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Joel Osteen - The I Am Advantage

April 27, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The I Am Advantage | April 27, 2025

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. someone sent
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Something funny. someone sent me this funny prayer about
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Me this funny prayer about food. it goes like this.
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Food. it goes like this. “lord, grant me the strength
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“lord, grant me the strength that i may not fall into the
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That i may not fall into the clutches of cholesterol. at
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Clutches of cholesterol. at polyunsaturates i'll never
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Polyunsaturates i'll never mutter, for the road to hell
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Mutter, for the road to hell is paved with butter. cake is
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Is paved with butter. cake is cursed, cream is awful, and
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Cursed, cream is awful, and satan is hiding in every
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Satan is hiding in every waffle. beelzebub is a
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Waffle. beelzebub is a chocolate drop; lucifer is a
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Chocolate drop; lucifer is a lollypop. teach me the evils
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Lollypop. teach me the evils of fried chicken from the
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Of fried chicken from the south. lord, if you love me,
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South. lord, if you love me, shut my mouth.” (laughter)
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Shut my mouth.” (laughter) say it like you mean it,
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Say it like you mean it, y'all. this is my bible. i am
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Y'all. this is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have
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What it says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do
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What it says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today,
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What it says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of
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I will be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my
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God. i boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Mind is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be
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Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus' name. god
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The same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about the i am advantage. two
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About the i am advantage. two of the most important words
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Of the most important words we can ever say are “i am”.
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We can ever say are “i am”. they're just small, ordinary
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They're just small, ordinary words. we use i and am in
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Words. we use i and am in different ways all through
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Different ways all through the day. but when you put
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The day. but when you put them together, something
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Them together, something powerful happens. whatever
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Powerful happens. whatever follows the i am will come
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Follows the i am will come looking for you. “i am
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Looking for you. “i am blessed.” blessings are
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Blessed.” blessings are coming. “i am strong.”
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Coming. “i am strong.” strength is coming. “i am
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Strength is coming. “i am healthy,” health is coming.
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Healthy,” health is coming. this is great when we use it
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This is great when we use it in the positive. we declare
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In the positive. we declare good things over our life.
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Good things over our life. the problem is it works in
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The problem is it works in the negative as well. “i am
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The negative as well. “i am unattractive.”
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Unattractive.” unattractiveness comes. “i am
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Unattractiveness comes. “i am lazy.” laziness comes. “i am
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Lazy.” laziness comes. “i am unlucky.” bad breaks come.
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Unlucky.” bad breaks come. whatever you put after the i
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Whatever you put after the i am, you're inviting into your
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Am, you're inviting into your life. just imagine, you're
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Life. just imagine, you're sending it an invitation. “i
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Sending it an invitation. “i am talented.” you just
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Am talented.” you just invited talent to come. “i am
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Invited talent to come. “i am disciplined. i am focused. i
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Disciplined. i am focused. i am a masterpiece.” you're
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Am a masterpiece.” you're inviting things that are
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Inviting things that are making you better, moving you
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Making you better, moving you toward your destiny. but how
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Toward your destiny. but how many times are we inviting
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Many times are we inviting things we don't want.
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Things we don't want. “joel, i'm just ordinary.”
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“joel, i'm just ordinary.” you're inviting ordinary. “i
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You're inviting ordinary. “i am poor. i am broke. i am so
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Am poor. i am broke. i am so in debt.” you're inviting
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In debt.” you're inviting lack, struggle. not enough.
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Lack, struggle. not enough. “i am weak. i am tired. i am
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“i am weak. i am tired. i am lonely.” you're inviting the
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Lonely.” you're inviting the very things you're trying to
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Very things you're trying to get rid of. pay attention to
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Get rid of. pay attention to what you're sending
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What you're sending invitations to. the good news
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Invitations to. the good news is you get to choose what
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Is you get to choose what follows the i am. no more, “i
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Follows the i am. no more, “i am limited. i am out of
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Am limited. i am out of shape. i am at a
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Shape. i am at a disadvantage.” do yourself a
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Disadvantage.” do yourself a favor, cancel those
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Favor, cancel those invitations. quit sending out
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Invitations. quit sending out what you don't want back.
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What you don't want back. “well joel, i'm just telling
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“well joel, i'm just telling it like it is. it's the
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It like it is. it's the truth. i am sick. i am broke.
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Truth. i am sick. i am broke. i am undisciplined.” the
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I am undisciplined.” the scripture says, “let the weak
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Scripture says, “let the weak say, i am strong.” god didn't
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Say, i am strong.” god didn't say, “let the weak say, i am
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Say, “let the weak say, i am weak. let the insecure say, i
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Weak. let the insecure say, i am not enough.” god says, use
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Am not enough.” god says, use the i am to declare who i say
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The i am to declare who i say you are.
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You are. the circumstances may say
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The circumstances may say you're sick, the medical
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You're sick, the medical report doesn't look good. but
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Report doesn't look good. but don't go around saying, “i am
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Don't go around saying, “i am unhealthy. i am going down. i
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Unhealthy. i am going down. i am so worried.” you're
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Am so worried.” you're prophesying your future.
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Prophesying your future. change what follows the i am.
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Change what follows the i am. how about, “i am healthy. i
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How about, “i am healthy. i am strong. i am an overcomer.
