Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Just Obey

September 4, 2025 | S25 E3605 | 30:0

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Just Obey | September 4, 2025

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(applause) >>joel osteen: well god bless
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>>joel osteen: well god bless you. it's a joy to come into
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You. it's a joy to come into your homes and if you're ever
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Your homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop by
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And be a part of one of our
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And be a part of one of our services. i promise you we'll
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Services. i promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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Make you feel right at home. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this groom.
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I heard about this groom. at the wedding rehearsal,
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At the wedding rehearsal, he said to the minister,
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He said to the minister, "i'll make a deal with you.
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"i'll make a deal with you. if during the vows, you'll
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If during the vows, you'll leave out all that love,
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Leave out all that love, honor and obey stuff, i'll
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Honor and obey stuff, i'll give you a hundred dollars."
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Give you a hundred dollars." he slipped a hundred dollar
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He slipped a hundred dollar bill in the minister's hand
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Bill in the minister's hand and walked away with a smile.
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And walked away with a smile. the next day during the
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The next day during the ceremony, the minister said
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Ceremony, the minister said to him, "do you promise to
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To him, "do you promise to bow down before your wife,
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Bow down before your wife, to take her breakfast in bed,
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To take her breakfast in bed, to fulfill her every desire?"
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To fulfill her every desire?" he gulped in astonishment,
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He gulped in astonishment, said in a weak voice, "i do."
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Said in a weak voice, "i do." then he whispered in the
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Then he whispered in the minister's ear, "i thought we
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Minister's ear, "i thought we had a deal?"
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Had a deal?" minister handed him his money
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Minister handed him his money back and said, "your wife
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Back and said, "your wife made me a much better offer."
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Made me a much better offer." (laughter)
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(laughter) say it like you mean it:
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Say it like you mean it: this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,
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Alert, my heart is receptive, i will never be the same. in
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I will never be the same. in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "just obey".
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About "just obey". many times we don't realize
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Many times we don't realize that god is speaking to us.
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We have an impression on
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We have an impression on the inside, a prompting to
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The inside, a prompting to be good to someone.
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Be good to someone. that's not random.
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That's not random. that's god talking to us.
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That's god talking to us. or you're in a situation,
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Or you're in a situation, and you feel an unrest,
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And you feel an unrest, an uneasiness.
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An uneasiness. on the surface, it seems
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On the surface, it seems fine. it looks like a good
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Fine. it looks like a good opportunity but down in here
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Opportunity but down in here an alarm is going off.
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An alarm is going off. something's saying, it's
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Something's saying, it's not right, stay away.
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Not right, stay away. that's not just your nerves,
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That's not just your nerves, it's not just you being
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It's not just you being overly cautious. that's god
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Overly cautious. that's god wanting to protect you.
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Wanting to protect you. when you feel these
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When you feel these impressions, these
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Impressions, these promptings, don't ignore it,
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Promptings, don't ignore it, don't talk yourself out of
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Don't talk yourself out of it, just obey.
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It, just obey. if you'll follow that still
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If you'll follow that still small voice, it says in
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Small voice, it says in psalms that god will lead you
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Psalms that god will lead you down the best path for your
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Down the best path for your life.
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Life. the scripture talks about our
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The scripture talks about our inner ear. not a physical ear.
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Inner ear. not a physical ear. you won't hear an audible
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You won't hear an audible voice, but if you'll be
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Voice, but if you'll be sensitive to what your inner
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Sensitive to what your inner ear is hearing, the still,
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Ear is hearing, the still, small voice, the promptings,
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Small voice, the promptings, the suggestions, the alarms,
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The suggestions, the alarms, then god will keep you from
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Then god will keep you from heartache and pain. he'll
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Heartache and pain. he'll lead you into promotion and
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Lead you into promotion and favor. he'll use you to be
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Favor. he'll use you to be a blessing to others.
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A blessing to others. in the book of deuteronomy,
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In the book of deuteronomy, god gave moses the ten
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God gave moses the ten commandments and different
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Commandments and different instructions to follow.
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Instructions to follow. then god said to the
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Then god said to the israelites, "do not add or
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Israelites, "do not add or subtract to what i've given
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Subtract to what i've given you, just obey."
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You, just obey." god was saying, "don't debate
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God was saying, "don't debate it, don't reason it out,
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It, don't reason it out, don't overanalyze it,
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Don't overanalyze it, just do what i'm asking you
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Just do what i'm asking you to do."
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To do." too often we feel these
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Too often we feel these impressions, we have a
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Impressions, we have a knowing on the inside but we
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Knowing on the inside but we dismiss it and think,
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Dismiss it and think, "oh, i'll do that later."
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"oh, i'll do that later." we override it and say, "i
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We override it and say, "i feel and unrest but it looks
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Feel and unrest but it looks like a good opportunity."
