren't created for mediocrity. you have seeds
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- Mediocrity. you have seeds of greatness."
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- Of greatness." and daddy rose up and
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- And daddy rose up and broke the curse of
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- Broke the curse of poverty. he set a new
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- Poverty. he set a new standard for our family.
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- Standard for our family. it would have never
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- It would have never happened if he had not
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- Happened if he had not believed in the god who
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- Believed in the god who overrules.
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- Overrules. you may not be in a good
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- You may not be in a good place right now but where
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- Place right now but where you are is not who you
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- You are is not who you are. and what you come
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- Are. and what you come from doesn't have to limit
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- From doesn't have to limit where you're going to.
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- Where you're going to. how you start is not
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- How you start is not important. how you finish
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- Important. how you finish is what matters. and the
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- Is what matters. and the same god that overruled
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- Same god that overruled for my father brought him
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- For my father brought him into a life of victory and
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- Into a life of victory and abundance is going to
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- Abundance is going to overrule for you. you're
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- Overrule for you. you're the one to set a new
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- The one to set a new standard. you're the one
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- Standard. you're the one to break out of the mold.
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- To break out of the mold. you can be the first one
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- You can be the first one in your family to get a
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- In your family to get a degree. the first one to
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- Degree. the first one to own your own business.
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- Own your own business. the first one to break
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- The first one to break the addiction. the first
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- The addiction. the first one to raise your children
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- One to raise your children in church. don't settle
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- In church. don't settle for what the lower court
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- For what the lower court is telling you.
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- Is telling you. in 1981, my mother was
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- In 1981, my mother was diagnosed with terminal
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- Diagnosed with terminal cancer, given a few weeks
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- Cancer, given a few weeks to live. god said
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- To live. god said overruled. i don't agree
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- Overruled. i don't agree with that verdict. with
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- With that verdict. with long life, i will satisfy
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- Long life, i will satisfy you. she's here, 83 years
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- You. she's here, 83 years old, still going strong.
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- Old, still going strong. the critics told us we
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- The critics told us we would never get this
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- Would never get this facility. the city would
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- Facility. the city would never give it to a church,
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- Never give it to a church, joel, you're wasting your
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- Joel, you're wasting your time. god said,
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- Time. god said, "overruled." he made things
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- "overruled." he made things happen that we could never
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- Happen that we could never make happen.
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- Make happen. when my father went to
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- When my father went to be with the lord, my own
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- Be with the lord, my own thoughts told me, "joel,
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- Thoughts told me, "joel, you're not a minister.
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- You're not a minister. nobody's going to listen
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- Nobody's going to listen to you. you can't get up
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- To you. you can't get up in front of people."
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- In front of people." god said, "overruled."
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- God said, "overruled." he's taken me places i've
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- He's taken me places i've never dreamed.
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- Never dreamed. when i walked in a jewelry
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- When i walked in a jewelry store and met victoria
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- Store and met victoria for the first time, every
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- For the first time, every voice said, "she'll never
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- Voice said, "she'll never go out with you." god
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- Go out with you." god said, "overruled." i said,
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- Said, "overruled." i said, "thank you jesus."
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- "thank you jesus." you may be facing
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- You may be facing challenges that look
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- Challenges that look permanent. dreams that
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- Permanent. dreams that seem impossible. you
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- Seem impossible. you don't see a way. don't
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- Don't see a way. don't worry. god has a way.
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- Worry. god has a way. he knows how to overrule.
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- He knows how to overrule. he controls the whole
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- He controls the whole universe. in my 20's,
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- Universe. in my 20's, i was driving on the
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- I was driving on the freeway. it's raining
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- Freeway. it's raining really hard. i lost
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- Really hard. i lost control of my car and
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- Control of my car and i started spinning around
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- I started spinning around and around. i hit the
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- And around. i hit the inside guardrail and
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- Inside guardrail and spun back across four
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- Spun back across four lanes of traffic.
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- Lanes of traffic. at one point, i looked
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- At one point, i looked up, i could see the front
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- Up, i could see the front grill of an 18 wheeler
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- Grill of an 18 wheeler right before me. i was
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- Right before me. i was going the wrong direction.
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- Going the wrong direction. i felt like i could reach
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- I felt like i could reach out and touch his bumper.
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- Out and touch his bumper. we were close and i
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- We were close and i thought, "you know what,
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- Thought, "you know what, that's it. i'm done."
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- That's it. i'm done." somehow he missed me.
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- Somehow he missed me. the next thing i knew, i
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- The next thing i knew, i was over on the shoulder.
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- Was over on the shoulder. the truck driver pulled
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- The truck driver pulled over and said, "boy, you
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- Over and said, "boy, you must be living right.
