Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Healed Through Humility

April 29, 2025 | S25:E119

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Healed Through Humility | April 29, 2025

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>> joel osteen: well, god
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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Bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever in
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Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and
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Our area, please stop by and 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 promise you we'll make you
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny, and i heard
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Something funny, and i heard about these three men: a
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About these three men: a baptist, a catholic, and a
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Baptist, a catholic, and a charismatic.
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Charismatic. they died on the same day and
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They died on the same day and went to heaven.
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Went to heaven. saint peter met them at the
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Saint peter met them at the pearly gates and said, "i'm
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Pearly gates and said, "i'm sorry, men, your rooms are
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Sorry, men, your rooms are not available yet."
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Not available yet." didn't know what to do with
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Didn't know what to do with them.
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Them. he decided to ask satan if he
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He decided to ask satan if he would keep them for a little
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Would keep them for a little while, and satan reluctantly
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While, and satan reluctantly agreed.
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Agreed. a few hours later, satan
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A few hours later, satan called back to peter: "you've
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Called back to peter: "you've got to come get these guys.
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Got to come get these guys. the baptist man is saving
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The baptist man is saving everyone.
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Everyone. the catholic man is forgiving
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The catholic man is forgiving everyone, and the charismatic
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Everyone, and the charismatic has already raised enough
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Has already raised enough money for air-conditioning.
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Say it like you mean it:
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Say it like you mean it: "this is my bible.
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"this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.
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Alert, my heart is receptive. i will never be the same, in
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I will never be the same, in jesus' name."
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Jesus' name." god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "healed through
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About "healed through humility."
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Humility." we all have times where we
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We all have times where we know we're supposed to do
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Know we're supposed to do something, but it doesn't
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Something, but it doesn't seem fair to forgive that
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Seem fair to forgive that person that did you wrong, be
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Person that did you wrong, be kind to a neighbor that's not
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Kind to a neighbor that's not treating you right, volunteer
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Treating you right, volunteer at the hospital even though
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At the hospital even though nobody is saying, "thank
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Nobody is saying, "thank you."
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You." everything on the inside will
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Everything on the inside will say, "i'm not forgiving them.
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Say, "i'm not forgiving them. it was their fault.
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It was their fault. they need to ask me for
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They need to ask me for forgiveness.
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Forgiveness. i'm not working on that small
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I'm not working on that small project, serving in the
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Project, serving in the nursery.
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Nursery. i'm more qualified than
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I'm more qualified than that."
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That." but if you're going to reach
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But if you're going to reach your highest potential, you
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Your highest potential, you have to humble yourself and
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Have to humble yourself and do things you may not
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Do things you may not understand.
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Understand. we see this in the scripture
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We see this in the scripture with peter.
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With peter. he'd been out fishing all
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He'd been out fishing all night and caught nothing.
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Night and caught nothing. early the next morning, as he
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Early the next morning, as he was coming in, about to put
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Was coming in, about to put his boat away, jesus said to
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His boat away, jesus said to him, "launch out into the
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Him, "launch out into the deep, and you will catch a
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Deep, and you will catch a great haul of fish."
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Great haul of fish." peter could've said, "jesus,
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Peter could've said, "jesus, i love you, but you're a
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I love you, but you're a teacher.
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Teacher. you need to stick with your
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You need to stick with your profession.
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Profession. i'm a fisherman.
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I'm a fisherman. i have years of training."
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I have years of training." he could've let pride talk
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He could've let pride talk him out of it, thought, "i'm
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Him out of it, thought, "i'm an expert.
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An expert. i know what i'm doing."
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I know what i'm doing." instead, he humbled himself
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Instead, he humbled himself and said, "jesus, if you say,
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And said, "jesus, if you say, 'launch out,' it doesn't make
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'launch out,' it doesn't make sense to me, but i trust you.
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Sense to me, but i trust you. you know what's best, so i'm
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You know what's best, so i'm going to take this step of
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Going to take this step of faith."
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Faith." when he did, he caught so
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When he did, he caught so many fish that his net began
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Many fish that his net began to break.
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To break. his promotion was in his
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His promotion was in his humility.
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Humility. when you swallow your pride
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When you swallow your pride and say, "this may not make
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And say, "this may not make sense, but i'm going to do
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Sense, but i'm going to do what god's asking me to do,"
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What god's asking me to do," "i'm going to humble myself
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"i'm going to humble myself and be good to this person
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And be good to this person that did me wrong," "i'm
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That did me wrong," "i'm going to be my best at work,
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Going to be my best at work, even though nobody's giving
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Even though nobody's giving me credit," when you walk in
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Me credit," when you walk in humility, you will see the
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Humility, you will see the great haul of fish.
