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Joel Osteen - Let Them Walk

April 10, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Let Them Walk | April 10, 2026

Joel: god bless you. it's
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Joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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Our services. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this young man. he was
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About this young man. he was a huge football fan. he
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A huge football fan. he bought two tickets to the
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Bought two tickets to the super bowl months ahead of
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Super bowl months ahead of time, not realizing it was
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Time, not realizing it was going to be on the same day
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Going to be on the same day as his wedding. he paid a
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As his wedding. he paid a couple thousand dollars for
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Couple thousand dollars for each of the tickets, so he
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Each of the tickets, so he put an ad on facebook seeing
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Put an ad on facebook seeing if anyone wanted to go in his
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If anyone wanted to go in his place. he said, “it will be
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Place. he said, “it will be at 3 o'clock at first baptist
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At 3 o'clock at first baptist church and her name is
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Church and her name is tiffany.” (laughter) no,
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Tiffany.” (laughter) no, don't do that y'all.
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Don't do that y'all. this is my bible. i am what
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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It says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about let them walk. we all
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About let them walk. we all have people that god brings
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Have people that god brings across our path that are
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Across our path that are there for a lifetime. our
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There for a lifetime. our spouse, children, friends
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Spouse, children, friends that we cherish. they're
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That we cherish. they're loyal, stick with us through
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Loyal, stick with us through thick and thin. but not every
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Thick and thin. but not every relationship is designed to
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Relationship is designed to last forever. there are
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Last forever. there are seasons. sometimes a good
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Seasons. sometimes a good season will come to an end.
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Season will come to an end. who you needed to raise your
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Who you needed to raise your children may not be the same
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Children may not be the same ones you need when they're
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Ones you need when they're grown and gone. other times
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Grown and gone. other times god's taking you higher.
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God's taking you higher. you're growing. the people
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You're growing. the people that have been with you can't
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That have been with you can't go where you're going, so
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Go where you're going, so doors will close. one of the
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Doors will close. one of the hardest things for us is to
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Hardest things for us is to let people go. you have to
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Let people go. you have to recognize when their part in
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Recognize when their part in your story is over. it
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Your story is over. it doesn't mean you can't still
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Doesn't mean you can't still be friends, but it's not
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Be friends, but it's not going to be the same. if not,
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Going to be the same. if not, we try to hold on to things
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We try to hold on to things that god is finished with.
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That god is finished with. when that season is over,
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When that season is over, there's no grace for it.
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There's no grace for it. there's this tension. they
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There's this tension. they want to leave, but we don't
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Want to leave, but we don't want them to go. now it's a
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Want them to go. now it's a struggle, a strain, trying to
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Struggle, a strain, trying to force it to work. but when
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Force it to work. but when someone wants to walk away,
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Someone wants to walk away, you have to learn to let them
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You have to learn to let them walk. we spend too much time
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Walk. we spend too much time trying to convince people to
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Trying to convince people to stay.
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Stay. we have to play up to them,
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We have to play up to them, try to manipulate, “why
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Try to manipulate, “why aren't they calling? am i not
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Aren't they calling? am i not good enough? i hope they come
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Good enough? i hope they come by.” do yourself a favor,
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By.” do yourself a favor, move on with your life. don't
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Move on with your life. don't waste another minute trying
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Waste another minute trying to convince someone to love
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To convince someone to love you, call you, come see you.
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You, call you, come see you. you are a gift. you are a
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You are a gift. you are a treasure, a prized
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Treasure, a prized possession. if someone
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Possession. if someone doesn't recognize your value,
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Doesn't recognize your value, if they don't treat you like
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If they don't treat you like the masterpiece that you are,
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The masterpiece that you are, with respect, with honor,
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With respect, with honor, that's a sign that season has
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That's a sign that season has changed. you have to move
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Changed. you have to move forward. god has already
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Forward. god has already ordained divine connections
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Ordained divine connections for you. people that can't
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For you. people that can't live without you. people that
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Live without you. people that love being with you, can't
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Love being with you, can't wait to see you.
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Wait to see you. solomon said, “unless the
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Solomon said, “unless the lord builds the house, we
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Lord builds the house, we labor in vain.” if you'll
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Labor in vain.” if you'll let god bring your
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Let god bring your relationships, trust him with
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Relationships, trust him with who comes into your life,
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Who comes into your life, then it's not a struggle. you
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Then it's not a struggle. you can be who you are. you don't
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Can be who you are. you don't live trying to force people
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Live trying to force people to like you, lower your
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To like you, lower your standards to be accepted. if
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Standards to be accepted. if someone doesn't want to be in
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Someone doesn't want to be in your life, it's no big deal.