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Like a good opportunity." or we over analyze it, "that
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Or we over analyze it, "that couldn't be for me. that
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Couldn't be for me. that doesn't make sense."
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Doesn't make sense." don't talk yourself out of
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Don't talk yourself out of it, don't come up with
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It, don't come up with excuses. god is saying to
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Excuses. god is saying to us what he said to the
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Us what he said to the israelites, "just obey".
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Israelites, "just obey". years ago, a friend of mine
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Years ago, a friend of mine was in church one sunday.
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Was in church one sunday. he was a young man, a new
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He was a young man, a new believer. he looked across
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Believer. he looked across the way and saw this woman.
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The way and saw this woman. something said to him so
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Something said to him so strongly on the inside,
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Strongly on the inside, "go give her a gift".
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"go give her a gift". he felt an impression to be
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He felt an impression to be good to her, but his mind
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Good to her, but his mind said, "you don't even know
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Said, "you don't even know the lady. she looks like
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The lady. she looks like she's doing fine. she doesn't
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She's doing fine. she doesn't need your money." he came
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Need your money." he came up with excuse after excuse
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Up with excuse after excuse and he kept putting it off
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And he kept putting it off but he couldn't get away
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But he couldn't get away from it. he looked in his
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From it. he looked in his wallet, all he had that day
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Wallet, all he had that day was a five dollar bill. he
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Was a five dollar bill. he thought, "there is no way
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Thought, "there is no way i'm going to go give her
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I'm going to go give her five dollars. i'd be
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Five dollars. i'd be embarrassed."
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Embarrassed." the whole service a debate
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The whole service a debate was taking place in his mind.
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Was taking place in his mind. the longer he waited the
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The longer he waited the more miserable he was. he
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More miserable he was. he knew he was supposed to do
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Knew he was supposed to do it. finally he got his nerve
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Up. after the service, he
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Up. after the service, he went over to her and said,
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Went over to her and said, "ma'am, i know you don't
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"ma'am, i know you don't know me and this may seem
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Know me and this may seem kinda strange but i feel
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Kinda strange but i feel like i'm supposed to give
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Like i'm supposed to give you this."
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You this." he placed the five dollar
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He placed the five dollar bill in her hand. she looked
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Bill in her hand. she looked at it and started weeping.
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At it and started weeping. she said, "i only had enough
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She said, "i only had enough gas to get to church.
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Gas to get to church. i prayed, "god, please give
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I prayed, "god, please give me the gas money to make it
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Me the gas money to make it back home."
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Back home." she hugged him and said,
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She hugged him and said, "you're my miracle."
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"you're my miracle." friends, god knows what
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Friends, god knows what he's doing. he can see things
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He's doing. he can see things that we can't see. don't
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That we can't see. don't talk yourself out of it.
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Talk yourself out of it. when you obey that still
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When you obey that still small voice god will use you
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Small voice god will use you to brighten people's day.
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To brighten people's day. and here's the key, anytime
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And here's the key, anytime you obey, a blessing will
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You obey, a blessing will always follow. you'll never
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Always follow. you'll never be good to someone else
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Be good to someone else without god being good
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Without god being good back to you.
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Back to you. i wonder how much higher we
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I wonder how much higher we would go, how much more of
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Would go, how much more of god's favor we would see if
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God's favor we would see if we would just obey.
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We would just obey. not argue, not try to reason
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Not argue, not try to reason it out, not come up with
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It out, not come up with excuses, god wants to lead
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Excuses, god wants to lead you down the best path for
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You down the best path for your life.
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Your life. he knows where the favor is,
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He knows where the favor is, where the promotion is, where
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Where the promotion is, where the right people are.
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The right people are. if you'll be sensitive to his
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If you'll be sensitive to his voice, pay attention to what
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Voice, pay attention to what your inner ear is hearing,
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Your inner ear is hearing, there's no limit to where god
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There's no limit to where god will take you.
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Will take you. today my friend that gave
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Today my friend that gave that five dollars is
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That five dollars is extremely blessed, very
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Extremely blessed, very successful.
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Successful. but if he had not learned to
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But if he had not learned to be faithful with the small,
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Be faithful with the small, with the five, how could god
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With the five, how could god trust him with more?
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Trust him with more? if you'll start being
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If you'll start being faithful with the small
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Faithful with the small things you know you need
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Things you know you need to do. you hear that voice,
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To do. you hear that voice, that impression tells you,
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That impression tells you, "you need to get to work
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"you need to get to work on time", that's not just
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On time", that's not just your conscience bothering
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Your conscience bothering you, that's god talking
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You, that's god talking to you.
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To you. you feel that prompting, "you
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You feel that prompting, "you need to quit drinking so much
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Need to quit drinking so much coffee, you need to take that
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Coffee, you need to take that course to improve your
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Course to improve your skills, you need to stop
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Skills, you need to stop being sarcastic to your
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Being sarcastic to your spouse".
