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Joel Osteen - Leave It Alone

September 21, 2025 | 29:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Leave It Alone | September 21, 2025

>joel: god bless you.
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube channel,
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media. and you can
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Social media. and you can come visit us in person.
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Come visit us in person. we'd love to have you be
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We'd love to have you be a part of one of our
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A part of one of our services.
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Services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this middle-aged woman.
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About this middle-aged woman. she had a heart attack. on
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She had a heart attack. on the operating table, she
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The operating table, she asked god if this was it. god
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Asked god if this was it. god said, “no, you have forty
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Said, “no, you have forty more years.” upon recovery,
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More years.” upon recovery, she decided to stay in the
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She decided to stay in the hospital and have a face
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Hospital and have a face lift, tummy tuck,
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Lift, tummy tuck, liposuction, an extreme
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Liposuction, an extreme makeover. two months later,
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Makeover. two months later, as she was leaving the
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As she was leaving the hospital, she was hit by a
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Hospital, she was hit by a car and killed. she got to
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Car and killed. she got to heaven and said, “god, i
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Heaven and said, “god, i thought you said i had forty
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Thought you said i had forty more years.” god said, “i'm
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More years.” god said, “i'm sorry, i didn't recognize
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Sorry, i didn't recognize you.” (laughter)
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You.” (laughter) they are so corny; but here
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They are so corny; but here we go. this is my bible. i am
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We go. this is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have
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What it says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do
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What it says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today,
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What it says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of
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I will be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my
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God. i boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Mind is alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be
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Receptive. i will never be the same in jesus' name. god
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The same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about leave it alone. we all
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About leave it alone. we all have situations that we're
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Have situations that we're believing will change. a
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Believing will change. a child is off course, someone
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Child is off course, someone is not treating us right, a
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Is not treating us right, a door has closed. we feel this
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Door has closed. we feel this pressure to fix it, “i've got
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Pressure to fix it, “i've got to straighten this person
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To straighten this person out, i have to force this
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Out, i have to force this door to open, i have to make
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Door to open, i have to make this problem resolve.” we
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This problem resolve.” we take matters into our own
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Take matters into our own hands. we strive and strain,
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Hands. we strive and strain, often end up frustrated. we
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Often end up frustrated. we have good intentions. we want
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Have good intentions. we want to do our part, but there are
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To do our part, but there are times when the best thing you
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Times when the best thing you can do is leave it alone. you
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Can do is leave it alone. you have to be still and know
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Have to be still and know that he is god. that battle
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That he is god. that battle is not yours; the battle is
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Is not yours; the battle is the lord's. some things you
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The lord's. some things you can't fix. no matter how hard
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Can't fix. no matter how hard you try, how much pressure
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You try, how much pressure you put, how many favors you
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You put, how many favors you call in, it's not going to
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Call in, it's not going to change. if you keep forcing
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Change. if you keep forcing it, manipulating things,
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It, manipulating things, trying to convince this
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Trying to convince this person to do right, it's not
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Person to do right, it's not only going to bring more
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Only going to bring more stress, but you're making
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Stress, but you're making matters worse. you're going
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Matters worse. you're going to do more damage than good.
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To do more damage than good. “joel i'm trying to use my
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“joel i'm trying to use my faith.” sometimes it takes
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Faith.” sometimes it takes more faith to do nothing than
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More faith to do nothing than it does to get it all stirred
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It does to get it all stirred up. it takes more faith to
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Up. it takes more faith to leave it alone than it does
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Leave it alone than it does to try to force it to happen.
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To try to force it to happen. but there will be this
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But there will be this urgency, this underlying
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Urgency, this underlying pressure, telling you you
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Pressure, telling you you have to do something. you
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Have to do something. you have to defend yourself,
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Have to defend yourself, don't let them get away with
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Don't let them get away with it. you have to manipulate
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It. you have to manipulate things, so you can get that
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Things, so you can get that promotion. you have to make
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Promotion. you have to make your loved one do what's
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Your loved one do what's right. don't fall into that
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Right. don't fall into that trap. after you've prayed,
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Trap. after you've prayed, you've believed, you've done
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You've believed, you've done what you can, you have to
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What you can, you have to take your hands off of it.
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Take your hands off of it. “god, i trust you. i know
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“god, i trust you. i know you've got this. you're
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You've got this. you're working all things for my
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Working all things for my good. while i'm waiting, i'm
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Good. while i'm waiting, i'm going to stay in peace. i'm
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Going to stay in peace. i'm going to be still and let you
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Going to be still and let you do what only you can do.”