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- Must be living right. i don't know how i missed
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- I don't know how i missed you but right when i
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- You but right when i braced to hit you, i felt
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- Braced to hit you, i felt a big gust of wind blow
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- A big gust of wind blow me into the other lane."
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- Me into the other lane." that's the god who
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- That's the god who overrules. the scripture
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- Overrules. the scripture says, "you rescued me from
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- Says, "you rescued me from deep waters and delivered
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- Deep waters and delivered me from powerful enemies.
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- Me from powerful enemies. enemies that were too
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- Enemies that were too strong for me."
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- Strong for me." i couldn't have stopped
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- I couldn't have stopped that truck. it was too
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- That truck. it was too powerful for me but it
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- Powerful for me but it wasn't too powerful for
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- Wasn't too powerful for our god. you may not be
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- Our god. you may not be able to beat the cancer
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- Able to beat the cancer on your own, but you're
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- On your own, but you're not on your own. the most
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- Not on your own. the most high god is ruling in your
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- High god is ruling in your favor. he's going to rescue
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- Favor. he's going to rescue you from deep waters.
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- You from deep waters. he's going to deliver you
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- He's going to deliver you from powerful enemies.
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- From powerful enemies. the lower court may tell
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- The lower court may tell you, "oh no, i don't
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- You, "oh no, i don't think so. just accept it."
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- Think so. just accept it." the sickness, the legal
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- The sickness, the legal problem is too big.
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- Problem is too big. those people are too
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- Those people are too strong, too powerful.
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- Strong, too powerful. god is saying, "it's no
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- God is saying, "it's no match for me. i'm about
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- Match for me. i'm about to turn things in your
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- To turn things in your favor. i'm about to
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- Favor. i'm about to overrule what looked
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- Overrule what looked permanent."
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- Permanent." instead of dwelling on
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- Instead of dwelling on how big your enemies are,
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- How big your enemies are, start dwelling on how
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- Start dwelling on how big your god is.
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- Big your god is. all through the day,
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- All through the day, "lord, thank you that
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- "lord, thank you that you're the god who
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- You're the god who overrules. thank you
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- Overrules. thank you that you are judging in
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- That you are judging in my favor."
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- My favor." i read about a young man.
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- I read about a young man. he was at home working on
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- He was at home working on his truck. he had it up
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- His truck. he had it up on jacks and while he
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- On jacks and while he was underneath, something
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- Was underneath, something shifted and the truck fell
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- Shifted and the truck fell on him. he was lying there
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- On him. he was lying there being crushed, nobody to
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- Being crushed, nobody to help him, not able to
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- Help him, not able to move. but when the truck
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- Move. but when the truck hit his chest, it knocked
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- Hit his chest, it knocked his cell phone out and
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- His cell phone out and somehow pushed the button
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- Somehow pushed the button where siri came on and
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- Where siri came on and said, "how can i help
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- Said, "how can i help you?" barely conscious,
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- You?" barely conscious, with a truck lying on his
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- With a truck lying on his chest, he said, "siri,
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- Chest, he said, "siri, call 911." she called.
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- Call 911." she called. the paramedics arrived
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- The paramedics arrived two minutes later and
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- Two minutes later and saved his life. the doctor
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- Saved his life. the doctor said another five minutes
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- Said another five minutes and he would have been
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- And he would have been crushed to death.
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- Crushed to death. the lower court said,
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- The lower court said, "too bad, an accident,
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- "too bad, an accident, you're done."
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- You're done." the higher court said,
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- The higher court said, "overruled. it's not
- 00:10:17.506 --> 00:10:19.075
- "overruled. it's not your time to go."
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- Your time to go." god can even use siri
- 00:10:21.477 --> 00:10:23.212
- God can even use siri to save your life.
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- To save your life. the scripture says, "the
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- The scripture says, "the number of your days god
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- Number of your days god will fulfill."
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- Will fulfill." the enemy is not in
- 00:10:31.187 --> 00:10:32.521
- The enemy is not in control of your life.
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- Control of your life. he can't stop your
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- He can't stop your purpose. an accident
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- Purpose. an accident can't stop you. a bad
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- Can't stop you. a bad break, a sickness. god
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- Break, a sickness. god has the final say. and
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- Has the final say. and if it's not your time to
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- If it's not your time to go, if he hasn't fulfilled
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- Go, if he hasn't fulfilled your days, then you're not
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- Your days, then you're not going to go. he's going to
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- Going to go. he's going to overrule.
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- Overrule. you remember in the
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- You remember in the scripture when satan
- 00:10:50.906 --> 00:10:52.641
- Scripture when satan wanted to test job, he
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- Wanted to test job, he had to ask god for
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- Had to ask god for permission. he couldn't
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- Permission. he couldn't just go in there and do
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- Just go in there and do whatever he wanted.
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- Whatever he wanted. that's why we don't have
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- That's why we don't have to live worried, upset,
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- To live worried, upset, afraid. we are in a
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- Afraid. we are in a controlled environment.
