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Joel Osteen - Keep The Right Identity

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Keep The Right Identity | May 25, 2026

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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One of our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. one sunday
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Something funny. one sunday morning, this pastor was in
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Morning, this pastor was in the pulpit preaching away,
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The pulpit preaching away, when he noticed a man on the
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When he noticed a man on the front row sound asleep. it
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Front row sound asleep. it made him so aggravated. he
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Made him so aggravated. he started preaching louder and
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Started preaching louder and harder, but it seemed like
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Harder, but it seemed like the louder he got, the
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The louder he got, the sounder the man slept.
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Sounder the man slept. finally, he stopped in the
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Finally, he stopped in the middle of his message, said
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Middle of his message, said to the man sitting next to
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To the man sitting next to him, “would you please wake
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Him, “would you please wake that man up.” the man said,
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That man up.” the man said, “wake him up yourself, you
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“wake him up yourself, you put him to sleep.”
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Put him to sleep.” say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about keeping the right
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About keeping the right identity. we all face
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Identity. we all face situations that contradict
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Situations that contradict who god made us to be. he's
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Who god made us to be. he's put dreams in our heart,
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Put dreams in our heart, we're standing on his
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We're standing on his promises knowing that we're
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Promises knowing that we're blessed, strong, healthy,
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Blessed, strong, healthy, favored but sometimes the
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Favored but sometimes the circumstances say just the
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Circumstances say just the opposite. it's easy to let
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Opposite. it's easy to let our environment change our
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Our environment change our identity. we know god calls
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Identity. we know god calls us a masterpiece, valuable,
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Us a masterpiece, valuable, fearfully and wonderfully
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Fearfully and wonderfully made. but when we go through
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Made. but when we go through unfair situations, we're not
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Unfair situations, we're not treated right, people walk
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Treated right, people walk away, we can lose who we are.
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Away, we can lose who we are. we let those circumstances
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We let those circumstances change how we see ourselves.
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Change how we see ourselves. now we feel inferior, not
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Now we feel inferior, not attractive, nothing special.
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Attractive, nothing special. we're adapting to the
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We're adapting to the environment. god puts a dream
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Environment. god puts a dream in our heart to take our
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In our heart to take our family to a new level, to set
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Family to a new level, to set a new standard. we know we're
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A new standard. we know we're a difference maker, we are
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A difference maker, we are well able, but doors haven't
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Well able, but doors haven't opened, the dream didn't work
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Opened, the dream didn't work out, nobody supported us. now
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Out, nobody supported us. now instead of seeing ourselves
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Instead of seeing ourselves as victorious, successful, we
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As victorious, successful, we let the environment determine
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Let the environment determine our identity. we see
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Our identity. we see ourselves as limited, at a
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Ourselves as limited, at a disadvantage, too many
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Disadvantage, too many disappointments. here's the
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Disappointments. here's the key, your environment doesn't
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Key, your environment doesn't change who god created you to
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Change who god created you to be. god says you're blessed,
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Be. god says you're blessed, you're favored, you're
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You're favored, you're healthy, you're free.
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Healthy, you're free. everything around you may say
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Everything around you may say just the opposite. this is
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Just the opposite. this is what faith is all about. you
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What faith is all about. you have to dig down deep and
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Have to dig down deep and say, “i am not going to let
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Say, “i am not going to let my environment define who i
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My environment define who i am. i am who god says i am.”
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Am. i am who god says i am.” this is what joseph had to
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This is what joseph had to do. he was seventeen years
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Do. he was seventeen years old when god gave him a dream
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Old when god gave him a dream that he would be in
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That he would be in leadership. he knew he was
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Leadership. he knew he was going to do great things. he
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Going to do great things. he shared that dream with his
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Shared that dream with his brothers, but they didn't
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Brothers, but they didn't like it too much. they were
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Like it too much. they were already jealous. joseph was
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Already jealous. joseph was the youngest child and their
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The youngest child and their father's favorite. these
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Father's favorite. these brothers traveled to a
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Brothers traveled to a different city with their
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Different city with their flocks to find food and
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Flocks to find food and pasture. after a few weeks,
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Pasture. after a few weeks, joseph's father was concerned
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Joseph's father was concerned and sent joseph to go check
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And sent joseph to go check on them. when they saw joseph
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On them. when they saw joseph coming, they thought this was
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Coming, they thought this was their big chance to get rid
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Their big chance to get rid of him. they threw him into a
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Of him. they threw him into a deep pit, a well without any
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Deep pit, a well without any water. they were going to
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Water. they were going to leave him there to die, when
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Leave him there to die, when they saw a caravan of
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They saw a caravan of ishmaelites coming. instead,
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Ishmaelites coming. instead, they sold him as a slave in
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They sold him as a slave in egypt. he worked for a
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Egypt. he worked for a high-ranking military
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High-ranking military officer, running his house,
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Officer, running his house, cleaning the rooms, mowing
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Cleaning the rooms, mowing the lawn, doing repairs.
