Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - It's Coming Together

May 15, 2025 | S25:E135

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - It's Coming Together | May 15, 2025

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(applause) well god bless you. it's
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Well god bless you. it's always a joy to come into
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Always a joy to come into your homes and if you're ever
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Your homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop by
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In our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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And be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll
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Services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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Make you feel right at home. but thanks so much for
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But thanks so much for tuning in and thank you
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Tuning in and thank you again for coming out today.
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Again for coming out today. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this husband and wife.
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About this husband and wife. they were celebrating their
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They were celebrating their 60th birthdays together and
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60th birthdays together and an angel suddenly appeared
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An angel suddenly appeared and said god was going to
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And said god was going to grant them each one special
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Grant them each one special request. they were so
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Request. they were so excited. the wife said,
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Excited. the wife said, "my request is that we'd
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"my request is that we'd be able to travel all over
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Be able to travel all over the world." poof. when the
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The world." poof. when the smoke cleared, she had
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Smoke cleared, she had tickets in her hand.
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Tickets in her hand. the husband hung his head
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The husband hung his head in shame. he said, "my
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In shame. he said, "my request is that i would be
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Request is that i would be married to a woman 30 years
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Married to a woman 30 years younger than me." and poof.
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Younger than me." and poof. when the smoke cleared, he
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When the smoke cleared, he was 90 years old. (laughter)
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Was 90 years old. (laughter) hold up your bible, say it
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Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it: this is my
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Like you mean it: this is my bible. i am what it says i
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Bible. i am what it says i am, i have what it says i
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Am, i have what it says i have, i can do what it says
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Have, i can do what it says i can do. today i will be
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I can do. today i will be taught the word of god.
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Taught the 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. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "it's coming together".
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About "it's coming together". we all face situations that
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We all face situations that look like they're never
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Look like they're never going to work out. our dream
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Going to work out. our dream is too big, a medical report
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Is too big, a medical report is too negative, or our
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Is too negative, or our family is so dysfunctional,
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Family is so dysfunctional, we don't see how we could
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We don't see how we could ever be restored. as the
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Ever be restored. as the months go by, sometimes
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Months go by, sometimes even years and we don't
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Even years and we don't see anything happening,
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See anything happening, it's easy to get discouraged
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It's easy to get discouraged and give up on what we're
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And give up on what we're believing for. but just
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Believing for. but just because you don't see
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Because you don't see anything happening doesn't
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Anything happening doesn't mean that god is not
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Mean that god is not working. behind the scenes,
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Working. behind the scenes, he's arranging things in
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He's arranging things in your favor, lining up the
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Your favor, lining up the right people, the healing,
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Right people, the healing, the promotion, the favor.
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The promotion, the favor. if you will stay in faith, at
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If you will stay in faith, at the right time you will see
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The right time you will see it come together. what you
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It come together. what you couldn't make happen on
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Couldn't make happen on your own, god will make
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Your own, god will make happen for you. your dream
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Happen for you. your dream is coming together. your
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Is coming together. your relationship is coming
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Relationship is coming together. the healing,
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Together. the healing, the promotion, the
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The promotion, the vindication will all come
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Vindication will all come together.
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Together. when you go through the day
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When you go through the day with this expectancy, knowing
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With this expectancy, knowing that god's working behind the
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That god's working behind the scenes bringing it together,
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Scenes bringing it together, that's what allows god to
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That's what allows god to do great things. you could
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Do great things. you could be complaining, instead
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Be complaining, instead you're saying, "lord, thank
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You're saying, "lord, thank you that my healing is
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You that my healing is coming together. you can
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Coming together. you can do what medicine cannot do.
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Do what medicine cannot do. or that business, that dream,
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Or that business, that dream, that orphanage you've put in
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That orphanage you've put in my heart, lord thank you that
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My heart, lord thank you that the connections, the funding,
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The connections, the funding, the permits are all coming
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The permits are all coming together."
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Together." in the scripture, the
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In the scripture, the prophet ezekiel saw a vision
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Prophet ezekiel saw a vision of this valley filled with
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Of this valley filled with dry bones. it was a huge
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Dry bones. it was a huge graveyard with thousands
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Graveyard with thousands and thousands of bones on
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And thousands of bones on the ground. god told him
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The ground. god told him to speak to those bones
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To speak to those bones and they would come back
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And they would come back to life. he could have
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To life. he could have thought, "that's
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Thought, "that's impossible. they're just
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Impossible. they're just bones, disjointed, dried
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Bones, disjointed, dried up. they can't live, it's
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Up. they can't live, it's too late."
