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Joel Osteen - The Lion and The Lamb

October 26, 2025 | 29:0

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

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - The Lion and The Lamb | October 26, 2025
  • I like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny. in texas,
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  • Something funny. in texas, we're known for everything
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  • We're known for everything being bigger. there was this
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  • Being bigger. there was this texan farmer that loved to
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  • Texan farmer that loved to brag about the size of his
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  • Brag about the size of his ranch. he was in england and
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  • Ranch. he was in england and met this english farmer. he
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  • Met this english farmer. he asked him how big his ranch
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  • Asked him how big his ranch was, knowing that he would
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  • Was, knowing that he would probably ask about his. the
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  • Englishman said, "my ranch is
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  • Englishman said, "my ranch is 35 acres. how big is yours?"
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  • 35 acres. how big is yours?" the texan said, "let's just
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  • The texan said, "let's just put it this way. if i got in
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  • Put it this way. if i got in my truck at sunrise and
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  • My truck at sunrise and started driving across my
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  • Started driving across my property, at sunset i would
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  • Property, at sunset i would still be on my ranch." the
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  • Still be on my ranch." the englishman said, "yeah, i
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  • Englishman said, "yeah, i used to have a truck like
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  • Used to have a truck like that." (laughter)
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  • That." (laughter) say it like you mean it. this
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  • Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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  • Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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  • Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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  • Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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  • Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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  • Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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  • Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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  • I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about the lion and the lamb.
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  • About the lion and the lamb. on the inside of each one of
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  • On the inside of each one of us is both. there's a lion.
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  • Us is both. there's a lion. it's there to protect, to
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  • It's there to protect, to defend, to conquer. the lion
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  • Defend, to conquer. the lion is courageous, aggressive,
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  • Is courageous, aggressive, and helps us accomplish our
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  • And helps us accomplish our dreams. there's also a lamb
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  • Dreams. there's also a lamb in us. it's there to stay in
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  • In us. it's there to stay in peace, to overlook offenses,
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  • Peace, to overlook offenses, to not respond to every
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  • To not respond to every circumstance, to let god
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  • Circumstance, to let god fight our battles. we see
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  • Fight our battles. we see this with jesus. he was
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  • This with jesus. he was called the lion of the tribe
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  • Called the lion of the tribe of judah. as the lion, he
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  • Of judah. as the lion, he overturned the tables in the
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  • Overturned the tables in the temple, ran people out that
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  • Temple, ran people out that were doing wrong. as the
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  • Were doing wrong. as the lion, he spoke strongly to
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  • Lion, he spoke strongly to the pharisees, the religious
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  • The pharisees, the religious leaders who had impure
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  • Leaders who had impure motives. he called them
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  • Motives. he called them hypocrites, and said, they
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  • Hypocrites, and said, they had dead men's bones. he was
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  • Had dead men's bones. he was also called the lamb of god.
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  • Also called the lamb of god. as the lamb, he didn't
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  • As the lamb, he didn't respond to his critics. when
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  • Respond to his critics. when they brought him before
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  • They brought him before pilate, with all these false
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  • Pilate, with all these false accusations, the scripture
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  • Accusations, the scripture says, "he answered them not a
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  • Says, "he answered them not a word." he didn't defend
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  • Word." he didn't defend himself. on the way to the
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  • Himself. on the way to the cross, the soldiers and
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  • Cross, the soldiers and others mocked him and made
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  • Others mocked him and made fun. "hey, if you're so
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  • Fun. "hey, if you're so great, if you're really the
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  • Great, if you're really the king, why don't you come down
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  • King, why don't you come down and save yourself?" he said,
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  • And save yourself?" he said, "i could have called ten
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  • "i could have called ten thousand angels to rescue
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  • Thousand angels to rescue me." but he didn't do it. he
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  • Me." but he didn't do it. he had a purpose to fulfill. he
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  • Had a purpose to fulfill. he knew it was all a part of
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  • Knew it was all a part of god's plan. it's not are you
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  • God's plan. it's not are you a lion or are you a lamb?
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  • A lion or are you a lamb? you're both. the key is
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  • You're both. the key is knowing which one is supposed
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  • Knowing which one is supposed to come out. ecclesiastes
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  • To come out. ecclesiastes says, "there is a time and
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  • Says, "there is a time and season for every purpose.
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  • Season for every purpose. there's a time for war and a
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  • There's a time for war and a time for peace. a time to
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  • Time for peace. a time to fight and a time to hold
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  • Fight and a time to hold back." you won't reach your
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  • Back." you won't reach your destiny being all lion,
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  • Destiny being all lion, fighting all the time, or
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  • Fighting all the time, or being all lamb, retreating
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  • Being all lamb, retreating all the time.
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  • All the time. some people are good at being
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  • Some people are good at being the lion. you look at them
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  • The lion. you look at them wrong and they'll roar. they
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  • Wrong and they'll roar. they love arguing, getting even,
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  • Love arguing, getting even, speaking their mind. they're
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  • Speaking their mind. they're easily offended, always
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  • Easily offended, always trying to pay people back.
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  • Trying to pay people back. someone cuts them off in
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  • Someone cuts them off in traffic, they're trying to
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  • Traffic, they're trying to catch them. they'll drive
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  • Catch them. they'll drive five miles past their exit,
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  • Five miles past their exit, because they want to show
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  • Because they want to show them. here's something
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  • Them. here's something important. you're not
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  • Important. you're not supposed to fight every
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  • Supposed to fight every battle. many of the things
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  • Battle. many of the things that come against us are
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  • That come against us are simply distractions. it's the
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  • Simply distractions. it's the enemy trying to waste your
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  • Enemy trying to waste your time, your energy, your
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  • Time, your energy, your emotions, getting you engaged
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  • Emotions, getting you engaged in conflict that doesn't
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  • In conflict that doesn't matter. when someone does us
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  • Matter. when someone does us wrong, they say hurtful
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  • Wrong, they say hurtful things, that lion naturally
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  • Things, that lion naturally comes out. "here i am. let me
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  • Comes out. "here i am. let me go to work. i'm ready to
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  • Go to work. i'm ready to roar." you have to ask
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  • Roar." you have to ask yourself, if you win that
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  • Yourself, if you win that battle, what's it going to
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  • Battle, what's it going to accomplish. is it between you
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  • Accomplish. is it between you and your destiny? is it going
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  • And your destiny? is it going to move you forward? or is it
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  • To move you forward? or is it just going to feed your ego,
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  • Just going to feed your ego, make you feel good because
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  • Make you feel good because you proved to them who you
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  • You proved to them who you are. that's a distraction.
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  • Are. that's a distraction. your time is too valuable.
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  • Your time is too valuable. your assignment too
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  • Your assignment too important, to get sidetracked
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  • Important, to get sidetracked fighting battles that don't
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  • Fighting battles that don't matter. you're not just a
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  • Matter. you're not just a lion; there's a lamb in you.
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  • Lion; there's a lamb in you. the lamb stays in peace. the
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  • The lamb stays in peace. the lamb is not annoyed by the
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  • Lamb is not annoyed by the negative chatter. the lamb
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  • Negative chatter. the lamb knows how to walk away from
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  • Knows how to walk away from conflict.
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  • Conflict. in the life of jesus, he was
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  • In the life of jesus, he was the lamb many more times than
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  • The lamb many more times than he was the lion. i wonder if
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  • He was the lion. i wonder if the reason we
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  • The reason we get stressed, frustrated,
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  • Get stressed, frustrated, can't seem to make progress
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  • Can't seem to make progress is we're letting the lion
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  • Is we're letting the lion dominate. we're always trying
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  • Dominate. we're always trying to defend, prove, control.
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  • To defend, prove, control. "i've got to convince this
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  • "i've got to convince this person to like me. show them
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  • Person to like me. show them that i'm okay." some people,
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  • That i'm okay." some people, no matter what you do are not
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  • No matter what you do are not going to be for you. if you
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  • Going to be for you. if you do convince them, two more
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  • Do convince them, two more will come along that don't
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  • Will come along that don't like you. it's a trap. where
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  • Like you. it's a trap. where you always have to live in
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  • You always have to live in this fight mode, upset. "look
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  • This fight mode, upset. "look what they said. my boss left
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  • What they said. my boss left me out. i can't believe i got
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  • Me out. i can't believe i got stuck in traffic." everything
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  • Stuck in traffic." everything is a fight. do yourself a
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  • Is a fight. do yourself a favor, let the lamb come out.
