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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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- 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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- 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,
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- 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."
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- This water." jesus began to tell her
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- Jesus began to tell her about her life and how she'd
- 00:08:12.481 --> 00:08:14.417
- 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
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- 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,
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- Had people do you wrong, gone through bad breaks, god
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Restore you and heal you and still make something great
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- Still make something great out of your life."
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- 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,
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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,
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- She didn't just get changed, but she changed her city.
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- But she changed her city. now she was no longer looked
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- 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,
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- She was no longer broken, unworthy, she felt valuable.
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- Unworthy, she felt valuable. she knew she was a child of
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- She knew she was a child of the most high god.
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- The most high god. my father went through a
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- 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
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- Age, unfortunately the marriage didn't work out.
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- 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
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- Failure had disqualified him.
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- Him. he eventually left his
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- He eventually left his church and started selling
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- Church and started selling insurance.
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- Insurance. he was very down on himself,
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- He was very down on himself, living condemned, thinking
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- 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
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- To the well for that woman that was broken and lonely,
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- That was broken and lonely, came to my father.
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- Came to my father. daddy thought it was all
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- 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
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- 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
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- Family, but god said, "if you only knew what i'm going
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- 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.
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- Student and fall in love. if you only knew that you're
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- 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
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- 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
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- You're going to pastor lakewood, and have influence
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- 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
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- Wouldn't live defeated, down on yourself because of
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- On yourself because of mistakes, no passion because
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- 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
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- We get stuck in the heartache, the
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- Heartache, the disappointment, the guilt,
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- Disappointment, the guilt, the shame, "i should have
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- 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
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- Quit being so hard on yourself.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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."
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- 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
- 00:12:31.106 --> 00:12:32.474
- 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
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- 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
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- 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.
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- Many colors. that coat represented favor.
- 00:13:09.945 --> 00:13:12.114
- That coat represented favor. he was the youngest son at
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- He was the youngest son at the time and his father's
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- The time and his father's favorite.
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- Favorite. joseph had a big dream, to
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- Joseph had a big dream, to lead a nation.
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- Lead a nation. he knew god's hand was on
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- He knew god's hand was on him, but his brothers didn't
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- Him, but his brothers didn't like the favor on his life.
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- Like the favor on his life. when joseph showed up to
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- When joseph showed up to check on them in another
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- Check on them in another city, at their father's
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- City, at their father's request, they thought this
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- Request, they thought this was their big chance to get
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- Was their big chance to get rid of joseph.
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- Rid of joseph. it's significant that they
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- It's significant that they took his robe of many colors
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- Took his robe of many colors off of him and threw him
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- Off of him and threw him into a pit.
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- Into a pit. they killed an animal, put
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- They killed an animal, put blood on it and took the
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- Blood on it and took the robe back to their father
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- Robe back to their father and said they found it along
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- And said they found it along the way.
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- The way. their father jacob, was
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- Their father jacob, was heartbroken, he said a wild
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- Heartbroken, he said a wild animal has killed joseph.
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- Animal has killed joseph. what's interesting is they
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- What's interesting is they took the robe away from him,
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- Took the robe away from him, but they couldn't take the
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- But they couldn't take the favor.
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- Favor. they sold him as a slave,
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- 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.
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- His owner. he was falsely accused and
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- He was falsely accused and put in prison, but joseph
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- Put in prison, but joseph had favor in prison.
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- Had favor in prison. thirteen years later the
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- 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.
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- Didn't understand. they called joseph out of
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- They called joseph out of the prison; he interpreted
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- The prison; he interpreted the dream for pharaoh.
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- The dream for pharaoh. he was so impressed, he
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- 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?"
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- Our nation than joseph?" the scripture says, "the
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- The scripture says, "the pharaoh put a royal robe on
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- Pharaoh put a royal robe on joseph."
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- Joseph." he took off his prison
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- He took off his prison clothes and he put on a robe
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- Clothes and he put on a robe of influence, a robe of
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- Of influence, a robe of authority, a robe of honor.
