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Joel Osteen - It Has To Go Back

July 30, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - It Has To Go Back | July 30, 2025

> joel: god bless you.
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> joel: god bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes. our prayer is that
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Homes. our prayer is that you'll be inspired and
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You'll be inspired and encouraged and live the
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Encouraged and live the life of victory that
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Life of victory that belongs to you.
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Belongs to you. 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 man named
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I heard about this man named bubba. he called 9-1-1
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Bubba. he called 9-1-1 wanting help for his wife
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Wanting help for his wife who had fallen and hurt
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Who had fallen and hurt herself. the 9-1-1 operator
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Herself. the 9-1-1 operator asked for his address.
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Asked for his address. he said, "we live at 3310
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He said, "we live at 3310 eucalyptus street."
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Eucalyptus street." the operator asked him to
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The operator asked him to spell it. there was a long
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Spell it. there was a long pause. bubba said, "how
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Pause. bubba said, "how about we just meet you
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About we just meet you over on oak street?"
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Over on oak street?" 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 have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do. today, i will be taught
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Do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be
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Receptive. i will never be the same. in jesus' name.
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The same. 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 it has to go back.
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About it has to go back. we all have things that come
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We all have things that come against us in life that look
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Against us in life that look permanent.
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Permanent. a child that's off course,
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A child that's off course, an addiction we're
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An addiction we're struggling with, a health
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Struggling with, a health issue. it seems so big,
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Issue. it seems so big, so intimidating.
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So intimidating. it's easy to be overcome and
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It's easy to be overcome and think that it will never
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Think that it will never turn around.
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Turn around. but isaiah said, "no weapon
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But isaiah said, "no weapon formed against you will
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Formed against you will prosper."
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Prosper." he didn't say nothing would
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He didn't say nothing would ever form. we'd never have
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Ever form. we'd never have times where we feel
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Times where we feel outnumbered, it looks
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Outnumbered, it looks impossible.
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Impossible. god said, "trouble may come,
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God said, "trouble may come, sickness may form, people
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Sickness may form, people may do you wrong, but don't
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May do you wrong, but don't worry, it's not going to
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Worry, it's not going to prosper."
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Prosper." that's not how your story
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That's not how your story ends. god has the final say.
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Ends. god has the final say. he doesn't stop every
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He doesn't stop every difficulty, it may come but
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Difficulty, it may come but he promises, it's got to go
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He promises, it's got to go back. it's not permanent.
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Back. it's not permanent. that addiction is not going
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That addiction is not going to hinder you your whole
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To hinder you your whole life, it's got to go back.
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Life, it's got to go back. that sickness didn't come
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That sickness didn't come to stay, it came to pass.
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To stay, it came to pass. it's got to go back.
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It's got to go back. god didn't create you to go
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God didn't create you to go through life overcome by
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Through life overcome by problems, burdened down.
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Problems, burdened down. when thoughts whisper,
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When thoughts whisper, "you'll never get well,
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"you'll never get well, never break the addiction,
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Never break the addiction, never get out of debt."
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Never get out of debt." just smile and say, "no
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Just smile and say, "no thanks, i know a secret,
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Thanks, i know a secret, you have to go back.
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You have to go back. sickness, you can't stay
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Sickness, you can't stay in my body. i am a temple
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In my body. i am a temple of the most high god.
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Of the most high god. you're on foreign territory,
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You're on foreign territory, you're not welcome here,
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You're not welcome here, you've got to go back."
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You've got to go back." god said in jeremiah 5, "i
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God said in jeremiah 5, "i have placed the sand as the
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Have placed the sand as the boundary for the sea, an
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Boundary for the sea, an eternal decree, so it cannot
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Eternal decree, so it cannot go beyond. though the waves
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Go beyond. though the waves toss to and fro, they
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Toss to and fro, they cannot prevail. though
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Cannot prevail. though they roar, they cannot
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They roar, they cannot pass over it."
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Pass over it." god put an eternal decree
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God put an eternal decree in the sand.
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In the sand. one translation says, an
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One translation says, an everlasting ordinance.
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Everlasting ordinance. you could say, god put his
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You could say, god put his word in every grain of sand
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Word in every grain of sand that gives it the ability
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That gives it the ability to keep the ocean in its
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To keep the ocean in its boundaries.
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Boundaries. that doesn't seem possible.
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That doesn't seem possible. the sand is tiny, minute,
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The sand is tiny, minute, it's nothing compared to
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It's nothing compared to the vast ocean.
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The vast ocean. the ocean is massive and
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The ocean is massive and powerful.
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Powerful. yet the tiny sand holds it
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Yet the tiny sand holds it in place all because god
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In place all because god put the decree in the sand.
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Put the decree in the sand. i can imagine the sand and
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I can imagine the sand and the ocean having a
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The ocean having a conversation.
