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Joel Osteen - A Healthy Soul

January 26, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - A Healthy Soul | January 26, 2026

>joel: god bless you.
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with
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It's great to be with you today. i hope
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You today. i hope you'll stay connected
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You'll stay connected with us during the
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With us during the week, through our daily
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Week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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Channel, social media. and you can come visit
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And you can come visit us in person. we'd love
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part
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To have you be a part of one of our services.
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Of one of our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this elderly
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I heard about this elderly gentleman. he'd had a
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Gentleman. he'd had a hearing problem his
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Hearing problem his whole life. he went
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Whole life. he went to the doctor and was
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To the doctor and was fitted with this new
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Fitted with this new state of the art hearing
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State of the art hearing aid where he could hear
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Aid where he could hear a hundred percent. a few
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A hundred percent. a few months later he went
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Months later he went back for a checkup.
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Back for a checkup. the doctor said, “wow
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The doctor said, “wow your hearing is perfect.
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Your hearing is perfect. i bet your family is so
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I bet your family is so excited that you can hear
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Excited that you can hear again.” he said, “no, i
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Again.” he said, “no, i haven't told my family.
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Haven't told my family. i just sit around and
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I just sit around and listen to the different
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Listen to the different conversations and i've
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Conversations and i've changed my will three
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Changed my will three times.”
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Times.” 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
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Have. i can do what it says i can do. today,
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the
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I will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess:
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Heart is receptive. i will never be the
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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Same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you
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I want to talk to you today about a healthy
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Today about a healthy soul. we spend a lot of
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Soul. we spend a lot of time and energy taking
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Time and energy taking care of our physical
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Care of our physical body. we try to eat
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Body. we try to eat right, exercise, get
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Right, exercise, get enough sleep. that's
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Enough sleep. that's all important. we want
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All important. we want to feel good. but we
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To feel good. but we don't spend enough time
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Don't spend enough time taking care of our
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Taking care of our soul. we don't realize
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Soul. we don't realize how much our emotions,
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How much our emotions, our attitudes,
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Our attitudes, our thoughts are
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Our thoughts are affecting us physically.
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Affecting us physically. the scripture says,
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The scripture says, “i wish above all
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“i wish above all things that you succeed
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Things that you succeed and be in good health,
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And be in good health, even as your soul
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Even as your soul prospers.”
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Prospers.” this links being healthy
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This links being healthy physically, having
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Physically, having energy, vitality, to how
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Energy, vitality, to how healthy your soul is.
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Healthy your soul is. if your soul is unhealthy
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If your soul is unhealthy it's going to spill over
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It's going to spill over to the physical.
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To the physical. if you're living stressed,
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If you're living stressed, worried, bitter, guilty,
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Worried, bitter, guilty, angry, those negative
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Angry, those negative emotions are not just
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Emotions are not just affecting your
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Affecting your relationships, your
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Relationships, your creativity, how productive
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Creativity, how productive you are, but they're
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You are, but they're weakening your immune
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Weakening your immune system. your cells are
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System. your cells are not fighting off sickness
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Not fighting off sickness like they should.
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Like they should. ninety percent of all
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Ninety percent of all doctor's visit to a
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Doctor's visit to a primary care physician
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Primary care physician are stress related.
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Are stress related. you can't sleep at night,
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You can't sleep at night, your food won't digest,
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Your food won't digest, you have ulcers.
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You have ulcers. much of that goes back
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Much of that goes back to your soul not being
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To your soul not being healthy. you're worried
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Healthy. you're worried night and day about
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Night and day about that child, stressed
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That child, stressed over your finances,
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Over your finances, holding a grudge over
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Holding a grudge over that person that did
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That person that did you wrong.
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You wrong. you don't realize, you're
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You don't realize, you're making yourself sick.
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Making yourself sick. all that negative energy
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All that negative energy is poisoning your soul.
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Is poisoning your soul. because your soul is
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Because your soul is unhealthy, it starts to
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Unhealthy, it starts to spill over to the physical.
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Spill over to the physical. you wake up in the morning
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You wake up in the morning and you wonder why you're
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And you wonder why you're still tired, why you don't
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Still tired, why you don't have any energy.
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Have any energy. it's because your mind
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It's because your mind worked all night.
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Worked all night. your body laid there but
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Your body laid there but your mind wrestled,
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Your mind wrestled, wondered, reasoned.
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Wondered, reasoned. “what if, how could i, what
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“what if, how could i, what may happen.” you're trying
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May happen.” you're trying to control things that you
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To control things that you can't control.
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Can't control. trying to fix people that
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Trying to fix people that you can't fix.
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You can't fix. worried about a problem
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Worried about a problem that may not even happen.
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That may not even happen. or even bitter over
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Or even bitter over something that took place
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Something that took place twenty years ago.
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Twenty years ago. you can't take in all those
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You can't take in all those toxins and not be poisoned.
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Toxins and not be poisoned. you can't let anger,
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You can't let anger, unforgiveness, guilt, worry
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Unforgiveness, guilt, worry dominate your life.
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Dominate your life. if you'll get your soul
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If you'll get your soul healthy, you'll get your
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Healthy, you'll get your energy back.
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Energy back. if you'll quit letting the
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If you'll quit letting the negative emotions rule,
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Negative emotions rule, then many of these physical
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Then many of these physical ailments will go.