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The lawn, doing repairs. here he had this prophecy
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Here he had this prophecy spoken over his life, this
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Spoken over his life, this dream that he would lead a
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Dream that he would lead a nation, but the environment
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Nation, but the environment contradicted what god
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Contradicted what god promised him. the
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Promised him. the circumstances were the
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Circumstances were the opposite of what he saw in
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Opposite of what he saw in his dream. he's not leading a
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His dream. he's not leading a nation, he's a slave. he's
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Nation, he's a slave. he's not telling people what to
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Not telling people what to do, he's in captivity.
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Do, he's in captivity. when you face difficulties,
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When you face difficulties, things that are not fair, the
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Things that are not fair, the enemy is not just trying to
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Enemy is not just trying to hinder your destiny, he's
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Hinder your destiny, he's trying to steal your
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Trying to steal your identity. if he can deceive
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Identity. if he can deceive you into letting your
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You into letting your environment dictate who you
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Environment dictate who you are, how people treat you,
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Are, how people treat you, disappointments, delays. if
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Disappointments, delays. if they cause you to see
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They cause you to see yourself the wrong way,
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Yourself the wrong way, limited, not valuable,
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Limited, not valuable, unworthy, that will keep you
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Unworthy, that will keep you from your purpose. he's not
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From your purpose. he's not after your possessions, he's
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After your possessions, he's after your identity. if he
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After your identity. if he can control how you see
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Can control how you see yourself, then he'll limit
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Yourself, then he'll limit your future. when you're in a
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Your future. when you're in a negative environment, do like
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Negative environment, do like joseph, don't let the
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Joseph, don't let the environment get in you.
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Environment get in you. you're not defined by your
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You're not defined by your environment. sometimes, it's
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Environment. sometimes, it's god leading you into
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God leading you into difficulties, sometimes god
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Difficulties, sometimes god allows situations where
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Allows situations where people do you wrong. you have
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People do you wrong. you have a great dream for your life,
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A great dream for your life, you know god has spoken to
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You know god has spoken to you, but you find yourself in
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You, but you find yourself in a pit. how you see yourself
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A pit. how you see yourself in the pit, will determine
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In the pit, will determine whether you stay in that pit
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Whether you stay in that pit or whether you come out
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Or whether you come out better. god wouldn't have
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Better. god wouldn't have allowed it if he wasn't going
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Allowed it if he wasn't going to use it to move you into
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To use it to move you into greater levels of your
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Greater levels of your destiny. in that pit, don't
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Destiny. in that pit, don't take on a victim mentality.
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Take on a victim mentality. don't let that bad break
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Don't let that bad break change your identity. you are
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Change your identity. you are a victor. you are an
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A victor. you are an overcomer. you are more than
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Overcomer. you are more than a conqueror. you can do all
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A conqueror. you can do all things through christ.
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Things through christ. here's the key, the pit
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Here's the key, the pit didn't change who you are.
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Didn't change who you are. the environment didn't stop
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The environment didn't stop god's purpose for your life.
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God's purpose for your life. joseph was called to be the
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Joseph was called to be the prince of egypt. the fact is
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Prince of egypt. the fact is he was a prince in a pit.
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He was a prince in a pit. that pit didn't change his
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That pit didn't change his calling. he was later put in
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Calling. he was later put in prison for something he
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Prison for something he didn't do. he could have lost
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Didn't do. he could have lost his identity. thought, “man,
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His identity. thought, “man, i'll never lead now. i'm not
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I'll never lead now. i'm not only a slave, i'm a
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Only a slave, i'm a prisoner.” no, the
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Prisoner.” no, the environment didn't dictate
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Environment didn't dictate his identity. he was a prince
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His identity. he was a prince in the prison. he knew he was
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In the prison. he knew he was who god said he was whether
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Who god said he was whether he was in the pit, in the
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He was in the pit, in the prison, or in the palace. you
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Prison, or in the palace. you may have circumstances you
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May have circumstances you don't understand, you could
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Don't understand, you could feel like a victim, the
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Feel like a victim, the medical report is not good,
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Medical report is not good, people did you wrong, a door
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People did you wrong, a door closed on your dream. can i
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Closed on your dream. can i tell you? you're a prince in
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Tell you? you're a prince in the prison, you're a prince
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The prison, you're a prince in the pit, and the good news
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In the pit, and the good news is you're going to be a
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Is you're going to be a prince in the palace. your
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Prince in the palace. your time is coming. what god
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Time is coming. what god promised you is on the way.
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Promised you is on the way. when the pharoah, the leader
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When the pharoah, the leader of the nation, had a dream he
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Of the nation, had a dream he didn't understand, he was
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Didn't understand, he was told that joseph, this
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Told that joseph, this prisoner, could interpret
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Prisoner, could interpret dreams. the scripture says,
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Dreams. the scripture says, “joseph was brought quickly
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“joseph was brought quickly to the palace.” god knows how
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To the palace.” god knows how to suddenly turn things
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To suddenly turn things around. he interpreted the
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Around. he interpreted the pharaoh's dream, and he made
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Pharaoh's dream, and he made joseph second in command of
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Joseph second in command of the whole nation. he became
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The whole nation. he became the prince of egypt. but look
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The prince of egypt. but look at all the opportunities
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At all the opportunities joseph had to lose his
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Joseph had to lose his identity. lied about,
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Identity. lied about, betrayed, mistreated, when
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Betrayed, mistreated, when the butler got out of prison,
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The butler got out of prison, he forgot all about joseph.