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- Controlled environment. our father is on the
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- Our father is on the throne, he is the judge,
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- Throne, he is the judge, he has you in the palm of
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- He has you in the palm of his hand, nothing can
- 00:11:13.763 --> 00:11:15.331
- His hand, nothing can snatch you away.
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- Snatch you away. but sometimes, we think
- 00:11:16.966 --> 00:11:18.801
- But sometimes, we think it's god versus the
- 00:11:18.868 --> 00:11:20.469
- It's god versus the enemy. but the enemy is
- 00:11:20.536 --> 00:11:22.371
- Enemy. but the enemy is not an equal opposite of
- 00:11:22.438 --> 00:11:23.839
- Not an equal opposite of god. we have hot, cold,
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- God. we have hot, cold, light darkness, good,
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- Light darkness, good, evil. those are equal
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- Evil. those are equal opposites. but it's not
- 00:11:29.211 --> 00:11:30.913
- Opposites. but it's not god and the enemy.
- 00:11:30.980 --> 00:11:32.615
- God and the enemy. god created the enemy.
- 00:11:32.681 --> 00:11:35.184
- God created the enemy. god is the creator.
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- God is the creator. satan is a created being.
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- Satan is a created being. he is a fallen angel.
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- He is a fallen angel. he wasn't made in the
- 00:11:42.158 --> 00:11:43.726
- He wasn't made in the image of god. you were
- 00:11:43.793 --> 00:11:45.561
- Image of god. you were made in the image of god.
- 00:11:45.628 --> 00:11:47.296
- Made in the image of god. but if you see the enemy
- 00:11:47.363 --> 00:11:50.566
- But if you see the enemy as being this powerful
- 00:11:50.633 --> 00:11:52.635
- As being this powerful force that can stop you,
- 00:11:52.701 --> 00:11:55.371
- Force that can stop you, control you, determine
- 00:11:55.437 --> 00:11:56.939
- Control you, determine your destiny, then you
- 00:11:57.006 --> 00:11:58.507
- Your destiny, then you are giving him power over
- 00:11:58.574 --> 00:12:00.142
- Are giving him power over you that he doesn't have.
- 00:12:00.209 --> 00:12:02.745
- You that he doesn't have. when jesus came out of
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- When jesus came out of the grave, he took away
- 00:12:04.213 --> 00:12:06.148
- The grave, he took away the keys of earth and
- 00:12:06.215 --> 00:12:07.616
- The keys of earth and hell. he said all power
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- Hell. he said all power has been given unto me.
- 00:12:10.052 --> 00:12:11.654
- Has been given unto me. now i'm giving it to you.
- 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:14.356
- Now i'm giving it to you. you are more powerful
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- You are more powerful than any force that's
- 00:12:16.392 --> 00:12:17.593
- Than any force that's trying to stop you.
- 00:12:17.660 --> 00:12:19.228
- Trying to stop you. the enemy has already
- 00:12:19.295 --> 00:12:20.729
- The enemy has already been defeated.
- 00:12:20.796 --> 00:12:22.331
- Been defeated. we're in a fixed fight.
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- We're in a fixed fight. we know the final
- 00:12:24.667 --> 00:12:25.701
- We know the final outcome.
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- Outcome. god says he always causes
- 00:12:26.769 --> 00:12:28.704
- God says he always causes you to triumph.
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- You to triumph. he says he's going to
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- He says he's going to judge in your favor.
- 00:12:30.906 --> 00:12:33.676
- Judge in your favor. during the civil war,
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- During the civil war, ulysses grant was a
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- Ulysses grant was a respected general.
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- Respected general. one day he climbed up
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- One day he climbed up over a mountain, looked
- 00:12:39.682 --> 00:12:41.016
- Over a mountain, looked down in the valley below
- 00:12:41.083 --> 00:12:42.451
- Down in the valley below and much to his surprise,
- 00:12:42.518 --> 00:12:44.720
- And much to his surprise, he saw harrison's army
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- He saw harrison's army quickly approaching.
- 00:12:46.989 --> 00:12:48.524
- Quickly approaching. grant was overcome with
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- Grant was overcome with fear seeing thousands of
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- Fear seeing thousands of troops, horses, waiting
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- Troops, horses, waiting to attack.
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- To attack. as he stood there with
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- As he stood there with his heart beating so
- 00:12:56.532 --> 00:12:57.533
- His heart beating so fast, trying to figure
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- Fast, trying to figure out what he was going
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- Out what he was going to do. he noticed when
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- To do. he noticed when harrison's army saw him,
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- Harrison's army saw him, they turned around and
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- They turned around and started to retreat. his
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- Started to retreat. his heart quit beating so
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- Heart quit beating so fast. he calmed down as
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- Fast. he calmed down as he watched the army ride
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- He watched the army ride off into the distance.
