Joel Osteen - Lessons From My Mother

August 24, 2025 | S25 E236 | 29:0

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

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Lessons From My Mother | August 24, 2025
  • Joel: this is a special time
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  • Joel: this is a special time for us today as we remember
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  • For us today as we remember my mother who was promoted
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  • My mother who was promoted to heaven last week. while
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  • To heaven last week. while it's difficult, the scripture
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  • It's difficult, the scripture says, “to be absent from the
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  • Says, “to be absent from the body is to be present with
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  • Body is to be present with the lord.” we know where she
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  • The lord.” we know where she is, and where many of your
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  • Loved ones are as well. we
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  • Loved ones are as well. we have the hope of heaven. as i
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  • Have the hope of heaven. as i was reflecting on my mother's
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  • Was reflecting on my mother's life, i thought of some
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  • Life, i thought of some lessons i've learned. one
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  • Lessons i've learned. one thing that stood out is my
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  • Thing that stood out is my mother knew how to overcome
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  • Mother knew how to overcome adversity. she had polio as a
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  • Adversity. she had polio as a child. one of her legs never
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  • Child. one of her legs never developed properly. it was
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  • Developed properly. it was about half the size of her
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  • About half the size of her normal leg. she had to wear a
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  • Normal leg. she had to wear a brace, wasn't able to run and
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  • Brace, wasn't able to run and play like other kids. she
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  • Play like other kids. she could have felt shortchanged,
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  • Could have felt shortchanged, at a disadvantage, but she
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  • At a disadvantage, but she never saw herself that way.
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  • Never saw herself that way. she said, “joel, i had a
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  • She said, “joel, i had a great childhood. i have
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  • Great childhood. i have nothing but good memories.” a
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  • Nothing but good memories.” a key to life is to take the
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  • Key to life is to take the hand you've been dealt and
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  • Hand you've been dealt and make the most of it. nothing
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  • Make the most of it. nothing is a surprise to god. life
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  • Is a surprise to god. life happens to us all. a
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  • Happens to us all. a disappointment, a setback, a
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  • Disappointment, a setback, a loss. you can't stop that
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  • Loss. you can't stop that from coming. but how you deal
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  • From coming. but how you deal with it will make you or
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  • With it will make you or break you. if you get sour,
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  • Break you. if you get sour, bitter, “it's not fair.” that
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  • Bitter, “it's not fair.” that will limit your life. but if
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  • Will limit your life. but if you'll stay in faith, keep
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  • You'll stay in faith, keep the right attitude, god's
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  • The right attitude, god's purpose will override
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  • Purpose will override anything that comes against
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  • Anything that comes against you. what he has planned
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  • You. what he has planned cannot be stopped by trouble,
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  • Cannot be stopped by trouble, bad breaks, by injustice.
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  • Bad breaks, by injustice. those things may come, but
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  • Those things may come, but god knows how to take what
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  • God knows how to take what was meant for harm and turn
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  • Was meant for harm and turn it to your advantage. instead
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  • It to your advantage. instead of being a stumbling block,
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  • Of being a stumbling block, he'll turn it into a
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  • He'll turn it into a steppingstone to take you
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  • Steppingstone to take you higher.
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  • Higher. my sister lisa was born with
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  • My sister lisa was born with something like cerebral
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  • Something like cerebral palsy, another unexpected
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  • Palsy, another unexpected challenge. of course, my
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  • Challenge. of course, my brother paul, a definite
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  • Brother paul, a definite problem child. a few years
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  • Problem child. a few years after mother married my
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  • After mother married my father, the church he was
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  • Father, the church he was pastoring asked them to
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  • Pastoring asked them to leave. they didn't understand
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  • Leave. they didn't understand the message of faith and
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  • The message of faith and healing that my father saw in
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  • Healing that my father saw in the scripture. mother told
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  • The scripture. mother told how lifelong friends never
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  • How lifelong friends never spoke to her again. she faced
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  • Spoke to her again. she faced that terminal cancer in 1981.
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  • That terminal cancer in 1981. you've heard how she overcame
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  • You've heard how she overcame that, but she had cancer two
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  • That, but she had cancer two more times that she quietly
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  • More times that she quietly fought. mother lost her
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  • Fought. mother lost her husband, my dad, twenty-six
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  • Husband, my dad, twenty-six years ago. she never thought
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  • Years ago. she never thought she'd be a widow at
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  • She'd be a widow at sixty-five years old. she had
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  • Sixty-five years old. she had all these opportunities to
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  • All these opportunities to get discouraged, live with a
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  • Get discouraged, live with a chip on her shoulder, but i
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  • Chip on her shoulder, but i never heard her complain.
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  • Never heard her complain. instead of talking about the
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  • Instead of talking about the problem, she was always
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  • Problem, she was always talking about what god can
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  • Talking about what god can do. instead of dwelling on
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  • Do. instead of dwelling on who did her wrong, and what
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  • Who did her wrong, and what didn't work out, she was
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  • Didn't work out, she was always dwelling on the
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  • Always dwelling on the goodness of god; how blessed
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  • Goodness of god; how blessed she was.
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  • She was. much of life is our
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  • Much of life is our perspective. adversity comes
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  • Perspective. adversity comes to us all. jesus said in john
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  • To us all. jesus said in john 16, “in life you'll have
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  • 16, “in life you'll have trouble, heartache,
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  • Trouble, heartache, distress.” if we stop there,
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  • Distress.” if we stop there, it'd be kind of depressing.
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  • It'd be kind of depressing. he went on to say, “but be of
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  • He went on to say, “but be of good cheer, for i have
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  • Good cheer, for i have overcome the world.” your
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  • Overcome the world.” your attitude in tough times will
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  • Attitude in tough times will determine if you stay there
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  • Determine if you stay there or if you come out better.
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  • Or if you come out better. it's easy to complain,, talk
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  • It's easy to complain,, talk about the trouble, who hurt
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  • About the trouble, who hurt you, and how big the sickness
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  • You, and how big the sickness is. zip that up. talk about
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  • Is. zip that up. talk about how big our god is. he has
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  • How big our god is. he has beauty for the ashes. he
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  • Beauty for the ashes. he knows how to turn mourning
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  • Knows how to turn mourning into dancing, sickness into
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  • Into dancing, sickness into health, addictions into
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  • Health, addictions into freedom. the reason you have
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  • Freedom. the reason you have trouble, the reason you face
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  • Trouble, the reason you face adversity, and unexpected
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  • Adversity, and unexpected challenges, is because
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  • Challenges, is because there's a purpose the enemy
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  • There's a purpose the enemy doesn't want you to get to.
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  • Doesn't want you to get to. there's an assignment on your
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  • There's an assignment on your life, greatness god put in
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  • Life, greatness god put in you, that forces of darkness
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  • You, that forces of darkness are trying to stop. one of
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  • Are trying to stop. one of the main ways is through
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  • The main ways is through adversity, bad breaks,
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  • Adversity, bad breaks, delays. he's hoping you'll
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  • Delays. he's hoping you'll get sour and settle where you
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  • Get sour and settle where you are. no, you have to stand
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  • Are. no, you have to stand strong and fight the good
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  • Strong and fight the good fight of faith. the reason
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  • Fight of faith. the reason it's good is you've already
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  • It's good is you've already won. god has already defeated
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  • Won. god has already defeated every enemy that would try to
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  • Every enemy that would try to stop you. now you have to
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  • Stop you. now you have to walk that out. you have to go
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  • Walk that out. you have to go through some things to get to
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  • Through some things to get to the prize that god has in
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  • The prize that god has in front of you. don't stop
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  • Front of you. don't stop along the way. don't water
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  • Along the way. don't water down your dreams because you
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  • Down your dreams because you had a setback. don't settle
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  • Had a setback. don't settle for less when there is
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  • For less when there is abundance in front of you.
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  • Abundance in front of you. this is the story of my
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  • This is the story of my mother. she just kept
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  • Mother. she just kept pressing forward despite what
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  • Pressing forward despite what came against her. for the
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  • Came against her. for the last few years, every monday
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  • Last few years, every monday night, my mother and i would
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  • Night, my mother and i would go to dinner. just the two of
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  • Go to dinner. just the two of us. i do a sirius xm radio
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  • Us. i do a sirius xm radio show mondays. she'd come to
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  • Show mondays. she'd come to the studio, sit with me, then
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  • The studio, sit with me, then we'd go to the cafeteria.