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Great haul of fish. like peter, your promotion,
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Like peter, your promotion, your healing, your
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Your healing, your breakthrough, it's in your
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Breakthrough, it's in your humility.
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Humility. the scripture says, "jesus
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The scripture says, "jesus humbled himself and became
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Humbled himself and became obedient."
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Obedient." it doesn't say he was
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It doesn't say he was obedient because he was so
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Obedient because he was so strong-willed, so righteous
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Strong-willed, so righteous that he always did the right
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That he always did the right thing.
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Thing. even jesus had to humble
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Even jesus had to humble himself.
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Himself. it takes humility to walk in
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It takes humility to walk in obedience.
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Obedience. when victoria and i were
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When victoria and i were first married, she didn't
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First married, she didn't like me to go into the
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Like me to go into the kitchen while she was cooking
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Kitchen while she was cooking after i worked out and washed
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After i worked out and washed my hands.
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My hands. she didn't want my sweat to
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She didn't want my sweat to be around the food.
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Be around the food. the problem was, when i came
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The problem was, when i came in from the outside, the
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In from the outside, the kitchen sink was the most
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Kitchen sink was the most convenient sink.
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Convenient sink. it was right there in my
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It was right there in my path.
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Path. i didn't want to walk to the
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I didn't want to walk to the back.
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Back. this was too easy.
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This was too easy. for a long time, i'd run in
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For a long time, i'd run in there and wash my hands real
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There and wash my hands real quickly and hope that she
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Quickly and hope that she didn't see me, and she never
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Didn't see me, and she never harped on me, but i knew she
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Harped on me, but i knew she didn't like it.
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Didn't like it. i reasoned it out, thought,
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I reasoned it out, thought, "it's not hurting anything.
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"it's not hurting anything. i'm careful not to drip
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I'm careful not to drip anywhere, and besides, this
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Anywhere, and besides, this is my house too.
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Is my house too. i don't feel like walking to
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I don't feel like walking to the back."
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The back." here, i just played 90
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Here, i just played 90 minutes of basketball,
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Minutes of basketball, running up and down the
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Running up and down the court, and i came home and
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Court, and i came home and didn't want to walk 30 more
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Didn't want to walk 30 more feet to the back.
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Feet to the back. pride causes us to make lame
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Pride causes us to make lame excuses, to be stubborn, only
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Excuses, to be stubborn, only see things our way.
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See things our way. one day, i went in there to
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One day, i went in there to wash my hands, and i heard
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Wash my hands, and i heard something down in here say,
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Something down in here say, "joel, when are you going to
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"joel, when are you going to start honoring your wife by
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Start honoring your wife by doing what she's asking you
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Doing what she's asking you to do?"
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To do?" i thought, "that couldn't be
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I thought, "that couldn't be god."
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God." it's never god when we don't
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It's never god when we don't like it.
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Like it. but there may be things that
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But there may be things that you don't feel like are
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You don't feel like are right.
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Right. you don't think you should
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You don't think you should have to do them.
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Have to do them. one way you can honor god is
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One way you can honor god is by honoring the people in
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By honoring the people in your life.
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Your life. "i shouldn't have to walk to
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"i shouldn't have to walk to the back."
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The back." "i shouldn't have to clean up
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"i shouldn't have to clean up the mess they made."
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The mess they made." "i shouldn't have to sit in
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"i shouldn't have to sit in this section where the ushers
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This section where the ushers asked me to sit."
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Asked me to sit." god is saying, "will you do
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God is saying, "will you do it for me?
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It for me? will you walk to the back for
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Will you walk to the back for me?
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Me? will you clean the mess up
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Will you clean the mess up for me?
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For me? will you overlook the offense
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Will you overlook the offense for me?"
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For me?" do it unto god.
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Do it unto god. when you honor god, he will
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When you honor god, he will always honor you.
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Always honor you. a few years later, we built a
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A few years later, we built a new house.
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New house. i put a sink right at my back
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I put a sink right at my back door.
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Door. the first time victoria went
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The first time victoria went in there to wash her hands, i
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In there to wash her hands, i said, "don't even think about
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Said, "don't even think about using my sink."
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Using my sink." but i wonder how much better
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But i wonder how much better our relationships would be if
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Our relationships would be if we'd start walking in
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We'd start walking in humility, honoring the other
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Humility, honoring the other person, lettering them have
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Person, lettering them have their way, not always having
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Their way, not always having to be right.
