Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - It's Already Set Up

May 13, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - It's Already Set Up | May 13, 2025

>> joel osteen: well, god
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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Bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever in
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Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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Be a part of one of our services.
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Services. i promise you, we'll make you
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I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. well, i like to start with
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Well, i like to start with something funny, and i heard
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Something funny, and i heard about this pastor.
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About this pastor. he was in the lobby after the
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He was in the lobby after the service greeting people.
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Service greeting people. he saw a man that he hadn't
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He saw a man that he hadn't seen in a long, long time.
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Seen in a long, long time. he pulled him aside and said,
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He pulled him aside and said, "sir, you need to join the
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"sir, you need to join the army of the lord."
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Army of the lord." the man said, "what are you
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The man said, "what are you talking about?
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Talking about? i'm in the army of the
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I'm in the army of the lord."
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Lord." the pastor said, "well, how
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The pastor said, "well, how come i only see you on easter
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Come i only see you on easter and christmas?"
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And christmas?" he whispered back, "i'm in
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He whispered back, "i'm in the secret service."
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The secret service." 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.
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Do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,
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Alert, my heart is receptive, i will never be the same, in
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I will never be the same, in jesus' name."
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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's already set up."
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About "it's already set up." it's easy to go through life
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It's easy to go through life worried about how we're going
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Worried about how we're going to accomplish a dream, or how
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To accomplish a dream, or how we're going to get out of a
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We're going to get out of a problem, how we're going to
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Problem, how we're going to meet the right person.
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Meet the right person. we look at all the reasons
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We look at all the reasons why it's not going to work
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Why it's not going to work out, but when god laid out
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Out, but when god laid out the plan for your life, he
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The plan for your life, he lined up everything you need
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Lined up everything you need to fulfill your destiny,
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To fulfill your destiny, every good break, every
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Every good break, every person, every solution.
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Person, every solution. he's not trying to figure out
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He's not trying to figure out how to do it.
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How to do it. it's already set up.
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It's already set up. he's already set up the
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He's already set up the promotion.
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Promotion. he's already set up the
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He's already set up the healing.
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Healing. that problem you don't think
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That problem you don't think will turn around, he's
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Will turn around, he's already set up the answer.
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Already set up the answer. it's not a surprise to him.
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It's not a surprise to him. he had the solution before
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He had the solution before you had the problem.
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You had the problem. those things that you're
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Those things that you're dreaming about, the desires
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Dreaming about, the desires god's put in your heart that
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God's put in your heart that seem so unlikely.
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Seem so unlikely. god wouldn't have given you
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God wouldn't have given you the dream and not made a way
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The dream and not made a way to bring it to pass.
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To bring it to pass. it's already in your future
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It's already in your future waiting for you, and if you
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Waiting for you, and if you will stay in faith and not
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Will stay in faith and not let negative voices talk you
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Let negative voices talk you out of it, you'll come in to
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Out of it, you'll come in to what god has already set up.
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What god has already set up. in luke 22, jesus was about
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In luke 22, jesus was about to be crucified.
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To be crucified. he told peter and john to go
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He told peter and john to go ahead of him to jerusalem and
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Ahead of him to jerusalem and make arrangements for the
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Make arrangements for the passover meal, now known as
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Passover meal, now known as the last supper.
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The last supper. they asked him where to go.
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They asked him where to go. he told them as soon as they
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He told them as soon as they entered the city, a man would
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Entered the city, a man would meet them carrying a pitcher
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Meet them carrying a pitcher of water.
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Of water. he would lead them to a
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He would lead them to a certain house, and they were
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Certain house, and they were to ask the owner where the
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To ask the owner where the guest room was where they
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Guest room was where they could have the passover meal.
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Could have the passover meal. verse 12 says: "'the owner
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Verse 12 says: "'the owner will take you upstairs to a
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Will take you upstairs to a large room that is already
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Large room that is already set up.'"
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Set up.'" he didn't say, "go to the
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He didn't say, "go to the house, tell them jesus wants
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House, tell them jesus wants to have dinner.
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To have dinner. quick, get it set up.
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Quick, get it set up. get the food.
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Get the food. get the table."
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Get the table." he said, "it's already set
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He said, "it's already set up."
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Up." what god has planned for you,
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What god has planned for you, he's not thinking about
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He's not thinking about doing.
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Doing. maybe one day it'll happen.
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Maybe one day it'll happen. one day he'll bring it
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One day he'll bring it together.
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Together. it's already in place, and
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It's already in place, and the good news is, god knows
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The good news is, god knows how to get you there.
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How to get you there. notice how detailed jesus
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Notice how detailed jesus was.
