Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - It's A Setup

July 29, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - It's A Setup | July 29, 2025

>> joel osteen: well, god
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you, and thanks for
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Bless you, and thanks for letting us come into your
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Letting us come into your homes.
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Homes. we love you, and if you're
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We love you, and if you're ever in our area, please stop
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Ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of
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By and be a part of one of our services.
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Our services. these are the finest people
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These are the finest people in all of houston, texas.
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In all of houston, texas. right here at lakewood and
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Right here at lakewood and i'll promise you we will make
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I'll promise you we will make you feel right at home.
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You feel right at home. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny, and one day
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Something funny, and one day jesus and satan were having a
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Jesus and satan were having a contest to see who was better
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Contest to see who was better with computers.
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With computers. after six hours of making
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After six hours of making spreadsheets and designing
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Spreadsheets and designing web pages, a thunderstorm
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Web pages, a thunderstorm knocked the power out.
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Knocked the power out. when they rebooted their
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When they rebooted their computers, satan started
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Computers, satan started screaming, "it's all lost.
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Screaming, "it's all lost. all my material is gone."
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All my material is gone." while jesus quietly walked
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While jesus quietly walked over and printed his out,
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Over and printed his out, turned it in.
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Turned it in. satan complained, "this is
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Satan complained, "this is not fair.
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Not fair. he must've cheated.
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He must've cheated. how come he didn't lose his
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How come he didn't lose his material."
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Material." god smiled and said, "jesus
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God smiled and said, "jesus saves."
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Saves." say it like you mean it, this
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Say it like you mean it, this is my bible.
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am; i
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I am what it says i am; i have what it says i have; i
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Have what it says i have; i can do what it says i can do.
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Can do what it says i can do. today, i will be taught the
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess 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's name, god bless you.
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Jesus's 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 a setup.
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About it's a setup. everything in your life has
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Everything in your life has been carefully orchestrated.
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Been carefully orchestrated. god is strategic.
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God is strategic. before you were born, he laid
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Before you were born, he laid out a specific plan for you.
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Out a specific plan for you. nothing randomly happens, not
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Nothing randomly happens, not just the good breaks, the
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Just the good breaks, the promotions, the times you've
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Promotions, the times you've seen favor.
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Seen favor. but even the closed doors,
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But even the closed doors, the disappointments, the
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The disappointments, the betrayals.
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Betrayals. that's all a part of god's
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That's all a part of god's plan.
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Plan. it may not make sense; it
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It may not make sense; it wasn't fair, but god wouldn't
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Wasn't fair, but god wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't
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Have allowed it if it wasn't going to work for your good;
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Going to work for your good; and if you don't understand
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And if you don't understand that nothing randomly
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That nothing randomly happens, then you'll be
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Happens, then you'll be frustrated when things don't
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Frustrated when things don't go your way and upset because
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Go your way and upset because somebody did you wrong.
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Somebody did you wrong. bitter because a person
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Bitter because a person walked away.
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Walked away. when in reality, it was
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When in reality, it was ordained by god to move you
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Ordained by god to move you into your destiny.
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Into your destiny. you are not at the mercy of
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You are not at the mercy of luck, of fate, of other
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Luck, of fate, of other people.
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People. the god who causes the earth
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The god who causes the earth to rotate down to the exact
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To rotate down to the exact millisecond has ordered your
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Millisecond has ordered your steps.
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Steps. do you think another person
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Do you think another person can stop what god has ordered
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Can stop what god has ordered for you?
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For you? do you think a bad break, a
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Do you think a bad break, a closed door, a jealous
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Closed door, a jealous coworker, can change what god
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Coworker, can change what god has spoken over your life?
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Has spoken over your life? the people coming against
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The people coming against you, the negative
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You, the negative circumstances, they are pawns
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Circumstances, they are pawns in the hands of god.
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In the hands of god. the enemy thinks he's using
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The enemy thinks he's using them to hold you back.
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Them to hold you back. the truth is, god is using
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The truth is, god is using them to push you forward.
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Them to push you forward. in the scripture, joseph's
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In the scripture, joseph's brothers threw him into a
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Brothers threw him into a pit.
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Pit. they thought they were
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They thought they were stopping his destiny, but god
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Stopping his destiny, but god used them to push joseph into
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Used them to push joseph into his destiny.
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His destiny. god ordained them to betray
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God ordained them to betray joseph.
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Joseph. it was a part of the plan
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It was a part of the plan that god laid out for his
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That god laid out for his life, and without that
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Life, and without that betrayal, without potiphar's
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Betrayal, without potiphar's wife falsely accusing joseph,
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Wife falsely accusing joseph, without him spending time
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Without him spending time unfairly in prison, joseph
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Unfairly in prison, joseph would've never fulfilled his
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Would've never fulfilled his destiny.
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Destiny. it wasn't random; it wasn't
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It wasn't random; it wasn't bad luck; it was strategic.
