Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Keep Believing For Your Loved Ones

May 7, 2025 | S25:E127

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Keep Believing For Your Loved Ones | May 7, 2025

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>> joel osteen: god bless you.
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>> joel osteen: god bless you. it's a joy to come
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It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're
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Into your homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop
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Ever in our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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By and be a part of one of our services.
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Services. i promise you, we'll make you
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I promise you, we'll make you feel right at home.
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I like to start with something
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I like to start with something funny and, i heard about this
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Funny and, i heard about this man named bubba.
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Man named bubba. he lived way out in the country,
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He lived way out in the country, and there was a stray dog that
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And there was a stray dog that kept showing up at his house,
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Kept showing up at his house, and his wife said, "bubba,
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And his wife said, "bubba, you have to put the dog
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You have to put the dog in the truck, take him
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In the truck, take him out to the woods,
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Out to the woods, and drop him off.
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And drop him off. that's where he lives."
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That's where he lives." bubba drove him a mile
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Bubba drove him a mile down the road, dropped him off.
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Down the road, dropped him off. when he came home, the dog was
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When he came home, the dog was walking up the driveway,
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Walking up the driveway, practically beat him back.
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Practically beat him back. happened again and again, his
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Happened again and again, his wife said, "bubba, you have
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Wife said, "bubba, you have to take him way out, drive him
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To take him way out, drive him around in circles,
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Around in circles, get him mixed up."
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Get him mixed up." bubba drove an hour away
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Bubba drove an hour away criss-crossed country roads he'd
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Criss-crossed country roads he'd never driven before,
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Never driven before, dropped him off.
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Dropped him off. two hours later he called his
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Two hours later he called his wife from the truck, said,
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Wife from the truck, said, "did the dog come back?"
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"did the dog come back?" she said, "yeah, he's walking
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She said, "yeah, he's walking up the driveway."
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Up the driveway." he said, "do me a favor, put him
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He said, "do me a favor, put him on the line.
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On the line. i need directions."
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I need directions." say it like you mean it: this is
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Say it like you mean it: this is my bible, i am what it says i
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My bible, i am what it says i am, i have what it says i have,
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Am, i have what it says i have, i can do what it says i can do.
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I can do what it says i can do. today i will be taught the word
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive.
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I will never be the same
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I will never be the same in jesus's name, god bless you.
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In jesus's name, god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about keep believing for your
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About keep believing for your loved ones.
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Loved ones. we all have someone that we're
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Hoping will change, a family
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Hoping will change, a family member that's off course,
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Member that's off course, a child that's not making good
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A child that's not making good decisions, or a friend that's
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Decisions, or a friend that's struggling with an addiction.
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Struggling with an addiction. we've been praying, believing,
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We've been praying, believing, but it doesn't look like it's
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But it doesn't look like it's making any difference, and it's
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Making any difference, and it's easy to get frustrated and think
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Easy to get frustrated and think that we're wasting our time.
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That we're wasting our time. but if they're going to reach
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But if they're going to reach their destiny, they need someone
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Their destiny, they need someone who will wait on them, someone
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Who will wait on them, someone that will keep praying, keep
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That will keep praying, keep encouraging, keep speaking faith
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Encouraging, keep speaking faith into their future, telling them
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Into their future, telling them you may be off course, you may
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You may be off course, you may be compromising, but i still
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Be compromising, but i still believe in you.
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Believe in you. i know you have seeds
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I know you have seeds of greatness.
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Of greatness. the hand of god is on your life.
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The hand of god is on your life. they need someone that will
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They need someone that will stand in the gap, that will
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Stand in the gap, that will believe for them when they can't
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Believe for them when they can't believe for themselves, someone
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Believe for themselves, someone that will cover them with mercy,
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That will cover them with mercy, not judge them, not find fault,
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Not judge them, not find fault, but that will help love them
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But that will help love them back into wholeness.
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Back into wholeness. we write people off too easily.
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We write people off too easily. where they are now is not where
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Where they are now is not where they're going to end up.
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They're going to end up. don't judge them by the present.
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Don't judge them by the present. before the apostle paul was
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Before the apostle paul was a follower of christ, before he
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A follower of christ, before he wrote half of the new testament,
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Wrote half of the new testament, his name was saul, and he hated
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His name was saul, and he hated believers.
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Believers. he was the biggest enemy
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He was the biggest enemy of the church.
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Of the church. he went from city to city having
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He went from city to city having believers arrested and even
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Believers arrested and even killed.