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To be right. "well, joel, when he starts
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"well, joel, when he starts treating me better, then i'll
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Treating me better, then i'll treat him better."
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Treat him better." you have to make the first
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You have to make the first move.
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Move. your humility can start the
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Your humility can start the healing.
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Healing. when they see you taking the
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When they see you taking the high road, not being
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High road, not being stubborn, not being offended,
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Stubborn, not being offended, not having to have your way,
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Not having to have your way, that's when things will begin
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That's when things will begin to change.
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To change. the scriptures says, "it's
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The scriptures says, "it's the little foxes that spoil
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The little foxes that spoil the vines."
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The vines." if i would've kept washing my
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If i would've kept washing my hands in the kitchen sink,
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Hands in the kitchen sink, year after year, that
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Year after year, that disrespect would've grown.
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Disrespect would've grown. the dishonor would've become
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The dishonor would've become bigger.
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Bigger. before long, these little
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Before long, these little things are tearing families
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Things are tearing families apart.
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Apart. i'm asking you to swallow
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I'm asking you to swallow your pride and start walking
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Your pride and start walking in humility.
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In humility. what can you do to get along
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What can you do to get along better with people?
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Better with people? what can you do to strengthen
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What can you do to strengthen your relationships?
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Your relationships? not what can somebody else
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Not what can somebody else do.
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Do. you can't make them change,
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You can't make them change, but if you'll change, if
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But if you'll change, if you'll start treating them
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You'll start treating them with respect, doing what you
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With respect, doing what you can to honor them, being
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Can to honor them, being kind, serving them, those
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Kind, serving them, those seeds you're sowing, they'll
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Seeds you're sowing, they'll come back to you.
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Come back to you. just as little foxes can
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Just as little foxes can spoil the vine, little acts
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Spoil the vine, little acts of kindness can make a big
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Of kindness can make a big difference.
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Difference. when victoria saw me start
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When victoria saw me start going to the back to wash my
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Going to the back to wash my hands, she had to check the
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Hands, she had to check the kitchen sink to make sure
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Kitchen sink to make sure something wasn't wrong.
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Something wasn't wrong. when she realized i was doing
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When she realized i was doing it just to honor her just
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It just to honor her just because she asked, our
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Because she asked, our relationship went to a new
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Relationship went to a new level.
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Level. she started cooking me better
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She started cooking me better tv dinners.
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Tv dinners. little things can make a big
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Little things can make a big difference.
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Difference. that didn't help my
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That didn't help my relationship at all but--the
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Relationship at all but--the first 15 years, or so, of our
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First 15 years, or so, of our marriage, before we had help,
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Marriage, before we had help, victoria never filled her car
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Victoria never filled her car up with gas.
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Up with gas. anytime that i saw it was
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Anytime that i saw it was low, i'd make sure to take it
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Low, i'd make sure to take it up and fill it up for her.
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Up and fill it up for her. little acts of kindness help
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Little acts of kindness help hold things together.
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Hold things together. how much better would our
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How much better would our relationships be if we put
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Relationships be if we put down our pride, not have to
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Down our pride, not have to be right all the time, not
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Be right all the time, not keeping score, "if you do
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Keeping score, "if you do this, i'm going to do that,"
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This, i'm going to do that," trying to one-up each other.
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Trying to one-up each other. instead, what if we spent
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Instead, what if we spent that same energy honoring
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That same energy honoring each other, believing the
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Each other, believing the best, overlooking offenses?
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Best, overlooking offenses? the healing is in your
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The healing is in your humility, not in having your
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Humility, not in having your way, not in getting even, not
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Way, not in getting even, not in holding a grudge.
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In holding a grudge. i have a friend.
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I have a friend. when he was in his 20s, he
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When he was in his 20s, he had a disagreement with his
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Had a disagreement with his father.
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Father. turned into a big argument.
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Turned into a big argument. he left the house very angry
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He left the house very angry and didn't speak to his
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And didn't speak to his father for over 30 years.
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Father for over 30 years. wouldn't have anything to do
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Wouldn't have anything to do with him.
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With him. this young man's life was a
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This young man's life was a constant struggle.
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Constant struggle. he couldn't get ahead, never
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He couldn't get ahead, never got any good breaks, lived in
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Got any good breaks, lived in a small apartment with his
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A small apartment with his family.
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Family. one day, he learned through
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One day, he learned through his sister that his father
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His sister that his father was in the hospital.
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Was in the hospital. he knew he had to make things
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He knew he had to make things right.
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Right. he put his pride down and
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He put his pride down and drove 4 hours to the
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Drove 4 hours to the hospital.