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Ailments will go. it's all interconnected.
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It's all interconnected. in my late twenties, i
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In my late twenties, i developed this redness
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Developed this redness between my eyes and all
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Between my eyes and all around the top of my face.
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Around the top of my face. it made my skin flake.
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It made my skin flake. it was very itchy, and it
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It was very itchy, and it looked really bad.
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Looked really bad. i tried creams, lotions,
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I tried creams, lotions, different face soaps but
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Different face soaps but nothing improved.
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Nothing improved. i went to a couple
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I went to a couple dermatologists; they gave
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Dermatologists; they gave me prescriptions that would
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Me prescriptions that would help control it.
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Help control it. that lessened it, but it
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That lessened it, but it never went away.
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Never went away. a couple years later, i
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A couple years later, i went to a different doctor.
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Went to a different doctor. he said, “joel, i know
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He said, “joel, i know exactly what's causing it,
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Exactly what's causing it, it's stress.
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It's stress. you're living too uptight.
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You're living too uptight. you have too much pressure.
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You have too much pressure. i can give you more
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I can give you more medicine, but until you
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Medicine, but until you change, until you get more
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Change, until you get more balanced, it's not going to
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Balanced, it's not going to go away.” i was young, had
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Go away.” i was young, had all this energy.
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All this energy. i thought, “i'm not under
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I thought, “i'm not under stress.
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Stress. i'm fine.” sometimes we
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I'm fine.” sometimes we can't see what's poisoning
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Can't see what's poisoning us.
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Us. we have a blind spot.
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We have a blind spot. we can look in the mirror
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We can look in the mirror and see things, “i have
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And see things, “i have this redness, i have this
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This redness, i have this blemish.” we can see the
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Blemish.” we can see the physical, but we can't see
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Physical, but we can't see what's happening on the
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What's happening on the inside.
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Inside. your inner life is more
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Your inner life is more important than your outer
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Important than your outer life.
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Life. what's going on in your
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What's going on in your emotions, how you feel
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Emotions, how you feel about yourself, what you're
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About yourself, what you're allowing to play in your
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Allowing to play in your mind, that's affecting
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Mind, that's affecting what's happening on the
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What's happening on the outside.
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Outside. i was treating the symptom
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I was treating the symptom but not the cause.
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But not the cause. i thought, “just fix the
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I thought, “just fix the outside.
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Outside. just clear this redness
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Just clear this redness up.” but it kept coming
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Up.” but it kept coming back.
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Back. one day i got honest with
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One day i got honest with myself.
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Myself. i looked at all that i was
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I looked at all that i was doing.
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Doing. i was married to victoria,
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I was married to victoria, that was incredibly
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That was incredibly relaxing.
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Relaxing. i'm not even going to joke
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I'm not even going to joke about that one.
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About that one. we had a two-year-old son,
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We had a two-year-old son, another baby coming.
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Another baby coming. we had moved out of our
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We had moved out of our townhouse and were
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Townhouse and were remodeling this older home.
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Remodeling this older home. i had traveled several
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I had traveled several weeks to india with my
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Weeks to india with my father.
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Father. i was working long hours at
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I was working long hours at the church, trying to get
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The church, trying to get the tv ministry going.
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The tv ministry going. i didn't realize it, but i
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I didn't realize it, but i was living under all this
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Was living under all this pressure, this stress.
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Pressure, this stress. much of it, i was putting
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Much of it, i was putting on myself.
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On myself. i like to go fast, work
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I like to go fast, work hard, accomplish goals.
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Hard, accomplish goals. but here's a key, you are
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But here's a key, you are responsible for your own
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Responsible for your own emotional well-being.
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Emotional well-being. it's not up to anyone else.
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It's not up to anyone else. your spouse can't keep your
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Your spouse can't keep your soul well.
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Soul well. your doctor, your friends,
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Your doctor, your friends, your parents, nobody has
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Your parents, nobody has control over your soul
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Control over your soul except you.
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Except you. in one sense, not even god.
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In one sense, not even god. he's not going to make you
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He's not going to make you forgive.
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Forgive. make you not worry.
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Make you not worry. force you to not live
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Force you to not live angry, offended, guilty.
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Angry, offended, guilty. these are choices that we
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These are choices that we have to make.
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Have to make. my question today is, is
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My question today is, is your soul healthy?
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Your soul healthy? we can see your looks, your
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We can see your looks, your talent, your personality.
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Talent, your personality. but what's going on inside.
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But what's going on inside. are you at peace?
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Are you at peace? are you turning things over
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Are you turning things over to god?
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To god? do you know that you're
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Do you know that you're valuable?
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Valuable? is your heart free from
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Is your heart free from bitterness, offense?
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Bitterness, offense? or is there worry, guilt,
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Or is there worry, guilt, insecurity, self-pity?
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Insecurity, self-pity? “look what i've been
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“look what i've been through, joel.
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Through, joel. i'm angry, yes, i have this
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I'm angry, yes, i have this chip on my shoulder because
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Chip on my shoulder because these people did me wrong.”
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These people did me wrong.” that's poisoning your soul.
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That's poisoning your soul. like with me, you may not
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Like with me, you may not be able to see it.
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Be able to see it. sometimes we've gotten used
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Sometimes we've gotten used to these negative emotions.
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To these negative emotions. we've adapted.