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- Off into the distance. grant said he learned
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- Grant said he learned something that day that
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- Something that day that he would never forget.
- 00:13:18.587 --> 00:13:20.356
- He would never forget. that every adversary i
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- That every adversary i have knows my name and
- 00:13:22.458 --> 00:13:25.361
- Have knows my name and they are more afraid of
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- They are more afraid of me than i am of them.
- 00:13:26.562 --> 00:13:29.398
- Me than i am of them. the scripture says,
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- The scripture says, "greater is he that's in
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- "greater is he that's in you than he that comes
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- You than he that comes against you."
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- Against you." you don't have to be
- 00:13:35.237 --> 00:13:36.305
- You don't have to be afraid of the enemy.
- 00:13:36.372 --> 00:13:38.007
- Afraid of the enemy. he's afraid of you.
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- He's afraid of you. when he looks at you, he
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- When he looks at you, he doesn't just see you, he
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- Doesn't just see you, he sees who you belong to.
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- Sees who you belong to. you remind him of his
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- You remind him of his defeat, of that day 2,000
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- Defeat, of that day 2,000 years ago when christ
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- Years ago when christ conquered him. you remind
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- Conquered him. you remind him how he is powerless.
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- Him how he is powerless. he can rule over you all
- 00:13:57.693 --> 00:13:59.061
- He can rule over you all day long. the good news
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- Day long. the good news is he's the lower court.
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- Is he's the lower court. what he does is temporary.
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- What he does is temporary. when god says "overruled",
- 00:14:05.067 --> 00:14:07.336
- When god says "overruled", every force of darkness
- 00:14:07.403 --> 00:14:09.138
- Every force of darkness is broken. and you need
- 00:14:09.204 --> 00:14:10.572
- Is broken. and you need to get ready. god's about
- 00:14:10.639 --> 00:14:12.241
- To get ready. god's about to overrule some things
- 00:14:12.308 --> 00:14:13.776
- To overrule some things in your life. he's going
- 00:14:13.842 --> 00:14:15.511
- In your life. he's going to overrule the addictions,
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- To overrule the addictions, overrule the depression.
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- Overrule the depression. god's going to overrule
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- God's going to overrule the injustice, the unfair
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- The injustice, the unfair situations. that's not your
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- Situations. that's not your destiny. god has a life of
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- Destiny. god has a life of victory for you.
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- Victory for you. this is what he did for
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- This is what he did for the israelites. they had
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- The israelites. they had been in slavery for 430
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- Been in slavery for 430 years. and i'm sure they
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- Years. and i'm sure they had accepted it and thought
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- Had accepted it and thought "this is our lot in life".
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- "this is our lot in life". going to work, being
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- Going to work, being mistreated, taken
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- Mistreated, taken advantage of. most of them
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- Advantage of. most of them were born into it. it
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- Were born into it. it wasn't their fault. one
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- Wasn't their fault. one day, god had enough.
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- Day, god had enough. he said, "i have seen the
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- He said, "i have seen the affliction of my people.
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- Affliction of my people. i have heard their cries.
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- I have heard their cries. i have come down to
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- I have come down to deliver them."
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- Deliver them." the lower court said they
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- The lower court said they were stuck but god said,
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- Were stuck but god said, "overruled, this is a new
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- "overruled, this is a new day. no more injustice."
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- Day. no more injustice." their captors were
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- Their captors were bigger, stronger, had
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- Bigger, stronger, had more equipment but god
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- More equipment but god delivered them from
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- Delivered them from powerful enemies.
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- Powerful enemies. god cause the pharaoh not
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- God cause the pharaoh not just to let them go but
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- Just to let them go but on their way out pharaoh's
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- On their way out pharaoh's people gave them their
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- People gave them their gold, their silver, their
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- Gold, their silver, their jewelry. they could have
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- Jewelry. they could have left empty-handed.
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- Left empty-handed. that would have been a
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- That would have been a great victory just to be
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- Great victory just to be free. but god said, "no,
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- Free. but god said, "no, it's payback time. i'm
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- It's payback time. i'm going to compensate you
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- Going to compensate you for what you've been
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- For what you've been through." god knows what
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- Through." god knows what you're owed. he knows every
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- You're owed. he knows every person that's done you
- 00:15:44.033 --> 00:15:44.967
- Person that's done you wrong, every injustice,
- 00:15:45.034 --> 00:15:47.169
- Wrong, every injustice, every bad break. he's not
- 00:15:47.236 --> 00:15:49.238
- Every bad break. he's not just going to bring you
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- Just going to bring you out but he's going to
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- Out but he's going to pay you back. when he
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- Pay you back. when he settles your case, you're
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- Settles your case, you're going to come out fully
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- Going to come out fully compensated, blessed,
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- Compensated, blessed, prosperous, vindicated,
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- Prosperous, vindicated, honored. people will
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- Honored. people will know that god has ruled
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- Know that god has ruled in your favor.