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Conversation. the ocean says, "little
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The ocean says, "little sand, do you really think
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Sand, do you really think you can keep me in my
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You can keep me in my boundary? i'm billions
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Boundary? i'm billions of times bigger, stronger,
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Of times bigger, stronger, mightier. you don't have
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Mightier. you don't have a chance."
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A chance." the sand says, "listen here
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The sand says, "listen here mr. ocean, you may have a
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Mr. ocean, you may have a loud roar, but you don't
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Loud roar, but you don't intimidate me. it doesn't
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Intimidate me. it doesn't matter how small i am or
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Matter how small i am or what i look like. you'll
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What i look like. you'll never be able to overpower
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Never be able to overpower me because almighty god
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Me because almighty god put his word in me.
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Put his word in me. there's an everlasting
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There's an everlasting ordinance that says i can
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Ordinance that says i can hold you back." that
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Hold you back." that makes the ocean so mad.
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Makes the ocean so mad. he begins to churn and
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He begins to churn and churn. a great storm comes
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Churn. a great storm comes and the water rushes past
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And the water rushes past the sand, way beyond its
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The sand, way beyond its normal boundaries.
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Normal boundaries. the ocean begins to laugh
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The ocean begins to laugh and laugh, "i told you i
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And laugh, "i told you i could do it. i told you
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Could do it. i told you i was more powerful than
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I was more powerful than you, that you'll never
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You, that you'll never contain me."
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Contain me." but the little sand is not
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But the little sand is not worried. he doesn't begin
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Worried. he doesn't begin to complain, "god what
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To complain, "god what happened, i thought you
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Happened, i thought you put a decree in me.
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Put a decree in me. i thought you gave me
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I thought you gave me your promise."
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Your promise." no all the grains of sand,
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No all the grains of sand, like a big choir begin to
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Like a big choir begin to sing, "you've got to go
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Sing, "you've got to go back. you've got to go back.
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Back. you've got to go back. you've got to go back."
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You've got to go back." just like god promised, when
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Just like god promised, when the storm is over, the ocean
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The storm is over, the ocean recedes and goes back to its
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Recedes and goes back to its normal boundaries.
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Normal boundaries. not because the sand was
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Not because the sand was more powerful, but because
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More powerful, but because god put his decree in the
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God put his decree in the sand.
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Sand. what you're up against may
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What you're up against may look bigger, more powerful,
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Look bigger, more powerful, but when you have god's word
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But when you have god's word in your heart, that's the
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In your heart, that's the everlasting ordinance.
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Everlasting ordinance. his word is the decree that
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His word is the decree that enables you, to withstand
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Enables you, to withstand storms that are stronger,
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Storms that are stronger, overcome enemies that are
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Overcome enemies that are bigger, accomplish dreams
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Bigger, accomplish dreams that seem impossible.
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That seem impossible. when you go around declaring
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When you go around declaring his promises, speaking what
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His promises, speaking what he says about you, "i can do
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He says about you, "i can do all things through christ.
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All things through christ. i am blessed and cannot be
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I am blessed and cannot be cursed. i will live and
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Cursed. i will live and not die."
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Not die." just like that sand, the
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Just like that sand, the creator of the universe
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Creator of the universe will push back forces of
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Will push back forces of darkness, he won't let that
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Darkness, he won't let that obstacle defeat you.
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Obstacle defeat you. it may go past its
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It may go past its boundaries temporarily,
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Boundaries temporarily, don't get discouraged.
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Don't get discouraged. it's got to go back.
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It's got to go back. now make sure you do your
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Now make sure you do your part and keep god's word
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Part and keep god's word in your heart.
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In your heart. even when jesus was
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Even when jesus was tempted by satan in the
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Tempted by satan in the desert, he said, "it is
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Desert, he said, "it is written."
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Written." each time, he went back to
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Each time, he went back to the scripture and quoted
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The scripture and quoted what god said.
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What god said. when you're in difficult
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When you're in difficult times, don't just say what
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Times, don't just say what you feel, what you think,
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You feel, what you think, what you want.
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What you want. say what god says about your
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Say what god says about your situation.
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Situation. the scripture says, "god's
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The scripture says, "god's word will not return void."
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Word will not return void." it will not be ineffective.
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It will not be ineffective. when you have god's promises
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When you have god's promises coming out of your mouth,
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Coming out of your mouth, you can't be defeated.
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You can't be defeated. when you go around with what
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When you go around with what he said playing in your
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He said playing in your thoughts all day, "i'm
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Thoughts all day, "i'm blessed, i'm prosperous, i'm
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Blessed, i'm prosperous, i'm redeemed, i'm healthy, i'm a
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Redeemed, i'm healthy, i'm a masterpiece, i have the mind
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Masterpiece, i have the mind of christ, i have peace that
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Of christ, i have peace that passes understanding, i'm
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Passes understanding, i'm more than a conqueror, god
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More than a conqueror, god always causes me to triumph.