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Bad luck; it was strategic. are you fighting what god has
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Are you fighting what god has ordained, frustrated because
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Ordained, frustrated because a door closed, or bitter
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A door closed, or bitter because somebody walked away?
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Because somebody walked away? without that, you couldn't
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Without that, you couldn't fulfill your purpose.
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Fulfill your purpose. the enemy didn't come in and
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The enemy didn't come in and somehow take the steering
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Somehow take the steering wheel, and now he's in
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Wheel, and now he's in control.
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Control. he superseded god's plan; he
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He superseded god's plan; he overpowered the creator; he
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Overpowered the creator; he doesn't have that kind of
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Doesn't have that kind of authority.
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Authority. the god who breathed life
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The god who breathed life into you, the god who has
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Into you, the god who has numbered your days, the god
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Numbered your days, the god who is for you and not
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Who is for you and not against you is in complete
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Against you is in complete control.
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Control. you may not understand what
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You may not understand what happened; it may not have
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Happened; it may not have been fair, but if you'll stay
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Been fair, but if you'll stay in faith, one day you'll see,
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In faith, one day you'll see, like joseph, it wasn't
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Like joseph, it wasn't random; it was intentional.
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Random; it was intentional. it was a setup, god used it
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It was a setup, god used it to push you forward.
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To push you forward. but when we isolate a
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But when we isolate a negative experience and look
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Negative experience and look at it on its own, it may not
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At it on its own, it may not make sense.
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Make sense. if you have a large puzzle,
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If you have a large puzzle, sometimes you will find a
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Sometimes you will find a piece that doesn't look like
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Piece that doesn't look like it fits.
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It fits. you're sure the manufacturer
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You're sure the manufacturer has made a mistake.
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Has made a mistake. it's an odd shape, a strange
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It's an odd shape, a strange color, but when the other
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Color, but when the other pieces come together, there
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Pieces come together, there will be a perfect fit.
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Will be a perfect fit. the colors will match; the
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The colors will match; the edges will line up, and
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Edges will line up, and without that piece, the
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Without that piece, the puzzle wouldn't be complete;
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Puzzle wouldn't be complete; and you may have a piece to
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And you may have a piece to your puzzle today that
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Your puzzle today that doesn't make sense.
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Doesn't make sense. you could think, "god didn't
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You could think, "god didn't ordain this.
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Ordain this. i lost my main client."
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I lost my main client." a relationship didn't work
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A relationship didn't work out, my child got off course,
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Out, my child got off course, this doesn't fit.
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This doesn't fit. you may not see it now, but
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You may not see it now, but god is not through working.
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God is not through working. you don't know what he's up
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You don't know what he's up to.
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To. you're looking at one piece.
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You're looking at one piece. like joseph, you're looking
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Like joseph, you're looking at the betrayal.
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At the betrayal. what you can't see is the
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What you can't see is the throne is coming.
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Throne is coming. instead of fighting it, being
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Instead of fighting it, being bitter, turn it around: "god,
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Bitter, turn it around: "god, my life is in your hands.
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My life is in your hands. i know your plans for me are
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I know your plans for me are for good.
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For good. i may not understand
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I may not understand everything, but god, i trust
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Everything, but god, i trust you.
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You. i believe you'll get me to
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I believe you'll get me to where i'm supposed to be."
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Where i'm supposed to be." the scripture says, "god has
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The scripture says, "god has ordered your steps."
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Ordered your steps." doesn't say he has suggested
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Doesn't say he has suggested them, "maybe this will
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Them, "maybe this will happen, maybe that will
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Happen, maybe that will happen."
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Happen." your steps have been ordered.
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Your steps have been ordered. but here's what i've learned.
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But here's what i've learned. when god ordered my steps, he
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When god ordered my steps, he didn't check with me.
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Didn't check with me. he didn't ask for my opinion.
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He didn't ask for my opinion. if he would have, i would've
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If he would have, i would've told him, "i don't want to go
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Told him, "i don't want to go through that disappointment.
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Through that disappointment. i don't want those people to
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I don't want those people to talk about me.
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Talk about me. i don't want that company to
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I don't want that company to file a lawsuit, to try to
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File a lawsuit, to try to keep us from moving into the
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Keep us from moving into the compaq center."
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Compaq center." i would've said no to all the
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I would've said no to all the difficulties, because i
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Difficulties, because i couldn't see where they were
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Couldn't see where they were taking me.
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Taking me. you can't reach your destiny
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You can't reach your destiny without opposition, without
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Without opposition, without betrayal, without criticism,
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Betrayal, without criticism, without things you don't
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Without things you don't understand.
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Understand. when my father went to be
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When my father went to be with the lord, i didn't see
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With the lord, i didn't see anything good about that.
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Anything good about that. i lost one of my best
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I lost one of my best friends, somebody i admired
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Friends, somebody i admired and looked up to, i wanted
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And looked up to, i wanted him to live another 20 years.