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He forgot all about joseph. if he would have let his
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If he would have let his environment determine who he
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Environment determine who he was, we wouldn't be talking
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Was, we wouldn't be talking about him. like joseph, we
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About him. like joseph, we all have opportunities to
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All have opportunities to lose who we really are. you
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Lose who we really are. you go through a breakup, a
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Go through a breakup, a divorce, thoughts will start
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Divorce, thoughts will start telling you, “you're not
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Telling you, “you're not valuable, you're not
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Valuable, you're not attractive, nobody wants to
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Attractive, nobody wants to be around you.” don't take on
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Be around you.” don't take on that defeated identity.
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That defeated identity. that's not who you are.
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That's not who you are. you're a masterpiece. you're
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You're a masterpiece. you're made in the image of god. you
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Made in the image of god. you have royal blood flowing
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Have royal blood flowing through your veins. god has
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Through your veins. god has crowned you with his favor.
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Crowned you with his favor. people don't determine who
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People don't determine who you are. they don't decide
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You are. they don't decide your worth and value. when
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Your worth and value. when your circumstances are saying
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Your circumstances are saying just the opposite, you have
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Just the opposite, you have to do like joseph, and say,
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To do like joseph, and say, “no, this pit didn't change
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“no, this pit didn't change who i am. i'm a prince in the
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Who i am. i'm a prince in the pit. this prison didn't
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Pit. this prison didn't lessen my value, i'm a prince
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Lessen my value, i'm a prince in the prison. my
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In the prison. my circumstances don't determine
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Circumstances don't determine my identity, my god
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My identity, my god determines my identity. i am
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Determines my identity. i am who god says i am.”
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Who god says i am.” sometimes we can take on the
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Sometimes we can take on the wrong identity. we let what
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Wrong identity. we let what happened to us, what someone
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Happened to us, what someone said, mistakes we've made,
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Said, mistakes we've made, how we were raised, cause us
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How we were raised, cause us to feel like a victim, not
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To feel like a victim, not valuable. you used to have
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Valuable. you used to have passion, believe for big
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Passion, believe for big things but doors closed. you
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Things but doors closed. you went through setbacks. now
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Went through setbacks. now you've lost who you are. the
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You've lost who you are. the good news is you can get your
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Good news is you can get your identity back. you need to
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Identity back. you need to shake off all those lies,
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Shake off all those lies, break all those strongholds
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Break all those strongholds and start seeing yourself how
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And start seeing yourself how god sees you. you're a
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God sees you. you're a prince. you're a history
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Prince. you're a history maker. you're a barrier
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Maker. you're a barrier breaker. you are successful.
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Breaker. you are successful. you are talented. you are
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You are talented. you are valuable. the dream god put
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Valuable. the dream god put in your heart is still on the
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In your heart is still on the way. nothing that's happened
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Way. nothing that's happened to you has changed what god
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To you has changed what god promised. the
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Promised. the disappointments, the
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Disappointments, the betrayals, the mistakes.
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Betrayals, the mistakes. you're still a prince. you're
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You're still a prince. you're still victorious. you're
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Still victorious. you're still favored. you're still
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Still favored. you're still going to become who god
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Going to become who god created you to be.
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Created you to be. i know a young woman that was
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I know a young woman that was raised in a very limited
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Raised in a very limited environment. she came from a
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Environment. she came from a dysfunctional family. her
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Dysfunctional family. her father was never around. her
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Father was never around. her mother had addictions. all
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Mother had addictions. all she had known growing up was
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She had known growing up was poverty, defeat, compromise.
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Poverty, defeat, compromise. that became her identity. she
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That became her identity. she didn't know any better. she
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Didn't know any better. she saw herself as limited, not
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Saw herself as limited, not talented, not valuable.
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Talented, not valuable. often, we adapt to the
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Often, we adapt to the environment, and we don't
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Environment, and we don't even realize it. it's what
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Even realize it. it's what we've seen modeled growing
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We've seen modeled growing up. it's how our friends and
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Up. it's how our friends and neighbors live. that becomes
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Neighbors live. that becomes how we see ourselves. at
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How we see ourselves. at sixteen years old, this young
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Sixteen years old, this young woman became pregnant. she
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Woman became pregnant. she had to drop out of school. it
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Had to drop out of school. it looked like that negative
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Looked like that negative cycle would continue. she was
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Cycle would continue. she was living on welfare, in
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Living on welfare, in government housing, raising
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Government housing, raising her son, no future to speak
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Her son, no future to speak of. one day someone invited
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Of. one day someone invited her to lakewood. she started
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Her to lakewood. she started attending week after week.