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Too late." but in this vision he
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But in this vision he started prophesying to
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Started prophesying to these dead bones. the
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These dead bones. the scripture says, "there was
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Scripture says, "there was a noise, a rattling and the
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A noise, a rattling and the bones came together." all
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Bones came together." all at once these bones joined
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At once these bones joined back into the right place.
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Back into the right place. the organs came, the
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The organs came, the tissue, the flesh. then god
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Tissue, the flesh. then god breathed life into them and
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Breathed life into them and they stood up like a vast
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They stood up like a vast army. the israelites had
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Army. the israelites had been discouraged. they were
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Been discouraged. they were saying, "our bones are dried
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Saying, "our bones are dried up, our hope is gone, we've
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Up, our hope is gone, we've been cut off." in other
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Been cut off." in other words, "we're just slaves,
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Words, "we're just slaves, we're never going to reach
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We're never going to reach our destiny, we just have
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Our destiny, we just have dead, dry bones." god said,
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Dead, dry bones." god said, "ezekiel, go tell my people
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"ezekiel, go tell my people the sovereign lord says,
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The sovereign lord says, 'i'm about to open up your
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'i'm about to open up your graves, i'm going to take
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Graves, i'm going to take you back to your land and
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You back to your land and you will know that i am
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You will know that i am the lord.'" he was saying,
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The lord.'" he was saying, "ezekiel, go tell them what
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"ezekiel, go tell them what you saw in this vision, that
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You saw in this vision, that there's about to be a great
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There's about to be a great coming together. what they
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Coming together. what they couldn't make happen on
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Couldn't make happen on their own, i'm going to
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Their own, i'm going to supernaturally make happen
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Supernaturally make happen for them."
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For them." your situation on your own
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Your situation on your own may be impossible. the good
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May be impossible. the good news is, you're not on your
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News is, you're not on your own. you have the most
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Own. you have the most powerful force in the
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Powerful force in the universe on your side. one
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Universe on your side. one touch of god's favor can
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Touch of god's favor can catapult you to a new level.
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Catapult you to a new level. but like the israelites what
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But like the israelites what you have may seem dead.
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You have may seem dead. the medical report says
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The medical report says you'll never get well.
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You'll never get well. you lost a loved one; you
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You lost a loved one; you don't see how you could
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Don't see how you could ever be happy again.
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Ever be happy again. you've been through some
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You've been through some bad breaks. now all you
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Bad breaks. now all you have are these dead bones,
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Have are these dead bones, disjointed, broken pieces.
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Disjointed, broken pieces. no way in the natural.
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No way in the natural. but the sovereign lord is
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But the sovereign lord is saying to you what he said
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Saying to you what he said to the israelites, "get ready,
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To the israelites, "get ready, there's about to be a great
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There's about to be a great coming together."
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Coming together." god is going to bring things
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God is going to bring things to life that you thought were
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To life that you thought were dead. dreams you've given up
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Dead. dreams you've given up on, suddenly the right people
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On, suddenly the right people show up, you get the break
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Show up, you get the break you need; the funding all
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You need; the funding all of a sudden comes through.
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Of a sudden comes through. that sickness you've been
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That sickness you've been struggling with for years,
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Struggling with for years, you don't think you could
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You don't think you could ever get well. no get ready,
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Ever get well. no get ready, health is about to spring
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Health is about to spring forth. god knows how to
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Forth. god knows how to bring the pieces back
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Bring the pieces back together. by faith i can
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Together. by faith i can hear a sound, a noise,
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Hear a sound, a noise, a rattling. it's the sound
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A rattling. it's the sound of a great coming together.
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Of a great coming together. i can hear the sound of
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I can hear the sound of abundance, the sound of
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Abundance, the sound of healing, the sound of
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Healing, the sound of promotion, the sound of
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Promotion, the sound of victory.
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Victory. god asked ezekiel at the
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God asked ezekiel at the first part of this vision,
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First part of this vision, "can these dead bones live?"
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"can these dead bones live?" ezekiel could have looked at
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Ezekiel could have looked at it in the natural and thought,
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It in the natural and thought, "no way, that's impossible."
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"no way, that's impossible." instead he looked away from
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Instead he looked away from his circumstances and looked
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His circumstances and looked toward his god. he said, "oh
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Toward his god. he said, "oh sovereign lord, you alone
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Sovereign lord, you alone know." he was saying, "god,
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Know." he was saying, "god, you control the universe.
