Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - I'm Still Standing

March 26, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - I'm Still Standing | March 26, 2026

Well, god bless you. it's
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Well, god bless you. it's always a joy to come into your
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Always a joy to come into your homes. if you're ever in our
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Homes. if you're ever in our area please stop by and be a
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Area please stop by and be a part of one of our services.
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Part of one of our services. i promise you we'll make you
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home. but thanks
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Feel right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in.
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So much for tuning in. thank you again for coming out.
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Thank you again for coming out. i like to start with something
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I like to start with something funny each week. one day adam
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Funny each week. one day adam said to god, "god, why did you
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Said to god, "god, why did you make eve so beautiful?" god
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Make eve so beautiful?" god said, "so you would love her."
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Said, "so you would love her." he said, "well, god. why did
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He said, "well, god. why did you give her such long flowing
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You give her such long flowing hair?" god said the same thing,
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Hair?" god said the same thing, "so you would love her."
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"so you would love her." "well, god. why did you give
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"well, god. why did you give her such a good figure?" god
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Her such a good figure?" god said it again, "so you would
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Said it again, "so you would love her." adam said, "alright,
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Love her." adam said, "alright, god. you made her so beautiful,
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God. you made her so beautiful, so attractive. why did you make
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So attractive. why did you make her so dumb?" (laughter) god
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Her so dumb?" (laughter) god said, "adam, that's easy; so
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Said, "adam, that's easy; so she would love you." (applause)
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She would love you." (applause) come on. say it like you
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Come on. say it like you mean it.
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Mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
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I can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess:
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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My mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same.
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you.
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In jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about i'm still standing. we
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About i'm still standing. we all go through difficulties
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All go through difficulties and things we don't understand.
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And things we don't understand. it's easy to get discouraged
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It's easy to get discouraged and think, "why am i having
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And think, "why am i having these problems?"
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These problems?" but being a person of faith
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But being a person of faith doesn't exempt us from
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Doesn't exempt us from difficulties.
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Difficulties. the scripture says, "rain falls
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The scripture says, "rain falls on the just and the unjust."
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On the just and the unjust." no matter how good of a person
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No matter how good of a person you are, no matter how much you
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You are, no matter how much you honor god, you are going to have
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Honor god, you are going to have some rain.
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Some rain. a man said to me last week in
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A man said to me last week in the lobby, "joel, i'm having
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The lobby, "joel, i'm having more problems than my neighbor
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More problems than my neighbor down the street that doesn't
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Down the street that doesn't have anything to do with god."
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Have anything to do with god." jesus told a parable about this
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Jesus told a parable about this where a wise man built his house
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Where a wise man built his house upon the rock. he honored god.
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Upon the rock. he honored god. another man built his house on
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Another man built his house on the sand. he didn't. the winds
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The sand. he didn't. the winds blew. the rains descended and
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Blew. the rains descended and beat upon the houses.
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Beat upon the houses. what's interesting is the same
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What's interesting is the same storm came to both people, the
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Storm came to both people, the just and the unjust. if the
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Just and the unjust. if the story ended right there you
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Story ended right there you would think, "it doesn't make a
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Would think, "it doesn't make a difference to honor god. same
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Difference to honor god. same thing happens to me that
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Thing happens to me that happens everybody else. i built
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Happens everybody else. i built my house on the rock yet i'm in
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My house on the rock yet i'm in this storm." "i got a bad
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This storm." "i got a bad medical report." "my child got
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Medical report." "my child got off course." "i lost my biggest
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Off course." "i lost my biggest client." no, that's not the end
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Client." no, that's not the end of the story. if you judge it
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Of the story. if you judge it too soon it may seem like it
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Too soon it may seem like it doesn't make a difference.
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Doesn't make a difference. jesus went on to tell the man
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Jesus went on to tell the man that built his house upon the
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That built his house upon the rock, when the storm was over,
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Rock, when the storm was over, his house was still standing.
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His house was still standing. the man that built on the sand,
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The man that built on the sand, his house had washed away.
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His house had washed away. here's the difference. when you
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Here's the difference. when you honor god the storms may come
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Honor god the storms may come but you have a promise that
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But you have a promise that others don't have. when it's
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Others don't have. when it's all said and done you'll still
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All said and done you'll still be standing. in difficult times
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Be standing. in difficult times you have to remind yourself,
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You have to remind yourself, "this is not the end. my house
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"this is not the end. my house is built upon the rock. the
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Is built upon the rock. the enemy doesn't have the final
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Enemy doesn't have the final say. god does and he says when
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Say. god does and he says when it's all over i'll still be
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It's all over i'll still be standing." (applause)
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Standing." (applause) you may get knocked down but
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You may get knocked down but you won't get knocked out. you
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You won't get knocked out. you may suffer a setback. you have
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May suffer a setback. you have to go through a few things but
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To go through a few things but don't get discouraged. don't
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Don't get discouraged. don't get bitter. it's just life. it
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Get bitter. it's just life. it rains on all of us. the promise
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Rains on all of us. the promise god gives us is if you'll stay
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God gives us is if you'll stay in faith, when the smoke clears
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In faith, when the smoke clears and the dust settles, you will
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And the dust settles, you will not be the victim. you will be
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Not be the victim. you will be the victor. you will still be
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The victor. you will still be standing. (applause)
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Standing. (applause) all of us can look back at
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All of us can look back at things that should have defeated
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Things that should have defeated us. that divorce, that bad
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Us. that divorce, that bad break, should have given you a
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Break, should have given you a nervous breakdown but look at
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Nervous breakdown but look at you. you're still standing;
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You. you're still standing; happy, whole, restored. that
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Happy, whole, restored. that addiction, that partying
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Addiction, that partying lifestyle, should have killed
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Lifestyle, should have killed you but because you're praying
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You but because you're praying mother you're still standing,
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Mother you're still standing, clean, sober, free. (applause)
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Clean, sober, free. (applause) that sickness should have been
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That sickness should have been the end. the medical report
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The end. the medical report said you were done but god
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Said you were done but god said, "i've got another report.
