Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Just Remember

May 8, 2025 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Just Remember | May 8, 2025

(applause)
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(applause) well god bless you. always
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Well god bless you. always our joy to come into your
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Our joy to come into your homes and if you're ever
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Homes and if you're ever in our area, please stop
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In our area, please stop by and be a part of one
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By and be a part of one of our services. i promise
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Of our services. i promise you we'll make you feel
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You we'll make you feel right at home. but thanks
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Right at home. but thanks so much for tuning in and
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So much for tuning in and thank you again for coming
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Thank you again for coming out today.
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Out today. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this lady. she was
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About this lady. she was on an airplane reading
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On an airplane reading her bible. the man next
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Her bible. the man next to her said, "you don't
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To her said, "you don't believe all that stuff
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Believe all that stuff in there, do you?" she
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In there, do you?" she said, "of course i do!
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Said, "of course i do! it's the bible." he said,
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It's the bible." he said, "well, what about that
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"well, what about that guy that got swallowed by
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Guy that got swallowed by the whale?" she said, "you
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The whale?" she said, "you mean jonah? yes, i believe
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Mean jonah? yes, i believe that too." he said, "well,
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That too." he said, "well, how could he possibly live
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How could he possibly live that long inside of a
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That long inside of a fish?" she thought about
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Fish?" she thought about it a moment, said,
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It a moment, said, "i don't know. when i get
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"i don't know. when i get to heaven i'll have to
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To heaven i'll have to ask him." he said
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Ask him." he said sarcastically, "what if
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Sarcastically, "what if he's not in heaven?" she
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He's not in heaven?" she said, "then you'll have to
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Said, "then you'll have to ask him." (laughter)
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Ask him." (laughter) hold up your bible, say it
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Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it: this is
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Like you mean it: this is my bible. i am what it
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My bible. i am what it says i am, i have what
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Says i am, i have what it says i have, i can do
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It says i have, i can do what it says i can do.
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What it says i can do. today i will be taught
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Today i will be taught the word of god. i boldly
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The word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert,
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Confess: my mind is alert, my heart is receptive. i'll
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My heart is receptive. i'll never be the same in jesus'
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Never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "just remember".
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About "just remember". when you look back over
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When you look back over your life, some of the
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Your life, some of the things you faced at the
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Things you faced at the time you didn't think you
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Time you didn't think you could make it through.
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Could make it through. the obstacle was so large,
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The obstacle was so large, the break up hurt you so
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The break up hurt you so badly, the medical report
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Badly, the medical report was so negative you didn't
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Was so negative you didn't see a way but god turned it
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See a way but god turned it around.
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Around. he gave you strength when
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He gave you strength when you didn't think you could
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You didn't think you could go on. he brought the right
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Go on. he brought the right person when you thought
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Person when you thought you'd always be lonely.
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You'd always be lonely. he promoted you, gave you
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He promoted you, gave you that good break, things
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That good break, things fell into place. now
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Fell into place. now you're further along than
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You're further along than you ever imagined. it
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You ever imagined. it wasn't a lucky break.
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Wasn't a lucky break. it wasn't a coincidence.
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It wasn't a coincidence. it was the hand of god.
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It was the hand of god. you should've been stuck,
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You should've been stuck, addicted, broke, depressed,
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Addicted, broke, depressed, lonely, but god made a way
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Lonely, but god made a way when you didn't see a way.
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When you didn't see a way. you can say like me, "i
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You can say like me, "i didn't get here by myself.
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Didn't get here by myself. it wasn't just my good
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It wasn't just my good luck, my hard work, my
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Luck, my hard work, my talent. it was the favor
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Talent. it was the favor of god. he made things
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Of god. he made things happen that i could never
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Happen that i could never make happen on my own."
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Make happen on my own." but none of us like
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But none of us like difficulties. if we had
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Difficulties. if we had a choice we wouldn't go
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A choice we wouldn't go through them. but those
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Through them. but those challenges not only
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Challenges not only prepared you for your
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Prepared you for your future, but now you have
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Future, but now you have a history with god. when
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A history with god. when you're in a tough time,
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You're in a tough time, you don't see a way out,
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You don't see a way out, instead of being
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Instead of being discouraged, negative, you
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Discouraged, negative, you can go back and remember
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Can go back and remember how god turned your health
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How god turned your health around.
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Around. remember how he gave you
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Remember how he gave you that baby when the
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That baby when the specialist said you
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Specialist said you couldn't have a child.
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Couldn't have a child. remember how he brought
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Remember how he brought you out of that trouble
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You out of that trouble that you got yourself in.