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Am strong. i am an overcomer. i am armed with strength for
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I am armed with strength for this battle.” you declare
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This battle.” you declare that and healing starts
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That and healing starts coming, strength, vitality.
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Coming, strength, vitality. instead of, “i am limited. i
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Instead of, “i am limited. i am at a disadvantage. i am
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Am at a disadvantage. i am not up to par.” turn that
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Not up to par.” turn that around. “i am equipped. i am
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Around. “i am equipped. i am empowered. i am anointed. i
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Empowered. i am anointed. i am well able.” look at what
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Am well able.” look at what you're inviting, power,
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You're inviting, power, favor, anointing, the
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Favor, anointing, the goodness of god. the
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Goodness of god. the scripture says, “with our
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Scripture says, “with our words we can bless ourselves
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Words we can bless ourselves or we can curse ourselves.”
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Or we can curse ourselves.” sometimes it's not the enemy
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Sometimes it's not the enemy holding us back, we're
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Holding us back, we're holding ourselves back. we're
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Holding ourselves back. we're using these negative i am's
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Using these negative i am's and we may not even realize
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And we may not even realize it. pay attention to what
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It. pay attention to what follows the i am. what are
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Follows the i am. what are you saying about yourself?
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You saying about yourself? one reason the i am is so
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One reason the i am is so powerful, is it's one of the
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Powerful, is it's one of the names of god. moses had been
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Names of god. moses had been hiding in the desert because
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Hiding in the desert because of a mistake he had made. he
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Of a mistake he had made. he had to flee from the
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Had to flee from the egyptians. after forty years,
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Egyptians. after forty years, god came to him in a burning
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God came to him in a burning bush and told him to go
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Bush and told him to go deliver the israelites from
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Deliver the israelites from slavery. that's what he was
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Slavery. that's what he was originally called to do. he
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Originally called to do. he thought he had missed his
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Thought he had missed his purpose. he told god how the
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Purpose. he told god how the pharoah wouldn't listen to
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Pharoah wouldn't listen to him and how the israelites
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Him and how the israelites wouldn't follow his
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Wouldn't follow his leadership. he had all these
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Excuses. he finally said,ese
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Excuses. he finally said,ese “god if i go, the israelites
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“god if i go, the israelites are going to ask me who sent
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Are going to ask me who sent me. what should i tell them
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Me. what should i tell them your name is?” “god said,
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Your name is?” “god said, ‘you tell them my name is i
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‘you tell them my name is i am.'” he could have said my
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Am.'” he could have said my name is jehovah. my name is
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Name is jehovah. my name is yahweh. my name is most high.
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Yahweh. my name is most high. but out of all the names he
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But out of all the names he could have chosen, he simply
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Could have chosen, he simply said, tell them i am sent
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Said, tell them i am sent you. every time we say i am
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We are saying the name of
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We are saying the name of god. that's why what follows
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God. that's why what follows the i am has so much power.
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The i am has so much power. when you say, “i am healthy.”
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When you say, “i am healthy.” you are saying in effect,
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You are saying in effect, “god i believe i am healthy.”
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“god i believe i am healthy.” that statement has the
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That statement has the authority of the creator of
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Authority of the creator of the universe. it's not just
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The universe. it's not just being positive. let me speak
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Being positive. let me speak some nice affirmations over
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Some nice affirmations over me. when you use i am, it's
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Me. when you use i am, it's backed up by the most high
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Backed up by the most high god.
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God. you may be struggling, you
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You may be struggling, you have some things coming
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Have some things coming against you. but when you
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Against you. but when you declare, “i am blessed. i am
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Declare, “i am blessed. i am victorious. i am more than a
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Victorious. i am more than a conqueror. i am the head and
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Conqueror. i am the head and not the tail.” you're not
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Not the tail.” you're not just hyping yourself up. the
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Just hyping yourself up. the power of the living god is
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Power of the living god is behind those i am's. you
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Behind those i am's. you could be worried about your
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Could be worried about your children, stressed over your
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Children, stressed over your job, upset over people at
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Job, upset over people at work. but instead of giving
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Work. but instead of giving life to all that defeat, you
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Life to all that defeat, you declare. “i am peaceful. i am
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Declare. “i am peaceful. i am calm. i am secure. i am
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Calm. i am secure. i am confident.” when god hears
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Confident.” when god hears those i am's, declaring what
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Those i am's, declaring what he said about you, angels go
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He said about you, angels go to work, forces of darkness
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To work, forces of darkness are broken, miracles are set
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Are broken, miracles are set into motion. his power is
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Into motion. his power is backing up the i am. that's
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Backing up the i am. that's his name.
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His name. but imagine how god must feel
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But imagine how god must feel when he has created us in his
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When he has created us in his image, crowned us with his
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Image, crowned us with his favor, put the enemy under
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Favor, put the enemy under our feet, called us more than
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Our feet, called us more than conquerors. but he hears us
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Conquerors. but he hears us using the i am to devalue who
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Using the i am to devalue who we are, to criticize
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We are, to criticize ourselves, to speak
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Ourselves, to speak mediocrity. it's like using
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Mediocrity. it's like using his name in vain. “i am not
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His name in vain. “i am not talented enough. i am not
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Talented enough. i am not really smart enough. i am not
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Really smart enough. i am not attractive enough.” no god
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Attractive enough.” no god calls you a masterpiece. he
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Calls you a masterpiece. he put in you everything you
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Put in you everything you need to reach your destiny. i
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Need to reach your destiny. i can hear god saying, “don't
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Can hear god saying, “don't put my name on that. don't
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Put my name on that. don't use my authority for
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Use my authority for something i didn't call you.”