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Said, "i've got another report. it's not over. you're still
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It's not over. you're still standing." or maybe you lost a
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Standing." or maybe you lost a loved one. you didn't think you
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Loved one. you didn't think you could go on, thought you'd seen
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Could go on, thought you'd seen your best days but god breathed
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Your best days but god breathed new life into you, lifted you
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New life into you, lifted you out of the pit, put a new song
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Out of the pit, put a new song in your heart and here you are
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In your heart and here you are today, still standing. when you
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Today, still standing. when you go through some things, you see
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Go through some things, you see the goodness of god, you see
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The goodness of god, you see him lift you, restore you,
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Him lift you, restore you, promote you, heal you. when you
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Promote you, heal you. when you have this history with god,
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Have this history with god, remembering what he has done,
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Remembering what he has done, you don't get discouraged by
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You don't get discouraged by every difficulty. you don't
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Every difficulty. you don't fall apart because of a
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Fall apart because of a disappointment. you don't get
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Disappointment. you don't get upset because people are
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Upset because people are talking about you. you know god
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Talking about you. you know god brought you through in the past
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Brought you through in the past and he is going to bring you
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And he is going to bring you through in the future.
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Through in the future. we had a hurricane here in
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We had a hurricane here in houston a few years ago.
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Houston a few years ago. there were all kinds of trees
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There were all kinds of trees blown down. huge oak trees,
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Blown down. huge oak trees, four or five feet in diameter,
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Four or five feet in diameter, they were no match for the 100
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They were no match for the 100 mile an hour winds. pine trees
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Mile an hour winds. pine trees well over 100 feet tall lay in
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Well over 100 feet tall lay in yard after yard. big trees.
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Yard after yard. big trees. small trees. pines. oaks.
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Small trees. pines. oaks. magnolias. elms. none of them
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Magnolias. elms. none of them could withstand the hurricane
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Could withstand the hurricane force winds. there was only one
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Force winds. there was only one type of tree that i noticed
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Type of tree that i noticed wasn't blown down. it was the
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Wasn't blown down. it was the palm tree. it's because god
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Palm tree. it's because god designed the palm to withstand
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Designed the palm to withstand the storm. unlike most other
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The storm. unlike most other trees the palm is able to bend
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Trees the palm is able to bend so it doesn't break. there's a
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So it doesn't break. there's a certain kind of palm that can
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Certain kind of palm that can bend over to where it's almost
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Bend over to where it's almost touching the ground. during a
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Touching the ground. during a hurricane, it may stay that way
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Hurricane, it may stay that way for five or six hours. it looks
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For five or six hours. it looks like it's over. it looks like
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Like it's over. it looks like it's done. i can imagine the
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It's done. i can imagine the hurricane huffing, puffing,
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Hurricane huffing, puffing, saying, "i may not be able to
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Saying, "i may not be able to break you like the oaks, or the
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Break you like the oaks, or the pine, but at least i can keep
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Pine, but at least i can keep you all bent over. at least i
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You all bent over. at least i can keep you from ever standing
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Can keep you from ever standing up again." the hurricane thinks
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Up again." the hurricane thinks it's winning the battle but in
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It's winning the battle but in a few hours when it runs out of
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A few hours when it runs out of strength, when the winds die
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Strength, when the winds die back down, you know what
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Back down, you know what happens? the palm tree stands
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Happens? the palm tree stands right back up to where it was
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Right back up to where it was again. (applause)
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Again. (applause) why is that? because god put
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Why is that? because god put bounce back in the palm tree.
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Bounce back in the palm tree. it may get pushed over but it's
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It may get pushed over but it's only temporary. just a matter
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Only temporary. just a matter of time before it stands right
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Of time before it stands right back up. psalm 92:12 says, "the
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Back up. psalm 92:12 says, "the righteous will flourish like a
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Righteous will flourish like a palm tree."