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Attending week after week. she would hear us talking
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She would hear us talking about how you have seeds of
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About how you have seeds of greatness, how you were
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Greatness, how you were created to live a victorious
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Created to live a victorious life and when you see
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Life and when you see yourself as god sees you, you
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Yourself as god sees you, you can break barriers of the
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Can break barriers of the past, you can rise to new
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Past, you can rise to new levels. as she reprogrammed
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Levels. as she reprogrammed her thinking, she began to
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Her thinking, she began to take on a new identity.
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Take on a new identity. instead of letting her
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Instead of letting her environment dictate who she
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Environment dictate who she was, she started believing
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Was, she started believing she was who god said she was.
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She was who god said she was. blessed, talented, valuable,
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Blessed, talented, valuable, with a bright future.
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With a bright future. she got a job at the school
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She got a job at the school cafeteria, cleaning dishes,
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Cafeteria, cleaning dishes, making minimum wage. while
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Making minimum wage. while she was grateful, something
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She was grateful, something on the inside said she was
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On the inside said she was made for more. she could hear
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Made for more. she could hear her destiny calling her. she
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Her destiny calling her. she didn't settle for the status
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Didn't settle for the status quo. she went back to school
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Quo. she went back to school and got her ged. she wasn't
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And got her ged. she wasn't satisfied. she decided to go
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Satisfied. she decided to go to college. she would work
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To college. she would work during the day and go to
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During the day and go to school at night. in four
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School at night. in four years, she graduated with
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Years, she graduated with honors. she still wasn't
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Honors. she still wasn't satisfied. she went back to
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Satisfied. she went back to school and got her master's
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School and got her master's degree. today she's the
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Degree. today she's the principal at the same school
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Principal at the same school where she used to work in the
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Where she used to work in the cafeteria.
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Cafeteria. what am i saying? don't let
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What am i saying? don't let your environment dictate your
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Your environment dictate your identity. the truth is she
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Identity. the truth is she was a principal when she was
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Was a principal when she was washing dishes. she was a
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Washing dishes. she was a leader when she was in that
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Leader when she was in that dysfunctional home. she just
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Dysfunctional home. she just didn't know it yet. on the
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Didn't know it yet. on the way to your destiny, there
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Way to your destiny, there will be environments that
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Will be environments that contradict what god has for
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Contradict what god has for you. circumstances that are
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You. circumstances that are just the opposite of what you
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Just the opposite of what you know are in your heart. you
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Know are in your heart. you know god is restoring health
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Know god is restoring health back to you, but the reports
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Back to you, but the reports say that you're not going to
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Say that you're not going to get well. you know you're
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Get well. you know you're going to start that business,
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Going to start that business, but no doors are opening. you
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But no doors are opening. you know you're going to meet the
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Know you're going to meet the right person but there's no
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Right person but there's no sign of it. it's tempting to
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Sign of it. it's tempting to let what's not happening
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Let what's not happening define who you are. “i guess
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Define who you are. “i guess i'll always be lonely. i'll
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I'll always be lonely. i'll never get healthy again. i'll
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Never get healthy again. i'll never be successful.” don't
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Never be successful.” don't let that environment
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Let that environment determine your identity.
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Determine your identity. those circumstances don't
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Those circumstances don't define you. like this young
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Define you. like this young woman, there are things in
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Woman, there are things in you that you haven't
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You that you haven't discovered yet. your time is
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Discovered yet. your time is coming. the pharoah is going
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Coming. the pharoah is going to call. the doors are going
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To call. the doors are going to open. what god promised
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To open. what god promised you is still on schedule.
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You is still on schedule. now don't get talked out of
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Now don't get talked out of who you know you are. don't
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Who you know you are. don't let how long it's taking,
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Let how long it's taking, what you didn't get, who left
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What you didn't get, who left you, convince you to lower
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You, convince you to lower your standard, give up on
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Your standard, give up on your dream, see yourself as
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Your dream, see yourself as limited, ordinary, not good
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Limited, ordinary, not good enough. god's favor is on
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Enough. god's favor is on your life. he's called you
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Your life. he's called you for such a time as this.
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For such a time as this. sure, you have opposition.
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Sure, you have opposition. that's because the enemy can
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That's because the enemy can sense the greatness in you.