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  • We'd go to the cafeteria. that's where she liked to
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  • That's where she liked to eat. over dinner, we'd talk
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  • Eat. over dinner, we'd talk about different things, just
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  • About different things, just news and family. but about
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  • News and family. but about six months ago, i felt this
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  • Six months ago, i felt this desire to ask her about her
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  • Desire to ask her about her life, growing up, what she
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  • Life, growing up, what she remembered. i started really
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  • Remembered. i started really probing, asking more personal
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  • Probing, asking more personal questions. i asked about her
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  • Questions. i asked about her having polio, having to wear
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  • Having polio, having to wear the brace and, “did kids make
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  • The brace and, “did kids make fun, did they bully you?” she
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  • Fun, did they bully you?” she said, “joel, a few did,
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  • Said, “joel, a few did, but i didn't pay any
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  • But i didn't pay any attention. so many people
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  • Attention. so many people were good to me.” i asked
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  • Were good to me.” i asked about meeting my father. what
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  • About meeting my father. what her parents thought when they
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  • Her parents thought when they started dating. my father had
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  • Started dating. my father had been married. he was divorced
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  • Been married. he was divorced and had a child. this was
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  • And had a child. this was seventy years ago. i thought
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  • Seventy years ago. i thought she would have some kind of
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  • She would have some kind of push back. she said, “no,
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  • Push back. she said, “no, joel, my parents were
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  • Joel, my parents were thrilled i was dating a
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  • Thrilled i was dating a minister. they loved john.” i
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  • Asked about lisa's birth, did
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  • Asked about lisa's birth, did she feel distraught, what she
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  • She feel distraught, what she though when the church asked
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  • Though when the church asked her to leave, those friends
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  • Her to leave, those friends that betrayed you, what about
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  • That betrayed you, what about when the doctor's told you
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  • When the doctor's told you you had terminal cancer?” i
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  • Was trying to get some scoop,
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  • Was trying to get some scoop, some tea. i could not get her
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  • Some tea. i could not get her to say one negative thing.
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  • To say one negative thing. she said, “joel, i've had a
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  • She said, “joel, i've had a blessed life. god has always
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  • Blessed life. god has always seen me through.”
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  • Seen me through.” i realized my mother was good
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  • I realized my mother was good at letting things go. you
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  • At letting things go. you can't keep carrying negative
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  • Can't keep carrying negative baggage and live a victorious
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  • Baggage and live a victorious life. dwelling on what they
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  • Life. dwelling on what they did, what wasn't fair, what
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  • Did, what wasn't fair, what didn't work out. none of that
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  • Didn't work out. none of that negativity was in my mother's
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  • Negativity was in my mother's spirit. no offense, no
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  • Spirit. no offense, no bitterness, no why did this
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  • Bitterness, no why did this happen. she lived from a
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  • Happen. she lived from a place of peace, a place of
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  • Place of peace, a place of trust, with this knowing that
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  • Trust, with this knowing that god was bigger than anything
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  • God was bigger than anything that came against her.
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  • Last september, she had some
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  • Last september, she had some digestive problems and had to
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  • Digestive problems and had to have surgery to remove part
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  • Have surgery to remove part of her colon. it was a big
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  • Of her colon. it was a big deal at ninety-one years old.
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  • Deal at ninety-one years old. she had the surgery. paul and
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  • She had the surgery. paul and i went in the recovery room.
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  • I went in the recovery room. she was lying there, when she
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  • She was lying there, when she finally came to, and opened
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  • Finally came to, and opened her eyes, i said, “mother,
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  • Her eyes, i said, “mother, you're out of surgery. the
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  • You're out of surgery. the doctor said it all went
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  • Doctor said it all went well.” she had this pleasant
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  • Well.” she had this pleasant smile, first thing she said
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  • Smile, first thing she said was, “jesus did it again.”
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  • Was, “jesus did it again.” there was this gratefulness
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  • There was this gratefulness on the inside. she was always
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  • On the inside. she was always bragging on what god had
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  • Bragging on what god had done. i told paul, looking at
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  • Done. i told paul, looking at my mother lying there, with
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  • My mother lying there, with all these tubes and gauze,
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  • All these tubes and gauze, she looked like a warrior. so
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  • She looked like a warrior. so strong and resolute. it was
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  • Strong and resolute. it was like she was saying, “devil
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  • Like she was saying, “devil you are messing with the
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  • You are messing with the wrong person. i am god's
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  • Property.” sure, you may walk
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  • Property.” sure, you may walk through the valley of the
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  • Through the valley of the shadow of death, but you
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  • Shadow of death, but you don't have to fear any evil,
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  • Don't have to fear any evil, any sickness, any unexpected
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  • Any sickness, any unexpected trouble. nothing can snatch
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  • Trouble. nothing can snatch you out of god's hands. if
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  • You out of god's hands. if it's not your time to go,
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  • It's not your time to go, you're not going to go.
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  • You're not going to go. my mother was very
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  • My mother was very independent. she never wanted
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  • Independent. she never wanted anyone to be at her house for
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  • Anyone to be at her house for any kind of assistance. when
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  • Any kind of assistance. when they dismissed her from the
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  • They dismissed her from the hospital, they said she
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  • Hospital, they said she couldn't live alone. we got a
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  • Couldn't live alone. we got a team of skilled nurses to
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  • Team of skilled nurses to stay twenty-four hours a day.
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  • Stay twenty-four hours a day. my mother was not having
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  • My mother was not having that. that lasted three days.
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  • That. that lasted three days. it wasn't her life that was
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  • It wasn't her life that was in danger, my life was in
  • 00:07:58.557 --> 00:08:00.125
  • In danger, my life was in danger.
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  • Danger. when my mother was a child,
  • 00:08:02.193 --> 00:08:03.595
  • When my mother was a child, all the kids at school would
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  • All the kids at school would go out to recess to run and
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  • Go out to recess to run and play. but because of polio
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  • Play. but because of polio and the brace, she was very
  • 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:10.335
  • And the brace, she was very limited. years ago, this lady
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  • Limited. years ago, this lady came up after service and
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  • Came up after service and said, “dodie, do you remember
  • 00:08:14.472 --> 00:08:15.674
  • Said, “dodie, do you remember me? we went to grade school
  • 00:08:15.740 --> 00:08:17.409
  • Me? we went to grade school together.” she told my mother
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  • Together.” she told my mother her name. mother said, “i
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  • Her name. mother said, “i can't believe that's you.”
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  • Can't believe that's you.” they hadn't seen each other
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  • They hadn't seen each other in seventy years. she said,
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  • In seventy years. she said, “you remember dodie, when we
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  • “you remember dodie, when we played baseball during
  • 00:08:27.452 --> 00:08:28.920
  • Played baseball during recess. you were the batter,
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  • Recess. you were the batter, when you hit the ball, i was
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  • When you hit the ball, i was the one that would run the
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  • The one that would run the bases for you.” my mother
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  • Bases for you.” my mother couldn't run, but god will
  • 00:08:36.995 --> 00:08:38.563
  • Couldn't run, but god will always send you someone to
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  • Always send you someone to run the bases for you. god
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  • Run the bases for you. god has the right people, divine
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  • Has the right people, divine connections, that he's going
  • 00:08:45.870 --> 00:08:47.405
  • Connections, that he's going to bring across your path.
  • 00:08:47.472 --> 00:08:49.474
  • To bring across your path. he's not only ordering your
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  • He's not only ordering your steps, he's ordering the
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  • Steps, he's ordering the steps of the people you need.
  • 00:08:52.110 --> 00:08:54.613
  • Steps of the people you need. when you're at a
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  • When you're at a disadvantage, it seems like
  • 00:08:55.347 --> 00:08:57.148
  • Disadvantage, it seems like you're stuck, god will cause
  • 00:08:57.215 --> 00:08:58.316
  • You're stuck, god will cause the right people to find you.
