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Joel Osteen - God's Purpose Will Prevail

June 19, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - God's Purpose Will Prevail | June 19, 2026

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd
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Visit us in person. we'd love to have you be a part
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Love to have you be a part of one of our services. i
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Like to start with something
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Like to start with something funny. i heard about this
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Funny. i heard about this lady. she had just gotten
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Lady. she had just gotten out of choir practice, she
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Out of choir practice, she was so fired up, she put a
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Was so fired up, she put a “honk if you love jesus”
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“honk if you love jesus” bumper sticker on her car.
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Bumper sticker on her car. at the intersection, she was
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At the intersection, she was digging in her purse and
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Digging in her purse and didn't notice the light had
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Didn't notice the light had changed. she said, “i was so
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Changed. she said, “i was so excited to find out the guy
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Excited to find out the guy behind me loved jesus. he
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Behind me loved jesus. he started honking, so i rolled
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Started honking, so i rolled my window down, waved real
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My window down, waved real big, and said, “i love jesus
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Big, and said, “i love jesus too.” she said, “i found out
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Too.” she said, “i found out a whole lot of people love
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A whole lot of people love jesus. everyone started
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Jesus. everyone started honking. one man even
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Honking. one man even screamed, ‘jesus christ'.”
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Screamed, ‘jesus christ'.” she said, “after we shared
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She said, “after we shared all that love together, i
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All that love together, i was the only one that made
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Was the only one that made it through the
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It through the intersection.” (laughter)
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Intersection.” (laughter) all right y'all. say it like
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All right y'all. say it like you mean it. this is my
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You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says i
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Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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Am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be
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Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus' name. god
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The same in jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to
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Bless you. i want to talk to you today about god's
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You today about god's purpose will prevail. before
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Purpose will prevail. before you were born, god gave you
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You were born, god gave you an assignment, something to
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An assignment, something to accomplish. he's already
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Accomplish. he's already lined up the right people,
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Lined up the right people, the resources, what doors
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The resources, what doors will open, what doors will
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Will open, what doors will close. you're not just
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Close. you're not just wandering through life,
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Wandering through life, hoping to get a good break.
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Hoping to get a good break. you are walking out a divine
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You are walking out a divine purpose. your steps are
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Purpose. your steps are being ordered. even things
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Being ordered. even things you don't understand, god
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You don't understand, god wouldn't have allowed it, if
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Wouldn't have allowed it, if it wasn't going to move you
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It wasn't going to move you toward your destiny.
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Toward your destiny. everything is serving his
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Everything is serving his plan. you don't have to
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Plan. you don't have to fight closed doors and get
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Fight closed doors and get upset when your plans don't
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Upset when your plans don't work out. god is behind the
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Work out. god is behind the scenes orchestrating,
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Scenes orchestrating, maneuvering, positioning you
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Maneuvering, positioning you for what he has in mind.
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For what he has in mind. proverbs 19 says, “you can
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Proverbs 19 says, “you can make many plans, but the
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Make many plans, but the lord's purpose will
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Lord's purpose will prevail.” god's purpose is
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Prevail.” god's purpose is stronger than your plans. i
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Stronger than your plans. i don't mean that in a
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Don't mean that in a negative sense, but
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Negative sense, but sometimes we plan things
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Sometimes we plan things that are less than god's
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That are less than god's best. we're planning this
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Best. we're planning this level that we've always
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Level that we've always seen, but god is going to
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Seen, but god is going to take you to new levels. he's
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Take you to new levels. he's going to cause you to set
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Going to cause you to set new standards, to break
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New standards, to break barriers of the past. god's
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Barriers of the past. god's purpose is stronger than
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Purpose is stronger than opposition, people that come
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Opposition, people that come against you, try to hold you
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Against you, try to hold you back. it's stronger than the
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Back. it's stronger than the environment you are in, or
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Environment you are in, or how you were raised, things
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How you were raised, things you can't control. you
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You can't control. you didn't choose what family
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Didn't choose what family you would be born in. you
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You would be born in. you didn't choose how you would
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Didn't choose how you would be raised and what battles
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Be raised and what battles you would have to fight.
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You would have to fight. negative things that were
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Negative things that were passed down. you could think
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Passed down. you could think that you're at a
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That you're at a disadvantage. but god knew
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Disadvantage. but god knew everything you'd have to
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Everything you'd have to deal with. what he has
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Deal with. what he has purposed will override all
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Purposed will override all that. just ask a lady in the
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That. just ask a lady in the scripture named esther. she
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Scripture named esther. she was an orphan, lost her
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Was an orphan, lost her parents, raised poor. what
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Parents, raised poor. what could she ever do that was
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Could she ever do that was significant. how could she
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Significant. how could she leave her mark. no, god's
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Leave her mark. no, god's purpose isn't limited by
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Purpose isn't limited by what you didn't get. it's
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What you didn't get. it's not limited by how you were
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Not limited by how you were raised, things that put you
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Raised, things that put you at a disadvantage. before
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At a disadvantage. before esther was born, god marked
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Esther was born, god marked her as a person of great
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Her as a person of great influence, to stand before
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Influence, to stand before the king and save his
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The king and save his people. god knew what family
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People. god knew what family she would be born in. he
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She would be born in. he could have chosen someone
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Could have chosen someone born in royalty, in
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Born in royalty, in affluence. he knew she would
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Affluence. he knew she would lose her parents at a young
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Lose her parents at a young age, and have this heartache
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Age, and have this heartache to deal with, and feel like
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To deal with, and feel like she was the least likely.