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Spouse". god talks to us about
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God talks to us about practical things.
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Practical things. sometimes we think he only
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Sometimes we think he only talks to us about redemption,
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Talks to us about redemption, salvation, doctrine,
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Salvation, doctrine, righteousness, yes, but he
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Righteousness, yes, but he also talks to us about
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Also talks to us about keeping the house clean,
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Keeping the house clean, about not staying up all
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About not staying up all night watching television,
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Night watching television, about not leaving the grocery
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About not leaving the grocery cart in the parking lot,
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Cart in the parking lot, putting it back where you
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Putting it back where you found it, about everyday
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Found it, about everyday things.
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Things. when i was in my early
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When i was in my early twenties, i had a ballgame at
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Twenties, i had a ballgame at 9:30 at night on the other
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9:30 at night on the other side of town. i left with
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Side of town. i left with plenty of time to get there
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Plenty of time to get there but there was construction
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But there was construction on the freeway. i was delayed
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On the freeway. i was delayed about thirty minutes. i had
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About thirty minutes. i had to make up a lot of ground
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To make up a lot of ground to make it to my game on
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To make it to my game on time. once i got through
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Time. once i got through the construction, the freeway
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The construction, the freeway was wide open. nobody was on
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Was wide open. nobody was on it. i had a black sports car.
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It. i had a black sports car. i was feeling good. i thought
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I was feeling good. i thought i'm going to open this thing
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I'm going to open this thing up and see what it will do.
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Up and see what it will do. i'd tell you how fast i was
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I'd tell you how fast i was going but my mother's sitting
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Going but my mother's sitting on the front row. i was
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On the front row. i was flying, the whole time
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Flying, the whole time something down in here
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Something down in here something was saying, "slow
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Something was saying, "slow down, slow down, slow down."
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Down, slow down, slow down." i answered back, "no thanks,
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I answered back, "no thanks, no thanks, no thanks."
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No thanks, no thanks." nobody was on the road.
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Nobody was on the road. i didn't see any other cars,
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I didn't see any other cars, then out of nowhere this car
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Then out of nowhere this car came up right next to me,
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Came up right next to me, started driving along side.
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Started driving along side. i thought, "what do you know.
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I thought, "what do you know. he wants to race."
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He wants to race." he had an old, beat up, run
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He had an old, beat up, run down car. i thought,
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Down car. i thought, "what is he thinking? he
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"what is he thinking? he doesn't have a chance."
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Doesn't have a chance." i took off, floored it.
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I took off, floored it. he caught back up to me.
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He caught back up to me. this time when i looked over,
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This time when i looked over, he held up his badge in the
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He held up his badge in the window. he pointed at me
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Window. he pointed at me and said very sternly,
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"slow down." i drove 55
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"slow down." i drove 55 for the next seven years.
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For the next seven years. but if we'll obey these
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But if we'll obey these promptings, god will keep
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Promptings, god will keep us out of trouble.
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Us out of trouble. we'll avoid unnecessary
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We'll avoid unnecessary heartache and pain.
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Heartache and pain. we know god says go into all
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We know god says go into all the world and share the good
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The world and share the good news.
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News. but god also says, "slow down
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But god also says, "slow down on the freeway. quit eating
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On the freeway. quit eating so much junk. forgive your
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So much junk. forgive your coworker. be kind to your
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Coworker. be kind to your neighbor."
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Neighbor." pay attention to the
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Pay attention to the practical things. the more
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Practical things. the more you pass these tests, the
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You pass these tests, the more god can trust you, the
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More god can trust you, the more favor he'll release in
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More favor he'll release in your life. but if god has
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Your life. but if god has to argue with you about
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To argue with you about everything, you make excuses
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Everything, you make excuses why you shouldn't follow
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Why you shouldn't follow those promptings, you'll
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Those promptings, you'll get stuck.
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Get stuck. one way we know it's god,
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One way we know it's god, it doesn't go away. it keeps
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It doesn't go away. it keeps coming up again and again.
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Coming up again and again. in the middle of the night,
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In the middle of the night, you're not even thinking
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You're not even thinking about it and there it is.
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About it and there it is. that's god wanting to get
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That's god wanting to get your attention.
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Your attention. the scripture says god leads
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The scripture says god leads us by promptings. one
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Us by promptings. one version says by suggestions.
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Version says by suggestions. god won't force you to do
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God won't force you to do something. he won't override
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Something. he won't override your will. he'll suggest it.
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Your will. he'll suggest it. "hey, give them five bucks."
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"hey, give them five bucks." it's up to us to do it.