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That you got yourself in. when you remember how god
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When you remember how god has protected you, promoted
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Has protected you, promoted you, healed you, restored
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You, healed you, restored you, faith will rise in
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You, faith will rise in your heart. instead of
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Your heart. instead of thinking, "i'll never get
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Thinking, "i'll never get out of this problem",
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Out of this problem", you'll know, "god did it
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You'll know, "god did it for me once, he'll do it
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For me once, he'll do it for me again. he made a
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For me again. he made a way in the past, i know
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Way in the past, i know he's going to make a way
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He's going to make a way in the future." don't
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In the future." don't complain about the problem.
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Complain about the problem. it's not random. you're
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It's not random. you're going to need that victory
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Going to need that victory in the future. god is
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In the future. god is taking you from glory to
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Taking you from glory to glory. when you come
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Glory. when you come through this challenge,
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Through this challenge, that victory will be the
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That victory will be the fuel you use that gets you
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Fuel you use that gets you to the next level of glory.
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To the next level of glory. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with the israelites. they were
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The israelites. they were up against huge armies,
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Up against huge armies, people that were stronger,
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People that were stronger, had more equipment, more
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Had more equipment, more skill. the israelites had
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Skill. the israelites had just come out of slavery.
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Just come out of slavery. they had no military
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They had no military training, no weapons, they
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Training, no weapons, they were just trying to survive
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Were just trying to survive out in the desert. they
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Out in the desert. they were headed toward the
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Were headed toward the promised land but they
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Promised land but they had all these enemies to
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Had all these enemies to overcome.
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Overcome. they were very discouraged.
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They were very discouraged. they didn't know how they
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They didn't know how they could do it. god said to
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Could do it. god said to them in deuteronomy 7,
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Them in deuteronomy 7, "you may think, 'how can
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"you may think, 'how can we conquer these nations
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We conquer these nations that are much stronger
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That are much stronger than us?' but don't be
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Than us?' but don't be afraid. just remember what
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Afraid. just remember what god did to pharaoh. you
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God did to pharaoh. you saw with your own eyes
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Saw with your own eyes the miraculous signs and
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The miraculous signs and the amazing power god used
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The amazing power god used to bring you out."
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To bring you out." god was saying, "when it
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God was saying, "when it looks impossible, you
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Looks impossible, you don't see a way out, the
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Don't see a way out, the way to stay encouraged,
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Way to stay encouraged, the way to keep your hopes
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The way to keep your hopes up is just remember what
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Up is just remember what god has done."
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God has done." like the israelites, every
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Like the israelites, every one of you has seen with
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One of you has seen with your own eyes times where
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Your own eyes times where god made a way. you thought
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God made a way. you thought you were stuck but god
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You were stuck but god opened a door, he caused
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Opened a door, he caused somebody to be good to
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Somebody to be good to you. or you lost a loved
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You. or you lost a loved one. you didn't think you
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One. you didn't think you would ever be happy again
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Would ever be happy again but god lifted you out of
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But god lifted you out of that pit. he turned your
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That pit. he turned your mourning into dancing.
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Mourning into dancing. when you face tough times,
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When you face tough times, your dream looks impossible,
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Your dream looks impossible, every voice says, "it's
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Every voice says, "it's never going to happen".
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Never going to happen". just remember. go back and
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Just remember. go back and replay your victories.
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Replay your victories. relive the times god made
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Relive the times god made a way. remember how he
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A way. remember how he put you at the right place
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Put you at the right place and you met that person
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And you met that person and fell in love. remember
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And fell in love. remember how he spared your life
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How he spared your life from that accident.
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From that accident. remember how the medical
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Remember how the medical report said you shouldn't
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Report said you shouldn't be here but here you are
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Be here but here you are alive, strong and healthy.
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Alive, strong and healthy. if you're going to overcome
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If you're going to overcome those obstacles, if you're
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Those obstacles, if you're going to reach your highest
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Going to reach your highest potential, you have to
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Potential, you have to learn to just remember.
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Learn to just remember. when you're constantly
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When you're constantly thinking about god's
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Thinking about god's goodness, how he's
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Goodness, how he's protected you, vindicated
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Protected you, vindicated you, promoted you, not
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You, promoted you, not only will faith rise in
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Only will faith rise in your heart but it's that
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Your heart but it's that attitude of expectancy
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Attitude of expectancy that allows god to do
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That allows god to do great things. on a regular
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Great things. on a regular basis, we should go back
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Basis, we should go back over the major victories
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Over the major victories in our life.
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In our life. remember the day your
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Remember the day your children were born. that
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Children were born. that was a great miracle.
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Was a great miracle. remember how god gave you
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Remember how god gave you that job, how he protected
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That job, how he protected you, how you met the right
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You, how you met the right person. develop this habit
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Person. develop this habit of remembering what god
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Of remembering what god has done.
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Has done. i remember in my early
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I remember in my early twenties walking into a
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Twenties walking into a jewelry store to buy a
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Jewelry store to buy a battery for my watch.
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Battery for my watch. minding my own business
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Minding my own business and out walked the most
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And out walked the most beautiful girl i'd ever
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Beautiful girl i'd ever seen. it was victoria.