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Do what only you can do.” this was hard for me because
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This was hard for me because i'm a doer. my personality
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I'm a doer. my personality type is not to sit back. if i
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Type is not to sit back. if i have a problem, a goal, a
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Have a problem, a goal, a dream, i'm going to find six
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Dream, i'm going to find six solutions, call three
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Solutions, call three experts, line up four
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Experts, line up four options. come up with the
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Options. come up with the strategy, the plan. that's
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Strategy, the plan. that's all in the first half of the
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All in the first half of the day. the next half i'm going
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Day. the next half i'm going to really work. i believe in
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To really work. i believe in being on the offensive,
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Being on the offensive, taking steps of faith, but
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Taking steps of faith, but i've learned some things only
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I've learned some things only god can change. the more you
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God can change. the more you try to force it, the more
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Try to force it, the more frustrated you're going to
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Frustrated you're going to be. the psalmist said,
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Be. the psalmist said, “unless the lord builds the
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“unless the lord builds the house, we labor in vain.” how
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House, we labor in vain.” how many of us are laboring in
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Many of us are laboring in vain? constantly struggling,
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Vain? constantly struggling, always trying to force things
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Always trying to force things to happen, trying to change
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To happen, trying to change our spouse, convince this
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Our spouse, convince this coworker to like us, harping
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Coworker to like us, harping on our kids to get back on
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On our kids to get back on course. it's like we're
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Course. it's like we're running uphill with leg
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Running uphill with leg weights on, everything's a
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Weights on, everything's a burden.
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Burden. if we're not putting forth
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If we're not putting forth all this effort, trying to
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All this effort, trying to make it work out, we can feel
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Make it work out, we can feel guilty. “i've got this
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Guilty. “i've got this problem. i got to do
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Problem. i got to do something.” but it says in
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Something.” but it says in hebrews, “those who have
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Hebrews, “those who have believed enter into rest.”
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Believed enter into rest.” it's okay to leave it alone.
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It's okay to leave it alone. you don't have to make it
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You don't have to make it happen in your own efforts.
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Happen in your own efforts. give yourself permission to
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Give yourself permission to rest. to not worry about it,
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Rest. to not worry about it, not strive, not come up with
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Not strive, not come up with twelve solutions. you've done
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Twelve solutions. you've done your part. now take your
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Your part. now take your hands off. it's not going to
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Hands off. it's not going to happen just by your might, by
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Happen just by your might, by your power, by your
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Your power, by your intellect. it's going to be
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Intellect. it's going to be the hand of god. you don't
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The hand of god. you don't have to force the favor. you
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Have to force the favor. you don't have to beat down
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Don't have to beat down doors. make your business
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Doors. make your business grow, make yourself get well,
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Grow, make yourself get well, pay somebody back for doing
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Pay somebody back for doing you wrong, prove to them who
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You wrong, prove to them who you are. all that's going to
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You are. all that's going to do is drain your energy, take
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Do is drain your energy, take your joy, steal your
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Your joy, steal your creativity. god is saying to
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Creativity. god is saying to you today, “leave it alone.
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You today, “leave it alone. trust me to handle it. i'm
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Trust me to handle it. i'm going to bring the right
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Going to bring the right person. i'm going to turn
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Person. i'm going to turn your business around. i'm
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Your business around. i'm going to change that child.
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Going to change that child. i'm going to restore your
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I'm going to restore your health. i'm going to give you
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Health. i'm going to give you that baby you've been
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That baby you've been dreaming about.” when you
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Dreaming about.” when you turn it over to god, it takes
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Turn it over to god, it takes the pressure off. you don't
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The pressure off. you don't have to figure it all out.
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Have to figure it all out. you don't have to strive and
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You don't have to strive and strain. it's not up to you to
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Strain. it's not up to you to make it all happen. you can
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Make it all happen. you can live in peace knowing that
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Live in peace knowing that god's got this.
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God's got this. jesus told a parable in
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Jesus told a parable in matthew 13. a farmer went out
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Matthew 13. a farmer went out and planted wheat in his
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And planted wheat in his field. he did the right
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Field. he did the right thing. he sowed good seed. he
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Thing. he sowed good seed. he was expecting the wheat to
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Was expecting the wheat to come up and have a great
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Come up and have a great harvest like he'd seen year
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Harvest like he'd seen year after year. but in a few
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After year. but in a few months, he not only saw the
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Months, he not only saw the wheat, but there were weeds
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Wheat, but there were weeds coming up everywhere. when
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Coming up everywhere. when the workers saw it, they were
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The workers saw it, they were puzzled. they said to the
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Puzzled. they said to the farmer, “what happened? you
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Farmer, “what happened? you didn't sow this. we saw you
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Didn't sow this. we saw you plant good seeds.” it didn't
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Plant good seeds.” it didn't make sense. he said in verse
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Make sense. he said in verse 28, “an enemy came in at
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28, “an enemy came in at night and planted these
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Night and planted these weeds.” it wasn't the
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Weeds.” it wasn't the farmer's fault. he had to
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Farmer's fault. he had to sleep. it wasn't like he was
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Sleep. it wasn't like he was lazy. he did the right thing
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Lazy. he did the right thing but still the wrong thing
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But still the wrong thing happened.
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Happened. just because you have
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Just because you have difficulties, it doesn't mean
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Difficulties, it doesn't mean you've done something wrong.
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You've done something wrong. you may have sown good seed,
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You may have sown good seed, you've been faithful, you
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You've been faithful, you honor god, you give, you
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Honor god, you give, you serve, you go the extra mile
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Serve, you go the extra mile but now you have some weeds
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But now you have some weeds popping up in your field.