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Him to live another 20 years. but it was that loss that
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But it was that loss that pushed me into what i'm doing
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Pushed me into what i'm doing today.
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Today. on the other side of the
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On the other side of the difficulty is a new level of
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Difficulty is a new level of your destiny.
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Your destiny. if you'll keep the right
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If you'll keep the right attitude, all things will
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Attitude, all things will work for your good.
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Work for your good. not some things, not just the
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Not some things, not just the good breaks, the promotion,
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Good breaks, the promotion, but even the loss, the
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But even the loss, the disappointment.
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Disappointment. the person that walked away,
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The person that walked away, it wasn't random, it was
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It wasn't random, it was ordained by god.
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Ordained by god. thoughts will tell you, "it's
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Thoughts will tell you, "it's never going to work out.
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Never going to work out. there's no purpose to this,
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There's no purpose to this, you just have bad luck."
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You just have bad luck." don't believe those lies, god
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Don't believe those lies, god is up to something; god is
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Is up to something; god is strategic; things are in
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Strategic; things are in motion right now that you
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Motion right now that you can't see.
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Can't see. behind the scenes, god's
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Behind the scenes, god's moving the wrong people out
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Moving the wrong people out of the way, lining up the
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Of the way, lining up the right people, arranging
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Right people, arranging things in your favor.
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Things in your favor. it's in the process of coming
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It's in the process of coming together.
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Together. we may not understand it all,
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We may not understand it all, but i can assure you nothing
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But i can assure you nothing is random.
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Is random. the delay was on purpose; the
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The delay was on purpose; the betrayal was ordained by god;
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Betrayal was ordained by god; the person that turned on you
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The person that turned on you wasn't supposed to be for
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Wasn't supposed to be for you.
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You. it may seem like it's out of
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It may seem like it's out of control, but god is still in
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Control, but god is still in complete control.
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Complete control. the plan he's laid out for
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The plan he's laid out for your life is right on track.
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Your life is right on track. now, keep doing the right
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Now, keep doing the right thing when you don't
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Thing when you don't understand.
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Understand. stay in faith when people
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Stay in faith when people betray you, do the right
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Betray you, do the right thing when the wrong thing is
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Thing when the wrong thing is happening.
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Happening. your time is coming.
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Your time is coming. what god ordained will come
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What god ordained will come to pass.
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To pass. no person can stop them, no
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No person can stop them, no bad break, no crisis, no
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Bad break, no crisis, no people.
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People. all the forces of darkness
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All the forces of darkness cannot stop what god has
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Cannot stop what god has purposed for your life.
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Purposed for your life. now, you have to be so
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Now, you have to be so convinced that god is for you
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Convinced that god is for you that you don't fall apart
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That you don't fall apart when life is against you.
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When life is against you. you don't get bitter because
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You don't get bitter because things didn't work out your
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Things didn't work out your way.
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Way. you don't give up on a dream,
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You don't give up on a dream, because you had a setback.
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Because you had a setback. you know it's a setup, that
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You know it's a setup, that god has the final say,
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God has the final say, that he didn't bring you this
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That he didn't bring you this far to leave you.
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Far to leave you. that him being for you is
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That him being for you is more than the world being
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More than the world being against you.
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Against you. the high priest wanted to get
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The high priest wanted to get rid of jesus, and he started
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Rid of jesus, and he started coming up with all these
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Coming up with all these plans and all these schemes;
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Plans and all these schemes; and he needed somebody that
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And he needed somebody that would betray him, needed
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Would betray him, needed people that would falsely
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People that would falsely accuse him.
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Accuse him. what's interesting is god
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What's interesting is god didn't stop their plans, but
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Didn't stop their plans, but he used their plans to
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He used their plans to fulfill the purpose of
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Fulfill the purpose of christ.
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Christ. god is all-knowing; he has an
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God is all-knowing; he has an advantage; he knew everything
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Advantage; he knew everything the enemy would try to do in
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The enemy would try to do in your life.
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Your life. he's already taken that into
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He's already taken that into consideration when he laid
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Consideration when he laid out your plan.
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Out your plan. now, he may not stop every
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Now, he may not stop every plot of the enemy against
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Plot of the enemy against you.
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You. he won't stop every bad
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He won't stop every bad break, every betrayal, but he
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Break, every betrayal, but he will use that to move you
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Will use that to move you into your destiny.
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Into your destiny. he didn't stop joseph's
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He didn't stop joseph's brothers from throwing him
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Brothers from throwing him into the pit; he didn't stop
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Into the pit; he didn't stop them from selling him as a
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Them from selling him as a slave.
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Slave. but god took that into
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But god took that into account when he laid out
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Account when he laid out joseph's purpose.
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Joseph's purpose. i could imagine god thinking,
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I could imagine god thinking, "okay, they want to sell him.
