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Joel Osteen - Invisible To The Enemy

December 24, 2025 | 29:55

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Invisible To The Enemy | December 24, 2025

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> (music playing) > joel: god bless you!
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> joel: god bless you! it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us all
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Connected with us all through the week.
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Through the week. we have a daily podcast that
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We have a daily podcast that you can download, you can go
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You can download, you can go to our youtube channel,
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To our youtube channel, watch the messages anytime;
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Watch the messages anytime; or you can follow us on
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Or you can follow us on social media.
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Social media. i promise you we'll keep
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I promise you we'll keep you encouraged and inspired,
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You encouraged and inspired, but thanks for tuning in.
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But thanks for tuning in. thanks again for coming out.
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Thanks again for coming out. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this family.
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I heard about this family. they lived way back in the
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They lived way back in the woods. they never left
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Woods. they never left their little town,
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Their little town, never watched television.
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Never watched television. one day they took a vacation
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One day they took a vacation to new york city.
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To new york city. the father was showing his
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The father was showing his son a famous skyscraper.
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Son a famous skyscraper. they were so impressed.
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They were so impressed. they were especially
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They were especially intrigued by the elevator.
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Intrigued by the elevator. they didn't know what it
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They didn't know what it was. this elderly woman
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Was. this elderly woman walked up, pushed a button,
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Walked up, pushed a button, the walls opened up, she
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The walls opened up, she stepped into a little
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Stepped into a little room, the walls closed
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Room, the walls closed back up. they sat there
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Back up. they sat there contemplating what they
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Contemplating what they had just seen. in a few
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Had just seen. in a few seconds, the walls opened
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Seconds, the walls opened back up and out stepped
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Back up and out stepped a beautiful 24-year-old
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A beautiful 24-year-old girl. almost in disbelief,
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Girl. almost in disbelief, the son said, "dad, what
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The son said, "dad, what just happened?"
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Just happened?" the dad said, "i don't
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The dad said, "i don't know son, but go get
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Know son, but go get your mother."
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Your mother." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Have. i can do what it says i can do.
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The 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.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about invisible to the
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About invisible to the enemy. we all have things
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Enemy. we all have things that come against us in
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That come against us in life, people that don't
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Life, people that don't like us, we're dealing
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Like us, we're dealing with an illness, we lost
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With an illness, we lost a big client at work.
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A big client at work. it's easy to live worried,
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It's easy to live worried, wondering how it's going
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Wondering how it's going to turn out.
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To turn out. but david said in psalm 27,
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But david said in psalm 27, "in the time of trouble,
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"in the time of trouble, god will hide you.
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God will hide you. he will place you out of
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He will place you out of reach on a high rock."
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Reach on a high rock." it doesn't say we won't
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It doesn't say we won't have trouble, difficulties
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Have trouble, difficulties may come, but the promise
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May come, but the promise god gives us is he's
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God gives us is he's going to hide us.
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Going to hide us. you could say he's going
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You could say he's going to make you invisible
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To make you invisible to the enemy.
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To the enemy. you don't know how many
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You don't know how many times trouble has come
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Times trouble has come but it couldn't find you.
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But it couldn't find you. sickness had your name on
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Sickness had your name on it but when it showed up,
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It but when it showed up, you were invisible.
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You were invisible. that calamity, that accident
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That calamity, that accident was sent to take you out but
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Was sent to take you out but when it arrived you were
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When it arrived you were nowhere to be found.
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Nowhere to be found. you didn't know anything
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You didn't know anything about it.
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About it. you were just going about
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You were just going about your day, being your best,
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Your day, being your best, and forces that should have
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And forces that should have stopped you, enemies that
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Stopped you, enemies that should have defeated you,
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Should have defeated you, trouble that should have
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Trouble that should have caused you great heartache,
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Caused you great heartache, didn't have any effect on
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Didn't have any effect on you.
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You. why? you were invisible
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Why? you were invisible to the enemy.
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To the enemy. that's why we can live from
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That's why we can live from a place of faith, a place of
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A place of faith, a place of trust.
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Trust. not worried, "what if my
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Not worried, "what if my company downsizes and
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Company downsizes and doesn't need me, what if my
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Doesn't need me, what if my child gets off course, what
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Child gets off course, what if i get this virus?"
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If i get this virus?" no, turn it around, "father,
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No, turn it around, "father, thank you that i am
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Thank you that i am invisible to the enemy.
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Invisible to the enemy. thank you that my children
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Thank you that my children are invisible to the enemy.
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Are invisible to the enemy. thank you that my health,
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Thank you that my health, my finances, my marriage,
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My finances, my marriage, my dreams are all invisible
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My dreams are all invisible to the enemy."