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- In your favor. i know a young lady. she
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- I know a young lady. she came out of a very
- 00:16:07.189 --> 00:16:08.490
- Came out of a very difficult environment.
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- Difficult environment. her father died when she
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- Her father died when she was six and not long
- 00:16:11.560 --> 00:16:13.362
- Was six and not long after that, her mother
- 00:16:13.429 --> 00:16:14.696
- After that, her mother had to go on dialysis.
- 00:16:14.763 --> 00:16:16.665
- Had to go on dialysis. they were very poor.
- 00:16:16.732 --> 00:16:18.434
- They were very poor. most other kids were out
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- Most other kids were out playing in the
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- Playing in the neighborhood. she was at
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- Neighborhood. she was at home taking care of her
- 00:16:22.104 --> 00:16:23.072
- Home taking care of her mother. she was like
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- Mother. she was like 12 years old and she'd
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- 12 years old and she'd walk up to the store,
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- Walk up to the store, buy groceries, cook for
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- Buy groceries, cook for the family. she'd get her
- 00:16:28.177 --> 00:16:29.745
- The family. she'd get her little brother dressed
- 00:16:29.812 --> 00:16:31.013
- Little brother dressed for school every day.
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- For school every day. being at such a
- 00:16:33.048 --> 00:16:33.982
- Being at such a disadvantage, it looked
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- Disadvantage, it looked like she would miss her
- 00:16:35.551 --> 00:16:36.885
- Like she would miss her purpose. but despite
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- Purpose. but despite these hardships, she kept
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- These hardships, she kept being her best. she didn't
- 00:16:40.756 --> 00:16:42.357
- Being her best. she didn't have a victim mentality.
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- Have a victim mentality. she believed in the god
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- She believed in the god who overrules. and she
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- Who overrules. and she excelled in school. she
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- Excelled in school. she got a full scholarship to
- 00:16:49.665 --> 00:16:51.300
- Got a full scholarship to a prestigious university.
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- A prestigious university. she got her degree and
- 00:16:53.335 --> 00:16:54.603
- She got her degree and then went on to get her
- 00:16:54.670 --> 00:16:55.637
- Then went on to get her masters.
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- Masters. today, she owns a very
- 00:16:56.839 --> 00:16:58.574
- Today, she owns a very successful business.
- 00:16:58.640 --> 00:17:00.542
- Successful business. she's happily married,
- 00:17:00.609 --> 00:17:02.211
- She's happily married, has three beautiful
- 00:17:02.277 --> 00:17:03.212
- Has three beautiful children.
- 00:17:03.278 --> 00:17:04.346
- Children. she said, "joel, i never
- 00:17:04.413 --> 00:17:05.881
- She said, "joel, i never dreamed i would be here.
- 00:17:05.948 --> 00:17:07.816
- Dreamed i would be here. i'm the first one in my
- 00:17:07.883 --> 00:17:09.384
- I'm the first one in my family to get a degree,
- 00:17:09.451 --> 00:17:11.453
- Family to get a degree, the first one to own our
- 00:17:11.520 --> 00:17:12.788
- The first one to own our own business, and the
- 00:17:12.855 --> 00:17:14.323
- Own business, and the first one to raise my
- 00:17:14.389 --> 00:17:15.991
- First one to raise my children in church."
- 00:17:16.058 --> 00:17:18.093
- Children in church." all the odds were against
- 00:17:18.160 --> 00:17:19.828
- All the odds were against her. she could have
- 00:17:19.895 --> 00:17:21.029
- Her. she could have become a statistic.
- 00:17:21.096 --> 00:17:22.397
- Become a statistic. what happened?
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- What happened? god said, "overruled."
- 00:17:23.532 --> 00:17:25.834
- God said, "overruled." he didn't just bring her
- 00:17:25.901 --> 00:17:26.835
- He didn't just bring her out, he compensated her.
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- Out, he compensated her. you may have situations
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- You may have situations that put you at a
- 00:17:31.340 --> 00:17:32.241
- That put you at a disadvantage. god sees it.
- 00:17:32.307 --> 00:17:34.810
- Disadvantage. god sees it. he knows what you've been
- 00:17:34.877 --> 00:17:35.811
- He knows what you've been through. he knows what
- 00:17:35.878 --> 00:17:37.146
- Through. he knows what you didn't get. he knows
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- You didn't get. he knows who left you. where you
- 00:17:38.714 --> 00:17:40.549
- Who left you. where you are is not your final
- 00:17:40.616 --> 00:17:42.951
- Are is not your final destination. that's the
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- Destination. that's the lower courts verdict.
