Joel Osteen - If You Only Knew

January 27, 2025 | S25:E27

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

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - If You Only Knew | January 27, 2025
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  • > (music intro) > joel: god bless you!
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  • > joel: god bless you! it's a joy to have you
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  • It's a joy to have you with us today.
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  • With us today. if you're ever in our
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  • If you're ever in our area, please stop by;
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  • Area, please stop by; be a part of one of our
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  • Be a part of one of our services. these are the
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  • Services. these are the finest people in all of
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  • Finest people in all of houston, texas right here
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  • Houston, texas right here at lakewood. i also hope
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  • At lakewood. i also hope you'll stay connected with
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  • You'll stay connected with us during the week.
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  • Us during the week. we have a daily podcast
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  • We have a daily podcast you can download.
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  • You can download. our youtube channel; watch
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  • Our youtube channel; watch the messages anytime.
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  • The messages anytime. you can follow us on social
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  • You can follow us on social media. we'll keep you
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  • Media. we'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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  • Encouraged and inspired. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny.
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  • Something funny. i heard about these two men,
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  • I heard about these two men, archie and jack, they had
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  • Archie and jack, they had debated their whole life as
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  • Debated their whole life as to whether jesus was white
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  • To whether jesus was white or whether he was black.
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  • Or whether he was black. archie was certain he was
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  • Archie was certain he was white, jack was just as
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  • White, jack was just as certain he was black.
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  • Certain he was black. as fate would have it, they
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  • As fate would have it, they died on the same day, rushed
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  • Died on the same day, rushed to the pearly gates and
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  • To the pearly gates and said, "st. peter, please
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  • Said, "st. peter, please tell us, we've been arguing
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  • Tell us, we've been arguing our whole life, is jesus
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  • Our whole life, is jesus white or is he black?"
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  • White or is he black?" about that time, jesus
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  • About that time, jesus stepped up and said,
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  • Stepped up and said, "buenos dias."
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  • Say it like you mean it.
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  • Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am
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  • 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.
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  • What it says i have. i can do what it says
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  • I can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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  • I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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  • Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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  • I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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  • Is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never
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  • Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus'
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  • Be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about if you only knew.
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  • About if you only knew. we all go through
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  • We all go through disappointments in life,
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  • Disappointments in life, things we don't understand.
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  • Things we don't understand. sometimes we make mistakes
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  • Sometimes we make mistakes and bring trouble on
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  • And bring trouble on ourselves.
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  • Ourselves. it's easy to get discouraged
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  • It's easy to get discouraged and lose our passion.
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  • And lose our passion. but god won't allow anything
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  • But god won't allow anything to happen that will keep you
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  • To happen that will keep you from your purpose.
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  • From your purpose. he's already taken into
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  • He's already taken into account every bad break,
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  • Account every bad break, every person that walked
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  • Every person that walked away, every mistake.
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  • Away, every mistake. what we can't see is how
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  • What we can't see is how he's working behind the
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  • He's working behind the scenes.
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  • Scenes. sometimes he has to close a
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  • Sometimes he has to close a door so he can open a bigger
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  • Door so he can open a bigger door.
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  • Door. he'll move a person out of
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  • He'll move a person out of your life because they're
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  • Your life because they're limiting your growth.
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  • Limiting your growth. what looks like a
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  • What looks like a disappointment is really the
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  • Disappointment is really the hand of god ordering your
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  • Hand of god ordering your steps.
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  • Steps. it doesn't make sense now
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  • It doesn't make sense now but down the road you'll see
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  • But down the road you'll see how if that door hadn't of
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  • How if that door hadn't of closed, you wouldn't have
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  • Closed, you wouldn't have met that person, that
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  • Met that person, that introduced you to a friend,
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  • Introduced you to a friend, that had an opportunity that
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  • That had an opportunity that took you to a new level.
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  • Took you to a new level. if you only knew what god
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  • If you only knew what god was up to, you wouldn't live
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  • Was up to, you wouldn't live upset.
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  • Upset. if you only knew how he's
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  • If you only knew how he's going to connect the dots in
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  • Going to connect the dots in your life, how all things
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  • Your life, how all things are going to work for your
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  • Are going to work for your good, you'd get your passion
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  • Good, you'd get your passion back.
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  • Back. maybe you went through a
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  • Maybe you went through a loss, you're discouraged,
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  • Loss, you're discouraged, thinking you've seen your
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  • Thinking you've seen your best days.
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  • Best days. i know that's difficult but
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  • I know that's difficult but if you only knew god has
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  • If you only knew god has beauty for those ashes.
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  • Beauty for those ashes. if you only knew the new
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  • If you only knew the new doors that are going to
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  • Doors that are going to open, the new friendships
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  • Open, the new friendships that are coming.
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  • That are coming. if you only knew that your
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  • If you only knew that your latter days will be better
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  • Latter days will be better than your former days.
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  • Than your former days. it looks like the end, but
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  • It looks like the end, but really, it's a new
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  • Really, it's a new beginning.
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  • Beginning. the best part of your life
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  • The best part of your life is still in front of you.
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  • Is still in front of you. perhaps you've made
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  • Perhaps you've made mistakes, you're not where
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  • Mistakes, you're not where you thought you'd be in
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  • You thought you'd be in life.
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  • Life. you've accepted that you
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  • You've accepted that you can't reach your dreams, you
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  • Can't reach your dreams, you can't see god's favor, look
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  • Can't see god's favor, look what you've done.
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  • What you've done. that didn't stop your
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  • That didn't stop your destiny.
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  • Destiny. god knew every mistake you
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  • God knew every mistake you would make, every failure.
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  • Would make, every failure. he's already lined up
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  • He's already lined up restoration, another chance.
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  • Restoration, another chance. when god told jonah to go to
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  • When god told jonah to go to the city of nineveh, jonah
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  • The city of nineveh, jonah went the other way.
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  • Went the other way. exactly opposite of what he
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  • Exactly opposite of what he knew he was supposed to do.
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  • Knew he was supposed to do. god didn't say, "i'm done
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  • God didn't say, "i'm done with you, jonah, see if i'll
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  • With you, jonah, see if i'll ever help you."
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  • Ever help you." a couple days later, jonah
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  • A couple days later, jonah was thrown overboard, in the
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  • Was thrown overboard, in the middle of the sea, in a huge
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  • Middle of the sea, in a huge storm.
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  • Storm. you would think god would
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  • You would think god would say, "see jonah, i told you
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  • Say, "see jonah, i told you to do what i said.
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  • To do what i said. now you're in trouble,
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  • Now you're in trouble, you're on your own."
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  • You're on your own." god had a big fish already
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  • God had a big fish already in place, a whale waiting to
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  • In place, a whale waiting to rescue jonah.
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  • Rescue jonah. it swallowed him up and
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  • It swallowed him up and carried him to the shore,
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  • Carried him to the shore, like a cruise liner.
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  • Like a cruise liner. three days later spit him up
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  • Three days later spit him up on dry ground.
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  • On dry ground. you may be off course,
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  • You may be off course, thinking you've missed your
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  • Thinking you've missed your destiny, if you only knew
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  • Destiny, if you only knew what great lengths god is
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  • What great lengths god is going to go to get you back
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  • Going to go to get you back on course.
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  • On course. if you only knew there are
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  • If you only knew there are whale's waiting for you, to
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  • Whale's waiting for you, to rescue you, to protect you,
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  • Rescue you, to protect you, to bring you back into your
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  • To bring you back into your purpose.
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  • Purpose. you can't outrun the mercy
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  • You can't outrun the mercy of god.
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  • Of god. you can't get too far away,
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  • You can't get too far away, too far down.
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  • Too far down. the psalmist said, "if i go
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  • The psalmist said, "if i go to the depths of the ocean,
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  • To the depths of the ocean, god you are there.
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  • God you are there. if i go to the heights of
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  • If i go to the heights of the heaven, you're still
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  • The heaven, you're still there."
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  • There." when the fish spit jonah
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  • When the fish spit jonah out, god told him go to the
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  • Out, god told him go to the city of nineveh.
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  • City of nineveh. he gave him another chance.
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  • He gave him another chance. this time jonah went, he got
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  • This time jonah went, he got back on course, he fulfilled
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  • Back on course, he fulfilled his purpose.
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  • His purpose. you may have gone your own
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  • You may have gone your own way, done things that were
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  • Way, done things that were not the best, you think god
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  • Not the best, you think god wouldn't have anything to do
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  • Wouldn't have anything to do with you, but like jonah you
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  • With you, but like jonah you can still become who you
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  • Can still become who you were created to be.
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  • Were created to be. don't sit around condemned,
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  • Don't sit around condemned, listening to the accuser,
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  • Listening to the accuser, reminding yourself of
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  • Reminding yourself of everything you've done
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  • Everything you've done wrong.
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  • Wrong. if you only knew what god
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  • If you only knew what god was going to do, how he's
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  • Was going to do, how he's not just going to restore
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  • Not just going to restore you, not just bring you out
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  • You, not just bring you out and set you on the
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  • And set you on the sidelines, he's going to put
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  • Sidelines, he's going to put you back into purpose.
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  • You back into purpose. his calling is still on your
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  • His calling is still on your life, the assignment he has
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  • Life, the assignment he has for you didn't get canceled
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  • For you didn't get canceled because you took a detour.