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You control the universe. you have the final say.
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You have the final say. you're the giver of life.
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You're the giver of life. you part red seas. you
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You part red seas. you open blind eyes. you
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Open blind eyes. you stopped the sun for joshua.
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Stopped the sun for joshua. i may not see a way, but
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I may not see a way, but oh, sovereign lord, i know
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Oh, sovereign lord, i know you have a way." god said,
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You have a way." god said, "all right ezekiel, that's
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"all right ezekiel, that's what i'm looking for. not
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What i'm looking for. not a doubter, not a complainer,
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A doubter, not a complainer, not somebody that's going
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Not somebody that's going to tell me all the reasons
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To tell me all the reasons why it's not going to
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Why it's not going to happen. i'm looking for a
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Happen. i'm looking for a man or a woman like you,
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Man or a woman like you, full of faith. people who
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Full of faith. people who know all things are
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Know all things are possible." god told ezekiel
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Possible." god told ezekiel to prophesy to those dead
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To prophesy to those dead bones.
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Bones. whatever looks dead in your
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Whatever looks dead in your life, you need to prophesy
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Life, you need to prophesy victory, prophesy wholeness,
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Victory, prophesy wholeness, prophesy abundance. you may
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Prophesy abundance. you may be struggling in your
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Be struggling in your finances. don't go around
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Finances. don't go around talking about how you'll
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Talking about how you'll never get ahead, how high
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Never get ahead, how high prices are, how what you
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Prices are, how what you can't afford. if you have
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Can't afford. if you have a poor mouth, you're going
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A poor mouth, you're going to have a poor life. dare
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To have a poor life. dare to prophesy, "i am the head
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To prophesy, "i am the head and not the tail. whatever
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And not the tail. whatever i touch will prosper and
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I touch will prosper and succeed." maybe you're up
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Succeed." maybe you're up against a big obstacle.
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Against a big obstacle. don't talk about how big
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Don't talk about how big your problem is, talk about
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Your problem is, talk about how big your god is. dare
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How big your god is. dare to prophesy to that sickness,
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To prophesy to that sickness, "cancer you can't defeat me.
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"cancer you can't defeat me. i'm a child of the most high
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I'm a child of the most high god."
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God." that son that's off course,
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That son that's off course, don't go call your friends,
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Don't go call your friends, talk about how bad he is,
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Talk about how bad he is, how he's going to give you
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How he's going to give you a nervous breakdown, how
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A nervous breakdown, how he keeps running with the
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He keeps running with the wrong crowd. no prophesy,
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Wrong crowd. no prophesy, "my son will fulfill his
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"my son will fulfill his destiny. i am calling out
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Destiny. i am calling out his seeds of greatness. no
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His seeds of greatness. no weapon formed against my
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Weapon formed against my family will ever prosper."
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Family will ever prosper." my father wasn't raised
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My father wasn't raised with any kind of spiritual
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With any kind of spiritual upbringing. his parents and
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Upbringing. his parents and family, they were fine
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Family, they were fine people, cotton farmers, but
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People, cotton farmers, but they didn't know anything
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They didn't know anything about god. at the age of
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About god. at the age of seventeen my dad gave his
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Seventeen my dad gave his life to christ, the first
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Life to christ, the first one in the family. against
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One in the family. against all odds, he left the farm
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All odds, he left the farm and went on to become a
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And went on to become a successful pastor.
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Successful pastor. and over the years he would
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And over the years he would come back home and talk to
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Come back home and talk to his family about the lord,
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His family about the lord, his mother and some other
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His mother and some other relatives, they were open,
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Relatives, they were open, they received christ. but
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They received christ. but his father wouldn't have
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His father wouldn't have anything to do with god.
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Anything to do with god. he said, "john, i don't need
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He said, "john, i don't need any of that religious stuff.
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Any of that religious stuff. that's not for me. when i'm
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That's not for me. when i'm dead, i'm dead like a dog.
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Dead, i'm dead like a dog. just roll me over in a
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Just roll me over in a ditch." my dad would tell
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Ditch." my dad would tell him, "no dad, you have to
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Him, "no dad, you have to live on somewhere." it
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Live on somewhere." it would go in one ear and
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Would go in one ear and out the other. this went
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Out the other. this went on year after year, it
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On year after year, it looked like one of those
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Looked like one of those dead, dry bones, like he
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Dead, dry bones, like he would never change.