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Something i didn't call you.” a few years ago, someone
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A few years ago, someone created a fake brand on the
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Created a fake brand on the internet under victoria's
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Internet under victoria's name. it was this skin care
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Name. it was this skin care line. had all this product.
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Line. had all this product. made all these promises. used
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Made all these promises. used her picture. they showed her
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Her picture. they showed her on talk shows telling how
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On talk shows telling how amazing it was. it was all
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Amazing it was. it was all fake. we had nothing to do
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Fake. we had nothing to do with it. people would come
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With it. people would come up, “victoria i bought your
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Up, “victoria i bought your skin care products. we love
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Skin care products. we love it.” we had to tell the
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It.” we had to tell the authorities, take our name
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Authorities, take our name off of that. it's not us.
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Off of that. it's not us. it's a scam. in the same way,
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It's a scam. in the same way, when god hears us saying, “i
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When god hears us saying, “i am weak. i am addicted. i am
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Dysfunctional, joel; it's am
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Dysfunctional, joel; it's am been in my family a long
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Been in my family a long time. i am unworthy. i don't
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Time. i am unworthy. i don't deserve to be blessed. i am
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Deserve to be blessed. i am not able. i don't have the
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Not able. i don't have the training.” god says, “that's
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Training.” god says, “that's not who i am. that's a scam.
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Not who i am. that's a scam. don't use my name like that.”
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Don't use my name like that.” that's the enemy trying to
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That's the enemy trying to get you to use the i am in
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Get you to use the i am in the wrong way. when you use
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‘i am' to describe who you
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‘i am' to describe who you are or to describe your
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Are or to describe your circumstances, you need to
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Circumstances, you need to make sure it's in agreement
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Make sure it's in agreement with who god says you are.
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With who god says you are. don't use his name in vain. i
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Don't use his name in vain. i know normally that means
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Know normally that means cursing, talking bad, but how
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Cursing, talking bad, but how about not using his name to
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About not using his name to speak negative over yourself,
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Speak negative over yourself, to contradict who he says you
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To contradict who he says you are.
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Are. i had a friend in high
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I had a friend in high school. he was a good guy,
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School. he was a good guy, very smart, talented, great
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Very smart, talented, great in sports, but he was always
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In sports, but he was always putting himself down. i've
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Putting himself down. i've never known anyone to be more
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Never known anyone to be more negative toward themselves. i
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Negative toward themselves. i don't think he even realized
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Don't think he even realized he was doing it. or he was
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He was doing it. or he was just trying to be funny,
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Just trying to be funny, self-deprecating. but all
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Self-deprecating. but all through the day, he would say
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Through the day, he would say things like, “i am so
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Things like, “i am so stupid.” in front of the
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Stupid.” in front of the whole class. “i am so fat. i
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Whole class. “i am so fat. i am so clumsy.” the problem
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Am so clumsy.” the problem with saying that is it's
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With saying that is it's going to catch up to you.
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We'd play basketball. he'd
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We'd play basketball. he'd miss a shot. running back
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Miss a shot. running back down the court, he would say
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Down the court, he would say it over and over. “i'm an
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It over and over. “i'm an idiot. i am an idiot. i am an
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Idiot. i am an idiot. i am an idiot.” i thought to myself,
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Idiot.” i thought to myself, “you're not an idiot. you
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“you're not an idiot. you just missed a shot.” we all
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Just missed a shot.” we all miss shots. quit cursing your
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Future. quit using the i am
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Future. quit using the i am in vain. some people have
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In vain. some people have developed this habit of being
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Developed this habit of being against themselves. they've
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Against themselves. they've become trained to speak these
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Become trained to speak these negative i am's. they don't
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Negative i am's. they don't realize they are cursing
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Realize they are cursing their future. you can't go
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Their future. you can't go around speaking negative
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Around speaking negative about yourself and reach your
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About yourself and reach your destiny. as long as you have
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Destiny. as long as you have the wrong i am's, it's going
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The wrong i am's, it's going to limit your potential.
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To limit your potential. david said in psalms, “god
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David said in psalms, “god put a watch over my mouth.”
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Put a watch over my mouth.” that's a great prayer. “god
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That's a great prayer. “god don't let me speak another
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Don't let me speak another negative thing about myself.”
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Negative thing about myself.” you have enough people in
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You have enough people in life against you, don't be
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Life against you, don't be against yourself. most of us,
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Against yourself. most of us, don't go around criticizing
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Don't go around criticizing other people. you don't go to
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Other people. you don't go to your friends or that person
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Your friends or that person sitting next to you and say,
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Sitting next to you and say, “man you don't look good
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“man you don't look good today. you sure are
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Today. you sure are overweight. your personality
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Overweight. your personality really gets on my nerves.”