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Palm tree." it could have said we would
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It could have said we would flourish like an oak tree, be
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Flourish like an oak tree, be big and strong and have wide
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Big and strong and have wide branches. it could have said
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Branches. it could have said we'd flourish like a pine tree,
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We'd flourish like a pine tree, be tall and impressive and be
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Be tall and impressive and be able to see for miles. but the
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Able to see for miles. but the reason god said we would
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Reason god said we would flourish like a palm is because
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Flourish like a palm is because god knew we would face
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God knew we would face difficulties. he knew there
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Difficulties. he knew there would be things in life to try
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Would be things in life to try to push us down and keep us
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To push us down and keep us from our destinies. so god
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From our destinies. so god said, "i'm going to make you
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Said, "i'm going to make you like a palm. i'm going to put
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Like a palm. i'm going to put bounce back on the inside."
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Bounce back on the inside." you may go through a season
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You may go through a season where the winds are blowing,
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Where the winds are blowing, a season of loss, of
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A season of loss, of disappointment, a season of
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Disappointment, a season of dealing with an illness. but
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Dealing with an illness. but don't get discouraged. it's
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Don't get discouraged. it's only temporary. at some point
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Only temporary. at some point those winds will stop blowing
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Those winds will stop blowing and the bounce back put in you
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And the bounce back put in you by your creator will cause you
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By your creator will cause you to straighten right back up to
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To straighten right back up to where you were before.
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Where you were before. (applause)
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(applause) don't believe the lies that
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Don't believe the lies that it's permanent. "you'll never
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It's permanent. "you'll never get well." "you'll never
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Get well." "you'll never overcome that addiction."
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Overcome that addiction." "you'll never get out of that
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"you'll never get out of that legal problem." no, your house
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Legal problem." no, your house is built upon the rock. you may
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Is built upon the rock. you may be a little bent over now. you
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Be a little bent over now. you may have some difficulties but
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May have some difficulties but when that storm passes be
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When that storm passes be encouraged. you're going to
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Encouraged. you're going to stand right back up to where
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Stand right back up to where you were before. (applause)
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You were before. (applause) what's interesting is when the
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What's interesting is when the palm tree is bent over because
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Palm tree is bent over because of the hurricane you would think
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Of the hurricane you would think that's damaging the tree and
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That's damaging the tree and making it weaker but research
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Making it weaker but research shows it's just the opposite.
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Shows it's just the opposite. when the tree is being pushed
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When the tree is being pushed and stretched by the strong
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And stretched by the strong winds it's strengthening its
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Winds it's strengthening its root system and giving it
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Root system and giving it opportunities for new growth.
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Opportunities for new growth. after the storm, when the palm
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After the storm, when the palm tree stands right back up, it's
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Tree stands right back up, it's actually stronger than it was
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Actually stronger than it was before. when you get through
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Before. when you get through that storm, when you straighten
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That storm, when you straighten back up, you're not going to be
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Back up, you're not going to be the same. you're going to be
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The same. you're going to be stronger, healthier, wiser,
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Stronger, healthier, wiser, better off, ready for new
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Better off, ready for new growth. (applause)
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Growth. (applause) god never brings you out the
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God never brings you out the same. he makes the enemy pay
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Same. he makes the enemy pay for bringing the trouble.
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For bringing the trouble. what's meant for your harm god
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What's meant for your harm god will use to your advantage.
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Will use to your advantage. that difficulty is not going to
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That difficulty is not going to defeat you. it's going to
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Defeat you. it's going to promote you. it's not going to
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Promote you. it's not going to break you. it's going to
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Break you. it's going to strengthen you. you're not only
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Strengthen you. you're not only going to still be standing,
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Going to still be standing, you're going to be standing
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You're going to be standing stronger than ever.
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Stronger than ever. i have a friend that's had
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I have a friend that's had cancer three times. it's been
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Cancer three times. it's been going on the last ten years.
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Going on the last ten years. a couple of times it looked like
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A couple of times it looked like he was done. but i've never
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He was done. but i've never once seen him down. i've never
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Once seen him down. i've never heard him complain. he knows
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Heard him complain. he knows god has him in the palm of his
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God has him in the palm of his hand. he knows the number of
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Hand. he knows the number of his days god will fulfill. in
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His days god will fulfill. in other words, he's got his house
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Other words, he's got his house built upon the rock. every time
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Built upon the rock. every time it looks like he's done,
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It looks like he's done, somehow, like that palm tree,
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Somehow, like that palm tree, he bounces back. last time the
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He bounces back. last time the cancer came back, the doctors
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Cancer came back, the doctors told him they were going to
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Told him they were going to harvest his white blood cells
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Harvest his white blood cells before he took chemotherapy.
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Before he took chemotherapy. he asked them how many they
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He asked them how many they needed. they gave him a number.
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Needed. they gave him a number. he said, "doctor, i'm going to
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He said, "doctor, i'm going to give you twice what you're
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Give you twice what you're asking for." every day he would
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Asking for." every day he would thank god that he was getting
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Thank god that he was getting better. he saw himself healthy
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Better. he saw himself healthy and whole, went out and
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And whole, went out and exercised, did everything that
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Exercised, did everything that he could. two months later went
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He could. two months later went back to the hospital. the
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Back to the hospital. the doctor said, "you're a man of
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Doctor said, "you're a man of your word. you've given us more
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Your word. you've given us more than twice what we asked for."