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Was. he said, "as soon as you
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He said, "as soon as you enter the city, you'll meet a
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Enter the city, you'll meet a man.
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Man. not just any man, a man
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Not just any man, a man carrying a pitcher of water.
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Carrying a pitcher of water. he will lead you to a house.
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He will lead you to a house. you tell the owner what i
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You tell the owner what i need.
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Need. he'll take you upstairs."
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He'll take you upstairs." it was like a movie.
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It was like a movie. all these details had to come
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All these details had to come together at the exact right
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Together at the exact right time.
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Time. if the man would have been
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If the man would have been late in the city, the
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Late in the city, the disciples would have missed
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Disciples would have missed him.
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Him. if he hadn't been carrying a
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If he hadn't been carrying a pitcher of water, they
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Pitcher of water, they wouldn't have known who to
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Wouldn't have known who to follow.
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Follow. if he'd led them to the wrong
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If he'd led them to the wrong house, nothing would have
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House, nothing would have been prepared.
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Been prepared. it was the right person, the
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It was the right person, the right house, the right
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Right house, the right timing.
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Timing. everything fell precisely
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Everything fell precisely into place.
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Into place. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? god is not only strategically
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God is not only strategically directing your steps, but
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Directing your steps, but he's orchestrating everything
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He's orchestrating everything around you.
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Around you. he has the people you need
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He has the people you need that will be there not just
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That will be there not just to meet you, but they will
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To meet you, but they will lead you to your blessing,
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Lead you to your blessing, lead you to a promotion, lead
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Lead you to a promotion, lead you to the next level.
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You to the next level. they didn't have to convince
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They didn't have to convince the owner to be good to them.
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The owner to be good to them. "please do us a favor.
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"please do us a favor. jesus really wants to come
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Jesus really wants to come have dinner here tonight."
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Have dinner here tonight." the owner was expecting them.
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The owner was expecting them. he already knew they were
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He already knew they were coming.
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Coming. he had the table already set
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He had the table already set up.
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Up. god has some of these
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God has some of these already-set-up blessings
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Already-set-up blessings waiting for you.
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Waiting for you. he's already spoken to the
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He's already spoken to the right people to be good to
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Right people to be good to you.
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You. he's lined up divine
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He's lined up divine connections, people that will
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Connections, people that will go out of their way to show
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Go out of their way to show you favor.
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You favor. you don't have to try to
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You don't have to try to manipulate people, force a
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Manipulate people, force a door to open.
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Door to open. the people god has ordained
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The people god has ordained to help you, he's already
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To help you, he's already prepared their hearts.
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Prepared their hearts. they'll have the table
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They'll have the table already set up.
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Already set up. a man i know went to a
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A man i know went to a government office to get some
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Government office to get some paperwork so that his
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Paperwork so that his business could grow.
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Business could grow. the clerk behind the counter
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The clerk behind the counter was very unhelpful, very
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Was very unhelpful, very rude, like he was annoyed.
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Rude, like he was annoyed. he took the man's
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He took the man's information, but told him
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Information, but told him that they were so backed up,
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That they were so backed up, it could take 5 years for the
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It could take 5 years for the paperwork to go through, and
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Paperwork to go through, and the man was very
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The man was very disappointed, and he said
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Disappointed, and he said nicely, "is there anything
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Nicely, "is there anything you can do to speed it up?"
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You can do to speed it up?" the clerk practically yelled
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The clerk practically yelled back at him, "sir, i told
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Back at him, "sir, i told you, we're backed up.
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You, we're backed up. it's going to take 5 years."
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It's going to take 5 years." he left there discouraged.
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He left there discouraged. two weeks later, the clerk
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Two weeks later, the clerk called and said his paperwork
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Called and said his paperwork had gone through, and the man
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Had gone through, and the man was excited, and went down
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Was excited, and went down and saw the clerk, thanked
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And saw the clerk, thanked him.
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Him. he said, "i thought you said
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He said, "i thought you said it was going to take 5
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It was going to take 5 years."
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Years." the clerk said to him, "it
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The clerk said to him, "it should have, but ever since i
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Should have, but ever since i met you, i can't get you off
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Met you, i can't get you off my mind.
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My mind. i wake up thinking about you.
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I wake up thinking about you. i eat dinner thinking about
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I eat dinner thinking about you.
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You. i go to bed thinking about
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I go to bed thinking about you.
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You. i'm sick of thinking about
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I'm sick of thinking about you.
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You. take the paperwork and
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Take the paperwork and leave."
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Leave." when god has ordained someone
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When god has ordained someone to help you, they don't have
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To help you, they don't have to like you.