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Popping up in your field. things you didn't sow. you
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Things you didn't sow. you don't understand it. you
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Don't understand it. you raised your child right but
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Raised your child right but he's gotten off course. you
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He's gotten off course. you could blame yourself, “what
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Could blame yourself, “what did i do wrong?” you didn't
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Did i do wrong?” you didn't do anything wrong. the enemy
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Do anything wrong. the enemy came in at night and sowed
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Came in at night and sowed some weeds. you've worked
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Some weeds. you've worked hard in your business, got
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Hard in your business, got there early, stayed late,
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There early, stayed late, you've done more than you had
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You've done more than you had to but you had a setback, you
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To but you had a setback, you lost a client, a competitor
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Lost a client, a competitor moved close, took some
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Moved close, took some business. you could be
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Business. you could be frustrated, wondering why
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Frustrated, wondering why this happened. it's just a
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This happened. it's just a weed. the good news is the
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Weed. the good news is the reason you have weeds is
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Reason you have weeds is because the enemy knows
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Because the enemy knows you're going to have a great
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You're going to have a great harvest. he wouldn't have
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Harvest. he wouldn't have snuck in at night and planted
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Snuck in at night and planted the weeds if he didn't know
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The weeds if he didn't know abundance is coming, healing
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Abundance is coming, healing is coming, promotion is
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Is coming, promotion is coming, the right people are
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Coming, the right people are coming. don't get discouraged
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Coming. don't get discouraged over the weeds. that's a sign
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Over the weeds. that's a sign that something amazing is in
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That something amazing is in your future. “joel, i was
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Your future. “joel, i was doing the right thing but
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Doing the right thing but this door closed, these
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This door closed, these people did me wrong, i came
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People did me wrong, i came down with this illness. why
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Down with this illness. why did this happen?” have a new
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Did this happen?” have a new perspective. the enemy would
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Perspective. the enemy would not have wasted his time
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Not have wasted his time sowing weeds into your field
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Sowing weeds into your field if you weren't destined for
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If you weren't destined for greater things, destined for
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Greater things, destined for new levels, destined to take
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New levels, destined to take your family where they've
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Your family where they've never been.
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Never been. when the workers saw all
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When the workers saw all the weeds, they asked the
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The weeds, they asked the farmer, “should we go pull up
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Farmer, “should we go pull up these weeds?” he said, “no if
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These weeds?” he said, “no if you pull up the weeds, you're
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You pull up the weeds, you're going to damage the wheat.
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Going to damage the wheat. let them grow together and
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Let them grow together and when the harvest is ready,
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When the harvest is ready, then they'll be separated.”
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Then they'll be separated.” the workers wanted to fix the
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The workers wanted to fix the problem, they wanted to help,
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Problem, they wanted to help, get rid of these weeds. but
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Get rid of these weeds. but this farmer said, “leave it
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This farmer said, “leave it alone.” you didn't sow the
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Alone.” you didn't sow the weed; you don't have to pull
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Weed; you don't have to pull up the weed. if they would
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Up the weed. if they would have been stubborn, “we're
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Have been stubborn, “we're not going to let these weeds
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Not going to let these weeds stay. we're going to fix this
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Stay. we're going to fix this problem.” if they'd taken
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Problem.” if they'd taken matters into their own hands,
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Matters into their own hands, they would have ruined the
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They would have ruined the harvest. i can imagine the
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Harvest. i can imagine the farmer seeing those weeds
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Farmer seeing those weeds every day. that had to have
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Every day. that had to have bothered him. “i don't like
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Bothered him. “i don't like these weeds, seeing things
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These weeds, seeing things out of order. people are
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Out of order. people are going to think i'm lazy. i'm
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Going to think i'm lazy. i'm not a good farmer. i need to
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Not a good farmer. i need to make this right.” he had to
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Make this right.” he had to fight the temptation to pull
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Fight the temptation to pull up the weeds. it was
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Up the weeds. it was something he could have done.
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Something he could have done. he had the ability to correct
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He had the ability to correct the problem, but he knew it
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The problem, but he knew it would have damaged his
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Would have damaged his harvest. it takes faith to
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Harvest. it takes faith to leave it alone. when you take
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Leave it alone. when you take your hands off, not pull up
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Your hands off, not pull up what you know you can fix,
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What you know you can fix, but you let god take care of
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But you let god take care of it, that's not a lack of
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It, that's not a lack of faith, that's great faith.
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Faith, that's great faith. when you can say, “god, i
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When you can say, “god, i trust you with my weeds. i
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Trust you with my weeds. i trust you with things i don't
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Trust you with things i don't understand. i'm not going to
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Understand. i'm not going to get in a hurry and try to fix
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Get in a hurry and try to fix things that will damage my
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Things that will damage my harvest. i'm going to leave
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Harvest. i'm going to leave it alone.” that's a powerful
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It alone.” that's a powerful position.
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Position. maybe today, there are weeds
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Maybe today, there are weeds in your life. things you
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In your life. things you don't understand. you know
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Don't understand. you know you didn't sow it. the enemy
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You didn't sow it. the enemy came in at night. you could
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Came in at night. you could live worried, feel this
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Live worried, feel this pressure to pull up the
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Pressure to pull up the weeds, fix the problem,
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Weeds, fix the problem, change this person,
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Change this person, manipulate this situation.