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Seen. it was victoria. we ended up dating for a
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We ended up dating for a year and a half and she
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Year and a half and she couldn't keep her hands
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Couldn't keep her hands off of me so we got
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Off of me so we got married. (laughter) at
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Married. (laughter) at least that's the way i
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Least that's the way i remember it! i recognize
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Remember it! i recognize that wasn't a coincidence.
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That wasn't a coincidence. that wasn't a lucky break.
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That wasn't a lucky break. that was god directing my
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That was god directing my steps, putting me at the
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Steps, putting me at the right place at the right
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Right place at the right time.
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Time. when i think about that, it
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When i think about that, it reminds me how god is in
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Reminds me how god is in control of my life. if he
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Control of my life. if he was directing my steps
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Was directing my steps back then, i know he's
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Back then, i know he's directing my steps right
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Directing my steps right now.
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Now. the apostle paul talks about
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The apostle paul talks about in the scripture "the
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In the scripture "the mercies of god", not
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Mercies of god", not singular but plural. and
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Singular but plural. and every one of us has
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Every one of us has experienced some of these
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Experienced some of these mercies. walking into the
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Mercies. walking into the jewelry store that day,
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Jewelry store that day, that was one of the mercies
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That was one of the mercies of god.
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Of god. when i was first married,
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When i was first married, i was driving on the
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I was driving on the freeway during a big
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Freeway during a big rainstorm. i lost control
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Rainstorm. i lost control of my car, started spinning
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Of my car, started spinning around and around, crossing
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Around and around, crossing the different lanes of the
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The different lanes of the freeway. at one point i
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Freeway. at one point i looked up and this
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Looked up and this 18-wheeler was coming
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18-wheeler was coming right at me. i was going
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Right at me. i was going the wrong direction. we
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The wrong direction. we were so close i felt like
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Were so close i felt like i could touch his front
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I could touch his front grill and i thought,
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Grill and i thought, "boy, that's it. i'm
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"boy, that's it. i'm done." all i could say
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Done." all i could say was "jesus". when you're
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Was "jesus". when you're in trouble, you don't have
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In trouble, you don't have to pray long.
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To pray long. some of you would've said
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Some of you would've said something else, but we
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Something else, but we won't talk about that.
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Won't talk about that. (laughter)
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(laughter) somehow that big truck
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Somehow that big truck missed me, the driver
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Missed me, the driver pulled over, he came up
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Pulled over, he came up to my window, his eyes
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To my window, his eyes were this big. he said,
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Were this big. he said, "i can't believe i didn't
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"i can't believe i didn't run over you but at the
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Run over you but at the last second a big gust of
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Last second a big gust of wind blew my truck into
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Wind blew my truck into the other lane." he said
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The other lane." he said it was the wind, i know
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It was the wind, i know it was the mercies of
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It was the mercies of god. (applause)
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God. (applause) when our son, jonathan,
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When our son, jonathan, was a little boy, less than
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Was a little boy, less than a year old, we were on a
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A year old, we were on a boat with some friends.
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Boat with some friends. he was in the baby carrier
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He was in the baby carrier and we'd set it on the
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And we'd set it on the bench there in the boat.
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Bench there in the boat. as we were traveling along,
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As we were traveling along, something whispered to
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Something whispered to victoria, go hold onto
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Victoria, go hold onto your son. she walked over
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Your son. she walked over and held onto the baby
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And held onto the baby carrier. about 30 seconds
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Carrier. about 30 seconds later, the boat hit a huge
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Later, the boat hit a huge wave, everything that
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Wave, everything that wasn't tied down went
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Wasn't tied down went flying over board. he too
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Flying over board. he too would've been thrown into
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Would've been thrown into the water if not for the
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The water if not for the mercies of god. many of
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Mercies of god. many of you, you can say like me,
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You, you can say like me, you wouldn't be alive if
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You wouldn't be alive if it wasn't for god's mercy.
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It wasn't for god's mercy. some of the things you've
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Some of the things you've done, the crowds you used
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Done, the crowds you used to run with, the drugs,
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To run with, the drugs, the alcohol, that
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The alcohol, that should've taken you out
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Should've taken you out but god showed you some
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But god showed you some of his mercies. not once,
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Of his mercies. not once, but again and again.
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But again and again. maybe you shouldn't have
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Maybe you shouldn't have that position you're in.
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That position you're in. you weren't the most
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You weren't the most qualified but the mercies
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Qualified but the mercies of god gave it to you. or
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Of god gave it to you. or perhaps that sickness said
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Perhaps that sickness said it was going to be the end
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It was going to be the end but the mercies of god
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But the mercies of god said, "this is not your
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Said, "this is not your time". when you recognize
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Time". when you recognize what god has done, you
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What god has done, you don't take for granted
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Don't take for granted that all through your
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That all through your life it's been his hand
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Life it's been his hand getting you to where you
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Getting you to where you are. then it's easy to
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Are. then it's easy to honor god, it's easy to
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Honor god, it's easy to be grateful. it's easy
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Be grateful. it's easy to serve, to give, to
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To serve, to give, to help others.