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- Lower courts verdict. the good news is our god
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- The good news is our god is in the overruling
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- Is in the overruling business.
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- Business. your time is coming.
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- Your time is coming. vindication is coming.
- 00:17:52.961 --> 00:17:55.063
- Vindication is coming. promotion is coming.
- 00:17:55.130 --> 00:17:56.064
- Promotion is coming. abundance is coming.
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- Abundance is coming. keep being your best.
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- Keep being your best. keep honoring god.
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- Keep honoring god. like with her, there is
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- Like with her, there is favor in your future
- 00:18:03.939 --> 00:18:05.841
- Favor in your future that's going to amaze
- 00:18:05.908 --> 00:18:06.842
- That's going to amaze you.
- 00:18:06.909 --> 00:18:08.043
- You. many of the things we
- 00:18:08.110 --> 00:18:09.077
- Many of the things we struggle with have been
- 00:18:09.144 --> 00:18:10.646
- Struggle with have been passed down in our
- 00:18:10.712 --> 00:18:11.914
- Passed down in our family line. it's not a
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- Family line. it's not a coincidence that we're
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- Coincidence that we're tempted in certain areas,
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- Tempted in certain areas, having to deal with an
- 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:18.854
- Having to deal with an addiction, depression;
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- Addiction, depression; a hot temper. those are
- 00:18:20.689 --> 00:18:22.191
- A hot temper. those are spirits that keep getting
- 00:18:22.257 --> 00:18:24.226
- Spirits that keep getting passed down from
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- Passed down from generation to generation.
- 00:18:25.527 --> 00:18:28.063
- Generation to generation. just like we can pass
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- Just like we can pass down physical traits, our
- 00:18:29.398 --> 00:18:31.300
- Down physical traits, our looks, our size, our hair
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- Looks, our size, our hair color, we can pass down
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- Color, we can pass down attitudes, dysfunction,
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- Attitudes, dysfunction, depression. the enemy
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- Depression. the enemy didn't start with you.
- 00:18:38.340 --> 00:18:39.875
- Didn't start with you. he started way back in
- 00:18:39.942 --> 00:18:41.210
- He started way back in the family line.
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- The family line. i talked to a man recently.
- 00:18:43.412 --> 00:18:44.947
- I talked to a man recently. he had struggled with
- 00:18:45.013 --> 00:18:45.914
- He had struggled with alcohol for over 40 years.
- 00:18:45.981 --> 00:18:48.317
- Alcohol for over 40 years. that's all he had known.
- 00:18:48.383 --> 00:18:49.384
- That's all he had known. his dad was an alcoholic,
- 00:18:49.451 --> 00:18:51.086
- His dad was an alcoholic, his grandfather; it was
- 00:18:51.153 --> 00:18:52.354
- His grandfather; it was normal to him. he had
- 00:18:52.421 --> 00:18:54.022
- Normal to him. he had tried to stop many times
- 00:18:54.089 --> 00:18:55.490
- Tried to stop many times with no success. but one
- 00:18:55.557 --> 00:18:57.626
- With no success. but one day he was in his car
- 00:18:57.693 --> 00:18:58.961
- Day he was in his car listening to a message
- 00:18:59.027 --> 00:19:00.095
- Listening to a message and i was talking about
- 00:19:00.162 --> 00:19:01.663
- And i was talking about being free and how that's
- 00:19:01.730 --> 00:19:03.131
- Being free and how that's not your destiny. he said
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- Not your destiny. he said he felt something like
- 00:19:05.834 --> 00:19:06.969
- He felt something like warm oil being poured all
- 00:19:07.035 --> 00:19:09.204
- Warm oil being poured all over him. from that day
- 00:19:09.271 --> 00:19:11.206
- Over him. from that day forward he never touched
- 00:19:11.273 --> 00:19:12.874
- Forward he never touched the alcohol. that spirit
- 00:19:12.941 --> 00:19:15.477
- The alcohol. that spirit that had been in his family
- 00:19:15.544 --> 00:19:16.678
- That had been in his family line for generations was
- 00:19:16.745 --> 00:19:18.347
- Line for generations was suddenly broken.
- 00:19:18.413 --> 00:19:20.282
- Suddenly broken. you were created to be
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- You were created to be free, to live healthy,
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- Free, to live healthy, whole, secure. don't get
- 00:19:24.253 --> 00:19:27.089
- Whole, secure. don't get comfortable with
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- Comfortable with dysfunction. don't settle
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- Dysfunction. don't settle for things that are less
- 00:19:29.925 --> 00:19:31.059
- For things that are less than god's best. that's
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- Than god's best. that's not who you are. put your
- 00:19:32.861 --> 00:19:34.730
- Not who you are. put your faith out there.