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To like you. quit being frustrated by
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Quit being frustrated by who's not for you.
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Who's not for you. if they're supposed to be for
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If they're supposed to be for you, they'll be good to you
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You, they'll be good to you even though they don't like
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Even though they don't like you.
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You. they can't help it.
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They can't help it. god controls the universe.
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God controls the universe. if he needs them to play a
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If he needs them to play a part in what he's already set
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Part in what he's already set up for you, they won't have a
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Up for you, they won't have a choice.
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Choice. the scripture says, "god has
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The scripture says, "god has purposed it.
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Purposed it. who can annul it?"
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Who can annul it?" this is saying, "what god has
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This is saying, "what god has already set up, who can stop
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Already set up, who can stop it?"
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It?" people can't stop it.
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People can't stop it. bad breaks can't stop it.
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Bad breaks can't stop it. injustice can't stop it.
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Injustice can't stop it. it's already set up.
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It's already set up. you are right on schedule.
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You are right on schedule. you keep honoring god, and
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You keep honoring god, and what he's already set up is
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What he's already set up is going to find you.
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Going to find you. you're not going to have to
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You're not going to have to go after it.
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Go after it. it's going to come to you.
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It's going to come to you. when we needed land to build
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When we needed land to build a new sanctuary, twice the
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A new sanctuary, twice the property that we really
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Property that we really wanted was sold out from
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Wanted was sold out from under us.
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Under us. i was disappointed.
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I was disappointed. i thought, "god, where are
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I thought, "god, where are you?"
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You?" i didn't realize the compaq
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I didn't realize the compaq center was already set up.
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Center was already set up. when it doesn't work out your
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When it doesn't work out your way, it's because god has
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Way, it's because god has something better.
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Something better. don't live frustrated.
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Don't live frustrated. the closed doors are god
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The closed doors are god doing us a favor.
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Doing us a favor. six months later, a friend of
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Six months later, a friend of mine called out of the blue,
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Mine called out of the blue, said, "joel, let's go to
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Said, "joel, let's go to lunch.
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Lunch. i have an idea."
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I have an idea." he told me how the rockets
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He told me how the rockets were moving out of the compaq
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Were moving out of the compaq center and how this would be
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Center and how this would be a great home for lakewood.
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A great home for lakewood. in one sense, i didn't go
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In one sense, i didn't go after the compaq center.
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After the compaq center. the compaq center came after
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The compaq center came after me.
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Me. god used that man to lead me
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God used that man to lead me to what he already had
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To what he already had prepared.
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Prepared. he was a divine connection,
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He was a divine connection, part of the plan that god had
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Part of the plan that god had already set up.
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Already set up. that's why you don't have to
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That's why you don't have to live worried.
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Live worried. how are you going to
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How are you going to accomplish the dream?
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Accomplish the dream? worried about how you're
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Worried about how you're going to get the breaks you
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Going to get the breaks you need.
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Need. god has it all figured out.
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God has it all figured out. he's already lined up the
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He's already lined up the right people to come across
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Right people to come across your path, and what god has
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Your path, and what god has in store is bigger than you
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In store is bigger than you can imagine.
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Can imagine. it's more rewarding, more
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It's more rewarding, more fulfilling, and instead of
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Fulfilling, and instead of going around discouraged
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Going around discouraged because of what didn't work
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Because of what didn't work out, turn it around.
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Out, turn it around. "father, thank you for the
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"father, thank you for the blessings that you've already
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Blessings that you've already set up.
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Set up. thank you for the good
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Thank you for the good breaks, the healing, the
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Breaks, the healing, the promotion, the right people
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Promotion, the right people that you've already ordained
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That you've already ordained to come across my path."
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To come across my path." when you live in faith,
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When you live in faith, expecting god's goodness,
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Expecting god's goodness, there will be moments of
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There will be moments of favor that you come into
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Favor that you come into suddenly.
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Suddenly. you didn't see it coming.
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You didn't see it coming. there was no sign of it, but
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There was no sign of it, but suddenly, the paperwork goes
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Suddenly, the paperwork goes through.
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Through. suddenly, the compaq center
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Suddenly, the compaq center shows up.
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Shows up. suddenly, you meet the right
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Suddenly, you meet the right person.
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Person. that was one of those
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That was one of those blessing that god had already
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Blessing that god had already set up.
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Set up. in mark chapter 11, jesus was
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In mark chapter 11, jesus was on the mount of olives.
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On the mount of olives. he told his disciples to go
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He told his disciples to go into the nearby village, and
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Into the nearby village, and they would find a colt tied
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They would find a colt tied up that had never been
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Up that had never been ridden.