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Help others. you realize where you are
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You realize where you are in life is because of the
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In life is because of the mercies of god. you know
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Mercies of god. you know you're driving a mercy
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You're driving a mercy car. you're living in a
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Car. you're living in a mercy house. you're
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Mercy house. you're working at a mercy job.
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Working at a mercy job. you didn't just marry over
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You didn't just marry over your head, you married
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Your head, you married mercy. maybe you should've
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Mercy. maybe you should've had a nervous breakdown
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Had a nervous breakdown but mercy showed up.
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But mercy showed up. you should be depressed
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You should be depressed but mercy turned you
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But mercy turned you around. you could be in
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Around. you could be in prison but mercy kept you
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Prison but mercy kept you out. or you tried to take
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Out. or you tried to take your life, mercy kept you
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Your life, mercy kept you alive. mercy gave you that
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Alive. mercy gave you that baby. mercy gave you that
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Baby. mercy gave you that idea. mercy opened that
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Idea. mercy opened that door. don't take it for
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Door. don't take it for granted. keep it on the
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Granted. keep it on the forefront of your mind.
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Forefront of your mind. you're not just lucky,
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You're not just lucky, you don't just keep
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You don't just keep beating the odds.
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Beating the odds. it's the mercies of god.
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It's the mercies of god. in fact, the reason you're
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In fact, the reason you're still here, the reason that
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Still here, the reason that truck couldn't run over
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Truck couldn't run over you, the reason those
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You, the reason those drugs couldn't kill you,
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Drugs couldn't kill you, the reason the sickness
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The reason the sickness couldn't take you out is
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Couldn't take you out is because god has a destiny
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Because god has a destiny for you to fulfill. he has
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For you to fulfill. he has an assignment for you to
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An assignment for you to accomplish. his mercies
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Accomplish. his mercies are never going to give
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Are never going to give up on you. his calling is
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Up on you. his calling is irrevocable. he chose you
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Irrevocable. he chose you before you could choose
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Before you could choose him. you might as well
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Him. you might as well recognize you're a marked
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Recognize you're a marked man, a marked woman. the
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Man, a marked woman. the creator of the universe
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Creator of the universe has his hand on your life.
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Has his hand on your life. david said, "if it had not
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David said, "if it had not been for the goodness of
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Been for the goodness of god, where would i be?"
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God, where would i be?" he was saying in effect,
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He was saying in effect, "if god had not shown me
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"if god had not shown me some of these mercies,
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Some of these mercies, i wouldn't have defeated
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I wouldn't have defeated goliath. i wouldn't have
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Goliath. i wouldn't have been able to outlast
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Been able to outlast king saul trying to kill
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King saul trying to kill me in the desert without
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Me in the desert without the mercies of god. or
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The mercies of god. or i wouldn't have been
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I wouldn't have been restored after my mistake
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Restored after my mistake with bathsheba without
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With bathsheba without god's mercy."
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God's mercy." a young man told me how
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A young man told me how he's had a serious drug
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He's had a serious drug problem for many years.
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Problem for many years. the other day he was out
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The other day he was out partying with some friends
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Partying with some friends and accidentally got all
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And accidentally got all these different kinds of
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These different kinds of drugs mixed up. he took
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Drugs mixed up. he took so many that his friends
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So many that his friends began to panic. they
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Began to panic. they thought for sure he
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Thought for sure he would pass out, have
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Would pass out, have convulsions. but those
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Convulsions. but those drugs had no effect on
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Drugs had no effect on him. it was like they had
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Him. it was like they had lost all their power.
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Lost all their power. he said, "joel, i came to
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He said, "joel, i came to church today because i'm
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Church today because i'm one lucky guy."
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One lucky guy." i told him what i'm telling
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I told him what i'm telling you. it's a lot more than
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You. it's a lot more than luck; it's the mercies of
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Luck; it's the mercies of god. (applause)
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God. (applause) psalm 129 says, "from my
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Psalm 129 says, "from my earliest youth my enemies
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Earliest youth my enemies have persecuted me but
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Have persecuted me but they have never been able
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They have never been able to finish me off."
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To finish me off." sometimes you need to
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Sometimes you need to just thank god that
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Just thank god that you're still here.
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You're still here. cancer couldn't finish
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Cancer couldn't finish you off. depression
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You off. depression couldn't finish you off.
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Couldn't finish you off. that divorce, the legal
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That divorce, the legal problem, the bankruptcy
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Problem, the bankruptcy couldn't finish you off.
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Couldn't finish you off. the person talking about
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The person talking about you. the haters, the
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You. the haters, the critics, the naysayers,
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Critics, the naysayers, they tried to push you
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They tried to push you down, make you look bad.