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Sense the greatness in you. he knows you're a person of
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He knows you're a person of destiny, he knows you're
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Destiny, he knows you're called to break barriers, to
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Called to break barriers, to set new standards. he'll use
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Set new standards. he'll use adversity, bad breaks,
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Adversity, bad breaks, dysfunction to try to steal
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Dysfunction to try to steal your identity. you may get
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Your identity. you may get thrown into a pit, but you
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Thrown into a pit, but you have to remind yourself,
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Have to remind yourself, “this pit didn't change who i
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“this pit didn't change who i am. i'm a prince in the pit,
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Am. i'm a prince in the pit, i'm a prince in the prison
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I'm a prince in the prison and i'm a prince in the
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And i'm a prince in the palace.” the question is will
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Palace.” the question is will you keep your identity
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You keep your identity through the pit and through
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Through the pit and through the prison. will you not let
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The prison. will you not let the environment convince you
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The environment convince you that you must have heard god
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That you must have heard god wrong, “this opposition is
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Wrong, “this opposition is too big, i'm not that
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Too big, i'm not that talented, i can't reach my
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Talented, i can't reach my dreams, it would have
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Dreams, it would have happened by now.” tune all
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Happened by now.” tune all that out and keep your mind
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That out and keep your mind stayed on what god says about
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Stayed on what god says about you. “i'm blessed, i'm
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You. “i'm blessed, i'm talented, my future is
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Talented, my future is bright. god is breathing in
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Bright. god is breathing in my direction. i will become
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My direction. i will become all i was created to be.”
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All i was created to be.” think about david. the
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Think about david. the prophet samuel came to his
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Prophet samuel came to his father's house to choose the
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Father's house to choose the next king of israel. he saw
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Next king of israel. he saw david's seven older brothers,
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David's seven older brothers, but he passed over them and
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But he passed over them and chose david. it was an
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Chose david. it was an amazing moment. david, the
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Amazing moment. david, the least likely one, his
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Least likely one, his brothers, bigger, stronger,
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Brothers, bigger, stronger, more experienced, but samuel
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More experienced, but samuel poured the oil on david. he
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Poured the oil on david. he was anointed the next king.
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Was anointed the next king. what's interesting is david
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What's interesting is david didn't go to the palace, he
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Didn't go to the palace, he went back to the shepherd's
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Went back to the shepherd's fields. he was out there week
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Fields. he was out there week after week, month after
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After week, month after month. he knew he was a king.
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Month. he knew he was a king. he felt the oil running down
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He felt the oil running down his head. he heard the
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His head. he heard the prophet declare it, but his
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Prophet declare it, but his circumstances said just the
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Circumstances said just the opposite. he was still out
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Opposite. he was still out taking care of sheep,
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Taking care of sheep, shoveling their waste,
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Shoveling their waste, finding their food. i can
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Finding their food. i can imagine him at night, alone,
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Imagine him at night, alone, no one to talk to, thinking,
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No one to talk to, thinking, “maybe i'm not a king. maybe
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“maybe i'm not a king. maybe samuel was wrong. if i was
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Samuel was wrong. if i was going to do great things, why
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Going to do great things, why am i still stuck out here.”
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Am i still stuck out here.” the enemy knows if he can
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The enemy knows if he can steal your identity, convince
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Steal your identity, convince you that you're not who god
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You that you're not who god says you are, then he can
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Says you are, then he can keep you from your destiny.
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Keep you from your destiny. david's environment didn't
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David's environment didn't line up with the prophecy
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Line up with the prophecy spoken over him. he had no
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Spoken over him. he had no one to lead, no one that
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One to lead, no one that looked up to him, no
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Looked up to him, no influence. but david
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Influence. but david understood this principle.
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Understood this principle. “my environment doesn't
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“my environment doesn't define who i am. my god
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Define who i am. my god defines who i am. god says
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Defines who i am. god says i'm a king, so i'm going to
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I'm a king, so i'm going to have a king mentality.” david
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Have a king mentality.” david led those sheep with
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Led those sheep with excellence. he used his sling
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Excellence. he used his sling shot to protect those animals
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Shot to protect those animals like he was protecting god's
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Like he was protecting god's people. others passing by
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People. others passing by didn't pay any attention.
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Didn't pay any attention. “that's just that shepherd
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“that's just that shepherd boy. no big deal.” what they
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Boy. no big deal.” what they didn't know was he was a king
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Didn't know was he was a king in the shepherd's field. his
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In the shepherd's field. his time was coming. one day he
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Time was coming. one day he defeated goliath, he was
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Defeated goliath, he was thrust into favor and
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Thrust into favor and influence that he had never
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Influence that he had never seen. he became who god said
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Seen. he became who god said he was. don't let your
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He was. don't let your environment talk you out of
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Environment talk you out of what god promised you. keep
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What god promised you. keep seeing yourself as a king
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Seeing yourself as a king even though you're in the
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Even though you're in the shepherds' fields right now.
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Shepherds' fields right now. that's just a season. keep
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That's just a season. keep seeing yourself as a
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Seeing yourself as a principal even though you may
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Principal even though you may be washing dishes. see
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Be washing dishes. see yourself as a prince even
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Yourself as a prince even though you find yourself in a
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Though you find yourself in a pit. where you are is not who
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Pit. where you are is not who you are. don't get bitter
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You are. don't get bitter over a temporary season.
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Over a temporary season. don't lose your identity over
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Don't lose your identity over something that's going to
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Something that's going to change.