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  • Because you took a detour. he's still going to honor
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  • He's still going to honor you.
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  • You. you're still going to see
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  • You're still going to see dreams come to pass, you're
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  • Dreams come to pass, you're still going to have a
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  • Still going to have a healthy family.
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  • Healthy family. in john 4 jesus was
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  • In john 4 jesus was traveling with his disciples
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  • Traveling with his disciples from judea to galilee.
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  • From judea to galilee. they stopped in samaria, the
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  • They stopped in samaria, the disciples went into town to
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  • Disciples went into town to buy food.
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  • Buy food. jesus was waiting at a well.
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  • Jesus was waiting at a well. at noontime, this samaritan
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  • At noontime, this samaritan woman came to the well to
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  • Woman came to the well to get water.
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  • Get water. she had been married five
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  • She had been married five times, and now was living
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  • Times, and now was living with a sixth man.
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  • With a sixth man. she had gone through great
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  • She had gone through great rejection and heartache,
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  • Rejection and heartache, been taken advantage of.
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  • Been taken advantage of. she felt ashamed, unworthy,
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  • She felt ashamed, unworthy, unattractive, devalued.
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  • Unattractive, devalued. on top of that people would
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  • On top of that people would talk about her, make
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  • Talk about her, make disparaging remarks.
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  • Disparaging remarks. so much so that she came to
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  • So much so that she came to the well at noon, the
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  • The well at noon, the hottest part of the day.
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  • Hottest part of the day. everyone else came in the
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  • Everyone else came in the morning but she didn't want
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  • Morning but she didn't want to see anyone.
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  • To see anyone. she didn't want to feel
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  • She didn't want to feel their judgment, hear their
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  • Their judgment, hear their comments.
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  • Comments. as a little girl, i'm sure
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  • As a little girl, i'm sure she dreamed of getting
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  • She dreamed of getting married and having a happy
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  • Married and having a happy family but life didn't turn
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  • Family but life didn't turn out the way she thought.
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  • Out the way she thought. she had made mistakes, other
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  • She had made mistakes, other people had done her wrong,
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  • People had done her wrong, now she was hurting and
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  • Now she was hurting and lonely.
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  • Lonely. at the well, jesus asked her
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  • At the well, jesus asked her for a drink of water.
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  • For a drink of water. the woman was surprised
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  • The woman was surprised because back then the
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  • Because back then the samaritans didn't have
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  • Samaritans didn't have anything to do with the
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  • Anything to do with the jews.
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  • Jews. on top of that, in that
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  • On top of that, in that culture, a man would never
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  • Culture, a man would never speak to a woman that he
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  • Speak to a woman that he didn't know.
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  • Didn't know. but i love the fact that
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  • But i love the fact that jesus broke rules to reach
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  • Jesus broke rules to reach people, he went against
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  • People, he went against protocol, against what was
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  • Protocol, against what was accepted to lift the fallen,
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  • Accepted to lift the fallen, to restore the broken, to
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  • To restore the broken, to heal the hurting.
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  • Heal the hurting. she said to jesus, "you're a
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  • She said to jesus, "you're a jew, i'm a samaritan why are
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  • Jew, i'm a samaritan why are you asking me for a drink?"
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  • You asking me for a drink?" jesus said to her, "if you
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  • Jesus said to her, "if you only knew the gift god has
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  • Only knew the gift god has for you and who i am, you
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  • For you and who i am, you would ask me and i would
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  • Would ask me and i would give you living water."
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  • Give you living water." he was saying, "if you only
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  • He was saying, "if you only knew what i'm about to do
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  • Knew what i'm about to do for you, if you only knew
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  • For you, if you only knew how i'm about to heal the
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  • How i'm about to heal the hurts, restore your sense of
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  • Hurts, restore your sense of value, thrust you into your
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  • Value, thrust you into your purpose then you would
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  • Purpose then you would gladly give me a drink of
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  • Gladly give me a drink of water."
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  • Water." she said, "but sir, you have
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  • She said, "but sir, you have nothing to draw water with.
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  • Nothing to draw water with. you don't have a bucket.
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  • You don't have a bucket. where are you going to get
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  • Where are you going to get this living water?
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  • This living water? and besides are you greater
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  • And besides are you greater than our ancestor jacob who
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  • Than our ancestor jacob who gave us this well?"
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  • Gave us this well?" jesus said, "if you drink
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  • Jesus said, "if you drink this water, you will soon
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  • This water, you will soon get thirsty, but when you
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  • Get thirsty, but when you drink the water i give you,
  • 00:08:03.940 --> 00:08:05.474
  • Drink the water i give you, you will never thirst
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  • You will never thirst again."
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  • Again." she said, "please give me
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  • She said, "please give me this water."
  • 00:08:09.345 --> 00:08:10.846
  • This water." jesus began to tell her
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  • Jesus began to tell her about her life and how she'd
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  • About her life and how she'd had five husbands.
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  • Had five husbands. she was amazed at how he
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  • She was amazed at how he knew everything about her.
  • 00:08:17.620 --> 00:08:18.754
  • Knew everything about her. she said, "sir you must be a
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  • She said, "sir you must be a prophet.
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  • Prophet. i know one day the messiah,
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  • I know one day the messiah, the christ, will come."
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  • The christ, will come." jesus said to her, "i am the
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  • Jesus said to her, "i am the messiah."
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  • Messiah." the first person jesus ever
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  • The first person jesus ever told he was the messiah
  • 00:08:30.633 --> 00:08:32.602
  • Told he was the messiah wasn't an influential
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  • Wasn't an influential leader, wasn't a priest in
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  • Leader, wasn't a priest in the synagogue, wasn't the
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  • The synagogue, wasn't the mayor of the city, it was
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  • Mayor of the city, it was this lady, a lady that had
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  • This lady, a lady that had made mistakes, a lady that
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  • Made mistakes, a lady that had been mistreated, a lady
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  • Had been mistreated, a lady that had suffered heartache,
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  • That had suffered heartache, the least likely one.
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  • The least likely one. you may have made mistakes,
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  • You may have made mistakes, had people do you wrong,
  • 00:08:49.986 --> 00:08:51.587
  • Had people do you wrong, gone through bad breaks, god
  • 00:08:51.654 --> 00:08:53.456
  • Gone through bad breaks, god is saying to you, "if you
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  • Is saying to you, "if you only knew what i'm about to
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  • Only knew what i'm about to do, if you only knew how i'm
  • 00:08:56.792 --> 00:08:59.895
  • Do, if you only knew how i'm going to make miracles out
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  • Going to make miracles out of your mistakes, if you
  • 00:09:01.464 --> 00:09:02.698
  • Of your mistakes, if you only knew how i'm going to
  • 00:09:02.765 --> 00:09:04.200
  • Only knew how i'm going to restore you and heal you and
  • 00:09:04.266 --> 00:09:06.335
  • Restore you and heal you and still make something great
  • 00:09:06.402 --> 00:09:07.870
  • Still make something great out of your life."
  • 00:09:07.937 --> 00:09:09.605
  • Out of your life." this lady came to the well
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  • This lady came to the well beaten down, unworthy,
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  • Beaten down, unworthy, thinking that she would
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  • Thinking that she would always be looked down on,
  • 00:09:14.343 --> 00:09:15.711
  • Always be looked down on, defeated, but she left that
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  • Defeated, but she left that day with a new passion, a
  • 00:09:18.180 --> 00:09:19.882
  • Day with a new passion, a new self-image.
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  • New self-image. she saw herself as valuable,
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  • She saw herself as valuable, redeemed, forgiven.
  • 00:09:23.753 --> 00:09:25.788
  • Redeemed, forgiven. she ran back and told the
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  • She ran back and told the whole town to come see this
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  • Whole town to come see this man, jesus.
  • 00:09:29.025 --> 00:09:30.359
  • Man, jesus. they all flooded out to see
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  • They all flooded out to see him.
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  • Him. she didn't just get changed,
  • 00:09:32.695 --> 00:09:34.363
  • She didn't just get changed, but she changed her city.
  • 00:09:34.430 --> 00:09:36.532
  • But she changed her city. now she was no longer looked
  • 00:09:36.599 --> 00:09:37.933
  • Now she was no longer looked down on, she had respect.
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  • Down on, she had respect. she was no longer broken,
  • 00:09:40.069 --> 00:09:41.804
  • She was no longer broken, unworthy, she felt valuable.
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  • Unworthy, she felt valuable. she knew she was a child of
  • 00:09:44.173 --> 00:09:46.475
  • She knew she was a child of the most high god.
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  • The most high god. my father went through a
  • 00:09:49.045 --> 00:09:49.979
  • My father went through a great disappointment.
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  • Great disappointment. he was married at a young
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  • He was married at a young age, unfortunately the
  • 00:09:52.815 --> 00:09:54.517
  • Age, unfortunately the marriage didn't work out.
  • 00:09:54.583 --> 00:09:56.419
  • Marriage didn't work out. denominational leaders told
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  • Denominational leaders told him that he would never
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  • Him that he would never pastor again, that that
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  • Pastor again, that that failure had disqualified
  • 00:10:00.623 --> 00:10:01.891
  • Failure had disqualified him.