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Would never change. but my father didn't get
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But my father didn't get discouraged. he didn't go
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Discouraged. he didn't go around complaining. he kept
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Around complaining. he kept prophesying to those dead
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Prophesying to those dead bones. "father, you said,
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Bones. "father, you said, 'as for me and my house we
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'as for me and my house we will serve the lord.'" all
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Will serve the lord.'" all through the day, instead of
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Through the day, instead of worrying, "lord, thank you
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Worrying, "lord, thank you that you're working behind
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That you're working behind the scenes. lord, i believe
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The scenes. lord, i believe these dead bones can live.
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These dead bones can live. i believe you will reveal
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I believe you will reveal yourself to my father."
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Yourself to my father." one day my dad was a guest
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One day my dad was a guest minister in the town where
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Minister in the town where his parents lived. he had
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His parents lived. he had been talking to his father
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Been talking to his father for over 30 years about the
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For over 30 years about the lord with no response. my dad
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Lord with no response. my dad was up in the podium giving
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Was up in the podium giving his message when he saw his
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His message when he saw his father walk in the church
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Father walk in the church and sit down on the back
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And sit down on the back row. first time his dad
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Row. first time his dad had ever been in church.
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Had ever been in church. my father was thrilled.
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My father was thrilled. as my dad was speaking his
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As my dad was speaking his message, his father got up,
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Message, his father got up, started walking down the
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Started walking down the center aisle toward the
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Center aisle toward the platform.
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Platform. he didn't stop at the altar,
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He didn't stop at the altar, he didn't stop at the stairs.
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He didn't stop at the stairs. he came all the way up on
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He came all the way up on the platform, stood right
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The platform, stood right next to my father.
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Next to my father. interrupted his sermon.
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Interrupted his sermon. he said, "john, i'm finishing
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He said, "john, i'm finishing today what i started over
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Today what i started over thirty years ago. i want
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Thirty years ago. i want to give my life to christ."
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To give my life to christ." my father prayed with him
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My father prayed with him right there in front of the
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Right there in front of the whole congregation.
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Whole congregation. a dream came true.
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A dream came true. afterwards, my dad asked
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Afterwards, my dad asked him what he meant about
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Him what he meant about finishing what he started
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Finishing what he started years earlier. he told how
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Years earlier. he told how one day he was out in the
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One day he was out in the woods; he got caught in a
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Woods; he got caught in a huge snowstorm. he couldn't
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Huge snowstorm. he couldn't see anything. he lost his
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See anything. he lost his sense of direction. night
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Sense of direction. night came in and he had nowhere
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Came in and he had nowhere to go. he was so cold he
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To go. he was so cold he was certain he was going
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Was certain he was going to die that night so he
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To die that night so he prayed for the first time
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Prayed for the first time and said, "god, if you will
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And said, "god, if you will let me live i will serve
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Let me live i will serve you." he fell asleep there
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You." he fell asleep there in the snow. his body was
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In the snow. his body was shutting down. he woke up
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Shutting down. he woke up the next morning as warm
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The next morning as warm as toast. god had spared
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As toast. god had spared his life. all those years
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His life. all those years he'd been putting it off.
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He'd been putting it off. he said, "today, i'm keeping
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He said, "today, i'm keeping my promise. i'm going to do
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My promise. i'm going to do what i told god i would do."
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What i told god i would do." he went on to join that
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He went on to join that church. not long after
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Church. not long after that they asked him to
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That they asked him to become an usher. you would
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Become an usher. you would have thought they'd asked
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Have thought they'd asked him to become the president
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Him to become the president of the united states.
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Of the united states. he was so proud. he never
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He was so proud. he never missed a service. he only
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Missed a service. he only owned one suit. they were
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Owned one suit. they were very poor people but he
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Very poor people but he wore that same suit every
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Wore that same suit every service. years later when
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Service. years later when he died, he was buried in
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He died, he was buried in that suit. at the funeral,
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That suit. at the funeral, they found stuffed in both
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They found stuffed in both front pockets gospel tracts
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Front pockets gospel tracts that he used to pass out
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That he used to pass out everywhere he went.
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Everywhere he went. friends, god knows how to
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Friends, god knows how to bring it all together.
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Bring it all together. what you think was dead,
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What you think was dead, over, too far gone, you
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Over, too far gone, you better get ready. it's
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Better get ready. it's coming together. people
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Coming together. people that you think will never
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That you think will never change. like my grandfather,
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Change. like my grandfather, god has already planted
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God has already planted seeds in their heart.