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Than twice what we asked for." today, he is totally cancer
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Today, he is totally cancer free. beat the cancer for the
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Free. beat the cancer for the third time. (applause)
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Third time. (applause) here's what i'm saying. no
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Here's what i'm saying. no matter how hard those winds
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Matter how hard those winds blow they cannot uproot you.
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Blow they cannot uproot you. they cannot topple you. they
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They cannot topple you. they cannot break you. sickness
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Cannot break you. sickness doesn't determine your destiny;
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Doesn't determine your destiny; god does. he is the one that
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God does. he is the one that breathed life into you. he made
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Breathed life into you. he made your body. if it's not your
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Your body. if it's not your time to go you're not going
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Time to go you're not going to go. god has the final say
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To go. god has the final say and he said no weapon formed
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And he said no weapon formed against you will prosper.
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Against you will prosper. he said many are the afflictions
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He said many are the afflictions of the righteous but the lord
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Of the righteous but the lord delivers us out of them all.
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Delivers us out of them all. he said a good man may fall
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He said a good man may fall seven times but the lord will
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Seven times but the lord will raise him up. there's the
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Raise him up. there's the bounce back. now you've got to
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Bounce back. now you've got to get in agreement with god.
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Get in agreement with god. don't have a weak, defeated
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Don't have a weak, defeated mentality.
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Mentality. "oh, joel. why did this happen
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"oh, joel. why did this happen to me? i don't understand it."
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To me? i don't understand it." i can tell you why it happened;
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I can tell you why it happened; because you're alive. it rains
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Because you're alive. it rains on every one. the good news is
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On every one. the good news is because you're the righteous
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Because you're the righteous you have something in you that
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You have something in you that the unrighteous doesn't have.
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The unrighteous doesn't have. like that palm tree there's
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Like that palm tree there's bounce back in your spirit.
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Bounce back in your spirit. no matter how hard those winds
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No matter how hard those winds blow they cannot defeat you.
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Blow they cannot defeat you. if you'll stay in faith you'll
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If you'll stay in faith you'll be able to say like my friend,
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Be able to say like my friend, "i'm still standing. sickness
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"i'm still standing. sickness had me down for a little while
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Had me down for a little while but i came right back up. still
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But i came right back up. still standing."
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Standing." "went through a slow season at
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"went through a slow season at work. had a bad break but he
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Work. had a bad break but he didn't defeat me. it promoted
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Didn't defeat me. it promoted me. i came out stronger. i'm
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Me. i came out stronger. i'm still standing."
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Still standing." or maybe, "i had a breakup in a
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Or maybe, "i had a breakup in a relationship. somebody walked
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Relationship. somebody walked out on me, broke my heart.
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Out on me, broke my heart. didn't think i'd ever be happy
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Didn't think i'd ever be happy again. but look what the lord
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Again. but look what the lord has done. brought somebody
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Has done. brought somebody better into my life. i'm still
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Better into my life. i'm still standing stronger than ever."
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Standing stronger than ever." (applause)
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(applause) i met a young couple that moved
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I met a young couple that moved here from new orleans. they
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Here from new orleans. they lost everything during
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Lost everything during hurricane katrina.
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Hurricane katrina. the house that they had worked
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The house that they had worked so hard for was washed away.
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So hard for was washed away. lost their possessions, their
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Lost their possessions, their furniture, their car.
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Furniture, their car. they made it out only with the
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They made it out only with the clothes on their back.
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Clothes on their back. a bus dropped them off at the
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A bus dropped them off at the houston astrodome. when i met
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Houston astrodome. when i met them here at lakewood it's like
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Them here at lakewood it's like they were numb. their whole
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They were numb. their whole world had fallen apart. the
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World had fallen apart. the man's company, the people he
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Man's company, the people he worked for, had closed down.
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Worked for, had closed down. he no longer had a job. i told
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He no longer had a job. i told them what i'm telling you.
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Them what i'm telling you. you may be down but it's
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You may be down but it's temporary. there's bounce back
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Temporary. there's bounce back in your spirit. when it's all
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In your spirit. when it's all said and done you'll still be
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Said and done you'll still be standing strong.
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Standing strong. week after week they kept
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Week after week they kept coming to lakewood, hearing
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Coming to lakewood, hearing about how we are victors and
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About how we are victors and not victims and about how god
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Not victims and about how god will pay you back for the
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Will pay you back for the unfair things that have
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Unfair things that have happened.
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Happened. a couple of years later they
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A couple of years later they brought me pictures in the lobby
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Brought me pictures in the lobby of the new home they had just
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Of the new home they had just moved into. in new orleans they
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Moved into. in new orleans they had an older home but here they
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Had an older home but here they have a brand new home. the man
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Have a brand new home. the man told how he has a better job
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Told how he has a better job with better benefits. his kids
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With better benefits. his kids are in better schools. on and
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Are in better schools. on and on.