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Manipulate this situation. there's an urgency saying,
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There's an urgency saying, “do it now. these weeds
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“do it now. these weeds aren't right.” no god is
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Aren't right.” no god is saying, “be still and let me
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Saying, “be still and let me take care of it.” that's not
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Take care of it.” that's not your battle. you didn't sow
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Your battle. you didn't sow it; you don't have to pull it
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It; you don't have to pull it up. one of the greatest tests
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Up. one of the greatest tests we'll ever face is to be
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We'll ever face is to be still and know that he is
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Still and know that he is god, to leave things in his
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God, to leave things in his hands.
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Hands. one critical thing said in
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One critical thing said in this parable is if you don't
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This parable is if you don't leave it alone, you're going
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Leave it alone, you're going to damage the harvest. doing
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To damage the harvest. doing it your way, forcing things,
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It your way, forcing things, manipulating, striving, you
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Manipulating, striving, you may get something done but it
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May get something done but it will be less than god's best.
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Will be less than god's best. you have to know at the right
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You have to know at the right time, when your harvest is
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Time, when your harvest is ready, god will take care of
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Ready, god will take care of your weeds. he'll turn your
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Your weeds. he'll turn your child around. he'll vindicate
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Child around. he'll vindicate you in front of your enemies.
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You in front of your enemies. he'll promote you to levels
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He'll promote you to levels you never saw coming.
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You never saw coming. there are a couple of
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There are a couple of situations i'm praying about
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Situations i'm praying about now, believing things will
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Now, believing things will turn around. there's this
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Turn around. there's this underlying pressure saying,
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Underlying pressure saying, “joel, you need to make a
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“joel, you need to make a decision right now. you better
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Decision right now. you better take action. if you delay,
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Take action. if you delay, it's going to get worse.” the
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It's going to get worse.” the enemy would love to get us
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Enemy would love to get us all worked up to where you're
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All worked up to where you're in a hurry. there's this
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In a hurry. there's this urgency. you have to do
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Urgency. you have to do something now. come on, there
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Something now. come on, there are weeds popping up; your
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Are weeds popping up; your child, your finances, your
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Child, your finances, your health. we here that phrase,
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Health. we here that phrase, do something lest you do
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Do something lest you do nothing. that's not always
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Nothing. that's not always good advice. sometimes the
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Good advice. sometimes the best thing to do is nothing.
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Best thing to do is nothing. you don't have to fix it
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You don't have to fix it today. you don't have to
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Today. you don't have to decide this minute. you're
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Decide this minute. you're not supposed to pull up the
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Not supposed to pull up the weeds right now. take all
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Weeds right now. take all that pressure off. it's very
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That pressure off. it's very freeing when you say, “god my
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Freeing when you say, “god my life is in your hands. i
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Life is in your hands. i trust you to take care of my
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Trust you to take care of my weeds. i'm not going to take
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Weeds. i'm not going to take matters into my own hands. i
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Matters into my own hands. i know you're fighting my
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Know you're fighting my battles. i'm going to be
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Battles. i'm going to be still and know that you are
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Still and know that you are god.”
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God.” when my father had a big
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When my father had a big decision to make, something
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Decision to make, something that was concerning him,
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That was concerning him, maybe a problem where he
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Maybe a problem where he didn't see a solution,
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Didn't see a solution, instead of being pressured to
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Instead of being pressured to make a move, he told how he'd
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Make a move, he told how he'd put that problem on a shelf
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Put that problem on a shelf and pray about it. every
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And pray about it. every voice would say, “what are
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Voice would say, “what are you going to do? you have to
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You going to do? you have to decide now.” he would say,
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Decide now.” he would say, “no, i'm going to wait on the
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“no, i'm going to wait on the lord. this is not my battle.
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Lord. this is not my battle. he's taking care of my
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He's taking care of my weeds.” over time, he would
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Weeds.” over time, he would see those situations work
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See those situations work themselves out. are there
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Themselves out. are there some things you need to put
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Some things you need to put on a shelf. you feel this
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On a shelf. you feel this pressure to figure out things
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Pressure to figure out things where there's no good
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Where there's no good solution, come up with
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Solution, come up with strategies, change things
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Strategies, change things that only god can change.
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That only god can change. that's not your job.
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That's not your job. sometimes there's no logical
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Sometimes there's no logical solution. god is going to
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Solution. god is going to supernaturally turn it
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Supernaturally turn it around. if we take matters
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Around. if we take matters into our own hands we're
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Into our own hands we're going to be frustrated. too
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Going to be frustrated. too often, we're fighting battles
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Often, we're fighting battles we're not supposed to fight.
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We're not supposed to fight. we're trying to pull up
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We're trying to pull up weeds, when god said he'd be
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Weeds, when god said he'd be our gardener. he will take
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Our gardener. he will take care of the weeds. he has
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Care of the weeds. he has many advantages. one is he
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Many advantages. one is he knows when the harvest is
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Knows when the harvest is ready. if you pull it up too
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Ready. if you pull it up too soon, that will lessen what
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Soon, that will lessen what god has for you.