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  • The right people to find you. jesus didn't have the
  • 00:09:01.419 --> 00:09:02.454
  • Jesus didn't have the strength to carry the cross,
  • 00:09:02.520 --> 00:09:03.888
  • Strength to carry the cross, but simon showed up and
  • 00:09:03.955 --> 00:09:05.824
  • But simon showed up and carried it for him. aaron and
  • 00:09:05.890 --> 00:09:07.959
  • Carried it for him. aaron and hur held up moses hands when
  • 00:09:08.026 --> 00:09:10.528
  • Hur held up moses hands when moses was too tired. when
  • 00:09:10.595 --> 00:09:12.764
  • Moses was too tired. when you're weak, god will send
  • 00:09:12.831 --> 00:09:14.366
  • You're weak, god will send people to be strong for you,
  • 00:09:14.432 --> 00:09:16.501
  • People to be strong for you, to lift your arms. you're not
  • 00:09:16.568 --> 00:09:18.637
  • To lift your arms. you're not doing life on your own. god
  • 00:09:18.703 --> 00:09:20.639
  • Doing life on your own. god is watching over you. you may
  • 00:09:20.705 --> 00:09:22.941
  • Is watching over you. you may have had a lot come against
  • 00:09:23.008 --> 00:09:24.309
  • Have had a lot come against you, but like god did for my
  • 00:09:24.376 --> 00:09:26.411
  • You, but like god did for my mother, what he has purposed
  • 00:09:26.478 --> 00:09:28.246
  • Mother, what he has purposed for your life will come to
  • 00:09:28.313 --> 00:09:29.814
  • For your life will come to pass. that setback, the
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  • Pass. that setback, the trouble, the sickness, is not
  • 00:09:32.684 --> 00:09:35.020
  • Trouble, the sickness, is not going to stop your purpose,
  • 00:09:35.086 --> 00:09:36.521
  • Going to stop your purpose, it's going to move you into
  • 00:09:36.588 --> 00:09:37.922
  • It's going to move you into your purpose. it's a setup
  • 00:09:37.989 --> 00:09:40.191
  • Your purpose. it's a setup for god to show out in your
  • 00:09:40.258 --> 00:09:41.559
  • For god to show out in your life. the enemy wouldn't be
  • 00:09:41.626 --> 00:09:44.262
  • Life. the enemy wouldn't be fighting you if you didn't
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  • Fighting you if you didn't have something valuable. you
  • 00:09:46.097 --> 00:09:48.266
  • Have something valuable. you carry the favor of god. you
  • 00:09:48.333 --> 00:09:50.735
  • Carry the favor of god. you are destined to leave your
  • 00:09:50.802 --> 00:09:52.003
  • Are destined to leave your mark, to set new standards,
  • 00:09:52.070 --> 00:09:54.673
  • Mark, to set new standards, to break generational
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  • To break generational limitations and go where no
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  • Limitations and go where no one in your family has gone.
  • 00:09:58.143 --> 00:10:00.979
  • One in your family has gone. that's why you have
  • 00:10:01.046 --> 00:10:01.646
  • That's why you have opposition. there's an
  • 00:10:01.713 --> 00:10:03.314
  • Opposition. there's an anointing on your life, an
  • 00:10:03.381 --> 00:10:05.550
  • Anointing on your life, an assignment that only you can
  • 00:10:05.617 --> 00:10:07.419
  • Assignment that only you can fulfill. paul said, “there's
  • 00:10:07.485 --> 00:10:10.055
  • Fulfill. paul said, “there's a wide door of opportunity in
  • 00:10:10.121 --> 00:10:11.856
  • A wide door of opportunity in front of me, but there are
  • 00:10:11.923 --> 00:10:13.458
  • Front of me, but there are many adversaries.” on the
  • 00:10:13.525 --> 00:10:15.694
  • Many adversaries.” on the other side of the adversity
  • 00:10:15.760 --> 00:10:17.796
  • Other side of the adversity is the new level of your
  • 00:10:17.862 --> 00:10:19.030
  • Is the new level of your destiny. be strong and of
  • 00:10:19.097 --> 00:10:21.466
  • Destiny. be strong and of good courage, the lord your
  • 00:10:21.533 --> 00:10:23.134
  • Good courage, the lord your god is with you.
  • 00:10:23.201 --> 00:10:24.936
  • God is with you. my mother was a little
  • 00:10:25.003 --> 00:10:26.371
  • My mother was a little self-conscious about that one
  • 00:10:26.438 --> 00:10:28.006
  • Self-conscious about that one leg being so much smaller
  • 00:10:28.073 --> 00:10:29.240
  • Leg being so much smaller than the other. she would
  • 00:10:29.307 --> 00:10:30.775
  • Than the other. she would wear longer dresses or pants
  • 00:10:30.842 --> 00:10:32.777
  • Wear longer dresses or pants to try to cover it up. she
  • 00:10:32.844 --> 00:10:34.079
  • To try to cover it up. she had a little bit of a limp.
  • 00:10:34.145 --> 00:10:35.780
  • Had a little bit of a limp. one day my father and this
  • 00:10:35.847 --> 00:10:37.515
  • One day my father and this well-known minister were
  • 00:10:37.582 --> 00:10:38.717
  • Well-known minister were walking down the sidewalk,
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  • Walking down the sidewalk, going to this building. my
  • 00:10:40.385 --> 00:10:41.953
  • Going to this building. my mother was walking about
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  • Mother was walking about fifteen feet in front of
  • 00:10:43.121 --> 00:10:44.289
  • Fifteen feet in front of them. this minister turned to
  • 00:10:44.355 --> 00:10:46.825
  • Them. this minister turned to my father and said, “john,
  • 00:10:46.891 --> 00:10:48.026
  • My father and said, “john, look at dodie, she walks like
  • 00:10:48.093 --> 00:10:50.228
  • Look at dodie, she walks like a princess.” my mother
  • 00:10:50.295 --> 00:10:52.097
  • A princess.” my mother overheard that. she had never
  • 00:10:52.163 --> 00:10:53.665
  • Overheard that. she had never heard anything good about how
  • 00:10:53.732 --> 00:10:55.300
  • Heard anything good about how she walked. that day a
  • 00:10:55.366 --> 00:10:57.335
  • She walked. that day a stronghold was broken in her
  • 00:10:57.402 --> 00:10:59.137
  • Stronghold was broken in her mind. all these thoughts,
  • 00:10:59.204 --> 00:11:01.039
  • Mind. all these thoughts, “you're inferior. you're
  • 00:11:01.106 --> 00:11:02.407
  • “you're inferior. you're unattractive. you don't
  • 00:11:02.474 --> 00:11:03.475
  • Unattractive. you don't measure up.” instead of
  • 00:11:03.541 --> 00:11:05.043
  • Measure up.” instead of believing those lies, she
  • 00:11:05.110 --> 00:11:06.377
  • Believing those lies, she started believing, “i walk
  • 00:11:06.444 --> 00:11:07.846
  • Started believing, “i walk like a princess. i'm a
  • 00:11:07.912 --> 00:11:09.280
  • Like a princess. i'm a masterpiece. i'm made in the
  • 00:11:09.347 --> 00:11:11.082
  • Masterpiece. i'm made in the image of god.” that was a
  • 00:11:11.149 --> 00:11:12.884
  • Image of god.” that was a turning point. instead of
  • 00:11:12.951 --> 00:11:14.319
  • Turning point. instead of trying to hide her legs, she
  • 00:11:14.385 --> 00:11:15.453
  • Trying to hide her legs, she started showing them off. god
  • 00:11:15.520 --> 00:11:18.156
  • Started showing them off. god is going to cause you to hear
  • 00:11:18.223 --> 00:11:20.358
  • Is going to cause you to hear what you need to hear. he's
  • 00:11:20.425 --> 00:11:22.193
  • What you need to hear. he's going to send the right
  • 00:11:22.260 --> 00:11:23.061
  • Going to send the right people to speak words that
  • 00:11:23.128 --> 00:11:25.330
  • People to speak words that will break strongholds that
  • 00:11:25.396 --> 00:11:26.965
  • Will break strongholds that are limiting you. you need to
  • 00:11:27.031 --> 00:11:29.067
  • Are limiting you. you need to know today, you are royalty.
  • 00:11:29.134 --> 00:11:31.669
  • Know today, you are royalty. you have the dna of almighty
  • 00:11:31.736 --> 00:11:33.404
  • You have the dna of almighty god. he has crowned you with
  • 00:11:33.471 --> 00:11:35.173
  • God. he has crowned you with favor. people may have tried
  • 00:11:35.240 --> 00:11:37.408
  • Favor. people may have tried to push you down, but god is
  • 00:11:37.475 --> 00:11:39.244
  • To push you down, but god is about to lift you up. it
  • 00:11:39.310 --> 00:11:41.412
  • About to lift you up. it looks like you're at a
  • 00:11:41.479 --> 00:11:42.180
  • Looks like you're at a disadvantage, things are
  • 00:11:42.247 --> 00:11:43.615
  • Disadvantage, things are about to shift in your favor.
  • 00:11:43.681 --> 00:11:46.050
  • About to shift in your favor. god is breathing on your life
  • 00:11:46.117 --> 00:11:47.819
  • God is breathing on your life right now. now, do like my
  • 00:11:47.886 --> 00:11:49.788
  • Right now. now, do like my mother, don't talk about the
  • 00:11:49.854 --> 00:11:50.855
  • Mother, don't talk about the problem, what didn't work
  • 00:11:50.922 --> 00:11:52.757
  • Problem, what didn't work out, talk about the greatness
  • 00:11:52.824 --> 00:11:54.425
  • Out, talk about the greatness of god. keep your mind
  • 00:11:54.492 --> 00:11:56.027
  • Of god. keep your mind positive, faith filled,
  • 00:11:56.094 --> 00:11:57.829
  • Positive, faith filled, knowing that god is working
  • 00:11:57.896 --> 00:11:59.097
  • Knowing that god is working out his plan for your life.