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On. that's what happens when your
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That's what happens when your house is built upon the rock.
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House is built upon the rock. it doesn't prevent difficulties.
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It doesn't prevent difficulties. you may have some storms.
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You may have some storms. you may go through some bad
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You may go through some bad breaks but because of the bounce
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Breaks but because of the bounce back in your spirit, when it's
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Back in your spirit, when it's all over you'll still be
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All over you'll still be standing, not the same but
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Standing, not the same but increased, promoted, better
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Increased, promoted, better off than you were before.
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Off than you were before. isaiah said, "when the enemy
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Isaiah said, "when the enemy comes in like a flood..."
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Comes in like a flood..." that means when you feel
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That means when you feel overwhelmed. you lost your
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Overwhelmed. you lost your house in the hurricane. you
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House in the hurricane. you got a bad medical report.
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Got a bad medical report. a friend did you wrong in a
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A friend did you wrong in a business deal. what does god
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Business deal. what does god do? sit back and think, "too
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Do? sit back and think, "too bad. told you it's going to
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Bad. told you it's going to rain. told you life was going
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Rain. told you life was going to be difficult."
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To be difficult." no, when the enemy comes in like
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No, when the enemy comes in like a flood god raises up a barrier.
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A flood god raises up a barrier. in other words, that injustice,
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In other words, that injustice, that bad break, that sickness,
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That bad break, that sickness, it gets god's attention. he
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It gets god's attention. he doesn't sit back. he goes to
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Doesn't sit back. he goes to work.
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Work. one
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One time when our son jonathan was
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Time when our son jonathan was a little boy, maybe about two
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A little boy, maybe about two years old, we were at the
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Years old, we were at the grocery store together.
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Grocery store together. i had walked down to the end
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I had walked down to the end of the aisle to get something.
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Of the aisle to get something. he stayed there at the cart.
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He stayed there at the cart. i could still see him but he was
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I could still see him but he was about 40 feet away. he started
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About 40 feet away. he started pulling things off the bottom
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Pulling things off the bottom shelf, a few boxes of cereal,
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Shelf, a few boxes of cereal, no big deal. i was going to
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No big deal. i was going to clean it up. but this lady came
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Clean it up. but this lady came around the corner that worked
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Around the corner that worked there and got very upset that
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There and got very upset that he was making a mess. she
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He was making a mess. she started jumping down his throat
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Started jumping down his throat saying, "listen here young man.
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Saying, "listen here young man. you need to learn to keep your
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You need to learn to keep your hands to yourself. you cannot
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Hands to yourself. you cannot make this mess in my store."
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Make this mess in my store." on and on. and when i heard
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On and on. and when i heard that, something rose up on the
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That, something rose up on the inside of me. i don't know if
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Inside of me. i don't know if it was god or the devil.
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It was god or the devil. (laughter) but it felt good.
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(laughter) but it felt good. (laughter)
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(laughter) i'm the nicest guy you'll ever
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I'm the nicest guy you'll ever meet. i'll do anything in the
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Meet. i'll do anything in the world for you but if you mess
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World for you but if you mess with my children, you've got a
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With my children, you've got a fight on your hands. (applause)
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Fight on your hands. (applause) that's the way it is with our
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That's the way it is with our heavenly father. when the enemy
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Heavenly father. when the enemy comes in like a flood god
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Comes in like a flood god steps up and says, "hey, wait
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Steps up and says, "hey, wait a minute. you're messing with
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A minute. you're messing with the wrong person. that's my
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The wrong person. that's my son. that's my daughter. if
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Son. that's my daughter. if you're going to mess with them
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You're going to mess with them you're going to have to first
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You're going to have to first mess with me. who am i? i am
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Mess with me. who am i? i am the all-powerful creator of
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The all-powerful creator of the universe."
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The universe." when god said, "let there be
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When god said, "let there be light," light came at 186,000
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Light," light came at 186,000 miles a second. god says to
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Miles a second. god says to your enemies, "you want some
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Your enemies, "you want some of this? go ahead and make
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Of this? go ahead and make my day." (applause)
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My day." (applause) you've got to realize in the
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You've got to realize in the tough times you're not alone.
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Tough times you're not alone. you've got somebody fighting
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You've got somebody fighting for you. the most high god has
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For you. the most high god has got your back. now you've got
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Got your back. now you've got to get your fire back. you
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To get your fire back. you can't go through life focused
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Can't go through life focused on who hurt you, what didn't
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On who hurt you, what didn't work out and how unfair it is.
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Work out and how unfair it is. that's going to keep you down.
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That's going to keep you down. shake off that weak, defeated
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Shake off that weak, defeated mentality and have a warrior
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Mentality and have a warrior mentality. a warrior doesn't
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Mentality. a warrior doesn't complain about opposition. on
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Complain about opposition. on the contrary, a warrior likes
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The contrary, a warrior likes a good fight. it fires him up.