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Hospital. he went in to see his father
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He went in to see his father for the first time in years.
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For the first time in years. they both wept and wept.
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They both wept and wept. he said, "dad, i'm sorry.
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He said, "dad, i'm sorry. it was my fault.
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It was my fault. please forgive me."
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Please forgive me." he started honoring his
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He started honoring his father.
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Father. it wasn't long after that,
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It wasn't long after that, that this young man received
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That this young man received a promotion at work that he
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A promotion at work that he had been trying to get for
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Had been trying to get for over 10 years.
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Over 10 years. he didn't know how he could
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He didn't know how he could send his child to college,
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Send his child to college, but this child unexpectedly
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But this child unexpectedly received a full scholarship.
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Received a full scholarship. after years of living in a
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After years of living in a small apartment, they were
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Small apartment, they were able to purchase their first
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Able to purchase their first home.
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Home. one thing after another began
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One thing after another began to fall into place.
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To fall into place. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? the promotion was in his
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The promotion was in his humility.
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Humility. when he made the decision to
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When he made the decision to humble himself, to forgive
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Humble himself, to forgive his father, to let go of the
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His father, to let go of the wrongs, that's when the favor
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Wrongs, that's when the favor came on his life.
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Came on his life. pride keeps us from rising
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Pride keeps us from rising higher.
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Higher. even though his father was
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Even though his father was wrong, when you walk in
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Wrong, when you walk in humility, you can be the
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Humility, you can be the bigger person.
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Bigger person. you can forgive people.
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You can forgive people. you can show them mercy.
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You can show them mercy. you can start the healing.
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You can start the healing. when you humble yourself,
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When you humble yourself, that's what gives you the
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That's what gives you the power to become obedient, but
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Power to become obedient, but as long as we allow pride in,
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As long as we allow pride in, we make excuses: "it's not
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We make excuses: "it's not right," "they hurt me," "it
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Right," "they hurt me," "it was their fault."
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Was their fault." that all may be true, but
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That all may be true, but holding onto it is not going
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Holding onto it is not going to make it better.
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To make it better. if you'll let it go and move
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If you'll let it go and move forward, god will make it up
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Forward, god will make it up to you.
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To you. you'll see his favor in new
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You'll see his favor in new ways.
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Ways. 2 kings chapter 5, there was
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2 kings chapter 5, there was a captain in the syrian army,
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A captain in the syrian army, named naaman.
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Named naaman. he was a very powerful man,
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He was a very powerful man, influential, well respected.
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Influential, well respected. he had just helped the
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He had just helped the syrians defeat the
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Syrians defeat the israelites.
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Israelites. everything was going great
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Everything was going great except he had leprosy.
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Except he had leprosy. he had captured a young lady
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He had captured a young lady from israel and brought her
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From israel and brought her back as his maid.
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Back as his maid. i can imagine everyone didn't
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I can imagine everyone didn't know that he had leprosy.
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Know that he had leprosy. he would keep his armor on,
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He would keep his armor on, try to hide it from people,
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Try to hide it from people, but this young maid lived in
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But this young maid lived in his house, and when she saw
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His house, and when she saw how devastating the leprosy
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How devastating the leprosy was, she was very concerned.
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Was, she was very concerned. she finally got her nerve up
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She finally got her nerve up and said, "sir, there's a
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And said, "sir, there's a prophet in israel, where i'm
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Prophet in israel, where i'm from, named elisha.
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From, named elisha. if you'll go see him, he'll
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If you'll go see him, he'll pray for you, and i know our
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Pray for you, and i know our god will heal you."
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God will heal you." naaman could've thought, "who
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Naaman could've thought, "who are you to tell me what to
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Are you to tell me what to do?
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Do? i'm a captain.
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I'm a captain. i answer to the king in my
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I answer to the king in my country, and now, you, a
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Country, and now, you, a slave, a teenager, a woman,
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Slave, a teenager, a woman, you're telling me to go back
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You're telling me to go back to the nation i just defeated
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To the nation i just defeated and ask them for help?
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And ask them for help? i don't think so."
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I don't think so." naaman could've been
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Naaman could've been offended.
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Offended. he could've dismissed it,
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He could've dismissed it, turned her away, but
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Turned her away, but something down in here said,
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Something down in here said, "she knows what she's talking
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"she knows what she's talking about."
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About." naaman told the king of syria
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Naaman told the king of syria what the maid said.
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What the maid said. the king wrote a letter to
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The king wrote a letter to the king of israel on
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The king of israel on naaman's behalf.