  • 00:10:01.957 --> 00:10:02.525
  • Him. he eventually left his
  • 00:10:02.591 --> 00:10:03.693
  • He eventually left his church and started selling
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  • Church and started selling insurance.
  • 00:10:05.094 --> 00:10:06.128
  • Insurance. he was very down on himself,
  • 00:10:06.195 --> 00:10:08.097
  • He was very down on himself, living condemned, thinking
  • 00:10:08.164 --> 00:10:09.632
  • Living condemned, thinking he had seen his best days.
  • 00:10:09.699 --> 00:10:11.867
  • He had seen his best days. but the same god that came
  • 00:10:11.934 --> 00:10:13.335
  • But the same god that came to the well for that woman
  • 00:10:13.402 --> 00:10:15.204
  • To the well for that woman that was broken and lonely,
  • 00:10:15.271 --> 00:10:16.872
  • That was broken and lonely, came to my father.
  • 00:10:16.939 --> 00:10:18.607
  • Came to my father. daddy thought it was all
  • 00:10:18.674 --> 00:10:19.642
  • Daddy thought it was all downhill, that he would
  • 00:10:19.709 --> 00:10:21.110
  • Downhill, that he would never pastor, never be in
  • 00:10:21.177 --> 00:10:23.012
  • Never pastor, never be in ministry, never have a
  • 00:10:23.079 --> 00:10:24.146
  • Ministry, never have a family, but god said, "if
  • 00:10:24.213 --> 00:10:26.482
  • Family, but god said, "if you only knew what i'm going
  • 00:10:26.549 --> 00:10:27.883
  • You only knew what i'm going to do, if you only knew
  • 00:10:27.950 --> 00:10:28.517
  • To do, if you only knew you're going to meet delores
  • 00:10:28.584 --> 00:10:29.251
  • You're going to meet delores pilgrim, a young nursing
  • 00:10:29.318 --> 00:10:29.885
  • Pilgrim, a young nursing student and fall in love.
  • 00:10:29.952 --> 00:10:30.553
  • Student and fall in love. if you only knew that you're
  • 00:10:30.619 --> 00:10:31.253
  • If you only knew that you're going to have four average
  • 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:33.155
  • Going to have four average children and one exceptional
  • 00:10:33.222 --> 00:10:37.326
  • Children and one exceptional child, if you only knew
  • 00:10:37.393 --> 00:10:42.631
  • Child, if you only knew you're going to pastor
  • 00:10:42.698 --> 00:10:43.566
  • You're going to pastor lakewood, and have influence
  • 00:10:43.632 --> 00:10:45.468
  • Lakewood, and have influence around the world, you
  • 00:10:45.534 --> 00:10:46.802
  • Around the world, you wouldn't live defeated, down
  • 00:10:46.869 --> 00:10:48.370
  • Wouldn't live defeated, down on yourself because of
  • 00:10:48.437 --> 00:10:50.439
  • On yourself because of mistakes, no passion because
  • 00:10:50.506 --> 00:10:52.308
  • Mistakes, no passion because of those bad breaks.
  • 00:10:52.374 --> 00:10:54.176
  • Of those bad breaks. we get stuck in the
  • 00:10:54.243 --> 00:10:55.044
  • We get stuck in the heartache, the
  • 00:10:55.111 --> 00:10:56.178
  • Heartache, the disappointment, the guilt,
  • 00:10:56.245 --> 00:10:57.546
  • Disappointment, the guilt, the shame, "i should have
  • 00:10:57.613 --> 00:10:58.948
  • The shame, "i should have done better, what was wrong
  • 00:10:59.014 --> 00:11:00.416
  • Done better, what was wrong with me."
  • 00:11:00.483 --> 00:11:01.317
  • With me." god knows we're human.
  • 00:11:01.383 --> 00:11:03.085
  • God knows we're human. quit being so hard on
  • 00:11:03.152 --> 00:11:04.153
  • Quit being so hard on yourself.
  • 00:11:04.220 --> 00:11:04.920
  • Yourself. your mistakes didn't stop
  • 00:11:04.987 --> 00:11:06.756
  • Your mistakes didn't stop what god has planned for
  • 00:11:06.822 --> 00:11:07.857
  • What god has planned for your life.
  • 00:11:07.923 --> 00:11:08.791
  • Your life. you're not that powerful.
  • 00:11:08.858 --> 00:11:10.760
  • You're not that powerful. if you could stop your
  • 00:11:10.826 --> 00:11:11.727
  • If you could stop your destiny, none of us would
  • 00:11:11.794 --> 00:11:13.195
  • Destiny, none of us would make it.
  • 00:11:13.262 --> 00:11:14.296
  • Make it. abraham made a mistake, had
  • 00:11:14.363 --> 00:11:16.165
  • Abraham made a mistake, had a baby out of wedlock, that
  • 00:11:16.232 --> 00:11:18.200
  • A baby out of wedlock, that didn't stop the promised
  • 00:11:18.267 --> 00:11:19.401
  • Didn't stop the promised child.
  • 00:11:19.468 --> 00:11:20.269
  • Child. he's called the father of
  • 00:11:20.336 --> 00:11:21.604
  • He's called the father of our faith.
  • 00:11:21.670 --> 00:11:22.671
  • Our faith. if he made mistakes and
  • 00:11:22.738 --> 00:11:24.106
  • If he made mistakes and didn't miss his purpose,
  • 00:11:24.173 --> 00:11:25.574
  • Didn't miss his purpose, then you shouldn't beat
  • 00:11:25.641 --> 00:11:26.408
  • Then you shouldn't beat yourself up because you've
  • 00:11:26.475 --> 00:11:27.643
  • Yourself up because you've made mistakes.
  • 00:11:27.710 --> 00:11:29.311
  • Made mistakes. i'm not saying about being
  • 00:11:29.378 --> 00:11:30.646
  • I'm not saying about being loose and doing whatever you
  • 00:11:30.713 --> 00:11:32.047
  • Loose and doing whatever you want, but when your heart is
  • 00:11:32.114 --> 00:11:33.749
  • Want, but when your heart is to please god, when down
  • 00:11:33.816 --> 00:11:35.651
  • To please god, when down deep you want to do the
  • 00:11:35.718 --> 00:11:36.552
  • Deep you want to do the right thing but you make
  • 00:11:36.619 --> 00:11:37.787
  • Right thing but you make mistakes, that is not going
  • 00:11:37.853 --> 00:11:39.588
  • Mistakes, that is not going to stop your purpose.
  • 00:11:39.655 --> 00:11:41.457
  • To stop your purpose. what will stop you is if you
  • 00:11:41.524 --> 00:11:43.726
  • What will stop you is if you start living condemned, down
  • 00:11:43.793 --> 00:11:45.828
  • Start living condemned, down on yourself, no passion.
  • 00:11:45.895 --> 00:11:48.097
  • On yourself, no passion. that's why jesus showed up
  • 00:11:48.164 --> 00:11:49.598
  • That's why jesus showed up and said to this woman, "if
  • 00:11:49.665 --> 00:11:51.066
  • And said to this woman, "if you only knew what i'm about
  • 00:11:51.133 --> 00:11:53.035
  • You only knew what i'm about to do, if you only knew the
  • 00:11:53.102 --> 00:11:55.037
  • To do, if you only knew the gift i have for you, if you
  • 00:11:55.104 --> 00:11:56.939
  • Gift i have for you, if you only knew who you're talking
  • 00:11:57.006 --> 00:11:58.641
  • Only knew who you're talking to."
  • 00:11:58.707 --> 00:11:59.608
  • To." he was saying, "i'm not just
  • 00:11:59.675 --> 00:12:01.043
  • He was saying, "i'm not just anyone, i'm the god who
  • 00:12:01.110 --> 00:12:02.845
  • Anyone, i'm the god who spoke worlds into existence,
  • 00:12:02.912 --> 00:12:04.880
  • Spoke worlds into existence, i'm the god who flung stars
  • 00:12:04.947 --> 00:12:06.282
  • I'm the god who flung stars into space, i'm the god that
  • 00:12:06.348 --> 00:12:08.083
  • Into space, i'm the god that crowned you with favor, that
  • 00:12:08.150 --> 00:12:09.952
  • Crowned you with favor, that planned out your days for
  • 00:12:10.019 --> 00:12:11.287
  • Planned out your days for good."
  • 00:12:11.353 --> 00:12:12.288
  • Good." jesus spoke faith into this
  • 00:12:12.354 --> 00:12:13.889
  • Jesus spoke faith into this lady.
  • 00:12:13.956 --> 00:12:14.723
  • Lady. he could have condemned her,
  • 00:12:14.790 --> 00:12:16.325
  • He could have condemned her, "you're getting what you
  • 00:12:16.392 --> 00:12:16.992
  • "you're getting what you deserve, too bad, it's just
  • 00:12:17.059 --> 00:12:19.161
  • Deserve, too bad, it's just life."
  • 00:12:19.228 --> 00:12:20.095
  • Life." no, he said, "get ready, i'm
  • 00:12:20.162 --> 00:12:21.564
  • No, he said, "get ready, i'm about to do something
  • 00:12:21.630 --> 00:12:22.565
  • About to do something awesome in your life."