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It's up to us to do it. i've learned the more you
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I've learned the more you obey, the easier it is to
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Obey, the easier it is to obey. the more sensitive you
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Obey. the more sensitive you are to his voice, the more
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Are to his voice, the more you respond, the easier it
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You respond, the easier it is to respond. you'll get to
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Is to respond. you'll get to the place where you're guided
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The place where you're guided by these promptings, you take
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By these promptings, you take the suggestions, you pull
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The suggestions, you pull back when you feel an alarm.
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Back when you feel an alarm. that's how the holy spirit
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That's how the holy spirit leads us.
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Leads us. paul talked about being a
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Paul talked about being a vessel used for god's highest
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Vessel used for god's highest purposes. god is looking for
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Purposes. god is looking for people that he can count on.
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People that he can count on. people that at the slightest
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People that at the slightest impression, the smallest
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Impression, the smallest suggestion, they move.
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Suggestion, they move. god says go here, they go.
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God says go here, they go. bless this person, they bless
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Bless this person, they bless them. change in this area,
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Them. change in this area, they change. they don't
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They change. they don't argue, they don't make
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Argue, they don't make excuses, they're not too
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Excuses, they're not too busy, they just obey.
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Busy, they just obey. psalm 25 says, "the secret
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Psalm 25 says, "the secret of the lord is with them
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Of the lord is with them that fear him."
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That fear him." when you honor god he will
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When you honor god he will tell you secrets.
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Tell you secrets. he will whisper things in
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He will whisper things in your inner ear, give insight
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Your inner ear, give insight that you otherwise wouldn't
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That you otherwise wouldn't have known. you don't know
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Have known. you don't know how you know it, you can't
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How you know it, you can't explain it, you just know it.
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Explain it, you just know it. sometimes we hear of people
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Sometimes we hear of people getting in trouble for
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Getting in trouble for insider trading. that means
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Insider trading. that means somebody on the inside of
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Somebody on the inside of a company is giving
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A company is giving information to somebody on
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Information to somebody on the outside that's going to
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The outside that's going to affect the price of the
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Affect the price of the stock. that way they can
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Stock. that way they can sell off or buy more.
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Sell off or buy more. they have an advantage
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They have an advantage because they have inside
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Because they have inside information.
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Information. that's what god does for us.
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That's what god does for us. he knows where the good
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He knows where the good breaks are, he knows how
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Breaks are, he knows how to propel you years ahead.
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To propel you years ahead. if you'll be sensitive to
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If you'll be sensitive to that voice, god will give
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That voice, god will give you inside information.
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You inside information. you'll know things that you
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You'll know things that you shouldn't have known that
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Shouldn't have known that will propel you toward your
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Will propel you toward your destiny.
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Destiny. a couple years after victoria
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A couple years after victoria and i were married, we sold
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And i were married, we sold our town home and were
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Our town home and were looking to buy a house.
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Looking to buy a house. we found several nice houses,
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We found several nice houses, we really liked them but it
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We really liked them but it didn't work out.
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Didn't work out. we came to this one very
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Rundown, old house.
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Rundown, old house. windows were broken out,
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Windows were broken out, water was dripping from the
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Water was dripping from the ceiling, foundation was all
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Ceiling, foundation was all messed up. the house was in
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Messed up. the house was in very bad shape but it was
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Very bad shape but it was in a nice neighborhood on
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In a nice neighborhood on a large piece of property.
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A large piece of property. victoria and i looked at each
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Victoria and i looked at each other and said, "this is it.
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Other and said, "this is it. this is the house for us."
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This is the house for us." we had just moved out of a
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We had just moved out of a beautiful town home.
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Beautiful town home. in the natural, it didn't
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In the natural, it didn't make sense. everything,
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Make sense. everything, logically speaking, said,
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Logically speaking, said, "this is going in the wrong
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"this is going in the wrong direction, you're making a
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Direction, you're making a big mistake." but in our
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Big mistake." but in our inner ear down in here
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Inner ear down in here something whispering,
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Something whispering, "this is for you".
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"this is for you". we purchased the property.
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We purchased the property. what no one knew was the
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What no one knew was the neighborhood was about to
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Neighborhood was about to change the deed restrictions
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Change the deed restrictions where you could subdivide
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Where you could subdivide the lots. two years later,
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The lots. two years later, we sold half of the property
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We sold half of the property for more than we paid for
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For more than we paid for the whole property.
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The whole property. that was god whispering
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That was god whispering secrets in our ear.
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Secrets in our ear. don't ignore what you're
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Don't ignore what you're hearing on the inside.
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Hearing on the inside. it may not seem logical, but
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It may not seem logical, but god can see things that you
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God can see things that you cannot see. he knows where
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Cannot see. he knows where the advantages are. he knows
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The advantages are. he knows how to accelerate your
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How to accelerate your dreams, how to make things
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Dreams, how to make things happen quicker than you
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Happen quicker than you thought.