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We've adapted. we wonder why we don't have
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We wonder why we don't have energy, why we can't sleep,
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Energy, why we can't sleep, why we're not creative.
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Why we're not creative. you have to get honest with
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You have to get honest with yourself.
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Yourself. you have to look inside and
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You have to look inside and ask, “why am i so jealous,
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Ask, “why am i so jealous, why can't i celebrate my
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Why can't i celebrate my friend's success?
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Friend's success? why am i easily offended,
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Why am i easily offended, why do i argue so much?
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Why do i argue so much? or why don't i feel good
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Or why don't i feel good about myself?”
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About myself?” a lady told me how every
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A lady told me how every time she and her husband
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Time she and her husband had the smallest
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Had the smallest disagreement, she would
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Disagreement, she would blow up, get loud and come
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Blow up, get loud and come unglued.
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Unglued. it would be this huge
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It would be this huge ordeal.
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Ordeal. the man couldn't understand
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The man couldn't understand why she was so on edge, so
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Why she was so on edge, so easily angered.
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Easily angered. over time it had become too
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Over time it had become too much, their relationship
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Much, their relationship was falling apart. as a
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Was falling apart. as a teenager, she had been in a
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Teenager, she had been in a relationship with a young
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Relationship with a young man that hurt her.
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Man that hurt her. he suddenly broke up, said
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He suddenly broke up, said some things that were very
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Some things that were very derogatory.
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Derogatory. she felt rejected, like she
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She felt rejected, like she wasn't good enough.
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Wasn't good enough. instead of letting it go,
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Instead of letting it go, knowing that god is our
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Knowing that god is our vindicator, that what
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Vindicator, that what people say don't determine
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People say don't determine who we are, she held on to
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Who we are, she held on to that offense.
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That offense. it was poisoning her
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It was poisoning her spirit, making her insecure
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Spirit, making her insecure and easily offended.
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And easily offended. when you don't let go of
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When you don't let go of things, they never heal.
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Things, they never heal. any time her husband didn't
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Any time her husband didn't agree with her, it was like
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Agree with her, it was like touching a bruise.
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Touching a bruise. she would push back, lash
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She would push back, lash out.
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Out. one day she did what we all
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One day she did what we all have to do.
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Have to do. she got honest with herself.
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She got honest with herself. she looked inside, and
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She looked inside, and said, “why am i like this?
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Said, “why am i like this? why do i get upset so
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Why do i get upset so easily?” she realized it
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Easily?” she realized it was from the pains of the
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Was from the pains of the past, from things that
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Past, from things that weren't fair that she
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Weren't fair that she hadn't dealt with.
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Hadn't dealt with. she made the decision to
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She made the decision to get the unforgiveness out,
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Get the unforgiveness out, the bitterness, the
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The bitterness, the resentment, the insecurity.
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Resentment, the insecurity. that was the turning point.
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That was the turning point. as she got her soul
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As she got her soul healthy, her relationships
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Healthy, her relationships became healthy.
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Became healthy. today she and her husband
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Today she and her husband are happy and enjoying life.
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Are happy and enjoying life. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? pay attention to your inner
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Pay attention to your inner life.
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Life. it's easy to adapt to
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It's easy to adapt to things that are poisoning
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Things that are poisoning us, and we don't realize it.
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Us, and we don't realize it. we end up going through
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We end up going through life just treating the
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Life just treating the symptoms. if we would get
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Symptoms. if we would get to the root cause, and get
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To the root cause, and get our soul healthy, then god
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Our soul healthy, then god said we will have good
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Said we will have good health and good success.
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Health and good success. hebrews says, “make sure
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Hebrews says, “make sure that no root of bitterness
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That no root of bitterness springs forth and defiles
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Springs forth and defiles you.” it describes
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You.” it describes bitterness as a root.
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Bitterness as a root. a root is underground.
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A root is underground. you can't see it.
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You can't see it. but if you let it grow,
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But if you let it grow, it's going to spring forth.
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It's going to spring forth. a bitter root will produce
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A bitter root will produce bitter fruit.
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Bitter fruit. what's on the inside is
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What's on the inside is going to show up on the
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Going to show up on the outside.
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Outside. we try to fix the fruit.
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We try to fix the fruit. we deal with the symptom,
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We deal with the symptom, but the fruit is not the
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But the fruit is not the real problem, we need to go
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Real problem, we need to go to the source and get rid
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To the source and get rid of the root.
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Of the root. proverbs says, “guard your
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Proverbs says, “guard your heart for out of it flow
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Heart for out of it flow the issues of life.” one of
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The issues of life.” one of our main responsibilities
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Our main responsibilities is to keep the toxins out.
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Is to keep the toxins out. keep those roots from
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Keep those roots from springing up.
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Springing up. offenses are going to come.
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Offenses are going to come. cranky coworkers will come.
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Cranky coworkers will come. disappointments, hurts,
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Disappointments, hurts, jealousy, anger.
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Jealousy, anger. you can't stop it from
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You can't stop it from coming.
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Coming. the question is are you
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The question is are you going to let it take root,
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Going to let it take root, get down in your spirit,
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Get down in your spirit, contaminate your joy, take
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Contaminate your joy, take your energy, open you up to
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Your energy, open you up to sickness, trouble, defeat?
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Sickness, trouble, defeat? no keep your soul healthy.