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Ridden. he said, "untie it and bring
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He said, "untie it and bring it to me.
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It to me. if anyone asks what you're
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If anyone asks what you're doing, tell them the lord
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Doing, tell them the lord needs it and will return it
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Needs it and will return it soon."
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Soon." they went in the village, and
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They went in the village, and just like he said, they found
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Just like he said, they found the colt.
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The colt. they started to untie it.
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They started to untie it. somebody stopped them, "what
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Somebody stopped them, "what are you doing?
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Are you doing? that's not your animal."
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That's not your animal." they said, "the lord needs
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They said, "the lord needs it."
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It." they gave them permission to
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They gave them permission to take it.
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Take it. jesus got on the colt and
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Jesus got on the colt and rode it into jerusalem, and
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Rode it into jerusalem, and when people saw him coming,
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When people saw him coming, they put palm branches down
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They put palm branches down on the ground and laid out
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On the ground and laid out their coats.
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Their coats. as he passed by, they
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As he passed by, they shouted, "hosanna, blessed is
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Shouted, "hosanna, blessed is he who comes in the name of
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He who comes in the name of the lord."
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The lord." this was all prophesied many
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This was all prophesied many years earlier by isaiah, that
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Years earlier by isaiah, that jerusalem would receive their
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Jerusalem would receive their king coming on a colt that
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King coming on a colt that had never been ridden.
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Had never been ridden. but when the disciples went
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But when the disciples went to get the colt that day,
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To get the colt that day, they didn't realize the
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They didn't realize the significance of what they
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Significance of what they were doing.
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Were doing. they thought they were just
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They thought they were just running an errand.
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Running an errand. jesus needs a ride, no big
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Jesus needs a ride, no big deal.
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Deal. they didn't know the colt
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They didn't know the colt they were untying was
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They were untying was fulfilling prophesy.
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Fulfilling prophesy. it seemed routine to them,
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It seemed routine to them, but there was nothing
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But there was nothing ordinary about that moment.
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Ordinary about that moment. they couldn't see it, but it
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They couldn't see it, but it was a part of a plan that the
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Was a part of a plan that the creator of the universe had
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Creator of the universe had already set up, and like
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Already set up, and like them, there are times we're
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Them, there are times we're going through the day, doing
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Going through the day, doing our normal routine, going to
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Our normal routine, going to lunch with an old friend that
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Lunch with an old friend that called, no big deal.
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Called, no big deal. we can't see it, but those
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We can't see it, but those are destiny moments.
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Are destiny moments. god is orchestrating what he
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God is orchestrating what he ordained for your life to
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Ordained for your life to come together.
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Come together. like isaiah prophesied that
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Like isaiah prophesied that jesus would come riding on a
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Jesus would come riding on a colt, your life has been
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Colt, your life has been prophesied.
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Prophesied. god has written every day of
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God has written every day of your life in his book.
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Your life in his book. you are not at the mercy of
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You are not at the mercy of people, luck, "i hope i get
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People, luck, "i hope i get some breaks."
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Some breaks." before you were formed in
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Before you were formed in your mother's womb, god knew
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Your mother's womb, god knew you and planned out all of
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You and planned out all of your days.
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Your days. he has these destiny moments
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He has these destiny moments where he'll make things
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Where he'll make things happen that you couldn't make
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Happen that you couldn't make happen.
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Happen. he's already set up the colt.
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He's already set up the colt. he's already set up the
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He's already set up the table.
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Table. he's already set up the right
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He's already set up the right people, the breaks you need.
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People, the breaks you need. not only are your steps being
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Not only are your steps being divinely orchestrated, he's
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Divinely orchestrated, he's orchestrating the steps of
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Orchestrating the steps of people and circumstances
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People and circumstances around you.
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Around you. if he knew where that colt
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If he knew where that colt was, if that animal was put
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Was, if that animal was put there by the creator, how
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There by the creator, how much more does god know where
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Much more does god know where you are?
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You are? how much more is he lining up
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How much more is he lining up what you need?
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What you need? this colt had never been
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This colt had never been ridden.
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Ridden. it was to fulfill isaiah's
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It was to fulfill isaiah's prophecy.
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Prophecy. i can imagine, when the owner
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I can imagine, when the owner tried to ride him like he did
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Tried to ride him like he did his other animals, he got
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His other animals, he got halfway on, and that colt
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Halfway on, and that colt bucked him off.
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Bucked him off. he thought, "i'll show you,"
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He thought, "i'll show you," had four or five strong men
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Had four or five strong men hold the colt, but when he
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Hold the colt, but when he tried to get on, it was like
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Tried to get on, it was like the colt had supernatural
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The colt had supernatural strength, bucked him off
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Strength, bucked him off again.