  • 00:11:59.164 --> 00:12:02.000
  • Another lesson i've learned
  • 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:03.234
  • Another lesson i've learned from my mother was the power
  • 00:12:03.301 --> 00:12:04.969
  • From my mother was the power of prayer. she had seen god's
  • 00:12:05.036 --> 00:12:07.005
  • Of prayer. she had seen god's goodness healing my sister,
  • 00:12:07.071 --> 00:12:08.139
  • Goodness healing my sister, lisa, from the birth injury
  • 00:12:08.206 --> 00:12:09.774
  • Lisa, from the birth injury and healing her from terminal
  • 00:12:09.841 --> 00:12:11.442
  • And healing her from terminal cancer. she loved to pray for
  • 00:12:11.509 --> 00:12:13.311
  • Cancer. she loved to pray for people. she told me, “joel,
  • 00:12:13.378 --> 00:12:15.013
  • People. she told me, “joel, this is my life. god has
  • 00:12:15.079 --> 00:12:16.948
  • This is my life. god has given me my health, now i get
  • 00:12:17.015 --> 00:12:18.983
  • Given me my health, now i get to help others.” for years,
  • 00:12:19.050 --> 00:12:21.452
  • To help others.” for years, she would go to the medical
  • 00:12:21.519 --> 00:12:22.453
  • She would go to the medical center every tuesday and have
  • 00:12:22.520 --> 00:12:23.655
  • Center every tuesday and have a prayer and healing service.
  • 00:12:23.721 --> 00:12:25.957
  • A prayer and healing service. she would do healing services
  • 00:12:26.024 --> 00:12:27.125
  • She would do healing services once a month at lakewood.
  • 00:12:27.192 --> 00:12:29.060
  • When covid hit, she started
  • 00:12:29.160 --> 00:12:30.261
  • When covid hit, she started doing the services by zoom.
  • 00:12:30.328 --> 00:12:32.030
  • Doing the services by zoom. praying for people all over
  • 00:12:32.096 --> 00:12:33.198
  • Praying for people all over the world. i have people come
  • 00:12:33.264 --> 00:12:35.500
  • The world. i have people come now all the time, “your
  • 00:12:35.567 --> 00:12:36.901
  • Now all the time, “your mother prayed, i don't have
  • 00:12:36.968 --> 00:12:38.203
  • Mother prayed, i don't have cancer anymore. they said i
  • 00:12:38.269 --> 00:12:40.071
  • Cancer anymore. they said i couldn't have a baby, but
  • 00:12:40.138 --> 00:12:41.139
  • Couldn't have a baby, but your mother prayed, and we
  • 00:12:41.206 --> 00:12:42.073
  • Your mother prayed, and we have this child.”
  • 00:12:42.140 --> 00:12:43.608
  • Have this child.” the thing about my mother is
  • 00:12:43.675 --> 00:12:44.943
  • The thing about my mother is she would pray for anything.
  • 00:12:45.009 --> 00:12:46.945
  • She would pray for anything. if the dishwasher didn't
  • 00:12:47.011 --> 00:12:48.313
  • If the dishwasher didn't work. “i command you
  • 00:12:48.379 --> 00:12:49.981
  • Work. “i command you dishwasher in the name of
  • 00:12:50.048 --> 00:12:51.416
  • Dishwasher in the name of jesus to start working.” i
  • 00:12:51.482 --> 00:12:52.951
  • Jesus to start working.” i would say, “mother, it's a
  • 00:12:53.017 --> 00:12:53.718
  • Would say, “mother, it's a dishwasher. let's call a
  • 00:12:53.785 --> 00:12:55.420
  • Dishwasher. let's call a technician.” how many times
  • 00:12:55.486 --> 00:12:57.956
  • Technician.” how many times did i see things that i
  • 00:12:58.022 --> 00:12:59.224
  • Did i see things that i cannot explain. the scripture
  • 00:12:59.290 --> 00:13:02.227
  • Cannot explain. the scripture says, “you have not because
  • 00:13:02.293 --> 00:13:03.962
  • Says, “you have not because you ask not.” sometimes we
  • 00:13:04.028 --> 00:13:06.231
  • You ask not.” sometimes we call a friend, call a
  • 00:13:06.297 --> 00:13:07.398
  • Call a friend, call a neighbor, call a technician,
  • 00:13:07.465 --> 00:13:09.033
  • Neighbor, call a technician, how about calling out to god.
  • 00:13:09.100 --> 00:13:10.969
  • How about calling out to god. how about doing like my
  • 00:13:11.035 --> 00:13:11.769
  • How about doing like my mother and praying some bold
  • 00:13:11.836 --> 00:13:13.204
  • Mother and praying some bold prayers. things that don't
  • 00:13:13.271 --> 00:13:15.940
  • Prayers. things that don't seem possible, that are over
  • 00:13:16.007 --> 00:13:17.575
  • Seem possible, that are over your head. the medical report
  • 00:13:17.642 --> 00:13:19.777
  • Your head. the medical report doesn't look good; there's
  • 00:13:19.844 --> 00:13:20.945
  • Doesn't look good; there's another report that says god
  • 00:13:21.012 --> 00:13:22.680
  • Another report that says god is going to restore health
  • 00:13:22.747 --> 00:13:23.848
  • Is going to restore health back to you. your child is
  • 00:13:23.915 --> 00:13:26.384
  • Back to you. your child is off course. don't just pray,
  • 00:13:26.451 --> 00:13:27.919
  • Off course. don't just pray, “god don't let him get
  • 00:13:27.986 --> 00:13:28.753
  • “god don't let him get harmed.” how about, “god help
  • 00:13:28.820 --> 00:13:30.655
  • Harmed.” how about, “god help him to fulfill his destiny.”
  • 00:13:30.722 --> 00:13:32.724
  • Him to fulfill his destiny.” a bold prayer.
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  • A bold prayer. one time we were coming home
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  • One time we were coming home from a night of hope. we
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  • From a night of hope. we landed at 2:30 in the
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  • Landed at 2:30 in the morning. we are all so tired
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  • Morning. we are all so tired and ready to get home. our
  • 00:13:40.732 --> 00:13:42.667
  • And ready to get home. our cars were over to the side
  • 00:13:42.734 --> 00:13:44.802
  • Cars were over to the side right by the gate. we got
  • 00:13:44.869 --> 00:13:46.504
  • Right by the gate. we got everything unloaded, but my
  • 00:13:46.571 --> 00:13:48.306
  • Everything unloaded, but my mother's car wouldn't start.
  • 00:13:48.373 --> 00:13:49.641
  • Mother's car wouldn't start. it looked like the battery
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  • It looked like the battery was dead. so, i pulled my car
  • 00:13:50.875 --> 00:13:53.311
  • Was dead. so, i pulled my car up; got some jumper cables.
  • 00:13:53.378 --> 00:13:54.779
  • Up; got some jumper cables. we tried to start hers but
  • 00:13:54.846 --> 00:13:57.081
  • We tried to start hers but nothing. not even a budge. we
  • 00:13:57.148 --> 00:13:59.517
  • Nothing. not even a budge. we waited about ten minutes,
  • 00:13:59.584 --> 00:14:00.685
  • Waited about ten minutes, hoping it would charge. tried
  • 00:14:00.752 --> 00:14:02.320
  • Hoping it would charge. tried it again, still nothing. a
  • 00:14:02.387 --> 00:14:04.222
  • It again, still nothing. a technician came out from the
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  • Technician came out from the airport with tools and did a
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  • Airport with tools and did a couple things, but no luck. i
  • 00:14:07.592 --> 00:14:10.094
  • Couple things, but no luck. i finally said, “mother, com on
  • 00:14:10.161 --> 00:14:11.496
  • Finally said, “mother, com on ride with me. i'll take you
  • 00:14:11.562 --> 00:14:12.664
  • Ride with me. i'll take you home. i'll come back tomorrow
  • 00:14:12.730 --> 00:14:14.432
  • Home. i'll come back tomorrow and work on it.” she said,
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  • And work on it.” she said, “no joel, i need my car
  • 00:14:15.967 --> 00:14:17.502
  • “no joel, i need my car tonight.” she was eighty-four
  • 00:14:17.568 --> 00:14:20.071
  • Tonight.” she was eighty-four years old. she wasn't going
  • 00:14:20.138 --> 00:14:21.739
  • Years old. she wasn't going out to dinner. we went over
  • 00:14:21.806 --> 00:14:23.775
  • Out to dinner. we went over and worked on it some more.