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"okay, they want to sell him. they want to make him a
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They want to make him a slave, that's fine.
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Slave, that's fine. i'll turn it to his
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I'll turn it to his advantage.
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Advantage. i'll design joseph's plan so
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I'll design joseph's plan so that potiphar, his boss, will
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That potiphar, his boss, will like him.
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Like him. i'll give joseph the ability
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I'll give joseph the ability to interpret dreams, and
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To interpret dreams, and then, i'll give the pharaoh a
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Then, i'll give the pharaoh a dream that only joseph can
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Dream that only joseph can interpret."
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Interpret." god has designed your plan
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God has designed your plan knowing every plot against
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Knowing every plot against you.
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You. he knows every bad break that
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He knows every bad break that will happen, every closed
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Will happen, every closed door, every disappointment,
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Door, every disappointment, and the good news is god's
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And the good news is god's strategic plan will override
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Strategic plan will override every plan that was meant to
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Every plan that was meant to stop you.
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Stop you. that's why isaiah said, "no
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That's why isaiah said, "no weapon formed against you
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Weapon formed against you will prosper."
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Will prosper." doesn't say they won't form.
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Doesn't say they won't form. judas will show up; people
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Judas will show up; people will betray you; injustice
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Will betray you; injustice will come, but they won't
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Will come, but they won't prosper.
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Prosper. why?
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Why? god has taken into account
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God has taken into account their jealousy, their malice,
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Their jealousy, their malice, their hatred.
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Their hatred. what they meant for harm, god
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What they meant for harm, god has already designed a plan
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Has already designed a plan to use it for your good.
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To use it for your good. you don't have to live
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You don't have to live discouraged when negative
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Discouraged when negative things come against you.
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Things come against you. trying to pay people back,
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Trying to pay people back, frustrated, because of a
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Frustrated, because of a disappointment.
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Disappointment. stay in peace, god has it all
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Stay in peace, god has it all figured out.
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Figured out. he wouldn't have allowed it
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He wouldn't have allowed it if it was going to stop you.
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If it was going to stop you. if joseph's brothers throwing
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If joseph's brothers throwing him into a pit was going to
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Him into a pit was going to stop joseph's destiny, god
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Stop joseph's destiny, god wouldn't have let the
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Wouldn't have let the brothers do it.
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Brothers do it. god held back the red sea, he
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God held back the red sea, he could've held the brothers
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Could've held the brothers back.
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Back. god allowed it, because it
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God allowed it, because it was a part of joseph's
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Was a part of joseph's destiny.
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Destiny. quit fighting what god has
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Quit fighting what god has allowed.
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Allowed. without that happening, you
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Without that happening, you couldn't fulfill your
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Couldn't fulfill your purpose.
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Purpose. it's a setup.
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It's a setup. you may not like it; it may
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You may not like it; it may be uncomfortable, but if
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Be uncomfortable, but if you'll stay in faith, one day
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You'll stay in faith, one day you're going to see what god
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You're going to see what god was up to.
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Was up to. but sometimes we make
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But sometimes we make mistakes, we bring the
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Mistakes, we bring the trouble on ourselves.
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Trouble on ourselves. we get off course and do
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We get off course and do things we know we shouldn't
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Things we know we shouldn't do.
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Do. but the beauty of our god is
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But the beauty of our god is he not only designed your
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He not only designed your plan knowing what the enemy
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Plan knowing what the enemy would try to do against you,
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Would try to do against you, but he designed your plan
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But he designed your plan knowing the mistakes you
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Knowing the mistakes you would make.
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Would make. god has taken into account
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God has taken into account the times we would fail, the
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The times we would fail, the times we'd compromise, give
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Times we'd compromise, give into temptation.
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Into temptation. he's so merciful, he's
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He's so merciful, he's already designed a plan to
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Already designed a plan to restore us and get us back on
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Restore us and get us back on course.
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Course. god told jonah to go to the
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God told jonah to go to the city of nineveh and tell the
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City of nineveh and tell the people to repent.
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People to repent. jonah didn't want to go
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Jonah didn't want to go there; he got on a boat going
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There; he got on a boat going the other way.
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The other way. he went exactly opposite of
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He went exactly opposite of what god told him to do.
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What god told him to do. you would think, "he's done.
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You would think, "he's done. too bad, he stepped out of
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Too bad, he stepped out of god's plan."
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God's plan." but on the boat, a huge storm
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But on the boat, a huge storm arose.
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Arose. they were all about to die.
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They were all about to die. jonah admitted to the crew
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Jonah admitted to the crew that he was the problem, that
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That he was the problem, that he was running from god.
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He was running from god. that's why they were having
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That's why they were having trouble, and the crew was so
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Trouble, and the crew was so loving.
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Loving. they said, "jonah, thank you
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They said, "jonah, thank you for being so honest."