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  • Favor, let the lamb come out. let god fight your battles.
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  • Let god fight your battles. "joel, they're talking about
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  • "joel, they're talking about me. they're making me look
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  • Me. they're making me look bad." can i encourage you,
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  • Bad." can i encourage you, god can vindicate you better
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  • God can vindicate you better than you can vindicate
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  • Than you can vindicate yourself. if you will stay in
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  • Yourself. if you will stay in peace, god said, "he will
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  • Peace, god said, "he will prepare a table before you in
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  • Prepare a table before you in the presence of your
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  • The presence of your enemies." he will promote you
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  • Enemies." he will promote you in front of the people that
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  • In front of the people that are trying to push you down.
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  • Are trying to push you down. yes, we need the lion. there
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  • Yes, we need the lion. there are times we need to fight,
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  • Are times we need to fight, but most of the things that
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  • But most of the things that come against us are petty.
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  • Come against us are petty. little things that seem big
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  • Little things that seem big to us. "they misunderstand
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  • To us. "they misunderstand me. they said things that
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  • Me. they said things that weren't true. this is not
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  • Weren't true. this is not fair." i know it's hurtful.
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  • Fair." i know it's hurtful. none of us like it, but it's
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  • None of us like it, but it's not going to keep you from
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  • Your purpose.
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  • When jesus hung on the cross
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  • When jesus hung on the cross and refused to have the
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  • And refused to have the angels come rescue him, he
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  • Angels come rescue him, he was saying in effect to reach
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  • Was saying in effect to reach your destiny, you're going to
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  • Your destiny, you're going to have to put up with some
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  • Have to put up with some things. you're going to have
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  • To be the bigger person and
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  • To be the bigger person and overlook some insults, not
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  • Overlook some insults, not defend yourself every time,
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  • Defend yourself every time, not have to have the last
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  • Not have to have the last word, not spend your energy
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  • Word, not spend your energy roaring, trying to straighten
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  • Roaring, trying to straighten people out. you're going to
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  • People out. you're going to have to let that lamb come
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  • Have to let that lamb come out and let god fight your
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  • Out and let god fight your battles. put your reputation
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  • Battles. put your reputation in his hands. you have to
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  • In his hands. you have to trust the purpose of god for
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  • Trust the purpose of god for your life. that what he's
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  • Your life. that what he's doing doesn't need you to
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  • Doing doesn't need you to correct everything along the
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  • Correct everything along the way. straighten every person
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  • Way. straighten every person out. fix this one over here.
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  • Out. fix this one over here. control that one over there.
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  • Control that one over there. your lion is going to have a
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  • Your lion is going to have a nervous breakdown. he told me
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  • Nervous breakdown. he told me to tell you, "give me a day
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  • To tell you, "give me a day off." there's a lamb in you
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  • Off." there's a lamb in you that's ready to rise up. the
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  • That's ready to rise up. the lamb is a place of peace. the
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  • Lamb is a place of peace. the lamb is knowing that god is
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  • Lamb is knowing that god is your vindicator. that nothing
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  • Your vindicator. that nothing can stop what he has purposed
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  • Can stop what he has purposed for your life. when you're in
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  • For your life. when you're in peace, you're in a position
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  • Peace, you're in a position of power. it seems like being
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  • Of power. it seems like being loud, forceful, aggressive,
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  • Loud, forceful, aggressive, that's power. but sometimes
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  • That's power. but sometimes that's showing weakness.
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  • That's showing weakness. we're trying to roar to hide
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  • We're trying to roar to hide our insecurity. why don't you
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  • Our insecurity. why don't you be still and you'll know that
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  • Be still and you'll know that he is god.
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  • It's interesting, out of all
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  • It's interesting, out of all the animals god could have
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  • The animals god could have compared us to, there's the
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  • Compared us to, there's the lion and the lamb. the lamb
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  • Lion and the lamb. the lamb is one of the most peaceful,
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  • Is one of the most peaceful, calm, unbothered animals you
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  • Calm, unbothered animals you could find. you've never seen
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  • Could find. you've never seen a nervous lamb, an upset
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  • A nervous lamb, an upset lamb, or a lamb arguing,
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  • Lamb, or a lamb arguing, fighting. lambs just go out
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  • Fighting. lambs just go out and graze, enjoy the
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  • And graze, enjoy the pastures, enjoy the day. one
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  • Reason is because they know
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  • Reason is because they know they have a shepherd. they're
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  • They have a shepherd. they're confident that someone is
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  • Confident that someone is watching over them, keeping
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  • Watching over them, keeping the wild animals away.
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  • The wild animals away. providing for them, leading
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  • Providing for them, leading them to food and water, so
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  • Them to food and water, so they stay in peace. sometimes
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  • They stay in peace. sometimes we're trying to make it all
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  • We're trying to make it all happen on our own. we've got
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  • Happen on our own. we've got to find the food, so to
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  • To find the food, so to speak, the opportunity, kick
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  • Speak, the opportunity, kick the door open. we've got to
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  • The door open. we've got to convince these people to like
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  • Convince these people to like us, keep the harm away.
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  • Us, keep the harm away. here's what we're missing.
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  • Here's what we're missing. it's not just up to us; we
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  • It's not just up to us; we have a shepherd. we have a
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  • Have a shepherd. we have a defender, a provider, a
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  • Defender, a provider, a vindicator, a way maker, a
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  • Vindicator, a way maker, a healer, a deliverer. but if
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  • Healer, a deliverer. but if you live in a fight mode,
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  • You live in a fight mode, thinking the lion always has
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  • Thinking the lion always has to rise up you won't be able
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  • To rise up you won't be able to say with david, the lord
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  • To say with david, the lord is my shepherd, i shall not
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  • Is my shepherd, i shall not want. one translation says, i
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  • Want. one translation says, i have everything i need.
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  • Have everything i need. that's a powerful way to
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  • That's a powerful way to live, knowing that as a lamb,
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  • Live, knowing that as a lamb, we have a shepherd watching
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  • We have a shepherd watching over us. we don't have to
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  • Over us. we don't have to connive, manipulate, defend.
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  • Connive, manipulate, defend. we can live in peace knowing
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  • We can live in peace knowing that the good shepherd is in
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  • That the good shepherd is in control of our life.
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  • Control of our life. victoria and i were in
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  • Victoria and i were in colorado a while back riding
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  • Colorado a while back riding four wheelers. we were out in
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  • Four wheelers. we were out in the national forest. it was
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  • The national forest. it was very beautiful. we came
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  • Very beautiful. we came around this corner and there
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  • Around this corner and there were hundreds of sheep on the
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  • Were hundreds of sheep on the path. there wasn't any way
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  • Path. there wasn't any way for us to get around. we
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  • For us to get around. we stopped our four wheelers,
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  • Stopped our four wheelers, sat there a few minutes, but
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  • Sat there a few minutes, but they never budged. i decided
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  • They never budged. i decided i was going to try to scare
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  • I was going to try to scare them away. i drove right up
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  • Them away. i drove right up to them, maybe twenty feet
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  • To them, maybe twenty feet away. i put the machine in
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  • Away. i put the machine in neutral, revved the engine as
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  • Neutral, revved the engine as loud as it would go, full
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  • Loud as it would go, full throttle. it felt like the
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  • Throttle. it felt like the ground shook. i was watching
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  • Ground shook. i was watching so closely. do you know not
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  • So closely. do you know not one sheep ever turned and
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  • One sheep ever turned and looked. not one paid any
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  • Looked. not one paid any attention. they acted like i
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  • Attention. they acted like i wasn't even there. i learned
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  • Wasn't even there. i learned a lesson that day. sheep are
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  • A lesson that day. sheep are stubborn. sheep are not going
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  • Stubborn. sheep are not going to lose their peace. we need
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  • To lose their peace. we need to take a lesson from them.
