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Joel Osteen - Grace For Gethsemane

April 20, 2025 | S25:E110

Joel Osteen - Grace For Gethsemane
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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Grace For Gethsemane | April 20, 2025
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  • > joel: god bless you.
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  • > joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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  • It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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  • Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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  • Connected with us during the week, through our
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  • The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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  • Daily podcast, our youtube channel, social media. and
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  • Channel, social media. and you can come visit us in
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  • You can come visit us in person. we'd love to have you
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  • Person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of our
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  • Be a part of one of our services.
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  • Services. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny. in texas,
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  • Something funny. in texas, we're known for everything
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  • We're known for everything being bigger. there was this
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  • Being bigger. there was this texan farmer that loved to
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  • Texan farmer that loved to brag about the size of his
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  • Brag about the size of his ranch. he was in england and
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  • Ranch. he was in england and met this english farmer. he
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  • Met this english farmer. he asked him how big his ranch
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  • Asked him how big his ranch was, knowing that he would
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  • Was, knowing that he would probably ask about his. the
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  • Probably ask about his. the english man said, “my ranch
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  • English man said, “my ranch is 35 acres. how big is
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  • Is 35 acres. how big is yours?” the texan said,
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  • Yours?” the texan said, “let's just put it this way.
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  • “let's just put it this way. if i got in my truck at
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  • If i got in my truck at sunrise and started driving
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  • Sunrise and started driving across my property, at sunset
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  • Across my property, at sunset i would still be on my
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  • I would still be on my ranch.” the englishman said,
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  • Ranch.” the englishman said, “yeah, i used to have a truck
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  • “yeah, i used to have a truck like that.” (laughter) no
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  • Like that.” (laughter) no bragging around here.
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  • Bragging around here. here we go, y'all. this is my
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  • Here we go, y'all. 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 i
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  • Have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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  • Can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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  • Taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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  • Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about grace for gethsemane.
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  • About grace for gethsemane. the word gethsemane means a
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  • The word gethsemane means a place of pressing. it was an
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  • Place of pressing. it was an olive garden in jerusalem.
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  • Olive garden in jerusalem. workers would put olives into
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  • Workers would put olives into a press. they were squeezed,
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  • A press. they were squeezed, and under that pressure, the
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  • And under that pressure, the oil would come out. you
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  • Oil would come out. you couldn't have the valuable
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  • Couldn't have the valuable olive oil without the
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  • Olive oil without the pressing. it's not a
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  • Pressing. it's not a coincidence that before jesus
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  • Coincidence that before jesus went to the cross, before he
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  • Went to the cross, before he rose from the dead, he had to
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  • Rose from the dead, he had to go through the garden of
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  • Go through the garden of gethsemane. that's where he
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  • Gethsemane. that's where he was so overwhelmed, so
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  • Was so overwhelmed, so distressed, knowing what he
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  • Distressed, knowing what he was about to face, that he
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  • Was about to face, that he sweat great drops of blood.
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  • Sweat great drops of blood. he said, “my soul is in
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  • He said, “my soul is in agony, even to the point of
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  • Agony, even to the point of death.” he had this season of
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  • Death.” he had this season of suffering that he had to
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  • Suffering that he had to endure. he could have given
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  • Endure. he could have given up, said, “father i'm done
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  • Up, said, “father i'm done here. this is too much.” he
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  • Here. this is too much.” he could have called angels to
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  • Could have called angels to come rescue him, but he made
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  • Come rescue him, but he made this decision, “father, not
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  • This decision, “father, not my will but your will be
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  • My will but your will be done.” he passed the test. we
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  • Done.” he passed the test. we celebrate the resurrection,
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  • Celebrate the resurrection, but the real victory was won
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  • But the real victory was won in gethsemane. that's where
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  • In gethsemane. that's where he refused to give up. he
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  • He refused to give up. he didn't get bitter because
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  • Didn't get bitter because people betrayed him. he
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  • People betrayed him. he didn't get discouraged
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  • Didn't get discouraged because disciples fell
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  • Because disciples fell asleep. he didn't live
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  • Asleep. he didn't live frustrated because the plan
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  • Frustrated because the plan wasn't fair. he was squeezed.
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  • Wasn't fair. he was squeezed. he was pressured. he was
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  • He was pressured. he was uncomfortable but he endured
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  • Uncomfortable but he endured the suffering knowing the joy
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  • The suffering knowing the joy that was coming. real victory
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  • That was coming. real victory is not won in public, it's
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  • Is not won in public, it's won in private. it's what you
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  • Won in private. it's what you do in gethsemane, when you're
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  • Do in gethsemane, when you're taking the treatment, your
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  • Taking the treatment, your child is off course, when
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  • Child is off course, when your dream is delayed.
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  • Your dream is delayed. paul said in philippians, “i
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  • Paul said in philippians, “i want to know him in the power
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  • Want to know him in the power of his resurrection and the
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  • Of his resurrection and the fellowship of his suffering.”
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  • Fellowship of his suffering.” you can't have a resurrection
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  • You can't have a resurrection without some suffering. you
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  • Without some suffering. you have to have a strong will, a
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  • Have to have a strong will, a made-up mind. not a weak
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  • Made-up mind. not a weak mentality, but a warrior
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  • Mentality, but a warrior mentality. “i am in this for
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  • Mentality. “i am in this for the long haul. i will not
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  • The long haul. i will not give up, start complaining,
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  • Give up, start complaining, blaming, doubting. i know on
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  • Blaming, doubting. i know on the other side of this
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  • The other side of this suffering is the power of the
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  • Suffering is the power of the resurrection.” peter said,
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  • Resurrection.” peter said, “after you have suffered a
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  • “after you have suffered a little while, you will come
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  • Little while, you will come out established.” the
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  • Out established.” the suffering is not permanent.
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  • Suffering is not permanent. the squeezing, the pressing
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  • The squeezing, the pressing is not how your story ends.
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  • Is not how your story ends. gethsemane is just one stop.
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  • Gethsemane is just one stop. it's just a season. it's
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  • It's just a season. it's designed for you to pass
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  • Designed for you to pass through it, so you can come
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  • Through it, so you can come into the power, the fullness,
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  • Into the power, the fullness, the abundance that god has in
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  • The abundance that god has in store.
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  • Store. but the enemy would love for
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  • But the enemy would love for us to get stuck in
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  • Us to get stuck in gethsemane. “why did this
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  • Gethsemane. “why did this door close, why is this
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  • Door close, why is this taking so long, why did my
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  • Taking so long, why did my child get off course.” you
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  • Child get off course.” you can't reach your destiny
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  • Can't reach your destiny without being pressured,
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  • Without being pressured, squeezed, and thoughts
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  • Squeezed, and thoughts telling you that it's never
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  • Telling you that it's never going to work out and god has
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  • Going to work out and god has forgotten about you. the fact
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  • Forgotten about you. the fact that you feel the pressure,
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  • That you feel the pressure, that's a sign that a
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  • That's a sign that a resurrection is coming. you
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  • Resurrection is coming. you wouldn't be in gethsemane if
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  • Wouldn't be in gethsemane if you weren't close to
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  • You weren't close to something amazing. not
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  • Something amazing. not ordinary, but supernatural,
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  • Ordinary, but supernatural, doors opening you never
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  • Doors opening you never dreamed would open, business
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  • Dreamed would open, business tracking you down, the right
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  • Tracking you down, the right people showing up, healing
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  • People showing up, healing from what looks impossible.
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  • From what looks impossible. when you're in a place of
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  • When you're in a place of pressing, don't let it
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  • Pressing, don't let it squeeze your faith out,
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  • Squeeze your faith out, squeeze your hope, squeeze
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  • Squeeze your hope, squeeze your dreams. turn it around.
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  • Your dreams. turn it around. let it squeeze the doubt out.
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  • Let it squeeze the doubt out. “god, i don't see a way, but
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  • “god, i don't see a way, but i know you're making a way.”