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For being so honest." then, they threw him
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Then, they threw him overboard.
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Overboard. this should've been the end
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This should've been the end of jonah's story.
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Of jonah's story. out in the middle of the
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Out in the middle of the ocean, in a huge storm.
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Ocean, in a huge storm. but it just so happened a big
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But it just so happened a big fish was swimming by, at the
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Fish was swimming by, at the right place, at the right
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Right place, at the right time, feeling hungry, and it
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Time, feeling hungry, and it swallowed jonah up.
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Swallowed jonah up. he spent three days in the
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He spent three days in the belly of the fish.
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Belly of the fish. on the third day, the fish
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On the third day, the fish came up from the bottom of
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Came up from the bottom of the ocean and spit jonah out
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The ocean and spit jonah out on dry ground.
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On dry ground. hundreds of years later,
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Hundreds of years later, jesus would say, "as jonah
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Jesus would say, "as jonah was in the belly of the fish
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Was in the belly of the fish for three days so shall the
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For three days so shall the son of man be in the heart of
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Son of man be in the heart of the earth for three days."
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The earth for three days." jonah was a picture of jesus.
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Jonah was a picture of jesus. god knew that he would get
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God knew that he would get off course.
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Off course. he had already planned how
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He had already planned how that would foreshadow what
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That would foreshadow what christ would do.
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Christ would do. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? nothing randomly happens.
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Nothing randomly happens. your mistakes have been taken
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Your mistakes have been taken into account in god's plan
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Into account in god's plan for your life, and i don't
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For your life, and i don't say that so you can live
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Say that so you can live loose.
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Loose. "good, i'm going to do
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"good, i'm going to do whatever i want to do."
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Whatever i want to do." joel said, "god's got me
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Joel said, "god's got me covered."
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Covered." no, mistakes, they cause
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No, mistakes, they cause heartache, they cause pain.
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Heartache, they cause pain. three days in the belly of
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Three days in the belly of the fish, that sounds
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The fish, that sounds exciting now.
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Exciting now. but that was not a cruise
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But that was not a cruise liner.
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Liner. it was dark, dirty, smelly,
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It was dark, dirty, smelly, seaweed all over his head.
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Seaweed all over his head. when the fish spit jonah out,
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When the fish spit jonah out, the first thing god told him
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The first thing god told him was, "go to nineveh and do
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Was, "go to nineveh and do what i asked you to do."
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What i asked you to do." god didn't change his mind,
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God didn't change his mind, but he gave him another
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But he gave him another chance.
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Chance. when we make mistakes, when
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When we make mistakes, when we fail, the accuser keeps
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We fail, the accuser keeps whispering, "you're done, god
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Whispering, "you're done, god is finished with you.
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Is finished with you. you had your chance, you'll
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You had your chance, you'll never accomplish your
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Never accomplish your dreams."
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Dreams." no, get back up, jonah, your
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No, get back up, jonah, your mistake is not a surprise to
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Mistake is not a surprise to god.
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God. he's already designed your
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He's already designed your comeback; he's already laid
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Comeback; he's already laid out your new beginning.
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Out your new beginning. why don't you get back in the
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Why don't you get back in the game?
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Game? get your fire back, get your
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Get your fire back, get your passion back, start dreaming
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Passion back, start dreaming again, start believing again.
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Again, start believing again. that mistake didn't cancel
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That mistake didn't cancel your destiny.
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Your destiny. god still has a purpose for
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God still has a purpose for you to fulfill.
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You to fulfill. when god told abraham that he
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When god told abraham that he and his wife, sarah, were
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And his wife, sarah, were going to have a baby in their
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Going to have a baby in their old age, years went by and
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Old age, years went by and nothing happened.
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Nothing happened. so abraham decided to help
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So abraham decided to help god out, and he slept with
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God out, and he slept with sarah's maid; and they had a
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Sarah's maid; and they had a son, a boy they named
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Son, a boy they named ishmael.
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Ishmael. they were so excited they
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They were so excited they finally had their baby.
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Finally had their baby. god said, "that is not the
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God said, "that is not the promised child."
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Promised child." that's the arm of the flesh,
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That's the arm of the flesh, that's something you made
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That's something you made happen.
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Happen. ishmael, in one sense, was
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Ishmael, in one sense, was considered a mistake.
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Considered a mistake. he was the child that abraham
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He was the child that abraham had out of wedlock.
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Had out of wedlock. now, abraham is the father of
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Now, abraham is the father of our faith.
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Our faith. you would think he would know
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You would think he would know better.
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Better. surely, this wouldn't be in
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Surely, this wouldn't be in the plan of god.
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The plan of god. four generations later, when
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Four generations later, when joseph's brothers threw him
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Joseph's brothers threw him into a pit, they were going
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Into a pit, they were going to leave him there to die,
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To leave him there to die, but they looked up and saw a
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But they looked up and saw a caravan of ishmaelites
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Caravan of ishmaelites coming.