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God has for you. this parable ends by saying,
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This parable ends by saying, when it's the right time, the
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When it's the right time, the farmer, who represents god,
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Farmer, who represents god, will separate the weeds from
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Will separate the weeds from the harvest. he'll bundle up
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The harvest. he'll bundle up all the weeds and throw them
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All the weeds and throw them into a fire. if you'll leave
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Into a fire. if you'll leave the weeds alone, then at the
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The weeds alone, then at the right time, you're going to
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Right time, you're going to see some smoking weeds.
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See some smoking weeds. things that have hindered
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Things that have hindered you—i didn't say you're going
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You—i didn't say you're going to smoke weed. (laughter)
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To smoke weed. (laughter) somebody got their word from
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Somebody got their word from the lord. you're going to see
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The lord. you're going to see some smoking weeds. things
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Some smoking weeds. things that have hindered you,
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That have hindered you, people that tried to stop
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People that tried to stop you, closed doors, all those
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You, closed doors, all those weeds are going to go up in
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Weeds are going to go up in smoke. god's going to turn
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Smoke. god's going to turn things around, make ways
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Things around, make ways where you didn't see a way.
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Where you didn't see a way. here's the key: the reason
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Here's the key: the reason god is waiting to deal with
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God is waiting to deal with those weeds is because your
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Those weeds is because your harvest is going to be
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Harvest is going to be greater than you thought. god
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Greater than you thought. god could have pulled that weed
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Could have pulled that weed earlier, but he has something
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Earlier, but he has something bigger than you've imagined.
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Bigger than you've imagined. the question is will you
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The question is will you trust him with your weeds.
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Trust him with your weeds. it's tempting to take matters
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It's tempting to take matters into our own hands. “i've got
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Into our own hands. “i've got to pull up this weed.” you've
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To pull up this weed.” you've prayed, you've believed,
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Prayed, you've believed, you've done what you can. god
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You've done what you can. god is saying, “leave it alone.
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Is saying, “leave it alone. let me take care of it.”
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Let me take care of it.” when god brought the
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When god brought the israelites out of slavery,
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Israelites out of slavery, they started toward the
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They started toward the promised land. but the
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Promised land. but the pharaoh changed his mind and
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Pharaoh changed his mind and came chasing after them, with
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Came chasing after them, with six hundred of his strongest
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Six hundred of his strongest warriors and fastest
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Warriors and fastest chariots. the israelites
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Chariots. the israelites could see them coming way off
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Could see them coming way off in the distance. they were at
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In the distance. they were at a dead end at the red sea,
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A dead end at the red sea, nowhere to go. they began to
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Nowhere to go. they began to panic, so afraid and
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Panic, so afraid and distraught. they ran to moses
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Distraught. they ran to moses to get a plan, they said, “we
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To get a plan, they said, “we have to do something right
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Have to do something right now. they're going to be here
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Now. they're going to be here by nightfall. we have a few
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By nightfall. we have a few hours to come up with a
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Hours to come up with a strategy.” they felt this
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Strategy.” they felt this pressure, this urgency. they
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Pressure, this urgency. they were on the verge of being
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Were on the verge of being recaptured. moses said in
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Recaptured. moses said in exodus 14, “here's what the
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Exodus 14, “here's what the lord says our strategy is.
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Lord says our strategy is. stand still and you will see
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Stand still and you will see the salvation of the lord.
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The salvation of the lord. hold your peace, remain at
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Hold your peace, remain at rest. for the lord himself
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Rest. for the lord himself will fight for you.” i'm sure
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Will fight for you.” i'm sure they looked at him and said,
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They looked at him and said, “moses, are you kidding us?
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“moses, are you kidding us? these powerful warriors are
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These powerful warriors are quickly approaching. you're
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Quickly approaching. you're telling us your strategy is
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Telling us your strategy is to do nothing. leave it
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To do nothing. leave it alone. can you go back and
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Alone. can you go back and get a second opinion?” moses
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Get a second opinion?” moses said, “no, we didn't sow this
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Said, “no, we didn't sow this weed, we don't have to pull
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Weed, we don't have to pull up this weed. this is not our
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Up this weed. this is not our battle.”
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Battle.” proverbs says, “don't say
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Proverbs says, “don't say i'll get even for the wrong,
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I'll get even for the wrong, wait for the lord to handle
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Wait for the lord to handle the matter.” if you'll wait,
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The matter.” if you'll wait, god will vindicate you better
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God will vindicate you better than you can vindicate
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Than you can vindicate yourself. his solution is
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Yourself. his solution is better than your solution.
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Better than your solution. hold your peace. remain at
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Hold your peace. remain at rest. you may not see
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Rest. you may not see anything happening, but god
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Anything happening, but god is up to something.
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Is up to something. as these two million people
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As these two million people were camped at the red sea,
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Were camped at the red sea, the scripture says, the angel
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The scripture says, the angel of the lord who had been
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Of the lord who had been leading the israelites, moved
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Leading the israelites, moved to a position behind them.