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No keep your soul healthy. you have to be an active
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You have to be an active gardener.
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Gardener. pull up those roots.
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Pull up those roots. pull up that unforgiveness.
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Pull up that unforgiveness. pull up that insecurity.
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Pull up that insecurity. pull up that guilt and
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Pull up that guilt and condemnation.
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Condemnation. don't let your soul become
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Don't let your soul become poisoned.
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Poisoned. if your soul is bitter,
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If your soul is bitter, your life will be bitter.
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Your life will be bitter. why are you letting that
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Why are you letting that worry take root, losing
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Worry take root, losing sleep, living stressed out?
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Sleep, living stressed out? you've seen god take care
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You've seen god take care of you in the past. you've
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Of you in the past. you've seen him make ways where
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Seen him make ways where you didn't see a way.
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You didn't see a way. you've seen him provide in
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You've seen him provide in a pandemic, give you peace
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A pandemic, give you peace in a storm, favor in the
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In a storm, favor in the fire.
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Fire. he did it back then, he's
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He did it back then, he's going to do it again. he
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Going to do it again. he didn't bring you this far
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Didn't bring you this far to leave you where you are.
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To leave you where you are. or why are you holding on
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Or why are you holding on to that guilt, beating
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To that guilt, beating yourself up over past
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Yourself up over past mistakes?
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Mistakes? god has forgiven you, why
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God has forgiven you, why don't you forgive yourself?
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Don't you forgive yourself? god doesn't remember it,
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God doesn't remember it, why don't you quit
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Why don't you quit remembering it?
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Remembering it? god has moved on, why don't
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God has moved on, why don't you move on?
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You move on? why are you jealous over
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Why are you jealous over that coworker that got a
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That coworker that got a promotion, that friend that
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Promotion, that friend that you think is more talented,
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You think is more talented, more beautiful, more
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More beautiful, more successful.
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Successful. now you're finding fault,
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Now you're finding fault, critical, feeling bad about
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Critical, feeling bad about who you are.
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Who you are. god blessing them doesn't
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God blessing them doesn't mean he's not going to
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Mean he's not going to bless you.
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Bless you. god didn't run out of favor.
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God didn't run out of favor. he didn't forget about you.
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He didn't forget about you. he has things in your
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He has things in your future better than you've
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Future better than you've imagined.
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Imagined. but don't let that jealous
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But don't let that jealous root keep you poisoned.
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Root keep you poisoned. pull it up.
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Pull it up. keep your heart pure.
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Keep your heart pure. celebrate their success.
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Celebrate their success. when your soul is healthy,
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When your soul is healthy, god can trust you with more.
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God can trust you with more. why are you still upset
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Why are you still upset over something that
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Over something that happened twenty years ago?
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Happened twenty years ago? why are you still holding a
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Why are you still holding a grudge over who hurt you,
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Grudge over who hurt you, who walked away, what you
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Who walked away, what you didn't get.
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Didn't get. that didn't stop god's plan.
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That didn't stop god's plan. what they did is not going
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What they did is not going to keep you from your
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To keep you from your purpose.
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Purpose. god knew it was going to
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God knew it was going to happen and he already had a
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Happen and he already had a plan to bring you out
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Plan to bring you out better, to give you beauty
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Better, to give you beauty for the ashes, joy for the
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For the ashes, joy for the mourning.
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Mourning. pull up that root of
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Pull up that root of disappointment, resentment,
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Disappointment, resentment, self-pity.
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Self-pity. that's poisoning your
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That's poisoning your future.
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Future. don't just deal with the
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Don't just deal with the symptom, get to the root.
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Symptom, get to the root. learn to live from a place
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Learn to live from a place of faith.
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Of faith. “god, i trust you.
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“god, i trust you. i know you're in control.
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I know you're in control. you're fighting my battles,
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You're fighting my battles, you've ordered my steps.
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You've ordered my steps. you have a good plan for my
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You have a good plan for my life.
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Life. you're my provider, my
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You're my provider, my protector, my way maker, my
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Protector, my way maker, my deliverer, my vindicator.
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Deliverer, my vindicator. god my life is in your
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God my life is in your hands” that's how you keep
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Hands” that's how you keep your soul healthy.
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Your soul healthy. on a regular basis, you
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On a regular basis, you have to pull up the roots,
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Have to pull up the roots, get rid of the toxins,
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Get rid of the toxins, guard your heart.
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Guard your heart. david said in psalm 119,
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David said in psalm 119, “god keep me from lying to
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“god keep me from lying to myself.” that's one of the
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Myself.” that's one of the most powerful prayers we
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Most powerful prayers we could ever pray.
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Could ever pray. that takes as much faith as
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That takes as much faith as god give me the compaq
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God give me the compaq center.
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Center. “god help me to be honest
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“god help me to be honest with myself.
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With myself. help me to look in the
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Help me to look in the mirror and see where my
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Mirror and see where my soul is not healthy.
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Soul is not healthy. where i need to change.
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Where i need to change. where i need to forgive, be
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Where i need to forgive, be more kind and understanding.
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More kind and understanding. where i need to quit
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Where i need to quit letting people take my joy.
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Letting people take my joy. where i need to get over
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Where i need to get over what happened three years
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What happened three years ago.