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Always causes me to triumph. my latter days will be
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My latter days will be better than my former days."
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Better than my former days." you are activating a power
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You are activating a power that will take you where you
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That will take you where you can't go on your own.
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Can't go on your own. you will overcome obstacles
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You will overcome obstacles that look insurmountable.
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That look insurmountable. if you feel like you're
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If you feel like you're stuck in your career, you've
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Stuck in your career, you've reached your limits.
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Reached your limits. instead of going around
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Instead of going around discouraged, get that
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Discouraged, get that eternal decree in your
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Eternal decree in your heart.
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Heart. "father you said your favor
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"father you said your favor surrounds me like a shield.
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Surrounds me like a shield. you said you're taking me
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You said you're taking me from glory to glory, that
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From glory to glory, that the path of the righteous
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The path of the righteous gets brighter and brighter."
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Gets brighter and brighter." when you agree with what god
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When you agree with what god said, he'll open doors you
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Said, he'll open doors you couldn't open, he'll do what
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Couldn't open, he'll do what medicine cannot do.
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Medicine cannot do. you'll defeat enemies that
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You'll defeat enemies that were much bigger.
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Were much bigger. jeremiah said, "though the
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Jeremiah said, "though the ocean roars, it cannot cross
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Ocean roars, it cannot cross its boundaries."
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Its boundaries." you may have some thoughts
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You may have some thoughts that are roaring in your
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That are roaring in your mind.
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Mind. thoughts that are so loud,
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Thoughts that are so loud, telling you, "look at the
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Telling you, "look at the medical report, you'll never
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Medical report, you'll never get well.
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Get well. you've been single all those
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You've been single all those years; you'll never meet the
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Years; you'll never meet the right person.
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Right person. this depression is
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This depression is permanent, you'll never be
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Permanent, you'll never be free."
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Free." the scripture says, "the
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The scripture says, "the enemy goes about as a
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Enemy goes about as a roaring lion."
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Roaring lion." he loves to roar, he loves
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He loves to roar, he loves to make loud threats, loud
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To make loud threats, loud accusations, trying to get
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Accusations, trying to get you to live in fear,
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You to live in fear, worried, thinking that what
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Worried, thinking that what you're up against is too
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You're up against is too big, too strong.
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Big, too strong. just accept it.
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Just accept it. live defeated, live
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Live defeated, live addicted, live depressed.
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Addicted, live depressed. don't let the roar fool you.
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Don't let the roar fool you. he's all bark and no bite.
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He's all bark and no bite. when god breathed life into
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When god breathed life into you, like that sand, he put
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You, like that sand, he put an eternal decree in you.
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An eternal decree in you. he said he will always cause
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He said he will always cause you to triumph.
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You to triumph. he said when the enemy comes
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He said when the enemy comes against you one way, he will
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Against you one way, he will defeat them and cause them
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Defeat them and cause them to flee seven different
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To flee seven different ways.
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Ways. when the enemy roars at you,
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When the enemy roars at you, sometimes the best thing to
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Sometimes the best thing to do is ignore it, don't pay
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Do is ignore it, don't pay it any attention.
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It any attention. but there are times you need
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But there are times you need to roar back at him.
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To roar back at him. when those threats come loud
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When those threats come loud in your thoughts, answer
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In your thoughts, answer back boldly what god says.
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Back boldly what god says. the thought roars, "you'll
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The thought roars, "you'll never get over this
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Never get over this sickness."
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Sickness." roar back, "i will live and
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Roar back, "i will live and not die. the number of my
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Not die. the number of my days god will fulfill."
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Days god will fulfill." when he roars, "you can't
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When he roars, "you can't accomplish your dreams.
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Accomplish your dreams. you don't have the talent."
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You don't have the talent." roar back, "whatever i touch
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Roar back, "whatever i touch prospers and succeeds.
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Prospers and succeeds. goodness and mercy are
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Goodness and mercy are following me."
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Following me." "well, this anxiety, this
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"well, this anxiety, this depression is always going
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Depression is always going to sour your life. there's
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To sour your life. there's no way you can overcome."
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No way you can overcome." don't let him have the last
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Don't let him have the last roar.
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Roar. "there's nothing too
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"there's nothing too difficult for my god.
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Difficult for my god. what he started in my life
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What he started in my life he will finish.
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He will finish. though i am surrounded by
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Though i am surrounded by trouble, i will know no
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Trouble, i will know no fear. for god being for me
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Fear. for god being for me is more than the world being
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Is more than the world being against me."
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Against me." 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 had never ministered.
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Had never ministered. thoughts roared, "joel you
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Thoughts roared, "joel you can't do this, nobody is
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Can't do this, nobody is going to come.