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  • And worked on it some more. now it's three in the
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  • Now it's three in the morning. we have church the
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  • Morning. we have church the next night, then the whole
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  • Next night, then the whole weekend. i said, “mother,
  • 00:14:28.947 --> 00:14:29.814
  • Weekend. i said, “mother, it's not going to start. i
  • 00:14:29.881 --> 00:14:31.716
  • It's not going to start. i promise you i'll take care of
  • 00:14:31.783 --> 00:14:32.951
  • Promise you i'll take care of it.” she said, “joel, give me
  • 00:14:33.017 --> 00:14:34.252
  • It.” she said, “joel, give me the keys.” she went over to
  • 00:14:34.319 --> 00:14:36.754
  • The keys.” she went over to the front of the car, put her
  • 00:14:36.821 --> 00:14:38.022
  • The front of the car, put her hands on it and said, “i
  • 00:14:38.089 --> 00:14:39.791
  • Hands on it and said, “i command you to start, in the
  • 00:14:39.857 --> 00:14:41.993
  • Command you to start, in the name of jesus.” that
  • 00:14:42.060 --> 00:14:43.828
  • Name of jesus.” that technician turned and went
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  • Technician turned and went right back in the building.
  • 00:14:45.196 --> 00:14:47.298
  • Right back in the building. he thought we were crazy, and
  • 00:14:47.365 --> 00:14:48.433
  • He thought we were crazy, and i was so embarrassed. my
  • 00:14:48.499 --> 00:14:50.335
  • I was so embarrassed. my mother got in the car, turned
  • 00:14:50.401 --> 00:14:52.136
  • Mother got in the car, turned the ignition, and it started
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  • The ignition, and it started like it had never had a
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  • Like it had never had a problem. there were five of
  • 00:14:55.106 --> 00:14:58.309
  • Problem. there were five of us standing there. we looked
  • 00:14:58.376 --> 00:15:00.378
  • Us standing there. we looked at each other like what just
  • 00:15:00.445 --> 00:15:01.446
  • At each other like what just happened. the funny thing is
  • 00:15:01.512 --> 00:15:03.648
  • Happened. the funny thing is my mother never rolled down
  • 00:15:03.715 --> 00:15:05.316
  • My mother never rolled down the window. never said,
  • 00:15:05.383 --> 00:15:07.352
  • The window. never said, “thank you for trying.
  • 00:15:07.418 --> 00:15:08.586
  • “thank you for trying. goodnight.” she just sped
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  • Goodnight.” she just sped off, but she didn't drive
  • 00:15:10.855 --> 00:15:12.757
  • Off, but she didn't drive toward the exit. she drove
  • 00:15:12.824 --> 00:15:14.125
  • Toward the exit. she drove toward the plane. she started
  • 00:15:14.192 --> 00:15:16.361
  • Toward the plane. she started going around in circles, two
  • 00:15:16.427 --> 00:15:17.829
  • Going around in circles, two or three times, like she was
  • 00:15:17.895 --> 00:15:19.530
  • Or three times, like she was going to do donuts. then she
  • 00:15:19.597 --> 00:15:22.066
  • Going to do donuts. then she drove away, left us in the
  • 00:15:22.133 --> 00:15:24.302
  • Drove away, left us in the dust. i thought number one
  • 00:15:24.369 --> 00:15:26.204
  • Dust. i thought number one that's a great miracle.
  • 00:15:26.270 --> 00:15:27.805
  • That's a great miracle. number two we're about to go
  • 00:15:27.872 --> 00:15:29.374
  • Number two we're about to go to jail.
  • 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:30.074
  • To jail. my mother had a different
  • 00:15:30.141 --> 00:15:33.011
  • My mother had a different perspective. i was trying to
  • 00:15:33.077 --> 00:15:35.046
  • Perspective. i was trying to do it naturally. thinking,
  • 00:15:35.113 --> 00:15:36.748
  • Do it naturally. thinking, “i'll pray about spiritual
  • 00:15:36.814 --> 00:15:37.882
  • “i'll pray about spiritual things.” but my mother
  • 00:15:37.949 --> 00:15:39.183
  • Things.” but my mother thought, “i'll pray about
  • 00:15:39.250 --> 00:15:40.284
  • Thought, “i'll pray about this car.” the scripture
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  • This car.” the scripture says, “god will perfect that
  • 00:15:42.687 --> 00:15:44.822
  • Says, “god will perfect that which concerns you.” my
  • 00:15:44.889 --> 00:15:47.025
  • Which concerns you.” my mother was concerned. she
  • 00:15:47.091 --> 00:15:48.993
  • Mother was concerned. she wanted her car to go home
  • 00:15:49.060 --> 00:15:50.294
  • Wanted her car to go home that night. she was bold
  • 00:15:50.361 --> 00:15:51.696
  • That night. she was bold enough to ask. i learned from
  • 00:15:51.763 --> 00:15:53.865
  • Enough to ask. i learned from my mother to ask for what
  • 00:15:53.931 --> 00:15:56.034
  • My mother to ask for what concerns me. to take the
  • 00:15:56.100 --> 00:15:58.069
  • Concerns me. to take the limits off of god, to pray
  • 00:15:58.136 --> 00:15:59.871
  • Limits off of god, to pray bold prayers. what looks
  • 00:15:59.937 --> 00:16:02.473
  • Bold prayers. what looks impossible in your life? what
  • 00:16:02.540 --> 00:16:04.475
  • Impossible in your life? what obstacle seems too big? have
  • 00:16:04.542 --> 00:16:06.778
  • Obstacle seems too big? have you ever asked god to make it
  • 00:16:06.844 --> 00:16:08.279
  • You ever asked god to make it happen? have you ever prayed,
  • 00:16:08.346 --> 00:16:10.081
  • Happen? have you ever prayed, “god do what i can't do.”
  • 00:16:10.148 --> 00:16:12.183
  • “god do what i can't do.” think about moses. he lifted
  • 00:16:12.250 --> 00:16:13.951
  • Think about moses. he lifted up his rod believing that the
  • 00:16:14.018 --> 00:16:15.620
  • Up his rod believing that the sea would open up. joshua
  • 00:16:15.686 --> 00:16:18.256
  • Sea would open up. joshua believed that the walls would
  • 00:16:18.322 --> 00:16:19.690
  • Believed that the walls would fall, not with equipment, not
  • 00:16:19.757 --> 00:16:21.659
  • Fall, not with equipment, not with force, but with a shout.
  • 00:16:21.726 --> 00:16:24.362
  • With force, but with a shout. they didn't just pray for
  • 00:16:24.429 --> 00:16:25.329
  • They didn't just pray for salvation, pray for healing,
  • 00:16:25.396 --> 00:16:27.331
  • Salvation, pray for healing, pray for wisdom, that's all
  • 00:16:27.398 --> 00:16:28.566
  • Pray for wisdom, that's all good. but they prayed for
  • 00:16:28.633 --> 00:16:30.301
  • Good. but they prayed for things that were out of the
  • 00:16:30.368 --> 00:16:31.669
  • Things that were out of the ordinary. if it's something
  • 00:16:31.736 --> 00:16:33.971
  • Ordinary. if it's something to help you accomplish your
  • 00:16:34.038 --> 00:16:35.173
  • To help you accomplish your dreams and fulfill your
  • 00:16:35.239 --> 00:16:36.874
  • Dreams and fulfill your destiny, you need to have the
  • 00:16:36.941 --> 00:16:38.709
  • Destiny, you need to have the boldness to pray for it.
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  • Boldness to pray for it. don't just pray weak, get by,
  • 00:16:41.112 --> 00:16:43.081
  • Don't just pray weak, get by, help me to make it through
  • 00:16:43.147 --> 00:16:44.148
  • Help me to make it through prayers. pray for some red
  • 00:16:44.215 --> 00:16:46.050
  • Prayers. pray for some red seas to part, for walls to
  • 00:16:46.117 --> 00:16:48.586
  • Seas to part, for walls to fall, for provision in the
  • 00:16:48.653 --> 00:16:50.188
  • Fall, for provision in the desert, for your car to start
  • 00:16:50.254 --> 00:16:51.889
  • Desert, for your car to start in the airport.