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She was the least likely. but what god has purposed
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But what god has purposed will override injustice. it
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Will override injustice. it will override disadvantage,
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Will override disadvantage, bad breaks, being left out.
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Bad breaks, being left out. he's taken everything about
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He's taken everything about you into account, all your
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You into account, all your circumstances, opposition,
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Circumstances, opposition, mistakes you would make,
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Mistakes you would make, none of that has stopped
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None of that has stopped what he has planned. quit
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What he has planned. quit discounting yourself because
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Discounting yourself because of what you don't have,
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Of what you don't have, “well, if i came from a
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“well, if i came from a better family, joel. we're
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Better family, joel. we're more successful. if i had a
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More successful. if i had a better environment, more
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Better environment, more opportunity. if i didn't
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Opportunity. if i didn't have these people against
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Have these people against me, coworkers trying to
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Me, coworkers trying to leave me out.” you can't
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Leave me out.” you can't control all that. if you
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Control all that. if you take on the responsibility
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Take on the responsibility to fix everyone and convince
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To fix everyone and convince them to like you, force this
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Them to like you, force this door to open, you're going
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Door to open, you're going to waste a lot of time,
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To waste a lot of time, frustrated, trying to change
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Frustrated, trying to change things that you can't
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Things that you can't change. that's not your job.
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Change. that's not your job. that's god's job. what he
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That's god's job. what he has purposed, is not stopped
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Has purposed, is not stopped by opposition, by people,
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By opposition, by people, delays. he's already planned
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Delays. he's already planned out your good breaks that
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Out your good breaks that will thrust you ahead.
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Will thrust you ahead. supernatural turnarounds
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Supernatural turnarounds where you'll break out of
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Where you'll break out of what's held you back. you'll
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What's held you back. you'll step into levels you can't
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Step into levels you can't imagine. your plans may not
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Imagine. your plans may not have worked out, what you
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Have worked out, what you had in mind may not have
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Had in mind may not have happened, but god's plans
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Happened, but god's plans are better than your plans.
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Are better than your plans. his dream for your life is
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His dream for your life is better than your dream. you
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Better than your dream. you can stay in peace knowing
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Can stay in peace knowing that god's plan cannot be
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That god's plan cannot be stopped by bad breaks. it
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Stopped by bad breaks. it cannot be altered by
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Cannot be altered by opposition. it cannot be
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Opposition. it cannot be overridden by mistakes. all
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Overridden by mistakes. all those things have been taken
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Into account. god says, “you
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Into account. god says, “you can make many plans. in
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Can make many plans. in effect, you can have many
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Effect, you can have many disappointments, many
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Disappointments, many adversities, many delays,
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Adversities, many delays, but don't worry, what i have
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But don't worry, what i have purposed will prevail. what
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Purposed will prevail. what i decided before you showed
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I decided before you showed up on planet earth. what i
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Up on planet earth. what i assigned you to accomplish,
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Assigned you to accomplish, cannot be overridden. it
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Cannot be overridden. it will come to pass.” isaiah
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Will come to pass.” isaiah put it this way, “the lord
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Put it this way, “the lord of hosts has purposed it,
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Of hosts has purposed it, who can annul it? his hand
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Who can annul it? his hand is stretched out, who can
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Turn it back?” remember when
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Turn it back?” remember when moses stretched out his
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Moses stretched out his hand, and the red sea
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Hand, and the red sea parted. imagine the most
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Parted. imagine the most high god stretching out his
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High god stretching out his hand over your life. that
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Hand over your life. that outstretched hand is
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Outstretched hand is releasing miracles. it's
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Releasing miracles. it's pushing back forces of
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Pushing back forces of darkness. it's defeating
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Darkness. it's defeating enemies of sickness,
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Enemies of sickness, addictions, dysfunction.
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Addictions, dysfunction. things you can't defeat on
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Things you can't defeat on your own. not only that,
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Your own. not only that, it's opening doors, parting
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It's opening doors, parting seas, bringing you through
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Seas, bringing you through on dry ground, making ways
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On dry ground, making ways where there was no way. this
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Where there was no way. this is the god we serve.
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Is the god we serve. fighting for you. favoring
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Fighting for you. favoring you. sustaining you.
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You. sustaining you. defeating your enemies.
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Defeating your enemies. you're not at the mercy of
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You're not at the mercy of people, circumstances, who's
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People, circumstances, who's for you, what's the economy
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For you, what's the economy like, what family did i come
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Like, what family did i come from. his purpose overrides
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From. his purpose overrides all those things. sickness
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All those things. sickness won't prevail. his purpose
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Won't prevail. his purpose will prevail. nothing can
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Will prevail. nothing can snatch you out of god's
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Snatch you out of god's hands. the opposition may be
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Hands. the opposition may be stronger, people with more
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Stronger, people with more influence, more resources.