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- 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
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- Some lonely nights where joseph thought about that
- 00:14:39.435 --> 00:14:40.803
- Joseph thought about that colorful robe that his
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- Colorful robe that his father had given him.
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- Father had given him. when his brothers tore it
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- When his brothers tore it off, he was so disappointed,
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- Off, he was so disappointed, heartbroken, betrayed by his
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- Heartbroken, betrayed by his own family.
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- Own family. he lost something that was
- 00:14:50.779 --> 00:14:51.947
- He lost something that was important to him.
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- 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?
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- That happen? but when pharaoh put this
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- 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
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- He realized it had to happen.
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- Happen. "i had to lose the robe of
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- "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."
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- 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.
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- Supposed to be temporary. god had something bigger,
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- God had something bigger, better, more rewarding.
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- Better, more rewarding. sometimes we're disappointed
- 00:15:20.909 --> 00:15:22.644
- Sometimes we're disappointed over what we've lost.
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- Over what we've lost. we know it was good, it
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- 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.
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- Didn't last. the door closed, the loan
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- The door closed, the loan didn't go through, the
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- Didn't go through, the person walked away.
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- Person walked away. we don't understand why it
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- 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
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- "why did i lose this coat of many colors?
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- 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
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- Could see the coat of influence, the coat of
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- Influence, the coat of honor, the coat of authority
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- 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
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- Understand that it's all a part of god's plan.
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- Part of god's plan. you have to trust him when
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- 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
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- Royal robe that's in your future.
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- Future. if you only knew where those
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- 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
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- Be jealous, they had to betray you.
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- 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
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- 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,
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- For greater influence, greater honor, greater
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- 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?
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- Taken? will you keep a good
- 00:16:27.843 --> 00:16:28.577
- Will you keep a good attitude, not get bitter,
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- 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?
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- Best days? joseph had plenty of
- 00:16:33.148 --> 00:16:34.083
- Joseph had plenty of opportunities to give up on
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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,
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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.
- 00:18:39.107 --> 00:18:40.275
- Her way. at her fiance's house, she
- 00:18:40.342 --> 00:18:42.010
- At her fiance's house, she met the parents and they
- 00:18:42.077 --> 00:18:43.212
- 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
- 00:18:45.013 --> 00:18:46.548
- 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
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- 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
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- Going to do, you'd stay in peace.
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- Peace. if you only knew how he's
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- If you only knew how he's going to connect the dots,
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- Going to connect the dots, you wouldn't fight
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- You wouldn't fight everything that doesn't go
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- Everything that doesn't go your way.
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- Your way. if you only knew how he's
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- If you only knew how he's going to take your mistakes
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- Going to take your mistakes and make miracles out of
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- And make miracles out of them, how your poor choices
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- Them, how your poor choices are not going to stop your
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- Are not going to stop your destiny, then you'd get your
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- Destiny, then you'd get your passion back, you'd stir
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- Passion back, you'd stir your faith up and start
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- Your faith up and start dreaming again, start hoping
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- Dreaming again, start hoping again, start believing
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- Again, start believing again.
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- Again. there's a lady in the
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- There's a lady in the scripture named rahab.
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- Scripture named rahab. she was a prostitute.
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- She was a prostitute. she didn't like who she had
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- She didn't like who she had become.
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- Become. she never thought she'd end
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- She never thought she'd end up where she was, but life
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- Up where she was, but life has a way of taking turns
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- Has a way of taking turns and we find ourselves
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- And we find ourselves disappointed, hurting, in
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- Disappointed, hurting, in dysfunction.
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- Dysfunction. she felt stuck, how could
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- She felt stuck, how could she get out?
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- She get out? she was living in a city
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- She was living in a city that worshipped idols.
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- That worshipped idols. i can imagine some nights,
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- I can imagine some nights, she would look up at the
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- She would look up at the stars and say, "god, if
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- Stars and say, "god, if you're real help me to
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- You're real help me to change.
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- Change. god, show me a better path."
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- God, show me a better path." thoughts said, "are you
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- Thoughts said, "are you crazy?
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- Crazy? god would never have
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- God would never have anything to do with you.
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- Anything to do with you. look at how you're living."