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Really gets on my nerves.” you may think that, but you
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You may think that, but you don't verbalize it. i hope
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Don't verbalize it. i hope you don't. you're not going
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You don't. you're not going to say something to put them
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To say something to put them down. we're disciplined when
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Down. we're disciplined when it comes to not devaluing
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It comes to not devaluing others, why are you devaluing
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Others, why are you devaluing yourself? you don't criticize
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Yourself? you don't criticize your friends, why are you
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Your friends, why are you critical toward yourself? you
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Critical toward yourself? you don't speak defeat over your
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Don't speak defeat over your children. you tell them how
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Children. you tell them how beautiful they are, how
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Beautiful they are, how talented, how proud you are
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Talented, how proud you are to have them. why don't you
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To have them. why don't you start being good to yourself?
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Start being good to yourself? don't say another time, “i am
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Don't say another time, “i am unattractive. i am not
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Unattractive. i am not likable. i am too short. i am
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Likable. i am too short. i am clumsy. i am slow.” zip that
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Clumsy. i am slow.” zip that up. when you criticize
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Up. when you criticize yourself, you are criticizing
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Yourself, you are criticizing god's creation. you might as
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God's creation. you might as well look up and say, “god,
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Well look up and say, “god, you didn't do a very good job
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You didn't do a very good job on me.”
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On me.” the fact is god calls you a
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The fact is god calls you a masterpiece. he made you in
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Masterpiece. he made you in his own image. he didn't make
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His own image. he didn't make you in a dog's image, or a
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You in a dog's image, or a lion's image or even an
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Lion's image or even an angel's image. you have the
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Angel's image. you have the dna of almighty god. you look
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Dna of almighty god. you look like the creator of the
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Like the creator of the universe. you have royal
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Universe. you have royal blood flowing through your
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Blood flowing through your veins. when god made you, he
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Veins. when god made you, he liked you so much, he threw
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Liked you so much, he threw away the mold. you are one of
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Away the mold. you are one of a kind, a prized possession.
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A kind, a prized possession. but the trick of the enemy is
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But the trick of the enemy is to get you to go through life
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To get you to go through life feeling inferior, like you're
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Feeling inferior, like you're not enough, speaking negative
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Not enough, speaking negative i am's. he knows if you go
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I am's. he knows if you go around discounting yourself,
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Around discounting yourself, you'll never see the
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You'll never see the masterpiece you were meant to
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Masterpiece you were meant to be. when you say, “i am not
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Be. when you say, “i am not valuable. i am not that
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Valuable. i am not that talented. i am ordinary.”
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Talented. i am ordinary.” that's dishonoring to god.
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That's dishonoring to god. you are using his name, the i
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You are using his name, the i am, to contradict who he says
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Am, to contradict who he says you are. you may feel those
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You are. you may feel those ways, but you have to learan
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Ways, but you have to learan to turn it around. in the
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To turn it around. in the face of insecurity, feeling
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Face of insecurity, feeling inferior, you need to say, “i
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Inferior, you need to say, “i am worthy. i am valuable. i
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Am worthy. i am valuable. i am a masterpiece. i am
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Am a masterpiece. i am talented. i am crowned with
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Talented. i am crowned with favor.” that's what causes
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Favor.” that's what causes god to go to work. that's
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God to go to work. that's using his name the right way.
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Using his name the right way. the circumstances may say one
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The circumstances may say one thing. it's tempting to talk
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Thing. it's tempting to talk about that, but you have to
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About that, but you have to get in agreement with god. “i
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Get in agreement with god. “i may be struggling with this
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May be struggling with this addiction, but i am not an
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Addiction, but i am not an addict. i am not
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Addict. i am not dysfunctional. i am not a
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Dysfunctional. i am not a product of my environment. i
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Product of my environment. i am free. i am whole. i am
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Am free. i am whole. i am clean. i am victorious.”
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Clean. i am victorious.” sometimes the reason we're
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Sometimes the reason we're stuck is we keep using our i
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Stuck is we keep using our i am's to describe the
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Am's to describe the situation, but you need to
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Situation, but you need to use the i am to change the
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Use the i am to change the situation. “business may be
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Situation. “business may be slow. my bank account may
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Slow. my bank account may have gone down, but that's
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Have gone down, but that's not who i am. i am blessed. i
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Not who i am. i am blessed. i am prosperous. i am under the
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Am prosperous. i am under the open windows of heaven.”
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Open windows of heaven.” whatever follows that i am is
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Whatever follows that i am is going to come looking for
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Going to come looking for you. “i am average.” average
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You. “i am average.” average comes looking. how about, “i
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Comes looking. how about, “i am exceptional.” exception
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Am exceptional.” exception comes looking. favor, new
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Comes looking. favor, new levels. “i am unworthy. i
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Levels. “i am unworthy. i don't measure up.”
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Don't measure up.” unworthiness comes, shame,
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Unworthiness comes, shame, guilt. try a different i am.
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Guilt. try a different i am. “i am forgiven. i am
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“i am forgiven. i am redeemed. i am restored. i am
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Redeemed. i am restored. i am the righteousness of god.”
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The righteousness of god.” that's what brings hope.
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That's what brings hope. that's what brings life and
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That's what brings life and causes you to get back up and
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Causes you to get back up and go again.