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Naaman's behalf. naaman headed out toward
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Naaman headed out toward israel, the land he had just
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Israel, the land he had just conquered.
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Conquered. think of the humility this
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Think of the humility this took.
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Took. he had to take the advice
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He had to take the advice from a maid and be willing to
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From a maid and be willing to go to another country and
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Go to another country and admit he needed help.
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Admit he needed help. if he had been too proud, he
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If he had been too proud, he would've stayed at home.
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Would've stayed at home. sometime, your answer won't
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Sometime, your answer won't come from people that look
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Come from people that look like you, people that come
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Like you, people that come from your same culture,
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From your same culture, people that you're used to.
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People that you're used to. you're going to have to do
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You're going to have to do like naaman and get out of
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Like naaman and get out of your comfort zone and be
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Your comfort zone and be willing to listen to
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Willing to listen to somebody, maybe like this
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Somebody, maybe like this maid that's under you, that
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Maid that's under you, that doesn't have the training,
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Doesn't have the training, the experience.
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The experience. the key is to treat everyone
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The key is to treat everyone with respect, value every
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With respect, value every person's opinion.
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Person's opinion. if naaman would've dismissed
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If naaman would've dismissed his maid, he would've missed
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His maid, he would've missed his miracle.
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His miracle. don't judge the people god
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Don't judge the people god put in your life, by the
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Put in your life, by the outside, by titles, by
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Outside, by titles, by position, by wealth, deciding
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Position, by wealth, deciding who's important, who you're
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Who's important, who you're going to listen to.
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Going to listen to. god uses everyone.
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God uses everyone. naaman arrived in israel with
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Naaman arrived in israel with his horses, his chariots.
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His horses, his chariots. was a huge entourage, a big
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Was a huge entourage, a big deal.
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Deal. he handed the letter to the
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He handed the letter to the king of israel.
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King of israel. the king was upset.
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The king was upset. he said, "am i god?
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He said, "am i god? do you think i can heal you?
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Do you think i can heal you? why are you asking me for
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Why are you asking me for help?"
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Help?" the prophet elisha heard
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The prophet elisha heard about it and said, "send him
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About it and said, "send him to me."
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To me." naaman traveled to elisha's
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Naaman traveled to elisha's house, a great distance,
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House, a great distance, knocked on the door, and the
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Knocked on the door, and the assistant answered.
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Assistant answered. he said, "i'm naaman.
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He said, "i'm naaman. i'm here to see elisha."
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I'm here to see elisha." the assistant said, "yes, i
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The assistant said, "yes, i know, but he's busy, so he
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Know, but he's busy, so he sent me."
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Sent me." naaman was used to dealing
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Naaman was used to dealing with heads of nations.
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With heads of nations. he gave advice to the king of
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He gave advice to the king of syria.
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Syria. i'm sure he thought, "does
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I'm sure he thought, "does elisha know who i am?
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Elisha know who i am? does he realize how far i've
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Does he realize how far i've traveled?"
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Traveled?" the assistant told him,
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The assistant told him, "elisha said, 'if you'll go
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"elisha said, 'if you'll go wash in the jordan river
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Wash in the jordan river seven times, you'll be
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Seven times, you'll be healed.'"
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Healed.'" look at all these times
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Look at all these times naaman had to put down his
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Naaman had to put down his pride.
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Pride. a young maid told him what to
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A young maid told him what to do.
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Do. the king wouldn't see him.
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The king wouldn't see him. elisha was too busy.
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Elisha was too busy. now he has to wash in a dirty
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Now he has to wash in a dirty river.
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River. these were tests.
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These were tests. on the way to your miracle,
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On the way to your miracle, there will be plenty of
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There will be plenty of opportunities to let pride
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Opportunities to let pride talk you out of it.
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Talk you out of it. it may not happen the way you
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It may not happen the way you think through the people you
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Think through the people you think.
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Think. stay open.
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Stay open. don't put god in a box.
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Don't put god in a box. don't start writing people
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Don't start writing people off because they don't look
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Off because they don't look like you, they don't live in
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Like you, they don't live in your neighborhood, they don't
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Your neighborhood, they don't attend your church.
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Attend your church. god likes to do unusual
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God likes to do unusual things.
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Things. naaman almost talked himself
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Naaman almost talked himself out of it.
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Out of it. he'd done well up to this
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He'd done well up to this point, but when he was told,
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Point, but when he was told, "go wash in the jordan
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"go wash in the jordan river," that was the straw
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River," that was the straw that broke the camel's back.