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To a position behind them. this thick cloud that was
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This thick cloud that was leading them, also moved
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Leading them, also moved behind them. it was between
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Behind them. it was between the israelites camp and the
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The israelites camp and the pharaoh's camp. now pharaoh's
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Pharaoh's camp. now pharaoh's army couldn't see the
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Army couldn't see the israelites. god had them
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Israelites. god had them hidden. the cloud was so
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Hidden. the cloud was so thick, they couldn't travel
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Thick, they couldn't travel through it. they didn't know
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Through it. they didn't know where they were. it looked
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Where they were. it looked like the israelites were
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Like the israelites were running out of time, but god
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Running out of time, but god knows how to hide you. he
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Knows how to hide you. he knows how to confuse your
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Knows how to confuse your enemies. one minute the
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Enemies. one minute the israelites were right in
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Israelites were right in front of them, the next
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Front of them, the next moment, they've disappeared.
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Moment, they've disappeared. that's when moses raised the
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That's when moses raised the rod, the water parted, the
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Rod, the water parted, the israelites walked through on
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Israelites walked through on dry ground. at that point,
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Dry ground. at that point, the cloud lifted, pharaoh's
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The cloud lifted, pharaoh's army came chasing, “there
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Army came chasing, “there they are.” but when they got
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They are.” but when they got in the sea, the waters closed
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In the sea, the waters closed back up and they all drowned.
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Back up and they all drowned. what am i saying? god knows
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What am i saying? god knows how to take care of your
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How to take care of your weeds. if you will stand
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Weeds. if you will stand still, you'll see him show
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Still, you'll see him show out in your life. i'm not
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Out in your life. i'm not saying be passive. we need to
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Saying be passive. we need to pray, believe, do what you
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Pray, believe, do what you can, but there comes a time
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Can, but there comes a time where you have to turn it
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Where you have to turn it over to god. quit worrying
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Over to god. quit worrying about it, quit trying to make
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About it, quit trying to make it happen, make people like
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It happen, make people like you, make the door open, make
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You, make the door open, make the business turn around.
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The business turn around. leave it alone. if you try to
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Leave it alone. if you try to do it in your own strength,
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Do it in your own strength, it's going to be laboring in
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It's going to be laboring in vain. a lot of work,
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Vain. a lot of work, frustration, disappointment.
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Frustration, disappointment. don't fall into that trap.
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Don't fall into that trap. god is in control. he sees
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God is in control. he sees what you're going through. he
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What you're going through. he knows who's not treating you
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Knows who's not treating you right, the doors that haven't
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Right, the doors that haven't opened, the child that's
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Opened, the child that's breaking your heart, the
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Breaking your heart, the medical report that's not
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Medical report that's not good. these are things that
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Good. these are things that only god can change. it takes
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Only god can change. it takes all the pressure off to say,
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All the pressure off to say, “god, i'm turning it over to
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“god, i'm turning it over to you. i'm going to quit trying
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You. i'm going to quit trying to force it. i'm not going to
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To force it. i'm not going to take matters into my own
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Take matters into my own hands. god, i trust you with
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Hands. god, i trust you with my life.”
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My life.” a friend of mine raised his
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A friend of mine raised his family in church. they're
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Family in church. they're great people, faithful,
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Great people, faithful, loving. their children were
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Loving. their children were involved in the kid's
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Involved in the kid's programs where they lived.
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Programs where they lived. they went to the camps,
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They went to the camps, volunteered in their teens.
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Volunteered in their teens. these parents did everything
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These parents did everything right, looked like a model
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Right, looked like a model family. but in college, the
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Family. but in college, the son got involved with the
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Son got involved with the wrong people. he started
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Wrong people. he started making bad decisions. he
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Making bad decisions. he ended up dropping out, on
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Ended up dropping out, on drugs, getting into all kinds
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Drugs, getting into all kinds of trouble. he got to the
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Of trouble. he got to the point where he would barely
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Point where he would barely even see his family. this
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Even see his family. this friend of mine, like any
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Friend of mine, like any parent, was doing everything
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Parent, was doing everything he could, to try to convince
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He could, to try to convince his son to get back on track.
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His son to get back on track. he'd had so many heated
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He'd had so many heated conversations, where he'd let
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Conversations, where he'd let him have it, try to get
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Him have it, try to get through his stubbornness. but
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Through his stubbornness. but he realized the more he did
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He realized the more he did that, the worse it got. he
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That, the worse it got. he was trying to help, he had
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Was trying to help, he had good intentions, but he was
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Good intentions, but he was damaging the relationship
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Damaging the relationship further. he finally did what
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Further. he finally did what this farmer had to do. he
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This farmer had to do. he said, “god i'm going to leave
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Said, “god i'm going to leave it alone. i can't change him,
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It alone. i can't change him, only you can.” he and his
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Only you can.” he and his wife kept praying, believing,
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Wife kept praying, believing, declaring god's promises, but
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Declaring god's promises, but they quit trying to force him
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They quit trying to force him to change. make him do what's
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To change. make him do what's right.