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Your life, it's no big deal. you let them go. it doesn't
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You let them go. it doesn't mean they're a bad person,
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Mean they're a bad person, something's wrong with them.
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Something's wrong with them. they're just not right for
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They're just not right for you at this time. maybe they
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You at this time. maybe they were fine for a season, but
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Were fine for a season, but this is a new season. the
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This is a new season. the scripture talks about how god
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Scripture talks about how god is our doorkeeper. he opens
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Is our doorkeeper. he opens and closes doors in our life.
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And closes doors in our life. when god closes a door,
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When god closes a door, there's nothing you can do to
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There's nothing you can do to keep that door open. you can
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Keep that door open. you can strive and strain, and try to
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Strive and strain, and try to talk people into staying,
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Talk people into staying, perform better. that's
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Perform better. that's laboring in vain. all that's
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Laboring in vain. all that's going to do is wear you out,
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Going to do is wear you out, frustrate you, cause you to
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Frustrate you, cause you to get bitter. try a new
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Get bitter. try a new approach and let them go. if
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Approach and let them go. if people can walk away from
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People can walk away from you, they're not a part of
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You, they're not a part of your destiny. don't take it
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Your destiny. don't take it personally. don't get
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Personally. don't get offended, be critical. god is
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Offended, be critical. god is ordering your steps. the
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Ordering your steps. the people he's ordained to be in
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People he's ordained to be in your life cannot leave. you
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Your life cannot leave. you can't get rid of them. they
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Can't get rid of them. they love you no matter what. they
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Love you no matter what. they accept you with no makeup, no
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Accept you with no makeup, no coffee. they come when you
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Coffee. they come when you don't call. they show up when
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Don't call. they show up when you didn't ask. they laugh
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You didn't ask. they laugh with you, cry with you. they
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With you, cry with you. they don't judge you. you never
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Don't judge you. you never have to think about
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Have to think about performing, manipulating,
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Performing, manipulating, hoping they like you. they're
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Hoping they like you. they're a divine connection. god
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A divine connection. god ordained them to be there.
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Ordained them to be there. just the opposite is true.
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Just the opposite is true. the people that are not
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The people that are not supposed to be in your life,
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Supposed to be in your life, cannot stay. it's not up to
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Cannot stay. it's not up to them, god has closed that
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Them, god has closed that door. no matter how hard you
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Door. no matter how hard you try, how much you serve,
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Try, how much you serve, give, play up to, it's not
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Give, play up to, it's not going to change. take the
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Going to change. take the pressure off. quit trying to
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Pressure off. quit trying to win someone over that's not
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Win someone over that's not supposed to be there.
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Supposed to be there. jesus told his disciples,
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Jesus told his disciples, when you go into a city, if
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When you go into a city, if they don't accept the message
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They don't accept the message of the good news, they're not
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Of the good news, they're not for you, they don't want you
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For you, they don't want you to be there, he didn't say,
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To be there, he didn't say, man, you got to work harder,
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Man, you got to work harder, spend more time, try to
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Spend more time, try to convince them. no, he said,
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Convince them. no, he said, “shake the dust off your feet
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“shake the dust off your feet and go on to the next city.”
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And go on to the next city.” he was saying don't waste
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He was saying don't waste your time trying to win
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Your time trying to win people over that are not a
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People over that are not a part of your destiny. if
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Part of your destiny. if someone doesn't want to be
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Someone doesn't want to be with you, they don't like
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With you, they don't like you, they don't validate you,
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You, they don't validate you, shake the dust off and move
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Shake the dust off and move on. accept that they're not a
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On. accept that they're not a part of your story. if they
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Part of your story. if they can walk away, you have to
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Can walk away, you have to let them walk. if you try to
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Let them walk. if you try to convince them, it's going to
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Convince them, it's going to be a constant source of
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Be a constant source of frustration. yes, god can
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Frustration. yes, god can change their mind. if they're
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Change their mind. if they're supposed to be there, he'll
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Supposed to be there, he'll turn things around. but
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Turn things around. but you're not supposed to live
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You're not supposed to live trying to talk people into
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Trying to talk people into liking you, being your
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Liking you, being your friend, hoping they call. god
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Friend, hoping they call. god created you in his own image.
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Created you in his own image. you have royal blood flowing
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You have royal blood flowing through your veins. he's
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Through your veins. he's already lined up people that
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Already lined up people that recognize your value, people
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Recognize your value, people that love being with you.
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That love being with you. there's a lady in the
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There's a lady in the scripture named naomi. her
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Scripture named naomi. her husband passed away and she
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Husband passed away and she became a widow at a young
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Became a widow at a young age. ten years later, both of
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Age. ten years later, both of her grown sons were killed.