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Going to come. you don't have the training,
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You don't have the training, the experience.
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The experience. you're too quiet."
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You're too quiet." what's funny is most of that
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What's funny is most of that was true.
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Was true. in the middle of the night i
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In the middle of the night i would wake up and those
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Would wake up and those thoughts played so loud.
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Thoughts played so loud. the enemy will try to talk
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The enemy will try to talk you out of your destiny.
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You out of your destiny. i did what i'm asking you to
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I did what i'm asking you to do, every time he roared, i
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Do, every time he roared, i roared back.
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Roared back. "you can't do this."
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"you can't do this." "i can do all things through
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"i can do all things through christ."
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Christ." "you don't have what it
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"you don't have what it takes."
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Takes." "i am fearfully and
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"i am fearfully and wonderfully made."
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Wonderfully made." "joel, you're too quiet."
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"joel, you're too quiet." "i am strong in the lord.
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"i am strong in the lord. i am equipped, empowered,
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I am equipped, empowered, anointed.
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Anointed. i have seeds of greatness.
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I have seeds of greatness. i am well able to fulfill my
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I am well able to fulfill my destiny.
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Destiny. i am full of can-do power."
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I am full of can-do power." i started declaring what god
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I started declaring what god promised.
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Promised. his words have an eternal
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His words have an eternal decree.
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Decree. i felt like the sand, i was
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I felt like the sand, i was up against the ocean.
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Up against the ocean. there were times it overtook
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There were times it overtook me, but every time, it had
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Me, but every time, it had to go back.
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To go back. twenty years later, i can
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Twenty years later, i can tell you, god is faithful.
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Tell you, god is faithful. he's taken me further than
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He's taken me further than i've ever dreamed.
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I've ever dreamed. you may have things roaring
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You may have things roaring in your life, telling you
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In your life, telling you what you can't become, how
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What you can't become, how you'll never get out of
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You'll never get out of debt, never get free from
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Debt, never get free from that problem, start roaring
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That problem, start roaring back.
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Back. the scripture says, "give no
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The scripture says, "give no place to the enemy."
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Place to the enemy." don't let him fill your mind
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Don't let him fill your mind with thoughts of defeat,
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With thoughts of defeat, lack, insecurity.
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Lack, insecurity. roar back.
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Roar back. declare favor, declare
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Declare favor, declare strength, declare health,
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Strength, declare health, declare victory.
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Declare victory. this is what my mother did.
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This is what my mother did. in 1981, she was diagnosed
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In 1981, she was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer
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With terminal liver cancer and given a few weeks to
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And given a few weeks to live.
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Live. there was nothing more the
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There was nothing more the doctors could do.
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Doctors could do. she weighed eighty-nine
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She weighed eighty-nine pounds; her skin was very
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Pounds; her skin was very yellow.
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Yellow. she looked like she wouldn't
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She looked like she wouldn't make it much longer.
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Make it much longer. but instead of giving up,
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But instead of giving up, she found about forty
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She found about forty passages of scripture that
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Passages of scripture that had to do with healing.
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Had to do with healing. her voice was very weak, but
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Her voice was very weak, but she would go around the
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She would go around the house saying, "by his
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House saying, "by his stripes i am healed.
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Stripes i am healed. i will live and not die and
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I will live and not die and declare the works of the
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Declare the works of the lord.
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Lord. with long life god will
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With long life god will satisfy me."
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Satisfy me." it was barely even a
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It was barely even a whisper.
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Whisper. but jesus said in mark 4,
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But jesus said in mark 4, god's word is like a seed.
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God's word is like a seed. when it's sown in our
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When it's sown in our hearts, if we'll keep
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Hearts, if we'll keep believing it, keep thanking
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Believing it, keep thanking him for it, keep declaring
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Him for it, keep declaring it, it will grow and become
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It, it will grow and become what god promised.
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What god promised. in the natural, we could all
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In the natural, we could all hear that word cancer,
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Hear that word cancer, booming out like thunder
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Booming out like thunder throughout the house.
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Throughout the house. god's promises seemed so
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God's promises seemed so small compared to what she
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Small compared to what she was up against.
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Was up against. but my mother wasn't moved
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But my mother wasn't moved by the size of the ocean so
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By the size of the ocean so to speak.
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To speak. she didn't get discouraged
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She didn't get discouraged by the roar of the waves and
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By the roar of the waves and intimidated by the
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Intimidated by the circumstances tossing her to
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Circumstances tossing her to and fro.
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And fro. she just kept declaring what
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She just kept declaring what god said.
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God said. week by week she got a
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Week by week she got a little stronger, she would
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Little stronger, she would say it with a little more
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Say it with a little more power.
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Power. "by his stripes i am
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"by his stripes i am healed."