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When my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord, i knew i was
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With the lord, i knew i was supposed to step up and
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Supposed to step up and pastor the church, but i
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Pastor the church, but i didn't feel qualified. i had
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Didn't feel qualified. i had been behind the scenes for
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Been behind the scenes for seventeen years doing the
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Seventeen years doing the television production. i had
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Never dreamed to be a pastor.
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Never dreamed to be a pastor. i'd never ministered. plus,
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I'd never ministered. plus, my father was such a great
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My father was such a great pastor, so strong, this big
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Pastor, so strong, this big personality. i thought, “i
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Personality. i thought, “i don't have any of that.” my i
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Don't have any of that.” my i am's were negative. “i am
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Am's were negative. “i am intimidated. i am
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Intimidated. i am unqualified. i am lacking.”
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Unqualified. i am lacking.” the fact is that was all
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The fact is that was all true. i wasn't making it up.
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True. i wasn't making it up. that's how i felt. but the
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That's how i felt. but the scripture says, let the weak
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Scripture says, let the weak say i am strong. not let the
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Say i am strong. not let the weak describe the situation.
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Weak describe the situation. let the weak talk about how
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Let the weak talk about how you feel. no let the weak
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You feel. no let the weak declare what god says. if i
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Declare what god says. if i would have kept the wrong i
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Would have kept the wrong i am's, i wouldn't be up here
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Am's, i wouldn't be up here today. all these thoughts
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Today. all these thoughts told me i couldn't do it, but
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Told me i couldn't do it, but all through the day, i
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All through the day, i wouldn't say what i felt,
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Wouldn't say what i felt, that was tempting, but i put
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That was tempting, but i put a watch over my mouth. i did
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A watch over my mouth. i did my best to only said what god
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My best to only said what god said about me. “i am strong.
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Said about me. “i am strong. i am anointed. i am equipped.
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I am anointed. i am equipped. i am favored.” you know what
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I am favored.” you know what started looking for me,
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Started looking for me, courage, strength, power,
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Courage, strength, power, anointing. i discovered
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Anointing. i discovered ability i never dreamed i
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Ability i never dreamed i had. talent came out that i
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Had. talent came out that i didn't know was in me. don't
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Didn't know was in me. don't let negative i am's keep you
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Let negative i am's keep you from your greatness. you
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From your greatness. you can't reach your destiny
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Can't reach your destiny speaking defeat over your
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Speaking defeat over your life. whatever follows that i
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Life. whatever follows that i am, make sure it's uplifting,
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Am, make sure it's uplifting, encouraging, empowering, that
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Encouraging, empowering, that it's what god says about you.
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Some people get up in theyou.
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Some people get up in theyou. morning, look in the mirror
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Morning, look in the mirror and the first thing they say
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And the first thing they say is, “man, i am so old
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Is, “man, i am so old looking. i am so wrinkled. i
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Looking. i am so wrinkled. i am so out of shape.” next
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Am so out of shape.” next time you do that, just
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Time you do that, just imagine, you're sending out
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Imagine, you're sending out invitations. “oldness, you
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Invitations. “oldness, you are cordially invited into my
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Are cordially invited into my life. wrinkles, this is your
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Life. wrinkles, this is your formal invitation. i would
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Formal invitation. i would love to have you.
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Love to have you. unattractiveness, ugliness,
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Unattractiveness, ugliness, homeliness, i'd like to
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Homeliness, i'd like to personally--.” you better
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Personally--.” you better start canceling those
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Start canceling those invitations. some of you
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They've already shown up. no,
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They've already shown up. no, i'm just kidding. instead of
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I'm just kidding. instead of all those negative i am's,
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All those negative i am's, starting the day off down on
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Starting the day off down on yourself, get in agreement
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Yourself, get in agreement with god. if you're going to
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With god. if you're going to use his name, put what he
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Use his name, put what he says behind it. “father, you
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Says behind it. “father, you said, my youth is being
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Said, my youth is being renewed like the eagles. so,
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Renewed like the eagles. so, i declare: i am young. i am
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I declare: i am young. i am strong. i am good looking. i
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Strong. i am good looking. i am vibrant. i am a
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Am vibrant. i am a masterpiece.” when you say
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Masterpiece.” when you say that, you're going to get
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That, you're going to get stronger, fresher, younger,
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Stronger, fresher, younger, more vitality. whatever is
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More vitality. whatever is following the i am, you're
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Following the i am, you're calling in. pay attention to
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Calling in. pay attention to what you're speaking over
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What you're speaking over yourself. do you want what
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Yourself. do you want what you're inviting.
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You're inviting. david said in psalm 139,
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David said in psalm 139, “god, i praise you because
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“god, i praise you because you have made me in an
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You have made me in an amazing way. what you have
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Amazing way. what you have done is wonderful.” notice
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Done is wonderful.” notice david's i am's. he was
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David's i am's. he was saying, not in arrogance, but
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Saying, not in arrogance, but in praise to god, “i am
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In praise to god, “i am amazing. i am wonderful. i am
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Amazing. i am wonderful. i am a masterpiece.” most of us
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A masterpiece.” most of us think just the opposite.
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Think just the opposite. “there's nothing amazing
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“there's nothing amazing about me. nothing wonderful.