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A good fight. it fires him up. this is what david did in the
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This is what david did in the scripture. he suffered a major
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Scripture. he suffered a major setback. while he and his men
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Setback. while he and his men were out protecting the
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Were out protecting the borders of israel, doing the
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Borders of israel, doing the right thing, fulfilling their
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Right thing, fulfilling their purpose, it began to rain.
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Purpose, it began to rain. these bandits came in and
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These bandits came in and attacked their home city of
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Attacked their home city of ziglag, burned down their
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Ziglag, burned down their houses, stole their possessions,
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Houses, stole their possessions, kidnapped their wives and
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Kidnapped their wives and children. when he and his 600
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Children. when he and his 600 men returned home and saw the
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Men returned home and saw the smoke billowing in the
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Smoke billowing in the distance, finally realized that
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Distance, finally realized that was their home city, the
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Was their home city, the scripture says, "they wept
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Scripture says, "they wept until they could not weep
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Until they could not weep anymore."
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Anymore." it was the worst day of their
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It was the worst day of their lives. it looked like it was
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Lives. it looked like it was over. it looked like they were
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Over. it looked like they were done. it would have stayed that
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Done. it would have stayed that way if it had not been for
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Way if it had not been for david. he did something that we
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David. he did something that we all must do if we're going to
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All must do if we're going to see the bounce back. instead of
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See the bounce back. instead of staying in the ashes focusing
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Staying in the ashes focusing on how bad life had treated
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On how bad life had treated him that warrior spirit began
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Him that warrior spirit began to rise up. he thought, "hey,
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To rise up. he thought, "hey, i may be down, this may be my
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I may be down, this may be my worst defeat so far but this is
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Worst defeat so far but this is not the end of my story.
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Not the end of my story. i am the righteous. i've got
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I am the righteous. i've got bounce back in my spirit. my
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Bounce back in my spirit. my house is built upon the rock.
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House is built upon the rock. i have the promise. when it's
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I have the promise. when it's all over i'll still be
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All over i'll still be standing." he started
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Standing." he started encouraging himself, reminding
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Encouraging himself, reminding him who he was and whose he
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Him who he was and whose he was. he told his men, "get up.
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Was. he told his men, "get up. dry your tears. get your
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Dry your tears. get your equipment. we're going to go
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Equipment. we're going to go get what belongs to us." they
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Get what belongs to us." they went out, not only attacked and
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Went out, not only attacked and defeated the enemy but they got
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Defeated the enemy but they got all their possessions back.
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All their possessions back. they got their wives and
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They got their wives and children back. the scripture
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Children back. the scripture says they recovered all.
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Says they recovered all. david's greatest defeat turned
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David's greatest defeat turned into one of his greatest
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Into one of his greatest victories. we all face unfair
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Victories. we all face unfair situations, things that seem
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Situations, things that seem like they're going to bury us,
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Like they're going to bury us, but if you will have this
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But if you will have this warrior mentality and go after
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Warrior mentality and go after what belongs to you, the enemy
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What belongs to you, the enemy won't have the last laugh.
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Won't have the last laugh. you will. he may hit you with
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You will. he may hit you with his best shot but his best will
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His best shot but his best will never be enough. the forces
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Never be enough. the forces that are for you are greater
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That are for you are greater than the forces that are
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Than the forces that are against you. (applause)
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Against you. (applause) like david, you may be down
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Like david, you may be down right now. it may be raining in
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Right now. it may be raining in your life but because your
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Your life but because your house is built upon the rock,
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House is built upon the rock, because you are the righteous,
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Because you are the righteous, there is bounce back in your
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There is bounce back in your spirit. when it's all said and
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Spirit. when it's all said and done you're still going to be
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Done you're still going to be standing.
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Standing. a few weeks ago i was at home
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A few weeks ago i was at home lifting weights by myself.
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Lifting weights by myself. i was lying on a bench doing the
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I was lying on a bench doing the bench press. i was using a
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Bench press. i was using a barbell. free weights, it
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Barbell. free weights, it wasn't a machine. this was my
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Wasn't a machine. this was my last set. i was going to do
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Last set. i was going to do five repetitions. it was a very
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Five repetitions. it was a very heavy weight for me. i did
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Heavy weight for me. i did number one, two, three.
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Number one, two, three. everything was fine. just like
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Everything was fine. just like normal. but on rep number four
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Normal. but on rep number four it was very hard. i could
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It was very hard. i could barely get it up. i thought,
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Barely get it up. i thought, "okay, i'm going to go ahead
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"okay, i'm going to go ahead and try number five but i don't
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And try number five but i don't know if i can do it." i pushed
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Know if i can do it." i pushed number five and got about
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Number five and got about halfway up and got stuck.
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Halfway up and got stuck. i pushed and pushed and pushed.
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I pushed and pushed and pushed. gave it everything i had but it
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Gave it everything i had but it wouldn't budge. i couldn't do
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Wouldn't budge. i couldn't do it. i went to set the weight
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It. i went to set the weight down on the safety rails i have
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Down on the safety rails i have on each side so i could get out
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On each side so i could get out from under it. the only problem
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From under it. the only problem was jonathan was home from
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Was jonathan was home from college and he had moved the
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College and he had moved the safety rails lower when he was
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Safety rails lower when he was working out. i forgot to check
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Working out. i forgot to check them. now i've got all this
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Them. now i've got all this weight on my chest and i'm
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Weight on my chest and i'm totally out of energy.