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Down, make you look bad. they did their best but
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They did their best but their best was not enough.
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Their best was not enough. you're still standing,
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You're still standing, you're still strong, you
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You're still strong, you still got a smile.
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Still got a smile. they couldn't finish you off.
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They couldn't finish you off. you got knocked down but
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You got knocked down but you got back up again.
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You got back up again. you had a setback, a
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You had a setback, a breakup, but you're still
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Breakup, but you're still in the game. you went
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In the game. you went through a loss but you
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Through a loss but you didn't get bitter, you
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Didn't get bitter, you kept moving forward.
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Kept moving forward. that setback could not
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That setback could not finish you off.
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Finish you off. my father, when he was a
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My father, when he was a little boy, fell into a
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Little boy, fell into a large fire. that fire
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Large fire. that fire should have taken his
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Should have taken his life but the fire could
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Life but the fire could not finish him off. he
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Not finish him off. he was raised during the
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Was raised during the great depression with
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Great depression with nothing but poverty could
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Nothing but poverty could not finish him off. his
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Not finish him off. his first marriage as a young
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First marriage as a young man didn't make it. he
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Man didn't make it. he was told he could never
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Was told he could never be in ministry but divorce
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Be in ministry but divorce couldn't finish him off.
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Couldn't finish him off. years later, some people
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Years later, some people turned on him, asked him
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Turned on him, asked him to leave his church. but
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To leave his church. but betrayal couldn't finish
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Betrayal couldn't finish him off. he had high blood
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Him off. he had high blood pressure most of his life.
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Pressure most of his life. that couldn't finish him
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That couldn't finish him off. had to raise my
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Off. had to raise my brother paul, that came
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Brother paul, that came very, very close.
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Very, very close. (laughter)
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(laughter) what am i saying? god has
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What am i saying? god has the final say. people
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The final say. people can't finish you off.
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Can't finish you off. a bad break, betrayal,
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A bad break, betrayal, rejection, sickness.
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Rejection, sickness. when the enemy comes in
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When the enemy comes in like a flood, the scripture
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Like a flood, the scripture says god raises up a
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Says god raises up a barrier. god will put a
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Barrier. god will put a stop to it. the forces
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Stop to it. the forces that are for you are
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That are for you are greater than the forces
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Greater than the forces that are against you. you
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That are against you. you may be in a difficult time.
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May be in a difficult time. don't get discouraged.
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Don't get discouraged. just remember the red seas
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Just remember the red seas god has parted in your
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God has parted in your life. remember how god's
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Life. remember how god's delivered you from the
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Delivered you from the pharaoh, so to speak.
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Pharaoh, so to speak. how he snatched you out
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How he snatched you out of that harmful situation.
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Of that harmful situation. how he closed that door
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How he closed that door that would've been a big
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That would've been a big mistake. how he blessed
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Mistake. how he blessed you with that position.
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You with that position. you have a history with
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You have a history with god. you've seen his
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God. you've seen his mercies not once, but
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Mercies not once, but again and again, showing
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Again and again, showing out in your life. you
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Out in your life. you need to announce to that
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Need to announce to that cancer, "you can't finish
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Cancer, "you can't finish me off. the god who spoke
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Me off. the god who spoke worlds into existence
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Worlds into existence breathed his life into
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Breathed his life into me. he controls the
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Me. he controls the number of my days."
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Number of my days." (applause)
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(applause) announce to that
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Announce to that depression, fear, anxiety,
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Depression, fear, anxiety, "you're not going to finish
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"you're not going to finish me off. god promised i will
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Me off. god promised i will finish my course with joy."
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Finish my course with joy." or that person at the
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Or that person at the office that's trying to
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Office that's trying to push you down, make you
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Push you down, make you look bad, don't get
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Look bad, don't get discouraged. they don't
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Discouraged. they don't control your destiny.
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Control your destiny. they can't stop god's
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They can't stop god's plan for your life.
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Plan for your life. when those negative
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When those negative thoughts come telling you,
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Thoughts come telling you, "this sickness is going
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"this sickness is going to sink you. this legal
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To sink you. this legal problem, this depression
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Problem, this depression it's going to be the end."
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It's going to be the end." just answer back, "you
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Just answer back, "you don't realize who you're
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Don't realize who you're dealing with. i'm a child
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Dealing with. i'm a child of the most high god.
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Of the most high god. you cannot finish me off."
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You cannot finish me off." god is called the author
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God is called the author and the finisher of our
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And the finisher of our faith. what he started
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Faith. what he started in your life, he will
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In your life, he will finish. not a bad break,
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Finish. not a bad break, not a disappointment,
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Not a disappointment, not a sickness, god is
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Not a sickness, god is the finisher. in the
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The finisher. in the scripture, saul was one
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Scripture, saul was one of the greatest enemies
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Of the greatest enemies of the church. he was
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Of the church. he was headed toward damascus
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Headed toward damascus to persecute believers.