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Coming. they decided instead to sell
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They decided instead to sell joseph to them.
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Joseph to them. the ishmaelites were
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The ishmaelites were descendants of ishmael.
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Descendants of ishmael. what once was considered a
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What once was considered a mistake was actually a part
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Mistake was actually a part of god's plan to save
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Of god's plan to save joseph's life.
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Joseph's life. only god in his amazing
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Only god in his amazing wisdom can take what was a
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Wisdom can take what was a mistake in one generation and
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Mistake in one generation and use it to be a blessing in
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Use it to be a blessing in another generation.
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Another generation. nothing randomly happens.
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Nothing randomly happens. even your mistakes are a
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Even your mistakes are a setup.
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Setup. why don't you quit beating
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Why don't you quit beating yourself up for past
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Yourself up for past failures?
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Failures? quit living in regrets,
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Quit living in regrets, nothing you've done is too
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Nothing you've done is too much for the mercy of god.
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Much for the mercy of god. let that go, start moving
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Let that go, start moving forward into the new things
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Forward into the new things god has in store.
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God has in store. few years ago, victoria lost
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Few years ago, victoria lost her ring.
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Her ring. it was a diamond band that
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It was a diamond band that her mother had given her,
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Her mother had given her, been in their family for
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Been in their family for several generations.
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Several generations. sometimes when we go on a
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Sometimes when we go on a trip, victoria would hide it
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Trip, victoria would hide it in the house, so for months,
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In the house, so for months, we searched everywhere, every
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We searched everywhere, every drawer, every cabinet, every
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Drawer, every cabinet, every pocket.
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Pocket. that ring was nowhere to be
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That ring was nowhere to be found.
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Found. about three years later, we
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About three years later, we were driving home late one
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Were driving home late one night from out of town, and
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Night from out of town, and it was after midnight; and i
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It was after midnight; and i was tired and ready to get
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Was tired and ready to get home.
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Home. victoria said, "joel, you
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Victoria said, "joel, you better slow down, you're
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Better slow down, you're going to get a ticket."
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Going to get a ticket." i was going about 75, and the
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I was going about 75, and the speed limit was 65, maybe 55.
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Speed limit was 65, maybe 55. but there was nobody on the
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But there was nobody on the highway.
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Highway. wide open, way out in the
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Wide open, way out in the country.
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Country. all of a sudden in my
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All of a sudden in my rearview mirror, i saw those
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Rearview mirror, i saw those flashing red lights.
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Flashing red lights. the officer came up to my
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The officer came up to my window, and i handed him my
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Window, and i handed him my driver's license; and he said
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Driver's license; and he said i'll need your insurance card
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I'll need your insurance card as well.
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As well. victoria opened the glove
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Victoria opened the glove compartment and started
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Compartment and started looking.
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Looking. she found every document
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She found every document except our insurance; she
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Except our insurance; she ended up pulling everything
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Ended up pulling everything out of the glove compartment
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Out of the glove compartment and digging around in the
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And digging around in the back, moving her hand here,
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Back, moving her hand here, and there--it's dark.
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And there--it's dark. you couldn't see anything.
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You couldn't see anything. plus, having the officer
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Plus, having the officer standing right there was
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Standing right there was nerve-racking.
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Nerve-racking. at one point, victoria
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At one point, victoria digging way back there found
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Digging way back there found something hard down in the
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Something hard down in the crack.
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Crack. she kept digging and digging,
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She kept digging and digging, pulled it out.
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Pulled it out. it was the ring she had been
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It was the ring she had been looking for 3 1/2 years.
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Looking for 3 1/2 years. she was so excited, so happy.
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She was so excited, so happy. she was over there rejoicing,
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She was over there rejoicing, and here i was about to go to
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And here i was about to go to jail.
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Jail. she ended up finding the
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She ended up finding the insurance card right on the
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Insurance card right on the top.
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Top. it was like god caused her to
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It was like god caused her to overlook it.
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Overlook it. i handed it to the officer.
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I handed it to the officer. he said, "are you that
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He said, "are you that minister?"
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Minister?" i said, "i am."
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I said, "i am." he said, "if i come to your
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He said, "if i come to your church, will you save me a
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Church, will you save me a seat?"
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Seat?" i said, "i'll save you a
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I said, "i'll save you a whole section."
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Whole section." he handed it back and said,
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He handed it back and said, "have a great night."
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"have a great night." sometimes what we think is a
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Sometimes what we think is a setback is really god setting
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Setback is really god setting us up to do something
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Us up to do something amazing.
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Amazing. even mistakes we made, god
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Even mistakes we made, god knows how to turn them and
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Knows how to turn them and use them for our good.
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Use them for our good. a few days before jesus was
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A few days before jesus was crucified, he was in the
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Crucified, he was in the garden of gethsemane late one
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Garden of gethsemane late one night, praying.