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To the enemy." david knew what it was like
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David knew what it was like to have opposition, people
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To have opposition, people trying to stop him.
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Trying to stop him. in 1 samuel 23, he was
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In 1 samuel 23, he was living on the run from king
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Living on the run from king saul. he had done nothing
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Saul. he had done nothing wrong, he was one of saul's
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Wrong, he was one of saul's main armor bearers.
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Main armor bearers. he would play music for
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He would play music for saul when he wasn't feeling
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Saul when he wasn't feeling well but saul was jealous
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Well but saul was jealous of david.
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Of david. he was so obsessed with
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He was so obsessed with getting rid of him, that's
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Getting rid of him, that's all he could think about.
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All he could think about. sometimes when you're doing
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Sometimes when you're doing the right thing, being good
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The right thing, being good to people, the favor on your
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To people, the favor on your life will stir up the
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Life will stir up the jealousy in other people.
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Jealousy in other people. david was in the desert,
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David was in the desert, hiding in caves, doing his
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Hiding in caves, doing his best to not get caught.
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Best to not get caught. saul had the most skilled
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Saul had the most skilled soldiers, he had groups that
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Soldiers, he had groups that were specifically trained in
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Were specifically trained in tracking people, like a navy
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Tracking people, like a navy seal team.
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Seal team. david was a shepherd, he'd
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David was a shepherd, he'd been taking care of sheep, a
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Been taking care of sheep, a teenager.
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Teenager. he didn't have any
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He didn't have any professional training.
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Professional training. he was outnumbered, they had
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He was outnumbered, they had more equipment, more skill.
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More equipment, more skill. it seemed like he would be
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It seemed like he would be easily captured.
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Easily captured. but verse 14 says, "saul
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But verse 14 says, "saul hunted david day after day,
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Hunted david day after day, but god did not let him be
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But god did not let him be found."
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Found." god knows how to make you
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God knows how to make you invisible to the enemy.
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Invisible to the enemy. he knows how to hide you
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He knows how to hide you from trouble, hide you from
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From trouble, hide you from an accident, hide you from
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An accident, hide you from people that are trying to
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People that are trying to bring you down.
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Bring you down. a friend of mine was
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A friend of mine was involved in a situation that
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Involved in a situation that was very big in the press.
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Was very big in the press. at one point it was the
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At one point it was the hottest news story around
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Hottest news story around and practically every
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And practically every reporter was trying to get
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Reporter was trying to get to him.
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To him. but the press was very
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But the press was very negative toward him and he
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Negative toward him and he wanted to stay out of it.
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Wanted to stay out of it. for the first few months, he
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For the first few months, he had to travel back and forth
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Had to travel back and forth to another city.
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To another city. the press would get word of
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The press would get word of when he was going to be at
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When he was going to be at the airport.
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The airport. they would all show up.
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They would all show up. he said, "joel, it was the
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He said, "joel, it was the most amazing thing.
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Most amazing thing. i would get out of my car,
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I would get out of my car, all these cameras were lined
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All these cameras were lined up on the sidewalk waiting
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Up on the sidewalk waiting for me, i would walk right
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For me, i would walk right past them, not one of them
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Past them, not one of them recognized me."
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Recognized me." they never got a shot of
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They never got a shot of him.
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Him. one day a reporter came to
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One day a reporter came to his house, he answered the
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His house, he answered the door.
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Door. but the reporter didn't even
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But the reporter didn't even recognize him at his own
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Recognize him at his own house.
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House. he said, "it was like god
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He said, "it was like god was making me invisible to
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Was making me invisible to the wrong people."
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The wrong people." god knows how to protect
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God knows how to protect you.
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You. just as he can make blind
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Just as he can make blind eyes see, he can make seeing
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Eyes see, he can make seeing eyes blind.
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Eyes blind. he can make you invisible
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He can make you invisible to people and circumstances
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To people and circumstances that want to harm you.
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That want to harm you. i can imagine sickness
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I can imagine sickness coming looking for you.
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Coming looking for you. it has all the details,
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It has all the details, knows where you live, where
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Knows where you live, where you work, the enemy's done
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You work, the enemy's done his surveillance.
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His surveillance. when that sickness comes to
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When that sickness comes to the door, you may answer but
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The door, you may answer but like my friend, you're
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Like my friend, you're invisible to the enemy.
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Invisible to the enemy. it has to go back, "sorry,
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It has to go back, "sorry, i couldn't find them."
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I couldn't find them." when you know god has you
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When you know god has you in a safe place, invisible
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In a safe place, invisible to the enemy then you can
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To the enemy then you can live at peace. you're not
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Live at peace. you're not at risk, open game, any
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At risk, open game, any moment something bad can
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Moment something bad can happen, gad has you hidden,
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Happen, gad has you hidden, where you cannot be
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Where you cannot be found.