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Influence, more resources. but they are no match for
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But they are no match for our god. he created the
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Our god. he created the universe. he flung stars
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Universe. he flung stars into space. who can stand
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Into space. who can stand against our god? yes, i
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Against our god? yes, i know, on your own it may not
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Know, on your own it may not be possible, but you're not
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Be possible, but you're not on your own. there's
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On your own. there's something god put on you,
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Something god put on you, before you were born, a
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Before you were born, a purpose, a calling, an
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Purpose, a calling, an assignment that's not just
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Assignment that's not just up to you. it's his
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Up to you. it's his sovereign will. it's
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Sovereign will. it's something he's decided that
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Something he's decided that will happen. there's nothing
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Will happen. there's nothing we can do to change his
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We can do to change his sovereign will. he will
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Sovereign will. he will bring it to pass. now
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Bring it to pass. now there's a conditional will
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There's a conditional will where our choices impact our
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Where our choices impact our future. we make bad
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Future. we make bad decisions, there are
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Decisions, there are consequences, heartache,
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Consequences, heartache, delays. we make it more
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Delays. we make it more difficult. but god's
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Difficult. but god's sovereign will, his purpose
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Sovereign will, his purpose for your life cannot be
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For your life cannot be changed. just ask jonah. god
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Changed. just ask jonah. god told him to go to the city
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Told him to go to the city of ninevah and preach to the
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Of ninevah and preach to the people. he didn't want to
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People. he didn't want to go. he got on a boat going
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Go. he got on a boat going the opposite direction. but
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The opposite direction. but you can't override what god
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You can't override what god has purposed. you can run,
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Has purposed. you can run, but you can't hide. god
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But you can't hide. god knows how to get his way.
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Knows how to get his way. you can do it the easy way,
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You can do it the easy way, or you can go the hard way.
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Or you can go the hard way. jonah chose the hard way. he
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Jonah chose the hard way. he ran. there was a great
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Ran. there was a great storm. so unusual, so
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Storm. so unusual, so uncommon, the crew asked,
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Uncommon, the crew asked, “who's on board that's
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“who's on board that's causing this trouble.” jonah
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Causing this trouble.” jonah was man enough to admit the
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Was man enough to admit the problem. he said, “i'm the
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Problem. he said, “i'm the one.” the crew was so
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One.” the crew was so grateful, so kind. they
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Grateful, so kind. they threw him overboard. that
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Threw him overboard. that should have been the end,
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Should have been the end, but god had already called
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But god had already called an uber. he had a whale
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An uber. he had a whale waiting for jonah. it
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Waiting for jonah. it swallowed him, took him to
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Swallowed him, took him to the shore and spit him out
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The shore and spit him out on dry ground. god said it
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On dry ground. god said it again, “go to ninevah.” this
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Again, “go to ninevah.” this time he went. your mistakes
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Time he went. your mistakes didn't cancel the assignment
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Didn't cancel the assignment god has for you. you may
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God has for you. you may delay it, you may make it
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Delay it, you may make it more difficult, but his
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More difficult, but his purpose will prevail. now
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Purpose will prevail. now quit being frustrated over
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Quit being frustrated over what didn't work out the way
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What didn't work out the way you thought. when you
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You thought. when you understand this principle,
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Understand this principle, you won't fight closed
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You won't fight closed doors, live stressed because
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Doors, live stressed because that coworker leaves you
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That coworker leaves you out, or worried about your
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Out, or worried about your health. stay in peace. god
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Health. stay in peace. god is fighting for you. so many
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Is fighting for you. so many times, we're trying to force
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Times, we're trying to force things to happen, manipulate
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Things to happen, manipulate this situation, control this
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This situation, control this outcome. that's not our job.
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Outcome. that's not our job. our job is to honor god,
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Our job is to honor god, keep him first place and
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Keep him first place and trust him with the outcomes.
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Trust him with the outcomes. when things happen that
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When things happen that don't make sense, the right
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Don't make sense, the right attitude is, “god, i don't
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Attitude is, “god, i don't understand this, but i thank
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Understand this, but i thank you that your purpose for my
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You that your purpose for my life will prevail. that
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Life will prevail. that nothing can stand against
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Nothing can stand against the assignment that you've
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The assignment that you've given me.” it's very freeing
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Given me.” it's very freeing to know it's not just up to
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To know it's not just up to you. “i've got to make my
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Career go, make these people
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Career go, make these people like me, fight this
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Like me, fight this opposition. prove to them
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Opposition. prove to them that i'm as smart as they
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That i'm as smart as they are.” that's called works of
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Are.” that's called works of the flesh. that's trying to
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The flesh. that's trying to do it all in our own
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Do it all in our own strength. that will wear you
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Out. there's no winning
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Out. there's no winning doing that. there will
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Doing that. there will always be something that
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Always be something that takes your joy. it's not up
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Takes your joy. it's not up to you to control outcomes.
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To you to control outcomes. strive and strain. there's a
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Strive and strain. there's a much better way to live.
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Much better way to live. when you understand what god
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When you understand what god has purposed, he's going to
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Has purposed, he's going to make happen. he's going to
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Make happen. he's going to open doors. he's going to
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Open doors. he's going to move wrong people out of the
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Move wrong people out of the way. he's going to cause you
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Way. he's going to cause you to shine, to stand out. then
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To shine, to stand out. then you can stay in peace. you
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You can stay in peace. you know he's controlling the
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Know he's controlling the outcomes. he's behind the
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Outcomes. he's behind the scenes orchestrating things
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Scenes orchestrating things that you can't see right
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That you can't see right now. sometimes, i've
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Now. sometimes, i've learned, he'll take you
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Learned, he'll take you backwards before you can go
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Backwards before you can go forward. he'll let setbacks
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Forward. he'll let setbacks happen, but what you can't
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Happen, but what you can't see is it's setting you up
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See is it's setting you up for greater things. at the
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For greater things. at the moment, it won't make sense.