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About me. nothing wonderful. i've got these flaws. i'm
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I've got these flaws. i'm impatient. i don't have a
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Impatient. i don't have a very good personality.” we're
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Very good personality.” we're speaking against who we
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Speaking against who we really are. we're using the
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Really are. we're using the name of god, the i am, to
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Name of god, the i am, to devalue ourselves, to push
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Devalue ourselves, to push down the greatness he put in
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Down the greatness he put in us. have you ever said, “i am
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Us. have you ever said, “i am amazing. i am beautiful. i am
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Amazing. i am beautiful. i am talented. i am successful.” i
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Talented. i am successful.” i know people that say that to
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Know people that say that to others. they have no problem
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Others. they have no problem complimenting their friends.
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Complimenting their friends. “you look amazing today. that
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“you look amazing today. that was an incredible
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Was an incredible presentation. you did
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Presentation. you did outstanding. you played
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Outstanding. you played awesome in your game.” they
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Awesome in your game.” they speak the blessing over
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Speak the blessing over others, but they never do it
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Others, but they never do it to themselves. it's good for
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To themselves. it's good for people to tell you you're
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People to tell you you're great, you're kind, talented,
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Great, you're kind, talented, beautiful, but there's a
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Beautiful, but there's a whole other level of impact
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Whole other level of impact when it comes out of your
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When it comes out of your mouth. your i am is one of
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Mouth. your i am is one of the most powerful tools to
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The most powerful tools to reach your destiny.
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Reach your destiny. when was the last time you
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When was the last time you said, “i am amazing.” you're
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Said, “i am amazing.” you're not bragging on you; you're
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Not bragging on you; you're bragging on what god has
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Bragging on what god has done. i don't mean out in
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Done. i don't mean out in public, go around announcing
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Public, go around announcing it, i'm talking about in
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It, i'm talking about in private, in your quiet time,
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Private, in your quiet time, you need to be able to say,
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You need to be able to say, “lord, thank you that i am
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“lord, thank you that i am amazing. i am fearfully and
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Amazing. i am fearfully and wonderfully made. i am
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Wonderfully made. i am attractive. i am strong. i am
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Attractive. i am strong. i am talented. i am disciplined. i
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Talented. i am disciplined. i am powerful. i am favored. i
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Am powerful. i am favored. i am victorious.” because
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Am victorious.” because you're in agreement with god,
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You're in agreement with god, the power of his name is
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The power of his name is backing you up. the god who
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Backing you up. the god who told moses, tell the people i
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Told moses, tell the people i am sent you. when he hears
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Am sent you. when he hears you declaring what he
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You declaring what he promised, in the unseen realm
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Promised, in the unseen realm things are set into motion.
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Things are set into motion. god begins to bring about
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God begins to bring about what he says about you.
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In the scripture, god told
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In the scripture, god told jeremiah that he knew him
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Jeremiah that he knew him before he was formed in his
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Before he was formed in his mother's womb, and that he
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Mother's womb, and that he was going to become a great
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Was going to become a great prophet. that he would speak
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Prophet. that he would speak to nations and make a great
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To nations and make a great difference with his life. but
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Jeremiah was young. he didn't
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Jeremiah was young. he didn't have the training. no one in
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Have the training. no one in his family had done anything
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His family had done anything significant. he said in verse
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Significant. he said in verse 6, “oh sovereign god, i do
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6, “oh sovereign god, i do not know how to speak. i am
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Not know how to speak. i am too young.” notice his i
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Too young.” notice his i am's. “i am not able. i am at
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Am's. “i am not able. i am at a disadvantage. i am too
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A disadvantage. i am too young.” god could have said,
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Young.” god could have said, “no jeremiah, you can do
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“no jeremiah, you can do this. i'm going to help you.
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This. i'm going to help you. take this step.” he could
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Take this step.” he could have encouraged him and tried
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Have encouraged him and tried to talk him into it. but god
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To talk him into it. but god knows the power of the i am.
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Knows the power of the i am. he knows if we're speaking
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He knows if we're speaking against ourselves, it will
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Against ourselves, it will keep us from rising higher.
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Keep us from rising higher. god answered him back and
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God answered him back and said, “jeremiah, say not that
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Said, “jeremiah, say not that you're too young.” god was
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You're too young.” god was saying in effect, “don't put
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Saying in effect, “don't put that negative i am with my
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That negative i am with my name. that's not who i called
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Name. that's not who i called you to be. i didn't say
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You to be. i didn't say you're too young, you're not
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You're too young, you're not able, afraid. i said you will
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Able, afraid. i said you will speak to nations.”
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Speak to nations.” like jeremiah, god not only
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Like jeremiah, god not only knew you before you were
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Knew you before you were formed in the womb, but he's
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Formed in the womb, but he's already called you to
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Already called you to accomplish your assignment,
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Accomplish your assignment, to go further than you think
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To go further than you think possible, to overcome
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Possible, to overcome obstacles that look too big.
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Obstacles that look too big. when he called you, he put in
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When he called you, he put in you everything you need to
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You everything you need to fulfill your destiny. but
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Fulfill your destiny. but there will be these times
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There will be these times where you don't feel
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Where you don't feel qualified. you don't have the
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Qualified. you don't have the experience. you don't come
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Experience. you don't come from an influential family.