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Ago. where i need to quit
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Where i need to quit beating myself up, to see
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Beating myself up, to see myself as valuable,
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Myself as valuable, attractive, a masterpiece.”
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Attractive, a masterpiece.” my prayer is god don't let
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My prayer is god don't let us go through life lying to
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Us go through life lying to ourselves.
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Ourselves. it's one thing to be
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It's one thing to be dishonest with others,
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Dishonest with others, that's certainly not good,
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That's certainly not good, but don't lie to yourself.
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But don't lie to yourself. don't sweep things under
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Don't sweep things under the rug, make excuses for
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The rug, make excuses for why you're angry, bitter,
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Why you're angry, bitter, jealous, hard to get along
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Jealous, hard to get along with.
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With. there's no fault in being
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There's no fault in being there, but there is a fault
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There, but there is a fault in staying there.
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In staying there. it may be your explanation,
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It may be your explanation, but don't let it be your
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But don't let it be your excuse.
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Excuse. “joel, i have this ongoing
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“joel, i have this ongoing injury because i scraped my
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Injury because i scraped my leg.” get the wood out and
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Leg.” get the wood out and move forward with your life.
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Move forward with your life. “i'm bitter because my
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“i'm bitter because my loved one died.” no pull up
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Loved one died.” no pull up that root and go out and do
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That root and go out and do great things.
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Great things. make them proud by leaving
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Make them proud by leaving your mark.
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Your mark. “i'm stressed because my
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“i'm stressed because my finances, my children, this
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Finances, my children, this pressure at work.” you
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Pressure at work.” you can't control all that.
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Can't control all that. don't let circumstances be
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Don't let circumstances be an excuse to live worried,
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An excuse to live worried, on edge, short with your
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On edge, short with your children.
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Children. get back in balance.
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Get back in balance. get your soul healthy.
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Get your soul healthy. if you'll look inside and
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If you'll look inside and deal with things that are
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Deal with things that are stealing your peace and
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Stealing your peace and taking your joy, causing
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Taking your joy, causing you to compromise, as your
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You to compromise, as your soul gets healthier,
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Soul gets healthier, physical healing will come.
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Physical healing will come. your gifts will come out in
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Your gifts will come out in greater ways, your
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Greater ways, your relationships will be
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Relationships will be better, new doors will open.
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Better, new doors will open. it's interesting that david
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It's interesting that david prayed that prayer about
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Prayed that prayer about not lying to himself.
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Not lying to himself. maybe it stemmed from the
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Maybe it stemmed from the time he had an affair with
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Time he had an affair with bathsheba.
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Bathsheba. his men were out fighting a
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His men were out fighting a battle.
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Battle. he stayed back in the
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He stayed back in the palace.
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Palace. one night he went on the
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One night he went on the roof top to get some fresh
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Roof top to get some fresh air.
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Air. he saw this beautiful girl
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He saw this beautiful girl taking a bath.
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Taking a bath. instead of walking away,
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Instead of walking away, not going there, he went
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Not going there, he went and got the binoculars.
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And got the binoculars. she was a married woman.
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She was a married woman. david sent for her.
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David sent for her. she ended up getting
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She ended up getting pregnant.
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Pregnant. david tried to cover it up.
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David tried to cover it up. he had her husband come
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He had her husband come home from the battle, but
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Home from the battle, but he was so loyal, he
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He was so loyal, he wouldn't sleep with her
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Wouldn't sleep with her while his colleagues were
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While his colleagues were out fighting.
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Out fighting. david told the commanders
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David told the commanders to put him out on the front
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To put him out on the front lines where he wouldn't be
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Lines where he wouldn't be protected.
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Protected. he was killed in the battle.
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He was killed in the battle. david took bathsheba as his
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David took bathsheba as his wife.
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Wife. he thought everything was
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He thought everything was fine.
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Fine. he covered it up, no big
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He covered it up, no big deal.
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Deal. but the problem with
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But the problem with burying negative toxins is
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Burying negative toxins is they never stay buried.
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They never stay buried. those toxins will
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Those toxins will eventually come back up and
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Eventually come back up and begin to poison your life.
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Begin to poison your life. for the next year, while
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For the next year, while david was lying to himself,
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David was lying to himself, pretending that nothing was
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Pretending that nothing was wrong, his health began to
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Wrong, his health began to deteriorate.
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Deteriorate. he was sick and weakly.
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He was sick and weakly. here he'd been strong his
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Here he'd been strong his whole life.
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Whole life. he was warrior, but now his
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He was warrior, but now his soul was unhealthy.
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Soul was unhealthy. the guilt, the shame, the
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The guilt, the shame, the compromise, it started to
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Compromise, it started to affect his physical body.
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Affect his physical body. he finally got honest and
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He finally got honest and admitted his mistake.
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Admitted his mistake. he said, “god create in me
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He said, “god create in me a clean heart. god, forgive
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A clean heart. god, forgive me of my wrongs.” he was
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Me of my wrongs.” he was saying, “god i'm not hiding
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Saying, “god i'm not hiding anymore.
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Anymore. i'm going to deal with
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I'm going to deal with these toxins that are
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These toxins that are poisoning my soul.” the
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Poisoning my soul.” the beauty of our god is he's
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Beauty of our god is he's merciful.
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Merciful. he'll forgive you.
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He'll forgive you. god restored david.
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God restored david. he got his health back, his
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He got his health back, his joy back and he went on to
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Joy back and he went on to fulfill his purpose.