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Moment, it won't make sense. it's easy to get frustrated
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It's easy to get frustrated and think that you're off
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And think that you're off track, “god, i'm doing the
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Track, “god, i'm doing the right thing. why did this
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Right thing. why did this happen?” trust him when you
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Happen?” trust him when you can't trace him. stay in
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Can't trace him. stay in peace when it doesn't make
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Peace when it doesn't make sense. god's ways are not
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Sense. god's ways are not our ways. on the way to your
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Our ways. on the way to your purpose, there will be
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Purpose, there will be divine delays, divine
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Divine delays, divine detours. god taking us a
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Detours. god taking us a different route, that we
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Different route, that we don't understand. maybe
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Don't understand. maybe people do you wrong.
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People do you wrong. setbacks that weren't your
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Setbacks that weren't your fault. it's all a part of
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Fault. it's all a part of the plan. it's not catching
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The plan. it's not catching god off guard. he's not
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God off guard. he's not reacting to this problem,
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Reacting to this problem, trying to come up with a
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Trying to come up with a solution real fast. he knows
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Solution real fast. he knows everything. it's strategic.
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Everything. it's strategic. it's positioning you for
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It's positioning you for greater things. later on,
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Greater things. later on, you will see how it was all
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You will see how it was all necessary. it looked like it
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Necessary. it looked like it was working against you, but
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Was working against you, but the fact is it was working
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The fact is it was working for you. it had to happen to
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For you. it had to happen to get you to where god was
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Taking you. moses was born
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Taking you. moses was born into an environment that was
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Into an environment that was chaotic and dysfunctional.
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Chaotic and dysfunctional. the leader of egypt, the
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The leader of egypt, the pharaoh was afraid the
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Pharaoh was afraid the hebrew people were getting
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Hebrew people were getting too big. they were
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Too big. they were multiplying so fast, they
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Multiplying so fast, they could overtake the
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Could overtake the egyptians. so, he ordered
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Egyptians. so, he ordered all the hebrew boys, two
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All the hebrew boys, two years old and under to be
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Years old and under to be killed. it looked like moses
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Killed. it looked like moses was born at the wrong time,
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Was born at the wrong time, under this death decree.
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Under this death decree. soldiers coming to houses,
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Soldiers coming to houses, looking for the male babies.
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Looking for the male babies. god could have had him born
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A few years earlier or a few
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A few years earlier or a few years later. then we
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Years later. then we wouldn't have this problem.
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Wouldn't have this problem. but god is doing things we
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But god is doing things we can't see. what we think are
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Can't see. what we think are bad breaks and random, many
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Bad breaks and random, many times are the strategic hand
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Times are the strategic hand of god. i'm sure moses'
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Of god. i'm sure moses' mother was so stressed, so
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Mother was so stressed, so upset. she's got this
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Upset. she's got this beautiful baby. she can't
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Beautiful baby. she can't understand why this has
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Understand why this has happened. but instead of
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Happened. but instead of living sour, giving up, she
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Living sour, giving up, she hid baby moses. for three
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Hid baby moses. for three months she risked her own
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Months she risked her own life, trying to save her
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Life, trying to save her son. when he got too big,
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Son. when he got too big, she put him in a basket and
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She put him in a basket and sent him down the nile
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Sent him down the nile river. you can imagine
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River. you can imagine letting your baby go. there
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Letting your baby go. there were snakes, alligators, all
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Were snakes, alligators, all kinds of danger, but it just
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Kinds of danger, but it just so happened that the
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So happened that the pharaoh's daughter was out
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Pharaoh's daughter was out taking a bath. she heard the
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Taking a bath. she heard the cries coming from the little
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Cries coming from the little basket. when she saw baby
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Basket. when she saw baby moses, it was love at first
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Moses, it was love at first sight. she took him in the
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Sight. she took him in the palace and adopted him as
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Palace and adopted him as her own child. moses was
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Her own child. moses was raised in royalty. he
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Raised in royalty. he learned protocol,
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Learned protocol, leadership, how government
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Leadership, how government works, how to lead large
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Works, how to lead large groups. none of this was
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Groups. none of this was random. moses' mother could
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Random. moses' mother could have never known that eighty
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Have never known that eighty years later, that little
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Years later, that little baby, would be the one that
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Baby, would be the one that would come back to the
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Would come back to the palace and deliver the
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Palace and deliver the israelites from the
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Israelites from the egyptians. when god told
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Egyptians. when god told moses to go speak to the
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Moses to go speak to the pharaoh to let the people
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Pharaoh to let the people go, moses walked into a
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Go, moses walked into a familiar environment. he'd
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Familiar environment. he'd grown up in a palace. he
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Grown up in a palace. he understood how everything
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Understood how everything worked. god was preparing
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Worked. god was preparing him back as a child, for
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Him back as a child, for what he had planned decades
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What he had planned decades later. some of the
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Later. some of the opposition, bad breaks,
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Opposition, bad breaks, things you go through now,
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Things you go through now, won't make sense. it seems
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Won't make sense. it seems random. but you don't know
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Random. but you don't know what god is up to. it looks
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What god is up to. it looks like it's setting you back,
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Like it's setting you back, but really, it's setting you
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But really, it's setting you up. moses being sent down
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Up. moses being sent down the nile, being raised by a
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The nile, being raised by a different family, that
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Different family, that trouble was actually
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Trouble was actually transportation. it wasn't
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Transportation. it wasn't the enemy; it was god
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The enemy; it was god getting moses into position
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Getting moses into position to accomplish his purpose.