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That broke the camel's back. he said, "no way, that's a
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He said, "no way, that's a dirty river.
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Dirty river. there are much better rivers
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There are much better rivers over in syria.
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Over in syria. let's go back home."
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Let's go back home." he turned to leave when the
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He turned to leave when the scripture says his servant
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Scripture says his servant spoke up.
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Spoke up. notice again, not a peer, not
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Notice again, not a peer, not the prophet, not the
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The prophet, not the king--another underling,
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King--another underling, somebody he normally wouldn't
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Somebody he normally wouldn't pay attention to.
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Pay attention to. the servant said, "naaman, if
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The servant said, "naaman, if he would've asked you to do
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He would've asked you to do something hard, you would do
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Something hard, you would do it.
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It. why don't you do this easy
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Why don't you do this easy thing?"
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Thing?" naaman went to the river,
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Naaman went to the river, washed one time, nothing
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Washed one time, nothing happened; twice, nothing;
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Happened; twice, nothing; three times, nothing.
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Three times, nothing. he looked at his skin and
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He looked at his skin and thought, "if it was going to
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Thought, "if it was going to work, surely i'd be getting
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Work, surely i'd be getting better by now."
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Better by now." he was tempted to get
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He was tempted to get discouraged, but he just kept
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Discouraged, but he just kept washing: five times, nothing;
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Washing: five times, nothing; six times, nothing.
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Six times, nothing. imagine the humility, washing
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Imagine the humility, washing in your enemy's dirty river,
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In your enemy's dirty river, again and again.
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Again and again. every voice said, "naaman,
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Every voice said, "naaman, you look like a fool,"
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You look like a fool," "you're wasting your time,"
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"you're wasting your time," but on the seventh time, when
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But on the seventh time, when he came up out of that water,
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He came up out of that water, his skin was as clear as a
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His skin was as clear as a baby.
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Baby. he was completely healed.
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He was completely healed. god was showing us the
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God was showing us the healing was in the humility.
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Healing was in the humility. when you humble yourself and
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When you humble yourself and do what god's asking you to
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Do what god's asking you to do, even when it doesn't make
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Do, even when it doesn't make sense--forgive the person
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Sense--forgive the person that did you wrong, be kind
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That did you wrong, be kind to the co-worker that
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To the co-worker that betrayed you, take advice
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Betrayed you, take advice from someone that's not on
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From someone that's not on your normal circles--as you
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Your normal circles--as you pass these tests, things will
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Pass these tests, things will begin to change.
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Begin to change. the blessing is in the
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The blessing is in the obedience.
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Obedience. the way to be obedient is to
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The way to be obedient is to walk in humility because
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Walk in humility because without humility, we'll make
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Without humility, we'll make excuses: "i'm not going to
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Excuses: "i'm not going to listen to the maid.
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Listen to the maid. what does she know?
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What does she know? i'm not going to do this
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I'm not going to do this simple thing, wash in a
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Simple thing, wash in a river."
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River." "serve in the children's
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"serve in the children's ministry?
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Ministry? i want to be on the
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I want to be on the platform."
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Platform." no, do what god is asking you
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No, do what god is asking you to do.
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To do. don't overanalyze it.
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Don't overanalyze it. don't reason it out.
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Don't reason it out. just do it.
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Just do it. "well, joel, i've been doing
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"well, joel, i've been doing it for a long time, but
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It for a long time, but nothing is changing."
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Nothing is changing." you're right where naaman
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You're right where naaman was.
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Was. the first six times, nothing
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The first six times, nothing happened, but that didn't
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Happened, but that didn't mean something was wrong.
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Mean something was wrong. you're right on schedule.
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You're right on schedule. the good news is you're about
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The good news is you're about to come up from your seventh
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To come up from your seventh dip, where suddenly healing
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Dip, where suddenly healing comes, suddenly you're
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Comes, suddenly you're promoted, suddenly you'll see
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Promoted, suddenly you'll see that breakthrough.
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That breakthrough. keep doing the right thing.
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Keep doing the right thing. you're close to your seventh
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You're close to your seventh time.
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Time. this is what my father did.
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This is what my father did. he'd been pastoring a
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He'd been pastoring a denominational church for
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Denominational church for many years.
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Many years. he was very successful.
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He was very successful. they had seen great growth
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They had seen great growth and just built a beautiful
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And just built a beautiful new auditorium, but in 1959,
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New auditorium, but in 1959, he felt something stirring on
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He felt something stirring on the inside.
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The inside. he knew he was supposed to
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He knew he was supposed to leave that church and launch
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Leave that church and launch out on his own, but the only
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Out on his own, but the only building he could find was an
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Building he could find was an abandoned feed store.