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Seeds in their heart. god's been working behind
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God's been working behind the scenes in your life
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The scenes in your life since the day you were
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Since the day you were born, arranging the breaks
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Born, arranging the breaks you need, moving the wrong
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You need, moving the wrong people out of the way,
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People out of the way, lining up the favor, the
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Lining up the favor, the advantages. he's got it
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Advantages. he's got it all figured out. you don't
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All figured out. you don't have to worry. god has you
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Have to worry. god has you in the palm of his hand.
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In the palm of his hand. he's not going to fail you.
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He's not going to fail you. he is faithful to his
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He is faithful to his promises. your family is
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Promises. your family is coming together.
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Coming together. the dream may look too big;
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The dream may look too big; keep believing it's coming
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Keep believing it's coming together. god has a way.
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Together. god has a way. that addiction you've been
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That addiction you've been trying to break for years.
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Trying to break for years. don't give up. keep
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Don't give up. keep prophesying. freedom is
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Prophesying. freedom is coming together.
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Coming together. see, when you realize that
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See, when you realize that god's in control, that he's
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God's in control, that he's directing your steps,
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Directing your steps, that he's already lined up
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That he's already lined up everything you need, then
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Everything you need, then you can relax. you don't
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You can relax. you don't have to go through life
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Have to go through life trying to make it all
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Trying to make it all happen on your own,
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Happen on your own, worried about your
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Worried about your children, frustrated because
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Children, frustrated because it's taking too long,
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It's taking too long, discouraged because a dream
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Discouraged because a dream looks dead. no, keep
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Looks dead. no, keep reminding yourself: the
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Reminding yourself: the sovereign lord, the god who
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Sovereign lord, the god who breathed life into you, the
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Breathed life into you, the god who knew you before you
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God who knew you before you were born, the god who has
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Were born, the god who has planned out your days for
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Planned out your days for good, the god who has
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Good, the god who has protected you, promoted you,
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Protected you, promoted you, healed you. the same god
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Healed you. the same god that brought you to where
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That brought you to where you are, he's going to get
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You are, he's going to get you to where you're
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You to where you're supposed to be. (applause)
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Supposed to be. (applause) it may take a little longer
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It may take a little longer than you thought but that's
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Than you thought but that's okay, god's timing is the
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Okay, god's timing is the perfect time. it may not
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Perfect time. it may not happen the way you had
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Happen the way you had planned. my father never
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Planned. my father never thought his dad would
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Thought his dad would interrupt him in the pulpit,
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Interrupt him in the pulpit, but god's ways are not our
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But god's ways are not our ways. they are better than
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Ways. they are better than our ways. it's coming
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Our ways. it's coming together.
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Together. when my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord in 1999, i
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With the lord in 1999, i knew i was supposed to step
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Knew i was supposed to step up to pastor the church.
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Up to pastor the church. i felt it so strongly but
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I felt it so strongly but i didn't know if i could do
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I didn't know if i could do it. i like being behind the
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It. i like being behind the scenes. that's where i had
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Scenes. that's where i had spent the last 17 years
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Spent the last 17 years doing the production at
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Doing the production at the church and editing my
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The church and editing my father's sermons.
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Father's sermons. but i took that step of
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But i took that step of faith not knowing what was
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Faith not knowing what was going to happen. looking
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Going to happen. looking back now i can see how god
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Back now i can see how god was guiding me all that
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Was guiding me all that time.
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Time. when i edited my father's
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When i edited my father's sermons i would have to
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Sermons i would have to listen to them each
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Listen to them each probably five or six times
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Probably five or six times to cut them down to time.
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To cut them down to time. all those years, those
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All those years, those scriptures, those stories
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Scriptures, those stories were going into me over and
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Were going into me over and over, getting me prepared
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Over, getting me prepared for what i'm doing now.
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For what i'm doing now. i never dreamed i would
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I never dreamed i would become a minister, but it
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Become a minister, but it all came together. what i
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All came together. what i needed, god had already
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Needed, god had already put in me. i never dreamed
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Put in me. i never dreamed we'd have church in the
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We'd have church in the former compaq center, but
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Former compaq center, but it all came together.
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It all came together. more than we could ask
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More than we could ask or think.
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Or think. our daughter alexandra
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Our daughter alexandra was two months old when
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Was two months old when my father died. jonathan
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My father died. jonathan was three. our lives had
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Was three. our lives had suddenly changed. we had
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Suddenly changed. we had a lot more responsibility,
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A lot more responsibility, pastoring a large church.