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  • To take a lesson from them. be more stubborn when it
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  • Be more stubborn when it comes to giving away your
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  • Comes to giving away your peace. next time someone revs
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  • Peace. next time someone revs their engine at you so to
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  • Their engine at you so to speak, tries to get you
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  • Speak, tries to get you upset, offended, just ignore
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  • Upset, offended, just ignore it and carry on. if you let
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  • It and carry on. if you let them upset you, what they
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  • Them upset you, what they said ruins your day, the
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  • Said ruins your day, the delay sours your morning,
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  • Delay sours your morning, you're giving away your
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  • You're giving away your power. you need your joy,
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  • Power. you need your joy, your peace to have a
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  • Your peace to have a productive day. no one can
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  • Productive day. no one can take that from you; you have
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  • Take that from you; you have to give it away. you're in
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  • To give it away. you're in control of your peace. you
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  • Control of your peace. you can't control what other
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  • Can't control what other people do, what they say, how
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  • People do, what they say, how they treat you, but you can
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  • They treat you, but you can control how you respond. i
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  • Control how you respond. i know sometimes we do have to
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  • Know sometimes we do have to confront, the lion needs to
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  • Confront, the lion needs to roar, but most of the time
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  • Roar, but most of the time the lamb needs to come out.
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  • The lamb needs to come out. if that battle is not between
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  • If that battle is not between you and your destiny, ignore
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  • You and your destiny, ignore it and move on.
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  • This is what david did. as a
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  • This is what david did. as a teenager, he was working in
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  • Teenager, he was working in the shepherd's fields. his
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  • The shepherd's fields. his father asked him to take
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  • Father asked him to take lunch to his brothers. they
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  • Lunch to his brothers. they were in the army in another
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  • Were in the army in another city. when his older brother
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  • City. when his older brother eliab saw david, he said in
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  • Eliab saw david, he said in front of all the soldiers,
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  • Front of all the soldiers, "what are you doing here
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  • "what are you doing here david. and what did you do
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  • David. and what did you do with those few sheep you're
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  • With those few sheep you're supposed to be taking care
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  • Supposed to be taking care of." he tried to belittle
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  • Of." he tried to belittle david and make him feel
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  • David and make him feel small. here david had done a
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  • Small. here david had done a good deed, travelled all day.
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  • He could have been offended.
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  • He could have been offended. i'm sure the lion rose up.
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  • I'm sure the lion rose up. his emotions said, "let him
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  • His emotions said, "let him have it." but he wouldn't do
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  • Have it." but he wouldn't do it. the scripture says,
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  • It. the scripture says, "david turned and walked
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  • "david turned and walked away." he had to calm the
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  • Away." he had to calm the lion down and let the lamb
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  • Lion down and let the lamb rise up. to be the lamb, you
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  • Rise up. to be the lamb, you have to swallow your pride.
  • 00:10:48.626 --> 00:10:50.628
  • Have to swallow your pride. you can't let your ego get
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  • You can't let your ego get the best of you. you have to
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  • The best of you. you have to rule your spirit. rule your
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  • Rule your spirit. rule your emotions. a lot of times, we
  • 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:57.736
  • Emotions. a lot of times, we want to rule other people.
  • 00:10:57.802 --> 00:10:59.504
  • Want to rule other people. control how we're treated.
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  • Control how we're treated. control what they say, their
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  • Control what they say, their opinion. we can't control
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  • Opinion. we can't control those things. what you can
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  • Those things. what you can control is your own spirit.
  • 00:11:06.177 --> 00:11:08.379
  • Control is your own spirit. you get to choose the lion or
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  • You get to choose the lion or the lamb. your emotions will
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  • The lamb. your emotions will choose the lion. they'll want
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  • Choose the lion. they'll want to engage and pay back and
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  • To engage and pay back and defend, but that's not always
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  • Defend, but that's not always the right choice. if you're
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  • The right choice. if you're the lion all the time, you'll
  • 00:11:20.058 --> 00:11:21.760
  • The lion all the time, you'll get distracted, fighting
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  • Get distracted, fighting battles that don't matter.
  • 00:11:23.495 --> 00:11:25.530
  • Battles that don't matter. what's significant is a few
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  • What's significant is a few minutes later, david heard
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  • Minutes later, david heard goliath taunting the
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  • Goliath taunting the israelites. he came out on
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  • Israelites. he came out on the side of the mountain and
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  • The side of the mountain and shouted all these threats.
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  • Shouted all these threats. the soldiers, they all ran
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  • The soldiers, they all ran and hid. not david. the lion
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  • And hid. not david. the lion rose up. he said, "who is
  • 00:11:38.676 --> 00:11:40.612
  • Rose up. he said, "who is this uncircumcised philistine
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  • This uncircumcised philistine that he should defy the
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  • That he should defy the armies of the living god?"
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  • Armies of the living god?" had david not walked away
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  • Had david not walked away from eliab, he would have
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  • From eliab, he would have never seen goliath. had he
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  • Never seen goliath. had he engaged in a battle that
  • 00:11:52.090 --> 00:11:53.358
  • Engaged in a battle that didn't matter, let that petty
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  • Didn't matter, let that petty comment get him uptight, off
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  • Comment get him uptight, off track, he would have missed
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  • Track, he would have missed the real battle he was
  • 00:11:58.930 --> 00:12:00.498
  • The real battle he was supposed to fight. don't
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  • Supposed to fight. don't spend your time fighting
  • 00:12:02.100 --> 00:12:03.501
  • Spend your time fighting petty things. the enemy will
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  • Petty things. the enemy will try to bait you into
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  • Try to bait you into conflict. trick you into
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  • Conflict. trick you into being offended, thinking, "i
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  • Being offended, thinking, "i need to pay them back,
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  • Need to pay them back, they're messing with the
  • 00:12:11.543 --> 00:12:12.110
  • They're messing with the wrong person." no do like
  • 00:12:12.177 --> 00:12:13.778
  • Wrong person." no do like david. turn and walk away.
  • 00:12:13.845 --> 00:12:16.548
  • David. turn and walk away. there are enough real battles
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  • There are enough real battles that you need to fight. there
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  • That you need to fight. there are goliaths god has put in
  • 00:12:19.684 --> 00:12:21.786
  • Are goliaths god has put in all of our paths. giants
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  • All of our paths. giants we're going to defeat that
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  • We're going to defeat that will take us to a new level.
  • 00:12:24.989 --> 00:12:27.025
  • Will take us to a new level. but if you're fighting the
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  • But if you're fighting the petty things, you'll never
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  • Petty things, you'll never get to goliath.
  • 00:12:29.794 --> 00:12:31.496
  • Get to goliath. david asked, "what is the
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  • David asked, "what is the reward for defeating this
  • 00:12:32.864 --> 00:12:34.365
  • Reward for defeating this giant? what is the prize for
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  • Giant? what is the prize for taking him out?" david was
  • 00:12:36.434 --> 00:12:38.136
  • Taking him out?" david was smart. he wasn't going to
  • 00:12:38.203 --> 00:12:39.904
  • Smart. he wasn't going to fight him for no reason. they
  • 00:12:39.971 --> 00:12:42.073
  • Fight him for no reason. they said, "whoever defeats
  • 00:12:42.140 --> 00:12:43.174
  • Said, "whoever defeats goliath, will get king saul's
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  • Goliath, will get king saul's daughter in marriage, and he
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  • Daughter in marriage, and he and his family won't have to
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  • And his family won't have to pay taxes." david was a
  • 00:12:49.147 --> 00:12:52.016
  • Pay taxes." david was a shepherd. he came from a
  • 00:12:52.083 --> 00:12:53.751
  • Shepherd. he came from a low-income family, looked
  • 00:12:53.818 --> 00:12:55.486
  • Low-income family, looked like they would always
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  • Like they would always struggle. this was an
  • 00:12:56.387 --> 00:12:58.056
  • Struggle. this was an opportunity to change his
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  • Opportunity to change his family line, a destiny
  • 00:13:00.024 --> 00:13:01.793
  • Family line, a destiny moment. with this one
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  • Moment. with this one victory, he could go from an
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  • Victory, he could go from an ordinary citizen to royalty.
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  • Ordinary citizen to royalty. there were great spoils. as
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  • There were great spoils. as he was contemplating all
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  • He was contemplating all this, he said at one point,
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  • This, he said at one point, "is there not a cause?" he
  • 00:13:13.171 --> 00:13:15.273
  • "is there not a cause?" he was saying, "i have a good
  • 00:13:15.340 --> 00:13:16.507
  • Was saying, "i have a good reason to fight this battle.