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Abandoned feed store. he could've thought, "god,
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He could've thought, "god, you had me leave my big,
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You had me leave my big, prestigious church to come
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Prestigious church to come down to this old feed store?
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Down to this old feed store? i had thousands of members,
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I had thousands of members, and now i have 90 members.
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And now i have 90 members. that doesn't make sense."
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That doesn't make sense." but god's ways are not our
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But god's ways are not our ways.
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Ways. my father had to put his
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My father had to put his pride down.
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Pride down. for 13 years, lakewood hardly
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For 13 years, lakewood hardly grew, had less than 200
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Grew, had less than 200 members, a fraction of what
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Members, a fraction of what my father had before.
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My father had before. friends would come by: "john,
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Friends would come by: "john, what are you doing still
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What are you doing still pastoring this small
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Pastoring this small church?"
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Church?" my dad didn't get
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My dad didn't get discouraged.
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Discouraged. he kept being his best,
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He kept being his best, serving those 90 people,
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Serving those 90 people, doing what he knew god put in
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Doing what he knew god put in his heart.
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His heart. the scripture says, "when you
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The scripture says, "when you humble yourself under the
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Humble yourself under the mighty hand of god, in due
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Mighty hand of god, in due time, he will exalt you."
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Time, he will exalt you." when you walk in humility,
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When you walk in humility, there is a due time god has
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There is a due time god has already established where he
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Already established where he will catapult you ahead, a
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Will catapult you ahead, a due time where he will thrust
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Due time where he will thrust you to the next level.
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You to the next level. when you come up out of your
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When you come up out of your seventh dip, when it's your
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Seventh dip, when it's your due time, all the forces of
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Due time, all the forces of darkness cannot stop you.
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Darkness cannot stop you. when god is ready to exalt
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When god is ready to exalt you, you'll be exalted.
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You, you'll be exalted. in 1972, 13 years after my
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In 1972, 13 years after my father started lakewood, he
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Father started lakewood, he came in to his due time.
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Came in to his due time. it was like somebody opened
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It was like somebody opened the faucet.
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The faucet. people started coming from
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People started coming from all over the city.
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All over the city. lakewood grew to a church of
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Lakewood grew to a church of thousands.
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Thousands. if my father was here, he
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If my father was here, he would tell you, "the
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Would tell you, "the promotion was in the
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Promotion was in the humility."
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Humility." he had to be willing to do
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He had to be willing to do things that didn't make
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Things that didn't make sense, to pastor 90 people
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Sense, to pastor 90 people for years when he had been
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For years when he had been pastoring thousands.
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Pastoring thousands. god knows what he's doing.
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God knows what he's doing. he knows how to get you to
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He knows how to get you to the next level.
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The next level. like naaman, he knows how to
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Like naaman, he knows how to cure the leprosy, but it may
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Cure the leprosy, but it may not be the way you thought,
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Not be the way you thought, with the people you thought,
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With the people you thought, on the timetable you thought,
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On the timetable you thought, but if you'll keep walking in
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But if you'll keep walking in humility, being obedient,
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Humility, being obedient, like my father, you will come
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Like my father, you will come in to your due time where god
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In to your due time where god does more than you can ask or
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Does more than you can ask or think.
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Think. in the story of the prodigal
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In the story of the prodigal son, the young man left home
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Son, the young man left home and wasted his inheritance
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And wasted his inheritance living wild, partying, making
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Living wild, partying, making poor choices.
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Poor choices. he finally ran out of money,
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He finally ran out of money, ended up working in a hog
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Ended up working in a hog pen, feeding hogs.
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Pen, feeding hogs. but the scripture says,
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But the scripture says, "when he came to himself, he
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"when he came to himself, he said, 'i will arise and go
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Said, 'i will arise and go back to my father's house.'"
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Back to my father's house.'" he came to the point where he
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He came to the point where he humbled himself.
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Humbled himself. he was willing to admit,
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He was willing to admit, "i've made a mistake.
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"i've made a mistake. i've done wrong."
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I've done wrong." he put his pride down and
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He put his pride down and headed toward his house.
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Headed toward his house. his father was watching for
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His father was watching for him, came running out, gave
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Him, came running out, gave him a hug and said, "kill the
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Him a hug and said, "kill the fatted calf.
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Fatted calf. my son has come back home."
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My son has come back home." are you letting pride keep
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Are you letting pride keep you out of the father's
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You out of the father's house, worried about what
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House, worried about what people will think, your
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People will think, your image?