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Fulfill his purpose. but until you get honest
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But until you get honest with yourself, deal with
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With yourself, deal with what you know is holding
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What you know is holding you back, you're going to
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You back, you're going to be limited.
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Be limited. as your soul gets
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As your soul gets healthier, your body is
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Healthier, your body is going to get healthier.
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Going to get healthier. you're going to have more
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You're going to have more energy, more vitality.
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Energy, more vitality. david is the one that wrote
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David is the one that wrote in psalm 23, “he restores
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In psalm 23, “he restores my soul.” your soul may
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My soul.” your soul may feel broken today, wounded,
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Feel broken today, wounded, hurt from mistakes you've
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Hurt from mistakes you've made, or from what someone
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Made, or from what someone else did.
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Else did. but your soul can be
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But your soul can be restored.
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Restored. when you get honest with
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When you get honest with yourself, you release what
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Yourself, you release what you need to release, guilt,
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You need to release, guilt, worry, anger, jealousy,
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Worry, anger, jealousy, then healing will come.
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Then healing will come. joy will come.
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Joy will come. peace will come.
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Peace will come. i believe even now, god is
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I believe even now, god is restoring souls.
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Restoring souls. emotional healing is taking
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Emotional healing is taking place.
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Place. healing from the hurts, the
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Healing from the hurts, the pains of the past, what
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Pains of the past, what wasn't fair, the loss, the
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Wasn't fair, the loss, the heartache.
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Heartache. healing from self-inflicted
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Healing from self-inflicted wounds, mistakes we've
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Wounds, mistakes we've made, regrets we're living
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Made, regrets we're living in. healing from tormenting
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In. healing from tormenting spirits, from mental
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Spirits, from mental illness, from anxiety, from
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Illness, from anxiety, from depression.
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Depression. god is doing a new thing.
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God is doing a new thing. forces that have held you
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Forces that have held you back are being broken, off
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Back are being broken, off of your emotions, your
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Of your emotions, your attitudes, your thoughts.
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Attitudes, your thoughts. you are not going to live
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You are not going to live wounded.
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Wounded. he's restoring your soul.
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He's restoring your soul. your latter days are going
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Your latter days are going to be better than your
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To be better than your former days.
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Former days. you're about to step into a
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You're about to step into a new level of joy, peace,
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New level of joy, peace, fulfillment, abundance,
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Fulfillment, abundance, victory.
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Victory. don't believe those lies
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Don't believe those lies that it's too late, you've
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That it's too late, you've made too many mistakes,
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Made too many mistakes, you've been through too
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You've been through too much.
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Much. no, the best part of your
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No, the best part of your life is still in front of
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Life is still in front of you.
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You. we knew a man growing up
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We knew a man growing up that loved to play the
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That loved to play the piano.
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Piano. he was very talented, but
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He was very talented, but he suffered from rheumatoid
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He suffered from rheumatoid arthritis.
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Arthritis. over the years, it kept
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Over the years, it kept getting worse and worse.
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Getting worse and worse. it got to the point where
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It got to the point where his fingers were all bent
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His fingers were all bent over like he was making a
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Over like he was making a fist. he couldn't open them
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Fist. he couldn't open them anymore.
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Anymore. all of his joints were
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All of his joints were swollen.
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Swollen. of course, he couldn't play
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Of course, he couldn't play the piano.
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The piano. he was so discouraged.
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He was so discouraged. he used to play for hours
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He used to play for hours and now that dream was gone.
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And now that dream was gone. he attended lakewood.
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He attended lakewood. one day he heard my father
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One day he heard my father speaking about forgiveness
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Speaking about forgiveness and how important it is
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And how important it is that we don't hold on to
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That we don't hold on to these hurts and how that
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These hurts and how that can poison our life.
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Can poison our life. this man felt convicted.
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This man felt convicted. he had held something
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He had held something against his parents for
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Against his parents for years.
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Years. he felt like they had done
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He felt like they had done him wrong.
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Him wrong. instead of letting it go,
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Instead of letting it go, showing mercy, he let that
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Showing mercy, he let that bitterness take root.
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Bitterness take root. he wouldn't speak to them,
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He wouldn't speak to them, shut them out of his life.
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Shut them out of his life. he thought that was the
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He thought that was the best way to handle it.
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Best way to handle it. he didn't realize that was
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He didn't realize that was poisoning his soul.
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Poisoning his soul. when your soul is unhealthy
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When your soul is unhealthy it can affect you
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It can affect you physically.
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Physically. that day he made a decision
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That day he made a decision that he was going to
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That he was going to forgive his parents and
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Forgive his parents and make things right.
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Make things right. he went to their house, his
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He went to their house, his mother was weeping, the
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Mother was weeping, the father hugged him, so happy.
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Father hugged him, so happy. it was an answer to their
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It was an answer to their prayer.
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Prayer. this man told how he felt
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This man told how he felt this heaviness, this weight
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This heaviness, this weight lift off of him. he had
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Lift off of him. he had gotten used to it.
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Gotten used to it. he forgot what it was like
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He forgot what it was like to be free, not have that
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To be free, not have that bitterness in the back of
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Bitterness in the back of his mind, always poisoning
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His mind, always poisoning his joy.
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His joy. it was great that his
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It was great that his parents wanted
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Parents wanted reconciliation.