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Healed." it seemed like the enemy
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It seemed like the enemy would roar back even louder,
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Would roar back even louder, with greater force.
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With greater force. "you're not healed.
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"you're not healed. you have terminal cancer.
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You have terminal cancer. you'll be gone in a few
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You'll be gone in a few weeks."
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Weeks." mother wasn't moved by the
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Mother wasn't moved by the roar.
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Roar. she knew the enemy is like a
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She knew the enemy is like a roaring lion.
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Roaring lion. he's not a lion.
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He's not a lion. he doesn't have any power
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He doesn't have any power over you.
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Over you. his only weapons are deceit,
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His only weapons are deceit, fear, and lies.
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Fear, and lies. my mother kept watering that
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My mother kept watering that seed, thanking god for what
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Seed, thanking god for what he promised.
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He promised. the seed kept growing.
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The seed kept growing. a few months later, the
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A few months later, the tables had completely
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Tables had completely turned.
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Turned. instead of the word cancer
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Instead of the word cancer booming out in our house and
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Booming out in our house and dominating our thoughts, all
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Dominating our thoughts, all we could hear was my
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We could hear was my mother's voice booming out.
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Mother's voice booming out. "i will live and not die.
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"i will live and not die. god is restoring health back
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God is restoring health back unto me."
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Unto me." now the word cancer was
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Now the word cancer was barely even a whisper.
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Barely even a whisper. the scripture says, "so
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The scripture says, "so mightily grew the word of
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Mightily grew the word of god and prevailed."
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God and prevailed." when you get in agreement
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When you get in agreement with god and let his word
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With god and let his word grow, you speak his
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Grow, you speak his promises, thank him for what
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Promises, thank him for what he said, then you will see
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He said, then you will see that eternal decree, that
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That eternal decree, that everlasting ordinance come
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Everlasting ordinance come to pass.
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To pass. his word will prevail over
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His word will prevail over sickness, prevail over
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Sickness, prevail over addictions, prevail over
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Addictions, prevail over fear and depression.
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Fear and depression. like the sand, when things
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Like the sand, when things come against you, you could
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Come against you, you could live overwhelmed, think it's
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Live overwhelmed, think it's never going to work out.
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Never going to work out. you need to tell it, "you've
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You need to tell it, "you've got to go back."
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Got to go back." if you're facing a health
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If you're facing a health issue, don't learn to live
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Issue, don't learn to live with it.
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With it. tell the diabetes, "you've
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Tell the diabetes, "you've got to go back.
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Got to go back. cancer you've got to go
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Cancer you've got to go back.
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Back. high blood pressure, you may
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High blood pressure, you may have overtaken me for now,
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Have overtaken me for now, but you are not permanent.
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But you are not permanent. you have no right to stay
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You have no right to stay here, you've got to go
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Here, you've got to go back."
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Back." "well, joel, the stock
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"well, joel, the stock market being down has cost
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Market being down has cost me so much.
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Me so much. this pandemic, not being
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This pandemic, not being able to work, it's going to
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Able to work, it's going to sink me financially."
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Sink me financially." no start telling it, "you've
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No start telling it, "you've got to go back.
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Got to go back. father, you said you would
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Father, you said you would open the windows of heaven,
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Open the windows of heaven, pour out blessings that i
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Pour out blessings that i can't contain.
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Can't contain. i know the economy is not my
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I know the economy is not my source, but you are my
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Source, but you are my source, you said even in
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Source, you said even in famine i would have more
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Famine i would have more than enough."
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Than enough." you can't be passive and
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You can't be passive and reach your destiny.
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Reach your destiny. tell the addiction, the
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Tell the addiction, the alcohol, the nicotine,
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Alcohol, the nicotine, "you've got to go back.
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"you've got to go back. you've controlled me long
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You've controlled me long enough.
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Enough. this is a new day.
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This is a new day. whom the son sets free is
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Whom the son sets free is free indeed."
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Free indeed." start telling the fear,
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Start telling the fear, "you've got to go back.
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"you've got to go back. anxiety you're not welcome
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Anxiety you're not welcome here, you've got to go
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Here, you've got to go back."
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Back." maybe it's a child that's
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Maybe it's a child that's off course, instead of
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Off course, instead of complaining about the
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Complaining about the trouble, you need to start
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Trouble, you need to start speaking to the trouble.
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Speaking to the trouble. "father, you said, as for me
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"father, you said, as for me and my house we will serve
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And my house we will serve the lord.
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The lord. that my children will be
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That my children will be mighty in the land.
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Mighty in the land. lord, i thank you that every
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Lord, i thank you that every force that's trying to stop
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Force that's trying to stop them has to go back."