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- Look at how you're living." but when you take one step
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- But when you take one step toward god, he'll come
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- Toward god, he'll come running toward you.
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- Running toward you. god doesn't judge the way
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- God doesn't judge the way people judge.
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- People judge. people will write you off,
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- People will write you off, discount you.
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- Discount you. "you can't do anything
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- "you can't do anything great, you've made too many
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- Great, you've made too many mistakes, you come from the
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- Mistakes, you come from the wrong family, you're not
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- Wrong family, you're not talented enough."
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- Talented enough." if you only knew how god
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- If you only knew how god sees you.
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- Sees you. he calls you a masterpiece.
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- He calls you a masterpiece. he put royal blood in your
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- He put royal blood in your veins.
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- Veins. he's crowned you with favor.
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- He's crowned you with favor. you have seeds of greatness.
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- You have seeds of greatness. nothing you've done has
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- Nothing you've done has lessened your value.
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- Lessened your value. nothing you've done has made
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- Nothing you've done has made him love you any less.
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- Him love you any less. he's still going to make
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- He's still going to make something significant out of
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- Something significant out of your life.
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- Your life. joshua sent men in to spy
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- Joshua sent men in to spy out her city, the city of
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- Out her city, the city of jericho.
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- Jericho. word got out that they were
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- Word got out that they were there, rahab hid the spies
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- There, rahab hid the spies in her house, made sure they
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- In her house, made sure they were safe.
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- Were safe. in return, the spies told
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- In return, the spies told her that whoever was in her
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- Her that whoever was in her house when the israelites
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- House when the israelites attacked the city, they
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- Attacked the city, they would be spared.
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- Would be spared. rahab and her relatives were
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- Rahab and her relatives were the only ones that survived.
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- The only ones that survived. that was the turning point.
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- That was the turning point. rahab married a man from the
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- Rahab married a man from the tribe of judah.
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- Tribe of judah. they had a son named boaz,
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- They had a son named boaz, boaz had a son named jesse,
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- Boaz had a son named jesse, jesse had a son name david.
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- Jesse had a son name david. that means rahab is in the
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- That means rahab is in the family line of jesus.
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- Family line of jesus. if you only knew how god can
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- If you only knew how god can not only bring you out of a
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- Not only bring you out of a mess but still do something
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- Mess but still do something awesome with your life.
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- Awesome with your life. rahab is now listed in
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- Rahab is now listed in hebrews 11 as one of the
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- Hebrews 11 as one of the heroes of faith.
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- Heroes of faith. imagine someone telling her,
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- Imagine someone telling her, while she was still in that
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- While she was still in that profession that, "one day,
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- Profession that, "one day, you're going to make such an
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- You're going to make such an impact, you're going to do
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- Impact, you're going to do something so significant
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- Something so significant that thousands of years from
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- That thousands of years from now people are going to be
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- 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
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- She would have thought, "you have the wrong person, do
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- Have the wrong person, do you see what i do for a
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- You see what i do for a living, the mistakes i've
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- Living, the mistakes i've made, the culture i come out
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- Made, the culture i come out of?"
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- Of?" none of that is going to
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- None of that is going to stop what our god is about
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- Stop what our god is about to do.
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- To do. you may have plenty of
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- You may have plenty of reasons why you're limited,
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- Reasons why you're limited, you've seen your best days,
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- You've seen your best days, you've made too many
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- You've made too many mistakes.
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- Mistakes. god is saying to you, "if
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- God is saying to you, "if you only knew what i'm about
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- You only knew what i'm about to do, if you only knew the
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- To do, if you only knew the favor i'm about to show you,
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- Favor i'm about to show you, if you only knew the doors
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- If you only knew the doors i'm about to open, the
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- I'm about to open, the healing, the restoration."
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- Healing, the restoration." if you only knew the gifts
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- If you only knew the gifts god has for you, then you
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- God has for you, then you would ask for living water.