  • 00:13:16.574 --> 00:13:18.142
  • Reason to fight this battle. number one, goliath is coming
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  • Number one, goliath is coming against the lord god of
  • 00:13:20.411 --> 00:13:21.446
  • Against the lord god of israel. that's the main
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  • Israel. that's the main thing. i'm going to fight for
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  • Thing. i'm going to fight for my faith." and number two,
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  • My faith." and number two, there's a great reward. not
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  • There's a great reward. not just for david, but for his
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  • Just for david, but for his family. one way you know it's
  • 00:13:30.088 --> 00:13:32.357
  • Family. one way you know it's a battle you're supposed to
  • 00:13:32.423 --> 00:13:33.524
  • A battle you're supposed to fight, is when it's not just
  • 00:13:33.591 --> 00:13:35.493
  • Fight, is when it's not just about you, but it's making
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  • About you, but it's making the world a better place,
  • 00:13:37.295 --> 00:13:38.830
  • The world a better place, it's making your family
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  • It's making your family better, you're fighting for
  • 00:13:39.898 --> 00:13:41.032
  • Better, you're fighting for justice, for the oppressed,
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  • Justice, for the oppressed, for the downtrodden. david
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  • For the downtrodden. david fighting eliab, there were no
  • 00:13:44.802 --> 00:13:46.604
  • Fighting eliab, there were no spoils. that would have just
  • 00:13:46.671 --> 00:13:48.439
  • Spoils. that would have just been for david's ego, to try
  • 00:13:48.506 --> 00:13:50.308
  • Been for david's ego, to try to prove to eliab who he was.
  • 00:13:50.375 --> 00:13:52.844
  • To prove to eliab who he was. you don't have anything to
  • 00:13:52.911 --> 00:13:53.678
  • You don't have anything to prove. why are you fighting
  • 00:13:53.745 --> 00:13:55.413
  • Prove. why are you fighting battles trying to convince
  • 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:56.714
  • Battles trying to convince someone to like you? you
  • 00:13:56.781 --> 00:13:58.216
  • Someone to like you? you don't need that. it's a
  • 00:13:58.283 --> 00:13:59.183
  • Don't need that. it's a distraction.
  • 00:13:59.250 --> 00:14:00.852
  • Distraction. david went out to face
  • 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:01.920
  • David went out to face goliath. he looked at him in
  • 00:14:01.986 --> 00:14:03.388
  • Goliath. he looked at him in the eyes and said, "goliath,
  • 00:14:03.454 --> 00:14:04.722
  • The eyes and said, "goliath, this day i will defeat you
  • 00:14:04.789 --> 00:14:06.858
  • This day i will defeat you and feed your head to the
  • 00:14:06.925 --> 00:14:08.226
  • And feed your head to the birds of the air." that lion
  • 00:14:08.293 --> 00:14:10.328
  • Birds of the air." that lion rose up. he went out with
  • 00:14:10.395 --> 00:14:12.096
  • Rose up. he went out with courage, to defend the people
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  • Courage, to defend the people of israel, to stand up for
  • 00:14:14.265 --> 00:14:16.034
  • Of israel, to stand up for jehovah. he slung that rock
  • 00:14:16.100 --> 00:14:18.336
  • Jehovah. he slung that rock and it knocked goliath to the
  • 00:14:18.403 --> 00:14:19.971
  • And it knocked goliath to the ground, unconscious. there
  • 00:14:20.038 --> 00:14:21.906
  • Ground, unconscious. there are times the lion has to
  • 00:14:21.973 --> 00:14:23.775
  • Are times the lion has to roar. you have to be strong,
  • 00:14:23.841 --> 00:14:25.843
  • Roar. you have to be strong, courageous and go after what
  • 00:14:25.910 --> 00:14:27.779
  • Courageous and go after what god put in your heart. it's
  • 00:14:27.845 --> 00:14:29.781
  • God put in your heart. it's not being a lamb all the time
  • 00:14:29.847 --> 00:14:31.883
  • Not being a lamb all the time or being a lion all the time.
  • 00:14:31.950 --> 00:14:33.952
  • Or being a lion all the time. it's knowing the seasons. pay
  • 00:14:34.018 --> 00:14:36.220
  • It's knowing the seasons. pay attention to what you're
  • 00:14:36.287 --> 00:14:37.655
  • Attention to what you're giving your energy to. most
  • 00:14:37.722 --> 00:14:40.024
  • Giving your energy to. most of the time, we need to live
  • 00:14:40.091 --> 00:14:41.726
  • Of the time, we need to live as the lamb. ignore the
  • 00:14:41.793 --> 00:14:43.761
  • As the lamb. ignore the negative comments, overlook
  • 00:14:43.828 --> 00:14:45.797
  • Negative comments, overlook the offenses, forgive the
  • 00:14:45.863 --> 00:14:47.565
  • The offenses, forgive the driver that cut you off.
  • 00:14:47.632 --> 00:14:49.367
  • Driver that cut you off. you're never going to see
  • 00:14:49.434 --> 00:14:50.101
  • You're never going to see them again. why are you
  • 00:14:50.168 --> 00:14:51.502
  • Them again. why are you letting that ruin your day?
  • 00:14:51.569 --> 00:14:53.871
  • I was in the costco parking
  • 00:14:53.972 --> 00:14:55.273
  • I was in the costco parking lot on a saturday not long
  • 00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:57.008
  • Lot on a saturday not long ago. there were four times as
  • 00:14:57.075 --> 00:14:59.210
  • Ago. there were four times as many cars as there were
  • 00:14:59.277 --> 00:15:00.511
  • Many cars as there were spaces. i dropped victoria
  • 00:15:00.578 --> 00:15:02.480
  • Spaces. i dropped victoria off and i was going to park
  • 00:15:02.547 --> 00:15:04.048
  • Off and i was going to park and wait in the car. after
  • 00:15:04.115 --> 00:15:05.750
  • Driving around forever, i
  • 00:15:05.850 --> 00:15:07.852
  • Driving around forever, i finally saw this lady coming
  • 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:09.520
  • Finally saw this lady coming out with her kids and start
  • 00:15:09.587 --> 00:15:10.989
  • Out with her kids and start to get in her car. she had
  • 00:15:11.055 --> 00:15:12.790
  • To get in her car. she had twenty-seven carts. i knew it
  • 00:15:12.857 --> 00:15:14.559
  • Twenty-seven carts. i knew it was going to take two hours
  • 00:15:14.625 --> 00:15:15.493
  • Was going to take two hours to unload, i was just happy
  • 00:15:15.560 --> 00:15:17.061
  • To unload, i was just happy to get that spot. she got
  • 00:15:17.128 --> 00:15:19.030
  • To get that spot. she got everything unloaded, took the
  • 00:15:19.097 --> 00:15:20.832
  • Everything unloaded, took the carts back one by one. i
  • 00:15:20.898 --> 00:15:22.900
  • Carts back one by one. i found that one person that
  • 00:15:22.967 --> 00:15:23.868
  • Found that one person that puts everything back. she
  • 00:15:23.935 --> 00:15:25.236
  • Puts everything back. she finally backed out. i was
  • 00:15:25.303 --> 00:15:26.771
  • Finally backed out. i was about to pull in and here
  • 00:15:26.838 --> 00:15:28.206
  • About to pull in and here comes this jerk, i mean this
  • 00:15:28.272 --> 00:15:29.607
  • Comes this jerk, i mean this other person. i was blocked
  • 00:15:29.674 --> 00:15:31.576
  • Other person. i was blocked by her for a second, and he
  • 00:15:31.642 --> 00:15:33.011
  • By her for a second, and he darts in from the wrong
  • 00:15:33.077 --> 00:15:34.278
  • Darts in from the wrong direction and takes the spot
  • 00:15:34.345 --> 00:15:36.914
  • Direction and takes the spot that i've been waiting for
  • 00:15:36.981 --> 00:15:37.749
  • That i've been waiting for for three weeks. it's funny
  • 00:15:37.815 --> 00:15:39.384
  • For three weeks. it's funny how the lamb can go into
  • 00:15:39.450 --> 00:15:40.618
  • How the lamb can go into hiding. all i felt was the
  • 00:15:40.685 --> 00:15:42.653
  • Hiding. all i felt was the lion, saying, "honk, shake
  • 00:15:42.720 --> 00:15:44.322
  • Lion, saying, "honk, shake your fist, let them know
  • 00:15:44.389 --> 00:15:45.223
  • Your fist, let them know you're mad." sometimes it's
  • 00:15:45.289 --> 00:15:47.492
  • You're mad." sometimes it's just a test. can you keep the
  • 00:15:47.558 --> 00:15:49.861
  • Just a test. can you keep the lion down in the petty things
  • 00:15:49.927 --> 00:15:51.662
  • Lion down in the petty things in life? can you rule your
  • 00:15:51.729 --> 00:15:53.631
  • In life? can you rule your spirit, control your emotions
  • 00:15:53.698 --> 00:15:56.634
  • Spirit, control your emotions when other people do you
  • 00:15:56.701 --> 00:15:57.535
  • When other people do you wrong. i thought to myself,
  • 00:15:57.602 --> 00:15:59.804
  • Wrong. i thought to myself, "i'll give you my parking
  • 00:15:59.871 --> 00:16:00.738
  • "i'll give you my parking space, but i'm not going to
  • 00:16:00.805 --> 00:16:02.240
  • Space, but i'm not going to give you my peace. i'm going
  • 00:16:02.306 --> 00:16:03.741
  • Give you my peace. i'm going to stay calm; i'm going to
  • 00:16:03.808 --> 00:16:04.809
  • To stay calm; i'm going to overlook it." life is too
  • 00:16:04.876 --> 00:16:06.711
  • Overlook it." life is too short to let little things
  • 00:16:06.778 --> 00:16:08.446
  • Short to let little things upset us. if you'll pass
  • 00:16:08.513 --> 00:16:10.648
  • Upset us. if you'll pass these small tests, the
  • 00:16:10.715 --> 00:16:11.883
  • These small tests, the parking lot, the neighbor
  • 00:16:11.949 --> 00:16:13.551
  • Parking lot, the neighbor that offends, the coworker
  • 00:16:13.618 --> 00:16:15.086
  • That offends, the coworker that leaves you out, then
  • 00:16:15.153 --> 00:16:16.654
  • That leaves you out, then you'll get to your goliaths.