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  • I know you're making a way.” squeeze the bitterness out.
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  • Squeeze the bitterness out. “god, they hurt me, but i
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  • “god, they hurt me, but i know you're my vindicator.”
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  • Know you're my vindicator.” squeeze the discouragement
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  • Squeeze the discouragement out. “i lost that loved one
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  • Out. “i lost that loved one but god, i know you have
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  • But god, i know you have beauty for these ashes.”
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  • Beauty for these ashes.” i can't promise you that
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  • I can't promise you that you'll never have a
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  • You'll never have a gethsemane, never feel
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  • Gethsemane, never feel pressured, overwhelmed,
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  • Pressured, overwhelmed, betrayed, but i can promise
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  • Betrayed, but i can promise you there is grace for every
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  • You there is grace for every gethsemane. the apostle paul
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  • Gethsemane. the apostle paul had what he called a thorn in
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  • Had what he called a thorn in his flesh, something that he
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  • His flesh, something that he couldn't get rid of. three
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  • Couldn't get rid of. three times he prayed, “god take
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  • Times he prayed, “god take this away. get me out of
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  • This away. get me out of gethsemane. i'm
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  • Gethsemane. i'm uncomfortable.” he couldn't
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  • Uncomfortable.” he couldn't pray it away. god said,
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  • Pray it away. god said, “paul, my grace is sufficient
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  • “paul, my grace is sufficient for you.” god won't let you
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  • For you.” god won't let you go into that pressure without
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  • Go into that pressure without giving you what you need to
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  • Giving you what you need to handle it. now quit telling
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  • Handle it. now quit telling yourself, “i can't take this
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  • Yourself, “i can't take this anymore. joel, i can't raise
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  • Anymore. joel, i can't raise these kids. i can't deal with
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  • These kids. i can't deal with this sickness. these
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  • This sickness. these coworkers are driving me
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  • Coworkers are driving me crazy.” you're defeating
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  • Crazy.” you're defeating yourself. when you're being
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  • Yourself. when you're being squeezed, you have to talk to
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  • Squeezed, you have to talk to yourself the right way. “i
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  • Yourself the right way. “i can handle this. i am strong
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  • Can handle this. i am strong in the lord. i can do all
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  • In the lord. i can do all things through christ.”
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  • Things through christ.” in one sense, it was easy for
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  • In one sense, it was easy for jesus to heal the blind man,
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  • Jesus to heal the blind man, easy to turn water into wine,
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  • Easy to turn water into wine, easy to raise lazarus from
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  • Easy to raise lazarus from the dead. but now jesus was
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  • The dead. but now jesus was in gethsemane. he was so
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  • In gethsemane. he was so distressed that he fell to
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  • Distressed that he fell to the ground, overwhelmed by
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  • The ground, overwhelmed by pressure. you don't get to
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  • Pressure. you don't get to choose the roads you travel.
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  • Choose the roads you travel. sometimes god will take you
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  • Sometimes god will take you to a gethsemane, down a path
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  • To a gethsemane, down a path that's uncomfortable. there's
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  • That's uncomfortable. there's pressure, adversity. you
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  • Pressure, adversity. you didn't choose it. we liked
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  • Didn't choose it. we liked the favor, the blessing, the
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  • The favor, the blessing, the good times. this battle chose
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  • Good times. this battle chose you. jesus already knew these
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  • You. jesus already knew these outcome. he already knew he
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  • Outcome. he already knew he would rise again and be
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  • Would rise again and be seated next to his father. he
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  • Seated next to his father. he knew the end, but in the
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  • Knew the end, but in the middle, the pressure was so
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  • Middle, the pressure was so great, he still questioned.
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  • Great, he still questioned. he said, “father, if you are
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  • He said, “father, if you are willing, take this bitter cup
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  • Willing, take this bitter cup from me.” three times he
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  • From me.” three times he prayed that, but the heavens
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  • Prayed that, but the heavens were silent. god never
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  • Were silent. god never answered.
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  • Answered. he didn't hear a voice boom
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  • He didn't hear a voice boom out like when he was
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  • Out like when he was baptized, “son i'm pleased
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  • Baptized, “son i'm pleased with you. keep going strong.
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  • With you. keep going strong. it's all going to work out.”
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  • It's all going to work out.” he heard from his father in
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  • He heard from his father in the good times, but in
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  • The good times, but in gethsemane, the most
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  • Gethsemane, the most difficult time of his life,
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  • Difficult time of his life, not a word. but god being
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  • Not a word. but god being silent doesn't mean that he's
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  • Silent doesn't mean that he's not there. that's a test.
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  • Not there. that's a test. that's when you have to show
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  • That's when you have to show god, you're going to trust
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  • God, you're going to trust him even when you don't hear
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  • Him even when you don't hear him. you're going to keep
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  • Him. you're going to keep believing even though nothing
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  • Believing even though nothing is changing. when heaven is
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  • Is changing. when heaven is silent, you need to go back
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  • Silent, you need to go back to what god already promised
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  • To what god already promised you. “god i'm in gethsemane,
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  • You. “god i'm in gethsemane, i'm dealing with this
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  • I'm dealing with this illness. lord, you said
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  • Illness. lord, you said you're jehovah rapha, the
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  • You're jehovah rapha, the lord my healer. lord, i thank
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  • Lord my healer. lord, i thank you you're restoring health
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  • You you're restoring health back unto me.” “god i'm
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  • Back unto me.” “god i'm suffering from this child
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  • Suffering from this child that's breaking my heart, but
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  • That's breaking my heart, but god you said, as for me and
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  • God you said, as for me and my house we will serve the
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  • My house we will serve the lord.”
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  • Lord.” jesus said, “father if you
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  • Jesus said, “father if you can take this cup from me,
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  • Can take this cup from me, nevertheless, not my will but
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  • Nevertheless, not my will but your will be done.” it's okay
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  • Your will be done.” it's okay to ask god to take something
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  • To ask god to take something away, but you need to add the
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  • Away, but you need to add the nevertheless. “god, if it
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  • Nevertheless. “god, if it doesn't happen my way, i'm
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  • Doesn't happen my way, i'm not going to complain, live
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  • Not going to complain, live bitter, give up on my dreams.
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  • Bitter, give up on my dreams. i'm going to stand strong,
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  • I'm going to stand strong, endure, knowing that this
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  • Endure, knowing that this season of suffering is
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  • Season of suffering is leading to a resurrection, to
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  • Leading to a resurrection, to a new level of my destiny.”
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  • A new level of my destiny.” god wouldn't have let you go
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  • God wouldn't have let you go to gethsemane if he didn't
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  • To gethsemane if he didn't have something amazing in
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  • Have something amazing in front of you. there are
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  • Front of you. there are levels of favor and blessing
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  • Levels of favor and blessing you can only see by going
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  • You can only see by going through a season of pressing,
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  • Through a season of pressing, a season of suffering.
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  • A season of suffering. gethsemane is not the enemy;
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  • Gethsemane is not the enemy; it's designed by god. it's a
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  • It's designed by god. it's a strategic place to launch you
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  • Strategic place to launch you to the power of the
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  • To the power of the resurrection, to see favor
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  • Resurrection, to see favor that you've never imagined.
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  • That you've never imagined. but here's the key, before
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  • But here's the key, before you see public victory, you
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  • You see public victory, you have to win the private
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  • Have to win the private victory. before you see your
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  • Victory. before you see your resurrection, you have to
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  • Resurrection, you have to pass the test in gethsemane.
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  • Pass the test in gethsemane. had jesus said, “father take
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  • Had jesus said, “father take this bitter cup from me,
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  • This bitter cup from me, because i'm bitter. i'm not
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  • Because i'm bitter. i'm not putting up with this
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  • Putting up with this suffering. it's too much.” he
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  • Suffering. it's too much.” he wouldn't have seen the
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  • Wouldn't have seen the resurrection. he wouldn't be
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  • Resurrection. he wouldn't be seated on the right hand of
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  • Seated on the right hand of the father.