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Her grown sons were killed. she was so heartbroken, she
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She was so heartbroken, she decided to move back to her
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Decided to move back to her hometown of bethlehem. she
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Hometown of bethlehem. she told her two daughters in
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Told her two daughters in law, ruth and orpah, that
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Law, ruth and orpah, that they should move back to
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They should move back to their homes as well and go on
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Their homes as well and go on with their lives. the three
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With their lives. the three of them packed up their
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Of them packed up their belongings and headed out on
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Belongings and headed out on the road toward judah. they
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The road toward judah. they came to an intersection and
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Came to an intersection and stopped. naomi said, “this is
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Stopped. naomi said, “this is where we part ways. you both
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Where we part ways. you both go that way and i'm going on
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Go that way and i'm going on to bethlehem.” the scripture
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To bethlehem.” the scripture says, orpah kissed naomi
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Says, orpah kissed naomi goodbye and headed down the
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Goodbye and headed down the road. orpah was a good
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Road. orpah was a good person, she loved naomi but
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Person, she loved naomi but now she was leaving. naomi
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Now she was leaving. naomi could have been upset,
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Could have been upset, thought, “after all i did for
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Thought, “after all i did for her, she's leaving in my
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Her, she's leaving in my darkest time, when i need her
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Darkest time, when i need her the most.” no, naomi
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The most.” no, naomi understood this was a new
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Understood this was a new season, that things had
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Season, that things had changed, that it was okay for
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Changed, that it was okay for her to walk away. she was at
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Her to walk away. she was at peace with who left. she
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Peace with who left. she accepted orpah not being a
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Accepted orpah not being a part of her life in the same
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Part of her life in the same way without being critical,
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Way without being critical, and bitter toward her. we
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And bitter toward her. we like to hold on to people.
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Like to hold on to people. stay here, meet my needs,
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Stay here, meet my needs, keep it the same. it's a mark
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Keep it the same. it's a mark of maturity to let people
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Of maturity to let people walk away. it takes trust.
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Walk away. it takes trust. you're saying, “god, i know
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You're saying, “god, i know you're my doorkeeper. you're
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You're my doorkeeper. you're opening and closing the doors
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Opening and closing the doors of relationships in my life.”
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Of relationships in my life.” the other daughter-in-law
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The other daughter-in-law ruth, was just the opposite.
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Ruth, was just the opposite. naomi tried to get her to
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Naomi tried to get her to leave. she said, “ruth
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Leave. she said, “ruth there's no future going with
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There's no future going with me. nothing in bethlehem for
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Me. nothing in bethlehem for you. you deserve more for
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You. you deserve more for your life.” she gave her best
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Your life.” she gave her best speech, every opportunity to
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Speech, every opportunity to leave, with no guilt. but
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Leave, with no guilt. but ruth said in verse 16,
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Ruth said in verse 16, “naomi. i can't leave. i will
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“naomi. i can't leave. i will go wherever you go, live
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Go wherever you go, live wherever you live. your
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Wherever you live. your people will be my people, and
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People will be my people, and your god will be my god. may
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Your god will be my god. may the lord punish me if i allow
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The lord punish me if i allow anything to separate us.” how
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Anything to separate us.” how could one daughter-in-law
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Could one daughter-in-law leave so easily, and the
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Leave so easily, and the other want to stay. they both
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Other want to stay. they both loved their mother-in-law,
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Loved their mother-in-law, but ruth sensed that her
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But ruth sensed that her destiny was tied to naomi.
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Destiny was tied to naomi. she felt this connection that
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She felt this connection that was stronger than her own
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Was stronger than her own family. she watched her
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Family. she watched her sister-in-law orpah walk
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Sister-in-law orpah walk away, but something in her
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Away, but something in her said, “you have to stay.” in
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Said, “you have to stay.” in life, you'll have a lot of
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Life, you'll have a lot of orpah's, people that leave.
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Orpah's, people that leave. they're good people, but the
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They're good people, but the season is over. things
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Season is over. things change. they're busy. they're
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Change. they're busy. they're distracted. you have to let
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Distracted. you have to let them go. be at peace with who
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Them go. be at peace with who left. don't fault them. don't
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Left. don't fault them. don't get critical. god is closing
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Get critical. god is closing the door. they're an orpah.
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The door. they're an orpah. they were instrumental in
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They were instrumental in your life for a season. they
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Your life for a season. they were necessary, but now their
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Were necessary, but now their part in your story is over.
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Part in your story is over. the good news is god will
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The good news is god will always give you a ruth.
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Always give you a ruth. someone you can't get rid of.