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Found. many things that were sent
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Many things that were sent to stop you, trouble,
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To stop you, trouble, calamity, bad breaks,
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Calamity, bad breaks, they had your name on them,
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They had your name on them, they had your address,
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They had your address, the reason they couldn't
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The reason they couldn't stop you is they couldn't
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Stop you is they couldn't find you.
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Find you. god had you in a safe place.
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God had you in a safe place. when you make the lord your
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When you make the lord your god, when you stay under the
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God, when you stay under the shelter of the most high,
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Shelter of the most high, the scripture says he covers
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The scripture says he covers you with his wings.
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You with his wings. he'll hide you from things
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He'll hide you from things that could have brought you
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That could have brought you down.
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Down. see, the enemy has schemes
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See, the enemy has schemes and strategies to try to
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And strategies to try to keep you from your destiny.
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Keep you from your destiny. people were set in motion,
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People were set in motion, headed your way to cause
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Headed your way to cause trouble, the problem was
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Trouble, the problem was they couldn't find you.
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They couldn't find you. they showed up but you were
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They showed up but you were invisible to the trouble,
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Invisible to the trouble, invisible to the sickness,
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Invisible to the sickness, invisible to the layoff.
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Invisible to the layoff. god protected you and you
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God protected you and you didn't even know it.
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Didn't even know it. "joel, it didn't work for
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"joel, it didn't work for me, i must not be invisible,
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Me, i must not be invisible, i had an accident, i got
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I had an accident, i got laid off, i came down with
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Laid off, i came down with this sickness."
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This sickness." yes but that sickness
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Yes but that sickness couldn't finish you off,
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Couldn't finish you off, that accident couldn't take
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That accident couldn't take you out, that layoff didn't
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You out, that layoff didn't stop your purpose.
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Stop your purpose. when trouble came god put
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When trouble came god put you in a safe place.
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You in a safe place. that difficulty is not how
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That difficulty is not how your story ends, god has the
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Your story ends, god has the final say.
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Final say. he's not only going to take
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He's not only going to take care of what's trying to
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Care of what's trying to stop you but he's going to
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Stop you but he's going to bring you out better.
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Bring you out better. in the old testament, god
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In the old testament, god sent plagues on pharaoh and
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Sent plagues on pharaoh and his people for not letting
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His people for not letting the israelites go.
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The israelites go. the final plague was the
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The final plague was the first born of their children
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First born of their children were going to be killed.
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Were going to be killed. god told the israelites they
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God told the israelites they had to put blood on the
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Had to put blood on the doorpost of their house.
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Doorpost of their house. when the death angel came,
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When the death angel came, as long as they had blood
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As long as they had blood over their house, they were
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Over their house, they were invisible to the enemy.
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Invisible to the enemy. there was no harm to their
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There was no harm to their family.
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Family. that night, thousands of
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That night, thousands of lives were lost.
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Lives were lost. there was all kinds of
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There was all kinds of grieving, great sorrow.
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Grieving, great sorrow. what's interesting is none
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What's interesting is none of the israelites lost their
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Of the israelites lost their lives, yet they were living
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Lives, yet they were living next door to their
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Next door to their oppressors.
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Oppressors. it wasn't like they were
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It wasn't like they were hundred of miles away, they
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Hundred of miles away, they were all in the same area.
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Were all in the same area. what was the difference?
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What was the difference? one had the blood, and the
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One had the blood, and the other didn't.
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Other didn't. one was under the shelter of
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One was under the shelter of the most high, covered by
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The most high, covered by his wings, the other wasn't.
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His wings, the other wasn't. when you keep the blood over
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When you keep the blood over your house, when you honor
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Your house, when you honor god, you stay close to him,
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God, you stay close to him, you have an advantage, he
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You have an advantage, he hides you when trouble
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Hides you when trouble comes.
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Comes. he makes you invisible to
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He makes you invisible to the enemy.
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The enemy. when calamity showed up at
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When calamity showed up at your house, like with them,
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Your house, like with them, it passes you by.
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It passes you by. when people want to harm
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When people want to harm you, when sickness, when
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You, when sickness, when early death comes, that may
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Early death comes, that may have been sent for you.
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Have been sent for you. schemes and strategies that
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Schemes and strategies that have your name on them, stay
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Have your name on them, stay in peace.
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In peace. you're covered by the blood.
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You're covered by the blood. you're under the shelter of
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You're under the shelter of the most high.
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The most high. things that take other
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Things that take other people out, can't take you
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People out, can't take you out.
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Out. trouble that defeats others
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Trouble that defeats others won't stop you.
