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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
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- In danger, my life was in danger.
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- Danger. when my mother was a child,
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- 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
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- 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
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- Said, “dodie, do you remember me? we went to grade school
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Connections, that he's going to bring across your path.
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- 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.
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- Steps of the people you need. when you're at a
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- When you're at a disadvantage, it seems like
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- Disadvantage, it seems like you're stuck, god will cause
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- 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
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- Jesus didn't have the strength to carry the cross,
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- Strength to carry the cross, but simon showed up and
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- But simon showed up and carried it for him. aaron and
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- Carried it for him. aaron and hur held up moses hands when
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- Hur held up moses hands when moses was too tired. when
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- Moses was too tired. when you're weak, god will send
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- You're weak, god will send people to be strong for you,
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- People to be strong for you, to lift your arms. you're not
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- To lift your arms. you're not doing life on your own. god
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- Doing life on your own. god is watching over you. you may
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- Is watching over you. you may have had a lot come against
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- Have had a lot come against you, but like god did for my
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- You, but like god did for my mother, what he has purposed
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- Mother, what he has purposed for your life will come to
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- For your life will come to pass. that setback, the
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- Pass. that setback, the trouble, the sickness, is not
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- Trouble, the sickness, is not going to stop your purpose,
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- Going to stop your purpose, it's going to move you into
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- It's going to move you into your purpose. it's a setup
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- Your purpose. it's a setup for god to show out in your
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- For god to show out in your life. the enemy wouldn't be
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- 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
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- Have something valuable. you carry the favor of god. you
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- Carry the favor of god. you are destined to leave your
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- Are destined to leave your mark, to set new standards,
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- 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.
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- One in your family has gone. that's why you have
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- That's why you have opposition. there's an
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- Opposition. there's an anointing on your life, an
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- Anointing on your life, an assignment that only you can
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- Assignment that only you can fulfill. paul said, “there's
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- Fulfill. paul said, “there's a wide door of opportunity in
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- A wide door of opportunity in front of me, but there are
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- Front of me, but there are many adversaries.” on the
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- Many adversaries.” on the other side of the adversity
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- Other side of the adversity is the new level of your
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- Is the new level of your destiny. be strong and of
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- Destiny. be strong and of good courage, the lord your
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- Good courage, the lord your god is with you.
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- God is with you. my mother was a little
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- My mother was a little self-conscious about that one
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- Self-conscious about that one leg being so much smaller
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- Leg being so much smaller than the other. she would
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- Than the other. she would wear longer dresses or pants
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- Wear longer dresses or pants to try to cover it up. she
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- To try to cover it up. she had a little bit of a limp.
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- Had a little bit of a limp. one day my father and this
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- One day my father and this well-known minister were
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- Well-known minister were walking down the sidewalk,
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- Walking down the sidewalk, going to this building. my
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- Going to this building. my mother was walking about
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- Mother was walking about fifteen feet in front of
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- Fifteen feet in front of them. this minister turned to
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- Them. this minister turned to my father and said, “john,
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- My father and said, “john, look at dodie, she walks like
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- Look at dodie, she walks like a princess.” my mother
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- A princess.” my mother overheard that. she had never
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- Overheard that. she had never heard anything good about how
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- Heard anything good about how she walked. that day a
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- She walked. that day a stronghold was broken in her
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- Stronghold was broken in her mind. all these thoughts,
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- Mind. all these thoughts, “you're inferior. you're
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- “you're inferior. you're unattractive. you don't
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- Unattractive. you don't measure up.” instead of
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- Measure up.” instead of believing those lies, she
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- Believing those lies, she started believing, “i walk
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- Started believing, “i walk like a princess. i'm a
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- Like a princess. i'm a masterpiece. i'm made in the
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- Masterpiece. i'm made in the image of god.” that was a
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- Image of god.” that was a turning point. instead of
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- Turning point. instead of trying to hide her legs, she
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- Trying to hide her legs, she started showing them off. god
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- Started showing them off. god is going to cause you to hear
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- Is going to cause you to hear what you need to hear. he's
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- What you need to hear. he's going to send the right
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- Going to send the right people to speak words that
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- People to speak words that will break strongholds that
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- Will break strongholds that are limiting you. you need to
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- Are limiting you. you need to know today, you are royalty.