  • 00:12:22.631 --> 00:12:24.834
  • Awesome in your life." you may have had your share
  • 00:12:24.900 --> 00:12:26.035
  • You may have had your share of setbacks, you could come
  • 00:12:26.101 --> 00:12:27.803
  • Of setbacks, you could come up with good reasons why you
  • 00:12:27.870 --> 00:12:29.438
  • Up with good reasons why you can't be happy, why you
  • 00:12:29.505 --> 00:12:31.040
  • Can't be happy, why you can't get married, why your
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  • Can't get married, why your business can't succeed, in
  • 00:12:32.541 --> 00:12:34.443
  • Business can't succeed, in your own strength that may
  • 00:12:34.510 --> 00:12:35.811
  • Your own strength that may be true, but you're not on
  • 00:12:35.878 --> 00:12:37.513
  • Be true, but you're not on your own.
  • 00:12:37.580 --> 00:12:38.547
  • Your own. the god who breathed life
  • 00:12:38.614 --> 00:12:40.049
  • The god who breathed life into you is saying, "if you
  • 00:12:40.115 --> 00:12:42.284
  • Into you is saying, "if you only knew the doors i'm
  • 00:12:42.351 --> 00:12:44.053
  • Only knew the doors i'm about to open, if you only
  • 00:12:44.119 --> 00:12:45.921
  • About to open, if you only knew the favor i'm about to
  • 00:12:45.988 --> 00:12:47.489
  • Knew the favor i'm about to show you, if you only knew
  • 00:12:47.556 --> 00:12:49.525
  • Show you, if you only knew how i'm going to connect the
  • 00:12:49.592 --> 00:12:50.759
  • How i'm going to connect the dots, those things you don't
  • 00:12:50.826 --> 00:12:52.561
  • Dots, those things you don't understand, that were
  • 00:12:52.628 --> 00:12:53.762
  • Understand, that were painful, that weren't fair,
  • 00:12:53.829 --> 00:12:55.564
  • Painful, that weren't fair, i saw them, and they're
  • 00:12:55.631 --> 00:12:57.233
  • I saw them, and they're going to all work for your
  • 00:12:57.299 --> 00:12:58.467
  • Going to all work for your good, they're leading you to
  • 00:12:58.534 --> 00:13:00.169
  • Good, they're leading you to an amazing future, to
  • 00:13:00.236 --> 00:13:01.804
  • An amazing future, to something better than you've
  • 00:13:01.871 --> 00:13:03.372
  • Something better than you've imagined.
  • 00:13:03.439 --> 00:13:05.040
  • Imagined. as a teenager, joseph's
  • 00:13:05.107 --> 00:13:06.909
  • As a teenager, joseph's father gave him a coat of
  • 00:13:06.976 --> 00:13:08.644
  • Father gave him a coat of many colors.
  • 00:13:08.711 --> 00:13:09.879
  • Many colors. that coat represented favor.
  • 00:13:09.945 --> 00:13:12.114
  • That coat represented favor. he was the youngest son at
  • 00:13:12.181 --> 00:13:13.415
  • He was the youngest son at the time and his father's
  • 00:13:13.482 --> 00:13:15.284
  • The time and his father's favorite.
  • 00:13:15.351 --> 00:13:16.218
  • Favorite. joseph had a big dream, to
  • 00:13:16.285 --> 00:13:17.786
  • Joseph had a big dream, to lead a nation.
  • 00:13:17.853 --> 00:13:19.121
  • Lead a nation. he knew god's hand was on
  • 00:13:19.188 --> 00:13:20.522
  • He knew god's hand was on him, but his brothers didn't
  • 00:13:20.589 --> 00:13:22.358
  • Him, but his brothers didn't like the favor on his life.
  • 00:13:22.424 --> 00:13:24.627
  • Like the favor on his life. when joseph showed up to
  • 00:13:24.693 --> 00:13:25.761
  • When joseph showed up to check on them in another
  • 00:13:25.828 --> 00:13:27.029
  • Check on them in another city, at their father's
  • 00:13:27.096 --> 00:13:28.731
  • City, at their father's request, they thought this
  • 00:13:28.797 --> 00:13:30.532
  • Request, they thought this was their big chance to get
  • 00:13:30.599 --> 00:13:31.867
  • Was their big chance to get rid of joseph.
  • 00:13:31.934 --> 00:13:33.469
  • Rid of joseph. it's significant that they
  • 00:13:33.535 --> 00:13:35.004
  • It's significant that they took his robe of many colors
  • 00:13:35.070 --> 00:13:36.805
  • Took his robe of many colors off of him and threw him
  • 00:13:36.872 --> 00:13:38.574
  • Off of him and threw him into a pit.
  • 00:13:38.641 --> 00:13:39.875
  • Into a pit. they killed an animal, put
  • 00:13:39.942 --> 00:13:41.443
  • They killed an animal, put blood on it and took the
  • 00:13:41.510 --> 00:13:42.778
  • Blood on it and took the robe back to their father
  • 00:13:42.845 --> 00:13:44.079
  • Robe back to their father and said they found it along
  • 00:13:44.146 --> 00:13:45.714
  • And said they found it along the way.
  • 00:13:45.781 --> 00:13:47.016
  • The way. their father jacob, was
  • 00:13:47.082 --> 00:13:48.217
  • Their father jacob, was heartbroken, he said a wild
  • 00:13:48.284 --> 00:13:50.319
  • Heartbroken, he said a wild animal has killed joseph.
  • 00:13:50.386 --> 00:13:52.755
  • Animal has killed joseph. what's interesting is they
  • 00:13:52.821 --> 00:13:54.056
  • What's interesting is they took the robe away from him,
  • 00:13:54.123 --> 00:13:56.191
  • Took the robe away from him, but they couldn't take the
  • 00:13:56.258 --> 00:13:57.092
  • But they couldn't take the favor.
  • 00:13:57.159 --> 00:13:58.360
  • Favor. they sold him as a slave,
  • 00:13:58.427 --> 00:14:00.296
  • They sold him as a slave, joseph had favor working for
  • 00:14:00.362 --> 00:14:01.897
  • Joseph had favor working for his owner.
  • 00:14:01.964 --> 00:14:02.965
  • His owner. he was falsely accused and
  • 00:14:03.032 --> 00:14:04.400
  • He was falsely accused and put in prison, but joseph
  • 00:14:04.466 --> 00:14:06.001
  • Put in prison, but joseph had favor in prison.
  • 00:14:06.068 --> 00:14:08.037
  • Had favor in prison. thirteen years later the
  • 00:14:08.103 --> 00:14:09.805
  • Thirteen years later the pharaoh had a dream he
  • 00:14:09.872 --> 00:14:11.273
  • Pharaoh had a dream he didn't understand.
  • 00:14:11.340 --> 00:14:12.641
  • Didn't understand. they called joseph out of
  • 00:14:12.708 --> 00:14:13.842
  • They called joseph out of the prison; he interpreted
  • 00:14:13.909 --> 00:14:15.611
  • The prison; he interpreted the dream for pharaoh.
  • 00:14:15.678 --> 00:14:17.279
  • The dream for pharaoh. he was so impressed, he
  • 00:14:17.346 --> 00:14:18.681
  • He was so impressed, he said, "who better to lead
  • 00:14:18.747 --> 00:14:20.149
  • Said, "who better to lead our nation than joseph?"
  • 00:14:20.215 --> 00:14:22.418
  • Our nation than joseph?" the scripture says, "the
  • 00:14:22.484 --> 00:14:23.352
  • The scripture says, "the pharaoh put a royal robe on
  • 00:14:23.419 --> 00:14:25.721
  • Pharaoh put a royal robe on joseph."
  • 00:14:25.788 --> 00:14:26.755
  • Joseph." he took off his prison
  • 00:14:26.822 --> 00:14:27.957
  • He took off his prison clothes and he put on a robe
  • 00:14:28.023 --> 00:14:29.658
  • Clothes and he put on a robe of influence, a robe of
  • 00:14:29.725 --> 00:14:31.193
  • Of influence, a robe of authority, a robe of honor.
  • 00:14:31.260 --> 00:14:34.196
  • Authority, a robe of honor. i can imagine during those
  • 00:14:34.263 --> 00:14:35.965
  • I can imagine during those thirteen years, there were
  • 00:14:36.031 --> 00:14:37.599
  • Thirteen years, there were some lonely nights where
  • 00:14:37.666 --> 00:14:39.368
  • Some lonely nights where joseph thought about that
  • 00:14:39.435 --> 00:14:40.803
  • Joseph thought about that colorful robe that his
  • 00:14:40.869 --> 00:14:42.404
  • Colorful robe that his father had given him.
  • 00:14:42.471 --> 00:14:44.273
  • Father had given him. when his brothers tore it
  • 00:14:44.340 --> 00:14:45.441
  • When his brothers tore it off, he was so disappointed,
  • 00:14:45.507 --> 00:14:47.676
  • Off, he was so disappointed, heartbroken, betrayed by his
  • 00:14:47.743 --> 00:14:49.478
  • Heartbroken, betrayed by his own family.
  • 00:14:49.545 --> 00:14:50.713
  • Own family. he lost something that was
  • 00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:51.947
  • He lost something that was important to him.