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Won't stop you. sickness that should be the
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Sickness that should be the end, can't take your life.
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End, can't take your life. you're in a safe place.
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You're in a safe place. you don't have to live
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You don't have to live worried, fearing what might
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Worried, fearing what might happen, fearing getting
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Happen, fearing getting cancer, fearing being laid
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Cancer, fearing being laid off.
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Off. the good news is you have
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The good news is you have blood on your doorpost.
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Blood on your doorpost. you belong to the most high.
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You belong to the most high. now get in agreement with
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Now get in agreement with him.
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Him. "lord, thank you that my
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"lord, thank you that my finances are invisible to
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Finances are invisible to the enemy.
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The enemy. thank you that my income, my
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Thank you that my income, my business, my savings, my
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Business, my savings, my property are all in a safe
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Property are all in a safe place."
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Place." i know this couple that own
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I know this couple that own a business.
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A business. when the pandemic hit, it
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When the pandemic hit, it looked like it would go
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Looked like it would go down.
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Down. they're in the service
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They're in the service industry.
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Industry. with people not being out,
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With people not being out, having to stay home, all the
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Having to stay home, all the facts said they would have
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Facts said they would have an off year.
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An off year. but this couple had a
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But this couple had a different approach.
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Different approach. they understood that when
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They understood that when trouble comes god will hide
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Trouble comes god will hide you.
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You. that he can make you
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That he can make you invisible to what's going on
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Invisible to what's going on around you, invisible to a
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Around you, invisible to a down economy, invisible to
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Down economy, invisible to an environment that says
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An environment that says lack and not enough.
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Lack and not enough. instead of complaining,
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Instead of complaining, their report was, "father,
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Their report was, "father, thank you that even in
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Thank you that even in famine we will have more
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Famine we will have more than enough.
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Than enough. thank you that the economy
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Thank you that the economy is not our source, but you
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Is not our source, but you are our source."
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Are our source." i told at the first of the
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I told at the first of the year how we were going to
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Year how we were going to see overflow, abundance,
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See overflow, abundance, running over blessings.
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Running over blessings. it seemed like an odd time
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It seemed like an odd time but they dared to believe
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But they dared to believe for an overflow year.
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For an overflow year. they said this july, in the
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They said this july, in the middle of the pandemic, they
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Middle of the pandemic, they had their best month ever.
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Had their best month ever. broke all the records going
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Broke all the records going back over twenty years.
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Back over twenty years. they were so excited, then
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They were so excited, then august beat july, then
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August beat july, then september beat august.
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September beat august. they kept increasing,
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They kept increasing, defying the odds.
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Defying the odds. they can't explain it.
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They can't explain it. it doesn't make sense.
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It doesn't make sense. when competitors are going
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When competitors are going down, they're going up.
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Down, they're going up. how could this be?
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How could this be? they are invisible to the
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They are invisible to the enemy.
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Enemy. when you honor god, when you
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When you honor god, when you keep him first place, what
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Keep him first place, what limits others, won't limit
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Limits others, won't limit you.
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You. now you have to give god
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Now you have to give god something to work with.
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Something to work with. you can't go around with a
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You can't go around with a defeated mindset.
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Defeated mindset. "joel, this sounds good but
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"joel, this sounds good but i'm afraid my children are
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I'm afraid my children are going to get off course.
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Going to get off course. this sickness runs in my
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This sickness runs in my family, i'm afraid i'm going
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Family, i'm afraid i'm going to get it."
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To get it." the scripture says, "what
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The scripture says, "what you fear is going to come
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You fear is going to come upon you."
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Upon you." quit living out of fear and
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Quit living out of fear and start living out of faith.
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Start living out of faith. "father, thank you that my
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"father, thank you that my health is invisible to the
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Health is invisible to the enemy, that i will run and
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Enemy, that i will run and not be weary, that with long
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Not be weary, that with long life you will satisfy me."
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Life you will satisfy me." faith and fear have
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Faith and fear have something in common.
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Something in common. they both ask us to believe
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They both ask us to believe something that we can't see.
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Something that we can't see. whichever one you get in
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Whichever one you get in agreement with is the one
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Agreement with is the one that's going to come to
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That's going to come to pass.
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Pass. "i'm afraid i'm not going to
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"i'm afraid i'm not going to get well."
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Get well." you're using your faith in
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You're using your faith in the wrong direction.
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The wrong direction. turn it around.
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Turn it around. "father, thank you that
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"father, thank you that you're restoring health back
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You're restoring health back unto me.
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Unto me. this trouble may have come,
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This trouble may have come, i'm dealing with this
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I'm dealing with this illness but lord thank you
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Illness but lord thank you that you are hiding me, that
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That you are hiding me, that you are putting me in a safe
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You are putting me in a safe place, that the number of my
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Place, that the number of my days you will fulfill."