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- Know today, you are royalty. you have the dna of almighty
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- You have the dna of almighty god. he has crowned you with
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- God. he has crowned you with favor. people may have tried
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- Favor. people may have tried to push you down, but god is
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- To push you down, but god is about to lift you up. it
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- About to lift you up. it looks like you're at a
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- 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
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- God is breathing on your life right now. now, do like my
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- Right now. now, do like my mother, don't talk about the
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- Mother, don't talk about the problem, what didn't work
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- Problem, what didn't work out, talk about the greatness
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- Out, talk about the greatness of god. keep your mind
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- Of god. keep your mind positive, faith filled,
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- Positive, faith filled, knowing that god is working
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- Knowing that god is working out his plan for your life.
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- Another lesson i've learned
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- Another lesson i've learned from my mother was the power
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- From my mother was the power of prayer. she had seen god's
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- Of prayer. she had seen god's goodness healing my sister,
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- Goodness healing my sister, lisa, from the birth injury
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- Lisa, from the birth injury and healing her from terminal
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- And healing her from terminal cancer. she loved to pray for
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- Cancer. she loved to pray for people. she told me, “joel,
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- People. she told me, “joel, this is my life. god has
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- This is my life. god has given me my health, now i get
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- Given me my health, now i get to help others.” for years,
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- To help others.” for years, she would go to the medical
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- She would go to the medical center every tuesday and have
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- Center every tuesday and have a prayer and healing service.
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- A prayer and healing service. she would do healing services
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- She would do healing services once a month at lakewood.
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- When covid hit, she started
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- When covid hit, she started doing the services by zoom.
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- Doing the services by zoom. praying for people all over
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- Praying for people all over the world. i have people come
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- The world. i have people come now all the time, “your
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- Now all the time, “your mother prayed, i don't have
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- Mother prayed, i don't have cancer anymore. they said i
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- Cancer anymore. they said i couldn't have a baby, but
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- Couldn't have a baby, but your mother prayed, and we
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- Your mother prayed, and we have this child.”
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- Have this child.” the thing about my mother is
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- The thing about my mother is she would pray for anything.
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- She would pray for anything. if the dishwasher didn't
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- If the dishwasher didn't work. “i command you
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- Work. “i command you dishwasher in the name of
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- Dishwasher in the name of jesus to start working.” i
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- Jesus to start working.” i would say, “mother, it's a
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- Would say, “mother, it's a dishwasher. let's call a
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- Dishwasher. let's call a technician.” how many times
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- Technician.” how many times did i see things that i
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- Did i see things that i cannot explain. the scripture
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- Cannot explain. the scripture says, “you have not because
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- Says, “you have not because you ask not.” sometimes we
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- You ask not.” sometimes we call a friend, call a
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- Call a friend, call a neighbor, call a technician,
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- Neighbor, call a technician, how about calling out to god.
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- How about calling out to god. how about doing like my
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- How about doing like my mother and praying some bold
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- Mother and praying some bold prayers. things that don't
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- Prayers. things that don't seem possible, that are over
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- Seem possible, that are over your head. the medical report
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- Your head. the medical report doesn't look good; there's
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- Doesn't look good; there's another report that says god
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- Another report that says god is going to restore health
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- Is going to restore health back to you. your child is
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- Back to you. your child is off course. don't just pray,
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- Off course. don't just pray, “god don't let him get
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- “god don't let him get harmed.” how about, “god help
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- Harmed.” how about, “god help him to fulfill his destiny.”
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- 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
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- And ready to get home. our cars were over to the side
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- Cars were over to the side right by the gate. we got
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- Right by the gate. we got everything unloaded, but my
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- Everything unloaded, but my mother's car wouldn't start.