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Pastoring a large church. plus, never having ministered
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Plus, never having ministered before made it even more
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Before made it even more stressful.
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Stressful. we knew we were going to
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We knew we were going to need some help with our
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Need some help with our children. like any parent,
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Children. like any parent, we were very picky. we
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We were very picky. we wanted to find the perfect
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Wanted to find the perfect person, very loving and kind
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Person, very loving and kind that would treat them the way
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That would treat them the way we did. we didn't really know
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We did. we didn't really know where to start.
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Where to start. one sunday victoria was
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One sunday victoria was leaving church, walking by
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Leaving church, walking by the platform she saw this
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The platform she saw this young man that she'd seen
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Young man that she'd seen there many times.
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There many times. he seemed very nice and
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He seemed very nice and wholesome, always faithful.
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Wholesome, always faithful. victoria went over and
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Victoria went over and struck up a conversation,
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Struck up a conversation, eventually asking what his
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Eventually asking what his mother did for a living.
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Mother did for a living. he said, "she doesn't have
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He said, "she doesn't have a full-time job. she does a
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A full-time job. she does a lot of volunteering work."
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Lot of volunteering work." victoria told that we were
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Victoria told that we were looking for somebody.
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Looking for somebody. long story short, we met
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Long story short, we met her and things fell into
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Her and things fell into place. she was a perfect
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Place. she was a perfect fit. our children loved
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Fit. our children loved her like our own family.
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Her like our own family. she was always laughing,
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She was always laughing, loving, easy-going. you
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Loving, easy-going. you couldn't find a better
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Couldn't find a better person. about a year after
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Person. about a year after she started working for us,
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She started working for us, she told how years earlier
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She told how years earlier she had had a dream one
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She had had a dream one night where she was taking
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Night where she was taking care of a beautiful, blue
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Care of a beautiful, blue eyed, blonde haired baby
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Eyed, blonde haired baby girl. she's hispanic. she
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Girl. she's hispanic. she has two sons of her own.
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Has two sons of her own. she didn't understand what
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She didn't understand what the dream meant. but when
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The dream meant. but when she saw little alexandra,
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She saw little alexandra, blonde hair, blue eyed,
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Blonde hair, blue eyed, she said, "that's the baby
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She said, "that's the baby that i saw in my dream."
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That i saw in my dream." what am i saying? god has
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What am i saying? god has the right people already
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The right people already lined up for you. at the
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Lined up for you. at the right time it's all going
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Right time it's all going to come together. you don't
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To come together. you don't have to worry. you don't
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Have to worry. you don't have to live stressed out.
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Have to live stressed out. god is directing your
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God is directing your steps. he controls the
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Steps. he controls the whole universe. you can
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Whole universe. you can stay in a place of peace.
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Stay in a place of peace. in the scripture, a lady
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In the scripture, a lady named ruth lost her husband.
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Named ruth lost her husband. she was out in the fields,
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She was out in the fields, picking up leftover grain.
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Picking up leftover grain. trying to survive, just
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Trying to survive, just barely making it.
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Barely making it. boaz, the owner of those
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Boaz, the owner of those fields, spoke to his workers
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Fields, spoke to his workers about ruth, telling them to
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About ruth, telling them to leave wheat on the ground
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Leave wheat on the ground on purpose for ruth to make
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On purpose for ruth to make it easier on her. he didn't
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It easier on her. he didn't speak to ruth; he spoke
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Speak to ruth; he spoke about ruth. she never
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About ruth. she never heard what he said, but
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Heard what he said, but her life got a whole lot
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Her life got a whole lot easier. she had more wheat
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Easier. she had more wheat than she needed. she was
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Than she needed. she was finished in half the time.
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Finished in half the time. all because somebody she
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All because somebody she didn't even know put in
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Didn't even know put in a good word for her.
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A good word for her. in the same way, god has
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In the same way, god has already spoken to the right
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Already spoken to the right people to be good to you, to
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People to be good to you, to bless you, to show you favor,
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Bless you, to show you favor, to open the right doors.
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To open the right doors. like ruth, suddenly you
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Like ruth, suddenly you come into blessings that
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Come into blessings that you didn't work for. people
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You didn't work for. people go out of their way to help
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Go out of their way to help you succeed. you may never
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You succeed. you may never know why it happened. that's
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Know why it happened. that's god working behind the scenes,
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God working behind the scenes, bringing it all together.
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Bringing it all together. as a young man god put a
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As a young man god put a dream in moses' heart that
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Dream in moses' heart that he would deliver the people
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He would deliver the people of israel out of slavery.