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Night, praying. he was so overwhelmed with
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He was so overwhelmed with the weight of what he was
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The weight of what he was about to do and under so much
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About to do and under so much pressure that he sweat great
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Pressure that he sweat great drops of blood.
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Drops of blood. he said, "father, if you're
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He said, "father, if you're willing, take this cup from
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Willing, take this cup from me.
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Me. but not my will, let your
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But not my will, let your will be done."
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Will be done." we celebrate what christ did
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We celebrate what christ did on the cross.
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On the cross. that's the foundation of our
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That's the foundation of our faith, but the real battle
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Faith, but the real battle took place in the garden.
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Took place in the garden. this is where he made the
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This is where he made the decision, that even though
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Decision, that even though it's not fair, "even though
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It's not fair, "even though judas is about to betray me,
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Judas is about to betray me, even though these people have
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Even though these people have mocked and ridiculed me,
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Mocked and ridiculed me, father, i trust you.
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Father, i trust you. i know it's all a part of
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I know it's all a part of your plan."
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Your plan." we all have these times when
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We all have these times when life isn't fair.
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Life isn't fair. somebody's coming against
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Somebody's coming against you; you're fighting an
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You; you're fighting an illness; business has slowed
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Illness; business has slowed down.
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Down. this is where you have to do
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This is where you have to do like him and say, "god, i
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Like him and say, "god, i don't understand it, but i
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Don't understand it, but i trust you.
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Trust you. i know you're in control.
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I know you're in control. you wouldn't have allowed it
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You wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't going to work
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If it wasn't going to work for my good."
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For my good." don't get discouraged when
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Don't get discouraged when life doesn't make sense, god
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Life doesn't make sense, god is up to something.
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Is up to something. they crucified jesus, put him
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They crucified jesus, put him in the grave.
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In the grave. they thought he was done, but
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They thought he was done, but you know the story.
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You know the story. on the third day, jesus came
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On the third day, jesus came out, said, "i am alive
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Out, said, "i am alive forevermore."
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Forevermore." god has the final say.
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God has the final say. what looks like a setback is
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What looks like a setback is really setting you up for the
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Really setting you up for the next level of your destiny.
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Next level of your destiny. jesus told his disciples,
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Jesus told his disciples, "take up your cross and
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"take up your cross and follow me."
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Follow me." sometimes we hear that and
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Sometimes we hear that and think, "that's going to be a
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Think, "that's going to be a heavy burden."
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Heavy burden." people told me growing up,
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People told me growing up, "joel, it's a hard thing to
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"joel, it's a hard thing to carry your cross."
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Carry your cross." one day, my father had a
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One day, my father had a dream.
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Dream. he was going through a
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He was going through a difficult time in life, and
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Difficult time in life, and in this dream, he looked over
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In this dream, he looked over and saw a large cross on the
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And saw a large cross on the ground.
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Ground. it was made out of railroad
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It was made out of railroad ties, about 15 feet long, and
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Ties, about 15 feet long, and looked like it weighed
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Looked like it weighed hundreds of pounds.
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Hundreds of pounds. he knew that was his cross to
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He knew that was his cross to carry, but he didn't know how
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Carry, but he didn't know how he could do it.
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He could do it. it seemed overwhelming.
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It seemed overwhelming. he walked over to pick it up,
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He walked over to pick it up, but it wasn't what he
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But it wasn't what he thought.
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Thought. when he lifted it, it was
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When he lifted it, it was like styrofoam, hardly
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Like styrofoam, hardly weighed anything.
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Weighed anything. he was so amazed he could
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He was so amazed he could easily put it on his shoulder
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Easily put it on his shoulder and start walking.
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And start walking. a few steps later, the cross
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A few steps later, the cross started lifting him up.
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Started lifting him up. instead of him carrying the
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Instead of him carrying the cross, the cross was carrying
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Cross, the cross was carrying him.
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Him. when you take up your cross,
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When you take up your cross, it doesn't mean you're not
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It doesn't mean you're not going to have difficulties,
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Going to have difficulties, people won't betray you,
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People won't betray you, you'll never make mistakes.
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You'll never make mistakes. life will happen, but the
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Life will happen, but the beauty is when you should be
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Beauty is when you should be overwhelmed, the cross will
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Overwhelmed, the cross will start carrying you.
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Start carrying you. god will give you joy,
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God will give you joy, peace, and strength that will
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Peace, and strength that will lift you, help you make it
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Lift you, help you make it through things that should've
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Through things that should've stopped you.
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Stopped you. we can all look back and see
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We can all look back and see times where if it wasn't for
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Times where if it wasn't for the goodness of god, we
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The goodness of god, we wouldn't have made it.
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Wouldn't have made it. what is that?
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What is that? the cross carrying you.
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The cross carrying you. it looked like it's going to
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It looked like it's going to be heavy, but it was a setup.