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- Would ask for living water. that means you would ask
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- That means you would ask big, you would believe big,
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- Big, you would believe big, you would get rid of the
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- You would get rid of the guilt, let go of the
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- Guilt, let go of the discouragement, what didn't
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- Discouragement, what didn't work out, mistakes you've
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- Work out, mistakes you've made and get ready for
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- Made and get ready for something you haven't seen.
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- Something you haven't seen. this is a new day.
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- This is a new day. god is doing a new thing.
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- God is doing a new thing. chains that have held you
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- Chains that have held you back are being broken right
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- Back are being broken right now, strongholds in your
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- Now, strongholds in your mind are coming down.
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- Mind are coming down. yes, you lost that coat of
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- Yes, you lost that coat of many colors, don't worry,
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- Many colors, don't worry, you're about to see a robe
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- You're about to see a robe of greater influence,
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- Of greater influence, greater authority.
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- Greater authority. god is about to connect the
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- God is about to connect the dots.
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- Dots. the bad breaks, the
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- The bad breaks, the disappointments, the people
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- Disappointments, the people that tried to stop you, it's
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- That tried to stop you, it's all working for your good.
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- All working for your good. i believe and declare,
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- I believe and declare, you're coming into promotion
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- You're coming into promotion like you've never seen.
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- Like you've never seen. like rahab, favor that you
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- Like rahab, favor that you didn't deserve.
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- Didn't deserve. like the woman at the well,
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- Like the woman at the well, you're not only going to be
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- You're not only going to be restored, healed and free,
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- Restored, healed and free, but you're going to impact
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- But you're going to impact your family, your city, your
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- Your family, your city, your world for the glory of god.
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- World for the glory of god. if you receive it, can you
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- If you receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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- It's a new year.
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- An opportunity
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- For a fresh start.
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- It's a new year.
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- Time to forget
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- The struggles of the past
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- And make room
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- For new blessings.
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- It's a new year.
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- The perfect time
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- To build expectation
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- And faith
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- For an amazing new season.
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- The beginning of the year
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- Is a great time
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- To start afresh and anew,
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- To let go of negative
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- Things of the past,
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- And to get ready
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- For the new things
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- God has in store.
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- Every january,
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- We create
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- A new devotional calendar.
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- When you start off
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- Each day in faith,
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- Grateful for what
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- God has done
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- And making
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- Positive declarations
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- Over your future,
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- You're setting the tone
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- For a blessed day
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- And a victorious year.
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- This devotional calendar
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- Will help
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- You get your mind
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- Going in the right direction,
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- So you can live in faith
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- Expecting the goodness of god.
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- There's something
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- For every day of the year.
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- Inspiration and encouragement.
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- It's amazing
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- What happens when you put god
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- First place.
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- You'll have a blessed,
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- Favor-filled 2025.
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- As our way of
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- Saying thank you
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- For your gift of any amount
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- This first month of the year,
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- We would like to send you
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- A copy
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- Of our brand
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- New 2025
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- 365-day devotional calendar.
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- Do you want to set
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- A faith course
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- For your life in 2025?
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- Do you want to see your life
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- Take off
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- In new directions
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- Of influence, favor,
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- And provision
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- In the year ahead?
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- Using this
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- Devotional calendar
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- Is as easy as 1-2-3.
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- One: wake up with an expectancy
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- In your heart.
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- Two: reflect
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- On the daily scripture verse
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- And devotional from joel.
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- Three:
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- Capture the lord's
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- Promises to you
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- On journaling lines
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- For writing and reflection.
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- This is going to be
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- One of your best years.
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- Our 2025
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- Devotional calendar
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- Is going to help
- 00:25:56.478 --> 00:25:57.112
- You stay in faith
- 00:25:57.112 --> 00:25:58.113
- And see the goodness
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- Of god in ways
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- You've never seen.
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- Victoria and i pray for
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- You and your family every day,
- 00:26:03.151 --> 00:26:04.886
- And thank you so much
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- For your prayer and support.
- 00:26:06.054 --> 00:26:08.056
- Your generosity is impacting
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- Lives around the world.
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- And a special
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- Thank you to our champion
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- Of hope partners
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- For your monthly gifts.
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- If you're not a partner,
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- I hope you'll consider
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- Becoming one.
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