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Someone you can't get rid of. they stick with you through
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They stick with you through thick and thin. they know
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Thick and thin. they know their destiny is tied to you.
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Their destiny is tied to you. but sometimes we try to
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But sometimes we try to convince the orpah's to stay.
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Convince the orpah's to stay. spending time, energy, got to
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Spending time, energy, got to manipulate, perform. orpah
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Manipulate, perform. orpah loved naomi but she left.
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Loved naomi but she left. people can love you and
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People can love you and leave. if they walk away,
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Leave. if they walk away, they're not a bad person. god
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They're not a bad person. god shut the door. that season
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Shut the door. that season ended. but when it's a ruth,
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Ended. but when it's a ruth, there's nothing you can do to
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There's nothing you can do to convince them to go. when you
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Convince them to go. when you understand this, it takes the
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Understand this, it takes the pressure off. you're not
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Pressure off. you're not frustrated over who left,
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Frustrated over who left, bitter over this person that
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Bitter over this person that ghosted you, striving to get
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Ghosted you, striving to get that coworker to accept you.
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That coworker to accept you. that's laboring in vain. let
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That's laboring in vain. let god bring your relationships.
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God bring your relationships. trust him with your open and
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Trust him with your open and closed doors. if someone
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Closed doors. if someone leaves, do like naomi, kiss
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Leaves, do like naomi, kiss them goodbye. not bitter,
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Them goodbye. not bitter, angry. “they never call me
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Angry. “they never call me back. why won't they invite
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Back. why won't they invite me to their group?” you're
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Me to their group?” you're not supposed to be there. you
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Not supposed to be there. you can't open a door that god
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Can't open a door that god has closed. and you can't
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Has closed. and you can't close a door that god has
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Close a door that god has opened. they can't leave when
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Opened. they can't leave when god has purposed it. if they
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God has purposed it. if they walked away, they were
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Walked away, they were supposed to go. if they
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Supposed to go. if they didn't stay, you didn't need
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Didn't stay, you didn't need them. kiss them goodbye and
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Them. kiss them goodbye and move on.
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Move on. the mistake we make sometimes
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The mistake we make sometimes is instead of kissing them
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Is instead of kissing them goodbye, we kick them
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Goodbye, we kick them goodbye. “good riddance. get
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Goodbye. “good riddance. get out of here. i didn't like
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Out of here. i didn't like you anyway.” talk bad,
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You anyway.” talk bad, critical, live offended. they
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Critical, live offended. they may have done you wrong,
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May have done you wrong, betrayed you, left you out,
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Betrayed you, left you out, but god is your vindicator.
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But god is your vindicator. he'll take care of who hurt
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He'll take care of who hurt you. but if you let that
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You. but if you let that bitterness get on the inside,
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Bitterness get on the inside, it's going to poison the next
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It's going to poison the next relationship. you have to be
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Relationship. you have to be at peace with who left. you
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At peace with who left. you have to accept who walked
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Have to accept who walked away as a part of god's plan.
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Away as a part of god's plan. yes, it was painful. it
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Yes, it was painful. it wasn't fair, but god wouldn't
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Wasn't fair, but god wouldn't have allowed it if it wasn't
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Have allowed it if it wasn't moving you toward your
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Moving you toward your destiny. sometimes he closes
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Destiny. sometimes he closes doors we don't understand. he
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Doors we don't understand. he takes the orpah's out of our
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Takes the orpah's out of our life, people we were counting
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Life, people we were counting on, friends we were used to.
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On, friends we were used to. but he always has a ruth. he
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But he always has a ruth. he always has the right people,
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Always has the right people, destiny connections.
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Destiny connections. in the late 1950's, my father
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In the late 1950's, my father was pastoring a successful
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Was pastoring a successful church. they had just built a
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Church. they had just built a beautiful new sanctuary. the
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Beautiful new sanctuary. the future looked so bright. but
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Future looked so bright. but my sister was born with
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My sister was born with something like cerebral
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Something like cerebral palsy. the doctors told my
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Palsy. the doctors told my parents that she would
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Parents that she would probably never be able to
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Probably never be able to walk or feed herself. my
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Walk or feed herself. my father went away for a few
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Father went away for a few days to read the scripture
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Days to read the scripture like he had never read it
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Like he had never read it before. he saw how jesus went
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Before. he saw how jesus went around healing people and
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Around healing people and doing miracles, and how when
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Doing miracles, and how when you believe, all things are
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You believe, all things are possible. he was taught in
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Possible. he was taught in seminary back then that
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Seminary back then that miracles only happened in
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Miracles only happened in bible days. he came back to
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Bible days. he came back to his church with a new fire,
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His church with a new fire, and he shared this message of
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And he shared this message of faith and victory. he thought
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Faith and victory. he thought everyone would be excited,
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Everyone would be excited, but it was just the opposite.