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Them has to go back." if you'll get in agreement
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If you'll get in agreement with god, start declaring
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With god, start declaring his promises, like the ocean
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His promises, like the ocean has to recede from the sand,
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Has to recede from the sand, even though it's bigger and
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Even though it's bigger and more powerful, anything
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More powerful, anything that's trying to keep you
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That's trying to keep you down, will only be
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Down, will only be temporary, it has to go
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Temporary, it has to go back.
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Back. i talked to a lady that
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I talked to a lady that struggled with depression
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Struggled with depression for many years.
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For many years. she had gone through some
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She had gone through some health issues and things
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Health issues and things weren't getting any better.
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Weren't getting any better. the enemy kept roaring,
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The enemy kept roaring, telling her that she had
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Telling her that she had seen her best days.
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Seen her best days. she didn't know any better.
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She didn't know any better. she believed those lies.
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She believed those lies. she fell into a very dark
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She fell into a very dark place.
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Place. she was a mother but she
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She was a mother but she couldn't take care of her
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Couldn't take care of her children.
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Children. she had no desire to live,
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She had no desire to live, no passion, she was numb.
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No passion, she was numb. when she would go outside,
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When she would go outside, it could be bright and sunny
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It could be bright and sunny but for her everything was
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But for her everything was gray.
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Gray. she never saw a blue sky,
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She never saw a blue sky, never saw green grass,
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Never saw green grass, never saw a red bird,
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Never saw a red bird, it was always gray.
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It was always gray. depressing.
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Depressing. a friend gave her a copy of
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A friend gave her a copy of my book called "i declare".
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My book called "i declare". it has thirty-one promises
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It has thirty-one promises from the scripture to speak
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From the scripture to speak over your life.
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Over your life. she had never heard anything
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She had never heard anything like that.
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Like that. at first, she was too
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At first, she was too discouraged to read it.
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Discouraged to read it. it sat on her bedside table
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It sat on her bedside table for months.
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For months. but one night, at her lowest
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But one night, at her lowest point, when she didn't think
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Point, when she didn't think she could go on, she opened
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She could go on, she opened the book and started to read.
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The book and started to read. it was like pouring life
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It was like pouring life back into her spirit.
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Back into her spirit. she couldn't put it down.
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She couldn't put it down. every day, she started
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Every day, she started declaring what god said
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Declaring what god said about her.
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About her. she began to memorize the
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She began to memorize the promises and she went around
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Promises and she went around declaring health, declaring
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Declaring health, declaring victory, declaring a bright
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Victory, declaring a bright future.
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Future. she quit believing that the
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She quit believing that the depression was permanent.
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Depression was permanent. she always talked about it
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She always talked about it as, "my depression, my
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As, "my depression, my illness."
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Illness." she stopped taking ownership
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She stopped taking ownership of it, and started saying,
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Of it, and started saying, "this is what i'm dealing
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"this is what i'm dealing with now but it's not going
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With now but it's not going to be here forever.
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To be here forever. this too shall pass."
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This too shall pass." she was saying in effect,
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She was saying in effect, "you've got to go back.
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"you've got to go back. you don't belong here."
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You don't belong here." little by little things
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Little by little things began to turn around.
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Began to turn around. she got her passion back.
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She got her passion back. she started smiling again.
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She started smiling again. one day she went outside and
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One day she went outside and for the first time in years
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For the first time in years the sky was blue, the grass
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The sky was blue, the grass was green.
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Was green. color had returned.
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Color had returned. today she's happy, enjoying
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Today she's happy, enjoying her children, living the
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Her children, living the victorious life that belongs
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Victorious life that belongs to her.
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To her. when you get the seed of
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When you get the seed of god's word down in your
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God's word down in your heart, when you declare his
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Heart, when you declare his promises, then you'll tap
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Promises, then you'll tap into that eternal decree,
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Into that eternal decree, that power that overrules
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That power that overrules anything that's trying to
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Anything that's trying to hold you back.
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Hold you back. the waves may overtake you
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The waves may overtake you at times, it feels like
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At times, it feels like you're overwhelmed, what
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You're overwhelmed, what you're up against seems so
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You're up against seems so much bigger.
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Much bigger. don't worry, it has to go
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Don't worry, it has to go back.
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Back. it's not permanent, it's not
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It's not permanent, it's not how your story ends.
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How your story ends. you may not see anything
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You may not see anything changing yet but god is
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Changing yet but god is working behind the scenes.
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Working behind the scenes. it's just a matter of time
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It's just a matter of time before that trouble recedes,
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Before that trouble recedes, that depression lifts, that
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That depression lifts, that addiction is taken away.
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Addiction is taken away. like this lady, your story
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Like this lady, your story doesn't end in defeat.
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Doesn't end in defeat. don't take ownership of the
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Don't take ownership of the problem.
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Problem. start telling it, "it's got
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Start telling it, "it's got to go back."
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To go back." something powerful happens
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Something powerful happens when you speak it out.