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Again. he final thought, "i'm
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He final thought, "i'm leaving that colt alone.
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Leaving that colt alone. something's wrong with him."
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Something's wrong with him." there wasn't anything wrong.
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There wasn't anything wrong. that colt had been marked by
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That colt had been marked by destiny.
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Destiny. but one thing this shows us
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But one thing this shows us is what god has ordained for
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Is what god has ordained for you will not go to anyone
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You will not go to anyone else.
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Else. don't worry about somebody
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Don't worry about somebody getting your promotion, your
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Getting your promotion, your contract, your blessing.
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Contract, your blessing. if it's yours, that colt will
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If it's yours, that colt will buck them off.
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Buck them off. what god has prophesied for
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What god has prophesied for your life cannot be taken by
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Your life cannot be taken by other people.
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Other people. now, quit being frustrated
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Now, quit being frustrated because somebody got what you
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Because somebody got what you wanted.
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Wanted. if it was supposed to be
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If it was supposed to be yours, it wouldn't have
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Yours, it wouldn't have happened.
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Happened. be happy for them, knowing
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Be happy for them, knowing that god has something better
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That god has something better for you.
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For you. when we tried to buy that
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When we tried to buy that property, that colt bucked us
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Property, that colt bucked us off twice, and i did my best
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Off twice, and i did my best to make it happen, but you
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To make it happen, but you can't override what god has
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Can't override what god has ordained.
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Ordained. just as god opens doors that
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Just as god opens doors that no person can shut, god
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No person can shut, god closes doors that no person
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Closes doors that no person can open, and if something
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Can open, and if something bucked you off, be smart
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Bucked you off, be smart enough to realize god didn't
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Enough to realize god didn't want you to have it.
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Want you to have it. if it's supposed to be yours,
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If it's supposed to be yours, you can rest assured, nobody
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You can rest assured, nobody else will get it.
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Else will get it. when the prophet samuel went
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When the prophet samuel went to jesse's house to anoint
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To jesse's house to anoint one of his sons as the next
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One of his sons as the next king of israel, seven of the
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King of israel, seven of the sons were in the house.
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Sons were in the house. david was still out in the
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David was still out in the shepherd's fields.
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Shepherd's fields. jesse didn't bother bringing
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Jesse didn't bother bringing his youngest son david in.
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His youngest son david in. he thought, "he's not king
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He thought, "he's not king material.
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Material. he's too young, too small,
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He's too young, too small, doesn't have the talent, the
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Doesn't have the talent, the experience."
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Experience." people will judge you by the
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People will judge you by the outside.
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Outside. they'll try to write you off,
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They'll try to write you off, but they don't know what god
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But they don't know what god put in you.
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Put in you. they can't see your seeds of
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They can't see your seeds of greatness.
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Greatness. they didn't prophesy your
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They didn't prophesy your life.
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Life. they didn't choose you before
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They didn't choose you before you were formed in your
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You were formed in your mother's womb.
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Mother's womb. they don't know what god has
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They don't know what god has already set up for you.
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Already set up for you. god loves to take people that
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God loves to take people that other's discount, others
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Other's discount, others discredit, say, "it couldn't
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Discredit, say, "it couldn't be them.
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Be them. they're not king material.
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They're not king material. they've made too many
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They've made too many mistakes.
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Mistakes. they come from the wrong
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They come from the wrong family."
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Family." that's the kind of people god
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That's the kind of people god chooses to show out in their
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Chooses to show out in their lives.
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Lives. samuel called each son
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Samuel called each son forward one by one, and he
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Forward one by one, and he tried to pour the oil to
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Tried to pour the oil to anoint them, turned the
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Anoint them, turned the bottle upside down, but the
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Bottle upside down, but the oil wouldn't come out.
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Oil wouldn't come out. he came to the last son.
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He came to the last son. i can see him hitting the
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I can see him hitting the bottom of the bottle, but the
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Bottom of the bottle, but the oil defied gravity because it
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Oil defied gravity because it was not ordained to go to
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Was not ordained to go to those seven sons.
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Those seven sons. the oil that belongs to you
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The oil that belongs to you will not go to anyone else.
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Will not go to anyone else. nobody got your promotion.
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Nobody got your promotion. nobody got your contract,
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Nobody got your contract, your girlfriend, your house.
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Your girlfriend, your house. the oil--that was a good one.
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The oil--that was a good one. the oil that belongs to you
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The oil that belongs to you cannot go to other people.
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Cannot go to other people. jesse finally brought david
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Jesse finally brought david in, the youngest son.