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- Faith out there. father, thank you that
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- Father, thank you that you're overruling every
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- You're overruling every negative thing that's
- 00:19:39.701 --> 00:19:41.136
- Negative thing that's holding me back. god
- 00:19:41.203 --> 00:19:43.105
- Holding me back. god not only overrules what
- 00:19:43.171 --> 00:19:44.473
- Not only overrules what comes against us, sometimes
- 00:19:44.539 --> 00:19:46.842
- Comes against us, sometimes he overrules our wrong
- 00:19:46.908 --> 00:19:48.510
- He overrules our wrong choices. without his
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- Choices. without his mercy, we wouldn't
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- Mercy, we wouldn't fulfill our destiny.
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- Fulfill our destiny. god told jonah to go to
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- God told jonah to go to the city of ninevah.
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- The city of ninevah. he didn't want to go
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- He didn't want to go there. he wanted to go
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- There. he wanted to go to tarshish, the other
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- To tarshish, the other direction. and what's
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- Direction. and what's interesting is god didn't
- 00:20:02.791 --> 00:20:04.726
- Interesting is god didn't stop him from going the
- 00:20:04.793 --> 00:20:06.094
- Stop him from going the wrong way. he didn't stop
- 00:20:06.161 --> 00:20:08.163
- Wrong way. he didn't stop him from getting on a boat
- 00:20:08.230 --> 00:20:09.398
- Him from getting on a boat headed toward tarshish.
- 00:20:09.464 --> 00:20:11.066
- Headed toward tarshish. god respects our free
- 00:20:11.133 --> 00:20:12.601
- God respects our free will. he allowed all that
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- Will. he allowed all that to happen but when the
- 00:20:14.736 --> 00:20:16.438
- To happen but when the huge storm arose and
- 00:20:16.505 --> 00:20:18.740
- Huge storm arose and the crew threw jonah
- 00:20:18.807 --> 00:20:19.875
- The crew threw jonah overboard, he should have
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- Overboard, he should have drowned. that should have
- 00:20:21.476 --> 00:20:22.878
- Drowned. that should have been the end. that's when
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- Been the end. that's when god stepped in and said,
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- God stepped in and said, "overruled". he had the
- 00:20:26.515 --> 00:20:28.350
- "overruled". he had the fish there to swallow him
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- Fish there to swallow him and take him to dry
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- And take him to dry ground. god didn't stop
- 00:20:31.653 --> 00:20:33.088
- Ground. god didn't stop all of jonah's mistakes,
- 00:20:33.155 --> 00:20:34.856
- All of jonah's mistakes, but he did stop him from
- 00:20:34.923 --> 00:20:36.725
- But he did stop him from missing his destiny.
- 00:20:36.792 --> 00:20:38.727
- Missing his destiny. how many of us would not
- 00:20:38.794 --> 00:20:40.595
- How many of us would not be here if god had not
- 00:20:40.662 --> 00:20:42.464
- Be here if god had not overruled our wrong
- 00:20:42.531 --> 00:20:43.999
- Overruled our wrong choices. you could have
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- Choices. you could have married the wrong person
- 00:20:45.834 --> 00:20:47.035
- Married the wrong person but god said, "overruled."
- 00:20:47.102 --> 00:20:48.937
- But god said, "overruled." he shut that door. that
- 00:20:49.004 --> 00:20:51.106
- He shut that door. that addiction could have taken
- 00:20:51.173 --> 00:20:52.341
- Addiction could have taken your life. god said,
- 00:20:52.407 --> 00:20:53.809
- Your life. god said, "overruled. i have a
- 00:20:53.875 --> 00:20:55.143
- "overruled. i have a destiny for you."
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- Destiny for you." you lost your temper and
- 00:20:57.012 --> 00:20:58.180
- You lost your temper and were about to tell your
- 00:20:58.246 --> 00:20:59.181
- Were about to tell your boss off, god said,
- 00:20:59.247 --> 00:21:01.249
- Boss off, god said, "overruled." he closed
- 00:21:01.316 --> 00:21:02.451
- "overruled." he closed your mouth. for some
- 00:21:02.517 --> 00:21:03.452
- Your mouth. for some reason you couldn't
- 00:21:03.518 --> 00:21:04.453
- Reason you couldn't do it. you wouldn't still
- 00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.854
- Do it. you wouldn't still have that job if he wasn't
- 00:21:05.921 --> 00:21:07.322
- Have that job if he wasn't the god who overrules.
- 00:21:07.389 --> 00:21:09.925
- The god who overrules. you may be headed down
- 00:21:09.991 --> 00:21:11.159
- You may be headed down the wrong path today,
- 00:21:11.226 --> 00:21:12.961
- The wrong path today, making decisions you know
- 00:21:13.028 --> 00:21:14.396
- Making decisions you know are not the best.