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Thought. i talked to a gentleman
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I talked to a gentleman recently and he had applied
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For a job at this large
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For a job at this large company. the interview went
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Company. the interview went well, they really liked the
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Well, they really liked the man but they told him the
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Position wasn't going to
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Position wasn't going to be available for at least
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Be available for at least six months. they weren't
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Six months. they weren't going to make a decision on
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Going to make a decision on who to hire for some time.
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Who to hire for some time. when they did, they would
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When they did, they would let him know. about a month
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Let him know. about a month later, he woke up one morning
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Later, he woke up one morning and something said to him
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And something said to him so strongly, "you need to
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So strongly, "you need to call the company and check
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Call the company and check on the position."
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On the position." they had just told him it
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They had just told him it would be six months. he
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Would be six months. he didn't want to seem overly
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Didn't want to seem overly anxious or do anything that
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Anxious or do anything that might put them off, but he
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Might put them off, but he couldn't get away from it.
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Couldn't get away from it. that afternoon he finally
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That afternoon he finally picked up the phone and
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Picked up the phone and called. the man said,
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Called. the man said, "i can't believe you're
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"i can't believe you're calling. the position is
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Calling. the position is not supposed to open up
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Not supposed to open up till next year but earlier
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Till next year but earlier this morning we had a
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This morning we had a meeting and decided to fill
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Meeting and decided to fill it right now." he asked the
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It right now." he asked the man, "can you start next
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Man, "can you start next week?"
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Week?" friends, god knows it all.
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Friends, god knows it all. we have inside information.
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We have inside information. don't ignore those
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Don't ignore those promptings. that's god
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Promptings. that's god whispering secrets in your
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Whispering secrets in your ear. if you'll just obey,
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Ear. if you'll just obey, god will give you an
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God will give you an advantage. he'll make things
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Advantage. he'll make things happen you could never
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Happen you could never make happen.
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Make happen. in the scripture, there was
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In the scripture, there was a man named naaman. he was
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A man named naaman. he was a captain in the syrian army,
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A captain in the syrian army, a very well respected and
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A very well respected and influential man, but he had
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Influential man, but he had leprosy, an incurable
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Leprosy, an incurable disease. a young maid that
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Disease. a young maid that worked for him told him
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Worked for him told him that, "if you'll go see the
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That, "if you'll go see the prophet elisha in israel,
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Prophet elisha in israel, elisha will pray for you and
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Elisha will pray for you and you'll be healed."
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You'll be healed." naaman took the young lady's
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Naaman took the young lady's advice, traveled a great
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Advice, traveled a great distance, showed up at
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Distance, showed up at elisha's house. but elisha
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Elisha's house. but elisha didn't go out to meet him at
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Didn't go out to meet him at the door, he didn't go pray
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The door, he didn't go pray over him. elisha told his
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Over him. elisha told his assistant to go tell naaman
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Assistant to go tell naaman if he will wash in the jordan
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If he will wash in the jordan river seven times, he'll be
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River seven times, he'll be healed. well naaman was
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Healed. well naaman was offended. he thought, "does
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Offended. he thought, "does he know who i am? does he
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He know who i am? does he know how far i've traveled?
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If i need to wash in a river,
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If i need to wash in a river, it's not going to be the
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It's not going to be the jordan river, that's dirty.
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Jordan river, that's dirty. we have much cleaner rivers
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We have much cleaner rivers back at home."
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Back at home." he came up with all these
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He came up with all these excuses, "that doesn't make
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Excuses, "that doesn't make sense, that's not logical."
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Sense, that's not logical." god is not going to explain
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God is not going to explain everything that he asks us
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Everything that he asks us to do. this is what faith
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To do. this is what faith is all about. you just have
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Is all about. you just have to trust him. naaman almost
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To trust him. naaman almost missed his miracle. he turned
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Missed his miracle. he turned around and was about to go
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Around and was about to go back home until his assistant
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Back home until his assistant said, "naaman, if he would
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Said, "naaman, if he would have asked you to do
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Have asked you to do something hard, you would
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Something hard, you would have done it. why don't you
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Have done it. why don't you do this small thing?"
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Do this small thing?" naaman said, "well, i thought
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Naaman said, "well, i thought elisha would come out and
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Elisha would come out and wave his hand over me and
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Wave his hand over me and like magic, make me whole."
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Like magic, make me whole." he had a preconceived idea of
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He had a preconceived idea of how god was going to do it.
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How god was going to do it. you can't put god in a box.
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You can't put god in a box. he may not bring your dream
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He may not bring your dream to pass the way you're
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To pass the way you're thinking. he may not turn
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Thinking. he may not turn the problem around in a
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The problem around in a traditional manner. god's
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Traditional manner. god's ways are not our ways. they
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Ways are not our ways. they are better than our ways.