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Days you will fulfill." on my father's side of the
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On my father's side of the family there's a long
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Family there's a long history of heart disease,
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History of heart disease, high blood pressure.
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High blood pressure. my father struggled with it
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My father struggled with it most of his life.
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Most of his life. i could accept that and
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I could accept that and think that's my lot in life,
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Think that's my lot in life, but i have a different
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But i have a different approach.
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Approach. "lord, thank you that my
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"lord, thank you that my health is invisible to the
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Health is invisible to the enemy.
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Enemy. thank you that heart disease
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Thank you that heart disease can't find me.
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Can't find me. high blood pressure may
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High blood pressure may knock at my door but it's
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Knock at my door but it's not going to recognize me.
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Not going to recognize me. this is a new day.
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This is a new day. i'm setting a new standard.
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I'm setting a new standard. the enemies we've seen in
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The enemies we've seen in the past we will see no
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The past we will see no more."
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More." when my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord and i stepped
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With the lord and i stepped up to pastor the church, i
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Up to pastor the church, i was very insecure.
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Was very insecure. i had never ministered
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I had never ministered before.
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Before. thoughts told me that i
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Thoughts told me that i wasn't qualified and nobody
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Wasn't qualified and nobody was going to listen.
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Was going to listen. every week it was an act of
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Every week it was an act of faith to get up in front of
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Faith to get up in front of people.
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People. by the grace of god the
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By the grace of god the church began to grow, people
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Church began to grow, people started watching and
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Started watching and listening in numbers that
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Listening in numbers that we had never seen.
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We had never seen. i was amazed at what god
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I was amazed at what god was doing.
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Was doing. with the growth and the
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With the growth and the new notoriety, there came
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New notoriety, there came opposition; people that
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Opposition; people that didn't understand us.
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Didn't understand us. it was something i had
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It was something i had never dealt with.
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Never dealt with. this was four or five years
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This was four or five years in and it seemed like every
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In and it seemed like every week there was something new
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Week there was something new coming against us, some
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Coming against us, some group that didn't agree,
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Group that didn't agree, some person writing an
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Some person writing an article.
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Article. i was tempted to live
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I was tempted to live worried and wondering if
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Worried and wondering if we were going to make it.
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We were going to make it. i felt like we were always
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I felt like we were always on the verge of one bad
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On the verge of one bad break from bringing us down.
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Break from bringing us down. one night during that time
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One night during that time i had a dream.
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I had a dream. in this dream i was out
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In this dream i was out running through an open
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Running through an open field.
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Field. there were these planes
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There were these planes flying very low overhead,
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Flying very low overhead, just thirty or forty feet
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Just thirty or forty feet off the ground dropping
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Off the ground dropping bombs all around me.
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Bombs all around me. one would hit twenty feet
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One would hit twenty feet away, i would brace, wait
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Away, i would brace, wait for the shrapnel, i knew it
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For the shrapnel, i knew it was the end.
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Was the end. it would explode, make this
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It would explode, make this deafening sound, but nothing
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Deafening sound, but nothing would harm me.
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Would harm me. i was amazed at how i didn't
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I was amazed at how i didn't get hurt.
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Get hurt. this happened a half a dozen
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This happened a half a dozen times.
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Times. every time the bomb went off
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Every time the bomb went off but it didn't affect me.
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But it didn't affect me. finally, i ran to this small
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Finally, i ran to this small house, like a cabin out in
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House, like a cabin out in the woods.
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The woods. i was so afraid.
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I was so afraid. it had two small bedrooms,
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It had two small bedrooms, i hurried to one and shut
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I hurried to one and shut the door.
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The door. i could hear these soldiers
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I could hear these soldiers coming, their footsteps
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Coming, their footsteps getting closer and closer.
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Getting closer and closer. i was holding my breath,
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I was holding my breath, thinking, "please, lord,
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Thinking, "please, lord, don't let them find me,
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Don't let them find me, please let them pass."
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Please let them pass." then my worst fears came
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Then my worst fears came true.
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True. i heard them on the front
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I heard them on the front porch.
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Porch. they came in the house,
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They came in the house, looked around the front
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Looked around the front room, then they came to
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Room, then they came to my room.
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My room. they opened the door and
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They opened the door and i was standing there.
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I was standing there. my heart sunk.
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My heart sunk. i thought, "okay, i'm done."
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I thought, "okay, i'm done." they looked right at me, for
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They looked right at me, for about ten seconds, just a
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About ten seconds, just a few feet away, then turned
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Few feet away, then turned around and left.