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To persecute believers. he had permission from
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He had permission from the courts to arrest any
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The courts to arrest any followers of christ. he
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Followers of christ. he was on his mission, had
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Was on his mission, had papers in hand when
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Papers in hand when suddenly a bright light
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Suddenly a bright light shone down from heaven.
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Shone down from heaven. it was so strong that it
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It was so strong that it knocked him off his horse.
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Knocked him off his horse. he fell flat on his back
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He fell flat on his back and couldn't see.
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And couldn't see. the believers in damascus
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The believers in damascus had this powerful enemy
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Had this powerful enemy coming toward them. he
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Coming toward them. he was going to cause them
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Was going to cause them heartache and pain. it
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Heartache and pain. it looked inevitable but in
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Looked inevitable but in a split second god stopped
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A split second god stopped it.
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It. there are times you knew
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There are times you knew nothing about but something
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Nothing about but something was coming your way.
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Was coming your way. a bad break, an accident,
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A bad break, an accident, a sickness. it was already
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A sickness. it was already en route. it should've
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En route. it should've finished you off but god
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Finished you off but god said, "no, i don't think
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Said, "no, i don't think so. that's my son, that's
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So. that's my son, that's my daughter. he put a
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My daughter. he put a stop to it." (applause)
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Stop to it." (applause) that 18-wheeler should've
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That 18-wheeler should've finished me off but god
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Finished me off but god stopped the truck. some
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Stopped the truck. some of these things you knew
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Of these things you knew nothing about but god
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Nothing about but god stopped the cancer,
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Stopped the cancer, stopped the betrayal;
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Stopped the betrayal; stopped the rejection.
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Stopped the rejection. it was all behind the
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It was all behind the scenes. that's the mercies
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Scenes. that's the mercies of god. and sometimes you
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Of god. and sometimes you need to thank god for what
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Need to thank god for what didn't happen. thank him
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Didn't happen. thank him for the enemies he stopped
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For the enemies he stopped that you knew nothing
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That you knew nothing about.
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About. well, you say, "joel, this
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Well, you say, "joel, this sounds good today. it's
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Sounds good today. it's encouraging but i've had
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Encouraging but i've had a lot of bad breaks, gone
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A lot of bad breaks, gone through a lot of
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Through a lot of disappointments, i didn't
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Disappointments, i didn't get the promotion i worked
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Get the promotion i worked hard for. this person
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Hard for. this person walked out of my life."
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Walked out of my life." here's the problem. you're
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Here's the problem. you're remembering the wrong
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Remembering the wrong things. i can't find one
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Things. i can't find one place in the scripture
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Place in the scripture where we're supposed to
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Where we're supposed to remember our defeats,
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Remember our defeats, remember our failures,
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Remember our failures, remember our bad breaks.
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Remember our bad breaks. "well, this company laid
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"well, this company laid me off 27 years ago. it
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Me off 27 years ago. it wasn't right." can i tell
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Wasn't right." can i tell you respectfully?
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You respectfully? it's time to get over it.
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It's time to get over it. quit thinking about it,
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Quit thinking about it, quit talking about it;
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Quit talking about it; quit reliving it. all
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Quit reliving it. all that's doing is depressing
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That's doing is depressing yourself. you're making
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Yourself. you're making yourself defeated. has
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Yourself defeated. has god done anything good
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God done anything good for you in the last 27
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For you in the last 27 years? have you see one
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Years? have you see one promotion, one healing,
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Promotion, one healing, one sign of his favor?
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One sign of his favor? if you will start
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If you will start remembering your victories,
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Remembering your victories, the times god healed you,
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The times god healed you, the times he promoted you,
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The times he promoted you, the times he stopped the
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The times he stopped the accident, the times he
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Accident, the times he turned the problem around.
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Turned the problem around. when you're remembering
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When you're remembering the right things, you're
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The right things, you're going to move forward in
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Going to move forward in faith. you'll see more
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Faith. you'll see more of god's favor. david said
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Of god's favor. david said in psalm 34, "let all who
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In psalm 34, "let all who are discouraged take
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Are discouraged take heart." he goes on to tell
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Heart." he goes on to tell how to do it. the next
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How to do it. the next verse says, "come, let's
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Verse says, "come, let's talk about god's goodness.
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Talk about god's goodness. i prayed and the lord
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I prayed and the lord answered my prayer."
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Answered my prayer." he was saying, "when
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He was saying, "when you're discouraged, when
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You're discouraged, when you don't see a way out.
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You don't see a way out. come and let's talk. not
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Come and let's talk. not about your problems, not
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About your problems, not about what didn't work
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About what didn't work out. no, let's talk about
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Out. no, let's talk about god's greatness. let's
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God's greatness. let's talk about your answered
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Talk about your answered prayers. let's talk about
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Prayers. let's talk about the red seas that have
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The red seas that have been parted."