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Change. this is where some people
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This is where some people miss god's best. they get
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Miss god's best. they get discouraged and they allow it
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Discouraged and they allow it to change who they are. “i'll
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To change who they are. “i'll never step into leadership,
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Never step into leadership, i'll never expand my
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I'll never expand my business, never see my family
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Business, never see my family restored. i'm in a pit.”
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Restored. i'm in a pit.” you're right where joseph
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You're right where joseph was. “i'm stuck at this same
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Was. “i'm stuck at this same position.” you're right where
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Position.” you're right where david was. “i was raised in
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David was. “i was raised in dysfunction. i've had bad
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Dysfunction. i've had bad breaks.” you're right where
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Breaks.” you're right where that young woman was. you're
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That young woman was. you're letting a temporary season,
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Letting a temporary season, something that contradicts
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Something that contradicts what god put in you, to
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What god put in you, to change who you are. you need
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Change who you are. you need to dig down deep and say,
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To dig down deep and say, “i'm not moved by the
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“i'm not moved by the circumstances, i'm not bitter
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Circumstances, i'm not bitter over the delay, i'm not upset
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Over the delay, i'm not upset with these brothers that
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With these brothers that threw me into a pit. none of
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Threw me into a pit. none of these things are going to
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These things are going to change who i know god made me
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Change who i know god made me to be.”
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To be.” a friend of mine told me how
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A friend of mine told me how when he was six years old his
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When he was six years old his teacher gave the class an
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Teacher gave the class an assignment. they had to write
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Assignment. they had to write down what they wanted to be
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Down what they wanted to be when they grew up. he had
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When they grew up. he had seen a man on television that
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Seen a man on television that was very funny. that was his
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Was very funny. that was his dream, as a little boy he
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Dream, as a little boy he knew he wanted to be on
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Knew he wanted to be on television making people
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Television making people laugh. he wrote it down. he
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Laugh. he wrote it down. he came from a low-income
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Came from a low-income family. they didn't have
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Family. they didn't have much, plus he had a
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Much, plus he had a problem with stuttering. the
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Problem with stuttering. the teacher started calling the
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Teacher started calling the kids names out and reading
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Kids names out and reading what they had written. when
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What they had written. when she came to his name, she
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She came to his name, she stopped and said, “little
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Stopped and said, “little stevie, please come up to the
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Stevie, please come up to the front.” he started walking to
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Front.” he started walking to the front of the class so
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The front of the class so proud, thinking she was going
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Proud, thinking she was going to congratulate him, but it
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To congratulate him, but it was just the opposite. she
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Was just the opposite. she said, “stevie, what did you
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Said, “stevie, what did you write?” he said, “i wrote
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Write?” he said, “i wrote that i want to be on
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That i want to be on television making people
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Television making people laugh.” she said, “now stevie
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Laugh.” she said, “now stevie do you know anyone on
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Do you know anyone on television?” he said, “no
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Television?” he said, “no ma'am.” she said, “has anyone
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Ma'am.” she said, “has anyone in your family ever been on
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In your family ever been on television?” he said, “no
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Television?” he said, “no man.” she said, “then you
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Man.” she said, “then you need to take this back and
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Need to take this back and write down something more
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Write down something more realistic.”
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Realistic.” as a little boy he was
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As a little boy he was confused. nobody had ever
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Confused. nobody had ever told him what he couldn't
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Told him what he couldn't become. that night he told
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Become. that night he told his father what happened. he
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His father what happened. he showed him the piece of paper
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Showed him the piece of paper where he had written down
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Where he had written down that he wanted to be on
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That he wanted to be on television. his father said,
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Television. his father said, “listen here stevie. you put
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“listen here stevie. you put this in your top drawer and
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This in your top drawer and every morning before you go
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Every morning before you go to school and every night
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To school and every night before you go to bed you look
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Before you go to bed you look at that paper and thank god
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At that paper and thank god that one day you're going to
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That one day you're going to be on television.” he was
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Be on television.” he was telling him, don't let this
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Telling him, don't let this environment determine your
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Environment determine your identity. he had no money, no
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Identity. he had no money, no connections, no way in the
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Connections, no way in the natural, but god is
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Natural, but god is supernatural. he won't put a
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Supernatural. he won't put a dream in your heart that he
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Dream in your heart that he can't bring to pass. but
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Can't bring to pass. but there will be these times of
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There will be these times of testing, where circumstances
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Testing, where circumstances seem just the opposite.
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Seem just the opposite. people telling you it's not
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People telling you it's not going to happen, “don't get
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Going to happen, “don't get your hopes up. you saw the
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Your hopes up. you saw the medical report. you don't
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Medical report. you don't come from the right family.
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Come from the right family. you're not king material.
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You're not king material. you're just a shepherd boy.”
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You're just a shepherd boy.” let that go in one ear and
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Let that go in one ear and out the other. people don't
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Out the other. people don't determine your destiny. they
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Determine your destiny. they can't see what god put in
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Can't see what god put in you. they didn't hear what
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You. they didn't hear what god whispered to you in the
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God whispered to you in the night. don't expect everyone
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Night. don't expect everyone to cheer you on.