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Of israel out of slavery. but moses got in a hurry and
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But moses got in a hurry and didn't wait for god's timing.
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Didn't wait for god's timing. he saw a hebrew slave being
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He saw a hebrew slave being mistreated by one of the
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Mistreated by one of the foreman. he didn't think
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Foreman. he didn't think anybody was watching, he
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Anybody was watching, he went over and killed that
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Went over and killed that foreman. trying to help his
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Foreman. trying to help his hebrew brother out. moses
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Hebrew brother out. moses ended up having to flee for
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Ended up having to flee for his life. he spent 40 years
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His life. he spent 40 years in hiding on the backside
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In hiding on the backside of the desert. it looked
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Of the desert. it looked like he'd missed his
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Like he'd missed his destiny. i'm sure he felt
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Destiny. i'm sure he felt like a failure. thoughts
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Like a failure. thoughts telling him, "too bad
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Telling him, "too bad moses, you had your chance.
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Moses, you had your chance. that mistake really did you
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That mistake really did you in." moses was raised in
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In." moses was raised in the palace, in the
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The palace, in the household of the pharaoh.
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Household of the pharaoh. he was trained to be a
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He was trained to be a prince, educated by the
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Prince, educated by the best scholars, spoke
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Best scholars, spoke different languages.
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Different languages. he was gifted, talented,
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He was gifted, talented, prepared to do something
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Prepared to do something great. but now, instead
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Great. but now, instead of wearing his royal robe,
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Of wearing his royal robe, he's got on an old dirty,
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He's got on an old dirty, smelly, piece of cloth that
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Smelly, piece of cloth that he found on the ground.
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He found on the ground. instead of conducting his
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Instead of conducting his business in the palace where
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Business in the palace where he's esteemed and respected,
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He's esteemed and respected, now he spends his days taking
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Now he spends his days taking care of sheep, shoveling
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Care of sheep, shoveling their waste out in the
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Their waste out in the middle of the desert.
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Middle of the desert. year after year went by.
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Year after year went by. moses thought, "i must have
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Moses thought, "i must have heard god wrong. maybe i
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Heard god wrong. maybe i was never supposed to
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Was never supposed to deliver the people of
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Deliver the people of israel. maybe i'm not
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Israel. maybe i'm not supposed to do something
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Supposed to do something great. what was i thinking?"
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Great. what was i thinking?" just when he was about to
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Just when he was about to give up, suddenly a bush
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Give up, suddenly a bush exploded, caught on fire
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Exploded, caught on fire right in front of him.
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Right in front of him. this bush burned and burned
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This bush burned and burned but it wouldn't burn up.
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But it wouldn't burn up. moses thought, "what in the
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Moses thought, "what in the world is going on?"
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World is going on?" he went over to get a
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He went over to get a better look at it. when he
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Better look at it. when he did, a voice boomed out
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Did, a voice boomed out saying, "moses, moses. take
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Saying, "moses, moses. take off your sandals. you are
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Off your sandals. you are standing on holy ground."
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Standing on holy ground." god was saying, "moses, i
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God was saying, "moses, i haven't forgotten about you.
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Haven't forgotten about you. you may have made some
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You may have made some mistakes; you may have taken
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Mistakes; you may have taken some wrong turns, but get
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Some wrong turns, but get ready i'm about to bring it
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Ready i'm about to bring it together. what i promised
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Together. what i promised you, i'm still going to
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You, i'm still going to bring to pass." after
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Bring to pass." after 40 years of not seeing
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40 years of not seeing anything happening, suddenly
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Anything happening, suddenly god turned it around. moses
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God turned it around. moses went out and delivered the
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Went out and delivered the people of israel.
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People of israel. you may think, "joel, it
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You may think, "joel, it could never come together
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Could never come together for me. it's been too long."
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For me. it's been too long." you've made too many mistakes.
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You've made too many mistakes. you've missed too many
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You've missed too many opportunities. in your heart
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Opportunities. in your heart you know what god has
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You know what god has promised you, but in your
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Promised you, but in your mind the enemy will whisper
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Mind the enemy will whisper these thoughts of doubt.