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Around and left. in my dream, i realized
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In my dream, i realized they couldn't see me.
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They couldn't see me. i was so amazed and so
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I was so amazed and so relieved.
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Relieved. as they were walking down
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As they were walking down the road, i woke up.
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The road, i woke up. i heard god say down in my
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I heard god say down in my spirit, "joel, don't worry
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Spirit, "joel, don't worry about who's coming against
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About who's coming against you, how big, how important,
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You, how big, how important, how influential.
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How influential. i have you in hidden in a
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I have you in hidden in a safe place."
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Safe place." that's what david said, when
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That's what david said, when trouble comes, god will hide
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Trouble comes, god will hide you.
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You. i look back over these last
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I look back over these last twenty years that i've been
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Twenty years that i've been pastoring, there's been a
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Pastoring, there's been a lot of chatter but none of
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Lot of chatter but none of it stopped my destiny.
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It stopped my destiny. most of the people that
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Most of the people that were against me aren't
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Were against me aren't even around anymore.
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Even around anymore. what you're up against is
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What you're up against is no match for our god.
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No match for our god. he controls the universe.
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He controls the universe. he knows how to hide you.
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He knows how to hide you. yes, it may get rocky from
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Yes, it may get rocky from time to time, bombs going
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Time to time, bombs going off around you so to speak,
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Off around you so to speak, they're not going to harm
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They're not going to harm you.
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You. enemies knocking at your
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Enemies knocking at your door, debt, trouble,
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Door, debt, trouble, sickness, calamity, stay
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Sickness, calamity, stay in peace, you're invisible
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In peace, you're invisible to the enemy.
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To the enemy. it may show up but it's
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It may show up but it's not going to find you.
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Not going to find you. that sickness can't take
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That sickness can't take you out, that bad break
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You out, that bad break can't stop your destiny,
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Can't stop your destiny, that trouble looks
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That trouble looks permanent, but it's only
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Permanent, but it's only temporary. things are
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Temporary. things are about to change in your
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About to change in your favor. that's what
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Favor. that's what happened to peter.
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Happened to peter. in acts 12, he was arrested
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In acts 12, he was arrested for sharing his faith and
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For sharing his faith and put in prison.
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Put in prison. king herod ordered sixteen
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King herod ordered sixteen soldiers to guard him.
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Soldiers to guard him. he wanted to make sure he
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He wanted to make sure he didn't escape.
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Didn't escape. he had him chained between
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He had him chained between two soldiers in his cell.
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Two soldiers in his cell. the night before peter was
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The night before peter was to go on trial, he was
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To go on trial, he was asleep, in prison, the other
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Asleep, in prison, the other guards standing outside his
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Guards standing outside his cell, when an angel
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Cell, when an angel appeared.
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Appeared. he woke peter up and told
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He woke peter up and told him to get dressed, they
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Him to get dressed, they were about to leave.
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Were about to leave. suddenly the chains fell
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Suddenly the chains fell off his feet. the angel
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Off his feet. the angel said, "come with me."
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Said, "come with me." the prison doors opened
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The prison doors opened of their own accord.
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Of their own accord. they walked past the first
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They walked past the first set of guards, four men,
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Set of guards, four men, nobody saw them.
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Nobody saw them. the second set nobody, saw
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The second set nobody, saw them, the third, the fourth.
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Them, the third, the fourth. they went by sixteen
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They went by sixteen soldiers, who were
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Soldiers, who were diligently watching,
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Diligently watching, ordered by the king and
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Ordered by the king and yet none of them saw peter.
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Yet none of them saw peter. god knows how to make you
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God knows how to make you invisible to your enemies.
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Invisible to your enemies. he didn't say we would never
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He didn't say we would never have problems, but he did
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Have problems, but he did promise when trouble comes
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Promise when trouble comes he will hide you.
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He will hide you. he won't let the
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He won't let the circumstances stop your
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Circumstances stop your purpose.
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Purpose. he has angels watching over
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He has angels watching over you right now, protecting
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You right now, protecting you, guarding you.
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You, guarding you. he knows how to open doors
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He knows how to open doors that you can't open, how to
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That you can't open, how to get you out of problems that
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Get you out of problems that look impossible, how to
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Look impossible, how to blind the eyes of those who
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Blind the eyes of those who are trying to hold you back.
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Are trying to hold you back. what you're facing may look
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What you're facing may look permanent, like peter, you
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Permanent, like peter, you don't see a way out, the
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Don't see a way out, the odds are against you.
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Odds are against you. you don't know what god is
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You don't know what god is up to. that's why we don't
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Up to. that's why we don't have to live in fear.