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  • The father. are you missing favor and
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  • Are you missing favor and increase because you're stuck
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  • Increase because you're stuck in gethsemane? bitter over
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  • In gethsemane? bitter over what didn't work out, upset
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  • What didn't work out, upset over the door that closed,
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  • Over the door that closed, angry over who left you. try
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  • Angry over who left you. try a different approach. if you
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  • A different approach. if you win the battle in gethsemane,
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  • Win the battle in gethsemane, pass that test, you will see
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  • Pass that test, you will see what god is up to. this is
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  • What god is up to. this is not the time to be sour. this
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  • Not the time to be sour. this is the time to say, “i may
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  • Is the time to say, “i may not like it, but god, i trust
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  • Not like it, but god, i trust you. i know your plans for me
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  • You. i know your plans for me are for good. you wouldn't
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  • Are for good. you wouldn't have brought me into
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  • Have brought me into gethsemane, if i wasn't on
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  • Gethsemane, if i wasn't on the verge of a resurrection,
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  • The verge of a resurrection, a breakthrough, a new level
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  • A breakthrough, a new level of my destiny.”
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  • Of my destiny.” when jesus prayed that third
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  • When jesus prayed that third time, the scripture says,
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  • Time, the scripture says, “angels came and strengthened
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  • “angels came and strengthened him.” when you have an
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  • Him.” when you have an attitude of faith in times of
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  • Attitude of faith in times of suffering, you don't complain
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  • Suffering, you don't complain in the pressing, you're
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  • In the pressing, you're trusting god when the heavens
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  • Trusting god when the heavens are silent, when you're
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  • Are silent, when you're squeezed instead of being
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  • Squeezed instead of being sour, you're thanking him
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  • Sour, you're thanking him that he's working, that's
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  • That he's working, that's when angels are going to show
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  • When angels are going to show up. you'll feel a
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  • Up. you'll feel a supernatural strength to
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  • Supernatural strength to endure when you should be
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  • Endure when you should be overwhelmed, a power to keep
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  • Overwhelmed, a power to keep moving forward when you
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  • Moving forward when you should be stuck, a courage to
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  • Should be stuck, a courage to believe when you should be
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  • Believe when you should be doubting. that's how you pass
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  • Doubting. that's how you pass the test. you can't pray away
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  • The test. you can't pray away gethsemane. jesus asked his
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  • Gethsemane. jesus asked his father to remove this bitter
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  • Father to remove this bitter cup. “father, get me out of
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  • Cup. “father, get me out of this suffering, this
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  • This suffering, this pressure.” god didn't say,
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  • Pressure.” god didn't say, “all right, i'll remove it.
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  • “all right, i'll remove it. i'll change my plan.”
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  • I'll change my plan.” gethsemane is a setup. that
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  • Gethsemane is a setup. that suffering is leading to a
  • 00:10:09.331 --> 00:10:10.766
  • Suffering is leading to a resurrection, to something
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  • Resurrection, to something supernatural.
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  • Supernatural. we see this in the life of
  • 00:10:14.170 --> 00:10:15.604
  • We see this in the life of david. seventeen years old, a
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  • David. seventeen years old, a teenager out taking care of
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  • Teenager out taking care of his father's sheep, when the
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  • His father's sheep, when the prophet samuel showed up and
  • 00:10:21.210 --> 00:10:23.345
  • Prophet samuel showed up and chose him over all of his
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  • Chose him over all of his brothers as the next king of
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  • Brothers as the next king of israel. a destiny moment.
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  • Israel. a destiny moment. david heard goliath taunting
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  • David heard goliath taunting the israelites, they were all
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  • The israelites, they were all afraid. he went out with a
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  • Afraid. he went out with a sling shot and a few stones
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  • Sling shot and a few stones and defeated this giant.
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  • And defeated this giant. overnight he became a
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  • Overnight he became a national hero. another
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  • National hero. another destiny moment. he was
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  • Destiny moment. he was invited by king saul to come
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  • Invited by king saul to come to the palace and serve as
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  • To the palace and serve as his armor bearer. he went
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  • His armor bearer. he went from no one knowing him, to
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  • From no one knowing him, to this influential position,
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  • This influential position, the favor of god. everything
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  • The favor of god. everything was going great. one good
  • 00:10:53.609 --> 00:10:54.977
  • Was going great. one good break after another, then
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  • Break after another, then king saul became jealous of
  • 00:10:56.779 --> 00:10:58.280
  • King saul became jealous of david and tried to kill him.
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  • David and tried to kill him. here david was honoring saul,
  • 00:11:00.583 --> 00:11:02.485
  • Here david was honoring saul, being his best, but david
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  • Being his best, but david came into a gethsemane. a
  • 00:11:04.653 --> 00:11:06.956
  • Came into a gethsemane. a time of pressing, a time of
  • 00:11:07.022 --> 00:11:08.724
  • Time of pressing, a time of squeezing. he had to flee for
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  • Squeezing. he had to flee for his life. he lived out in the
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  • His life. he lived out in the desert, in caves, hiding, on
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  • Desert, in caves, hiding, on the run. it wasn't fair. he
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  • The run. it wasn't fair. he hadn't done anything wrong.
  • 00:11:18.067 --> 00:11:19.935
  • Hadn't done anything wrong. david could have become
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  • David could have become bitter, “god where are you,
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  • Bitter, “god where are you, why did you let this happen?”
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  • Why did you let this happen?” he understood this principle.
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  • He understood this principle. that the suffering was a
  • 00:11:26.642 --> 00:11:27.743
  • That the suffering was a setup. it was a sign that a
  • 00:11:27.810 --> 00:11:29.812
  • Setup. it was a sign that a resurrection was coming.
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  • Resurrection was coming. david kept doing the right
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  • David kept doing the right thing. at one point he could
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  • Thing. at one point he could have killed saul. he and his
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  • Have killed saul. he and his men snuck up on saul while he
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  • Men snuck up on saul while he was sleeping, but david
  • 00:11:39.555 --> 00:11:41.023
  • Was sleeping, but david wouldn't do it. he knew god
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  • Wouldn't do it. he knew god had anointed saul and he
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  • Had anointed saul and he wouldn't touch him. even
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  • Wouldn't touch him. even though david was suffering,
  • 00:11:45.728 --> 00:11:47.296
  • Though david was suffering, he took the high road and did
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  • He took the high road and did the right thing. it wasn't
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  • The right thing. it wasn't long after that, that saul
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  • Long after that, that saul was killed in a battle and
  • 00:11:52.134 --> 00:11:53.502
  • Was killed in a battle and david was made the king.
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  • David was made the king. on the way to your destiny,
  • 00:11:55.504 --> 00:11:57.339
  • On the way to your destiny, there will be these moments
  • 00:11:57.406 --> 00:11:58.407
  • There will be these moments of favor, god opening doors,
  • 00:11:58.474 --> 00:12:01.110
  • Of favor, god opening doors, bringing right people,
  • 00:12:01.177 --> 00:12:02.378
  • Bringing right people, causing you to excel, but
  • 00:12:02.444 --> 00:12:04.747
  • Causing you to excel, but there will also be some
  • 00:12:04.814 --> 00:12:06.148
  • There will also be some gethsemanes. some times of
  • 00:12:06.215 --> 00:12:08.150
  • Gethsemanes. some times of pressing and squeezing. how
  • 00:12:08.217 --> 00:12:10.820
  • Pressing and squeezing. how you handle gethsemane will
  • 00:12:10.886 --> 00:12:12.721
  • You handle gethsemane will determine whether you get
  • 00:12:12.788 --> 00:12:13.789
  • Determine whether you get stuck there or whether you
  • 00:12:13.856 --> 00:12:15.324
  • Stuck there or whether you come into the resurrection.