  • 00:14:52.014 --> 00:14:52.848
  • Important to him. it didn't seem fair, why did
  • 00:14:52.915 --> 00:14:54.750
  • It didn't seem fair, why did that happen?
  • 00:14:54.817 --> 00:14:56.118
  • That happen? but when pharaoh put this
  • 00:14:56.185 --> 00:14:57.553
  • But when pharaoh put this new robe on him, a robe that
  • 00:14:57.619 --> 00:14:59.788
  • New robe on him, a robe that said i lead a nation, a robe
  • 00:14:59.855 --> 00:15:01.957
  • Said i lead a nation, a robe of great authority, a light
  • 00:15:02.024 --> 00:15:03.959
  • Of great authority, a light turned on for joseph.
  • 00:15:04.026 --> 00:15:05.561
  • Turned on for joseph. he realized it had to
  • 00:15:05.627 --> 00:15:07.229
  • He realized it had to happen.
  • 00:15:07.296 --> 00:15:08.330
  • Happen. "i had to lose the robe of
  • 00:15:08.397 --> 00:15:09.732
  • "i had to lose the robe of many colors in order to get
  • 00:15:09.798 --> 00:15:11.667
  • Many colors in order to get this royal robe."
  • 00:15:11.734 --> 00:15:13.268
  • This royal robe." the robe of many colors was
  • 00:15:13.335 --> 00:15:14.937
  • The robe of many colors was supposed to be temporary.
  • 00:15:15.004 --> 00:15:16.605
  • Supposed to be temporary. god had something bigger,
  • 00:15:16.672 --> 00:15:17.973
  • God had something bigger, better, more rewarding.
  • 00:15:18.040 --> 00:15:20.843
  • Better, more rewarding. sometimes we're disappointed
  • 00:15:20.909 --> 00:15:22.644
  • Sometimes we're disappointed over what we've lost.
  • 00:15:22.711 --> 00:15:24.246
  • Over what we've lost. we know it was good, it
  • 00:15:24.313 --> 00:15:26.115
  • We know it was good, it represented favor, but it
  • 00:15:26.181 --> 00:15:27.516
  • Represented favor, but it didn't last.
  • 00:15:27.583 --> 00:15:28.884
  • Didn't last. the door closed, the loan
  • 00:15:28.951 --> 00:15:30.953
  • The door closed, the loan didn't go through, the
  • 00:15:31.020 --> 00:15:32.321
  • Didn't go through, the person walked away.
  • 00:15:32.388 --> 00:15:33.922
  • Person walked away. we don't understand why it
  • 00:15:33.989 --> 00:15:35.124
  • We don't understand why it didn't work out.
  • 00:15:35.190 --> 00:15:36.291
  • Didn't work out. "why did i lose this coat of
  • 00:15:36.358 --> 00:15:37.526
  • "why did i lose this coat of many colors?
  • 00:15:37.593 --> 00:15:38.360
  • Many colors? it meant so much to me.
  • 00:15:38.427 --> 00:15:40.362
  • It meant so much to me. but if you only knew what
  • 00:15:40.429 --> 00:15:42.131
  • But if you only knew what god was about to do, if you
  • 00:15:42.197 --> 00:15:44.166
  • God was about to do, if you could see the coat of
  • 00:15:44.233 --> 00:15:45.134
  • Could see the coat of influence, the coat of
  • 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:46.635
  • Influence, the coat of honor, the coat of authority
  • 00:15:46.702 --> 00:15:48.270
  • Honor, the coat of authority that's coming, you would
  • 00:15:48.337 --> 00:15:50.005
  • That's coming, you would understand that it's all a
  • 00:15:50.072 --> 00:15:51.673
  • Understand that it's all a part of god's plan.
  • 00:15:51.740 --> 00:15:53.642
  • Part of god's plan. you have to trust him when
  • 00:15:53.709 --> 00:15:55.277
  • You have to trust him when it doesn't make sense.
  • 00:15:55.344 --> 00:15:57.079
  • It doesn't make sense. he's not going to let you
  • 00:15:57.146 --> 00:15:58.280
  • He's not going to let you lose your coat of many
  • 00:15:58.347 --> 00:15:59.848
  • Lose your coat of many colors unless there's a
  • 00:15:59.915 --> 00:16:01.417
  • Colors unless there's a royal robe that's in your
  • 00:16:01.483 --> 00:16:03.085
  • Royal robe that's in your future.
  • 00:16:03.152 --> 00:16:04.219
  • Future. if you only knew where those
  • 00:16:04.286 --> 00:16:06.121
  • If you only knew where those disappointments are leading
  • 00:16:06.188 --> 00:16:07.589
  • Disappointments are leading you.
  • 00:16:07.656 --> 00:16:08.290
  • You. like with joseph, you had to
  • 00:16:08.357 --> 00:16:09.792
  • Like with joseph, you had to get pushed out, they had to
  • 00:16:09.858 --> 00:16:11.527
  • Get pushed out, they had to be jealous, they had to
  • 00:16:11.593 --> 00:16:12.961
  • Be jealous, they had to betray you.
  • 00:16:13.028 --> 00:16:14.196
  • Betray you. it's not that god has
  • 00:16:14.263 --> 00:16:15.297
  • It's not that god has forgotten about you, it's
  • 00:16:15.364 --> 00:16:16.965
  • Forgotten about you, it's that he's positioning you
  • 00:16:17.032 --> 00:16:18.801
  • That he's positioning you for greater influence,
  • 00:16:18.867 --> 00:16:20.269
  • For greater influence, greater honor, greater
  • 00:16:20.335 --> 00:16:21.737
  • Greater honor, greater favor.
  • 00:16:21.804 --> 00:16:23.272
  • Favor. can he trust you when the
  • 00:16:23.338 --> 00:16:25.240
  • Can he trust you when the robe of many colors is
  • 00:16:25.307 --> 00:16:26.642
  • Robe of many colors is taken?
  • 00:16:26.708 --> 00:16:27.776
  • Taken? will you keep a good
  • 00:16:27.843 --> 00:16:28.577
  • Will you keep a good attitude, not get bitter,
  • 00:16:28.644 --> 00:16:30.446
  • Attitude, not get bitter, not think you've seen your
  • 00:16:30.512 --> 00:16:31.547
  • Not think you've seen your best days?
  • 00:16:31.613 --> 00:16:33.082
  • Best days? joseph had plenty of
  • 00:16:33.148 --> 00:16:34.083
  • Joseph had plenty of opportunities to give up on
  • 00:16:34.149 --> 00:16:35.818
  • Opportunities to give up on his dream.
  • 00:16:35.884 --> 00:16:37.019
  • His dream. in the pit feeling
  • 00:16:37.086 --> 00:16:38.320
  • In the pit feeling forgotten, working in a
  • 00:16:38.387 --> 00:16:40.155
  • Forgotten, working in a foreign country against his
  • 00:16:40.222 --> 00:16:41.690
  • Foreign country against his will, in prison for
  • 00:16:41.757 --> 00:16:43.258
  • Will, in prison for something he didn't do.
  • 00:16:43.325 --> 00:16:44.960
  • Something he didn't do. how did he stay encouraged?
  • 00:16:45.027 --> 00:16:46.929
  • How did he stay encouraged? i believe the same god that
  • 00:16:46.995 --> 00:16:48.764
  • I believe the same god that came to the well to meet the
  • 00:16:48.831 --> 00:16:50.365
  • Came to the well to meet the woman who was hurting, the
  • 00:16:50.432 --> 00:16:52.000
  • Woman who was hurting, the same god that came to my
  • 00:16:52.067 --> 00:16:53.402
  • Same god that came to my father when he was
  • 00:16:53.469 --> 00:16:54.470
  • Father when he was heartbroken, came to joseph
  • 00:16:54.536 --> 00:16:56.939
  • Heartbroken, came to joseph and whispered, "if you only
  • 00:16:57.005 --> 00:16:58.607
  • And whispered, "if you only knew what i'm about to do,
  • 00:16:58.674 --> 00:17:00.876
  • Knew what i'm about to do, if you only knew how i'm
  • 00:17:00.943 --> 00:17:02.277
  • If you only knew how i'm going to connect the dots,
  • 00:17:02.344 --> 00:17:03.979
  • Going to connect the dots, if you only knew how you'll
  • 00:17:04.046 --> 00:17:05.514
  • If you only knew how you'll never miss this robe of many
  • 00:17:05.581 --> 00:17:07.149
  • Never miss this robe of many colors when i get finished."
  • 00:17:07.216 --> 00:17:09.485
  • Colors when i get finished." that still small voice kept
  • 00:17:09.551 --> 00:17:11.386
  • That still small voice kept reminding him that god is in
  • 00:17:11.453 --> 00:17:13.122
  • Reminding him that god is in control, that his steps were
  • 00:17:13.188 --> 00:17:14.790
  • Control, that his steps were being ordered, that what god
  • 00:17:14.857 --> 00:17:16.458
  • Being ordered, that what god started he will finish.
  • 00:17:16.525 --> 00:17:19.027
  • Started he will finish. are you discouraged over
  • 00:17:19.094 --> 00:17:20.329
  • Are you discouraged over what didn't work out, who
  • 00:17:20.395 --> 00:17:21.964
  • What didn't work out, who did you wrong, why is it
  • 00:17:22.030 --> 00:17:23.532
  • Did you wrong, why is it taking so long?