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- Mother's car wouldn't start. it looked like the battery
- 00:13:49.707 --> 00:13:50.808
- 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.
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- Up; got some jumper cables. we tried to start hers but
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- We tried to start hers but nothing. not even a budge. we
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- Nothing. not even a budge. we waited about ten minutes,
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- Waited about ten minutes, hoping it would charge. tried
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- Hoping it would charge. tried it again, still nothing. a
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- 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
- 00:14:05.757 --> 00:14:07.525
- Airport with tools and did a couple things, but no luck. i
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- Couple things, but no luck. i finally said, “mother, com on
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- Finally said, “mother, com on ride with me. i'll take you
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- Ride with me. i'll take you home. i'll come back tomorrow
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- 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
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- “no joel, i need my car tonight.” she was eighty-four
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- Tonight.” she was eighty-four years old. she wasn't going
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- Years old. she wasn't going out to dinner. we went over
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- 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,
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- Weekend. i said, “mother, it's not going to start. i
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- It's not going to start. i promise you i'll take care of
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- Promise you i'll take care of it.” she said, “joel, give me
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- It.” she said, “joel, give me the keys.” she went over to
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- The keys.” she went over to the front of the car, put her
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- The front of the car, put her hands on it and said, “i
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- Hands on it and said, “i command you to start, in the
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- Command you to start, in the name of jesus.” that
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- Name of jesus.” that technician turned and went
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- Technician turned and went right back in the building.
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- Right back in the building. he thought we were crazy, and
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- He thought we were crazy, and i was so embarrassed. my
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- I was so embarrassed. my mother got in the car, turned
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- 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
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- Problem. there were five of us standing there. we looked
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- Us standing there. we looked at each other like what just
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- At each other like what just happened. the funny thing is
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- Happened. the funny thing is my mother never rolled down
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- My mother never rolled down the window. never said,
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- The window. never said, “thank you for trying.
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- “thank you for trying. goodnight.” she just sped
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- Goodnight.” she just sped off, but she didn't drive
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- Off, but she didn't drive toward the exit. she drove
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- Toward the exit. she drove toward the plane. she started
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- Toward the plane. she started going around in circles, two
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- Going around in circles, two or three times, like she was
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- Or three times, like she was going to do donuts. then she
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- Going to do donuts. then she drove away, left us in the
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- Drove away, left us in the dust. i thought number one
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- Dust. i thought number one that's a great miracle.
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- That's a great miracle. number two we're about to go
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- Number two we're about to go to jail.
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- To jail. my mother had a different
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- My mother had a different perspective. i was trying to
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- Perspective. i was trying to do it naturally. thinking,
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- Do it naturally. thinking, “i'll pray about spiritual
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- “i'll pray about spiritual things.” but my mother
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- Things.” but my mother thought, “i'll pray about
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- Thought, “i'll pray about this car.” the scripture
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- This car.” the scripture says, “god will perfect that
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- Says, “god will perfect that which concerns you.” my
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- Which concerns you.” my mother was concerned. she
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- 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
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- That night. she was bold enough to ask. i learned from
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- Enough to ask. i learned from my mother to ask for what
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- My mother to ask for what concerns me. to take the
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- Concerns me. to take the limits off of god, to pray
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- Limits off of god, to pray bold prayers. what looks
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- Bold prayers. what looks impossible in your life? what
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- 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
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- You ever asked god to make it happen? have you ever prayed,
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- Happen? have you ever prayed, “god do what i can't do.”
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- “god do what i can't do.” think about moses. he lifted
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- Think about moses. he lifted up his rod believing that the
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- Up his rod believing that the sea would open up. joshua
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- Sea would open up. joshua believed that the walls would
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- Believed that the walls would fall, not with equipment, not
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- Fall, not with equipment, not with force, but with a shout.