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Have to live in fear. there are a lot of negative
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There are a lot of negative things that could happen,
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Things that could happen, accidents, sicknesses,
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Accidents, sicknesses, trouble, bad breaks, we
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Trouble, bad breaks, we could go around worried,
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Could go around worried, stressed, but when you know
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Stressed, but when you know god has you hidden.
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God has you hidden. that's he's put you in a
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That's he's put you in a safe place, that because the
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Safe place, that because the blood is over your doorpost,
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Blood is over your doorpost, because you belong to him,
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Because you belong to him, he's made you invisible
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He's made you invisible to the enemy, he has a
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To the enemy, he has a hedge of protection that
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Hedge of protection that nothing can cross without
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Nothing can cross without his permission.
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His permission. a thousand may fall at your
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A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your
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Side, ten thousand at your right hand but it's not
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Right hand but it's not going to come near you.
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Going to come near you. why? you're in the shelter
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Why? you're in the shelter of the most high.
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Of the most high. he has you covered.
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He has you covered. he's covered your health,
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He's covered your health, covered your marriage,
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Covered your marriage, covered your children,
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Covered your children, covered your finances,
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Covered your finances, covered your dreams.
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Covered your dreams. in 2 kings 6, the syrian
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In 2 kings 6, the syrian army had come against the
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Army had come against the israelites, but every time
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Israelites, but every time the syrians were about to
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The syrians were about to make a move god would tell
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Make a move god would tell the prophet elisha and he
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The prophet elisha and he would tell the israelites.
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Would tell the israelites. that way they always stayed
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That way they always stayed one step ahead of the enemy.
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One step ahead of the enemy. when the syrian king found
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When the syrian king found out what elisha was doing,
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Out what elisha was doing, he was furious.
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He was furious. he sent a great army with
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He sent a great army with thousands of horses,
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Thousands of horses, thousands of chariots to go
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Thousands of chariots to go surround elisha's city and
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Surround elisha's city and capture him.
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Capture him. when elisha saw them coming,
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When elisha saw them coming, he had no chance in the
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He had no chance in the natural.
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Natural. it was him verse tens of
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It was him verse tens of thousands of soldiers.
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Thousands of soldiers. he could have panicked, been
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He could have panicked, been depressed, but he understood
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Depressed, but he understood this principle.
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This principle. that god can make you
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That god can make you invisible to the enemy.
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Invisible to the enemy. that plans that were sent to
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That plans that were sent to stop you, strategies
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Stop you, strategies designed to keep you from
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Designed to keep you from your destiny, cannot stand
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Your destiny, cannot stand against our god.
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Against our god. he knows how to put you in
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He knows how to put you in a safe place, how to hide
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A safe place, how to hide you from trouble.
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You from trouble. it may come but if you'll
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It may come but if you'll stay in faith, it's not
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Stay in faith, it's not going to turn out the way
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Going to turn out the way it looks.
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It looks. it looks like the sickness
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It looks like the sickness is permanent, it looks like
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Is permanent, it looks like your child won't fulfill his
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Your child won't fulfill his destiny, it looks like that
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Destiny, it looks like that debt will limit your future.
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Debt will limit your future. but don't judge your
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But don't judge your situation too soon.
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Situation too soon. wait till you see what god
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Wait till you see what god is about to do.
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Is about to do. elisha prayed something
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Elisha prayed something interesting.
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Interesting. he didn't say, "lord,
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He didn't say, "lord, deliver me, lord, stop this
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Deliver me, lord, stop this army, lord, protect me from
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Army, lord, protect me from these people."
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These people." he said, "lord, please make
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He said, "lord, please make them blind."
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Them blind." he was saying, "lord, make
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He was saying, "lord, make me invisible to the enemy."
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Me invisible to the enemy." what a powerful prayer.
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What a powerful prayer. we should pray that every
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We should pray that every day.
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Day. "lord, make my family
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"lord, make my family invisible to the enemy.
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Invisible to the enemy. make my health, my finances,
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Make my health, my finances, my dreams invisible to the
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My dreams invisible to the enemy."
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Enemy." the verse goes on to say,
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The verse goes on to say, "and the lord did what
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"and the lord did what elisha asked."
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Elisha asked." when you ask god to make you
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When you ask god to make you invisible he's going to do
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Invisible he's going to do what you asked.
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What you asked. don't go to god complaining,
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Don't go to god complaining, telling him everything
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Telling him everything that's wrong.
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That's wrong. "god, these people aren't
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"god, these people aren't fair; i've got this problem
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Fair; i've got this problem at work, my child won't do
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At work, my child won't do what's right."
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What's right." try a different approach.
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Try a different approach. "father, thank you that i am
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"father, thank you that i am invisible to the enemy.