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But it was just the opposite. it didn't fit into their
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It didn't fit into their tradition. things got so
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Tradition. things got so contentious and so divisive
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Contentious and so divisive that my parents were forced
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That my parents were forced out of the church. they had
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Out of the church. they had to resign.
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To resign. my mother was twenty-six
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My mother was twenty-six years old. she had lifelong
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Years old. she had lifelong friends that never spoke to
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Friends that never spoke to her again. people she had
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Her again. people she had known for years, gone to
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Known for years, gone to school with, raised children
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School with, raised children with, done life together and
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With, done life together and now they walked away,
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Now they walked away, wouldn't have anything to do
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Wouldn't have anything to do with her. mother is about to
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With her. mother is about to be ninety-one years old. i
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Be ninety-one years old. i have never heard her say one
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Have never heard her say one negative thing about those
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Negative thing about those people. never heard her
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People. never heard her complain about them, belittle
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Complain about them, belittle them. sure, it was hurtful.
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Them. sure, it was hurtful. she felt the sting of
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She felt the sting of rejection, being
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Rejection, being misunderstood. some of them
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Misunderstood. some of them talked about her and my
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Talked about her and my father. she could have tried
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Father. she could have tried to defend herself, convince
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To defend herself, convince them to change their mind,
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Them to change their mind, keep them on her side, but
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Keep them on her side, but she understood this
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She understood this principle. if people can walk
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Principle. if people can walk away, you have to let them
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Away, you have to let them walk. if they leave you,
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Walk. if they leave you, accept it as a part of your
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Accept it as a part of your destiny. don't spend your
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Destiny. don't spend your life trying to change
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Life trying to change people's minds, win them
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People's minds, win them over, convince them to
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Over, convince them to approve you. like naomi, you
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Approve you. like naomi, you have to kiss them goodbye.
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Have to kiss them goodbye. not bitter, “i'll show you,
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Not bitter, “i'll show you, i'll make you look bad.”
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I'll make you look bad.” leave it in god's hands. when
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Leave it in god's hands. when you're at peace with who
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You're at peace with who walked away, you're passing
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Walked away, you're passing the test. that's when you'll
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The test. that's when you'll see the new things god is
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See the new things god is doing.
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Doing. my parents went out and
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My parents went out and started lakewood on mother's
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Started lakewood on mother's day in 1959 with ninety
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Day in 1959 with ninety people. the critics said it
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People. the critics said it would never last, but here we
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Would never last, but here we are today, sixty-five years
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Are today, sixty-five years later, and still going
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Later, and still going strong. the fact is my
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Strong. the fact is my parents couldn't have
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Parents couldn't have fulfilled their destiny at
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Fulfilled their destiny at that church. it was a limited
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That church. it was a limited environment. orpah had to
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Environment. orpah had to walk away. those people had
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Walk away. those people had to misunderstand my parents.
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To misunderstand my parents. they had to reject them. it
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They had to reject them. it was painful, but it was god
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Was painful, but it was god closing the door. you're not
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Closing the door. you're not always going to understand
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Always going to understand what god is doing, why this
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What god is doing, why this person treated you this way.
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Person treated you this way. you've been good to them, but
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You've been good to them, but they left you out, and said
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They left you out, and said things that weren't true.
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Things that weren't true. leave it in god's hands.
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Leave it in god's hands. don't spend all your energy
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Don't spend all your energy trying to convince people to
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Trying to convince people to stay that don't want to stay.
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Stay that don't want to stay. some people no matter what
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Some people no matter what you do, how hard you try, how
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You do, how hard you try, how good you are to them, they're
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Good you are to them, they're going to find fault,
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Going to find fault, misunderstand, want to leave.
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Misunderstand, want to leave. best thing you can do is let
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Best thing you can do is let them go. there's something
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Them go. there's something called the gift of goodbye.
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Called the gift of goodbye. we see it as a disappointment
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We see it as a disappointment but really, they're doing you
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But really, they're doing you a favor. they had to leave so
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A favor. they had to leave so you can see the greater
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You can see the greater things, the levels you
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Things, the levels you couldn't reach with those
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Couldn't reach with those same people. it doesn't mean
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Same people. it doesn't mean they're bad, it's just a new
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They're bad, it's just a new season. god is doing a new
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Season. god is doing a new thing so orpah has to go but
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Thing so orpah has to go but ruth will always be there.
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Ruth will always be there. god is controlling the doors
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God is controlling the doors in your life. who comes in
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In your life. who comes in and out of relationships.