  • 00:16:16.721 --> 00:16:18.489
  • You'll get to your goliaths. the battles that really
  • 00:16:18.556 --> 00:16:19.524
  • The battles that really matter. the ones where god
  • 00:16:19.590 --> 00:16:21.325
  • Matter. the ones where god will empower you to bring
  • 00:16:21.392 --> 00:16:22.960
  • Will empower you to bring down a giant, to step up to a
  • 00:16:23.027 --> 00:16:25.129
  • Down a giant, to step up to a new level of your destiny.
  • 00:16:25.196 --> 00:16:27.732
  • When we were trying toiny.
  • 00:16:27.832 --> 00:16:28.533
  • When we were trying toiny. acquire this place, the
  • 00:16:28.599 --> 00:16:29.901
  • Acquire this place, the former compaq center, our
  • 00:16:29.967 --> 00:16:31.736
  • Former compaq center, our main competitor was the
  • 00:16:31.803 --> 00:16:33.504
  • Main competitor was the company that owned all the
  • 00:16:33.571 --> 00:16:34.972
  • Company that owned all the buildings around here. eleven
  • 00:16:35.039 --> 00:16:36.808
  • Buildings around here. eleven hi-rises. it was david verse
  • 00:16:36.874 --> 00:16:39.377
  • Hi-rises. it was david verse goliath. i had just been the
  • 00:16:39.444 --> 00:16:41.312
  • Goliath. i had just been the pastor for three years. i was
  • 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:43.581
  • Pastor for three years. i was young and new to all this. i
  • 00:16:43.648 --> 00:16:45.917
  • Young and new to all this. i should have been intimidated,
  • 00:16:45.983 --> 00:16:47.652
  • Should have been intimidated, thought, "there's no way.
  • 00:16:47.718 --> 00:16:48.619
  • Thought, "there's no way. they're so much bigger." but
  • 00:16:48.686 --> 00:16:50.288
  • They're so much bigger." but that lion rose up on the
  • 00:16:50.354 --> 00:16:51.989
  • That lion rose up on the inside. i don't like
  • 00:16:52.056 --> 00:16:53.825
  • Inside. i don't like conflict, i'm more easy
  • 00:16:53.891 --> 00:16:55.526
  • Going, but there was a fire
  • 00:16:55.626 --> 00:16:57.061
  • Going, but there was a fire in my spirit. i knew this was
  • 00:16:57.128 --> 00:16:59.330
  • In my spirit. i knew this was supposed to be ours. at one
  • 00:16:59.397 --> 00:17:01.466
  • Supposed to be ours. at one point the company offered us
  • 00:17:01.532 --> 00:17:03.267
  • Point the company offered us a large sum of money to go
  • 00:17:03.334 --> 00:17:04.969
  • A large sum of money to go away. just go build your own
  • 00:17:05.036 --> 00:17:06.871
  • Away. just go build your own building somewhere else. but
  • 00:17:06.938 --> 00:17:08.306
  • Building somewhere else. but that didn't phase me. never
  • 00:17:08.372 --> 00:17:10.274
  • That didn't phase me. never entered my mind. there's a
  • 00:17:10.341 --> 00:17:11.776
  • Entered my mind. there's a lion in you to accomplish
  • 00:17:11.843 --> 00:17:13.678
  • Lion in you to accomplish your assignment, a
  • 00:17:13.744 --> 00:17:15.012
  • Your assignment, a supernatural power to outlast
  • 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:17.415
  • Supernatural power to outlast opposition, a favor to
  • 00:17:17.482 --> 00:17:19.150
  • Opposition, a favor to overcome. they tried to
  • 00:17:19.217 --> 00:17:21.185
  • Overcome. they tried to intimidate, but that lion
  • 00:17:21.252 --> 00:17:22.787
  • Intimidate, but that lion kept rising up, roaring back.
  • 00:17:22.854 --> 00:17:25.490
  • Kept rising up, roaring back. you know it's a battle you're
  • 00:17:25.556 --> 00:17:26.958
  • You know it's a battle you're supposed to fight when there
  • 00:17:27.024 --> 00:17:28.593
  • Supposed to fight when there are great spoils. this wasn't
  • 00:17:28.659 --> 00:17:30.661
  • Are great spoils. this wasn't petty, this was purpose. this
  • 00:17:30.728 --> 00:17:32.997
  • Petty, this was purpose. this was for a place for us to
  • 00:17:33.064 --> 00:17:34.432
  • Was for a place for us to give hope to the world, to
  • 00:17:34.499 --> 00:17:36.134
  • Give hope to the world, to lift the fallen, to help
  • 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:37.535
  • Lift the fallen, to help people become who they were
  • 00:17:37.602 --> 00:17:39.170
  • People become who they were created to be.
  • 00:17:39.237 --> 00:17:41.272
  • Created to be. while we were in that almost
  • 00:17:41.339 --> 00:17:43.107
  • While we were in that almost two-year battle, one of the
  • 00:17:43.174 --> 00:17:44.509
  • Two-year battle, one of the main business leaders here in
  • 00:17:44.575 --> 00:17:46.244
  • Main business leaders here in town said in public, "it will
  • 00:17:46.310 --> 00:17:48.546
  • Town said in public, "it will be a cold day in hell before
  • 00:17:48.613 --> 00:17:50.615
  • Be a cold day in hell before lakewood gets the compaq
  • 00:17:50.681 --> 00:17:51.749
  • Lakewood gets the compaq center." the person that told
  • 00:17:51.816 --> 00:17:54.051
  • Center." the person that told me thought i would be upset,
  • 00:17:54.118 --> 00:17:55.920
  • Me thought i would be upset, offended. this man was so
  • 00:17:55.987 --> 00:17:57.889
  • Offended. this man was so influential. that may set us
  • 00:17:57.955 --> 00:17:59.524
  • Influential. that may set us back. the truth is that never
  • 00:17:59.590 --> 00:18:01.659
  • Back. the truth is that never bothered me. i never paid it
  • 00:18:01.726 --> 00:18:03.694
  • Bothered me. i never paid it any attention. i knew that
  • 00:18:03.761 --> 00:18:05.763
  • Any attention. i knew that man doesn't control our
  • 00:18:05.830 --> 00:18:06.864
  • Man doesn't control our destiny. he can't stop the
  • 00:18:06.931 --> 00:18:08.766
  • Destiny. he can't stop the purposes of god. you know
  • 00:18:08.833 --> 00:18:10.501
  • Purposes of god. you know what he was, a distraction. i
  • 00:18:10.568 --> 00:18:12.904
  • What he was, a distraction. i didn't have time to waste
  • 00:18:12.970 --> 00:18:14.438
  • Didn't have time to waste responding to what he said.