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To accomplish his purpose. the assignment god has for
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The assignment god has for you will take you through
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You will take you through some detours, delays,
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Some detours, delays, betrayals. you have to trust
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Betrayals. you have to trust that his purpose is at work.
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That his purpose is at work. it's not always about your
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It's not always about your comfort; it's about your
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Comfort; it's about your calling. there will be these
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Calling. there will be these times you're uncomfortable.
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Times you're uncomfortable. you don't like it. “god, i
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You don't like it. “god, i don't want to send my baby
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Don't want to send my baby down the nile. why was he
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Down the nile. why was he born at this time?” you
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Born at this time?” you can't see what god is up to.
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Can't see what god is up to. trust him. he's promised,
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Trust him. he's promised, his purpose for your life
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His purpose for your life will prevail. you can't see
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Will prevail. you can't see it now, but later on, you
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It now, but later on, you will see, it was all
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Will see, it was all necessary. a few years after
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Necessary. a few years after victoria and i were married;
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Victoria and i were married; there was a knock on our
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There was a knock on our door one saturday morning. i
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Door one saturday morning. i answered it. a police
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Answered it. a police officer was standing there.
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Officer was standing there. of course, i was alarmed. he
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Of course, i was alarmed. he handed me some papers,
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Handed me some papers, smiled real big and said,
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Smiled real big and said, “somebody must not like
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“somebody must not like you.” it was a lawsuit. the
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You.” it was a lawsuit. the people that bought the house
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People that bought the house we had moved out of were
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We had moved out of were suing us over the plumbing.
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Suing us over the plumbing. i wasn't the builder.
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I wasn't the builder. everything worked great when
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Everything worked great when we lived there. i didn't
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We lived there. i didn't know what they were talking
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Know what they were talking about. they didn't just sue
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About. they didn't just sue us. they sued the architect,
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Us. they sued the architect, the builder, the plumber,
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The builder, the plumber, the real estate agent, the
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The real estate agent, the next-door neighbor, the
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Next-door neighbor, the mailman. they sued
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Mailman. they sued everybody. i was twenty-six
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Everybody. i was twenty-six years old. i was so stressed
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Years old. i was so stressed and so worried. “i've got to
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And so worried. “i've got to go find lawyers and try to
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Go find lawyers and try to defend ourselves. what if we
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Defend ourselves. what if we don't win? what if we owe
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Don't win? what if we owe all this money?” this seemed
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All this money?” this seemed so unfair. like a waste of
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So unfair. like a waste of time and resources. the
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Time and resources. the lawsuit went on for several
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Lawsuit went on for several months. it finally came time
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Months. it finally came time for me to give my
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For me to give my deposition. i had to go
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Deposition. i had to go downtown to a high rise and
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Downtown to a high rise and sit with attorneys. our
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Sit with attorneys. our lawyers had spent hours
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Lawyers had spent hours preparing me, telling me how
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Preparing me, telling me how it was going to work and
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It was going to work and what to expect. the next
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What to expect. the next morning i gave my
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Morning i gave my deposition. i was so
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Deposition. i was so stressed and so uptight
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Stressed and so uptight about it, i became
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About it, i became nauseated.
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Nauseated. when i finished the
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When i finished the deposition, a couple hours
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Deposition, a couple hours later, i went to the
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Later, i went to the restroom and threw up. i
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Restroom and threw up. i felt terrible. a few months
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Later, the whole lawsuit was
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Later, the whole lawsuit was dismissed. we were all
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Dismissed. we were all cleared. nothing ever came
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Cleared. nothing ever came out of it. that seemed like
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Out of it. that seemed like just a random bad break.
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Just a random bad break. life happens. just deal with
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Life happens. just deal with it and move on. but we don't
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It and move on. but we don't know what god is up to. god
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Doesn't send the storm, but
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Doesn't send the storm, but he doesn't waste anything.
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He doesn't waste anything. he wouldn't have allowed it
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He wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to work
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If it wasn't going to work to your advantage. sometimes
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To your advantage. sometimes it's not the enemy, it's god
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It's not the enemy, it's god orchestrating things we
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Orchestrating things we don't like to move us into
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Don't like to move us into our purpose, to prepare us
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Our purpose, to prepare us for what we're going to need
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For what we're going to need later. i didn't like that
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Later. i didn't like that lawsuit. there was nothing
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Lawsuit. there was nothing good about it as far as i
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Good about it as far as i was concerned. that took a
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Was concerned. that took a lot of time, money,
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Lot of time, money, heartache. but everything
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Heartache. but everything you go through is depositing
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You go through is depositing something in you. it's
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Something in you. it's making you stronger. it's
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Making you stronger. it's giving you experience.