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From an influential family. all these circumstances seem
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All these circumstances seem like you should shrink back,
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Like you should shrink back, stay where it's comfortable.
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Stay where it's comfortable. but god is going to call out
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But god is going to call out of you, things you didn't
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Of you, things you didn't know were in you. he's going
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Know were in you. he's going to take you further than
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To take you further than others in your family have
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Others in your family have gone. if you're going to see
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Gone. if you're going to see these new levels, you have to
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These new levels, you have to have the right i am's. you'll
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Have the right i am's. you'll be tempted to make excuses,
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Be tempted to make excuses, to devalue yourself, come up
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To devalue yourself, come up with the reasons it's not
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With the reasons it's not possible. that's judging your
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Possible. that's judging your future based off of what's
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Future based off of what's happened in the past. but god
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Happened in the past. but god is about to do a new thing,
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Is about to do a new thing, something that you've never
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Something that you've never seen. he's about to show out
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Seen. he's about to show out in your life in an uncommon
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In your life in an uncommon way. don't let negative i
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Way. don't let negative i am's hold you back. by faith,
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Am's hold you back. by faith, you have to declare that you
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You have to declare that you are who god says you are.
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Are who god says you are. “god if you say i am a giant
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“god if you say i am a giant killer, then i'm going to get
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Killer, then i'm going to get in agreement, and say what
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In agreement, and say what you say. i am a giant killer.
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You say. i am a giant killer. god, if you say i am a
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God, if you say i am a prophet to the nations, then
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Prophet to the nations, then i'm not going to use my i am
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I'm not going to use my i am to tell you, i am too young.
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To tell you, i am too young. my new i am is i am well
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My new i am is i am well able. i am equipped. i am
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Able. i am equipped. i am anointed for this assignment.”
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Anointed for this assignment.” don't tell god all the
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Don't tell god all the reasons you can't do it. “i
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Reasons you can't do it. “i am addicted. i am broke. i am
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Am addicted. i am broke. i am limited. i am too young, too
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Limited. i am too young, too old, too short, too tall.”
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Old, too short, too tall.” all these negative i am's.
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All these negative i am's. god is saying to us what he
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God is saying to us what he said to him, “say not you
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Said to him, “say not you can't do it.” zip up that
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Can't do it.” zip up that negative. that's going to
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Negative. that's going to keep you from your destiny.
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Keep you from your destiny. god would not have called you
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God would not have called you to do it, if you weren't well
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To do it, if you weren't well able.
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Able. verse 9 says, “the lord
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Verse 9 says, “the lord reached out and touched
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Reached out and touched jeremiah's mouth, and said, i
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Jeremiah's mouth, and said, i have put my words in you.”
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Have put my words in you.” god could have reached out
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God could have reached out and touched his heart,
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And touched his heart, touched his head. but god
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Touched his head. but god touched his mouth. he was
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Touched his mouth. he was saying, “from now on you're
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Saying, “from now on you're going to speak my words.”
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Going to speak my words.” what's held many people back
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What's held many people back are these negative i am's.
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Are these negative i am's. they've been speaking against
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They've been speaking against themselves their whole life.
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Themselves their whole life. devaluing who they are. it's
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Devaluing who they are. it's pushed down their gifts, kept
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Pushed down their gifts, kept them from dreams, limited
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Them from dreams, limited relationships. often, we
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Relationships. often, we don't realize we're doing it.
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Don't realize we're doing it. it's how we were raised.
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It's how we were raised. we've always been against
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We've always been against ourselves. i believe today,
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Ourselves. i believe today, like god did for jeremiah,
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Like god did for jeremiah, he's touching your mouth.
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He's touching your mouth. he's going to help you stop
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He's going to help you stop cursing your future. you're
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Cursing your future. you're going to feel a power, a
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Going to feel a power, a strength, to not speak defeat
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Strength, to not speak defeat over your life. when you
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Over your life. when you start to, the spirit of god
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Start to, the spirit of god is going to rise up and
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Is going to rise up and remind you to zip it up. say
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Remind you to zip it up. say not that you're too young.
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Not that you're too young. say not that you're not
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Say not that you're not qualified. say not you missed
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Qualified. say not you missed your chance. say not that
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Your chance. say not that you'll live addicted. what
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You'll live addicted. what god has spoken over you, will
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God has spoken over you, will override what the enemy has
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Override what the enemy has told you. no force of
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Told you. no force of darkness can stop what god
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Darkness can stop what god has purposed for you. now do
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Has purposed for you. now do your part and use that i am
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Your part and use that i am to declare what god says
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To declare what god says about you.
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This is what jeremiah did. he
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This is what jeremiah did. he changed his i am. from, “i am
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Changed his i am. from, “i am too young, to i am
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Too young, to i am victorious. i am an
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Victorious. i am an overcomer. i am empowered.”
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Overcomer. i am empowered.” god touched his mouth and
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God touched his mouth and said in verse 18, “jeremiah,
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Said in verse 18, “jeremiah, i have made you like a
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I have made you like a strong, fortified city. you
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Strong, fortified city. you will stand up against any
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Will stand up against any opposition. they will fight
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Opposition. they will fight you, but they will fail. for
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You, but they will fail. for i am with you.” when you have
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The right i am's, the most
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The right i am's, the most high god will show up. people
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High god will show up. people may come against you, but the
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May come against you, but the great i am is backing you up.