  • 00:12:15.391 --> 00:12:17.626
  • Come into the resurrection. it's easy to get bitter when
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  • It's easy to get bitter when people do us wrong, upset
  • 00:12:19.094 --> 00:12:21.096
  • People do us wrong, upset over the medical report, sour
  • 00:12:21.163 --> 00:12:23.032
  • Over the medical report, sour over the contract we lost.
  • 00:12:23.098 --> 00:12:25.401
  • Over the contract we lost. but when you understand
  • 00:12:25.467 --> 00:12:26.702
  • But when you understand gethsemane is strategic. it's
  • 00:12:26.769 --> 00:12:29.271
  • Gethsemane is strategic. it's necessary for you to go to
  • 00:12:29.338 --> 00:12:30.973
  • Necessary for you to go to the next level. you can't
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  • The next level. you can't have a resurrection without a
  • 00:12:32.708 --> 00:12:34.343
  • Have a resurrection without a gethsemane. you have to pass
  • 00:12:34.410 --> 00:12:36.478
  • Gethsemane. you have to pass the test, and here's the key,
  • 00:12:36.545 --> 00:12:37.680
  • The test, and here's the key, in the pressure. any of us
  • 00:12:37.746 --> 00:12:40.716
  • In the pressure. any of us can do the right thing when
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  • Can do the right thing when it's easy, when samuel's
  • 00:12:41.784 --> 00:12:43.552
  • It's easy, when samuel's anointing us, when we're
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  • Anointing us, when we're defeating goliath, when
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  • Defeating goliath, when saul's calling us into the
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  • Saul's calling us into the palace. that doesn't take
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  • Palace. that doesn't take much faith. the test comes
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  • Much faith. the test comes when it's not fair, when
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  • When it's not fair, when people betrayed you, the
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  • People betrayed you, the medical report is not good,
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  • Medical report is not good, the business went down.
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  • The business went down. you're in gethsemane. that's
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  • You're in gethsemane. that's when many people give up,
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  • When many people give up, blame god, “i can't take this
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  • Blame god, “i can't take this pressure.” don't get stuck in
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  • Pressure.” don't get stuck in gethsemane. it was never
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  • Gethsemane. it was never designed to be permanent, for
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  • Designed to be permanent, for you to live there. it's a
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  • You to live there. it's a temporary season. if you'll
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  • Temporary season. if you'll pass the test in private,
  • 00:13:13.415 --> 00:13:15.451
  • Pass the test in private, then you'll come into public
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  • Then you'll come into public victory.
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  • Victory. sometimes we're waiting for
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  • Sometimes we're waiting for god to change things. “joel,
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  • God to change things. “joel, when i get through this
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  • When i get through this suffering, then i'll have a
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  • Suffering, then i'll have a good attitude. when the
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  • Good attitude. when the pressure is not so much, when
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  • Pressure is not so much, when these people quit doing me
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  • These people quit doing me wrong. god, if you'll take
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  • Wrong. god, if you'll take this bitter cup from me, then
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  • This bitter cup from me, then i'll start believing again.”
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  • I'll start believing again.” no add the second part of the
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  • No add the second part of the prayer, “nevertheless, not my
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  • Prayer, “nevertheless, not my will, but let your will be
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  • Will, but let your will be done.” you're saying, “god, i
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  • Done.” you're saying, “god, i know your grace is
  • 00:13:42.311 --> 00:13:43.345
  • Know your grace is sufficient, so i'm going to
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  • Sufficient, so i'm going to keep being my best right
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  • Keep being my best right where i am. i'm going to have
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  • Where i am. i'm going to have smile when i could be
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  • Smile when i could be discouraged. i'm going to
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  • Discouraged. i'm going to have a song of praise when i
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  • Have a song of praise when i could be complaining. i'm
  • 00:13:52.187 --> 00:13:53.789
  • Could be complaining. i'm going to thank you that
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  • Going to thank you that things are turning in my
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  • Things are turning in my favor when i don't see any
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  • Favor when i don't see any sign of it. god, i'm going to
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  • Sign of it. god, i'm going to be good to people, who are
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  • Be good to people, who are not being good to me.” when
  • 00:14:01.730 --> 00:14:03.532
  • Not being good to me.” when you know god in the
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  • You know god in the fellowship of his suffering,
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  • Fellowship of his suffering, like the scripture says, then
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  • Like the scripture says, then you're going to know him in
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  • You're going to know him in the power of his resurrection.
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  • The power of his resurrection. you may be in gethsemane now.
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  • You may be in gethsemane now. god's been good to you.
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  • God's been good to you. you've seen his blessing, but
  • 00:14:15.811 --> 00:14:17.546
  • You've seen his blessing, but you're in a time of pressing,
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  • You're in a time of pressing, squeezing. it's
  • 00:14:19.315 --> 00:14:20.616
  • Squeezing. it's uncomfortable, people have
  • 00:14:20.683 --> 00:14:22.451
  • Uncomfortable, people have come against you, there's
  • 00:14:22.518 --> 00:14:23.752
  • Come against you, there's strain in your finances, a
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  • Strain in your finances, a child has an illness. you're
  • 00:14:25.321 --> 00:14:27.256
  • Child has an illness. you're on a road that you didn't
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  • On a road that you didn't choose, facing things you
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  • Choose, facing things you don't understand. god sees
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  • Don't understand. god sees what you're dealing with. he
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  • What you're dealing with. he knows who did you wrong; what
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  • Knows who did you wrong; what wasn't fair. when he's not
  • 00:14:36.565 --> 00:14:38.434
  • Wasn't fair. when he's not removing the pressure, that
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  • Removing the pressure, that means you have the grace to
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  • Means you have the grace to withstand, to endure, to
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  • Withstand, to endure, to overcome. you may not be able
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  • Overcome. you may not be able to pray it away, but when you
  • 00:14:46.342 --> 00:14:48.010
  • To pray it away, but when you say, “god, i trust you. i'm
  • 00:14:48.077 --> 00:14:50.546
  • Say, “god, i trust you. i'm not giving up on my dreams,
  • 00:14:50.612 --> 00:14:52.381
  • Not giving up on my dreams, i'm not backing down on what
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  • I'm not backing down on what you promised. i'm going to
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  • You promised. i'm going to stand strong, knowing that
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  • Stand strong, knowing that you're in control, that this
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  • You're in control, that this season of suffering is a sign
  • 00:14:58.887 --> 00:15:01.090
  • Season of suffering is a sign that a resurrection is
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  • That a resurrection is coming.” that's what allows
  • 00:15:02.324 --> 00:15:04.293
  • Coming.” that's what allows the creator of the universe
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  • The creator of the universe to go to work. that's when
  • 00:15:05.861 --> 00:15:07.496
  • To go to work. that's when angels are dispatched with
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  • Angels are dispatched with healing, favor,
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  • Healing, favor, breakthroughs. don't get
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  • Breakthroughs. don't get stuck in gethsemane. that's
  • 00:15:12.301 --> 00:15:13.902
  • Stuck in gethsemane. that's not your destiny.