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These thoughts of doubt. "maybe i'm not supposed
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"maybe i'm not supposed to get married. maybe i'm
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To get married. maybe i'm not supposed to break this
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Not supposed to break this addiction. maybe i'm not
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Addiction. maybe i'm not supposed to start my own
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Supposed to start my own business." deep down you
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Business." deep down you feel seeds of greatness
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Feel seeds of greatness stirring on the inside,
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Stirring on the inside, but every circumstance
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But every circumstance says, "there's no way. it's
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Says, "there's no way. it's too late." but just like
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Too late." but just like with moses, what god
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With moses, what god promised you he's still
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Promised you he's still going to do. it may not
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Going to do. it may not have happened yet, but
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Have happened yet, but don't worry. it's coming
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Don't worry. it's coming together. god is still on
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Together. god is still on the throne. he sent me as
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The throne. he sent me as your burning bush to let
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Your burning bush to let you know it's not too late,
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You know it's not too late, you haven't missed your
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You haven't missed your destiny, you haven't seen
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Destiny, you haven't seen your best days. what god
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Your best days. what god started in your life, he's
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Started in your life, he's going to finish. you're
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Going to finish. you're about to see a divine
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About to see a divine coming together. that means
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Coming together. that means it's supernatural. you
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It's supernatural. you couldn't make it happen.
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Couldn't make it happen. you didn't have the strength,
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You didn't have the strength, talent; the funds. god set
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Talent; the funds. god set the bush on fire, god healed
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The bush on fire, god healed you. god sent the right
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You. god sent the right people; god brought your
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People; god brought your dream to pass.
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Dream to pass. in the scripture, jacob
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In the scripture, jacob thought his son joseph was
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Thought his son joseph was dead. joseph's brothers
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Dead. joseph's brothers brought his bloody robe and
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Brought his bloody robe and told their father that
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Told their father that joseph had been killed by
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Joseph had been killed by a wild animal. the truth is
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A wild animal. the truth is they had sold joseph into
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They had sold joseph into slavery. jacob was so
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Slavery. jacob was so heartbroken. the father so
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Heartbroken. the father so devastated; he thought he
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Devastated; he thought he couldn't go on after losing
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Couldn't go on after losing his youngest son. year after
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His youngest son. year after year went by, now jacob
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Year went by, now jacob was an old man. those same
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Was an old man. those same brothers brought him the
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Brothers brought him the news that joseph indeed was
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News that joseph indeed was still alive and in charge
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Still alive and in charge of the nation of egypt.
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Of the nation of egypt. jacob was overwhelmed.
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Jacob was overwhelmed. they took him to see his son.
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They took him to see his son. he said, "joseph, i never
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He said, "joseph, i never thought i would see your
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Thought i would see your face again. but not only
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Face again. but not only did i get to see you, i got
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Did i get to see you, i got to see my grandchildren."
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To see my grandchildren." when god brings it all
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When god brings it all together, it's not going to
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Together, it's not going to be what you thought, it's
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Be what you thought, it's going to be bigger, better,
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Going to be bigger, better, more rewarding than you
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More rewarding than you ever expected. (applause)
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Ever expected. (applause) like jacob you're not going
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Like jacob you're not going to die without seeing that
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To die without seeing that promise fulfilled. don't
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Promise fulfilled. don't stop believing. god's
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Stop believing. god's working behind the scenes.
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Working behind the scenes. he's already arranged
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He's already arranged exactly what you need.
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Exactly what you need. now do your part. get up
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Now do your part. get up everyday; prophesy life to
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Everyday; prophesy life to those dead areas. if you'll
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Those dead areas. if you'll do this, i believe and
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Do this, i believe and declare your dream is
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Declare your dream is coming together, your
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Coming together, your health is coming together;
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Health is coming together; your relationship is coming
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Your relationship is coming together. you're about to
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Together. you're about to hear a noise, a sound.
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Hear a noise, a sound. god is going to make happen
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God is going to make happen what you couldn't make
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What you couldn't make happen.
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Happen. like ezekiel, you're going to
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Like ezekiel, you're going to see a great coming together,
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See a great coming together, in jesus' name. and if you
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In jesus' name. and if you believe it, can you say
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Believe it, can you say amen today?
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Amen today? we never like to close our
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We never like to close our broadcast without giving
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Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make
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You an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord, jesus,
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Just say, "lord, jesus, i repent of my sins. come
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart, i make you
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Into my heart, i make you my lord and savior."
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My lord and savior." friends, if you prayed
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we
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That simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Believe you got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church, keep god first place.
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Church, keep god first place. he's going to take you places
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He's going to take you places that you've never dreamed.
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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'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 what he says about you. use this resource
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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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And declare these reminders every day.
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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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Who god says you are. now is your time
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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 Coming Together

May 15, 2025 | S25:E135

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