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Giving you experience. you're learning new ways of
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You're learning new ways of doing things. i was ready to
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Doing things. i was ready to put that lawsuit in the
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Put that lawsuit in the rear-view mirror, never
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Rear-view mirror, never thinking about it again. but
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Thinking about it again. but thirteen years later, when
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Thirteen years later, when we acquired this building,
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We acquired this building, the former compaq center, a
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The former compaq center, a company filed a lawsuit to
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Company filed a lawsuit to try to keep us from moving
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Try to keep us from moving in. i had to go give a
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In. i had to go give a deposition. this time it
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Deposition. this time it wasn't for a minor plumbing
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Wasn't for a minor plumbing dispute, something that
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Dispute, something that didn't really matter, it was
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Didn't really matter, it was for something that was
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For something that was critical to my destiny. it
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Critical to my destiny. it wasn't a few-month lawsuit,
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Wasn't a few-month lawsuit, it was a year and a half
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It was a year and a half lawsuit. when i went to give
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My deposition, i knewto give
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My deposition, i knewto give exactly what to expect. i
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Exactly what to expect. i had done it before. i wasn't
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Had done it before. i wasn't intimidated by the other
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Intimidated by the other side, i wasn't afraid of the
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Side, i wasn't afraid of the process, nervous about what
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Process, nervous about what to say. i could feel god's
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To say. i could feel god's hand of favor and blessing.
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Hand of favor and blessing. the last time i was
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The last time i was nauseated, all stressed.
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Nauseated, all stressed. this time i was bold,
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This time i was bold, confident. full of faith,
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Confident. full of faith, knowing that god was
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Knowing that god was fighting for us. looking
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Fighting for us. looking back now, i realize god
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Back now, i realize god allowed that other lawsuit.
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Allowed that other lawsuit. it was necessary to get me
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Prepared, to understand how
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Prepared, to understand how it all worked, so when i
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It all worked, so when i needed to shine i would
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Needed to shine i would shine. there will be things
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Shine. there will be things that we don't understand,
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That we don't understand, that don't make sense at the
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That don't make sense at the time. like moses' mother,
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Time. like moses' mother, “why did i have a baby now?
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“why did i have a baby now? why did i have to send him
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Why did i have to send him down the nile? why did that
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Down the nile? why did that person sue me? i'm not a
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Person sue me? i'm not a plumber.” god's doing things
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Plumber.” god's doing things we can't see right now. his
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We can't see right now. his purpose is at work, getting
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Purpose is at work, getting you prepared, moving you
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You prepared, moving you into position. when you're
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Into position. when you're tempted to get frustrated,
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Tempted to get frustrated, come back to this place of
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Come back to this place of peace. “father, thank you
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Peace. “father, thank you that your purpose for my
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That your purpose for my life will prevail. that your
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Life will prevail. that your hand is outstretched toward
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Hand is outstretched toward me even now.” i've learned
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Me even now.” i've learned to go through difficult
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To go through difficult things with a good attitude.
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Things with a good attitude. the scripture says, “all
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The scripture says, “all things work together for
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Things work together for good for those that love the
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Good for those that love the lord and are called
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Lord and are called according to his purpose.”
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According to his purpose.” how do you know the
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How do you know the difficulty you don't like,
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Difficulty you don't like, is not going to work for
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Is not going to work for your good? what if it was
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Your good? what if it was necessary for something down
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Necessary for something down the road. it's preparing
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The road. it's preparing you, or perhaps positioning
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You, or perhaps positioning you for greater things, yet
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You for greater things, yet you're fighting it. thinking
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You're fighting it. thinking about how it's not fair. how
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About how it's not fair. how about having a bigger
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About having a bigger perspective? god is working
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Perspective? god is working on things today that you're
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On things today that you're going to need twenty years
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Going to need twenty years from now. but if you look at
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From now. but if you look at everything on the surface,
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Everything on the surface, try to understand it right
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Try to understand it right now, it won't make sense.
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Now, it won't make sense. moses birth in that troubled
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Moses birth in that troubled time was necessary for
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Time was necessary for something god had planned
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Something god had planned for him eighty years later,
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For him eighty years later, to deliver his people. what
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To deliver his people. what if god is doing something in
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If god is doing something in your life now, that you
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Your life now, that you don't understand, but eighty
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Don't understand, but eighty years from now, or forty
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Years from now, or forty years from now, or like with
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Years from now, or like with me, thirteen years later,
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Me, thirteen years later, it's going to be
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It's going to be instrumental in you
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Instrumental in you fulfilling your purpose,
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Fulfilling your purpose, something much bigger than
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Something much bigger than you've imagined. when you're
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You've imagined. when you're tempted to be frustrated,
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Tempted to be frustrated, things aren't working out,
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Things aren't working out, keep this phrase down in
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Keep this phrase down in your spirit. god's purpose
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Your spirit. god's purpose for your life will prevail.
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For your life will prevail. the bad breaks didn't stop
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The bad breaks didn't stop it. the delays, the
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It. the delays, the lawsuits, the pharaohs
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Lawsuits, the pharaohs trying to make your life
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Trying to make your life miserable. god's purpose
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Miserable. god's purpose overrides all those things.
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Overrides all those things. he's your way maker. he
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He's your way maker. he parts red seas. he'll slay
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Parts red seas. he'll slay your giants. he'll call you
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Your giants. he'll call you out of the shepherds' fields
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Out of the shepherds' fields and anoint you when you're
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And anoint you when you're overlooked. he'll close the
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Overlooked. he'll close the mouths of hungry lions. he
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Mouths of hungry lions. he opens prison doors in the
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Opens prison doors in the midnight hour. if lazarus
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Midnight hour. if lazarus was here, he would tell you,
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Was here, he would tell you, “even when you're in a tomb,
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“even when you're in a tomb, wrapped in grave clothes,
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Wrapped in grave clothes, he'll call you back to life
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He'll call you back to life to finish your assignment.”