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  • Not your destiny. earlier that evening, jesus
  • 00:15:15.804 --> 00:15:17.573
  • Earlier that evening, jesus had dinner with the twelve
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  • Had dinner with the twelve disciples. we call it the
  • 00:15:18.874 --> 00:15:20.275
  • Disciples. we call it the last supper. he prayed over
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  • Last supper. he prayed over them, told them what he was
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  • Them, told them what he was going to go through and
  • 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:24.613
  • Going to go through and washed their feet. he left
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  • Washed their feet. he left that night with peter, james
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  • That night with peter, james and john and they went to the
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  • And john and they went to the garden of gethsemane. jesus
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  • Garden of gethsemane. jesus felt so overwhelmed, he asked
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  • Felt so overwhelmed, he asked them to stay up and pray for
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  • Them to stay up and pray for him. he went over by himself,
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  • Him. he went over by himself, fell on the ground, and
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  • Fell on the ground, and prayed that god would take
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  • Prayed that god would take this cup from him if he
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  • This cup from him if he could. in a little while, he
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  • Could. in a little while, he went back to check on his
  • 00:15:43.165 --> 00:15:44.133
  • Went back to check on his disciples, hoping to get some
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  • Disciples, hoping to get some encouragement. he looked over
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  • Encouragement. he looked over and they were asleep. he woke
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  • And they were asleep. he woke them up and said, “come on,
  • 00:15:49.838 --> 00:15:50.606
  • Them up and said, “come on, guys. couldn't you stay up an
  • 00:15:50.672 --> 00:15:52.708
  • Guys. couldn't you stay up an hour and pray for me. this is
  • 00:15:52.775 --> 00:15:54.410
  • Hour and pray for me. this is the most critical time of my
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  • The most critical time of my life.” he was frustrated. he
  • 00:15:55.711 --> 00:15:58.313
  • Life.” he was frustrated. he asked them again, even more
  • 00:15:58.380 --> 00:15:59.548
  • Asked them again, even more emphatically, “please stay
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  • Emphatically, “please stay awake and pray for me.” he
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  • Awake and pray for me.” he thought for sure they got the
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  • Thought for sure they got the message. he went off for a
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  • Message. he went off for a little while and prayed. he
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  • Little while and prayed. he came back a little later,
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  • Came back a little later, same thing. they were sound
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  • Same thing. they were sound asleep. sometimes when you
  • 00:16:09.758 --> 00:16:11.894
  • Asleep. sometimes when you need people the most, they're
  • 00:16:11.960 --> 00:16:13.295
  • Need people the most, they're not there for you. there's a
  • 00:16:13.362 --> 00:16:15.297
  • Not there for you. there's a temptation to think, “if i
  • 00:16:15.364 --> 00:16:16.899
  • Temptation to think, “if i had them, then i could get
  • 00:16:16.965 --> 00:16:18.567
  • Had them, then i could get through this. then i could
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  • Through this. then i could overcome.” but the fact is,
  • 00:16:19.835 --> 00:16:22.137
  • Overcome.” but the fact is, when you're in gethsemane,
  • 00:16:22.204 --> 00:16:23.172
  • When you're in gethsemane, it's between you and god. you
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  • It's between you and god. you don't need other people. if
  • 00:16:26.241 --> 00:16:27.810
  • Don't need other people. if someone's always rescuing
  • 00:16:27.876 --> 00:16:29.111
  • Someone's always rescuing you, praying for you, keeping
  • 00:16:29.178 --> 00:16:30.813
  • You, praying for you, keeping you cheered up, that's going
  • 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:32.314
  • You cheered up, that's going to limit your growth. god
  • 00:16:32.381 --> 00:16:34.716
  • To limit your growth. god will wean you away from
  • 00:16:34.783 --> 00:16:35.984
  • Will wean you away from people, so you'll have to
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  • People, so you'll have to depend on him. he wants to
  • 00:16:37.619 --> 00:16:39.755
  • Depend on him. he wants to hear your prayer. you have a
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  • Hear your prayer. you have a direct line to him. he's
  • 00:16:41.590 --> 00:16:43.559
  • Direct line to him. he's always listening.
  • 00:16:43.625 --> 00:16:45.094
  • Always listening. jesus woke the disciples up
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  • Jesus woke the disciples up again and asked them to pray.
  • 00:16:46.662 --> 00:16:48.097
  • Again and asked them to pray. he went away and came back
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  • He went away and came back the third time. they had
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  • The third time. they had fallen asleep. this time he
  • 00:16:52.067 --> 00:16:54.570
  • Fallen asleep. this time he didn't try to wake them up.
  • 00:16:54.636 --> 00:16:56.138
  • Didn't try to wake them up. he didn't try to convince
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  • He didn't try to convince them to pray. he looked at
  • 00:16:57.172 --> 00:16:58.507
  • Them to pray. he looked at them and said, “sleep on.” he
  • 00:16:58.574 --> 00:17:01.443
  • Them and said, “sleep on.” he came to a point where he
  • 00:17:01.510 --> 00:17:02.945
  • Came to a point where he didn't let it bother him
  • 00:17:03.011 --> 00:17:04.012
  • Didn't let it bother him anymore. he could have kept
  • 00:17:04.079 --> 00:17:05.848
  • Anymore. he could have kept waking them up, being
  • 00:17:05.914 --> 00:17:07.149
  • Waking them up, being frustrated, instead, he
  • 00:17:07.216 --> 00:17:09.485
  • Frustrated, instead, he accepted that he wasn't going
  • 00:17:09.551 --> 00:17:11.420
  • Accepted that he wasn't going to have their support and
  • 00:17:11.487 --> 00:17:12.788
  • To have their support and that was okay. he knew he
  • 00:17:12.855 --> 00:17:15.257
  • That was okay. he knew he didn't need them to fulfill
  • 00:17:15.324 --> 00:17:16.725
  • Didn't need them to fulfill his destiny. when things
  • 00:17:16.792 --> 00:17:18.794
  • His destiny. when things don't turn out the way you
  • 00:17:18.861 --> 00:17:19.895
  • Don't turn out the way you thought, friends you were
  • 00:17:19.962 --> 00:17:21.430
  • Thought, friends you were counting on weren't there for
  • 00:17:21.497 --> 00:17:22.598
  • Counting on weren't there for you, you didn't get that
  • 00:17:22.664 --> 00:17:24.066
  • You, you didn't get that promotion you deserved, the
  • 00:17:24.133 --> 00:17:25.467
  • Promotion you deserved, the medical report hasn't
  • 00:17:25.534 --> 00:17:26.602
  • Medical report hasn't improved. you've done all you
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  • Improved. you've done all you can. you've prayed, you
  • 00:17:28.504 --> 00:17:30.105
  • Can. you've prayed, you believed, you worked hard.
  • 00:17:30.172 --> 00:17:32.174
  • Believed, you worked hard. instead of letting that
  • 00:17:32.241 --> 00:17:33.108
  • Instead of letting that frustrate you, you need to
  • 00:17:33.175 --> 00:17:34.743
  • Frustrate you, you need to say like jesus, sleep on.
  • 00:17:34.810 --> 00:17:37.412
  • Say like jesus, sleep on. “you're not going to bother
  • 00:17:37.479 --> 00:17:38.180
  • “you're not going to bother me anymore. i'm not going to
  • 00:17:38.247 --> 00:17:40.048
  • Me anymore. i'm not going to try to control things i can't
  • 00:17:40.115 --> 00:17:41.817
  • Try to control things i can't control. i'm not going to
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  • Control. i'm not going to lose sleep over who's not
  • 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.853
  • Lose sleep over who's not supporting me, over what
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  • Supporting me, over what didn't work out. i know god
  • 00:17:46.688 --> 00:17:48.490
  • Didn't work out. i know god is on the throne. he's
  • 00:17:48.557 --> 00:17:49.892
  • Is on the throne. he's fighting my battles. he will
  • 00:17:49.958 --> 00:17:51.426
  • Fighting my battles. he will get me to where i'm supposed
  • 00:17:51.493 --> 00:17:52.895
  • Get me to where i'm supposed to be.”
  • 00:17:52.961 --> 00:17:54.530
  • To be.” real victory is not when god
  • 00:17:54.596 --> 00:17:56.865
  • Real victory is not when god does everything you like.
  • 00:17:56.932 --> 00:17:58.467
  • Does everything you like. changes all the negative
  • 00:17:58.534 --> 00:17:59.668
  • Changes all the negative circumstances, fixes all the
  • 00:17:59.735 --> 00:18:01.703
  • Circumstances, fixes all the people that get on your
  • 00:18:01.770 --> 00:18:02.604
  • People that get on your nerves. real victory is when
  • 00:18:02.671 --> 00:18:05.307
  • Nerves. real victory is when all that happens, but it
  • 00:18:05.374 --> 00:18:06.842
  • All that happens, but it doesn't bother you anymore.