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In, the youngest son. samuel went to anoint him,
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Samuel went to anoint him, and the oil freely flowed.
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And the oil freely flowed. i could see his father,
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I could see his father, jesse, standing there with
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Jesse, standing there with his eyes, his mouth wide
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His eyes, his mouth wide open, thinking, "david, i
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Open, thinking, "david, i never dreamed it would be
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Never dreamed it would be him."
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Him." the scripture says, "no
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The scripture says, "no person has seen, heard, or
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Person has seen, heard, or imagined what god has
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Imagined what god has prepared for those that love
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Prepared for those that love him."
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Him." god has some things prepared
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God has some things prepared that are going to amaze you,
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That are going to amaze you, promotion that you didn't see
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Promotion that you didn't see coming, favor that you didn't
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Coming, favor that you didn't deserve, increase that takes
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Deserve, increase that takes your family to a new level.
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Your family to a new level. if you've seen it, heard it,
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If you've seen it, heard it, or imagined it, that's not
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Or imagined it, that's not what this is talking about.
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What this is talking about. what god has prepared, what
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What god has prepared, what he's already set up is
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He's already set up is something that you've never
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Something that you've never seen.
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Seen. two thousand and seven, we
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Two thousand and seven, we received a phone call from a
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Received a phone call from a young lady that worked for
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Young lady that worked for the new york yankees.
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The new york yankees. we'd never met her, but she
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We'd never met her, but she likes our ministry.
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Likes our ministry. the yankees were building a
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The yankees were building a new baseball stadium.
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New baseball stadium. she wanted us to come and
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She wanted us to come and hold a night of hope for the
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Hold a night of hope for the first event in the new
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First event in the new baseball stadium.
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Baseball stadium. when the staff told me, i
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When the staff told me, i thought they were joking.
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Thought they were joking. "you mean, they want a
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"you mean, they want a minister from texas to
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Minister from texas to come?"
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Come?" they could've had a big
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They could've had a big rock-and-roll band, a big
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Rock-and-roll band, a big production, but she wanted
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Production, but she wanted us.
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Us. this young lady was in charge
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This young lady was in charge of special events.
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Of special events. she could've liked us, but
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She could've liked us, but worked in accounting, or on
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Worked in accounting, or on the grounds crew.
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The grounds crew. nothing wrong with that, but
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Nothing wrong with that, but she wouldn't have had the
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She wouldn't have had the authority to invite us.
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Authority to invite us. two thousand and nine, we
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Two thousand and nine, we went and held the first
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Went and held the first non-baseball event in the new
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Non-baseball event in the new yankee stadium.
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Yankee stadium. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? god has the right people in
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God has the right people in the right positions for you.
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The right positions for you. you don't have to have favor
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You don't have to have favor with everyone, just favor
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With everyone, just favor with the right one.
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With the right one. a dozen people may not like
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A dozen people may not like you, but they can't stop you.
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You, but they can't stop you. god has already set up the
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God has already set up the right people that will open
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Right people that will open doors to promotion, to
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Doors to promotion, to opportunity, to favor.
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Opportunity, to favor. you're going to say like me,
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You're going to say like me, "wow, i didn't see that
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"wow, i didn't see that coming.
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Coming. i didn't have the
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I didn't have the connections, the talent, the
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Connections, the talent, the experience."
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Experience." that's one of those prepared
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That's one of those prepared blessings that you have not
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Blessings that you have not seen, heard, or imagined.
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Seen, heard, or imagined. but sometimes, there's a
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But sometimes, there's a blessing already set up, but
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Blessing already set up, but people will try to talk you
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People will try to talk you out of it.
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Out of it. people will tell you all the
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People will tell you all the reasons why it's not going to
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Reasons why it's not going to happen.
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Happen. the problem is, god didn't
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The problem is, god didn't put the dream in them, he put
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Put the dream in them, he put the dream in you.
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The dream in you. they can't see what you see.
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They can't see what you see. they can't feel what you
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They can't feel what you feel.
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Feel. they're looking at it in the
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They're looking at it in the ordinary, the natural, but
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Ordinary, the natural, but god puts things in your
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God puts things in your spirit that are bigger than
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Spirit that are bigger than you can accomplish on your
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You can accomplish on your own, and you may not see how
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Own, and you may not see how it can happen, but god
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It can happen, but god wouldn't have given you the
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Wouldn't have given you the dream.
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Dream. he wouldn't have put the
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He wouldn't have put the promise in you if he had not
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Promise in you if he had not already set up how to bring
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Already set up how to bring it to pass.