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Invisible to the enemy. thank you that you have me
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Thank you that you have me hidden, that i'm in a safe
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Hidden, that i'm in a safe place."
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Place." the syrian captain knocked
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The syrian captain knocked on the door, and said,
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On the door, and said, "we're here to see elisha."
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"we're here to see elisha." elisha looked surprised and
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Elisha looked surprised and said, "sir, you've come to
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Said, "sir, you've come to the wrong city.
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The wrong city. elisha doesn't live here."
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Elisha doesn't live here." great man of god lying.
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Great man of god lying. you know the syrians did
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You know the syrians did their research.
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Their research. they tracked elisha, made
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They tracked elisha, made sure this was his address,
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Sure this was his address, confirmed he was home, had
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Confirmed he was home, had people that could identify
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People that could identify him.
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Him. despite all that, the
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Despite all that, the captain was confused.
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Captain was confused. he said, "where is he?"
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He said, "where is he?" elisha said, "he's in
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Elisha said, "he's in another city, follow me and
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Another city, follow me and i'll take you there."
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I'll take you there." elisha led them to samaria,
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Elisha led them to samaria, to the israelites camp.
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To the israelites camp. then he prayed that god
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Then he prayed that god would open their eyes.
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Would open their eyes. they realized it was elisha
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They realized it was elisha all along and they were
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All along and they were captured by the israelites.
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Captured by the israelites. how many times has trouble
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How many times has trouble knocked on your door so to
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Knocked on your door so to speak, but when you
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Speak, but when you answered, the enemy didn't
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Answered, the enemy didn't recognize you.
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Recognize you. the trouble had your name
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The trouble had your name on it, the sickness was
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On it, the sickness was your address.
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Your address. "are you sure this is not
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"are you sure this is not you?"
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You?" but god made you invisible
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But god made you invisible to the enemy.
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To the enemy. he's been protecting you
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He's been protecting you your whole life.
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Your whole life. there are things he has kept
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There are things he has kept you from that you know
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You from that you know nothing about.
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Nothing about. schemes and strategies that
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Schemes and strategies that were meant to stop you but
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Were meant to stop you but they couldn't find you.
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They couldn't find you. yes, in those difficult
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Yes, in those difficult times, it wasn't easy but
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Times, it wasn't easy but god hid you.
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God hid you. without him watching over
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Without him watching over you, you wouldn't have made
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You, you wouldn't have made it through the sickness,
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It through the sickness, through the divorce, through
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Through the divorce, through the trouble.
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The trouble. he doesn't stop everything
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He doesn't stop everything but he did promise when
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But he did promise when trouble comes, he will hide
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Trouble comes, he will hide you.
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You. instead of living worried,
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Instead of living worried, fearful, expecting the worst
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Fearful, expecting the worst have a new perspective.
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Have a new perspective. because the blood is over
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Because the blood is over your doorpost, because you
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Your doorpost, because you belong to the most high, you
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Belong to the most high, you have an advantage.
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Have an advantage. god has made you invisible
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God has made you invisible to the enemy.
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To the enemy. every morning dare to
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Every morning dare to declare it.
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Declare it. "father, thank you that my
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"father, thank you that my family is invisible to the
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Family is invisible to the enemy. thank you that
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Enemy. thank you that you've covered my children,
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You've covered my children, covered my health,
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Covered my health, covered my finances,
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Covered my finances, that you have me hidden
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That you have me hidden in a safe place."
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In a safe place." if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, like with
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And declare, like with david, when trouble comes,
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David, when trouble comes, god is not going to let
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God is not going to let you be found.
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You be found. like with peter, doors
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Like with peter, doors are going to open you
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Are going to open you couldn't open, problems
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Couldn't open, problems that look permanent are
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That look permanent are about to turn around.
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About to turn around. god is going to
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God is going to protect you, heal you,
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Protect you, heal you, favor you and take you
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Favor you and take you to the fullness of your
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To the fullness of your destiny, in jesus name.
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Destiny, in jesus name. if you receive it, can
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What if every plan you set,
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What if every plan you set, every habit you formed,
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Every habit you formed, and every decision you made
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And every decision you made became a pathway
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Became a pathway to see god move in your life?
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To see god move in your life? we all have hopes and dreams;
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We all have hopes and dreams; things we're believing for.
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Things we're believing for. when you start the year
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When you start the year in faith,
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In faith, expecting god's goodness,
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Expecting god's goodness, you are setting the tone
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You are setting the tone for a blessed new year.
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Has put in your heart. 2026 is your year
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For the new things god has in store.
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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 so much
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A very merry christmas. till we see you next time,
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Till we see you next time, may the lord bless
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Joel Osteen - Invisible To The Enemy

December 24, 2025 | 29:55

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