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And out of relationships. if ruth had walked away, said
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If ruth had walked away, said like orpah, “i'm out of here.
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Like orpah, “i'm out of here. i'm going to greener
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I'm going to greener pastures; i'm not staying
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Pastures; i'm not staying with this old woman.” if she
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With this old woman.” if she had not stuck with naomi, she
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Had not stuck with naomi, she would have never married boaz
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Would have never married boaz and become the great
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And become the great grandmother of king david.
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Grandmother of king david. now we understand why she
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Now we understand why she said, “i cannot leave.” not,
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Said, “i cannot leave.” not, “maybe i'll come with you
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“maybe i'll come with you naomi. or maybe i'll go home
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Naomi. or maybe i'll go home for a few months and then
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For a few months and then come back to see you.” the
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Come back to see you.” the people god has ordained for
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People god has ordained for you cannot walk away. listen
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You cannot walk away. listen to ruth's language, “may the
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To ruth's language, “may the lord punish me if i allow
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Lord punish me if i allow anything to separate us.” god
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Anything to separate us.” god will put such a strong desire
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Will put such a strong desire in those who are supposed to
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In those who are supposed to stay that they can't leave.
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Stay that they can't leave. now quit worrying about the
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Now quit worrying about the orpah's, “why didn't they
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Orpah's, “why didn't they stay?” or thinking you have
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Stay?” or thinking you have to work harder, perform
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To work harder, perform better, convince them to not
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Better, convince them to not leave. that's not your job.
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Leave. that's not your job. take the pressure off. you
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Take the pressure off. you have a doorkeeper. a god who
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Have a doorkeeper. a god who opens and closes doors. a god
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Opens and closes doors. a god who moves people out on
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Who moves people out on purpose, and a god who causes
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Purpose, and a god who causes people to not be able to walk
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People to not be able to walk away. your part, my part, is
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Away. your part, my part, is to honor god. treat people
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To honor god. treat people with respect. be kind, be
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With respect. be kind, be loving but you don't have to
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Loving but you don't have to beg people to stay. you don't
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Beg people to stay. you don't have to play up to that
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Have to play up to that friend, hoping they'll give
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Friend, hoping they'll give you the time of day. let that
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You the time of day. let that coworker manipulate, talk
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Coworker manipulate, talk down, belittle you. if not,
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Down, belittle you. if not, they won't accept you. you
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They won't accept you. you don't need them. the sooner
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Don't need them. the sooner you let them walk away, the
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You let them walk away, the better off you're gonna be.
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Better off you're gonna be. i'm not saying be mean and
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I'm not saying be mean and rude and treat them the same
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Rude and treat them the same way, i'm just saying, quit
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Way, i'm just saying, quit depending on them for your
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Depending on them for your value. thinking you have to
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Value. thinking you have to have them to reach your
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Have them to reach your destiny. you don't need them
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Destiny. you don't need them to feel good about who you
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To feel good about who you are. let them walk away and
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Are. let them walk away and god will bring people into
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God will bring people into your life that see you as a
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Your life that see you as a masterpiece, people that
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Masterpiece, people that celebrate who you are, that
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Celebrate who you are, that love spending time with you.
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Love spending time with you. i know when someone leaves,
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I know when someone leaves, it's hard. to be looked down
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It's hard. to be looked down on, betrayed, rejected. but
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On, betrayed, rejected. but what if you knew, like my
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What if you knew, like my parents, that it had to
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Parents, that it had to happen, so you could see your
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Happen, so you could see your lakewood. what if you knew
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Lakewood. what if you knew god closing the door was to
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God closing the door was to take you to greater levels.
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Take you to greater levels. it was a disappointment, but
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It was a disappointment, but in fact, them walking away
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In fact, them walking away is a present. they gave you
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Is a present. they gave you the gift of goodbye.
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The gift of goodbye. it's very freeing when you
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It's very freeing when you realize god is your
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Realize god is your doorkeeper. he's going to
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Doorkeeper. he's going to have the right people for
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Have the right people for each season of your life. it
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Each season of your life. it may not be who it's always
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May not be who it's always been. i don't mean your
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Been. i don't mean your spouse, your children;
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Spouse, your children; they're with you. i'm talking
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They're with you. i'm talking about friends, coworkers,
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About friends, coworkers, people you grew up with. some
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People you grew up with. some are long term, but some may
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Are long term, but some may walk away. you have to be at
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Walk away. you have to be at peace with who leaves. some
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Peace with who leaves. some people have been playing up
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People have been playing up to people for years, letting
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To people for years, letting them control them,
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Them control them, manipulate, live under so
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Manipulate, live under so much pressure. all because
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Much pressure. all because they're afraid, if they don't
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They're afraid, if they don't perform, this person may
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Perform, this person may leave, may not call, may not
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Leave, may not call, may not approve. this can save you a
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Approve. this can save you a lot of heartache. let them
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Lot of heartache. let them walk. if they don't want to
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Walk. if they don't want to be your friend, it's their
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Be your friend, it's their loss, not yours. if they
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Loss, not yours. if they don't call, shake the dust
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Don't call, shake the dust off and move on. if they
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Off and move on. if they ghost you, take it as the
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Ghost you, take it as the holy ghost shutting that
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Holy ghost shutting that door, keeping you from that
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Door, keeping you from that jerk, i mean that person.