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Been parted." what you're saying in your
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What you're saying in your tough times will make you
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Tough times will make you or break you. if you go
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Or break you. if you go around saying, "i'll never
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Around saying, "i'll never get out of this problem.
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Get out of this problem. it's just too big."
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It's just too big." you'll get stuck. but if
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You'll get stuck. but if you'll turn it around and
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You'll turn it around and say, "god, i want to thank
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Say, "god, i want to thank you for your greatness in
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You for your greatness in my life. thank you for
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My life. thank you for giving me this job. lord,
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Giving me this job. lord, thank you for freeing me
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Thank you for freeing me from this addiction."
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From this addiction." when you're always talking
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When you're always talking about god's goodness, you
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About god's goodness, you won't be down and
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Won't be down and discouraged. you'll have
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Discouraged. you'll have a spring in your step, a
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A spring in your step, a smile on your face. you'll
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Smile on your face. you'll know god's done it for you
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Know god's done it for you in the past; he'll do it
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In the past; he'll do it again for you in the
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Again for you in the future.
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Future. all of you can look back and
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All of you can look back and see times where god did
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See times where god did something unusual. maybe
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Something unusual. maybe you shouldn't be living
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You shouldn't be living in that house that you're
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In that house that you're in. you didn't have the
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In. you didn't have the funds, but things fell
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Funds, but things fell into place. you know it
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Into place. you know it was the hand of god.
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Was the hand of god. that's mountable.
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That's mountable. perhaps you struggled
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Perhaps you struggled with an addiction. you
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With an addiction. you were off course but
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Were off course but today you're healthy,
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Today you're healthy, you're clean, you're free,
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You're clean, you're free, you're being a blessing
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You're being a blessing to others. like my mother,
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To others. like my mother, you are a living testimony.
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You are a living testimony. you don't have to go look
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You don't have to go look for a miracle; you are a
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For a miracle; you are a miracle. when you need to
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Miracle. when you need to be encouraged, just go
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Be encouraged, just go look at yourself in the
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Look at yourself in the mirror. you shouldn't be
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Mirror. you shouldn't be where you are. perhaps you
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Where you are. perhaps you should still be struggling,
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Should still be struggling, addicted, angry, depressed,
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Addicted, angry, depressed, lonely, but god in his
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Lonely, but god in his mercy showed up and said,
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Mercy showed up and said, "i don't think so." when
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"i don't think so." when it looked impossible, he
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It looked impossible, he stopped it. he's given you
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Stopped it. he's given you something to talk about.
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Something to talk about. you're a trophy of god's
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You're a trophy of god's goodness. now here's the
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Goodness. now here's the key. don't let what once
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Key. don't let what once was a miracle become
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Was a miracle become ordinary. don't lose the
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Ordinary. don't lose the awe of what god has done.
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Awe of what god has done. like my friend when i went
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Like my friend when i went to his house, he couldn't
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To his house, he couldn't wait to show off all those
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Wait to show off all those impressive fish that he
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Impressive fish that he had caught. everywhere
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Had caught. everywhere you go, talk about god's
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You go, talk about god's goodness. not bragging on
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Goodness. not bragging on yourself, but bragging on
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Yourself, but bragging on what god has done.
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What god has done. one time the disciples
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One time the disciples were on a boat. they had
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Were on a boat. they had just seen jesus take five
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Just seen jesus take five loaves of bread and two
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Loaves of bread and two fish. when he prayed over
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Fish. when he prayed over it, that multiplied and
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It, that multiplied and fed over 5,000 people.
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Fed over 5,000 people. at the end of that day,
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At the end of that day, he told these disciples to
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He told these disciples to gather up the leftovers,
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Gather up the leftovers, get in the boat and cross
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Get in the boat and cross to the other side. now it
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To the other side. now it was the middle of the
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Was the middle of the night. the waves were
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Night. the waves were very big, the wind so
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Very big, the wind so strong. they were concerned
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Strong. they were concerned for their safety when they
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For their safety when they saw jesus walking on the
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Saw jesus walking on the water. at first they
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Water. at first they thought he was a ghost.
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Thought he was a ghost. they finally recognized
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They finally recognized him, invited him into their
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Him, invited him into their boat. when he did, the
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Boat. when he did, the winds and waves calmed
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Winds and waves calmed down immediately. they
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Down immediately. they were relieved that they
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Were relieved that they were okay. but the
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Were okay. but the scripture gives us insight
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Scripture gives us insight into why they were so
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Into why they were so worried. it says, "they
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Worried. it says, "they didn't consider the
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Didn't consider the miracle of the loaves."