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Great i am is backing you up. are negative i am's keeping
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Are negative i am's keeping you from your destiny? have
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You from your destiny? have you been speaking against
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You been speaking against your future and maybe don't
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Your future and maybe don't realize it. using one of the
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Realize it. using one of the names of god to declare
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Names of god to declare defeat, to speak mediocrity.
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Defeat, to speak mediocrity. this is a new day. god has
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This is a new day. god has reached out to touch your
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Reached out to touch your mouth. he's going to help you
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Mouth. he's going to help you speak faith filled words.
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Speak faith filled words. when you get the right i
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When you get the right i am's, you'll be amazed at how
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Am's, you'll be amazed at how your self-image begins to
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Your self-image begins to improve. you feel good about
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Improve. you feel good about who you are. you don't live
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Who you are. you don't live stuck, thinking that you
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Stuck, thinking that you could never get well, never
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Could never get well, never break the addiction. you know
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Break the addiction. you know that's only temporary. that
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That's only temporary. that god is fighting your battles.
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God is fighting your battles. they came against you, but
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They came against you, but like jeremiah they will fail.
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Like jeremiah they will fail. for god is with you. pay
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For god is with you. pay attention to what follows the
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Attention to what follows the i am. that's what you're
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I am. that's what you're inviting into your life. no
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Inviting into your life. no more inviting lack, defeat,
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More inviting lack, defeat, struggle. let's invite some
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Struggle. let's invite some new things. let me help you
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New things. let me help you to get started. will you say
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To get started. will you say this after me. “i am strong.
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This after me. “i am strong. i am healthy. i am talented.
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I am healthy. i am talented. i am valuable. i am forgiven.
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I am valuable. i am forgiven. i am amazing. i am
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I am amazing. i am exceptional. i am a
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Exceptional. i am a masterpiece. i am blessed. i
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Masterpiece. i am blessed. i am successful. i am young. i
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Am successful. i am young. i am favored. i am powerful. i
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Am favored. i am powerful. i am victorious in jesus' name.
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Am victorious in jesus' name. amen and amen. do you receive
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It today? (applause)u receive
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When we
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When we face challenges, it's easy
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Face challenges, it's easy to feel like god
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To feel like god has forgotten about us.
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Has forgotten about us. we don't see
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We don't see anything happening,
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Anything happening, and thoughts tell us
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And thoughts tell us it's not going to work out.
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It's not going to work out. but god is not called the great
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But god is not called the great i was or the great i will be.
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I was or the great i will be. he's called the great i am.
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He's called the great i am. in my new book,
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In my new book, he is i am,
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He is i am, you'll discover
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You'll discover that god is with you
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That god is with you in every area of your life.
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In every area of your life. i am is always in the present,
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Not at a later time.
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Not at a later time. god is working
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God is working in your life right now.
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In your life right now. i am means i am your healer.
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I am means i am your healer. i am your provider.
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I am your provider. i am your waymaker.
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I am your waymaker. whether you're
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Whether you're facing a challenge
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Facing a challenge or pursuing your dreams,
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Or pursuing your dreams, stay in faith.
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Stay in faith. the great i am
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The great i am is right there with you.
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As our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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A copy of joel's book, he is i am:
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He is i am: god is for you here and now.
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God is for you here and now. are you in need of protection
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Are you in need of protection or provision today?
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Or provision today? jesus assures us,
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Jesus assures us, "i am
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"i am the good shepherd."
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The good shepherd." does the path ahead
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Does the path ahead seem uncertain or dark?
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Seem uncertain or dark? jesus declares,
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Jesus declares, "i am the light of the world."
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"i am the light of the world." do you feel like your career,
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Do you feel like your career, calling, or marriage
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Calling, or marriage is beyond hope?
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Is beyond hope? jesus promises,
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Jesus promises, "i am the resurrection
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"i am the resurrection and the life."
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And the life." with every i am statement,
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With every i am statement, you'll discover
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You'll discover more about who god is
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More about who god is and what he has made
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And what he has made available for you.
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Available for you. not someday, but today.
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Not someday, but today. request your copy today
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Request your copy today and watch god's promise
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And watch god's promise come alive.
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Come alive. no matter what you face,
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No matter what you face, he is here and now for you.
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He is here and now for you. you're never alone.
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You're never alone. the great
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The great i am is behind the scenes
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I am is behind the scenes making ways, opening doors,
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Making ways, opening doors, turning things in your favor.
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Turning things in your favor. victoria and i want you to know
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Victoria and i want you to know we love you
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We love you and we pray for you every day.
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And we pray for you every day. thanks for your prayer
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Thanks for your prayer and support of the ministry.
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And support of the ministry. your generosity
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Your generosity is making a difference
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Is making a difference in people's lives
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In people's lives around the world.
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Around the world. a special
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly support.
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For your monthly support. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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And until we see you next time, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. request your copy of
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Request your copy of he is i am:
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Joel Osteen - The I Am Advantage

April 27, 2025 | 27:29

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