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Are better than our ways. stay open and let god do
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Stay open and let god do it his way. naaman didn't
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It his way. naaman didn't want to do a small thing,
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Want to do a small thing, but i've learned small acts
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But i've learned small acts of obedience lead to big
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Of obedience lead to big blessings.
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Blessings. it's not necessarily what
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It's not necessarily what you're doing, it's the
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You're doing, it's the obedience that activates
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Obedience that activates god's power.
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God's power. when you obey in small
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When you obey in small things, when it doesn't seem
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Things, when it doesn't seem like it matters, when nobody
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Like it matters, when nobody is watching, when you don't
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Is watching, when you don't feel like it but you keep
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Feel like it but you keep doing the right thing, you're
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Doing the right thing, you're faithful, you're a person of
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Faithful, you're a person of excellence, obedience in the
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Excellence, obedience in the small, leads to god's
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Small, leads to god's blessings in great ways.
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Blessings in great ways. this assistant talked naaman
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This assistant talked naaman in to going down and washing
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In to going down and washing in the jordan river. i can
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In the jordan river. i can imagine when naaman got in
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Imagine when naaman got in he thought, "this is dirty,
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He thought, "this is dirty, it stinks, i don't like it."
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It stinks, i don't like it." everything in his mind was
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Everything in his mind was saying, "you're wasting your
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Saying, "you're wasting your time, this is not making any
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Time, this is not making any difference."
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Difference." if you allow it, your mind
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If you allow it, your mind can talk you out of your
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Can talk you out of your miracle. negative thoughts
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Miracle. negative thoughts can keep us from god's best.
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Can keep us from god's best. naaman dipped down in the
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Naaman dipped down in the water the first time, he came
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Water the first time, he came up, he checked his skin,
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Up, he checked his skin, nothing had changed.
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Nothing had changed. dipped down the second time,
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Dipped down the second time, nothing, third time, nothing,
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Nothing, third time, nothing, fourth time, nothing.
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Fourth time, nothing. i'm sure he thought, "if this
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I'm sure he thought, "if this was going to work, i'd be
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Was going to work, i'd be getting better by now.
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Getting better by now. i've done the right thing
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I've done the right thing four times in a row.
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Four times in a row. i've done exactly what that
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I've done exactly what that prophet said and i'm not any
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Prophet said and i'm not any better."
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Better." he was discouraged, felt like
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He was discouraged, felt like going back home again.
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Going back home again. he thought, "you know what,
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He thought, "you know what, i've come this far, i might
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As well finish it out."
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As well finish it out." dipped down the fifth time,
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Dipped down the fifth time, nothing, sixth time, nothing.
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Nothing, sixth time, nothing. what's interesting is naaman
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What's interesting is naaman didn't have the faith that it
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Didn't have the faith that it was going to happen.
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Was going to happen. he didn't believe he was
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He didn't believe he was going to get well, he wasn't
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Going to get well, he wasn't singing praises, thanking god
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Singing praises, thanking god that the answer was coming.
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That the answer was coming. he was complaining, negative,
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He was complaining, negative, sour, going to tell his maid,
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Sour, going to tell his maid, "you're not getting a raise
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"you're not getting a raise this time. some prophet you
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This time. some prophet you sent me to." he dipped down
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Sent me to." he dipped down that seventh time, when he
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That seventh time, when he came up his skin was
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Came up his skin was perfectly normal, it
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Perfectly normal, it looked like a baby's skin.
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Looked like a baby's skin. here's my point, the healing
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Here's my point, the healing wasn't in the water, or he
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Wasn't in the water, or he would have been healed the
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Would have been healed the first time. the healing was
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First time. the healing was in the obedience.
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In the obedience. could it be that your healing
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Could it be that your healing will come when you obey?
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Will come when you obey? your promotion, your
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Your promotion, your breakthrough, the restoration
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Breakthrough, the restoration will come if you'll just keep
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Will come if you'll just keep doing the right thing?
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Doing the right thing? "well, joel i'm being my
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"well, joel i'm being my best, i'm honoring god.
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Best, i'm honoring god. i don't see anything
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I don't see anything happening."
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Happening." don't worry, your time is
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Don't worry, your time is coming. you may be on
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Number four, number five.
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The good news, number seven
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The good news, number seven is on the way. god rewards
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Is on the way. god rewards obedience.
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Obedience. your healing is coming, the
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Your healing is coming, the right people are coming, new
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Right people are coming, new opportunities are coming,
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Opportunities are coming, freedom is coming. keep
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Freedom is coming. keep being obedient, stay on
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Being obedient, stay on that high road. it may be
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That high road. it may be uncomfortable, it may not be
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Uncomfortable, it may not be fair, but god is in complete
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Fair, but god is in complete control. he's a rewarder of
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Control. he's a rewarder of those that honor him.
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Those that honor him. growing up, we knew this man
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Growing up, we knew this man that loved to play the piano.