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To cheer you on. david's own father didn't
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David's own father didn't even call him in when samuel
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Even call him in when samuel first came to the house.
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First came to the house. don't be surprised if the
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Don't be surprised if the environment, the people
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Environment, the people around you, contradict what
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Around you, contradict what god has spoken to you. that
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God has spoken to you. that doesn't mean it's not going
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Doesn't mean it's not going to happen. that's a sign that
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To happen. that's a sign that it's on the way. now you have
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It's on the way. now you have to do your part and not let
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To do your part and not let it change how you see
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It change how you see yourself. if you take on that
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Yourself. if you take on that limited identity. “not able.
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Limited identity. “not able. this giant is too big. i'm
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This giant is too big. i'm not qualified.” you're
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Not qualified.” you're defeating yourself. you have
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Defeating yourself. you have to come into agreement with
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To come into agreement with what god has spoken over your
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What god has spoken over your life. get your identity from
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Life. get your identity from him and not from people, not
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Him and not from people, not from circumstances, not from
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From circumstances, not from your feelings. if you're
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Your feelings. if you're relying on those things,
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Relying on those things, you'll take on the wrong
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You'll take on the wrong identity.
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Identity. this little boy grew up with
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This little boy grew up with that dream god put in his
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That dream god put in his heart. all the circumstances
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Heart. all the circumstances said it would never happen.
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Said it would never happen. in his late twenties, for
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In his late twenties, for three years he was homeless,
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Three years he was homeless, had to live out of his car.
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Had to live out of his car. his environment said, “you'll
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His environment said, “you'll never get out of this pit.”
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Never get out of this pit.” but deep down, like joseph,
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But deep down, like joseph, he knew he was a prince in a
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He knew he was a prince in a pit. that the favor of god
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Pit. that the favor of god was on his life. he kept
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Was on his life. he kept seeing himself as successful,
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Seeing himself as successful, lifting people up, making a
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Lifting people up, making a difference with his life. god
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Difference with his life. god began to open doors, bring
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Began to open doors, bring the right people. today that
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The right people. today that young boy stevie, is steve
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Young boy stevie, is steve harvey. he's on television
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Harvey. he's on television all the time, making people
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All the time, making people laugh. he gives god all the
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Laugh. he gives god all the credit. are you letting your
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Credit. are you letting your environment define who you
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Environment define who you are? are your circumstances
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Are? are your circumstances dictating your identity? you
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Dictating your identity? you need to go back to who god
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Need to go back to who god says you are. don't let the
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Says you are. don't let the negative circumstances talk
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Negative circumstances talk you out of what you know god
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You out of what you know god has spoken over your life.
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Has spoken over your life. this is what the ten spies
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This is what the ten spies did in the scripture. moses
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Did in the scripture. moses sent them in to spy out the
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Sent them in to spy out the promised land. after forty
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Promised land. after forty days, they came back and
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Days, they came back and said, “moses, we don't have a
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Said, “moses, we don't have a chance, the people are huge.
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Chance, the people are huge. we felt like grasshoppers
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We felt like grasshoppers compared to them.” notice how
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Compared to them.” notice how they saw themselves, “we're
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They saw themselves, “we're just grasshoppers. we're
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Just grasshoppers. we're weak. we're defeated.” of all
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Weak. we're defeated.” of all the analogies they could have
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The analogies they could have come up with, they used a
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Come up with, they used a little insect. a little bug
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Little insect. a little bug that hops around. they could
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That hops around. they could have at least said, “we're
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Have at least said, “we're like a gerbil. we're like a
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Like a gerbil. we're like a rabbit. we're like a goat.”
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Rabbit. we're like a goat.” what's amazing is these ten
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What's amazing is these ten spies were the cream of the
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Spies were the cream of the crop. they were warriors.
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Crop. they were warriors. they were skilled, strong. on
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They were skilled, strong. on top of that, they had seen
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Top of that, they had seen god part the red sea, bring
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God part the red sea, bring water out of a rock, send
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Water out of a rock, send manna each morning. but they
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Manna each morning. but they made the mistake of letting
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Made the mistake of letting their environment determine
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Their environment determine their identity. because they
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Their identity. because they saw themselves as a
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Saw themselves as a grasshopper, weak, defeated,
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Grasshopper, weak, defeated, not able to, they never did
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Not able to, they never did go into the promised land.
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Go into the promised land. don't let that be you. what
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Don't let that be you. what you're up against may look
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You're up against may look impossible, the sickness, the
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Impossible, the sickness, the dream, the family trouble.