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Killed. some of the people we're tempted
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Some of the people we're tempted to write off are chosen vessels,
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To write off are chosen vessels, they're going to advance
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They're going to advance the kingdom, they're going to do
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The kingdom, they're going to do great things, all they need is
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Great things, all they need is for someone to wait on them.
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For someone to wait on them. someone to say yeah, they're
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Someone to say yeah, they're off course, but i'm going
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Off course, but i'm going to send them a text and let them
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To send them a text and let them know that i'm praying for them.
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Know that i'm praying for them. i'm going to invite them
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I'm going to invite them to lunch not to straighten them
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To lunch not to straighten them out, not to judge them,
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Out, not to judge them, but to let them know that i love
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But to let them know that i love them, that i believe in them,
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Them, that i believe in them, that if they need anything all
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That if they need anything all they have to do is ask.
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They have to do is ask. will you wait on someone while
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Will you wait on someone while god is changing them?
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God is changing them? john chapter 4 jesus was
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John chapter 4 jesus was in samaria waiting by a well.
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In samaria waiting by a well. he had sent the disciples
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He had sent the disciples into the city to get food.
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Into the city to get food. while he was waiting,
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While he was waiting, a samaritan woman came
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A samaritan woman came out to get some water.
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Out to get some water. back then the jews
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Back then the jews and samaritans didn't have
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And samaritans didn't have anything to do with each other,
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Anything to do with each other, but jesus asked her for a drink
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But jesus asked her for a drink of water.
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Of water. she said, "sir, you're a jew,
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She said, "sir, you're a jew, i'm a samaritan.
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I'm a samaritan. why are you asking me
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Why are you asking me for something?"
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For something?" jesus said, "if you knew who i
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Jesus said, "if you knew who i am, you would ask me, and i
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Am, you would ask me, and i would give you living water."
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Would give you living water." she said, "sir, please give me
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She said, "sir, please give me this water."
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This water." jesus asked her to go
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Jesus asked her to go call her husband.
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Call her husband. she told him that she didn't
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She told him that she didn't have a husband.
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Have a husband. jesus said you're right, you've
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Jesus said you're right, you've had five, and the man you're
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Had five, and the man you're living with is not your husband.
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Living with is not your husband. she said, "sir, you must be
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She said, "sir, you must be a prophet.
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A prophet. we know one day the messiah
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We know one day the messiah will come."
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Will come." jesus looked at her and said, "i
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Jesus looked at her and said, "i am the messiah."
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Am the messiah." this woman went back home, told
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This woman went back home, told everyone what had happened,
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Everyone what had happened, and the scripture says many
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And the scripture says many samaritans believed in jesus
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Samaritans believed in jesus because of her.
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Because of her. what's interesting is jesus
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What's interesting is jesus could've gone into the city
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Could've gone into the city to get food with the disciples.
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To get food with the disciples. he was hungry, but he chose
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He was hungry, but he chose to wait at this well.
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To wait at this well. notice, who he was waiting for,
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Notice, who he was waiting for, a woman that didn't have a good
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A woman that didn't have a good reputation.
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Reputation. he waited for a woman that had
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He waited for a woman that had been married five times, a woman
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Been married five times, a woman that had blown it.
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That had blown it. i'm sure people had written her
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I'm sure people had written her off, thought this lady is messed
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Off, thought this lady is messed up.
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Up. when she walked by, i can hear
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When she walked by, i can hear them whisper there she is,
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Them whisper there she is, wonder who she's
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Wonder who she's married to this week?
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Married to this week? they'd laugh, gossip.
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They'd laugh, gossip. we look down on her because she
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We look down on her because she was married so many times.
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Was married so many times. the truth is this woman had been
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The truth is this woman had been rejected by men.
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Rejected by men. she'd been pushed down by life.
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She'd been pushed down by life. jesus waited for a woman that
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Jesus waited for a woman that didn't feel valuable, a woman
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Didn't feel valuable, a woman that had very little self worth.
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You would've thought he would
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You would've thought he would waited for the mayor
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Waited for the mayor of the city, for someone
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Of the city, for someone with prominence and influence.
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With prominence and influence. after all, jesus was busy.
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After all, jesus was busy. he had a lot of demands, but he
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He had a lot of demands, but he chose to wait for a woman that
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Chose to wait for a woman that didn't have it all together.
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Didn't have it all together. he didn't judge her, he didn't
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He didn't judge her, he didn't condemn her, he spoke life
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Condemn her, he spoke life into her, he lifted her,
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Into her, he lifted her, he valued her.
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He valued her. it's significant that
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It's significant that the samaritans didn't worship
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The samaritans didn't worship jehovah, they worshiped idols.