  • 00:18:14.505 --> 00:18:16.307
  • Responding to what he said. his opinion didsn't make us
  • 00:18:16.374 --> 00:18:18.142
  • His opinion didsn't make us or break us. the lamb rose
  • 00:18:18.209 --> 00:18:20.278
  • Or break us. the lamb rose up. ignore it, joel, overlook
  • 00:18:20.344 --> 00:18:22.380
  • Up. ignore it, joel, overlook it, move on. what am i
  • 00:18:22.446 --> 00:18:24.048
  • It, move on. what am i saying? you can have both the
  • 00:18:24.115 --> 00:18:25.616
  • Saying? you can have both the lion and the lamb working at
  • 00:18:25.683 --> 00:18:27.718
  • Lion and the lamb working at the same time. the lion was
  • 00:18:27.785 --> 00:18:29.921
  • The same time. the lion was fighting for the compaq
  • 00:18:29.987 --> 00:18:31.189
  • Fighting for the compaq center, "we will not let go
  • 00:18:31.255 --> 00:18:33.090
  • Center, "we will not let go of what god promised." the
  • 00:18:33.157 --> 00:18:34.592
  • Of what god promised." the lamb was ignoring the
  • 00:18:34.659 --> 00:18:35.793
  • Lamb was ignoring the naysayers, not giving energy
  • 00:18:35.860 --> 00:18:37.995
  • Naysayers, not giving energy to the doubters, staying in
  • 00:18:38.062 --> 00:18:39.697
  • To the doubters, staying in peace despite the critics. a
  • 00:18:39.764 --> 00:18:42.266
  • Peace despite the critics. a mark of maturity is when you
  • 00:18:42.333 --> 00:18:44.168
  • Mark of maturity is when you know when the lamb needs to
  • 00:18:44.235 --> 00:18:45.703
  • Know when the lamb needs to come out and when the lion
  • 00:18:45.770 --> 00:18:47.471
  • Come out and when the lion needs to arise. both are
  • 00:18:47.538 --> 00:18:49.473
  • Needs to arise. both are necessary for your destiny.
  • 00:18:49.540 --> 00:18:52.243
  • Necessary for your destiny. the mistake we can make is
  • 00:18:52.310 --> 00:18:53.945
  • The mistake we can make is letting the lion come out for
  • 00:18:54.011 --> 00:18:55.313
  • Letting the lion come out for petty things. things that are
  • 00:18:55.379 --> 00:18:57.348
  • Petty things. things that are not impacting your purpose.
  • 00:18:57.415 --> 00:18:59.417
  • Not impacting your purpose. aggravations, delays,
  • 00:18:59.483 --> 00:19:01.319
  • Aggravations, delays, offenses. you can't get rid
  • 00:19:01.385 --> 00:19:02.820
  • Offenses. you can't get rid of all that. jesus said,
  • 00:19:02.887 --> 00:19:04.956
  • Of all that. jesus said, "stop allowing yourself to
  • 00:19:05.022 --> 00:19:06.724
  • "stop allowing yourself to get upset." don't go the next
  • 00:19:06.791 --> 00:19:08.960
  • Get upset." don't go the next twenty years letting the same
  • 00:19:09.026 --> 00:19:10.561
  • Twenty years letting the same things frustrate you. the
  • 00:19:10.628 --> 00:19:12.129
  • Things frustrate you. the same coworker get on your
  • 00:19:12.196 --> 00:19:13.464
  • Same coworker get on your nerves, the same traffic to
  • 00:19:13.531 --> 00:19:15.066
  • Nerves, the same traffic to stress you. change your
  • 00:19:15.132 --> 00:19:17.034
  • Stress you. change your approach. there's a lamb in
  • 00:19:17.101 --> 00:19:19.370
  • Approach. there's a lamb in you. if you'll handle it the
  • 00:19:19.437 --> 00:19:20.504
  • You. if you'll handle it the right way, you can stay in
  • 00:19:20.571 --> 00:19:22.240
  • Peace.
  • 00:19:22.340 --> 00:19:23.574
  • I like to ride my bike.
  • 00:19:23.674 --> 00:19:25.042
  • I like to ride my bike. there's this ten-mile path i
  • 00:19:25.109 --> 00:19:26.644
  • There's this ten-mile path i take that goes by the bayou
  • 00:19:26.711 --> 00:19:28.479
  • Take that goes by the bayou and by a bunch of woods. at
  • 00:19:28.546 --> 00:19:30.715
  • And by a bunch of woods. at times, i'll come into these
  • 00:19:30.781 --> 00:19:32.016
  • Times, i'll come into these large patches of gnats.
  • 00:19:32.083 --> 00:19:34.085
  • Large patches of gnats. thousands and thousands. i've
  • 00:19:34.151 --> 00:19:36.320
  • Thousands and thousands. i've learned to always wear
  • 00:19:36.387 --> 00:19:37.455
  • Learned to always wear glasses. even if i'm riding
  • 00:19:37.521 --> 00:19:39.590
  • Glasses. even if i'm riding at dusk, i don't have my
  • 00:19:39.657 --> 00:19:40.658
  • At dusk, i don't have my sunglasses on, i'll wear a
  • 00:19:40.725 --> 00:19:42.260
  • Sunglasses on, i'll wear a clear pair because the gnats
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  • Clear pair because the gnats will get in your eyes.
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  • Will get in your eyes. they're so small, you can't
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  • They're so small, you can't see them to avoid them. all
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  • See them to avoid them. all the sudden you're in this big
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  • The sudden you're in this big patch. there have been times
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  • Where i didn't have my
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  • Where i didn't have my glasses, they would get in my
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  • Glasses, they would get in my contacts. i couldn't see. i'd
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  • Contacts. i couldn't see. i'd have to pull over. and i've
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  • Have to pull over. and i've learned that you have to keep
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  • Learned that you have to keep your mouth closed or you'll
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  • Your mouth closed or you'll swallow the gnats. if you're
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  • Swallow the gnats. if you're talking or breathing out of
  • 00:20:03.281 --> 00:20:05.016
  • Talking or breathing out of your mouth, they'll get
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  • Your mouth, they'll get inside and cause irritation,
  • 00:20:06.851 --> 00:20:08.386
  • Inside and cause irritation, you start coughing.
  • 00:20:08.452 --> 00:20:09.854
  • You start coughing. i thought about how it's the
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  • I thought about how it's the same principle in life. we
  • 00:20:11.489 --> 00:20:13.157
  • Same principle in life. we all have to deal with gnats.
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  • All have to deal with gnats. little things that can
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  • Little things that can bother, irritate, cause us to
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  • Bother, irritate, cause us to get offended. you can't avoid
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  • Get offended. you can't avoid it; it's just part of life.
  • 00:20:20.665 --> 00:20:22.466
  • It; it's just part of life. number one, if you don't keep
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  • Number one, if you don't keep your glasses on so to speak,
  • 00:20:24.201 --> 00:20:26.003
  • Your glasses on so to speak, your vision will get
  • 00:20:26.070 --> 00:20:26.971
  • Your vision will get distorted. you'll lose your
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  • Distorted. you'll lose your focus and get distracted.
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  • Focus and get distracted. when that little gnat got in
  • 00:20:30.474 --> 00:20:32.009
  • When that little gnat got in my eye, i had to get off my
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  • My eye, i had to get off my bike, try to clean my contact
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  • Bike, try to clean my contact out in the middle of nowhere.
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  • Out in the middle of nowhere. little offenses, little
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  • Little offenses, little irritations can cloud your
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  • Irritations can cloud your vision, keep you from
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  • Vision, keep you from enjoying the day. when the
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  • Enjoying the day. when the gnats come, number two, keep
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  • Gnats come, number two, keep your mouth closed. "well
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  • Your mouth closed. "well joel, they were rude to me."