  • 00:17:23.599 --> 00:17:24.867
  • Taking so long? if you only knew what god
  • 00:17:24.933 --> 00:17:26.401
  • If you only knew what god was up to, if you only knew
  • 00:17:26.468 --> 00:17:28.337
  • Was up to, if you only knew the doors he's about to
  • 00:17:28.403 --> 00:17:29.605
  • The doors he's about to open, if you only knew how
  • 00:17:29.671 --> 00:17:31.573
  • Open, if you only knew how he's going to vindicate you,
  • 00:17:31.640 --> 00:17:33.408
  • He's going to vindicate you, heal you, promote you, then
  • 00:17:33.475 --> 00:17:35.611
  • Heal you, promote you, then you would trust him while
  • 00:17:35.677 --> 00:17:37.279
  • You would trust him while you don't understand.
  • 00:17:37.346 --> 00:17:38.914
  • You don't understand. stay in faith when it
  • 00:17:38.981 --> 00:17:40.282
  • Stay in faith when it doesn't make sense.
  • 00:17:40.349 --> 00:17:41.750
  • Doesn't make sense. do the right thing when the
  • 00:17:41.817 --> 00:17:42.885
  • Do the right thing when the wrong thing has happened.
  • 00:17:42.951 --> 00:17:44.653
  • Wrong thing has happened. the fact that you lost the
  • 00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:45.921
  • The fact that you lost the robe of many colors, you've
  • 00:17:45.988 --> 00:17:47.923
  • Robe of many colors, you've been through
  • 00:17:47.990 --> 00:17:48.590
  • Been through disappointments, betrayals,
  • 00:17:48.657 --> 00:17:50.526
  • Disappointments, betrayals, injustice, that's a sign
  • 00:17:50.592 --> 00:17:52.528
  • Injustice, that's a sign that something awesome is on
  • 00:17:52.594 --> 00:17:54.029
  • That something awesome is on the way.
  • 00:17:54.096 --> 00:17:54.963
  • The way. what god is about to do in
  • 00:17:55.030 --> 00:17:56.398
  • What god is about to do in your life will not just make
  • 00:17:56.465 --> 00:17:58.400
  • Your life will not just make up for every wrong, every
  • 00:17:58.467 --> 00:18:00.135
  • Up for every wrong, every injustice, but it will be so
  • 00:18:00.202 --> 00:18:02.004
  • Injustice, but it will be so rewarding you won't think
  • 00:18:02.070 --> 00:18:03.739
  • Rewarding you won't think about what you lost.
  • 00:18:03.805 --> 00:18:05.574
  • About what you lost. i heard about this young
  • 00:18:05.641 --> 00:18:06.508
  • I heard about this young lady, she was going to meet
  • 00:18:06.575 --> 00:18:08.210
  • Lady, she was going to meet her fiance's parents for the
  • 00:18:08.277 --> 00:18:09.711
  • Her fiance's parents for the first time.
  • 00:18:09.778 --> 00:18:10.879
  • First time. they were known to be very
  • 00:18:10.946 --> 00:18:12.414
  • They were known to be very picky and not easily
  • 00:18:12.481 --> 00:18:13.916
  • Picky and not easily impressed.
  • 00:18:13.982 --> 00:18:14.883
  • Impressed. she was nervous about it
  • 00:18:14.950 --> 00:18:16.151
  • She was nervous about it all.
  • 00:18:16.218 --> 00:18:16.919
  • All. she made sure her outfit was
  • 00:18:16.985 --> 00:18:18.387
  • She made sure her outfit was perfect and she looked the
  • 00:18:18.453 --> 00:18:19.655
  • Perfect and she looked the best that she possibly
  • 00:18:19.721 --> 00:18:20.722
  • Best that she possibly could.
  • 00:18:20.789 --> 00:18:21.390
  • Could. on the way out the door, she
  • 00:18:21.456 --> 00:18:23.325
  • On the way out the door, she accidentally knocked a can
  • 00:18:23.392 --> 00:18:24.893
  • Accidentally knocked a can of coca cola over, it hit
  • 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:26.762
  • Of coca cola over, it hit the floor and splashed up on
  • 00:18:26.828 --> 00:18:28.230
  • The floor and splashed up on her shoes and pant legs.
  • 00:18:28.297 --> 00:18:30.299
  • Her shoes and pant legs. she couldn't believe, of all
  • 00:18:30.365 --> 00:18:31.633
  • She couldn't believe, of all times, she was trying to
  • 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:33.001
  • Times, she was trying to look good, and this
  • 00:18:33.068 --> 00:18:33.769
  • Look good, and this happened.
  • 00:18:33.835 --> 00:18:34.403
  • Happened. she didn't have time to
  • 00:18:34.469 --> 00:18:35.604
  • She didn't have time to change.
  • 00:18:35.671 --> 00:18:36.471
  • Change. she just wiped it off the
  • 00:18:36.538 --> 00:18:37.806
  • She just wiped it off the best she could and went on
  • 00:18:37.873 --> 00:18:39.041
  • Best she could and went on her way.
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  • Her way. at her fiance's house, she
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  • At her fiance's house, she met the parents and they
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  • Met the parents and they visited for a while.
  • 00:18:43.278 --> 00:18:44.947
  • Visited for a while. they have a little dog that
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  • They have a little dog that they've had for years, the
  • 00:18:46.615 --> 00:18:48.150
  • They've had for years, the whole time that dog was at
  • 00:18:48.217 --> 00:18:50.352
  • Whole time that dog was at this young lady's feet.
  • 00:18:50.419 --> 00:18:51.920
  • This young lady's feet. it followed her through the
  • 00:18:51.987 --> 00:18:52.988
  • It followed her through the house, would not leave her
  • 00:18:53.055 --> 00:18:54.656
  • House, would not leave her side.
  • 00:18:54.723 --> 00:18:55.390
  • Side. when she stopped the dog
  • 00:18:55.457 --> 00:18:56.592
  • When she stopped the dog stopped, where she sat the
  • 00:18:56.658 --> 00:18:58.160
  • Stopped, where she sat the dog sat, for two hours the
  • 00:18:58.227 --> 00:19:00.329
  • Dog sat, for two hours the dog was the girl's best
  • 00:19:00.395 --> 00:19:01.630
  • Dog was the girl's best friend.
  • 00:19:01.697 --> 00:19:02.764
  • Friend. when she was about to leave
  • 00:19:02.831 --> 00:19:03.966
  • When she was about to leave the mother said, "we've had
  • 00:19:04.032 --> 00:19:05.200
  • The mother said, "we've had plenty of people over to our
  • 00:19:05.267 --> 00:19:06.868
  • Plenty of people over to our house, but this dog has
  • 00:19:06.935 --> 00:19:08.570
  • House, but this dog has never taken to anyone like
  • 00:19:08.637 --> 00:19:10.339
  • Never taken to anyone like you.
  • 00:19:10.405 --> 00:19:11.006
  • You. there must be something very
  • 00:19:11.073 --> 00:19:12.274
  • There must be something very special about you."
  • 00:19:12.341 --> 00:19:14.076
  • Special about you." she didn't realize the dog
  • 00:19:14.142 --> 00:19:15.911
  • She didn't realize the dog liked the smell of coke on
  • 00:19:15.978 --> 00:19:17.246
  • Liked the smell of coke on her pants.
  • 00:19:17.312 --> 00:19:18.814
  • Her pants. sometimes what we think is a
  • 00:19:18.880 --> 00:19:20.682
  • Sometimes what we think is a disappointment is really the
  • 00:19:20.749 --> 00:19:22.351
  • Disappointment is really the hand of god.
  • 00:19:22.417 --> 00:19:23.719
  • Hand of god. his ways are not our ways.
  • 00:19:23.785 --> 00:19:26.722
  • His ways are not our ways. instead of being frustrated
  • 00:19:26.788 --> 00:19:28.357
  • Instead of being frustrated by what doesn't work out,
  • 00:19:28.423 --> 00:19:29.558
  • By what doesn't work out, try a different approach and
  • 00:19:29.625 --> 00:19:31.059
  • Try a different approach and say, "god, i trust you.
  • 00:19:31.126 --> 00:19:33.428
  • Say, "god, i trust you. i may not understand it, it
  • 00:19:33.495 --> 00:19:35.163
  • I may not understand it, it may be uncomfortable, but i
  • 00:19:35.230 --> 00:19:36.798
  • May be uncomfortable, but i know you wouldn't have
  • 00:19:36.865 --> 00:19:37.933
  • Know you wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't
  • 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:39.401
  • Allowed it if it wasn't going to work to my
  • 00:19:39.468 --> 00:19:40.369
  • Going to work to my advantage."
  • 00:19:40.435 --> 00:19:41.737
  • Advantage." if you only knew what god is
  • 00:19:41.803 --> 00:19:43.605
  • If you only knew what god is going to do, you'd stay in
  • 00:19:43.672 --> 00:19:45.173
  • Going to do, you'd stay in peace.