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Jehovah, they worshiped idols. they had stone gods that they
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They had stone gods that they prayed to.
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Prayed to. jesus waited for a woman that
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Jesus waited for a woman that came from a different faith,
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Came from a different faith, a woman that didn't worship
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A woman that didn't worship the god of abraham, isaac,
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The god of abraham, isaac, and jacob.
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And jacob. the first person jesus ever told
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The first person jesus ever told he was the messiah wasn't
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He was the messiah wasn't the religious leaders, wasn't
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The religious leaders, wasn't the chief priests, when jesus
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The chief priests, when jesus wanted to announce one
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Wanted to announce one of the most important things he
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Of the most important things he would ever say, he announced it
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Would ever say, he announced it to this woman.
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To this woman. society said forget about her,
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Society said forget about her, she's done, she doesn't make
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She's done, she doesn't make good decisions.
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Good decisions. god said, "no, i'm not only
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God said, "no, i'm not only going to wait on her, i'm going
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Going to wait on her, i'm going to honor her by telling her who
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To honor her by telling her who i am."
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I am." i think about how many times god
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Has waited on us.
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Has waited on us. he waited when we were
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He waited when we were off course, he waited when we
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Off course, he waited when we wouldn't forgive, he waited when
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Wouldn't forgive, he waited when we were addicted, when we were
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We were addicted, when we were compromising, when we had
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Compromising, when we had a bad attitude.
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A bad attitude. he could've said, "that's it,
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He could've said, "that's it, i'm done with you," but he
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I'm done with you," but he waited, he showed us mercy.
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Waited, he showed us mercy. he picked us up when we fell.
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He picked us up when we fell. he kept the addiction
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He kept the addiction from taking our life.
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From taking our life. he protected us when we chose
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He protected us when we chose the wrong friends.
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The wrong friends. he kept that accident
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He kept that accident from taking us out.
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From taking us out. he waited when we didn't
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He waited when we didn't believe.
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Believe. he waited when we ignored him.
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He waited when we ignored him. he waited when we were bitter.
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He waited when we were bitter. and sometimes it's good to look
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And sometimes it's good to look back and say lord, thank you
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Back and say lord, thank you for waiting on me.
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For waiting on me. lord, thank you for giving me
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Lord, thank you for giving me another chance.
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Another chance. thank you for cleaning
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Thank you for cleaning up the mess i made.
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Up the mess i made. thank you for covering me when i
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Thank you for covering me when i didn't deserve it.
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Didn't deserve it. god has waited on all of us, now
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God has waited on all of us, now he's asking will you wait
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He's asking will you wait on someone for me?
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On someone for me? will you wait on that friend
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Will you wait on that friend that's not making good
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That's not making good decisions?
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Decisions? will you call them, encourage
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Will you call them, encourage them, let them know that you
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Them, let them know that you care?
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Care? will you wait on that neighbor
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Will you wait on that neighbor that doesn't believe in me, that
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That doesn't believe in me, that makes fun of your faith?
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Makes fun of your faith? will you stand in the gap, keep
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Will you stand in the gap, keep letting your light shine?
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Letting your light shine? or will you wait for that family
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Or will you wait for that family member that's been off course
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Member that's been off course for years, struggling
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For years, struggling with issues, seems like the more
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With issues, seems like the more you pray the worst they get?
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You pray the worst they get? you're ready to give up, god is
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You're ready to give up, god is saying wait on them, keep
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Saying wait on them, keep praying, keep loving,
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Praying, keep loving, keep encouraging.
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My mother prayed for a man named
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My mother prayed for a man named bill nash for many years.
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Bill nash for many years. bill was a country western
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Bill was a country western singer.
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Singer. he grew up in church.
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He grew up in church. his parents were missionaries
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His parents were missionaries to mexico, and he had a strong
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To mexico, and he had a strong foundation of faith, but in his
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Foundation of faith, but in his teens he got off course
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Teens he got off course and started running
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And started running with the wrong crowd, and he
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With the wrong crowd, and he ended up struggling with drugs
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Ended up struggling with drugs and alcohol.
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And alcohol. instead of singing in church, he
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Instead of singing in church, he was singing in bars and clubs.
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Was singing in bars and clubs. deep down he was unhappy.
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Deep down he was unhappy. he knew he was running from god,
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He knew he was running from god, but he couldn't get out on his
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But he couldn't get out on his own.
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Own. driving down the freeways, my
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Driving down the freeways, my mother would see his name
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Mother would see his name on the marquees at the clubs
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On the marquees at the clubs where he was playing.