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When you speak it out. jesus said, "if you have
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Jesus said, "if you have faith the size of a grain of
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Faith the size of a grain of mustard seed, you can say to
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Mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, be removed
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This mountain, be removed and it will move.
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And it will move. and nothing will be
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And nothing will be impossible to you."
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Impossible to you." the mustard seed is one of
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The mustard seed is one of the smallest seeds.
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The smallest seeds. it's so tiny you can barely
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It's so tiny you can barely grasp it in your hand.
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Grasp it in your hand. yet god said if you just
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Yet god said if you just have mustard seed faith, if
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Have mustard seed faith, if you just have a little
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You just have a little faith, you can speak to a
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Faith, you can speak to a huge mountain, a huge
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Huge mountain, a huge obstacle, and it will be
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Obstacle, and it will be removed.
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Removed. it's the same type
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It's the same type illustration as that tiny
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Illustration as that tiny grain of sand up against the
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Grain of sand up against the huge ocean.
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Huge ocean. god is showing us that when
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God is showing us that when we're up against big
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We're up against big challenges, when we're
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Challenges, when we're facing things that look
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Facing things that look impossible, it's not the
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Impossible, it's not the size of our faith.
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Size of our faith. it's not the size of what we
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It's not the size of what we have, it's what god has put
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Have, it's what god has put in the tiny seed.
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In the tiny seed. it's the everlasting
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It's the everlasting ordinance in the tiny grain
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Ordinance in the tiny grain of sand.
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Of sand. how do we activate this
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How do we activate this mustard seed faith, how do
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Mustard seed faith, how do we keep the ocean from
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We keep the ocean from overtaking us?
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Overtaking us? by speaking to the mountain.
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By speaking to the mountain. it's with our words.
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It's with our words. if you will say to the
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If you will say to the mountain, be removed, then
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Mountain, be removed, then god will make things happen
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God will make things happen that seem impossible.
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That seem impossible. there may be a mountain in
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There may be a mountain in your life right now.
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Your life right now. a mountain of debt, a
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A mountain of debt, a mountain of fear, a mountain
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Mountain of fear, a mountain of addiction.
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Of addiction. when there's a mountain, you
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When there's a mountain, you can't see your future.
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Can't see your future. it looks insurmountable.
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It looks insurmountable. god used a mountain to let
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God used a mountain to let us know, when you have these
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Us know, when you have these big obstacles, things that
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Big obstacles, things that should keep you from your
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Should keep you from your destiny, it's not the end.
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Destiny, it's not the end. the mountain looks
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The mountain looks permanent, it seems like it
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Permanent, it seems like it could never change, but the
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Could never change, but the truth is you have what you
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Truth is you have what you need to move the mountain.
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Need to move the mountain. all it takes is mustard seed
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All it takes is mustard seed faith, that's the smallest
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Faith, that's the smallest amount of faith.
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Amount of faith. now instead of complaining
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Now instead of complaining about the mountain, being
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About the mountain, being depressed over the mountain,
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Depressed over the mountain, telling your friends how
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Telling your friends how you'll never get past the
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You'll never get past the mountain, why don't you
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Mountain, why don't you start speaking to the
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Start speaking to the mountain?
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Mountain? tell that depression, "you
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Tell that depression, "you cannot keep me from my
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Cannot keep me from my destiny."
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Destiny." tell the sickness, "you
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Tell the sickness, "you don't have the final say."
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Don't have the final say." tell that addiction, "you're
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Tell that addiction, "you're not going to hold me back,
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Not going to hold me back, you have to move."
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You have to move." there was a man in scripture
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There was a man in scripture named zerubbabel.
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Named zerubbabel. he was in charge of
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He was in charge of rebuilding the temple, but
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Rebuilding the temple, but everything came against him.
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Everything came against him. city leaders hired lawyers
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City leaders hired lawyers to try stop him and they
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To try stop him and they wouldn't give him permits.
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Wouldn't give him permits. other people were causing
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Other people were causing trouble and strife.
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Trouble and strife. it looked impossible.
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It looked impossible. he could have been
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He could have been discouraged, but he
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Discouraged, but he understood this principle.
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Understood this principle. he said, "who are you o
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He said, "who are you o great mountain that stands
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Great mountain that stands before me. you shall become
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Before me. you shall become a mere molehill and i will
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A mere molehill and i will finish the temple by shouting
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Finish the temple by shouting grace to it."
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Grace to it." he was saying, "i have this
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He was saying, "i have this big mountain in front of me,
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Big mountain in front of me, but i'm not worried, i know
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But i'm not worried, i know it's going to be turned in
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It's going to be turned in to a molehill."
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To a molehill." how was it going to happen,
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How was it going to happen, what was his secret?
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What was his secret? by speaking grace to it.