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Image? can i tell you, we've all
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Can i tell you, we've all blown it.
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Blown it. we've all made mistakes,
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We've all made mistakes, gotten off course.
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Gotten off course. don't let pride hold you
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Don't let pride hold you back.
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Back. the new beginning is in your
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The new beginning is in your humility.
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Humility. when you do like this young
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When you do like this young man and say, "god, i admit
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Man and say, "god, i admit i've done wrong," "i'm not
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I've done wrong," "i'm not where i should be, but i'm
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Where i should be, but i'm ready to come back home," god
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Ready to come back home," god will receive you with open
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Will receive you with open arms.
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Arms. that is the first step to
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That is the first step to getting out of the hog pen.
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Getting out of the hog pen. you don't have to be perfect.
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You don't have to be perfect. god is not looking at your
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God is not looking at your performance.
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Performance. he's looking at your heart.
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He's looking at your heart. "well, joel, i don't have it
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"well, joel, i don't have it all together."
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All together." none of us do.
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None of us do. it's in our weaknesses, god's
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It's in our weaknesses, god's power shows up the greatest.
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Power shows up the greatest. when you come to god with
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When you come to god with humility and ask for help,
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Humility and ask for help, he'll not only receive you,
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He'll not only receive you, but like he did for the
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But like he did for the prodigal son, he'll put a
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Prodigal son, he'll put a ring on your finger,
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Ring on your finger, signifying your authority.
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Signifying your authority. he'll give you a royal robe,
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He'll give you a royal robe, signifying his favor, and
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Signifying his favor, and he'll say, "let's have a
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He'll say, "let's have a party."
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Party." he'll celebrate you and take
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He'll celebrate you and take you further than you've ever
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You further than you've ever imagined.
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Imagined. friends, the new beginning,
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Friends, the new beginning, the promotion, the healing,
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The promotion, the healing, it's in your humility.
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It's in your humility. i'm asking us to put our
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I'm asking us to put our pride down and start doing
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Pride down and start doing what god is asking you to do.
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What god is asking you to do. maybe he's asking you to
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Maybe he's asking you to forgive or to treat people
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Forgive or to treat people better, or like my father, to
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Better, or like my father, to take a step of faith.
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Take a step of faith. whatever it is, don't talk
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Whatever it is, don't talk yourself out of it.
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Yourself out of it. may not seem fair.
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May not seem fair. you may not understand it,
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You may not understand it, but if you'll put your pride
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But if you'll put your pride down and do it anyway, you
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Down and do it anyway, you are setting yourself up for a
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Are setting yourself up for a due time.
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Due time. i believe and declare,
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I believe and declare, because you're humbling
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Because you're humbling yourself, god is about to
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Yourself, god is about to exalt you.
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Exalt you. like naaman, you're going to
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Like naaman, you're going to come up out of your seventh
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Come up out of your seventh dip, where suddenly healing
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Dip, where suddenly healing comes, promotion,
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Comes, promotion, vindication, freedom,
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Vindication, freedom, abundance, the fullness of
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Abundance, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name,
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Your destiny, in jesus' name, and if you receive it, can
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And if you receive it, can you say, "amen," today?
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I'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior."
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Savior." friends, if you prayed that
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church, and keep god first
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Church, and keep god first place.
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Place. victoria and i will be right
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing over
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Back to speak a blessing over you.
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When we
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When we face challenges, it's easy
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Face challenges, it's easy to feel like god
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To feel like god has forgotten about us.
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Has forgotten about us. we don't see
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We don't see anything happening,
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Anything happening, and thoughts tell us
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And thoughts tell us it's not going to work out.
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It's not going to work out. but god is not called the great
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But god is not called the great i was or the great i will be.
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I was or the great i will be. he's called the great i am.
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He's called the great i am. in my new book,
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In my new book, he is i am,
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He is i am, you'll discover
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You'll discover that god is with you
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That god is with you in every area of your life.
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I am is always in the present,
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I am is always in the present, not at a later time.
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Not at a later time. god is working
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God is working in your life right now.
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In your life right now. i am means i am your healer.
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I am means i am your healer. i am your provider.
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I am your provider. i am your waymaker.
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I am your waymaker. whether you're
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Whether you're facing a challenge
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Facing a challenge or pursuing your dreams,
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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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Is right there with you. 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. be sure to request your copy of
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God is for you here and now today.
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Today. visit joelosteen.com
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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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
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Victoria and i want you to know
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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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Joel Osteen - Healed Through Humility

April 29, 2025 | S25:E119

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