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Miracle of the loaves." they were so stressed out
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They were so stressed out wondering if they were
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Wondering if they were going to make it to the
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Going to make it to the other side when earlier
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Other side when earlier that day they had seen with
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That day they had seen with their own eyes one of the
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Their own eyes one of the greatest miracles ever
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Greatest miracles ever recorded. if they would've
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Recorded. if they would've just remembered what god
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Just remembered what god did earlier that day, if
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Did earlier that day, if they would've just
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They would've just considered the miracle
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Considered the miracle then they would've stayed
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Then they would've stayed in faith, they would've
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In faith, they would've been fine knowing that
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Been fine knowing that everything was going to
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Everything was going to be okay. what's
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Be okay. what's interesting is they were
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Interesting is they were obedient. they did what
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Obedient. they did what jesus asked. they were
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Jesus asked. they were faithful. where they
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Faithful. where they missed it is they forgot
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Missed it is they forgot what god had done.
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What god had done. are you doing what they
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Are you doing what they did? letting your
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Did? letting your circumstances, a medical
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Circumstances, a medical report, a financial
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Report, a financial situation, cause you to
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Situation, cause you to live worried, stressed
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Live worried, stressed out? why don't you start
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Out? why don't you start considering your miracles?
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Considering your miracles? look back over your life.
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Look back over your life. remember that time god
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Remember that time god showed up and suddenly
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Showed up and suddenly turned it around. look up
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Turned it around. look up on your wall and relive
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On your wall and relive some of those mountable
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Some of those mountable things god has done. how
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Things god has done. how are you going to defeat
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Are you going to defeat the pharaohs in your life?
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The pharaohs in your life? how are you going to
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How are you going to overcome those large
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Overcome those large obstacles?
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Obstacles? god is saying to you what
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God is saying to you what he said to the israelites.
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He said to the israelites. just remember. you have a
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Just remember. you have a history with god. every
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History with god. every victory he's given you
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Victory he's given you wasn't just for that time,
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Wasn't just for that time, it was so you could go
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It was so you could go back and use that as fuel
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Back and use that as fuel to build your faith. you
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To build your faith. you may be low on faith. you
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May be low on faith. you need to go back and get
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Need to go back and get some fuel. it's in your
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Some fuel. it's in your past victories. don't talk
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Past victories. don't talk about your problems, talk
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About your problems, talk about the greatness of
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About the greatness of god. remember, the enemy
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God. remember, the enemy cannot finish you off;
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Cannot finish you off; god has the final say.
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God has the final say. i believe and declare if
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I believe and declare if you will just remember,
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You will just remember, god is about to show out
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God is about to show out in your life. he's going
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In your life. he's going to give you something new
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To give you something new to mount. you're going to
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To mount. you're going to rise higher, accomplish
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Rise higher, accomplish your dreams and reach
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Your dreams and reach the fullness of your
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The fullness of your destiny in jesus' name.
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Destiny in jesus' name. well we never like to
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Well we never like to close our broadcast
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Close our broadcast without giving you an
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Without giving you an opportunity to make
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your
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Jesus the lord of your life. would you pray
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Life. would you pray with me? just say,
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With me? just say, "lord, jesus, i repent
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"lord, jesus, i repent of my sins. come into
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Of my sins. come into my heart, wash me clean,
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My heart, wash me clean, i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior."
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Savior." well if you prayed that
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Well if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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You got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church, keep god first
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Church, keep god first place. he's going to
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Place. he's going to take you places that
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Take you places that you've never dreamed.
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Each week, i stand on
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Each week, i stand on this stage
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This stage and remind you
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And remind you of what god says about you.
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Of what god says about you. because it's easy
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Because it's easy to be defined by
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To be defined by who people say we are,
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Who people say we are, or by our own
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Or by our own negative thoughts;
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Negative thoughts; that we're not talented,
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That we're not talented, our problems too big.
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Our problems too big. the key is to go back to
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The key is to go back to who god says you are.
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I'd love to send you
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I'll help you discover your true identity.
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Your true identity. god says you're blessed.
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God says you're blessed. you're chosen. you're forgiven.
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You're chosen. you're forgiven. you have seeds of greatness.
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You have seeds of greatness. your future is bright.
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Your future is bright. when you get in agreement
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When you get in agreement with god and declare
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With god and declare his promises,
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His promises, you'll rise higher
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You'll rise higher and become
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And become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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God says about you: faith reminders
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Faith reminders when you need them most.
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When you need them most. as you read and reflect,
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As you read and reflect, the story of your life, the way
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The story of your life, the way you see yourself,
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You see yourself, will radically change.
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Will radically change. it will become a reflection
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It will become a reflection of god himself
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And remind you of who you are in him.
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Of who you are in him. you are everything
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You are everything god says about you
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God says about you within these pages,
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Within these pages, so read it, experience it,
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So read it, experience it, and believe it.
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Every day. yes, you are
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Yes, you are who god says you are.
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For who you really are: strong, talented,
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Valuable, a victor, never a victim.
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Joel Osteen - Just Remember

May 8, 2025 | 27:29

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