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That loved to play the piano. he was very talented but he
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He was very talented but he had rheumatoid arthritis.
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Had rheumatoid arthritis. over the years, it kept
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Over the years, it kept getting worse and worse.
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Getting worse and worse. he came to the point where
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He came to the point where his fingers were all bent
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His fingers were all bent over like a fist. he couldn't
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Over like a fist. he couldn't open them up. his joints were
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Open them up. his joints were swollen, very painful,
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Swollen, very painful, obviously he couldn't play
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Obviously he couldn't play the piano anymore.
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The piano anymore. one day he heard my father
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One day he heard my father talking about the importance
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Talking about the importance of forgiveness and how we
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Of forgiveness and how we should let things go.
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Should let things go. and how when we carry
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And how when we carry bitterness and hold a grudge,
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Bitterness and hold a grudge, it poisons our life. he felt
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It poisons our life. he felt convicted. he had held
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Convicted. he had held something against his parents
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Something against his parents for many years. he felt like
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For many years. he felt like they had done him wrong,
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They had done him wrong, he'd carried around this
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He'd carried around this bitterness year after year.
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Bitterness year after year. he knew to let it go,
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He knew to let it go, he heard the still small
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He heard the still small voice saying, "hey, move on
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Voice saying, "hey, move on with your life." but he
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With your life." but he wouldn't do it. but that day
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Wouldn't do it. but that day when he heard my father,
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When he heard my father, he made the decision that
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He made the decision that he was going to forgive his
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He was going to forgive his parents. he didn't feel like
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Parents. he didn't feel like doing it, he didn't think
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Doing it, he didn't think they deserved it, but out
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They deserved it, but out of an act of obedience, he
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Of an act of obedience, he let it go.
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Let it go. over the next few months,
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Over the next few months, little by little, his fingers
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Little by little, his fingers started opening up.
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Started opening up. the swelling started going
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The swelling started going down, the pain started
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Down, the pain started subsiding.
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Subsiding. a year later, he could sit
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A year later, he could sit down and play the piano like
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Down and play the piano like he'd never missed a beat.
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He'd never missed a beat. the healing was in the
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The healing was in the obedience.
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Obedience. he sowed an extraordinary
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He sowed an extraordinary seed, forgiving somebody
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Seed, forgiving somebody that hurt him.
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That hurt him. he reaped an extraordinary
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He reaped an extraordinary harvest, his health was
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Harvest, his health was restored.
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Restored. is there something you've
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Is there something you've been putting off, you know
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Been putting off, you know you should do? maybe like
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You should do? maybe like him, you feel like you have
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Him, you feel like you have a great right to hold a
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A great right to hold a grudge, to be angry, they
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Grudge, to be angry, they did you wrong. all that's
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Did you wrong. all that's going to do is poison your
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Going to do is poison your own life, affect your dreams,
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Own life, affect your dreams, affect your health.
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Affect your health. you have to forgive so you
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You have to forgive so you can be free, forgive so your
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Healing will be released.
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Healing will be released. not just physically, but when
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Not just physically, but when you let it go, god can make
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You let it go, god can make you emotionally whole.
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You emotionally whole. that's when he'll give you
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That's when he'll give you beauty for ashes.
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Beauty for ashes. you'll start loving again,
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You'll start loving again, start laughing again,
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Start laughing again, start dreaming again.
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Start dreaming again. i know faith gets god's
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I know faith gets god's attention, but obedience
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Attention, but obedience activates god's power.
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Activates god's power. you can have great faith, but
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You can have great faith, but if you're ignoring the still
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If you're ignoring the still small voice, if you're
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Small voice, if you're overriding what you know
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Overriding what you know god wants you to deal with,
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God wants you to deal with, it can keep you from your
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It can keep you from your miracle. sometimes god asks
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Miracle. sometimes god asks us to do a hard thing.
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Us to do a hard thing. god told abraham to take his
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God told abraham to take his son isaac, this was the son
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Son isaac, this was the son that abraham and sarah had
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That abraham and sarah had waited twenty years to have.
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Waited twenty years to have. they had prayed and believed,
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They had prayed and believed, now finally little isaac was
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Now finally little isaac was here. abraham was to take
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Here. abraham was to take isaac on a mountain and
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Isaac on a mountain and sacrifice him. they took a
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Sacrifice him. they took a three day journey, went way
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Three day journey, went way up on this mountain, but
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Up on this mountain, but just when abraham was about
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Just when abraham was about to follow through, god said,
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To follow through, god said, "abraham don't do it. i just
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"abraham don't do it. i just wanted to see if you would
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Wanted to see if you would be obedient when it was
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Be obedient when it was extremely difficult."
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Extremely difficult." abraham looked over and saw
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Abraham looked over and saw a ram caught in the bush.
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A ram caught in the bush. he knew that was the
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He knew that was the sacrifice.