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Totally out of energy. i couldn't shake it off to one
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I couldn't shake it off to one side or the other. there were
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Side or the other. there were clamps on the end of the
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Clamps on the end of the barbells. at times before i've
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Barbells. at times before i've rolled it down my chest to my
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Rolled it down my chest to my stomach. i couldn't do it with
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Stomach. i couldn't do it with this heavy weight.
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This heavy weight. my first thought was, "how long
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My first thought was, "how long can i keep this weight off of me
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Can i keep this weight off of me before it crushes me?"
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Before it crushes me?" i thought, "probably about a
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I thought, "probably about a minute or two." my next thought
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Minute or two." my next thought was, "you've already wasted
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Was, "you've already wasted 30 seconds." (laughter)
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30 seconds." (laughter) as i sat there contemplating
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As i sat there contemplating what i should do something
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What i should do something rose up in me and said, "joel,
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Rose up in me and said, "joel, you are not going to let this
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You are not going to let this weight crush you. you are not
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Weight crush you. you are not going to let your family come
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Going to let your family come in here and find you squashed.
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In here and find you squashed. this is not the end of your
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This is not the end of your story. you're too young to die.
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Story. you're too young to die. you've got too much in you to
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You've got too much in you to die. you're too good looking to
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Die. you're too good looking to die." (laughter) crazy thoughts
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Die." (laughter) crazy thoughts come when you're about to die.
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Come when you're about to die. i pushed on this right side with
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I pushed on this right side with all of my might. the left side
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All of my might. the left side caught the lower safety rail
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Caught the lower safety rail and i scooted about an inch.
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And i scooted about an inch. i rested a few seconds and
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I rested a few seconds and pushed again on that right side,
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Pushed again on that right side, scooted another inch. and
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Scooted another inch. and another. and another.
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Another. and another. eventually i was able to get my
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Eventually i was able to get my shoulder out from the bench,
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Shoulder out from the bench, then my chest out and finally
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Then my chest out and finally i fell to the ground and that
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I fell to the ground and that barbell was caught by the lower
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Barbell was caught by the lower rail. here's my point.
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Rail. here's my point. when you're in a tough time you
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When you're in a tough time you can't sit around thinking about
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Can't sit around thinking about the bad break, how unfair it
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The bad break, how unfair it was, "i can't believe i got this
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Was, "i can't believe i got this sickness," "i can't believe they
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Sickness," "i can't believe they left me," "i can't believe this
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Left me," "i can't believe this weight is on me." you can
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Weight is on me." you can either let that sickness crush
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Either let that sickness crush you, you can let that defeat,
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You, you can let that defeat, that bad break, that
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That bad break, that disappointment finish you off.
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Disappointment finish you off. die under the weight of it.
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Die under the weight of it. or you can have this warrior
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Or you can have this warrior mentality and do what you've got
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Mentality and do what you've got to do. push. scoot. stretch.
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To do. push. scoot. stretch. squirm. wiggle. refocus. get
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Squirm. wiggle. refocus. get your second wind and beat it.
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Your second wind and beat it. (applause)
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(applause) i got up off the ground. my
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I got up off the ground. my chest was a little scraped and
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Chest was a little scraped and my back was a little bruised
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My back was a little bruised but at least i was still alive.
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But at least i was still alive. (laughter)
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(laughter) i looked at that weight and
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I looked at that weight and said, "you didn't defeat me.
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Said, "you didn't defeat me. i'm still standing."
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I'm still standing." the scripture puts it this way.
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The scripture puts it this way. "god has armed you with strength
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"god has armed you with strength for every battle."
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For every battle." i've found the more difficult
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I've found the more difficult the battle the more strength
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The battle the more strength you'll have. your strength will
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You'll have. your strength will always match what you're up
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Always match what you're up against. when i think about how
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Against. when i think about how i got out from under that
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I got out from under that weight i don't know how i did
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Weight i don't know how i did it. i was totally out of
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It. i was totally out of energy. i had used all my
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Energy. i had used all my strength for that fifth rep.
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Strength for that fifth rep. i could have said, "god, please
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I could have said, "god, please just take this off of me. it's
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Just take this off of me. it's going to kill me." god said,
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Going to kill me." god said, "no, joel. push one more time
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"no, joel. push one more time and watch what will happen."
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And watch what will happen." i pushed and discovered strength
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I pushed and discovered strength that i didn't know i had.
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That i didn't know i had. are you letting something defeat
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Are you letting something defeat you because you don't think you
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You because you don't think you have the strength to overcome,
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Have the strength to overcome, the strength to deal with that
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The strength to deal with that financial problem, that
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Financial problem, that sickness, that child that's off
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Sickness, that child that's off course. if you'll have this
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Course. if you'll have this warrior mentality and do what
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Warrior mentality and do what you can do god will help you do
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You can do god will help you do what you cannot do. i saw on
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What you cannot do. i saw on the news just last week this
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The news just last week this man came up to a car on the
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Man came up to a car on the freeway that had crashed.