  • 00:18:06.909 --> 00:18:08.977
  • Doesn't bother you anymore. you've grown to the point
  • 00:18:09.044 --> 00:18:10.679
  • You've grown to the point where you don't have to have
  • 00:18:10.746 --> 00:18:11.580
  • Where you don't have to have all that to be happy. you're
  • 00:18:11.647 --> 00:18:13.448
  • All that to be happy. you're content while god is working
  • 00:18:13.515 --> 00:18:15.584
  • Content while god is working right where you are, knowing
  • 00:18:15.651 --> 00:18:17.319
  • Right where you are, knowing that he's given you grace,
  • 00:18:17.386 --> 00:18:18.820
  • That he's given you grace, not just for the good times,
  • 00:18:18.887 --> 00:18:20.522
  • Not just for the good times, but grace for gethsemane.
  • 00:18:20.589 --> 00:18:21.757
  • But grace for gethsemane. when there's pressure, people
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  • When there's pressure, people that fall asleep, and doors
  • 00:18:24.693 --> 00:18:26.361
  • That fall asleep, and doors that don't open. your
  • 00:18:26.428 --> 00:18:27.496
  • That don't open. your attitude is, “i'm going to
  • 00:18:27.563 --> 00:18:29.097
  • Attitude is, “i'm going to enjoy my life despite what's
  • 00:18:29.164 --> 00:18:30.966
  • Enjoy my life despite what's coming against me. yes,
  • 00:18:31.033 --> 00:18:32.801
  • Coming against me. yes, there's a lot of pressure but
  • 00:18:32.868 --> 00:18:34.303
  • There's a lot of pressure but i'm still going to give god
  • 00:18:34.369 --> 00:18:35.470
  • I'm still going to give god praise. yes, i'm on a road i
  • 00:18:35.537 --> 00:18:37.339
  • Praise. yes, i'm on a road i didn't choose, but i know god
  • 00:18:37.406 --> 00:18:38.974
  • Didn't choose, but i know god is ordering my steps. i
  • 00:18:39.041 --> 00:18:40.609
  • Is ordering my steps. i wouldn't be in this season of
  • 00:18:40.676 --> 00:18:41.977
  • Wouldn't be in this season of suffering unless a
  • 00:18:42.044 --> 00:18:43.245
  • Suffering unless a resurrection was coming.”
  • 00:18:43.312 --> 00:18:45.614
  • Resurrection was coming.” “joel, i'm disappointed
  • 00:18:45.681 --> 00:18:46.682
  • “joel, i'm disappointed because these people weren't
  • 00:18:46.748 --> 00:18:48.250
  • Because these people weren't there for me. they let me
  • 00:18:48.317 --> 00:18:49.885
  • There for me. they let me down.” people can't stop your
  • 00:18:49.952 --> 00:18:52.087
  • Down.” people can't stop your purpose. if they weren't
  • 00:18:52.154 --> 00:18:53.922
  • Purpose. if they weren't there for you, you didn't
  • 00:18:53.989 --> 00:18:55.324
  • There for you, you didn't need them. if they walked
  • 00:18:55.390 --> 00:18:57.259
  • Need them. if they walked away, they weren't a part of
  • 00:18:57.326 --> 00:18:58.894
  • Away, they weren't a part of your destiny. if they were
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  • Your destiny. if they were supposed to be there, they
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  • Supposed to be there, they couldn't leave. if they
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  • Couldn't leave. if they weren't supposed to, they
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  • Weren't supposed to, they couldn't stay. quit begging
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  • Couldn't stay. quit begging them to come back. tell them
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  • Them to come back. tell them to sleep on. god has someone
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  • To sleep on. god has someone better for you, someone that
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  • Better for you, someone that you can't get rid of, someone
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  • You can't get rid of, someone that loves you, that admires
  • 00:19:16.245 --> 00:19:17.779
  • That loves you, that admires you, that sees you as the
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  • You, that sees you as the gift from god that you are.
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  • Gift from god that you are. that promotion you didn't
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  • That promotion you didn't get. how long are you going
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  • Get. how long are you going to be sour over that? tell it
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  • To be sour over that? tell it to sleep on. it's a test. god
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  • To sleep on. it's a test. god has a better position. that
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  • Has a better position. that medical report that hasn't
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  • Medical report that hasn't changed. you've done all you
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  • Changed. you've done all you can. quit worrying. quit
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  • Can. quit worrying. quit living frustrated. tell it to
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  • Living frustrated. tell it to sleep on. one of the best
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  • Sleep on. one of the best things i've learned is to not
  • 00:19:40.669 --> 00:19:42.437
  • Things i've learned is to not fight everything i don't
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  • Fight everything i don't like. fight the closed doors,
  • 00:19:43.905 --> 00:19:46.375
  • Like. fight the closed doors, fight the person that did you
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  • Fight the person that did you wrong, fight the delays. we
  • 00:19:47.442 --> 00:19:49.645
  • Wrong, fight the delays. we end up living in a fighting
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  • End up living in a fighting mode, where we're always
  • 00:19:51.046 --> 00:19:52.481
  • Mode, where we're always frustrated. two words can
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  • Frustrated. two words can save you a lot of heartache.
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  • Save you a lot of heartache. sleep on. “god you're in
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  • Sleep on. “god you're in control. i'm going to do my
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  • Control. i'm going to do my best and trust you to get me
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  • Best and trust you to get me where i'm supposed to be.”
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  • Where i'm supposed to be.” after the third time jesus
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  • After the third time jesus found his disciples asleep,
  • 00:20:05.761 --> 00:20:07.963
  • Found his disciples asleep, something rose up in him. he
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  • Something rose up in him. he said, “we have to leave right
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  • Said, “we have to leave right now. my time has come.” they
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  • Now. my time has come.” they walked out of the garden,
  • 00:20:13.902 --> 00:20:15.137
  • Walked out of the garden, there was judas looking for
  • 00:20:15.203 --> 00:20:16.505
  • There was judas looking for him. the principle is you
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  • Him. the principle is you can't stay in gethsemane and
  • 00:20:18.573 --> 00:20:20.709
  • Can't stay in gethsemane and reach your destiny. it's a
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  • Reach your destiny. it's a place that you're supposed to
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  • Place that you're supposed to pass through. at some point,
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  • Pass through. at some point, you have to rise up and say
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  • You have to rise up and say like jesus, “i'm done being
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  • Like jesus, “i'm done being bitter over who left me. i'm
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  • Bitter over who left me. i'm done living upset over what i
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  • Done living upset over what i didn't get, angry over the
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  • Didn't get, angry over the company that hurt me,
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  • Company that hurt me, disappointed by who fell
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  • Disappointed by who fell asleep, sour over this road
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  • Asleep, sour over this road that i didn't choose. i'm
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  • That i didn't choose. i'm leaving excuses, leaving
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  • Leaving excuses, leaving frustration, leaving
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  • Frustration, leaving self-pity, leaving guilt.”
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  • Self-pity, leaving guilt.” you have to get out of
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  • You have to get out of gethsemane. the enemy would
  • 00:20:49.304 --> 00:20:51.273
  • Gethsemane. the enemy would love for you to get stuck
  • 00:20:51.340 --> 00:20:52.507
  • Love for you to get stuck there. stuck in blame, stuck
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  • There. stuck in blame, stuck in who hurt you, stuck in a
  • 00:20:55.010 --> 00:20:56.678
  • In who hurt you, stuck in a bad childhood. this is a new
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  • Bad childhood. this is a new day. yes, it was hard. they
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  • Day. yes, it was hard. they fell asleep. they betrayed
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  • Fell asleep. they betrayed you. you're on a road you
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  • You. you're on a road you didn't choose. can i tell
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  • Didn't choose. can i tell you, none of that stopped
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  • You, none of that stopped your destiny. all gethsemane
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  • Your destiny. all gethsemane did was get you prepared for
  • 00:21:10.592 --> 00:21:12.461
  • Did was get you prepared for the next level. that pressure
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  • The next level. that pressure caused you to develop more
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  • Caused you to develop more muscles, greater trust,
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  • Muscles, greater trust, greater faith, greater
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  • Greater faith, greater resilience. the enemy thought
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  • Resilience. the enemy thought it would squeeze your faith
  • 00:21:20.802 --> 00:21:22.070
  • It would squeeze your faith out, but it backfired. it
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  • Out, but it backfired. it squeezed out the doubt, the
  • 00:21:24.072 --> 00:21:25.440
  • Squeezed out the doubt, the bitterness, the uncertainty.