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If sarah was here, she would
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If sarah was here, she would tell you, “even at ninety
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Tell you, “even at ninety years old, if he promised
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Years old, if he promised you a child, he'll bring it
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You a child, he'll bring it to pass.” if my father was
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To pass.” if my father was here, he would tell you,
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Here, he would tell you, “even if you're born into
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“even if you're born into poverty, even if you don't
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Poverty, even if you don't have the education, the
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Have the education, the resources, you can still
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Resources, you can still leave your mark and set a
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Leave your mark and set a new standard for your
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New standard for your family.” if my mother was
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Family.” if my mother was here, she would tell you,
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Here, she would tell you, “even if you've been
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“even if you've been diagnosed with terminal
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Diagnosed with terminal cancer, even if you're given
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Cancer, even if you're given a few weeks to live, if it's
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A few weeks to live, if it's not your time to go, you're
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Not your time to go, you're not going to go.” god's
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Not going to go.” god's purpose will prevail. not
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Purpose will prevail. not the cancer. not the
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The cancer. not the addiction. not the
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Addiction. not the dysfunction. not your
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Dysfunction. not your mistakes, but what god has
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Mistakes, but what god has purposed will override every
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Purposed will override every bad break, every person
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Bad break, every person trying to hold you back,
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Trying to hold you back, every injustice. his hand is
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Every injustice. his hand is outstretched toward you
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Outstretched toward you right now. it's a hand of
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Right now. it's a hand of healing, a hand of
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Healing, a hand of provision, a hand of favor.
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Provision, a hand of favor. what he has purposed for
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What he has purposed for your life is right on
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Your life is right on schedule. you didn't miss
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Schedule. you didn't miss it. mistakes didn't cancel
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It. mistakes didn't cancel it. bad breaks didn't
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It. bad breaks didn't override it. trouble didn't
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Override it. trouble didn't stop it. the trouble
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Stop it. the trouble positioned you. everything
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Positioned you. everything is serving god's plan. now
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Is serving god's plan. now quit trying to figure it
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Quit trying to figure it out, believing those lies
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Out, believing those lies that you must be off track.
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That you must be off track. you must have done something
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You must have done something wrong. god is ordering your
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Wrong. god is ordering your steps. his calling on your
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Steps. his calling on your life has not changed. the
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Life has not changed. the route may not be what you
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Route may not be what you expected, but you're still
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Expected, but you're still going to get to the
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Going to get to the destination he has for you.
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Destination he has for you. can i tell you, it's going
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Can i tell you, it's going to be better than you
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To be better than you imagined, bigger than you
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Imagined, bigger than you dreamed, more rewarding than
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Dreamed, more rewarding than you thought possible.
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Deuteronomy 31 says, “the
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Deuteronomy 31 says, “the lord said to moses, the time
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Lord said to moses, the time has come for you to die.”
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Has come for you to die.” the time wasn't determined
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The time wasn't determined by the enemy, by
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By the enemy, by circumstances, by sickness,
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Circumstances, by sickness, by accidents. god has
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By accidents. god has numbered your days. he
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Numbered your days. he determines when you're going
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Determines when you're going to come to be with him.
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To come to be with him. moses could have been killed
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Moses could have been killed by the soldiers, born at the
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By the soldiers, born at the wrong time. killed in the
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Wrong time. killed in the nile river, tumped over as a
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Nile river, tumped over as a baby and drowned. he could
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Baby and drowned. he could have been killed at eighty
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Years old, when he went to
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Years old, when he went to the pharaoh to tell him let
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The pharaoh to tell him let the people go. he could have
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The people go. he could have been killed by the water at
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Been killed by the water at the red sea, killed in the
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The red sea, killed in the desert forty years. but his
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Desert forty years. but his life was never in the hands
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Life was never in the hands of the pharaoh, or the hands
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Of the pharaoh, or the hands of people, circumstances,
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Of people, circumstances, mistakes, it was in the
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Mistakes, it was in the hands of almighty god.
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Hands of almighty god. nothing can snatch you away.
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Nothing can snatch you away. he determines your
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He determines your beginning, when you would be
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Beginning, when you would be born, and he determines when
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Born, and he determines when you'll come home. not the
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You'll come home. not the sickness, not the trouble,
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Sickness, not the trouble, not the enemy. your life is
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Not the enemy. your life is in god's hands. his purpose
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In god's hands. his purpose will prevail. if the
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Will prevail. if the sickness could take you out
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Sickness could take you out before your time, then that
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Before your time, then that would be bigger than god. if
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Would be bigger than god. if the trouble, accidents,
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The trouble, accidents, addictions could end your
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Addictions could end your life early before what god
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Life early before what god had purposed, then he
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Had purposed, then he wouldn't be god. quit
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Wouldn't be god. quit worrying about your future.
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Worrying about your future. your days are numbered.
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Your days are numbered. you're not going to go,
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You're not going to go, until god says it's time to
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Until god says it's time to go. he sent you here, and
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Go. he sent you here, and when it's time, he'll take
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When it's time, he'll take you back home. “well, joel,
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I don't know if i believel,
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I don't know if i believel, that. i mean i have a loved
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That. i mean i have a loved one that died early, a
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One that died early, a friend lost in an accident.”