  • 00:20:47.591 --> 00:20:48.926
  • Joel, they were rude to me." no offense, but they're a
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  • No offense, but they're a gnat. just flip it off. don't
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  • Gnat. just flip it off. don't respond. don't complain. i
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  • Respond. don't complain. i said flip "it" off; not
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  • "them" off. flip "it" off.
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  • "them" off. flip "it" off. don't go tell three friends
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  • Don't go tell three friends what they did. zip it up and
  • 00:21:00.037 --> 00:21:01.505
  • What they did. zip it up and keep going. you can't get
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  • Keep going. you can't get away from all the gnats. some
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  • Away from all the gnats. some seasons, they're worse than
  • 00:21:05.309 --> 00:21:06.243
  • Seasons, they're worse than others, but they don't have
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  • Others, but they don't have to sour your day. when you
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  • Know how to deal with it, the
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  • Know how to deal with it, the lamb comes out, not the lion.
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  • Lamb comes out, not the lion. you ignore it, you overlook
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  • You ignore it, you overlook it and let god fight those
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  • It and let god fight those battles.
  • 00:21:16.987 --> 00:21:18.422
  • Battles. one reason david was a
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  • One reason david was a champion is he understood the
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  • Champion is he understood the lion and the lamb. he knew
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  • Lion and the lamb. he knew which one was needed for each
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  • Which one was needed for each season. he didn't try to be
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  • Season. he didn't try to be all lion, treat everyone like
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  • All lion, treat everyone like a goliath. or all lamb, live
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  • A goliath. or all lamb, live passive and complacent. i
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  • Passive and complacent. i wonder if you're roaring when
  • 00:21:34.105 --> 00:21:36.207
  • Wonder if you're roaring when you should be resting. you're
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  • You should be resting. you're fighting when you should be
  • 00:21:38.242 --> 00:21:39.510
  • Fighting when you should be forgiving. you're troubled
  • 00:21:39.577 --> 00:21:41.746
  • Forgiving. you're troubled when you should be trusting.
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  • When you should be trusting. god didn't create us to live
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  • God didn't create us to live in a fight mode. there's a
  • 00:21:45.282 --> 00:21:47.017
  • In a fight mode. there's a lamb inside you. when you let
  • 00:21:47.084 --> 00:21:49.387
  • Lamb inside you. when you let that lamb come out, you'll
  • 00:21:49.453 --> 00:21:51.021
  • That lamb come out, you'll not only have more peace, but
  • 00:21:51.088 --> 00:21:52.623
  • Not only have more peace, but god will fight for you. he'll
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  • God will fight for you. he'll make things happen that you
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  • Make things happen that you couldn't make happen.
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  • Couldn't make happen. david eventually went to the
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  • David eventually went to the palace to work for king saul.
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  • Palace to work for king saul. he was his armor bearer. he
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  • He was his armor bearer. he would also play the harp for
  • 00:22:02.767 --> 00:22:04.101
  • Would also play the harp for saul when he was depressed.
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  • Saul when he was depressed. one day while he was playing,
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  • One day while he was playing, saul threw a spear and tried
  • 00:22:08.205 --> 00:22:10.040
  • Saul threw a spear and tried to kill david. he too was
  • 00:22:10.107 --> 00:22:11.809
  • To kill david. he too was jealous. everyone knew this
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  • Jealous. everyone knew this young man that defeated
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  • Young man that defeated goliath. whenever god starts
  • 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:16.781
  • Goliath. whenever god starts to promote you, you have to
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  • To promote you, you have to pass the test of dealing with
  • 00:22:18.482 --> 00:22:20.251
  • Pass the test of dealing with jealous people. not everyone
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  • Jealous people. not everyone will celebrate you. some will
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  • Will celebrate you. some will get critical, try to push you
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  • Get critical, try to push you down and discredit. it's
  • 00:22:25.890 --> 00:22:27.691
  • Down and discredit. it's tempting to let the lion come
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  • Tempting to let the lion come out, argue, try to prove and
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  • Out, argue, try to prove and pay back. that's not a time
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  • Pay back. that's not a time for the lion; that's a time
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  • For the lion; that's a time for the lamb. stay on the
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  • For the lamb. stay on the high road. overlook the
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  • High road. overlook the offense. trying to change
  • 00:22:39.103 --> 00:22:40.738
  • Offense. trying to change their mind is a distraction.
  • 00:22:40.805 --> 00:22:42.840
  • Their mind is a distraction. let it go and move on.
  • 00:22:42.907 --> 00:22:45.309
  • Let it go and move on. when saul threw the spear,
  • 00:22:45.376 --> 00:22:46.677
  • When saul threw the spear, david ducked, and it missed
  • 00:22:46.744 --> 00:22:48.112
  • David ducked, and it missed him. david could have picked
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  • Him. david could have picked it up and taken care of saul.
  • 00:22:50.047 --> 00:22:52.283
  • It up and taken care of saul. he had a good reason; this
  • 00:22:52.349 --> 00:22:53.217
  • He had a good reason; this was self- defense. david was
  • 00:22:53.284 --> 00:22:55.319
  • Was self- defense. david was powerful. he had killed a
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  • Powerful. he had killed a bear with his own hands. but
  • 00:22:56.587 --> 00:22:58.689
  • Bear with his own hands. but david knew saul was anointed
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  • David knew saul was anointed as king. he wouldn't touch
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  • As king. he wouldn't touch god's anointed. like with his
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  • God's anointed. like with his brother, david walked away.
  • 00:23:04.395 --> 00:23:06.730
  • Brother, david walked away. he passed the test. saul
  • 00:23:06.797 --> 00:23:08.766
  • He passed the test. saul chased him all through the
  • 00:23:08.833 --> 00:23:09.667
  • Chased him all through the desert. david wouldn't take
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  • Desert. david wouldn't take revenge. he wouldn't harm
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  • Revenge. he wouldn't harm saul. later, saul was killed
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  • Saul. later, saul was killed in a battle and david became
  • 00:23:15.105 --> 00:23:16.740
  • In a battle and david became the king. if david had taken
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  • The king. if david had taken matters into his own hands,
  • 00:23:19.076 --> 00:23:20.878
  • Matters into his own hands, tried to vindicate himself,
  • 00:23:20.945 --> 00:23:22.746
  • Tried to vindicate himself, he would have never fulfilled
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  • He would have never fulfilled his purpose.
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  • His purpose. there's a time for the lion,
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  • There's a time for the lion, and a time for the lamb. both
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  • And a time for the lamb. both are necessary. maybe today,
  • 00:23:29.286 --> 00:23:31.522
  • Are necessary. maybe today, you're being the lion,
  • 00:23:31.589 --> 00:23:33.390
  • You're being the lion, stressed, frustrated, but the
  • 00:23:33.457 --> 00:23:36.060
  • Stressed, frustrated, but the reason it's not changing is
  • 00:23:36.126 --> 00:23:38.128
  • Reason it's not changing is this is time for the lamb. to
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  • This is time for the lamb. to stay in peace and to let god
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  • Stay in peace and to let god fight the battle. ask
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  • Fight the battle. ask yourself, "what are the
  • 00:23:43.767 --> 00:23:44.702
  • Yourself, "what are the spoils? if i win, what am i
  • 00:23:44.768 --> 00:23:46.971
  • Spoils? if i win, what am i going to gain?" if it's just
  • 00:23:47.037 --> 00:23:49.073
  • Going to gain?" if it's just to prove that they were
  • 00:23:49.139 --> 00:23:50.107
  • To prove that they were wrong, it doesn't move you
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  • Wrong, it doesn't move you toward your destiny, that's
  • 00:23:51.842 --> 00:23:53.677
  • Toward your destiny, that's not worth fighting. that's a
  • 00:23:53.744 --> 00:23:54.979
  • Not worth fighting. that's a distraction. be selective in
  • 00:23:55.045 --> 00:23:57.681
  • Distraction. be selective in how you spend your time and
  • 00:23:57.748 --> 00:23:59.350
  • How you spend your time and your energy. the enemy would
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  • Your energy. the enemy would love for us to go through
  • 00:24:01.118 --> 00:24:02.219
  • Love for us to go through life frustrated, mad at our
  • 00:24:02.286 --> 00:24:04.488
  • Life frustrated, mad at our neighbor, stressed over the
  • 00:24:04.555 --> 00:24:06.156
  • Neighbor, stressed over the traffic, letting petty things
  • 00:24:06.223 --> 00:24:08.392
  • Traffic, letting petty things keep us from our purpose.