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- With force, but with a shout. they didn't just pray for
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- They didn't just pray for salvation, pray for healing,
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- Salvation, pray for healing, pray for wisdom, that's all
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- Pray for wisdom, that's all good. but they prayed for
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- Good. but they prayed for things that were out of the
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- Things that were out of the ordinary. if it's something
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- 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,
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- 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
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- Prayers. pray for some red seas to part, for walls to
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- A chance. it was that same spirit of faith that i saw in
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- Determined. she kept asking my father and asking, but he
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- 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
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- 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
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- Thousand times, we are not going to get a pool.” what my
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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.”
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- 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)
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- 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
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- Course. there will be a time of testing. where the
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- 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
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- 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
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- Keep reminding god what he promised.
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- Promised. the swimming pool, it wasn't
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- 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
- 00:20:08.953 --> 00:20:10.988
- Forty-four more years healthy and whole. if my mother were
- 00:20:11.055 --> 00:20:13.791
- And whole. if my mother were here today, she would remind
- 00:20:13.858 --> 00:20:16.093
- Here today, she would remind you, don't let go of what god
- 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:18.396
- You, don't let go of what god promised you. keep believing
- 00:20:18.462 --> 00:20:21.198
- Promised you. keep believing even though it doesn't look
- 00:20:21.265 --> 00:20:22.533
- Even though it doesn't look like anything is changing.
- 00:20:22.600 --> 00:20:24.168
- Like anything is changing. what you can't see is things
- 00:20:24.235 --> 00:20:25.936
- What you can't see is things are happening behind the
- 00:20:26.003 --> 00:20:27.004
- Are happening behind the scenes. the right people are
- 00:20:27.071 --> 00:20:29.040
- Scenes. the right people are already in route, the
- 00:20:29.106 --> 00:20:30.308
- Already in route, the healing, the freedom, the
- 00:20:30.374 --> 00:20:31.942
- Healing, the freedom, the breakthrough is going to
- 00:20:32.009 --> 00:20:33.311
- 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
- 00:20:41.419 --> 00:20:42.753
- Texted me and said mother wasn't feeling well. i called
- 00:20:42.820 --> 00:20:44.822
- 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
- 00:20:46.390 --> 00:20:47.358
- 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
- 00:20:49.026 --> 00:20:50.528
- Fine. i'm just fighting a little nausea.” we talked for
- 00:20:50.594 --> 00:20:52.763
- 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
- 00:20:59.904 --> 00:21:01.505
- My mother on the phone. i pray for her in my quiet time
- 00:21:01.572 --> 00:21:02.707
- Pray for her in my quiet time all the time. but for some
- 00:21:02.773 --> 00:21:04.542
- All the time. but for some reason, i said, “mother, let
- 00:21:04.608 --> 00:21:06.110
- 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
- 00:21:08.312 --> 00:21:09.146
- Prayed that god would give her strength and healing.”
- 00:21:09.213 --> 00:21:10.781
- Her strength and healing.” she said, “joel thank you so
- 00:21:10.848 --> 00:21:11.749
- 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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- 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,
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- 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.”
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- On. i know i'm her son, but how about cheering on the
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- 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,
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- 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.
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- 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,
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- Passing, that door closing, can i encourage you, new
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- Can i encourage you, new doors are about to open. the
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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'
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- Of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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- 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
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- Or we've been through disappointments.
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- Through disappointments. but i'm excited
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- But i'm excited about victoria's new book,
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- About victoria's new book, graced to go.
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- Graced to go. it'll help you move past
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- It'll help you move past what's holding you
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- 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
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- 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.
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- 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
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- You are stronger than you think. you are not alone.
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- Think. you are not alone. you are graced to go.
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- 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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- Step into the bigger, bolder life
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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.
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- For perfect conditions. god's grace meets you
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- God's grace meets you where you are
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- 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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- And pray bold by joel osteen. these two powerful
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- Break hesitation, and help you believe big again.
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- And help you believe big again. grace is power.
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- Grace is power. when you receive it by faith,
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- When you receive it by faith, it enables you
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- 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.
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- You were created to be. victoria and i are so grateful
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- 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
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- We pray for you and your family every day,
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- 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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- Your generosity is helping people
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- Is helping people around the world.
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- Around the world. special thank you to our
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