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Where he was playing. every time she would pray
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Every time she would pray for him, lord, bring bill back
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For him, lord, bring bill back home.
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Home. help him to fulfill his destiny.
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Help him to fulfill his destiny. this went on for years, didn't
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This went on for years, didn't look like anything was
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Look like anything was happening, but when you pray,
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Happening, but when you pray, things are happening that you
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Things are happening that you can't see.
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Can't see. your prayer may be what's
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Your prayer may be what's keeping them from sinking
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Keeping them from sinking deeper.
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Deeper. because you're standing
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Because you're standing in the gap, that's why the enemy
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In the gap, that's why the enemy can't take them out.
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Can't take them out. one sunday morning, bill was
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One sunday morning, bill was flipping through the channels,
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Flipping through the channels, and he came across my father
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And he came across my father on television.
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On television. he was talking about how god is
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He was talking about how god is full of mercy and how he's
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Full of mercy and how he's bigger than any mistake.
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Bigger than any mistake. that sunday bill showed
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That sunday bill showed up at lakewood.
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Up at lakewood. hadn't been to church in many
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Hadn't been to church in many years, sat in the very back.
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Years, sat in the very back. someone noticed him and brought
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Someone noticed him and brought him down to see my mother.
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Him down to see my mother. he didn't know that she had been
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He didn't know that she had been praying all those years.
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Praying all those years. that day bill re-committed his
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That day bill re-committed his life to christ.
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Life to christ. the faith that was planted
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The faith that was planted in him as a little boy came back
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In him as a little boy came back to life.
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To life. several months later, bill gave
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Several months later, bill gave his first christian concert
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His first christian concert at lakewood.
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At lakewood. now he and his wife, kim, have
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Now he and his wife, kim, have an outreach to teenagers to help
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An outreach to teenagers to help them stay on track.
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Proverbs says train up a child
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Proverbs says train up a child in the way they should go,
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In the way they should go, and when they are old they will
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And when they are old they will not depart from it.
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Not depart from it. you may have a child that's
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You may have a child that's off course.
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Off course. the good news is you've trained
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The good news is you've trained them up to know the lord.
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Them up to know the lord. that faith was deposited
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That faith was deposited in their spirit.
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In their spirit. the promise is in the end they
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The promise is in the end they will not depart from it.
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Will not depart from it. now, it doesn't say anything
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Now, it doesn't say anything about the middle.
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About the middle. they may make some wrong turns.
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They may make some wrong turns. like bill, there may be times
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Like bill, there may be times you don't see how they're going
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You don't see how they're going to get back on track.
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To get back on track. what are you supposed to do?
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What are you supposed to do? wait on them, keep loving, keep
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Wait on them, keep loving, keep encouraging, keep praying.
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Encouraging, keep praying. well, joel, they won't listen
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Well, joel, they won't listen to me.
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To me. they don't take my advice.
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They don't take my advice. they won't return my call.
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Don't worry, god knows how
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Don't worry, god knows how to get their attention.
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To get their attention. you keep praying and things
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You keep praying and things are happening.
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Are happening. in the end, they will
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In the end, they will not depart.
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Not depart. they may be off course now,
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They may be off course now, but your declaration should be
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But your declaration should be they're coming back.
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They're coming back. as for me and my house, we will
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As for me and my house, we will serve the lord.
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Serve the lord. now, you don't have to force
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People to change.
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People to change. when they're grown, you can't
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When they're grown, you can't make them do what's right.
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Make them do what's right. don't always be trying
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Don't always be trying to correct them, threaten them,
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To correct them, threaten them, teach them a lesson.
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Teach them a lesson. sometimes you just need to love
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Sometimes you just need to love them.
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Them. the scripture says love never
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The scripture says love never fails.
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Fails. you can love them back on track.
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You can love them back on track. love them when they don't
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Love them when they don't deserve it.
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Deserve it. love them when they
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Love them when they won't listen.
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Won't listen. love them when they're making
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Love them when they're making poor choices.
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Poor choices. it's easy to write 'em off,
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It's easy to write 'em off, think you know better.
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Think you know better. i'm not going to have anything
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I'm not going to have anything to do with you.
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To do with you. no, god waited on you, will you
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No, god waited on you, will you wait on them?
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Wait on them? in the story of the prodigal
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In the story of the prodigal son, the young man took his
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Son, the young man took his inheritance, left home,
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Inheritance, left home, and wasted it all living wild,
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And wasted it all living wild, partying.
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Partying. he got so low he ended
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He got so low he ended up in a hog pen, desperate,
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Up in a hog pen, desperate, barely even surviving.