  • 00:16:51.956 --> 00:16:53.791
  • In the airport. when i heard that the compaq
  • 00:16:53.858 --> 00:16:55.059
  • When i heard that the compaq center was coming available,
  • 00:16:55.126 --> 00:16:56.694
  • Center was coming available, all the odds were against us.
  • 00:16:56.761 --> 00:16:58.763
  • All the odds were against us. in the natural we didn't have
  • 00:16:58.830 --> 00:16:59.864
  • In the natural we didn't have a chance. it was that same
  • 00:16:59.931 --> 00:17:02.066
  • A chance. it was that same spirit of faith that i saw in
  • 00:17:02.133 --> 00:17:03.868
  • Spirit of faith that i saw in my mother that rose up in me.
  • 00:17:03.935 --> 00:17:06.471
  • My mother that rose up in me. i had seen her pray these
  • 00:17:06.537 --> 00:17:07.672
  • I had seen her pray these bold prayers and how god
  • 00:17:07.738 --> 00:17:09.707
  • Bold prayers and how god healed her from terminal
  • 00:17:09.774 --> 00:17:10.741
  • Healed her from terminal cancer. i said, “god do it
  • 00:17:10.808 --> 00:17:12.710
  • Cancer. i said, “god do it for us. give us the compaq
  • 00:17:12.777 --> 00:17:14.512
  • For us. give us the compaq center. make a way where we
  • 00:17:14.579 --> 00:17:16.347
  • Center. make a way where we don't see a way.” god caused
  • 00:17:16.414 --> 00:17:18.549
  • Don't see a way.” god caused things to fall into place,
  • 00:17:18.616 --> 00:17:20.618
  • Things to fall into place, the right people. gave us the
  • 00:17:20.685 --> 00:17:21.986
  • The right people. gave us the funds, and here we are today.
  • 00:17:22.053 --> 00:17:24.322
  • Funds, and here we are today. i can say, “thank you lord
  • 00:17:24.388 --> 00:17:25.756
  • I can say, “thank you lord and thank you mother, for
  • 00:17:25.823 --> 00:17:28.092
  • And thank you mother, for being an example of bold
  • 00:17:28.159 --> 00:17:29.560
  • Being an example of bold faith, believing when it
  • 00:17:29.627 --> 00:17:31.062
  • Faith, believing when it seems impossible, taking the
  • 00:17:31.129 --> 00:17:32.864
  • Limits off of god.”
  • 00:17:32.964 --> 00:17:35.533
  • Limits off of god.” when i was growing up, there
  • 00:17:35.600 --> 00:17:36.367
  • When i was growing up, there were five of us kids in the
  • 00:17:36.434 --> 00:17:37.635
  • Were five of us kids in the house. my mother always
  • 00:17:37.702 --> 00:17:39.403
  • House. my mother always wanted a swimming pool. she
  • 00:17:39.470 --> 00:17:41.439
  • Wanted a swimming pool. she talked to my father about it,
  • 00:17:41.506 --> 00:17:42.907
  • Talked to my father about it, but he was completely against
  • 00:17:42.974 --> 00:17:44.509
  • But he was completely against it. he said, “dodie we don't
  • 00:17:44.575 --> 00:17:46.210
  • It. he said, “dodie we don't have the funds. even if we
  • 00:17:46.277 --> 00:17:48.212
  • Did, it's too much trouble.
  • 00:17:48.312 --> 00:17:49.647
  • Did, it's too much trouble. it's a big headache.” on and
  • 00:17:49.714 --> 00:17:51.282
  • It's a big headache.” on and on. that went in one ear and
  • 00:17:51.349 --> 00:17:53.918
  • On. that went in one ear and out the other. my mother was
  • 00:17:53.985 --> 00:17:55.953
  • Out the other. my mother was stubborn. i mean she was
  • 00:17:56.020 --> 00:17:57.054
  • Stubborn. i mean she was determined. she kept asking
  • 00:17:57.121 --> 00:17:59.090
  • Determined. she kept asking my father and asking, but he
  • 00:17:59.157 --> 00:18:00.925
  • My father and asking, but he kept saying no. one day she
  • 00:18:00.992 --> 00:18:02.994
  • Kept saying no. one day she was in the backyard with a
  • 00:18:03.060 --> 00:18:04.428
  • Was in the backyard with a tape measure, trying to
  • 00:18:04.495 --> 00:18:05.796
  • Tape measure, trying to figure things out. daddy went
  • 00:18:05.863 --> 00:18:07.632
  • Figure things out. daddy went out, “dodie what are you
  • 00:18:07.698 --> 00:18:08.432
  • Out, “dodie what are you doing out here?” she said,
  • 00:18:08.499 --> 00:18:09.934
  • Doing out here?” she said, “i'm trying to determine
  • 00:18:10.001 --> 00:18:11.502
  • “i'm trying to determine where we're going to put the
  • 00:18:11.569 --> 00:18:12.270
  • Where we're going to put the swimming pool.” my father
  • 00:18:12.336 --> 00:18:14.539
  • Swimming pool.” my father said, “dodie, i've told you a
  • 00:18:14.605 --> 00:18:15.673
  • Said, “dodie, i've told you a thousand times, we are not
  • 00:18:15.740 --> 00:18:17.175
  • Thousand times, we are not going to get a pool.” what my
  • 00:18:17.241 --> 00:18:19.310
  • Going to get a pool.” what my father didn't realize is my
  • 00:18:19.377 --> 00:18:21.112
  • Father didn't realize is my mother had been praying.
  • 00:18:21.179 --> 00:18:23.281
  • Mother had been praying. sometimes we're talking to
  • 00:18:23.347 --> 00:18:24.549
  • Sometimes we're talking to people. you need to talk to
  • 00:18:24.615 --> 00:18:26.083
  • People. you need to talk to god. he controls the universe.
  • 00:18:26.184 --> 00:18:29.654
  • One sunday my parents were at.
  • 00:18:29.787 --> 00:18:30.988
  • One sunday my parents were at. church. afterwards, this
  • 00:18:31.055 --> 00:18:32.256
  • Church. afterwards, this couple came up from out of
  • 00:18:32.323 --> 00:18:33.858
  • Couple came up from out of town, started speaking. my
  • 00:18:33.925 --> 00:18:36.294
  • Town, started speaking. my father asked the man what he
  • 00:18:36.360 --> 00:18:38.196
  • Father asked the man what he did for a living. he said, “i
  • 00:18:38.262 --> 00:18:40.164
  • Did for a living. he said, “i have a company that builds
  • 00:18:40.231 --> 00:18:41.432
  • Have a company that builds swimming pools.” my mother's
  • 00:18:41.499 --> 00:18:43.634
  • Swimming pools.” my mother's eyes lit up. she said, “how
  • 00:18:43.701 --> 00:18:44.969
  • Eyes lit up. she said, “how are you doing, oh buddy, oh
  • 00:18:45.036 --> 00:18:46.003
  • Are you doing, oh buddy, oh pal.” he said, “i drove all
  • 00:18:46.070 --> 00:18:49.106
  • Pal.” he said, “i drove all this way, because i want to
  • 00:18:49.173 --> 00:18:50.841
  • This way, because i want to build you a swimming pool.”