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Be heavy, but it was a setup. his yoke is easy, his burden
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His yoke is easy, his burden is light.
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Is light. why don't you come back to
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Why don't you come back to that place of peace?
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That place of peace? nothing in your life has
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Nothing in your life has randomly happened.
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Randomly happened. god has ordered your steps.
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God has ordered your steps. you may not understand it,
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You may not understand it, but your life is divinely
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But your life is divinely orchestrated.
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Orchestrated. what god has purposed for you
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What god has purposed for you will come to pass.
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Will come to pass. now, i believe and declare
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Now, i believe and declare every force that's trying to
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Every force that's trying to stop you is being broken.
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Stop you is being broken. god is about to turn things
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God is about to turn things in your favor.
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In your favor. it looks like a setback, but
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It looks like a setback, but it's setting you up for new
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It's setting you up for new levels, for promotion, for
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Levels, for promotion, for healing, for breakthroughs,
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Healing, for breakthroughs, for the fullness of your
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For the fullness of your destiny, in jesus's name; and
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Destiny, in jesus's name; and if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Say amen today? 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, i make
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Come into my heart, i make you my lord and savior."
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You my lord and 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, keep god in first
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Church, keep god in first place.
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Place. victoria and i'll
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Victoria and i'll be right back
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Be right back to speak a blessing over you.
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Sometimes in life,
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Sometimes in life, people don't choose us.
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People don't choose us. we've all felt overlooked
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We've all felt overlooked and like we're not good enough.
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And like we're not good enough. it's easy to live inferior,
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It's easy to live inferior, thinking we don't measure up.
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Thinking we don't measure up. people may have left you out.
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People may have left you out. the good news is
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The good news is god has chosen you.
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God has chosen you. he's the one that matters.
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He's the one that matters. and in my new book, chosen:
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And in my new book, chosen: your life is marked
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Your life is marked for distinction,
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For distinction, you'll discover,
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You'll discover, before you were born,
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Before you were born, god not only knew you,
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God not only knew you, but he handpicked you
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But he handpicked you and placed
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And placed a calling on your life.
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A calling on your life. you are equipped and empowered
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You are equipped and empowered to fulfill your destiny.
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To fulfill your destiny. when you understand
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When you understand that you're chosen,
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That you're chosen, fear and doubt can't stay,
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Fear and doubt can't stay, you'll live
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You'll live with the boldness
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With the boldness to step into the greatness
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To step into the greatness god put in you.
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God put in you. i'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new book, chosen,
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My new book, chosen, plus the chosen t-shirt
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Plus the chosen t-shirt from our friends at copper fit.
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From our friends at copper fit. 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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We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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A copy of joel's book, chosen:
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Chosen: your life is marked
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Your life is marked for distinction.
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For distinction. in the scriptures,
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In the scriptures, jesus encouraged us by saying,
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Jesus encouraged us by saying, "you didn't choose me.
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"you didn't choose me. i chose you."
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I chose you." this powerful guide
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This powerful guide will help
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Will help you discover the abundant life
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You discover the abundant life you were designed to live.
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You were designed to live. as a child of god,
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As a child of god, you have a calling,
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You have a calling, a purpose,
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A purpose, a destiny still
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A destiny still to be fulfilled.
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To be fulfilled. when you request your copy,
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When you request your copy, we also want to send you
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We also want to send you our exclusive chosen t-shirt
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That you've been chosen by almighty god
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By almighty god every time you wear it.
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Every time you wear it. please request these gifts today
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Please request these gifts today and discover
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And discover that god is moving
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That god is moving on your behalf.
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On your behalf. your next days
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Your next days are going to be your best days.
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Are going to be your best days. you're not average.
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You're not average. you're not ordinary.
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You're not ordinary. you've been chosen
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You've been chosen by almighty god.
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By almighty god. victoria and i want you to know
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Victoria and i want you to know how much we love you.
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How much we love you. we pray for
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We pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. and thanks so much
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And thanks so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people all over the world.
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All over the world. and a special thank you
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And a special thank you to our champion
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To our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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You can watch the services online live
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Online live every sunday morning,
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Every sunday morning, download our daily podcast,
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Download our daily podcast, watch on youtube,
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Watch on youtube, the new joel osteen network,
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The new joel osteen network, social media,
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Social media, listen on sirius xm.
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Listen on sirius xm. we'll keep you
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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Encouraged and inspired. until we see you next time,
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Until we see you next time, may the lord bless you
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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And keep you. be sure to request
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Your copy of chosen: your life is marked
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Your life is marked for distinction,
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For distinction, plus our exclusive
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Plus our exclusive chosen t-shirt from copper fit.
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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This bible also enables you to connect
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To a vast, power-packed array of study notes,
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Yes, god has chosen you for a reason, for a purpose.
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Joel Osteen - It's A Setup

July 29, 2025 | 30:0

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