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Barely even surviving. he decided to go back home
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He decided to go back home and try to get a job as a hired
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And try to get a job as a hired servant at his father's house.
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Servant at his father's house. the scripture says when
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The scripture says when the father saw the son coming
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The father saw the son coming a long way off, he took
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A long way off, he took off running toward him.
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Off running toward him. notice the father was waiting.
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Notice the father was waiting. i can imagine several times
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I can imagine several times a day he went out to the end
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A day he went out to the end of the driveway and looked,
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Of the driveway and looked, said, "father, thank you
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Said, "father, thank you for bringing my son back home.
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Thank you for protecting him.
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Thank you for protecting him. thank you that he'll fulfill
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Thank you that he'll fulfill his destiny."
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His destiny." he ran out and gave his son
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He ran out and gave his son a hug.
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A hug. he told his staff, "we're going
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He told his staff, "we're going to have a party and celebrate
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To have a party and celebrate the fact that my son has come
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The fact that my son has come back home."
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Back home." never once did the father bring
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Never once did the father bring up the son's past.
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Up the son's past. he never went into an i told you
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He never went into an i told you so speech, you can live here,
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So speech, you can live here, but you don't really deserve it.
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But you don't really deserve it. he was full of mercy.
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I've learned everyone is
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I've learned everyone is on a journey.
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On a journey. where they are now is not where
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Where they are now is not where they're going to be in 10 years.
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They're going to be in 10 years. give them room to change.
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Give them room to change. they may not believe like you.
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They may not believe like you. they may not have
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They may not have your same views.
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Your same views. that's okay, just keep loving
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That's okay, just keep loving them.
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Them. sometimes we think we're
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Sometimes we think we're supposed to convict people, tell
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Supposed to convict people, tell them everything they're doing
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Them everything they're doing wrong, straighten them out,
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Wrong, straighten them out, but the holy spirit is the one
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But the holy spirit is the one that convicts.
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That convicts. our job is to just plant
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Our job is to just plant the seeds.
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The seeds. that seed may fall on hard soil.
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That seed may fall on hard soil. their heart may not be open.
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Their heart may not be open. the good news is the seed never
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The good news is the seed never dies.
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Dies. i read where a seed was found
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I read where a seed was found that was 4,000 years old, it had
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That was 4,000 years old, it had been in an air-tight coffin.
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Been in an air-tight coffin. they planted it, and
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They planted it, and the seed blossomed.
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The seed blossomed. it was still alive.
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It was still alive. all it needed was
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All it needed was the right soil.
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The right soil. those seeds you've been planting
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Those seeds you've been planting in people's hearts, they are
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In people's hearts, they are still alive.
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Still alive. the soil may not be ready yet,
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The soil may not be ready yet, but at the right time, god will
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But at the right time, god will soften their hearts.
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Some of the people that listen
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Some of the people that listen to me don't believe in god.
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To me don't believe in god. some come from different faiths,
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Some come from different faiths, but that never bothers me.
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But that never bothers me. i'm just sowing seeds, telling
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I'm just sowing seeds, telling people that god is for them,
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People that god is for them, that they're made in his image,
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That they're made in his image, that they have a purpose
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That they have a purpose and destiny to fulfill.
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And destiny to fulfill. i know at the right time,
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I know at the right time, the seeds will take root.
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What am i saying?
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What am i saying? don't judge people by where they
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Don't judge people by where they are now.
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Are now. they're in the process
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They're in the process of changing.
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Of changing. jesus said the way people will
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Jesus said the way people will know you're his disciple is
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Know you're his disciple is by your love one for another,
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By your love one for another, not by our doctrine, not by how
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Not by our doctrine, not by how many scriptures we can quote,
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Many scriptures we can quote, not by how right we are,
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Not by how right we are, but by how much we love them.
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But by how much we love them. you don't judge people, you
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You don't judge people, you don't look down because they
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Don't look down because they don't believe like you, you just
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Don't believe like you, you just keep loving them, keep being
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Keep loving them, keep being good to them.
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Good to them. a lady told me how she had been
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A lady told me how she had been an atheist her whole life.
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An atheist her whole life. she didn't have any kind
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She didn't have any kind of faith and just wasn't raised
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Of faith and just wasn't raised to believe in god at all.
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To believe in god at all. one day her daughter was
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One day her daughter was in an automobile accident.
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In an automobile accident. she rushed up to the hospital.
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She rushed up to the hospital. her daughter was injured,
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Her daughter was injured, but she was fine.
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But she was fine. it wasn't life threatening.