  • 00:18:50.908 --> 00:18:53.144
  • Build you a swimming pool.” my father said, “that's so
  • 00:18:53.211 --> 00:18:54.378
  • My father said, “that's so nice, so kind, but we can't
  • 00:18:54.445 --> 00:18:56.280
  • Really afford it now. it's
  • 00:18:56.380 --> 00:18:57.515
  • Really afford it now. it's not in our budget.” he said,
  • 00:18:57.582 --> 00:18:59.317
  • Not in our budget.” he said, “you're not going to have to
  • 00:18:59.383 --> 00:19:00.184
  • “you're not going to have to pay, i'm going to give it to
  • 00:19:00.251 --> 00:19:01.953
  • Pay, i'm going to give it to you.” that summer, we had a
  • 00:19:02.019 --> 00:19:05.122
  • You.” that summer, we had a brand-new pool. the first
  • 00:19:05.189 --> 00:19:07.325
  • Brand-new pool. the first time my dad came out to swim,
  • 00:19:07.391 --> 00:19:09.794
  • Time my dad came out to swim, my mother said, “john, don't
  • 00:19:09.860 --> 00:19:11.395
  • My mother said, “john, don't even think about getting in
  • 00:19:11.462 --> 00:19:12.597
  • Even think about getting in my pool.” (laughter)
  • 00:19:12.663 --> 00:19:15.066
  • What i learned from my
  • 00:19:15.166 --> 00:19:15.833
  • What i learned from my mother; hold on to the
  • 00:19:15.900 --> 00:19:17.635
  • Mother; hold on to the promises god put in your
  • 00:19:17.702 --> 00:19:19.036
  • Promises god put in your heart. keep believing even
  • 00:19:19.103 --> 00:19:21.973
  • Heart. keep believing even when people try to talk you
  • 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:23.374
  • When people try to talk you out of it. put actions behind
  • 00:19:23.441 --> 00:19:26.010
  • Your faith. let god see you
  • 00:19:26.110 --> 00:19:27.745
  • Your faith. let god see you out there measuring, making
  • 00:19:27.812 --> 00:19:29.447
  • Out there measuring, making plans for what he promised
  • 00:19:29.513 --> 00:19:30.915
  • Plans for what he promised you. it may not be a swimming
  • 00:19:30.982 --> 00:19:32.850
  • You. it may not be a swimming pool, but you're believing
  • 00:19:32.917 --> 00:19:34.051
  • Pool, but you're believing for healing from the illness,
  • 00:19:34.118 --> 00:19:35.853
  • For healing from the illness, freedom from an addiction,
  • 00:19:35.920 --> 00:19:37.221
  • Freedom from an addiction, for a child that's off
  • 00:19:37.288 --> 00:19:38.489
  • For a child that's off course. there will be a time
  • 00:19:38.556 --> 00:19:40.691
  • Course. there will be a time of testing. where the
  • 00:19:40.758 --> 00:19:42.260
  • Of testing. where the naysayers show up, doubt
  • 00:19:42.326 --> 00:19:44.428
  • Naysayers show up, doubt comes knocking, “it's too
  • 00:19:44.495 --> 00:19:45.162
  • Comes knocking, “it's too late, too big, it's not going
  • 00:19:45.229 --> 00:19:47.031
  • Late, too big, it's not going to happen.” do like my
  • 00:19:47.098 --> 00:19:48.199
  • To happen.” do like my mother, tune all that out and
  • 00:19:48.266 --> 00:19:50.034
  • Mother, tune all that out and keep reminding god what he
  • 00:19:50.101 --> 00:19:51.636
  • Keep reminding god what he promised.
  • 00:19:51.702 --> 00:19:52.270
  • Promised. the swimming pool, it wasn't
  • 00:19:52.336 --> 00:19:54.472
  • The swimming pool, it wasn't a big deal, it wasn't
  • 00:19:54.538 --> 00:19:55.306
  • A big deal, it wasn't necessary. but years later,
  • 00:19:55.373 --> 00:19:58.009
  • Necessary. but years later, when my mother was facing
  • 00:19:58.075 --> 00:19:59.210
  • When my mother was facing terminal cancer, it was the
  • 00:19:59.277 --> 00:20:01.178
  • Terminal cancer, it was the same tenacity, that same
  • 00:20:01.245 --> 00:20:03.547
  • Same tenacity, that same unshakeable faith that my
  • 00:20:03.614 --> 00:20:05.216
  • Unshakeable faith that my mother tapped into. god
  • 00:20:05.283 --> 00:20:07.451
  • Mother tapped into. god healed her and she lived
  • 00:20:07.518 --> 00:20:08.886
  • Healed her and she lived forty-four more years healthy
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  • Forty-four more years healthy and whole. if my mother were
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  • And whole. if my mother were here today, she would remind
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  • Here today, she would remind you, don't let go of what god
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  • You, don't let go of what god promised you. keep believing
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  • Promised you. keep believing even though it doesn't look
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  • Even though it doesn't look like anything is changing.
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  • Like anything is changing. what you can't see is things
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  • What you can't see is things are happening behind the
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  • Are happening behind the scenes. the right people are
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  • Scenes. the right people are already in route, the
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  • Already in route, the healing, the freedom, the
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  • Healing, the freedom, the breakthrough is going to
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  • Breakthrough is going to track you down.
  • 00:20:33.377 --> 00:20:35.279
  • Track you down. i was out of town monday, on
  • 00:20:35.346 --> 00:20:36.580
  • I was out of town monday, on victorias's book tour. i got
  • 00:20:36.647 --> 00:20:39.150
  • Victorias's book tour. i got home tuesday evening. lisa
  • 00:20:39.216 --> 00:20:41.352
  • Home tuesday evening. lisa texted me and said mother
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  • Texted me and said mother wasn't feeling well. i called
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  • Wasn't feeling well. i called her around eight that night,
  • 00:20:44.889 --> 00:20:46.324
  • Her around eight that night, said, “mama, how are you
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  • Said, “mama, how are you doing?” she said, “joel, i'm
  • 00:20:47.425 --> 00:20:48.959
  • Doing?” she said, “joel, i'm fine. i'm just fighting a
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  • Fine. i'm just fighting a little nausea.” we talked for
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  • Little nausea.” we talked for a couple minutes, of course,
  • 00:20:52.830 --> 00:20:54.165
  • A couple minutes, of course, i tried to encourage her.
  • 00:20:54.231 --> 00:20:56.033
  • I tried to encourage her. this may sound odd, but
  • 00:20:56.100 --> 00:20:58.436
  • This may sound odd, but typically i don't pray with
  • 00:20:58.502 --> 00:20:59.837
  • Typically i don't pray with my mother on the phone. i
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  • My mother on the phone. i pray for her in my quiet time
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  • Pray for her in my quiet time all the time. but for some
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  • All the time. but for some reason, i said, “mother, let
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  • Reason, i said, “mother, let me pray for you tonight.” i
  • 00:21:06.177 --> 00:21:08.245
  • Me pray for you tonight.” i prayed that god would give
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  • Prayed that god would give her strength and healing.”
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  • Her strength and healing.” she said, “joel thank you so
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  • She said, “joel thank you so much.” i said, “mama, i love
  • 00:21:11.816 --> 00:21:13.684
  • Much.” i said, “mama, i love you and i'll see you
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  • You and i'll see you tomorrow.” she said, “i love
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  • Tomorrow.” she said, “i love you, joel.” she laid down to
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  • Go to bed. a couple of hours
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  • Go to bed. a couple of hours later, she breathed her last
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  • Later, she breathed her last breath and woke up in heaven.
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  • Breath and woke up in heaven. what an amazing life she
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  • What an amazing life she lived, ninety-one years.
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  • Lived, ninety-one years. overcoming adversity, beating
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  • Overcoming adversity, beating cancer. praying for so many
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  • Cancer. praying for so many others. all five of her
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  • Others. all five of her children are in ministry. she
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  • Children are in ministry. she lived blessed, happy, a
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  • Lived blessed, happy, a grateful life. while her
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  • Passing is sad, we're going
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  • Passing is sad, we're going to miss her, it's so much
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  • To miss her, it's so much easier when there are no
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  • Easier when there are no regrets. last thing i told my
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  • Regrets. last thing i told my mother was i love you. that's
  • 00:21:48.486 --> 00:21:50.321
  • Mother was i love you. that's the last thing she said to
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  • The last thing she said to me. take time for the people
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  • Me. take time for the people you love. life is fragile.
  • 00:21:54.191 --> 00:21:56.761
  • You love. life is fragile. she got ninety-one years.
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  • She got ninety-one years. that's a full life. the
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  • That's a full life. the scripture says, “our life is
  • 00:22:00.164 --> 00:22:01.365
  • Scripture says, “our life is like a mist.” we're here for
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  • Like a mist.” we're here for a moment, then we're gone.
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  • A moment, then we're gone. life is too short to live
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  • Life is too short to live offended, not speaking,
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  • Offended, not speaking, letting petty issues pull us
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  • Letting petty issues pull us apart. the people god has
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  • Apart. the people god has given you, are not going to
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  • Given you, are not going to be there forever. give people
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  • Be there forever. give people flowers while they're living.
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  • Flowers while they're living. tell them what they mean to
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  • Tell them what they mean to you while they can still hear
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  • It. it was kind of propheticr
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  • It. it was kind of propheticr when i told my mother, “good
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  • When i told my mother, “good night. i'll see you
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  • Night. i'll see you tomorrow.” because in heaven,
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  • Tomorrow.” because in heaven, there's no time. when i
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  • There's no time. when i arrive fifty years from now,
  • 00:22:33.030 --> 00:22:34.965
  • Arrive fifty years from now, it's going to be like, “there
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  • You are joel. you said you
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  • You are joel. you said you would be here tomorrow.”