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Reconciliation. they were happy to have
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They were happy to have their son back.
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Their son back. but there may be times
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But there may be times where the people that did
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Where the people that did you wrong, don't want to
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You wrong, don't want to reconcile.
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Reconcile. they don't want to have you
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They don't want to have you in their life.
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In their life. that's okay.
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That's okay. you're not forgiving for
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You're not forgiving for their sake, you're
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Their sake, you're forgiving for your sake.
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Forgiving for your sake. forgive so you can keep
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Forgive so you can keep your own soul healthy.
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Your own soul healthy. let it go, so that negative
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Let it go, so that negative root doesn't spring up and
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Root doesn't spring up and contaminate the rest of
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Contaminate the rest of your life.
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Your life. they hurt you once, don't
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They hurt you once, don't let them continue to hurt
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Let them continue to hurt you by holding on to it.
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You by holding on to it. let god be your vindicator.
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Let god be your vindicator. he sees what wasn't fair.
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He sees what wasn't fair. he knows who did you wrong.
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He knows who did you wrong. and he knows how to make it
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And he knows how to make it up to you.
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Up to you. he knows how to bring you
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He knows how to bring you out better than you were
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Out better than you were before.
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Before. over the next few months,
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Over the next few months, much to this man's
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Much to this man's surprise, his fingers,
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Surprise, his fingers, little by little, started
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Little by little, started opening up.
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Opening up. the swelling started going
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The swelling started going down.
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Down. he got better and better.
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He got better and better. a year later, he could sit
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A year later, he could sit down and play the piano
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Down and play the piano like he'd never missed a
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Like he'd never missed a beat.
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Beat. it's amazing what will
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It's amazing what will happen when our soul gets
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Happen when our soul gets healthy.
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Healthy. when we get free from the
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When we get free from the bitterness, the guilt, the
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Bitterness, the guilt, the stress, the worry.
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Stress, the worry. that's when healing is
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That's when healing is released, that's when
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Released, that's when you'll see good success,
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You'll see good success, the blessing of god in new
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The blessing of god in new ways.
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Ways. i realize not all sickness
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I realize not all sickness is from a lack of emotional
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Is from a lack of emotional well-being.
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Well-being. but any time you face
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But any time you face sickness you're going to
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Sickness you're going to have to be strong in your
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Have to be strong in your emotions, in what you allow
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Emotions, in what you allow to play in your mind.
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To play in your mind. when my mother was sick
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When my mother was sick with cancer, she wrote
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With cancer, she wrote letters to people that she
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Letters to people that she thought she may have
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Thought she may have offended, asking them to
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Offended, asking them to forgive her.
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Forgive her. she was making sure that
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She was making sure that there were no toxins in her
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There were no toxins in her spirit, that nothing she
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Spirit, that nothing she was doing was poisoning her
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Was doing was poisoning her emotional well-being.
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Emotional well-being. she knew the emotional will
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She knew the emotional will affect the physical.
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Affect the physical. she even watched cartoons,
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She even watched cartoons, funny programs that would
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Funny programs that would make her laugh.
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Make her laugh. the scripture says, “a
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The scripture says, “a merry heart is like taking
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Merry heart is like taking medicine, being joyful
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Medicine, being joyful brings healing, but a
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Brings healing, but a broken spirit dries up the
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Broken spirit dries up the bones.” if you go around
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Bones.” if you go around discouraged, defeated,
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Discouraged, defeated, “man, this medical report
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“man, this medical report looks so bad, i don't think
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Looks so bad, i don't think i'm ever going to get
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I'm ever going to get well.” you're helping that
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Well.” you're helping that sickness.
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Sickness. you're giving it life.
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You're giving it life. but when you're cheerful,
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But when you're cheerful, when you know god's in
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When you know god's in control, when you're
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Control, when you're thanking him when you could
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Thanking him when you could be complaining, you're
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Be complaining, you're laughing when you could be
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Laughing when you could be crying, that's sending
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Crying, that's sending healing to your body.
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Healing to your body. i believe many of these
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I believe many of these diseases would go away,
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Diseases would go away, headaches, high blood
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Headaches, high blood pressure, digestive
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Pressure, digestive problems if we'd start
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Problems if we'd start taking our medicine.
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Taking our medicine. laughing, being joyful,
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Laughing, being joyful, good natured.
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Good natured. we focus a lot on the
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We focus a lot on the outside but today i'm
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Outside but today i'm asking you to look inside.
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Asking you to look inside. is your soul healthy?
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Is your soul healthy? how are you spending the
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How are you spending the day?
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Day? positive, hopeful,
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Positive, hopeful, grateful, or are you
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Grateful, or are you weighed down with stress,
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Weighed down with stress, burdens, worry?
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Burdens, worry? how can you be creative
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How can you be creative when you're using so much
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When you're using so much energy for the negative?
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Energy for the negative? how can your immune system
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How can your immune system work properly when you have
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Work properly when you have bitterness, anger, regrets?
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Bitterness, anger, regrets? how can you be the mother,
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How can you be the mother, the father, the leader
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The father, the leader you're called to be when
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You're called to be when you have these toxins
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You have these toxins poisoning your spirit?
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Poisoning your spirit? it's time to get honest
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It's time to get honest with yourself.