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Later that evening, the mother
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Later that evening, the mother went back home, and she was
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Went back home, and she was so stressed and so overwhelmed
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So stressed and so overwhelmed from such a difficult day.
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From such a difficult day. sitting in her driveway, she
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Sitting in her driveway, she looked up and said very
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Looked up and said very frustrated, "god, why did you do
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Frustrated, "god, why did you do this to me?"
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This to me?" she said she heard the most
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She said she heard the most loving voice, not out loud,
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But in her heart.
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But in her heart. it said, "that was the first
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It said, "that was the first time you've ever spoken to me."
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Time you've ever spoken to me." she felt a love like she had
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She felt a love like she had never felt, a peace that she had
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Never felt, a peace that she had never experienced.
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Never experienced. that was the goodness of god
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That was the goodness of god overwhelming her.
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Overwhelming her. the scripture says if you'll
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The scripture says if you'll draw close to god, he'll draw
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Draw close to god, he'll draw close to you.
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Close to you. we think if someone doesn't have
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We think if someone doesn't have anything to do with god, god
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Anything to do with god, god will say, "fine, see if i ever
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Will say, "fine, see if i ever help you."
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Help you." god is not like that.
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God is not like that. he's as close as the breath
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He's as close as the breath you breathe.
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You breathe. all you have to do is call
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All you have to do is call out to him.
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Out to him. he is right there.
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He is right there. he's not holding your past
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He's not holding your past against you.
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Against you. he's not upset because you
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He's not upset because you ignored him.
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Ignored him. he's not put off because you
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He's not put off because you didn't believe in him.
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Didn't believe in him. he's waiting for you.
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He's waiting for you. he has his arms held open wide.
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He has his arms held open wide. he's at the end of the driveway
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He's at the end of the driveway looking, thinking maybe today
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Looking, thinking maybe today you'll come back home, maybe
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You'll come back home, maybe today will be the turning point.
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Today will be the turning point. but sometimes we're waiting
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But sometimes we're waiting for people to change, and then
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For people to change, and then we'll accept them.
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We'll accept them. when they start doing right,
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When they start doing right, then i'll have a better opinion.
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Then i'll have a better opinion. but god doesn't ask us to clean
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But god doesn't ask us to clean ourselves up and then we can
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Ourselves up and then we can come to him.
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Come to him. he says, "come just as you are,
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He says, "come just as you are, and i'll help you to get
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And i'll help you to get cleaned up."
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Now, god waited on us when we
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Now, god waited on us when we were off course.
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Were off course. he showed us mercy when we
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He showed us mercy when we weren't at our best.
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Weren't at our best. let's take that same mercy
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Let's take that same mercy and show to someone else.
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And show to someone else. one time jesus was traveling
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One time jesus was traveling through the city of jericho.
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Through the city of jericho. word quickly spread that he was
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Word quickly spread that he was there, and everyone came
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There, and everyone came out to see him.
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Out to see him. they had heard of the miracles
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They had heard of the miracles and all the amazing things jesus
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And all the amazing things jesus had done.
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Had done. now, the streets were packed,
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Now, the streets were packed, you could barely move.
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You could barely move. there was a man named zacchaeus,
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There was a man named zacchaeus, he was the chief tax collector.
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He was the chief tax collector. they were known for being
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They were known for being dishonest, for cheating people,
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Dishonest, for cheating people, for taking advantage.
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For taking advantage. zacchaeus wanted to see jesus,
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Zacchaeus wanted to see jesus, but he was so short he couldn't
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But he was so short he couldn't see over everyone, so he climbed
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See over everyone, so he climbed up in a tree, got in perfect
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Up in a tree, got in perfect position.
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Position. jesus came passing by, there
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Jesus came passing by, there were thousands of people
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Were thousands of people shouting, waving, all kinds
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Of commotion.
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Of commotion. suddenly jesus stopped, looked
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Suddenly jesus stopped, looked up in the tree, and said,
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Up in the tree, and said, "zacchaeus, come down.
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"zacchaeus, come down. i want to go to your house
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I want to go to your house and have dinner."
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And have dinner." what's interesting is the name
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What's interesting is the name zacchaeus means pure one.
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Zacchaeus means pure one. jesus said in front of everyone,
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Jesus said in front of everyone, people that disliked zacchaeus,
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People that disliked zacchaeus, people that knew he was a cheat,
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People that knew he was a cheat, yet jesus called him pure one.
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Yet jesus called him pure one. the principle is you have
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The principle is you have to call people what they can
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To call people what they can become before they'll ever
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Become before they'll ever change.