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  • Bitterness, the uncertainty. now you're stronger, bolder,
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  • Now you're stronger, bolder, ready for the new things god
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  • Ready for the new things god has in store. you went
  • 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:33.715
  • Has in store. you went through the suffering. now
  • 00:21:33.782 --> 00:21:35.217
  • Through the suffering. now you're prepared for the power
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  • You're prepared for the power of the resurrection.
  • 00:21:36.785 --> 00:21:38.353
  • Of the resurrection. i can imagine, when satan saw
  • 00:21:38.420 --> 00:21:40.021
  • I can imagine, when satan saw jesus in the garden of
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  • Jesus in the garden of gethsemane, with his hands in
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  • Gethsemane, with his hands in his face, in great distress,
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  • His face, in great distress, sweating drops of blood,
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  • Sweating drops of blood, saying father take this
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  • Saying father take this bitter cup from me. he
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  • Bitter cup from me. he thought he'd won. it looked
  • 00:21:49.698 --> 00:21:51.133
  • Thought he'd won. it looked like a picture of defeat.
  • 00:21:51.199 --> 00:21:52.334
  • Like a picture of defeat. like jesus was giving up. but
  • 00:21:52.401 --> 00:21:54.503
  • Like jesus was giving up. but don't judge the rest of your
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  • Don't judge the rest of your life by a season in
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  • Life by a season in gethsemane. god wouldn't have
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  • Gethsemane. god wouldn't have let you go in if he wasn't
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  • Let you go in if he wasn't going to bring you out
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  • Going to bring you out better. he's up to something.
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  • Better. he's up to something. the next morning, jesus went
  • 00:22:05.046 --> 00:22:06.348
  • The next morning, jesus went to the cross. they crucified
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  • To the cross. they crucified him. it looked like it was
  • 00:22:08.016 --> 00:22:09.117
  • Him. it looked like it was over, but on the third day,
  • 00:22:09.184 --> 00:22:10.886
  • Over, but on the third day, he came out of the grave. he
  • 00:22:10.952 --> 00:22:12.854
  • He came out of the grave. he said, “i am he that lives, i
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  • Said, “i am he that lives, i was dead; behold, i am alive
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  • Was dead; behold, i am alive forevermore.” all that
  • 00:22:16.992 --> 00:22:19.060
  • Forevermore.” all that suffering was a setup for a
  • 00:22:19.127 --> 00:22:21.129
  • Suffering was a setup for a resurrection. that time of
  • 00:22:21.196 --> 00:22:23.298
  • Resurrection. that time of distress in the garden, that
  • 00:22:23.365 --> 00:22:25.167
  • Distress in the garden, that place of pressure, it wasn't
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  • Place of pressure, it wasn't random, it wasn't just a bad
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  • Random, it wasn't just a bad break, it was all a part of
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  • Break, it was all a part of god's plan that would launch
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  • God's plan that would launch jesus into his purpose.
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  • Jesus into his purpose. early that sunday morning,
  • 00:22:35.043 --> 00:22:36.545
  • Early that sunday morning, mary magdalene rushed to the
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  • Mary magdalene rushed to the tomb to check on jesus. the
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  • Tomb to check on jesus. the stone had been rolled away,
  • 00:22:39.981 --> 00:22:41.216
  • Stone had been rolled away, but jesus wasn't there. as
  • 00:22:41.283 --> 00:22:43.685
  • But jesus wasn't there. as she was weeping and confused,
  • 00:22:43.752 --> 00:22:45.987
  • She was weeping and confused, wondering who took his body.
  • 00:22:46.054 --> 00:22:47.889
  • Wondering who took his body. she heard a voice asking,
  • 00:22:47.956 --> 00:22:49.658
  • She heard a voice asking, “why are you crying? who are
  • 00:22:49.724 --> 00:22:51.193
  • “why are you crying? who are you looking for?” she glanced
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  • You looking for?” she glanced back and thought it was the
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  • Back and thought it was the gardener. she said, “sir if
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  • Gardener. she said, “sir if you've taken him. please tell
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  • You've taken him. please tell me where he is.” jesus said
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  • Me where he is.” jesus said to her, “mary.” immediately
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  • To her, “mary.” immediately she recognized him. she went
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  • She recognized him. she went back and told the disciples
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  • Back and told the disciples that he was alive. it's
  • 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:07.542
  • That he was alive. it's interesting that jesus was
  • 00:23:07.609 --> 00:23:09.244
  • Interesting that jesus was dressed as a gardener. when
  • 00:23:09.311 --> 00:23:11.346
  • Dressed as a gardener. when he arose, he could have
  • 00:23:11.413 --> 00:23:12.914
  • He arose, he could have dressed as a carpenter, as a
  • 00:23:12.981 --> 00:23:14.616
  • Dressed as a carpenter, as a rabbi, as a king, but he
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  • Rabbi, as a king, but he chose a gardener. maybe he
  • 00:23:16.852 --> 00:23:18.787
  • Chose a gardener. maybe he was showing us the
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  • Was showing us the significance of the garden of
  • 00:23:19.855 --> 00:23:21.756
  • Significance of the garden of gethsemane. perhaps he was
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  • Gethsemane. perhaps he was saying, “i made it through my
  • 00:23:23.992 --> 00:23:25.660
  • Saying, “i made it through my garden, stay in faith, i'm
  • 00:23:25.727 --> 00:23:27.729
  • Garden, stay in faith, i'm going to help you make it
  • 00:23:27.796 --> 00:23:28.864
  • Going to help you make it through yours.” the last
  • 00:23:28.930 --> 00:23:30.966
  • Through yours.” the last place jesus appeared before
  • 00:23:31.032 --> 00:23:32.534
  • Place jesus appeared before he ascended to heaven was the
  • 00:23:32.601 --> 00:23:34.503
  • He ascended to heaven was the mount of olives. that's where
  • 00:23:34.569 --> 00:23:36.471
  • Mount of olives. that's where gethsemane is located. a few
  • 00:23:36.538 --> 00:23:38.773
  • Gethsemane is located. a few days earlier, he was there
  • 00:23:38.840 --> 00:23:40.442
  • Days earlier, he was there suffering, in agony, great
  • 00:23:40.509 --> 00:23:42.811
  • Suffering, in agony, great distress. now he's at that
  • 00:23:42.878 --> 00:23:45.013
  • Distress. now he's at that very place, victorious, with
  • 00:23:45.080 --> 00:23:47.549
  • Very place, victorious, with the keys of death and hell.
  • 00:23:47.616 --> 00:23:49.251
  • The keys of death and hell. not suffering but reigning,
  • 00:23:49.317 --> 00:23:51.219
  • Not suffering but reigning, not in agony, but in victory,
  • 00:23:51.286 --> 00:23:53.488
  • Not in agony, but in victory, not great distress, but in
  • 00:23:53.555 --> 00:23:55.557
  • Not great distress, but in all power.