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Jerk, i mean that person. a few years after my father
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A few years after my father passed, the church was really
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Passed, the church was really growing. we needed a larger
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Growing. we needed a larger auditorium. my father always
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Auditorium. my father always said that he would never move
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Said that he would never move the church. i was young. i
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The church. i was young. i didn't want to rock the boat,
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Didn't want to rock the boat, but when we got word that the
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But when we got word that the compaq center became
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Compaq center became available, i knew it was
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Available, i knew it was supposed to be ours. i didn't
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Supposed to be ours. i didn't announce it, but it came out
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Announce it, but it came out in the news. ninety-nine
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In the news. ninety-nine percent of the congregation
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Percent of the congregation was completely for it.
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Was completely for it. everyone was so excited. but
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Everyone was so excited. but there was this one man, he
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There was this one man, he would find me after every
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Would find me after every service, “joel, you know,
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Service, “joel, you know, your dad said he wouldn't
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Your dad said he wouldn't move the church. it's not
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Move the church. it's not right to go to that other
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Right to go to that other location. and if you go, i'm
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Location. and if you go, i'm not going to come.” my
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Not going to come.” my personality is to want
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Personality is to want everybody to be for it. “well
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Everybody to be for it. “well let's just pray, let's just
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Let's just pray, let's just wait; let's just see what
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Wait; let's just see what happens.” hoping to change
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Happens.” hoping to change his mind, convince him to get
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His mind, convince him to get on board. but after about the
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On board. but after about the fortieth time of him telling
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Fortieth time of him telling me it wasn't right and he
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Me it wasn't right and he wasn't going to come,
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Wasn't going to come, something shifted in my
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Something shifted in my spirit. i didn't say it, but
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Spirit. i didn't say it, but i thought to myself. “i hope
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I thought to myself. “i hope you don't come. in fact,
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You don't come. in fact, you're not even invited.” a
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You're not even invited.” a stronghold was broken in my
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Stronghold was broken in my mind, thinking that if he
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Mind, thinking that if he leaves, the world is going to
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Leaves, the world is going to fall apart. you can't
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Fall apart. you can't accomplish your dreams
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Accomplish your dreams worried about who's going to
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Worried about who's going to walk away. who's going to
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Walk away. who's going to accept you. “i've got to
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Accept you. “i've got to perform, and play up to them,
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Perform, and play up to them, make them like me.” that's no
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Make them like me.” that's no way to live. some people
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Way to live. some people can't go where god is taking
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Can't go where god is taking you. they're good people.
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You. they're good people. they were great for a season,
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They were great for a season, but god has ordained you to
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But god has ordained you to go higher. it's going to take
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Go higher. it's going to take greater commitment, greater
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Greater commitment, greater faith, greater consecration.
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Faith, greater consecration. so, he'll remove certain
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So, he'll remove certain people that would limit you,
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People that would limit you, so you can fulfill your
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So you can fulfill your purpose.
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Purpose. in john 6, jesus was teaching
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In john 6, jesus was teaching his disciples about
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His disciples about commitment and what it meant
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Commitment and what it meant to be a follower of christ.
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To be a follower of christ. some of them didn't
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Some of them didn't understand. verse 66 says,
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Understand. verse 66 says, “at that point, many of his
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“at that point, many of his disciples turned away and
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Disciples turned away and deserted him.” here jesus had
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Deserted him.” here jesus had given his life for them. they
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Given his life for them. they had seen him do great
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Had seen him do great miracles, traveled with him,
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Miracles, traveled with him, eaten together, laughed
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Eaten together, laughed together, but they walked
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Together, but they walked away. jesus looked at the
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Away. jesus looked at the twelve disciples and said,
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Twelve disciples and said, “are you going to leave too?