  • 00:19:45.240 --> 00:19:46.041
  • Peace. if you only knew how he's
  • 00:19:46.108 --> 00:19:47.609
  • If you only knew how he's going to connect the dots,
  • 00:19:47.676 --> 00:19:49.211
  • Going to connect the dots, you wouldn't fight
  • 00:19:49.278 --> 00:19:49.911
  • You wouldn't fight everything that doesn't go
  • 00:19:49.978 --> 00:19:51.046
  • Everything that doesn't go your way.
  • 00:19:51.113 --> 00:19:52.114
  • Your way. if you only knew how he's
  • 00:19:52.180 --> 00:19:54.082
  • If you only knew how he's going to take your mistakes
  • 00:19:54.149 --> 00:19:55.150
  • Going to take your mistakes and make miracles out of
  • 00:19:55.217 --> 00:19:56.318
  • And make miracles out of them, how your poor choices
  • 00:19:56.385 --> 00:19:58.520
  • Them, how your poor choices are not going to stop your
  • 00:19:58.587 --> 00:19:59.655
  • Are not going to stop your destiny, then you'd get your
  • 00:19:59.721 --> 00:20:01.356
  • Destiny, then you'd get your passion back, you'd stir
  • 00:20:01.423 --> 00:20:03.158
  • Passion back, you'd stir your faith up and start
  • 00:20:03.225 --> 00:20:04.626
  • Your faith up and start dreaming again, start hoping
  • 00:20:04.693 --> 00:20:06.428
  • Dreaming again, start hoping again, start believing
  • 00:20:06.495 --> 00:20:07.963
  • Again, start believing again.
  • 00:20:08.030 --> 00:20:09.431
  • Again. there's a lady in the
  • 00:20:09.498 --> 00:20:10.365
  • There's a lady in the scripture named rahab.
  • 00:20:10.432 --> 00:20:12.000
  • Scripture named rahab. she was a prostitute.
  • 00:20:12.067 --> 00:20:13.201
  • She was a prostitute. she didn't like who she had
  • 00:20:13.268 --> 00:20:15.003
  • She didn't like who she had become.
  • 00:20:15.070 --> 00:20:16.038
  • Become. she never thought she'd end
  • 00:20:16.104 --> 00:20:17.205
  • She never thought she'd end up where she was, but life
  • 00:20:17.272 --> 00:20:19.107
  • Up where she was, but life has a way of taking turns
  • 00:20:19.174 --> 00:20:20.642
  • Has a way of taking turns and we find ourselves
  • 00:20:20.709 --> 00:20:22.010
  • And we find ourselves disappointed, hurting, in
  • 00:20:22.077 --> 00:20:23.912
  • Disappointed, hurting, in dysfunction.
  • 00:20:23.979 --> 00:20:25.247
  • Dysfunction. she felt stuck, how could
  • 00:20:25.314 --> 00:20:27.049
  • She felt stuck, how could she get out?
  • 00:20:27.115 --> 00:20:28.150
  • She get out? she was living in a city
  • 00:20:28.216 --> 00:20:29.518
  • She was living in a city that worshipped idols.
  • 00:20:29.584 --> 00:20:31.320
  • That worshipped idols. i can imagine some nights,
  • 00:20:31.386 --> 00:20:33.055
  • I can imagine some nights, she would look up at the
  • 00:20:33.121 --> 00:20:33.789
  • She would look up at the stars and say, "god, if
  • 00:20:33.855 --> 00:20:35.924
  • Stars and say, "god, if you're real help me to
  • 00:20:35.991 --> 00:20:37.492
  • You're real help me to change.
  • 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:38.427
  • Change. god, show me a better path."
  • 00:20:38.493 --> 00:20:40.929
  • God, show me a better path." thoughts said, "are you
  • 00:20:40.996 --> 00:20:41.697
  • Thoughts said, "are you crazy?
  • 00:20:41.763 --> 00:20:42.831
  • Crazy? god would never have
  • 00:20:42.898 --> 00:20:43.632
  • God would never have anything to do with you.
  • 00:20:43.699 --> 00:20:44.800
  • Anything to do with you. look at how you're living."
  • 00:20:44.866 --> 00:20:46.735
  • Look at how you're living." but when you take one step
  • 00:20:46.802 --> 00:20:48.203
  • But when you take one step toward god, he'll come
  • 00:20:48.270 --> 00:20:49.738
  • Toward god, he'll come running toward you.
  • 00:20:49.805 --> 00:20:51.373
  • Running toward you. god doesn't judge the way
  • 00:20:51.440 --> 00:20:52.708
  • God doesn't judge the way people judge.
  • 00:20:52.774 --> 00:20:54.276
  • People judge. people will write you off,
  • 00:20:54.343 --> 00:20:56.044
  • People will write you off, discount you.
  • 00:20:56.111 --> 00:20:56.778
  • Discount you. "you can't do anything
  • 00:20:56.845 --> 00:20:57.846
  • "you can't do anything great, you've made too many
  • 00:20:57.913 --> 00:20:59.448
  • Great, you've made too many mistakes, you come from the
  • 00:20:59.514 --> 00:21:01.016
  • Mistakes, you come from the wrong family, you're not
  • 00:21:01.083 --> 00:21:02.351
  • Wrong family, you're not talented enough."
  • 00:21:02.417 --> 00:21:03.685
  • Talented enough." if you only knew how god
  • 00:21:03.752 --> 00:21:05.987
  • If you only knew how god sees you.
  • 00:21:06.054 --> 00:21:06.755
  • Sees you. he calls you a masterpiece.
  • 00:21:06.822 --> 00:21:08.790
  • He calls you a masterpiece. he put royal blood in your
  • 00:21:08.857 --> 00:21:10.325
  • He put royal blood in your veins.
  • 00:21:10.392 --> 00:21:11.093
  • Veins. he's crowned you with favor.
  • 00:21:11.159 --> 00:21:12.961
  • He's crowned you with favor. you have seeds of greatness.
  • 00:21:13.028 --> 00:21:14.996
  • You have seeds of greatness. nothing you've done has
  • 00:21:15.063 --> 00:21:16.898
  • Nothing you've done has lessened your value.
  • 00:21:16.965 --> 00:21:18.600
  • Lessened your value. nothing you've done has made
  • 00:21:18.667 --> 00:21:20.268
  • Nothing you've done has made him love you any less.
  • 00:21:20.335 --> 00:21:22.337
  • Him love you any less. he's still going to make
  • 00:21:22.404 --> 00:21:23.472
  • He's still going to make something significant out of
  • 00:21:23.538 --> 00:21:25.107
  • Something significant out of your life.
  • 00:21:25.173 --> 00:21:26.608
  • Your life. joshua sent men in to spy
  • 00:21:26.675 --> 00:21:28.510
  • Joshua sent men in to spy out her city, the city of
  • 00:21:28.577 --> 00:21:30.312
  • Out her city, the city of jericho.
  • 00:21:30.379 --> 00:21:31.680
  • Jericho. word got out that they were
  • 00:21:31.747 --> 00:21:32.681
  • Word got out that they were there, rahab hid the spies
  • 00:21:32.748 --> 00:21:35.117
  • There, rahab hid the spies in her house, made sure they
  • 00:21:35.183 --> 00:21:37.052
  • In her house, made sure they were safe.
  • 00:21:37.119 --> 00:21:38.253
  • Were safe. in return, the spies told
  • 00:21:38.320 --> 00:21:40.255
  • In return, the spies told her that whoever was in her
  • 00:21:40.322 --> 00:21:41.890
  • Her that whoever was in her house when the israelites
  • 00:21:41.957 --> 00:21:43.291
  • House when the israelites attacked the city, they
  • 00:21:43.358 --> 00:21:44.559
  • Attacked the city, they would be spared.
  • 00:21:44.626 --> 00:21:45.360
  • Would be spared. rahab and her relatives were
  • 00:21:45.427 --> 00:21:47.896
  • Rahab and her relatives were the only ones that survived.
  • 00:21:47.963 --> 00:21:50.198
  • The only ones that survived. that was the turning point.
  • 00:21:50.265 --> 00:21:52.067
  • That was the turning point. rahab married a man from the
  • 00:21:52.134 --> 00:21:53.769
  • Rahab married a man from the tribe of judah.
  • 00:21:53.835 --> 00:21:55.404
  • Tribe of judah. they had a son named boaz,
  • 00:21:55.470 --> 00:21:57.339
  • They had a son named boaz, boaz had a son named jesse,
  • 00:21:57.406 --> 00:21:59.374
  • Boaz had a son named jesse, jesse had a son name david.
  • 00:21:59.441 --> 00:22:01.643
  • Jesse had a son name david. that means rahab is in the
  • 00:22:01.710 --> 00:22:03.612
  • That means rahab is in the family line of jesus.
  • 00:22:03.678 --> 00:22:05.914
  • Family line of jesus. if you only knew how god can
  • 00:22:05.981 --> 00:22:07.949
  • If you only knew how god can not only bring you out of a
  • 00:22:08.016 --> 00:22:09.284
  • Not only bring you out of a mess but still do something
  • 00:22:09.351 --> 00:22:11.086
  • Mess but still do something awesome with your life.
  • 00:22:11.153 --> 00:22:13.121
  • Awesome with your life. rahab is now listed in
  • 00:22:13.188 --> 00:22:14.723
  • Rahab is now listed in hebrews 11 as one of the
  • 00:22:14.790 --> 00:22:16.458
  • Hebrews 11 as one of the heroes of faith.