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By speaking grace to it. another word for grace is
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Another word for grace is favor.
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Favor. his attitude was, "yes, this
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His attitude was, "yes, this obstacle is big, but i have
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Obstacle is big, but i have the favor of god.
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The favor of god. mountain you can't defeat
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Mountain you can't defeat me.
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Me. i will accomplish what god
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I will accomplish what god put in my heart."
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Put in my heart." he didn't talk about his
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He didn't talk about his mountain, he talked to his
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Mountain, he talked to his mountain.
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Mountain. against all odds, things
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Against all odds, things fell into place and he
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Fell into place and he completed the temple.
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Completed the temple. i believe today god is about
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I believe today god is about to flatten out some
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To flatten out some mountains.
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Mountains. problems that look permanent
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Problems that look permanent are about to be turned into
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Are about to be turned into molehills.
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Molehills. no more sign of them.
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No more sign of them. nothing stopping you,
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Nothing stopping you, nothing keeping you from
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Nothing keeping you from your destiny.
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Your destiny. mountains of depression,
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Mountains of depression, mountains of insecurity,
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Mountains of insecurity, mountains of addictions.
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Mountains of addictions. it may look like they could
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It may look like they could never change, but there's no
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Never change, but there's no mountain god can't move.
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Mountain god can't move. there's no wall he can't
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There's no wall he can't break through.
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Break through. it may not have happened
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It may not have happened yet, but this is a new day.
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Yet, but this is a new day. god is doing a new thing.
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God is doing a new thing. that setback isn't there to
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That setback isn't there to stop you, it's there to
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Stop you, it's there to promote you.
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Promote you. what god put in your heart,
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What god put in your heart, will still come to pass.
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Will still come to pass. the dreams he's given you
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The dreams he's given you will still be completed.
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Will still be completed. now do your part like
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Now do your part like zerubbabel and start
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Zerubbabel and start declaring favor.
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Declaring favor. start thanking god that
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Start thanking god that you're coming out.
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You're coming out. start talking like it's
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Start talking like it's going to happen.
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Going to happen. as you keep god's word in
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As you keep god's word in your heart, god promises it
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Your heart, god promises it will prevail, not the
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Will prevail, not the sickness, not the trouble,
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Sickness, not the trouble, not the fear, you will be
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Not the fear, you will be victorious.
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Victorious. when those thoughts come
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When those thoughts come roaring in your mind,
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Roaring in your mind, telling you it's never going
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Telling you it's never going to work out, like the waves
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To work out, like the waves roaring at the beach.
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Roaring at the beach. don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. remember, like that sand you
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Remember, like that sand you have the eternal decree in
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Have the eternal decree in you. you have his word.
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You. you have his word. now tell the ocean, you've
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Now tell the ocean, you've got to go back.
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Got to go back. sickness you've got to go
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Sickness you've got to go back, trouble you've got to
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Back, trouble you've got to go back, addictions you've
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Go back, addictions you've got to go back.
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Got to go back. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare whatever has
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And declare whatever has been hindering you is about
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Been hindering you is about to go back.
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To go back. mountains are about to be
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Mountains are about to be flattened out; problems that
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Flattened out; problems that look permanent are about to
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Look permanent are about to resolve.
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Resolve. healing is coming, promotion
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Healing is coming, promotion is coming, freedom is
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Is coming, freedom is coming, the fullness of your
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Coming, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Sometimes in life,
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Sometimes in life, people don't choose us.
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People don't choose us. we've all felt overlooked
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We've all felt overlooked and like we're not good enough.
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And like we're not good enough. it's easy to live inferior,
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It's easy to live inferior, thinking we don't measure up.
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Thinking we don't measure up. people may have left you out.
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People may have left you out. the good news is
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The good news is god has chosen you.
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God has chosen you. he's the one that matters.
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He's the one that matters. and in my new book, chosen:
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And in my new book, chosen: your life is marked
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Your life is marked for distinction,
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For distinction, you'll discover,
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You'll discover, before you were born,
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Before you were born, god not only knew you,
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God not only knew you, but he handpicked you
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But he handpicked you and placed
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And placed a calling on your life.
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A calling on your life. you are equipped and empowered
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You are equipped and empowered to fulfill your destiny.
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To fulfill your destiny. when you understand
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When you understand that you're chosen,
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That you're chosen, fear and doubt can't stay,
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Fear and doubt can't stay, you'll live
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You'll live with the boldness
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With the boldness to step into the greatness
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To step into the greatness god put in you.
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God put in you. i'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new book, chosen,
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Jesus encouraged us by saying, "you didn't choose me.
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You've been chosen by almighty god.
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Victoria and i want you to know how much we love you.
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We pray for you and your family every day.
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Until we see you next time, may the lord bless you
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Joel Osteen - It Has To Go Back

July 30, 2025 | 30:0

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