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Right. as a parent, he kind of felt
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As a parent, he kind of felt like he'd failed. he tried to
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Like he'd failed. he tried to be a good example, tried to
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Be a good example, tried to guide and teach his son. he
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Guide and teach his son. he never dreamed it would turn
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Never dreamed it would turn out like this. but sometimes
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Out like this. but sometimes the enemy comes in at night
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The enemy comes in at night and sows a weed. there are
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And sows a weed. there are things that don't make sense,
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Things that don't make sense, that are not fair. the good
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That are not fair. the good news is that's not how your
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News is that's not how your story ends. the enemy doesn't
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Story ends. the enemy doesn't have the final say. he may
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Have the final say. he may sow some seeds but that does
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Sow some seeds but that does not stop your harvest.
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Not stop your harvest. there's a day coming when
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There's a day coming when those weeds are going to be
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Those weeds are going to be pulled. god is faithful. he
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Pulled. god is faithful. he sees you doing the right
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Sees you doing the right thing.
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Thing. years went by, they didn't
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Years went by, they didn't see anything improving,
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See anything improving, nothing getting better, they
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Nothing getting better, they just kept loving their son,
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Just kept loving their son, encouraging him. they sent
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Encouraging him. they sent him to rehab again and again.
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Him to rehab again and again. not long ago, he was watching
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Not long ago, he was watching our service on television. he
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Our service on television. he called his father and said,
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Called his father and said, “dad, i just prayed that
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“dad, i just prayed that prayer with joel at the end
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Prayer with joel at the end of the program. i'm turning
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Of the program. i'm turning my life back over to god.”
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My life back over to god.” these parents never saw it
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These parents never saw it coming.
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Coming. we all have these times where
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We all have these times where we find weeds. things popping
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We find weeds. things popping up that we didn't sow. we
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Up that we didn't sow. we were being our best, doing
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Were being our best, doing the right thing, and now
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The right thing, and now there's opposition, a
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There's opposition, a conflict at work, a situation
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Conflict at work, a situation in our health, a setback in
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In our health, a setback in our finances. it's easy to
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Our finances. it's easy to get frustrated, try to
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Get frustrated, try to straighten people out, try to
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Straighten people out, try to force the door to open,
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Force the door to open, defend our self against what
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Defend our self against what was said. but that's when you
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Was said. but that's when you have to hold your peace,
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Have to hold your peace, remain at rest and let god
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Remain at rest and let god fight that battle. sometimes
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Fight that battle. sometimes the best strategy is do
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The best strategy is do nothing. leave it alone. it
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Nothing. leave it alone. it can also be the hardest
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Can also be the hardest strategy. we want to fix
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Strategy. we want to fix things. we want to vindicate
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Things. we want to vindicate ourselves. we want to push
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Ourselves. we want to push that door open, but you have
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That door open, but you have to stand still to see the
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To stand still to see the salvation of the lord. if
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Salvation of the lord. if you'll not take matters into
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You'll not take matters into your hands, you'll see god do
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Your hands, you'll see god do things that you could never
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Things that you could never do.
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Do. a couple of years after i
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A couple of years after i started ministering, the
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Started ministering, the church began to grow, and
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Church began to grow, and more and more people were
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More and more people were watching. i was amazed at all
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Watching. i was amazed at all that was happening. i had
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That was happening. i had been behind the scenes all
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Been behind the scenes all those years. i didn't even
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Those years. i didn't even know this was in me. but with
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Know this was in me. but with greater influence came more
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Greater influence came more opposition. there were
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Opposition. there were several very well-known
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Several very well-known people, with large followings
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People, with large followings that didn't like my message
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That didn't like my message of hope. they came out
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Of hope. they came out against me very strongly,
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Against me very strongly, wrote articles, talked about
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Wrote articles, talked about me at their meetings. much of
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Me at their meetings. much of what they were saying wasn't
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What they were saying wasn't accurate. human nature is you
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Accurate. human nature is you want to set the record
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Want to set the record straight. “let me tell you
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Straight. “let me tell you who i am. i'm not going to
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Who i am. i'm not going to let you mischaracterize me.”
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Let you mischaracterize me.” but deep down i could hear a
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But deep down i could hear a still small voice saying,
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Still small voice saying, “no, joel, leave it alone.
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“no, joel, leave it alone. they don't control your
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They don't control your destiny. they're just a weed.”
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Destiny. they're just a weed.” the enemy would love to get
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The enemy would love to get us distracted fighting
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Us distracted fighting battles that don't matter.
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Battles that don't matter. you don't have time to waste
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You don't have time to waste responding to people that are
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Responding to people that are never going to be for you.
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Never going to be for you. some people are determined to
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Some people are determined to misunderstand you. they don't
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Misunderstand you. they don't like the favor on your life.
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Like the favor on your life. they don't like the fact that
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They don't like the fact that you're happy, you're blessed,
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You're happy, you're blessed, you're successful. don't
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You're successful. don't spend your valuable time
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Spend your valuable time dealing with a weed. the
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Dealing with a weed. the enemy wouldn't have sown the
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Enemy wouldn't have sown the weed if he didn't know you
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Weed if he didn't know you were a world changer, a
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Were a world changer, a history maker, a giant
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History maker, a giant killer. ignore the weeds.