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“are you going to leave too? peter said, “jesus, where
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Peter said, “jesus, where would we go. you have eternal
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Would we go. you have eternal life. we believe you are the
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Life. we believe you are the son of god.” he couldn't get
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Son of god.” he couldn't get rid of the twelve. but what's
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Rid of the twelve. but what's interesting is you never read
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Interesting is you never read where jesus went chasing
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Where jesus went chasing after the many disciples that
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After the many disciples that left that day. he chased
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Left that day. he chased after that one lost sheep
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After that one lost sheep that got off course. but he
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That got off course. but he didn't go chasing after
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Didn't go chasing after people that didn't want to
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People that didn't want to stay.
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Stay. your destiny is not tied to
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Your destiny is not tied to those that left you. god
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Those that left you. god doesn't need anything you
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Doesn't need anything you lost to bless you. those that
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Lost to bless you. those that walked away, that didn't
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Walked away, that didn't understand, that betrayed,
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Understand, that betrayed, they didn't stop what god has
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They didn't stop what god has for you. let it go. quit
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For you. let it go. quit dwelling on it, reliving the
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Dwelling on it, reliving the hurt, hoping that you can pay
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Hurt, hoping that you can pay them back, or hoping to
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Them back, or hoping to change their mind. god closed
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Change their mind. god closed that door. i'm asking you to
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That door. i'm asking you to be at peace with those that
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Be at peace with those that have walked away. quit trying
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Have walked away. quit trying to hold on to people that
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To hold on to people that don't want to be there.
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Don't want to be there. you're not supposed to chase
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You're not supposed to chase people to love you, and
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People to love you, and accept you, and believe in
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Accept you, and believe in you. you don't need them.
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You. you don't need them. this takes the pressure off.
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This takes the pressure off. no more striving and
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No more striving and straining, trying to convince
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Straining, trying to convince people to be for you. that's
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People to be for you. that's laboring in vain. trust god
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Laboring in vain. trust god to be your doorkeeper. trust
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To be your doorkeeper. trust him with your relationships.
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Him with your relationships. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, god will bring
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And declare, god will bring you divine connections, the
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You divine connections, the right people for every
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Right people for every season. orpah may have left,
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Season. orpah may have left, but god has some ruth's
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But god has some ruth's coming for you, people that
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Coming for you, people that cannot leave, in jesus' name.
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Cannot leave, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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Life throws so much at us.
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Life throws so much at us. disappointments,
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Disappointments, failures, challenges.
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Failures, challenges. we can feel so out of touch
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We can feel so out of touch that we no longer
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That we no longer recognize ourselves.
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Recognize ourselves. life has a way of changing us.
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Life has a way of changing us. at one time
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At one time we were outgoing
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We were outgoing and excited about our dreams.
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And excited about our dreams. but when we go
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But when we go through disappointments
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Through disappointments and people do us
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And people do us wrong, it's easy
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Wrong, it's easy to lose that positive,
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To lose that positive, passionate person
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Passionate person that we used to be.
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In my new book,
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In my new book, rediscovering the forgotten
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Rediscovering the forgotten you, i'll help you
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You, i'll help you get back to who you really are.
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Get back to who you really are. the joyful you,
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The joyful you, the confident you,
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The confident you, the talented you.
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The talented you. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. you haven't been
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You haven't been through too much.
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Through too much. you may have lost
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You may have lost part of yourself,
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Part of yourself, but you can find yourself.
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But you can find yourself. god is in the business
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God is in the business of restoring what was lost.
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Of restoring what was lost. healing what was broken.
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Healing what was broken. you haven't seen the
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You haven't seen the best version of you yet.
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Best version of you yet. it's still in front of you.
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It's still in front of you. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount,
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For your gift of any amount, we would like to send you
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A copy of joel's brand new book,
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Rediscovering the forgotten you.
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And embrace the life you were created to live.
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And personal stories
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The vision of the life god designed for you.
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God designed for you. life's challenges
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Life's challenges might have distorted
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Might have distorted the true you,
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The true you, but now you can reclaim,
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But now you can reclaim, revitalize and restore
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Revitalize and restore the version of yourself
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The version of yourself that you once knew,
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That you once knew, or the version that you know
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Or the version that you know god has made you to be:
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God has made you to be: filled with hopes and dreams,
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Filled with hopes and dreams, optimism and confidence.
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Optimism and confidence. request your copy today
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God is about to breathe
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God is about to breathe new life, new passion,
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New life, new passion, new dreams into your heart.
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New dreams into your heart. what he started,
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What he started, he's going to finish.
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He's going to finish. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i are praying
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Victoria and i are praying for you and your family,
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For you and your family, for god's very best.
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For god's very best. thank you so much
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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 helps people
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Helps people all over the world.
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All over the world. a special
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A special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Consider becoming one. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request your copy
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Joel Osteen - Let Them Walk

April 10, 2026 | 27:29

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