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It to pass. when i was growing up, my
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When i was growing up, my mother always wanted a
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Mother always wanted a swimming pool in our
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Swimming pool in our backyard, and my father was
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Backyard, and my father was very generous with my mother.
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Very generous with my mother. he would give her anything,
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He would give her anything, except a swimming pool.
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Except a swimming pool. he said, "dodie, i don't want
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He said, "dodie, i don't want a pool.
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A pool. it's too much money, too much
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It's too much money, too much maintenance.
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Maintenance. we have enough to take care
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We have enough to take care of already."
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Of already." he gave her all these good
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He gave her all these good reasons.
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Reasons. my mother no more paid
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My mother no more paid attention to that.
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Attention to that. she let that go in one ear
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She let that go in one ear and out the other.
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And out the other. every day, she went around
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Every day, she went around talking about it, "i can't
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Talking about it, "i can't wait till we get our swimming
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Wait till we get our swimming pool."
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Pool." she got all of us five kids
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She got all of us five kids excited, "we're getting a
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Excited, "we're getting a swimming pool."
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Swimming pool." we even went out and bought
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We even went out and bought my brother paul some
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My brother paul some floaties.
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Floaties. my father said, "dodie, you
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My father said, "dodie, you are wasting your time.
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Are wasting your time. i've already made up my mind.
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I've already made up my mind. we are not getting a swimming
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We are not getting a swimming pool."
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Pool." one day, my mom was in the
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One day, my mom was in the backyard with a tape measure.
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Backyard with a tape measure. my dad went out, "dodie, what
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My dad went out, "dodie, what are you doing?"
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Are you doing?" she said, "i'm measuring
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She said, "i'm measuring where we're going to put our
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Where we're going to put our swimming pool."
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Swimming pool." she tried to wear him down.
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She tried to wear him down. he wouldn't budge.
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He wouldn't budge. about a year later, during
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About a year later, during our thanksgiving conference
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Our thanksgiving conference at the church, a couple asked
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At the church, a couple asked to see my parents after the
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To see my parents after the service.
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Service. they introduced themselves.
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They introduced themselves. the man said, "i build
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The man said, "i build swimming pools for a
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Swimming pools for a living."
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Living." my mother gave him a big hug
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My mother gave him a big hug and said, "i've been waiting
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And said, "i've been waiting for you."
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For you." he went on to say, "i would
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He went on to say, "i would like to build you a swimming
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Like to build you a swimming pool."
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Pool." my father said, "that's so
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My father said, "that's so nice.
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Nice. you're very kind, but we
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You're very kind, but we really can't afford it right
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Really can't afford it right now."
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Now." he said, "what do you mean?
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He said, "what do you mean? i don't want you to pay.
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I don't want you to pay. i want to do it for free.
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I want to do it for free. won't you let me give you a
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Won't you let me give you a swimming pool?"
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Swimming pool?" my mother looked at my father
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My mother looked at my father like, "if you say, 'no,'
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Like, "if you say, 'no,' you're going to heaven
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You're going to heaven today."
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Today." that man built us a beautiful
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That man built us a beautiful swimming pool in our
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Swimming pool in our backyard.
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Backyard. that was one of those
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That was one of those blessings god had already set
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Blessings god had already set up.
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Up. my father couldn't see it,
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My father couldn't see it, but god didn't put it in his
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But god didn't put it in his heart.
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Heart. don't let people talk you out
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Don't let people talk you out of what god put in you.
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Of what god put in you. just because they don't
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Just because they don't believe doesn't mean that
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Believe doesn't mean that it's not going to happen.
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It's not going to happen. god has lined up the right
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God has lined up the right people for you, and you keep
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People for you, and you keep honoring him, being your
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Honoring him, being your best, and these blessings are
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Best, and these blessings are going to find you.
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Going to find you. don't seek the blessing, seek
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Don't seek the blessing, seek god.
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God. keep him first place, and the
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Keep him first place, and the blessing will seek you.
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Blessing will seek you. jesus said, "seek first the
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Jesus said, "seek first the kingdom, and all these things
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Kingdom, and all these things will be added unto you."
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Will be added unto you." these things are what god has
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These things are what god has already prepared.
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Already prepared. he wants to not only meet
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He wants to not only meet your needs, he wants to give
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Your needs, he wants to give you the desires of your
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You the desires of your heart.
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Heart. he wants you to enjoy life
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He wants you to enjoy life and be able to bless your
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And be able to bless your family, have fun together.
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Family, have fun together. "well, joel, it's great your
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"well, joel, it's great your mom got her swimming pool,
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Mom got her swimming pool, but i'm fighting cancer."
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But i'm fighting cancer." "i'm struggling with an
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"i'm struggling with an addiction."