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Sacrifice. what's interesting is rams
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What's interesting is rams don't normally go that high
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Don't normally go that high up in the mountain. that's
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Up in the mountain. that's not natural to them. but
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Not natural to them. but when you do what god's
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When you do what god's asking you to do, every step
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Asking you to do, every step you take in obedience the ram
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You take in obedience the ram is taking a step towards you.
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Is taking a step towards you. you may not be able to see
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You may not be able to see it, "joel, i'm doing the
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It, "joel, i'm doing the right thing, it doesn't look
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Right thing, it doesn't look like anything's changing".
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Like anything's changing". what you can't see is on the
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What you can't see is on the other side of the mountain,
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Other side of the mountain, your healing, your provision,
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Your healing, your provision, your abundance, your
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Your abundance, your breakthrough is making its
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Breakthrough is making its way toward you.
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Way toward you. like abraham, we're not going
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Like abraham, we're not going to understand everything god
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To understand everything god asks us to do. it may be
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Asks us to do. it may be difficult. it's hard to
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Difficult. it's hard to forgive someone that's hurt
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Forgive someone that's hurt you, it's hard to keep a
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You, it's hard to keep a good attitude when the
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Good attitude when the medical report is negative.
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Medical report is negative. but if you'll sow this
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But if you'll sow this extraordinary seed and be
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Extraordinary seed and be obedient, then get ready,
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Obedient, then get ready, you're going see god's favor
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You're going see god's favor in extraordinary ways.
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In extraordinary ways. i'm asking you today to
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Just obey. don't try to
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Just obey. don't try to figure it out, don't
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Figure it out, don't overanalyze it, just do
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Overanalyze it, just do what you know god's asking
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What you know god's asking you to do. pay attention
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You to do. pay attention to the still small voice.
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To the still small voice. start listening with your
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Start listening with your inner ear. god wants to
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Inner ear. god wants to whisper secrets, give you
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Whisper secrets, give you inside information that will
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Propel you toward your
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Propel you toward your destiny.
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Destiny. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare god is going to
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And declare god is going to lead you down the best path
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Lead you down the best path for your life. you're going
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For your life. you're going to see favor, increase,
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To see favor, increase, promotion, healing,
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Promotion, healing, vindication, the fullness
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Vindication, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus
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Of your destiny, in jesus name. if you receive it, can
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Name. if you receive it, can you say amen today?
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You say amen today? (applause)
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(applause) we never like to close our
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We never like to close our broadcast without giving
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Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make
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You an opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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Jesus the lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord, jesus.
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Just say, "lord, jesus. i repent of my sins. come
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart. i make you
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Into my heart. i make you my lord and savior."
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My lord and savior." friends, if you prayed that
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again. get
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You got born again. get in a good, bible-based
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In a good, bible-based church. keep god first
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Church. keep god first place. he's going to take
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Place. he's going to take you places that you've
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You places that you've never dreamed.
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God's healing isn't earned,
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God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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It's received, and you can discover
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And you can discover how in the next 31 days.
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How in the next 31 days. life has a way of
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Life has a way of wearing us down
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Wearing us down physically, mentally,
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Physically, mentally, emotionally.
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Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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But god didn't create us to just survive, but to thrive.
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To just survive, but to thrive. i'm excited about
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I'm excited about our new devotional,
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Happy, healthy, and free.
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Happy, healthy, and free. for 31 days,
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For 31 days, i'll take you
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I'll take you on a wellness journey
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On a wellness journey for your spirit, body,
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And soul.
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It's filled with daily
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It's filled with daily declarations,
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Declarations, scriptures, encouragement.
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Scriptures, encouragement. as you get your mind in tune
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As you get your mind in tune with what god says,
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With what god says, you'll experience a refreshing,
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A revitalization.
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Ayou were created to be strong,
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Ayou were created to be strong, to be passionate,
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To be passionate, to live happy,
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To live happy, healthy, and free.
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Healthy, and free. when you contact us today,
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When you contact us today, we'll send you
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We'll send you happy, healthy, and free:
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Happy, healthy, and free: a 31-day wellness journey
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A 31-day wellness journey 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 devotional will help you
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This devotional will help you strengthen your faith,
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Declare god's
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Promises, and receive the healing he's
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The healing he's already made available to you.
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Already made available to you. spirit, soul, and body.
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Your spirit,ansform
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Your spirit,ansform mind, and body in just 31 days.
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Mind, and body in just 31 days. god is going to restore
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God is going to restore what the enemy tried to steal.
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What the enemy tried to steal. your joy,
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Your joy, your peace, your health.
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Your peace, your health. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thanks so much for your prayer
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Thanks so much for your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity is bringing hope to people
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Around the world.
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Special thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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Morning, download our daily podcast,
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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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Joel Osteen - Just Obey

September 4, 2025 | S25 E3605 | 30:0

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