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With yourself. don't go another year
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Don't go another year letting something you have
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Letting something you have control over hold you back.
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Control over hold you back. get your soul healthy.
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Get your soul healthy. pull up those bitter roots.
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Pull up those bitter roots. start turning things over
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Start turning things over to god.
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To god. release the worry, the
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Release the worry, the hurt, what didn't work out.
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Hurt, what didn't work out. keep your heart pure.
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Keep your heart pure. if you'll do this, i
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare,
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Believe and declare, because your soul is
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Because your soul is healthy, you're going to
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Healthy, you're going to have good success and good
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Have good success and good health.
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Health. new doors are about to
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New doors are about to open, opportunity is going
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Open, opportunity is going to find you, healing is
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To find you, healing is coming, strength, energy,
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Coming, strength, energy, vitality, the fullness of
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Vitality, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
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Your destiny, in jesus' name.
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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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It's a new year.
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It's a new year. time to see the impossible
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Time to see the impossible become possible.
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Become possible. it's a new year.
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It's a new year. life's setbacks are about
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Life's setbacks are about to become god's setups
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To become god's setups for new opportunity.
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For new opportunity. it's a new year.
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It's a new year. cherished dreams
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Cherished dreams will become unexpected reality.
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Will become unexpected reality. the start of the new year
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The start of the new year is the perfect time
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Is the perfect time to reset your focus,
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To reset your focus, release disappointments
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Release disappointments of the past,
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Of the past, and get ready for
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And get ready for the new things
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The new things god has in store.
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Every january,
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Every january, we create
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We create a new 365-day
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A new 365-day devotional calendar.
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Devotional calendar. i'd love to send it to you.
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I'd love to send it to you. each day is filled
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Each day is filled with inspiration,
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With inspiration, scripture, and uplifting
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Scripture, and uplifting declarations
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Declarations to fuel your faith.
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To fuel your faith. when you begin the day thanking
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When you begin the day thanking god for what he's done,
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God for what he's done, speaking victory
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Speaking victory over your future,
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Over your future, you're positioning yourself
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You're positioning yourself for a blessed,
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For a blessed, favor-filled year.
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Favor-filled year. amazing things happen
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Amazing things happen when you keep god first place.
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When you keep god first place. 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 first month of the year,
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This first month of the year, we would like to send you
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A copy
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Aof our brand new 365-day, 2026
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Aof our brand new 365-day, 2026 devotional calendar.
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Devotional calendar. do you want to overcome
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Do you want to overcome your most pressing
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Your most pressing challenges in 2026?
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Challenges in 2026? do you want to see your life
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Do you want to see your life take off in new directions
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Take off in new directions of influence,
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Of influence, favor and provision
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Favor and provision in the year ahead?
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In the year ahead? with this daily encouragement,
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With this daily encouragement, you'll not only smile
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You'll not only smile at your day,
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At your day, you'll be reminded
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You'll be reminded that god is smiling
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That god is smiling on your entire life.
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On your entire life. each day
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Each day will be a fresh new day.
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Will be a fresh new day. turn discouragement
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Turn discouragement to encouragement.
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To encouragement. frustration to fulfillment.
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Frustration to fulfillment. anxiety to overcoming.
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Anxiety to overcoming. using this devotional calendar
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Using this devotional calendar is as easy as one, two, three.
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Is as easy as one, two, three. one: wake up with an expectancy
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One: wake up with an expectancy in your heart.
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In your heart. two: reflect
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Two: reflect on the daily scripture verse
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On the daily scripture verse and devotional from joel.
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And devotional from joel. three:
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Three: capture the lord's
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Capture the lord's promises to you
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Promises to you on journaling lines
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On journaling lines for writing and reflection.
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For writing and reflection. 2026 is going to be
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2026 is going to be one of your best years ever.
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One of your best years ever. we're going to help you
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We're going to help you stay in faith
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So you can see
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The goodness of god
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The goodness of god in new ways.
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In new ways. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day
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You and your family every day and we want to
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And we want to thank you for your prayer
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Thank you for your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity is impacting
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Your generosity is impacting lives around the world.
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Lives around the world. a special
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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You can watch the services online live
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Online live every sunday morning.
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Every sunday morning. download our daily podcast,
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Download our daily podcast, watch on youtube
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Watch on youtube or the new joel osteen network
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Or the new joel osteen network 24 hours a day.
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24 hours a day. of course,
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Of course, listen live on sirius
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Listen live on sirius xm as well.
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Xm as well. but until we meet again,
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But until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. request your copy of the 2026
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Request your copy of the 2026 devotional calendar today
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Devotional calendar today with your gift of any amount.
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With your gift of any amount. also, no matter what season
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Also, no matter what season you're in,
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You're in, god wants to speak into each
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God wants to speak into each and every moment.
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And every moment. god's word for
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God's word for every season is a guided
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Every season is a guided journal series
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Journal series designed to help you slow down,
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Designed to help you slow down, write out
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Write out scripture, and reflect
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Scripture, and reflect on its truth,
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On its truth, one verse at a time.
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One verse at a time. as you engage with his word,
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As you engage with his word, you'll discover fresh strength,
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You'll discover fresh strength, deeper peace,
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Deeper peace, and timely encouragement
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And timely encouragement for every step of your journey.
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Joel Osteen - A Healthy Soul

January 26, 2026 | 27:29

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