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Addiction." "i have a child that's off
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"i have a child that's off course."
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Course." the same god that had a
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The same god that had a swimming pool already set up
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Swimming pool already set up for my mother, the same god
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For my mother, the same god that had the compaq center
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That had the compaq center already set up for us, the
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Already set up for us, the same god that had a colt
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Same god that had a colt already set up to bring
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Already set up to bring jesus, that same god has the
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Jesus, that same god has the healing already set up for
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Healing already set up for you.
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You. he has the vindication, the
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He has the vindication, the freedom, the breakthrough.
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Freedom, the breakthrough. it's already in your future.
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It's already in your future. when joseph's brothers were
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When joseph's brothers were jealous of him, they threw
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Jealous of him, they threw him into the pit and were
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Him into the pit and were going to leave him there to
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Going to leave him there to die, but they looked up and
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Die, but they looked up and saw a caravan of ishmaelites
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Saw a caravan of ishmaelites coming their way.
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Coming their way. they changed their mind and
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They changed their mind and sold joseph as a slave.
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Sold joseph as a slave. what's interesting is that
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What's interesting is that caravan had been traveling
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Caravan had been traveling for months to get to egypt.
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For months to get to egypt. before joseph was thrown into
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Before joseph was thrown into the pit, god had the answer
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The pit, god had the answer already on the way.
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Already on the way. before he had the problem,
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Before he had the problem, the solution was already en
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The solution was already en route.
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Route. god said in isaiah, "before
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God said in isaiah, "before you call, i will answer
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You call, i will answer you."
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You." that problem you're concerned
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That problem you're concerned about, god has the answer
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About, god has the answer already en route.
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Already en route. instead of worrying all
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Instead of worrying all through the day, "father,
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Through the day, "father, thank you that you've already
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Thank you that you've already set up the breakthrough,
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Set up the breakthrough, already set up the
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Already set up the promotion."
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Promotion." everything you need to
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Everything you need to fulfill your destiny is
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Fulfill your destiny is already lined up.
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Already lined up. it may not have happened yet,
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It may not have happened yet, but if you'll stay in faith,
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But if you'll stay in faith, what god has ordained is on
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What god has ordained is on the way, and i believe and
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The way, and i believe and declare, you're about to come
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Declare, you're about to come in to some of these
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In to some of these already-set-up blessings.
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Already-set-up blessings. you're not going to have to
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You're not going to have to go after it.
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Go after it. it's going to come after you,
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It's going to come after you, in jesus' name, and if you
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In jesus' name, and if you receive it, can you say,
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Receive it, can you say, "amen," today?
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I'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus the
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say: "lord jesus, i
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Just say: "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior."
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Savior." if you prayed that simple
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If you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you got
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Prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church, and keep god first
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Church, and keep god first place.
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Place. victoria and i will be right
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing over
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Back to speak a blessing over you.
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Each week, i stand on
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Each week, i stand on this stage
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This stage and remind you
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And remind you of what god says about you.
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Of what god says about you. because it's easy
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Because it's easy to be defined by
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To be defined by who people say we are,
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Who people say we are, or by our own
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Or by our own negative thoughts;
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Negative thoughts; that we're not talented,
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That we're not talented, our problems too big.
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Our problems too big. the key is to go back to
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The key is to go back to who god says you are.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new book, 101 great things
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God says about you. i'll help you discover
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I'll help you discover your true identity.
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Your true identity. god says you're blessed.
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God says you're blessed. you're chosen. you're forgiven.
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You're chosen. you're forgiven. you have seeds of greatness.
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You have seeds of greatness. your future is bright.
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Your future is bright. when you get in agreement
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When you get in agreement with god and declare
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With god and declare his promises,
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His promises, you'll rise higher
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You'll rise higher and become
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And become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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New resource, 101 great things
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101 great things god says about you:
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God says about you: faith reminders
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Faith reminders when you need them most.
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When you need them most. as you read and reflect,
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As you read and reflect, the story of your life, the way
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The story of your life, the way you see yourself,
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You see yourself, will radically change.
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Will radically change. it will become a reflection
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It will become a reflection of god himself
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And remind you of who you are in him.
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Of who you are in him. you are everything
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You are everything god says about you
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God says about you within these pages,
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Within these pages, so read it, experience it,
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So read it, experience it, and believe it.
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Every day. yes, you are
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Yes, you are who god says you are.
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For who you really are: strong, talented,
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Strong, talented, valuable, a victor,
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Valuable, a victor, never a victim.
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Never a victim. victoria
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Victoria and i want you to know
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Joel Osteen - It's Already Set Up

May 13, 2025 | 27:29

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