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Killer. ignore the weeds. don't read the comments.
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Don't read the comments. don't dwell on what they
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Don't dwell on what they said. if i had not done what
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Said. if i had not done what i'm asking you to do, and
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I'm asking you to do, and leave it alone, i wouldn't be
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Leave it alone, i wouldn't be up here today. if i would
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Up here today. if i would have tried to straighten
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Have tried to straighten everyone out and convince
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Everyone out and convince every critic to change their
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Every critic to change their mind, make them like me, i
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Mind, make them like me, i wouldn't have had the energy,
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Wouldn't have had the energy, the creativity, the anointing
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The creativity, the anointing to do what god called me to
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To do what god called me to do.
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Do. it's interesting now, years
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It's interesting now, years later, those that were so
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Later, those that were so vocal against me and had such
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Vocal against me and had such a big platform, they're no
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A big platform, they're no longer around. they had
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Longer around. they had issues and made choices that
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Issues and made choices that have caused things to fall
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Have caused things to fall apart. it's too bad. sort of.
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Apart. it's too bad. sort of. but my point...my point is
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But my point...my point is you're not supposed to fight
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You're not supposed to fight every battle. you won't reach
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Every battle. you won't reach your destiny dealing with all
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Your destiny dealing with all the weeds. when the enemy
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The weeds. when the enemy comes in at night and sows
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Comes in at night and sows weed in your good soil,
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Weed in your good soil, things that aren't fair, you
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Things that aren't fair, you don't understand. don't
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Don't understand. don't panic, don't get upset, let
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Panic, don't get upset, let god deal with the weeds. life
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God deal with the weeds. life is too short, your time too
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Is too short, your time too valuable, your assignment too
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Valuable, your assignment too important to spend it on
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Important to spend it on things that don't matter.
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Things that don't matter. are there some things today
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Are there some things today that you know you need to
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That you know you need to leave alone. you're striving,
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Leave alone. you're striving, trying force it, living
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Trying force it, living stressed, but nothing's
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Stressed, but nothing's changing. why don't you come
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Changing. why don't you come back to a place of peace. you
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Back to a place of peace. you have to give yourself
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Have to give yourself permission to rest. this
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Permission to rest. this takes all the pressure off.
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Takes all the pressure off. that urgency that makes you
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That urgency that makes you feel like it's up to you to
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Feel like it's up to you to keep the world rotating,
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Keep the world rotating, making everything happen.
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Making everything happen. god's in control. you keep
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God's in control. you keep honoring him, being your best
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Honoring him, being your best and god will take care of
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And god will take care of your weeds. he'll bring the
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Your weeds. he'll bring the right people. he'll open the
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Right people. he'll open the right doors. he'll turn your
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Right doors. he'll turn your child around. he hasn't
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Child around. he hasn't brought you this far to leave
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Brought you this far to leave you. those weeds are not
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You. those weeds are not stopping your harvest.
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Stopping your harvest. they're a distraction to try
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They're a distraction to try to steal your peace, get you
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To steal your peace, get you to live all worked up,
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To live all worked up, frustrated, bitter. try a new
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Frustrated, bitter. try a new strategy, leave it alone. you
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Strategy, leave it alone. you can go out of here freer
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Can go out of here freer today a lot freer, with that
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Today a lot freer, with that load lifted off of you,
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Load lifted off of you, knowing that pulling weeds is
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Knowing that pulling weeds is not your job. making
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Not your job. making everything work out is not
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Everything work out is not your assignment. you don't
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Your assignment. you don't have to force the favor. when
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Have to force the favor. when your harvest is ready, all
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Your harvest is ready, all the forces of darkness cannot
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The forces of darkness cannot stop what god has for you.
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Stop what god has for you. the reason it's taking longer
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The reason it's taking longer is because your harvest is
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Is because your harvest is bigger than you think. what
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Bigger than you think. what god has for you is going to
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God has for you is going to supersede what you have in
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Supersede what you have in mind.
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Mind. the question is, will you
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The question is, will you trust him while you're
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Trust him while you're waiting? will you be still
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Waiting? will you be still and let him fight your
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And let him fight your battles? if you'll leave it
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Battles? if you'll leave it alone, i believe and declare,
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Alone, i believe and declare, like with the israelites, god
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Like with the israelites, god is going to deliver you from
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Is going to deliver you from powerful enemies, sickness,
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Powerful enemies, sickness, addictions, debt, people.
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Addictions, debt, people. he's about to turn your child
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He's about to turn your child around, break strongholds
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Around, break strongholds that have held you back,
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That have held you back, freedom is coming, wholeness
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Freedom is coming, wholeness is coming, abundance is
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Is coming, abundance is coming, the fullness of your
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Coming, 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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God's healing isn't earned,
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God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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It's received, and you can discover
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Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thanks so much for your prayer
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Thanks so much for your prayer and support.
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And walk daily in god's healing and peace.
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Joel Osteen - Leave It Alone

September 21, 2025 | 29:0

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