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Change. the scripture says call things
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The scripture says call things that are not as if they were.
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That are not as if they were. if you keep calling your child
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If you keep calling your child disrespectful, they'll stay
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Disrespectful, they'll stay disrespectful.
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Disrespectful. if you keep calling your loved
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If you keep calling your loved one addicted, they'll stay
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One addicted, they'll stay addicted.
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Addicted. you're prophesying their future.
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You're prophesying their future. change what you're
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Change what you're calling people.
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Calling people. call your children blessed, call
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Call your children blessed, call them respectful, call them
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Them respectful, call them successful.
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Successful. that friend that's struggling
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That friend that's struggling with an addiction, start calling
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With an addiction, start calling them free, whole, victorious.
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Jesus could've said
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Jesus could've said to zacchaeus, "hey, you, hey,
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To zacchaeus, "hey, you, hey, guy up in the tree, hey,
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Guy up in the tree, hey, tax collector."
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Tax collector." on purpose he called his name,
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On purpose he called his name, not only so others could hear
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Not only so others could hear it, but so he could hear it.
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It, but so he could hear it. everything fell silent, you
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Everything fell silent, you could hear a pin drop.
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Could hear a pin drop. all the eyes turned up
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All the eyes turned up toward zacchaeus.
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Toward zacchaeus. can imagine he nearly
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Can imagine he nearly passed out.
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Passed out. he whispered, "did jesus just
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Call my name?"
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Call my name?" somebody nodded their head yes.
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Somebody nodded their head yes. he thought to himself, "how does
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He thought to himself, "how does he know my name?"
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He know my name?" and sometimes we think people
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And sometimes we think people that are so far off course,
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That are so far off course, making such bad decisions, god
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Making such bad decisions, god would have nothing to do
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Would have nothing to do with them.
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With them. the truth is god knows
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The truth is god knows their name.
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Their name. he's coming after them.
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He's coming after them. jesus said it's the sick who
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Jesus said it's the sick who need a doctor, not the healthy.
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Need a doctor, not the healthy. there were city leaders
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There were city leaders in the crowd, there were
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In the crowd, there were priests, elders
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Priests, elders in the synagogue.
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In the synagogue. jesus bypassed all of them
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Jesus bypassed all of them and said, "i want to go
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And said, "i want to go to zacchaeus's house."
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To zacchaeus's house." he was saying, "zacchaeus, i've
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He was saying, "zacchaeus, i've been waiting for you.
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Been waiting for you. i knew you would be here."
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I knew you would be here." he had dinner with zacchaeus, he
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He had dinner with zacchaeus, he didn't condemn him, he didn't
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Didn't condemn him, he didn't tell them everything he was
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Tell them everything he was doing wrong, jesus simply loved
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Doing wrong, jesus simply loved him, showed him mercy.
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Him, showed him mercy. he became his friend.
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He became his friend. and that day was a turning point
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And that day was a turning point for zacchaeus.
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For zacchaeus. he said, "from now on, i'm not
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He said, "from now on, i'm not going to cheat people, not going
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Going to cheat people, not going to be dishonest.
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To be dishonest. i'm going to start
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I'm going to start helping others."
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Helping others." zacchaeus changed his ways not
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Zacchaeus changed his ways not because he was shamed into it,
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Because he was shamed into it, but because he was loved
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But because he was loved into it.
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Into it. the scripture says it's
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The scripture says it's the goodness of god that leads
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The goodness of god that leads people to repentance.
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People to repentance. and god has people in your life
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And god has people in your life right now because he's counting
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Right now because he's counting on you not to judge them, not
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On you not to judge them, not to find fault, but to stand
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To find fault, but to stand in the gap.
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In the gap. and some of the people we think
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And some of the people we think are furthest off course,
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Are furthest off course, like zacchaeus, like saul, they
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Like zacchaeus, like saul, they are chosen vessels.
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Are chosen vessels. don't give up on that child.
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Don't give up on that child. it's been years, keep waiting.
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It's been years, keep waiting. they're going to do
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They're going to do something great.
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Something great. don't quit believing
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Don't quit believing for that neighbor.
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For that neighbor. they won't give you the time
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They won't give you the time of day, keep waiting.
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Of day, keep waiting. god is in control.
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Friend of mine has a neighbor
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Friend of mine has a neighbor that's an older gentleman.
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That's an older gentleman. for as long as he's known him,
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For as long as he's known him, this neighbor has been very
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This neighbor has been very skeptical, very cynical,
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Skeptical, very cynical, negative.