  • 00:24:08.459 --> 00:24:10.327
  • Keep us from our purpose. learn to be the lamb, to
  • 00:24:10.394 --> 00:24:11.629
  • Learn to be the lamb, to overlook, to ignore, to rise
  • 00:24:11.695 --> 00:24:13.564
  • Overlook, to ignore, to rise above. then when the
  • 00:24:13.631 --> 00:24:14.932
  • Above. then when the goliath's show up, obstacles
  • 00:24:14.999 --> 00:24:17.334
  • Goliath's show up, obstacles that are blocking your
  • 00:24:17.401 --> 00:24:18.068
  • That are blocking your purpose, dreams god put in
  • 00:24:18.135 --> 00:24:20.237
  • Purpose, dreams god put in you, where you know there's a
  • 00:24:20.304 --> 00:24:21.672
  • You, where you know there's a cause, let the lion roar.
  • 00:24:21.739 --> 00:24:24.508
  • Cause, let the lion roar. rise up in courage, in faith,
  • 00:24:24.575 --> 00:24:26.577
  • Rise up in courage, in faith, in power and pursue what god
  • 00:24:26.644 --> 00:24:28.879
  • In power and pursue what god put in your heart; take new
  • 00:24:28.946 --> 00:24:30.481
  • Put in your heart; take new ground for your family and
  • 00:24:30.548 --> 00:24:32.116
  • Ground for your family and for the kingdom. my prayer is
  • 00:24:32.182 --> 00:24:34.518
  • For the kingdom. my prayer is that you will know the times
  • 00:24:34.585 --> 00:24:35.853
  • That you will know the times and the seasons for both the
  • 00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:37.321
  • And the seasons for both the lion and the lamb. as you
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  • Lion and the lamb. as you listen to that still small
  • 00:24:39.390 --> 00:24:40.691
  • Listen to that still small voice, i believe and declare,
  • 00:24:40.758 --> 00:24:42.826
  • Voice, i believe and declare, like david, you're going to
  • 00:24:42.893 --> 00:24:44.428
  • Like david, you're going to have the favor to defeat
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  • Have the favor to defeat giants, supernatural
  • 00:24:45.996 --> 00:24:47.631
  • Giants, supernatural breakthroughs. and the grace
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  • Breakthroughs. and the grace to ignore the saul's, to stay
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  • To ignore the saul's, to stay in peace, to outlast
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  • In peace, to outlast opposition, to reach the
  • 00:24:52.803 --> 00:24:54.238
  • Opposition, to reach the fullness of your destiny, in
  • 00:24:54.305 --> 00:24:56.473
  • Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive
  • 00:24:56.540 --> 00:24:58.475
  • Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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  • Are you in
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  • Are you in a situation where
  • 00:25:03.547 --> 00:25:04.548
  • A situation where you feel lost?
  • 00:25:04.615 --> 00:25:06.517
  • You feel lost? afraid? hopeless?
  • 00:25:06.584 --> 00:25:08.319
  • Afraid? hopeless? where there seems to be
  • 00:25:08.385 --> 00:25:09.653
  • Where there seems to be no solutions?
  • 00:25:09.720 --> 00:25:11.188
  • No solutions? no answers?
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  • No answers? no way out?
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  • No way out? it's time for your turnaround.
  • 00:25:14.291 --> 00:25:16.827
  • It's time for your turnaround. we all face situations
  • 00:25:16.894 --> 00:25:18.362
  • We all face situations that look like
  • 00:25:18.429 --> 00:25:18.862
  • That look like they'll never change.
  • 00:25:18.929 --> 00:25:20.297
  • They'll never change. it's easy to get discouraged.
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  • I'd love to send you
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  • I'd love to send you my book, turnaround:
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  • My book, turnaround: how god can take you
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  • How god can take you from a setback to a comeback,
  • 00:25:25.369 --> 00:25:27.504
  • From a setback to a comeback, where you'll discover
  • 00:25:27.571 --> 00:25:28.606
  • Where you'll discover how god can turn sickness
  • 00:25:28.672 --> 00:25:30.107
  • How god can turn sickness into health, lack
  • 00:25:30.174 --> 00:25:31.609
  • Into health, lack into abundance, addictions
  • 00:25:31.675 --> 00:25:33.177
  • Into abundance, addictions into freedom.
  • 00:25:33.243 --> 00:25:34.478
  • Into freedom. it'll inspire you
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  • It'll inspire you to keep believing
  • 00:25:35.479 --> 00:25:36.413
  • To keep believing and having expectancy
  • 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:37.982
  • And having expectancy for things
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  • For things to turn in your favor.
  • 00:25:38.515 --> 00:25:40.651
  • To turn in your favor. recent weeks,
  • 00:25:40.718 --> 00:25:41.385
  • Recent weeks, we've been celebrating
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  • We've been celebrating the incredible
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  • The incredible life of my mother.
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  • Life of my mother. her miraculous turnaround
  • 00:25:44.688 --> 00:25:46.090
  • Her miraculous turnaround story of overcoming
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  • Story of overcoming terminal cancer
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  • Terminal cancer over 40 years ago.
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  • Over 40 years ago. it's a testimony of the power
  • 00:25:50.094 --> 00:25:51.795
  • It's a testimony of the power of god's promises.
  • 00:25:51.862 --> 00:25:53.397
  • Of god's promises. just because you don't see
  • 00:25:53.464 --> 00:25:54.598
  • Just because you don't see a way, doesn't mean
  • 00:25:54.665 --> 00:25:55.766
  • A way, doesn't mean god doesn't have a way.
  • 00:25:55.833 --> 00:25:57.134
  • God doesn't have a way. stay in faith.
  • 00:25:57.201 --> 00:25:58.268
  • Stay in faith. your turnaround is on the way.
  • 00:25:58.369 --> 00:26:00.738
  • Your turnaround is on the way. 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 this month,
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  • This month, we would like to send you
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  • We would like to send you a copy of joel's
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  • A copy of joel's brand new book, turnaround:
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  • Brand new book, turnaround: how god can take you
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  • How god can take you from setback to comeback.
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  • From setback to comeback. each section highlights
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  • Each section highlights a faith turnaround
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  • A faith turnaround point to help
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  • Point to help you see a positive change
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  • You see a positive change in your life.
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  • In your life. as you meditate
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  • As you meditate on his promises,
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  • On his promises, you'll begin
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  • You'll begin to see your greatest challenges
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  • To see your greatest challenges turn around.
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  • Turn around. request your copy today
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  • Request your copy today and see the turnaround
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  • And see the turnaround and breakthrough
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  • And breakthrough you've been waiting for.
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  • You've been waiting for. god won't let you
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  • God won't let you get in a problem
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  • Get in a problem that he can't bring you out of.
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  • That he can't bring you out of. there are turnarounds
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  • There are turnarounds in your future.
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  • In your future. 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 pray for
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  • Victoria and i pray for you and your family
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  • You and your family and we sure
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  • And we sure appreciate your prayer
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  • Appreciate your prayer and support.
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  • And support. your generosity is helping
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  • Your generosity is helping bring hope to people
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  • Bring hope to people around the world.
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  • Around the world. special thank you
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  • Special thank you to our champion
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  • To our champion of hope partners
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  • Of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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  • For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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  • If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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  • I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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  • Becoming one. remember,
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  • Remember, you can watch the services
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  • You can watch the services online every sunday morning,
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  • Online every sunday morning, download our daily podcast,
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  • Download our daily podcast, watch on youtube,
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  • Watch on youtube, the new joel osteen network,
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  • The new joel osteen network, social media,
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  • Social media, of course you can listen on
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  • Of course you can listen on sirius xm 24 hours a day.
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  • Sirius xm 24 hours a day. we'll keep you
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  • We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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  • Encouraged and inspired. until we see you next time,
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  • Until we see you next time, 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
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  • Be sure to request your copy of turnaround:
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  • Your copy of turnaround: how god can take you
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  • How god can take you from setback to comeback.
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  • From setback to comeback. visit joelosteen.com
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  • Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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