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Dream, the family trouble. it's easy to take on that
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It's easy to take on that grasshopper mentality. water
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Grasshopper mentality. water down your dreams. “it's not
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Down your dreams. “it's not meant to be.” god wouldn't
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Meant to be.” god wouldn't have allowed it if you
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Have allowed it if you weren't well able. there is a
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Weren't well able. there is a king in you. there is a
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King in you. there is a prince in you. there's a
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Prince in you. there's a principal in you. on your
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Principal in you. on your own, you may not be able to
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Own, you may not be able to defeat it, but you're not on
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Defeat it, but you're not on your own. the most high god
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Your own. the most high god is breathing on your life. at
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Is breathing on your life. at the appointed time, pharaoh
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The appointed time, pharaoh will call. at the appointed
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Will call. at the appointed time, the giant will fall,
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Time, the giant will fall, the door will open, healing
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The door will open, healing will come, that child will
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Will come, that child will turn around. “joel my
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Turn around. “joel my circumstances look just the
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Circumstances look just the opposite.” you're right where
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Opposite.” you're right where you're supposed to be. the
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You're supposed to be. the environment is trying to
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Environment is trying to convince you to change who
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Convince you to change who you are. don't fall into that
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You are. don't fall into that trap. you are blessed. you
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Trap. you are blessed. you are favored. you are healthy.
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Are favored. you are healthy. you are valuable. you are
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You are valuable. you are strong. you are victorious. i
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Strong. you are victorious. i believe and declare, like
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Believe and declare, like joseph, you're coming out of
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Joseph, you're coming out of any pit, any defeat, any
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Any pit, any defeat, any sickness, any addiction, into
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Sickness, any addiction, into the palace, into freedom,
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The palace, into freedom, abundance, wholeness. like
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Abundance, wholeness. like david, out of any shepherd's
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David, out of any shepherd's fields into leadership,
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Fields into leadership, influence, resources. chains
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Influence, resources. chains are breaking, strongholds are
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Are breaking, strongholds are coming down, new doors are
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Coming down, new doors are opening, the fullness of your
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Opening, the fullness of your destiny in jesus' name. if
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Destiny in jesus' name. if you receive it can you say
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You receive it can you say amen? (applause)
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It's easy to feel stuck in life
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It's easy to feel stuck in life wondering why
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Wondering why things aren't
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Things aren't changing and worrying
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Changing and worrying if it will ever happen,
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If it will ever happen, but there's
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But there's a better way to wait.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new resource called
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My new resource called pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. this book is a collection
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This book is a collection of prayers and promises
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Of prayers and promises from the scripture
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From the scripture to help you pray boldly
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To help you pray boldly to strengthen your faith.
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To strengthen your faith. while you're waiting,
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While you're waiting, it's important
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It's important to keep your mind
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To keep your mind filled with hope
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Filled with hope and expectancy.
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And expectancy. when you pray in faith,
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When you pray in faith, believe in what god promised,
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Believe in what god promised, that's what moves
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That's what moves the hands of god.
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The hands of god. and that's when you'll see
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And that's when you'll see doors open and healing
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Doors open and healing begins to come.
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Begins to come. breakthroughs in your family.
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Breakthroughs in your family. don't let doubt hold you back.
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Don't let doubt hold you back. pray it forward.
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Pray it forward. 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, we'd love to
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We'd love to send you a copy of pray
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Send you a copy of pray it forward: guided prayers
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It forward: guided prayers for faith and breakthrough.
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Inspired by real liferough.
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Inspired by real liferough. answered prayers,
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Answered prayers, pray it forward will help you
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Pray it forward will help you speak god's promises
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Speak god's promises over your life
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Over your life and over the people you love.
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And over the people you love. trusting that when you ask
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Trusting that when you ask in faith,
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In faith, god is already at work
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God is already at work preparing victory ahead of you.
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Preparing victory ahead of you. you can take these prayers
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You can take these prayers and scriptures
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And scriptures and pray them forward.
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And pray them forward. they'll build
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They'll build a momentum of faith
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A momentum of faith that carries you past obstacles
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That carries you past obstacles and into the promises
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And into the promises god has spoken over your life.
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God has spoken over your life. as you meditate
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As you meditate on these truths,
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On these truths, you won't be tossed
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You won't be tossed back and forth
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Back and forth by finances, health challenges,
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By finances, health challenges, or relationship struggles.
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Or relationship struggles. instead,
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Instead, you'll be able to
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You'll be able to boldly pray with faith
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Boldly pray with faith that is immovable and strong,
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That is immovable and strong, and you'll
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And you'll be filled with peace,
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Be filled with peace, assurance, and joy.
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Assurance, and joy. don't let circumstances
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Don't let circumstances control your future.
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Control your future. pray the truth of god's
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Pray the truth of god's word forward in faith
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Word forward in faith and watch the mountains
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And watch the mountains in your life begin to move.
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When you pray the promises,
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When you pray the promises, what god has spoken over
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What god has spoken over your life,
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Your life, those are powerful prayers.
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Those are powerful prayers. and that's when
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And that's when god shows up and does
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God shows up and does what only he can do.
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What only he can do. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us.
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For being with us. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day
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You and your family every day and we appreciate your prayer
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And we appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity helps us
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Helps us take this message of hope
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Take this message of hope to people around the world.
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To people around the world. special
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Special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. but until we meet again,
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But until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Joel Osteen - Keep The Right Identity

May 25, 2026 | 27:29

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