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Friend lost in an accident.” my father passed at
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My father passed at seventy-seven. some people
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Seventy-seven. some people told me, “joel, the enemy
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Told me, “joel, the enemy took your father.” the enemy
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Took your father.” the enemy didn't take my father. he
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Fulfilled his purpose. the
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Fulfilled his purpose. the enemy did not take your
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Enemy did not take your loved one. he doesn't have
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Loved one. he doesn't have that kind of power. we may
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That kind of power. we may not be able to understand it
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Not be able to understand it all, i can't explain
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All, i can't explain everything, but you can be
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Everything, but you can be assured the number of your
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Assured the number of your days, god will fulfill. his
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Days, god will fulfill. his purpose for your life will
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Purpose for your life will prevail. one time in the old
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Prevail. one time in the old testament, the israelites
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Testament, the israelites were camped next to the city
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Were camped next to the city of moab. the king of moab
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Of moab. the king of moab knew they couldn't defeat
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Knew they couldn't defeat the israelites. they were
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The israelites. they were too big and too strong. so,
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Too big and too strong. so, he sent men to bring the
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He sent men to bring the prophet balaam to curse the
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Prophet balaam to curse the people of israel. he
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People of israel. he thought, “if i can't beat
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Thought, “if i can't beat him physically, then i'll
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Him physically, then i'll try this other way.” but
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Try this other way.” but balaam would only say what
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Balaam would only say what the lord told him, and he
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The lord told him, and he wouldn't curse the
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Wouldn't curse the israelites. this happened
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Israelites. this happened twice. the king got so
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Twice. the king got so frustrated. the third time
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Frustrated. the third time he said, “i'll pay you all
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He said, “i'll pay you all this money, if you'll just
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This money, if you'll just speak defeat over them.”
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Speak defeat over them.” balaam said in verse 13, “i
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Balaam said in verse 13, “i am powerless to do anything
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Am powerless to do anything against the will of the
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Against the will of the lord.” when god has purposed
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Lord.” when god has purposed something, even your enemies
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Something, even your enemies become powerless. they can
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Become powerless. they can plot, scheme, criticize, but
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Plot, scheme, criticize, but they cannot stop what god
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They cannot stop what god has ordained. you may have
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Has ordained. you may have things coming against you
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Things coming against you now. a sickness, addiction,
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Now. a sickness, addiction, trouble with a child, can i
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Trouble with a child, can i encourage you, it is
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Encourage you, it is powerless to stop your
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Powerless to stop your purpose. the weapon may have
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Purpose. the weapon may have formed, but it will not
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Formed, but it will not prosper. the most high god
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Prosper. the most high god has his hands outstretched
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Has his hands outstretched toward you. a hand of
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Toward you. a hand of healing, a hand of
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Healing, a hand of deliverance, a hand of
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Deliverance, a hand of freedom. his purpose is at
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Freedom. his purpose is at work in your life. you may
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Work in your life. you may not understand it, but you
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Not understand it, but you can trust that god knows
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Can trust that god knows what he's doing. later on,
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What he's doing. later on, you will see, what you
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You will see, what you thought was a setback, was
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Thought was a setback, was really setting you up for
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Really setting you up for greater things. don't fight
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Greater things. don't fight everything you don't like.
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Everything you don't like. don't try to control all the
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Don't try to control all the outcomes. that's god's job.
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Outcomes. that's god's job. stay in peace. live at rest
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Stay in peace. live at rest knowing that his purpose
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Knowing that his purpose will prevail. if you'll do
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Will prevail. if you'll do this, i believe and declare,
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This, i believe and declare, like moses, despite bad
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Like moses, despite bad breaks, you will step into
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Breaks, you will step into favor, blessing, influence.
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Favor, blessing, influence. despite mistakes and delays,
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Despite mistakes and delays, you will go further, rise
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You will go further, rise higher, and become all god
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Higher, and become all god created you to be, in jesus'
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Created you to be, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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Name. if you receive it, can you say amen? (applause) i'd
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Like to give you anause) i'd
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Like to give you anause) i'd opportunity to make jesus
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life. would
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me? just say,
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You pray with me? just say, “lord jesus, i repent of my
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“lord jesus, i repent of my sins. come into my heart. i
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Sins. come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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Make you my lord and savior.” if you prayed that
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Savior.” if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again. we'd
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You got born again. we'd love to send you some free
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Love to send you some free information on your new walk
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With the lord. you can text the number on the screen or
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The number on the screen or go to the website. but i
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Go to the website. but i hope you'll get into a good
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Hope you'll get into a good bible-based church and keep
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Bible-based church and keep god first place.
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Every day we can live:
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Every day we can live: discouraged, angry,
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Discouraged, angry, depressed, defeated.
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Depressed, defeated. is it possible
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Is it possible to turn these negatives
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To turn these negatives into an outlook
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Into an outlook filled with purpose,
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Filled with purpose, happiness and joy?
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Happiness and joy? every day we make choices.
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Every day we make choices. how we see ourselves,
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How we see ourselves, how we respond to challenges,
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How we respond to challenges, how we approach
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How we approach what's in front of us.
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You have to decide ahead of time.
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Ahead of time. when you do,
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When you do, you can step into
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You can step into a more blessed, fulfilled life.
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Turn down the noise, to believe
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What i cannot see, to be happy,
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Have more peace, and you'll be a bigger blessing
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Joel Osteen - God's Purpose Will Prevail

June 19, 2026 | 27:29

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