  • 00:22:37.635 --> 00:22:39.737
  • Would be here tomorrow.” my prayer is that my mother's
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  • My prayer is that my mother's life of faith and courage
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  • Life of faith and courage will inspire us to make our
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  • Will inspire us to make our lives count. she was a
  • 00:22:45.509 --> 00:22:47.378
  • Lives count. she was a powerful force in our church
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  • Powerful force in our church family. not just because she
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  • Family. not just because she was the founder, but she was
  • 00:22:51.515 --> 00:22:53.184
  • Was the founder, but she was a prayer warrior, praying
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  • A prayer warrior, praying hours each day. a great
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  • Hours each day. a great example of the goodness of
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  • Example of the goodness of god, always telling people
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  • God, always telling people what god had done. she
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  • What god had done. she fulfilled her course. her
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  • Fulfilled her course. her race down here came to an
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  • Race down here came to an end. now, we must step up. we
  • 00:23:05.196 --> 00:23:08.499
  • End. now, we must step up. we need some new prayer
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  • Need some new prayer warriors, more people who
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  • Warriors, more people who will be an example of faith
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  • Will be an example of faith and godliness. more families
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  • And godliness. more families to be planted in the house of
  • 00:23:15.739 --> 00:23:17.308
  • To be planted in the house of the lord. my mother was
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  • The lord. my mother was always in church, cheering me
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  • Always in church, cheering me on. i know i'm her son, but
  • 00:23:20.911 --> 00:23:23.380
  • On. i know i'm her son, but how about cheering on the
  • 00:23:23.447 --> 00:23:24.415
  • How about cheering on the next generation. inspiring
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  • Next generation. inspiring those around you to draw
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  • Those around you to draw closer to god, to live a life
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  • Closer to god, to live a life worthy of his calling. we
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  • Worthy of his calling. we need you plugged in,
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  • Need you plugged in, committed, on fire, being a
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  • Committed, on fire, being a blessing. my mother, my
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  • Blessing. my mother, my father, the early members,
  • 00:23:40.164 --> 00:23:42.066
  • Father, the early members, they helped bring us to where
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  • They helped bring us to where we are, but they've passed
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  • We are, but they've passed the baton. where are the new
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  • The baton. where are the new mama dodies? the next
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  • Mama dodies? the next generation of faithful,
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  • Generation of faithful, courageous, holy, favor
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  • Courageous, holy, favor filled people. i know where
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  • Filled people. i know where they are, i'm looking at
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  • They are, i'm looking at them. that's you. that's me.
  • 00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:58.582
  • Them. that's you. that's me. god is counting on us to
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  • God is counting on us to carry the torch for the next
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  • Carry the torch for the next season. let's run well. let's
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  • Season. let's run well. let's run focused. shaking off
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  • Run focused. shaking off things that are holding us
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  • Things that are holding us back. don't live distracted,
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  • Back. don't live distracted, letting people and compromise
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  • Letting people and compromise keep you from your purpose.
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  • Keep you from your purpose. make the most of each day.
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  • Make the most of each day. as we celebrate my mom's
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  • As we celebrate my mom's passing, that door closing,
  • 00:24:19.069 --> 00:24:21.572
  • Passing, that door closing, can i encourage you, new
  • 00:24:21.639 --> 00:24:23.040
  • Can i encourage you, new doors are about to open. the
  • 00:24:23.107 --> 00:24:25.409
  • Doors are about to open. the greatest days of your life
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  • Greatest days of your life and the greatest days of
  • 00:24:27.478 --> 00:24:28.445
  • And the greatest days of lakewood, are still in front
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  • Lakewood, are still in front of you. like my mother, the
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  • Of you. like my mother, the adversity is not going to
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  • Adversity is not going to stop you, it's going to
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  • Stop you, it's going to propel you. pray bold
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  • Propel you. pray bold prayers, hold on to those
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  • Prayers, hold on to those promises, i believe and
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  • Promises, i believe and declare you're going to see
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  • Declare you're going to see god show out in your life in
  • 00:24:41.992 --> 00:24:44.194
  • God show out in your life in ways you've never seen.
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  • Ways you've never seen. uncommon favor, fighting your
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  • Uncommon favor, fighting your battles, healing, promotion,
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  • Battles, healing, promotion, breakthroughs, the fullness
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  • Breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
  • 00:24:52.002 --> 00:24:54.271
  • Of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
  • 00:24:54.338 --> 00:24:56.574
  • Name. if you receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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  • It's easy to get stuck in life
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  • It's easy to get stuck in life because of fear
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  • Because of fear and lack of confidence,
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  • And lack of confidence, or we've been
  • 00:25:05.583 --> 00:25:06.450
  • Or we've been through disappointments.
  • 00:25:06.517 --> 00:25:08.018
  • Through disappointments. but i'm excited
  • 00:25:08.085 --> 00:25:08.752
  • But i'm excited about victoria's new book,
  • 00:25:08.819 --> 00:25:10.287
  • About victoria's new book, graced to go.
  • 00:25:10.354 --> 00:25:11.789
  • Graced to go. it'll help you move past
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  • It'll help you move past what's holding you
  • 00:25:13.190 --> 00:25:13.791
  • What's holding you back, and step into new levels
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  • Back, and step into new levels of your destiny.
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  • My heart for this book
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  • My heart for this book is that you will discover
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  • Is that you will discover the courage,
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  • The courage, the gifts, and the faith
  • 00:25:20.397 --> 00:25:21.999
  • The gifts, and the faith that god has put in you
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  • That god has put in you so that you can see
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  • So that you can see your dreams come to pass.
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  • Your dreams come to pass. it's not too late.
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  • It's not too late. the obstacles are not too big.
  • 00:25:27.304 --> 00:25:29.306
  • The obstacles are not too big. the grace of god equips
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  • The grace of god equips you to go beyond
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  • You to go beyond your comfort zone
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  • Your comfort zone and overcome
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  • And overcome what looks impossible.
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  • What looks impossible. you are stronger than you
  • 00:25:35.245 --> 00:25:36.347
  • You are stronger than you think. you are not alone.
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  • Think. you are not alone. you are graced to go.
  • 00:25:38.182 --> 00:25:40.417
  • You are graced to go. as our way of saying
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  • As our way of saying thank you
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  • Thank you for your gift of any amount
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  • For your gift of any amount this month, we'll send you
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  • This month, we'll send you victoria osteen's
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  • Victoria osteen's brand new book,
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  • Brand new book, graced to go:
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  • Graced to go: step into the
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  • Step into the bigger, bolder life
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  • Bigger, bolder life that belongs to you.
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  • That belongs to you. this inspiring resource
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  • This inspiring resource will help
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  • Will help you break through
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  • You break through fear, insecurity,
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  • Fear, insecurity, or regret
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  • Or regret and activate the faith
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  • And activate the faith to move forward.
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  • To move forward. each chapter will stir
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  • Each chapter will stir your spirit,
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  • Your spirit, renew your perspective,
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  • Renew your perspective, and empower you to live boldly.
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  • And empower you to live boldly. you don't have to wait
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  • You don't have to wait for perfect conditions.
  • 00:26:08.779 --> 00:26:10.214
  • For perfect conditions. god's grace meets you
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  • God's grace meets you where you are
  • 00:26:11.749 --> 00:26:12.549
  • Where you are and propels you into a future
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  • And propels you into a future full of purpose and peace.
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  • Full of purpose and peace. with an additional gift,
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  • With an additional gift, we'll send you the
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  • We'll send you the graced to go bold bundle,
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  • Graced to go bold bundle, featuring graced to go
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  • Featuring graced to go by victoria osteen,
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  • By victoria osteen, and pray bold by joel osteen.
  • 00:26:24.228 --> 00:26:26.797
  • And pray bold by joel osteen. these two powerful
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  • These two powerful books will stir
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  • Books will stir your faith,
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  • Your faith, break hesitation,
  • 00:26:29.967 --> 00:26:31.135
  • Break hesitation, and help you believe big again.
  • 00:26:31.201 --> 00:26:34.004
  • And help you believe big again. grace is power.
  • 00:26:34.071 --> 00:26:35.606
  • Grace is power. when you receive it by faith,
  • 00:26:35.673 --> 00:26:37.474
  • When you receive it by faith, it enables you
  • 00:26:37.541 --> 00:26:38.275
  • It enables you to take the next step
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  • To take the next step so you can become all
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  • So you can become all you were created to be.
  • 00:26:41.011 --> 00:26:42.479
  • You were created to be. victoria and i are so grateful
  • 00:26:42.546 --> 00:26:43.881
  • Victoria and i are so grateful to spend this time with you.
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  • To spend this time with you. we pray for
  • 00:26:45.516 --> 00:26:46.116
  • We pray for you and your family every day,
  • 00:26:46.183 --> 00:26:47.818
  • You and your family every day, and thank you so much
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  • And thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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  • For your prayer and support. your generosity
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