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Freeway that had crashed. there was a person trapped on
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There was a person trapped on the inside. the car caught on
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The inside. the car caught on fire. this man, about my size,
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Fire. this man, about my size, went over to the door frame and
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Went over to the door frame and somehow ripped the door away
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Somehow ripped the door away from the car so the person could
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From the car so the person could get out. they showed a picture
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Get out. they showed a picture of this bent steel frame.
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Of this bent steel frame. it looked like something you'd
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It looked like something you'd see in the movies from a
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See in the movies from a superhero. they asked the man
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Superhero. they asked the man how he did it. he said,
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How he did it. he said, "i don't know. i just pulled as
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"i don't know. i just pulled as hard as i could." when you do
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Hard as i could." when you do what you've got to do you'll
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What you've got to do you'll discover a strength that you
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Discover a strength that you didn't know you had. friends,
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Didn't know you had. friends, you are not weak. you're not
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You are not weak. you're not defeated. you're a warrior.
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Defeated. you're a warrior. (applause)
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(applause) you've got resurrection power
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You've got resurrection power on the inside. you may be down
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On the inside. you may be down right now. those winds may be
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Right now. those winds may be blowing but like that palm tree
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Blowing but like that palm tree you're about to come back up
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You're about to come back up again. you're not going to stay
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Again. you're not going to stay down. you're not going to be
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Down. you're not going to be the same. you're going to be
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The same. you're going to be stronger, healthier, better
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Stronger, healthier, better off. this is a new day. things
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Off. this is a new day. things are changing in your favor.
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Are changing in your favor. god has done it in the past.
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God has done it in the past. he is going to do it again in
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He is going to do it again in the future.
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The future. you need to get ready.
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You need to get ready. a bounce back is coming.
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A bounce back is coming. you're going to bounce back from
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You're going to bounce back from sickness, bounce back from loss,
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Sickness, bounce back from loss, bounce back from bad breaks;
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Bounce back from bad breaks; bounce back from debt.
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Bounce back from debt. those winds cannot uproot you.
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Those winds cannot uproot you. they don't have the final say;
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They don't have the final say; god does.
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God does. because your house is built upon
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Because your house is built upon the rock no matter what comes
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The rock no matter what comes against you, i believe and
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Against you, i believe and declare when it's all said and
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Declare when it's all said and done you will not be the victim,
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Done you will not be the victim, you will be the victor. you
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You will be the victor. you will still be standing in jesus'
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Will still be standing in jesus' name. if you receive it can you
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Name. if you receive it can you say, "amen" today? (applause)
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Say, "amen" today? (applause) joel's message
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Joel's message resonated with me
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Resonated with me because i tried to listen
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Because i tried to listen to other people
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To other people and some of them
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And some of them were like hellfire
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Were like hellfire and brimstone.
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And brimstone. so i took what joel said
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So i took what joel said in the i am's and
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In the i am's and i physically replaced them with
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I physically replaced them with i am strong, i am worthy.
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I am strong, i am worthy. i started
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I started saying those over and over
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Saying those over and over and over throughout my day,
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And over throughout my day, and i said, you know,
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And i said, you know, i will do this for one year.
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I will do this for one year. and it actually changed
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And it actually changed my mindset
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My mindset from being a victim
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From being a victim to being a victor.
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To being a victor. what a powerful story.
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What a powerful story. one life changed by hope,
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One life changed by hope, by faith,
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By faith, by the goodness of god.
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By the goodness of god. this is the reason
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This is the reason we do what we do.
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We do what we do. every message,
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Every message, every broadcast, every prayer.
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Every broadcast, every prayer. it's about reaching people
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It's about reaching people right where they are,
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Right where they are, and reminding them
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And reminding them that god is not finished
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That god is not finished with them.
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With them. the truth is,
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The truth is, none of this happens
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None of this happens without you.
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Without you. this is the time of year
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This is the time of year when my team and i make plans
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When my team and i make plans for how we can impact
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For how we can impact as many people as possible
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As many people as possible over the next 12 months.
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Over the next 12 months. so thank you
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So thank you in advance for your generosity.
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In advance for your generosity. god sees your heart
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God sees your heart to help others
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To help others to make a difference
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To make a difference with your life.
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With your life. as our way of saying thank you,
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This ministry is reaching people
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Is reaching people around the world
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With the message of hope, and as our way of saying
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And the abundant life god has promised.
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God has promised. whether you're walking
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And rebuild day by day. choose to trust god.
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None of us like difficulties. but if you'll stay in faith,
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You won't come out the same. you'll come out with double.
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You'll come out with double. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thank you for your prayers
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Thank you for your prayers and support.
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To make the ministry possible. until we see you again
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Until we see you again next week,
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Next week, may the lord bless
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Joel Osteen - I'm Still Standing

March 26, 2026 | 27:29

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