  • 00:22:16.525 --> 00:22:18.527
  • Heroes of faith. imagine someone telling her,
  • 00:22:18.593 --> 00:22:20.162
  • Imagine someone telling her, while she was still in that
  • 00:22:20.228 --> 00:22:21.363
  • While she was still in that profession that, "one day,
  • 00:22:21.430 --> 00:22:22.964
  • Profession that, "one day, you're going to make such an
  • 00:22:23.031 --> 00:22:24.199
  • You're going to make such an impact, you're going to do
  • 00:22:24.266 --> 00:22:25.467
  • Impact, you're going to do something so significant
  • 00:22:25.534 --> 00:22:27.269
  • Something so significant that thousands of years from
  • 00:22:27.335 --> 00:22:28.804
  • That thousands of years from now people are going to be
  • 00:22:28.870 --> 00:22:30.172
  • Now people are going to be talking about you."
  • 00:22:30.238 --> 00:22:31.773
  • Talking about you." she would have thought, "you
  • 00:22:31.840 --> 00:22:32.674
  • She would have thought, "you have the wrong person, do
  • 00:22:32.741 --> 00:22:34.376
  • Have the wrong person, do you see what i do for a
  • 00:22:34.443 --> 00:22:35.477
  • You see what i do for a living, the mistakes i've
  • 00:22:35.544 --> 00:22:37.012
  • Living, the mistakes i've made, the culture i come out
  • 00:22:37.078 --> 00:22:38.747
  • Made, the culture i come out of?"
  • 00:22:38.814 --> 00:22:39.448
  • Of?" none of that is going to
  • 00:22:39.514 --> 00:22:40.682
  • None of that is going to stop what our god is about
  • 00:22:40.749 --> 00:22:42.484
  • Stop what our god is about to do.
  • 00:22:42.551 --> 00:22:43.118
  • To do. you may have plenty of
  • 00:22:43.185 --> 00:22:44.920
  • You may have plenty of reasons why you're limited,
  • 00:22:44.986 --> 00:22:47.389
  • Reasons why you're limited, you've seen your best days,
  • 00:22:47.456 --> 00:22:48.690
  • You've seen your best days, you've made too many
  • 00:22:48.757 --> 00:22:49.357
  • You've made too many mistakes.
  • 00:22:49.424 --> 00:22:50.158
  • Mistakes. god is saying to you, "if
  • 00:22:50.225 --> 00:22:52.160
  • God is saying to you, "if you only knew what i'm about
  • 00:22:52.227 --> 00:22:53.762
  • You only knew what i'm about to do, if you only knew the
  • 00:22:53.829 --> 00:22:55.730
  • To do, if you only knew the favor i'm about to show you,
  • 00:22:55.797 --> 00:22:57.899
  • Favor i'm about to show you, if you only knew the doors
  • 00:22:57.966 --> 00:22:59.201
  • If you only knew the doors i'm about to open, the
  • 00:22:59.267 --> 00:23:00.569
  • I'm about to open, the healing, the restoration."
  • 00:23:00.635 --> 00:23:03.071
  • Healing, the restoration." if you only knew the gifts
  • 00:23:03.138 --> 00:23:04.439
  • If you only knew the gifts god has for you, then you
  • 00:23:04.506 --> 00:23:06.374
  • God has for you, then you would ask for living water.
  • 00:23:06.441 --> 00:23:08.043
  • Would ask for living water. that means you would ask
  • 00:23:08.109 --> 00:23:09.077
  • That means you would ask big, you would believe big,
  • 00:23:09.144 --> 00:23:11.079
  • Big, you would believe big, you would get rid of the
  • 00:23:11.146 --> 00:23:12.247
  • You would get rid of the guilt, let go of the
  • 00:23:12.314 --> 00:23:13.682
  • Guilt, let go of the discouragement, what didn't
  • 00:23:13.748 --> 00:23:15.350
  • Discouragement, what didn't work out, mistakes you've
  • 00:23:15.417 --> 00:23:16.885
  • Work out, mistakes you've made and get ready for
  • 00:23:16.952 --> 00:23:18.720
  • Made and get ready for something you haven't seen.
  • 00:23:18.787 --> 00:23:20.355
  • Something you haven't seen. this is a new day.
  • 00:23:20.422 --> 00:23:21.957
  • This is a new day. god is doing a new thing.
  • 00:23:22.023 --> 00:23:23.859
  • God is doing a new thing. chains that have held you
  • 00:23:23.925 --> 00:23:25.093
  • Chains that have held you back are being broken right
  • 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:26.728
  • Back are being broken right now, strongholds in your
  • 00:23:26.795 --> 00:23:28.730
  • Now, strongholds in your mind are coming down.
  • 00:23:28.797 --> 00:23:30.699
  • Mind are coming down. yes, you lost that coat of
  • 00:23:30.765 --> 00:23:32.000
  • Yes, you lost that coat of many colors, don't worry,
  • 00:23:32.067 --> 00:23:33.602
  • Many colors, don't worry, you're about to see a robe
  • 00:23:33.668 --> 00:23:35.003
  • You're about to see a robe of greater influence,
  • 00:23:35.070 --> 00:23:36.438
  • Of greater influence, greater authority.
  • 00:23:36.505 --> 00:23:37.973
  • Greater authority. god is about to connect the
  • 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:39.307
  • God is about to connect the dots.
  • 00:23:39.374 --> 00:23:40.475
  • Dots. the bad breaks, the
  • 00:23:40.542 --> 00:23:42.010
  • The bad breaks, the disappointments, the people
  • 00:23:42.077 --> 00:23:43.612
  • Disappointments, the people that tried to stop you, it's
  • 00:23:43.678 --> 00:23:45.113
  • That tried to stop you, it's all working for your good.
  • 00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:47.315
  • All working for your good. i believe and declare,
  • 00:23:47.382 --> 00:23:49.084
  • I believe and declare, you're coming into promotion
  • 00:23:49.150 --> 00:23:50.685
  • You're coming into promotion like you've never seen.
  • 00:23:50.752 --> 00:23:51.720
  • Like you've never seen. like rahab, favor that you
  • 00:23:51.786 --> 00:23:54.122
  • Like rahab, favor that you didn't deserve.
  • 00:23:54.189 --> 00:23:55.323
  • Didn't deserve. like the woman at the well,
  • 00:23:55.390 --> 00:23:56.992
  • Like the woman at the well, you're not only going to be
  • 00:23:57.058 --> 00:23:58.059
  • You're not only going to be restored, healed and free,
  • 00:23:58.126 --> 00:24:00.562
  • Restored, healed and free, but you're going to impact
  • 00:24:00.629 --> 00:24:01.596
  • But you're going to impact your family, your city, your
  • 00:24:01.663 --> 00:24:03.899
  • Your family, your city, your world for the glory of god.
  • 00:24:03.965 --> 00:24:06.234
  • World for the glory of god. if you receive it, can you
  • 00:24:06.301 --> 00:24:07.736
  • If you receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
  • 00:24:07.802 --> 00:24:09.337
  • It's a new year.
  • 00:24:10.238 --> 00:24:11.540
  • An opportunity
  • 00:24:11.540 --> 00:24:12.474
  • For a fresh start.
  • 00:24:12.474 --> 00:24:14.075
  • It's a new year.
  • 00:24:14.075 --> 00:24:15.510
  • Time to forget
  • 00:24:15.510 --> 00:24:16.411
  • The struggles of the past
  • 00:24:16.411 --> 00:24:17.913
  • And make room
  • 00:24:17.913 --> 00:24:18.680
  • For new blessings.
  • 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:19.915
  • It's a new year.
  • 00:24:19.915 --> 00:24:21.316
  • The perfect time
  • 00:24:21.316 --> 00:24:22.384
  • To build expectation
  • 00:24:22.384 --> 00:24:23.685
  • And faith
  • 00:24:23.685 --> 00:24:24.386
  • For an amazing new season.
  • 00:24:24.386 --> 00:24:26.821
  • The beginning of the year
  • 00:24:26.821 --> 00:24:28.023
  • Is a great time
  • 00:24:28.023 --> 00:24:28.924
  • To start afresh and anew,
  • 00:24:28.924 --> 00:24:30.825
  • To let go of negative
  • 00:24:30.825 --> 00:24:32.060
  • Things of the past,
  • 00:24:32.060 --> 00:24:33.261
  • And to get ready
  • 00:24:33.261 --> 00:24:33.995
  • For the new things
  • 00:24:33.995 --> 00:24:34.896
  • God has in store.
  • 00:24:34.896 --> 00:24:36.631
  • Every january,
  • 00:24:36.631 --> 00:24:37.666
  • We create
  • 00:24:37.666 --> 00:24:38.300
  • A new devotional calendar.
  • 00:24:38.300 --> 00:24:40.502
  • When you start off
  • 00:24:40.502 --> 00:24:41.403
  • Each day in faith,
  • 00:24:41.403 --> 00:24:42.737
  • Grateful for what
  • 00:24:42.737 --> 00:24:43.605
  • God has done
  • 00:24:43.605 --> 00:24:44.472
  • And making
  • 00:24:44.472 --> 00:24:45.140
  • Positive declarations
  • 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:46.608
  • Over your future,
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