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Negative. as a little boy, he went
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As a little boy, he went to church, but now he wouldn't
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To church, but now he wouldn't have anything to do with god.
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Have anything to do with god. he was bitter against the church
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He was bitter against the church and all that it stands for.
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And all that it stands for. year after year, my friend just
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Year after year, my friend just kept loving him, kept being good
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Kept loving him, kept being good to him as the neighbor grew
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To him as the neighbor grew older, seeing if there was
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Older, seeing if there was anything that he needed.
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Anything that he needed. one day he found out that this
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One day he found out that this neighbor had been watching us
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Neighbor had been watching us on television and was going
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On television and was going to attend our night of hope.
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To attend our night of hope. my friend couldn't believe it.
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My friend couldn't believe it. he didn't see that coming.
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He didn't see that coming. but you don't know what god is
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But you don't know what god is doing behind the scenes.
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Doing behind the scenes. just 'cause you don't see
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Just 'cause you don't see anything happening, doesn't mean
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Anything happening, doesn't mean god is not working.
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God is not working. those seeds you've been planting
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Those seeds you've been planting are still alive.
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Are still alive. the morning after the night
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The morning after the night of hope, my friend went
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Of hope, my friend went to the neighbor's house.
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To the neighbor's house. his wife had big tears running
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His wife had big tears running down her cheeks.
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Down her cheeks. she said, "last night when joel
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She said, "last night when joel asked people to stand to receive
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Asked people to stand to receive christ, my husband stood up."
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Christ, my husband stood up." what's interesting is this man
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What's interesting is this man had had a stroke.
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Had had a stroke. for years, he had never stood
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For years, he had never stood on his own, but that night
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On his own, but that night by himself he was able
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By himself he was able to stand up.
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To stand up. today, he's like a different
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Today, he's like a different person.
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Person. i'm asking you to wait
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I'm asking you to wait on someone.
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On someone. joel, they're off course,
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Joel, they're off course, they're not making good
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They're not making good decisions, neither was
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Decisions, neither was the prodigal son, but the father
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The prodigal son, but the father waited on him.
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Waited on him. well, they come from a different
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Well, they come from a different faith, so was the woman
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Faith, so was the woman at the well, but jesus waited
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At the well, but jesus waited on her.
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On her. well, i've been waiting a long
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Well, i've been waiting a long time for this friend.
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Time for this friend. he's never going to change.
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He's never going to change. no, your prayers are working.
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No, your prayers are working. things are happening that you
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Things are happening that you can't see, keep waiting, keep
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Can't see, keep waiting, keep showing them mercy, keep
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Showing them mercy, keep standing in the gap.
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Standing in the gap. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare you're going to see
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And declare you're going to see all your loved ones come to know
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All your loved ones come to know the lord, those that are
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The lord, those that are off course, children, friends,
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Off course, children, friends, neighbors, right now they're
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Neighbors, right now they're being drawn in.
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Being drawn in. as for you and your house, you
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As for you and your house, you will serve the lord, in jesus's
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Will serve the lord, in jesus's name.
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Name. if you receive it, can you say
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Amen today? i'd like to give you
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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An opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say: lord jesus, i repent
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Just say: lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and savior.
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I make you my lord and savior. friends, if you prayed that
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Got born again. get in a good bible-based church
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Get in a good bible-based church and keep god first place.
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And keep god first place. victoria and i'll be right back
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Victoria and i'll be right back to speak a blessing over you.
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Each week, i stand on
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Each week, i stand on this stage
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This stage and remind you
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And remind you of what god says about you.
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Of what god says about you. because it's easy
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Because it's easy to be defined by
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To be defined by who people say we are,
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Who people say we are, or by our own
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Or by our own negative thoughts;
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Negative thoughts; that we're not talented,
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That we're not talented, our problems too big.
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Our problems too big. the key is to go back to
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The key is to go back to who god says you are.
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I'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 what he says about you. use this resource
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Of who you are in him. you are everything
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You are everything god says about you
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God says about you within these pages,
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Within these pages, so read it, experience it,
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So read it, experience it, and believe it.
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And declare these reminders every day.
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Every day. yes, you are
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Yes, you are who god says you are.
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Who god says you are. now is your time
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For who you really are: strong, talented,
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Strong, talented, valuable, a victor,
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Valuable, a victor, never a victim.
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Never a victim. victoria
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Victoria and i want you to know
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And i want you to know that we love you
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That we love you and we pray for you every day.
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And we pray for you every day. thanks so much for your prayer
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Joel Osteen - Keep Believing For Your Loved Ones

May 7, 2025 | S25:E127

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