- 00:21:14.463 --> 00:21:15.597
- Are not the best. don't be surprised if you
- 00:21:15.664 --> 00:21:17.432
- Don't be surprised if you encounter the god who
- 00:21:17.499 --> 00:21:19.267
- Encounter the god who overrules. he loves you
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- Overrules. he loves you too much to let you miss
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- Too much to let you miss your purpose.
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- Your purpose. the scripture talks about
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- The scripture talks about the mercies of god. not
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- The mercies of god. not singular, plural, mercies.
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- Singular, plural, mercies. again and again, god
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- Again and again, god shows us mercy.
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- Shows us mercy. friends you had growing
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- Friends you had growing up you used to party
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- Up you used to party with. some of them may
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- With. some of them may not still be here. they
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- Not still be here. they didn't make it. that
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- Didn't make it. that could have been you but
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- Could have been you but the god who overrules
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- The god who overrules stepped in and here you
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- Stepped in and here you are free, clean, healthy.
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- Are free, clean, healthy. you could have had a
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- You could have had a nervous breakdown,
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- Nervous breakdown, buckled under all the
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- Buckled under all the pressure but when you
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- Pressure but when you thought you couldn't take
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- Thought you couldn't take it anymore, the god who
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- It anymore, the god who overrules put a stop to
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- Overrules put a stop to it. now you're stronger
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- It. now you're stronger than ever.
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- Than ever. some of the people you
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- Some of the people you grew up with, if they
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- Grew up with, if they could see you now, in
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- Could see you now, in church, honoring god,
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- Church, honoring god, clean, free, blessed,
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- Clean, free, blessed, kind, generous; they'd be
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- Kind, generous; they'd be so shocked, you'd have to
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- So shocked, you'd have to pick them up off the
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- Pick them up off the floor. it's all because
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- Floor. it's all because of the god who overrules.
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- Of the god who overrules. two thousand years ago,
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- Two thousand years ago, jesus hung on the cross.
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- Jesus hung on the cross. he was beaten by soldiers,
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- He was beaten by soldiers, mocked, ridiculed.
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- Mocked, ridiculed. it looked like it was
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- It looked like it was over. all of hell was
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- Over. all of hell was rejoicing.
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- Rejoicing. but in the heavens, god
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- But in the heavens, god didn't panic. he didn't
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- Didn't panic. he didn't say, "what happened?
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- Say, "what happened? my plan didn't work out.
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- My plan didn't work out. he simply said,
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- He simply said, "overruled."
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- "overruled." the lower courts said
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- The lower courts said jesus was done, defeated.
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- Jesus was done, defeated. the higher court said,
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- The higher court said, "i don't think so."
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- "i don't think so." on the third day, jesus
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- On the third day, jesus came out of the grave.
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- Came out of the grave. he said, "i am he that
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- He said, "i am he that lives. i was dead but now
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- Lives. i was dead but now i am alive forevermore."
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- I am alive forevermore." if god can overrule
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- If god can overrule death, the grave, forces
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- Death, the grave, forces of darkness, don't you
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- Of darkness, don't you think he can overrule
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- Think he can overrule what's holding you back?
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- What's holding you back? those obstacles may look
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- Those obstacles may look permanent but in your
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- Permanent but in your spirit you need to hear
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- Spirit you need to hear god saying, "overruled".
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- God saying, "overruled". that dysfunction may have
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- That dysfunction may have been in your family line
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- Been in your family line for generations.
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- For generations. this is a new day.
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- This is a new day. the god who overrules
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- The god who overrules is about to put a stop
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- Is about to put a stop to it. and i believe and
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- To it. and i believe and declare god is delivering
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- Declare god is delivering you from powerful enemies.
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- You from powerful enemies. right now he is judging
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- In your favor. what
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- In your favor. what stopped you in the past
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- Stopped you in the past will stop you no more.
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- Will stop you no more. you are coming into
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- You are coming into freedom, wholeness,
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- Freedom, wholeness, abundance, victory, the
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- Abundance, victory, the fullness of your destiny
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- Fullness of your destiny in jesus' name.
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- In jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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- If you receive it, can you say amen, today?
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- You say amen, today? i'd like to give you an
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- I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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- Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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- The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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- Would you pray with me? just say, lord jesus,
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- Just say, lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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- I 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. if you prayed
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- Savior. if you prayed that simple prayer, we
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- That simple prayer, we believe you got born
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- Believe you got born again. get in a good
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- Again. get in a good bible based church.
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- Bible based church. keep god first place.
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- Keep god first place. victoria and i will be
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- Victoria and i will be right back to speak a
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- They taught me the importance of believing
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- What god says about you, and letting that
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- And letting that determine your self-image.
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- Determine your self-image. that how through the scripture,
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- That how through the scripture, you can learn to
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- You can learn to handle challenges
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- Handle challenges and pursue your dreams.
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- And pursue your dreams. but some people tell me that
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