  • 00:23:55.624 --> 00:23:56.825
  • All power. yes, you may go through some
  • 00:23:56.892 --> 00:23:58.159
  • Yes, you may go through some gethsemanes, but like jesus,
  • 00:23:58.226 --> 00:24:00.395
  • Gethsemanes, but like jesus, you're going to go back to
  • 00:24:00.462 --> 00:24:01.329
  • You're going to go back to that very place with great
  • 00:24:01.396 --> 00:24:03.098
  • That very place with great victory, great favor, great
  • 00:24:03.164 --> 00:24:05.433
  • Victory, great favor, great courage. the enemy doesn't
  • 00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:07.035
  • Courage. the enemy doesn't have the final say. god does.
  • 00:24:07.102 --> 00:24:09.838
  • Have the final say. god does. he's ordering your steps. in
  • 00:24:09.905 --> 00:24:11.973
  • He's ordering your steps. in those times of pressing, keep
  • 00:24:12.040 --> 00:24:13.708
  • Those times of pressing, keep reminding yourself, it's a
  • 00:24:13.775 --> 00:24:15.310
  • Reminding yourself, it's a setup. that suffering is a
  • 00:24:15.377 --> 00:24:17.212
  • Setup. that suffering is a sign that a resurrection is
  • 00:24:17.279 --> 00:24:18.980
  • Sign that a resurrection is coming. now quit being
  • 00:24:19.047 --> 00:24:20.949
  • Coming. now quit being frustrated over the
  • 00:24:21.016 --> 00:24:21.983
  • Frustrated over the disappointments, who left
  • 00:24:22.050 --> 00:24:23.718
  • Disappointments, who left you, what you can't control.
  • 00:24:23.785 --> 00:24:25.720
  • You, what you can't control. tell it to sleep on. you
  • 00:24:25.787 --> 00:24:27.689
  • Tell it to sleep on. you don't need that for your
  • 00:24:27.756 --> 00:24:28.723
  • Don't need that for your destiny. you keep doing the
  • 00:24:28.790 --> 00:24:30.525
  • Destiny. you keep doing the right thing when it's hard,
  • 00:24:30.592 --> 00:24:32.193
  • Right thing when it's hard, you are passing the test. god
  • 00:24:32.260 --> 00:24:34.262
  • You are passing the test. god sees your faithfulness. he
  • 00:24:34.329 --> 00:24:35.997
  • Sees your faithfulness. he has angels coming to
  • 00:24:36.064 --> 00:24:37.399
  • Has angels coming to strengthen you. i believe and
  • 00:24:37.465 --> 00:24:39.467
  • Strengthen you. i believe and declare, you're about to see
  • 00:24:39.534 --> 00:24:41.603
  • Declare, you're about to see the power of the
  • 00:24:41.670 --> 00:24:42.604
  • The power of the resurrection. because you won
  • 00:24:42.671 --> 00:24:44.573
  • Resurrection. because you won the victory in private,
  • 00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:46.141
  • The victory in private, you're about to see a public
  • 00:24:46.207 --> 00:24:47.676
  • You're about to see a public victory. favor, promotion,
  • 00:24:47.742 --> 00:24:50.211
  • Victory. favor, promotion, healing, vindication, the
  • 00:24:50.278 --> 00:24:52.147
  • Healing, vindication, the fullness of your destiny, in
  • 00:24:52.213 --> 00:24:54.382
  • Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive
  • 00:24:54.449 --> 00:24:56.484
  • Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
  • 00:24:56.551 --> 00:24:57.752
  • It, can you say amen? (applause)
  • 00:24:57.819 --> 00:24:58.553
  • When we
  • 00:25:00.155 --> 00:25:00.388
  • When we face challenges, it's easy
  • 00:25:00.455 --> 00:25:02.090
  • Face challenges, it's easy to feel like god
  • 00:25:02.157 --> 00:25:02.891
  • To feel like god has forgotten about us.
  • 00:25:02.958 --> 00:25:04.492
  • Has forgotten about us. we don't see
  • 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:04.993
  • We don't see anything happening,
  • 00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:06.061
  • Anything happening, and thoughts tell us
  • 00:25:06.127 --> 00:25:06.928
  • And thoughts tell us it's not going to work out.
  • 00:25:06.995 --> 00:25:08.763
  • It's not going to work out. but god is not called the great
  • 00:25:08.830 --> 00:25:10.432
  • But god is not called the great i was or the great i will be.
  • 00:25:10.498 --> 00:25:12.867
  • I was or the great i will be. he's called the great i am.
  • 00:25:12.934 --> 00:25:15.036
  • He's called the great i am. in my new book,
  • 00:25:15.103 --> 00:25:16.104
  • In my new book, he is i am,
  • 00:25:16.171 --> 00:25:17.739
  • He is i am, you'll discover
  • 00:25:17.806 --> 00:25:18.540
  • You'll discover that god is with you
  • 00:25:18.607 --> 00:25:19.474
  • That god is with you in every area of your life.
  • 00:25:19.541 --> 00:25:21.743
  • I am is always in the present,
  • 00:25:21.876 --> 00:25:24.179
  • I am is always in the present, not at a later time.
  • 00:25:24.245 --> 00:25:25.714
  • Not at a later time. god is working
  • 00:25:25.780 --> 00:25:26.581
  • God is working in your life right now.
  • 00:25:26.648 --> 00:25:28.483
  • In your life right now. i am means i am your healer.
  • 00:25:28.550 --> 00:25:30.452
  • I am means i am your healer. i am your provider.
  • 00:25:30.518 --> 00:25:31.987
  • I am your provider. i am your waymaker.
  • 00:25:32.053 --> 00:25:33.822
  • I am your waymaker. whether you're
  • 00:25:33.888 --> 00:25:34.289
  • Whether you're facing a challenge
  • 00:25:34.356 --> 00:25:35.457
  • Facing a challenge or pursuing your dreams,
  • 00:25:35.523 --> 00:25:37.025
  • Or pursuing your dreams, stay in faith.
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  • Stay in faith. the great i am
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  • The great i am is right there with you.
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  • As our way of saying thank you
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  • As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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  • For your gift of any amount this month,
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  • This month, we would like to send you
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  • We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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  • A copy of joel's book, he is i am:
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  • He is i am: god is for you here and now.
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  • God is for you here and now. are you in need of protection
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  • Are you in need of protection or provision today?
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  • Or provision today? jesus assures us,
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  • Jesus assures us, "i am
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  • "i am the good shepherd."
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  • The good shepherd." does the path ahead
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  • Does the path ahead seem uncertain or dark?
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  • Seem uncertain or dark? jesus declares,
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  • Jesus declares, "i am the light of the world."
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  • "i am the light of the world." do you feel like your career,
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  • Do you feel like your career, calling, or marriage
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  • Calling, or marriage is beyond hope?
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  • Is beyond hope? jesus promises,
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  • Jesus promises, "i am the resurrection
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  • "i am the resurrection and the life."
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  • And the life." with every i am statement,
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  • With every i am statement, you'll discover
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  • You'll discover more about who god is
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  • More about who god is and what he has made
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  • And what he has made available for you.
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  • Available for you. not someday, but today.
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  • Not someday, but today. request your copy today
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  • Request your copy today and watch god's promise
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  • And watch god's promise come alive.
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  • Come alive. no matter what you face,
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  • No matter what you face, he is here and now for you.
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  • He is here and now for you. you're never alone.
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  • You're never alone. the great
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  • The great i am is behind the scenes
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  • I am is behind the scenes making ways, opening doors,
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  • Making ways, opening doors, turning things in your favor.
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  • Turning things in your favor. victoria and i want you to know
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  • Victoria and i want you to know we love you
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  • We love you and we pray for you every day.
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  • And we pray for you every day. thanks for your prayer
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  • Thanks for your prayer and support of the ministry.
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  • And support of the ministry. your generosity
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  • Your generosity is making a difference
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  • Is making a difference in people's lives
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  • In people's lives around the world.
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  • Around the world. a special
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  • A special thank you to our champion
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  • Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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  • Of hope partners for your monthly support.
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  • For your monthly support. if you're not a partner,
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  • If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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  • I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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  • And until we see you next time, may the lord bless
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  • May the lord bless you and keep you.
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