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Joel Osteen - Listen To The Whisper

August 4, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Listen To The Whisper | August 4, 2025

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. > joel: god bless you.
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> joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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Channel, social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this pastor
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I heard about this pastor and song leader that
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And song leader that weren't getting along.
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Weren't getting along. it started spilling over
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It started spilling over in the services.
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In the services. one sunday, the pastor
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One sunday, the pastor preached on the importance
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Preached on the importance of being a giver.
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Of being a giver. afterward, the song leader
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Afterward, the song leader got up and led the song,
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Got up and led the song, "jesus paid it all.”
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"jesus paid it all.” the next week, the pastor
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The next week, the pastor talked about not gossiping,
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Talked about not gossiping, watching your tongue.
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Watching your tongue. the song leader got up and
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The song leader got up and led, “i love to tell the
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Led, “i love to tell the story.” the pastor was so
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Story.” the pastor was so frustrated, he finally
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Frustrated, he finally resigned. he told the
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Resigned. he told the congregation, “jesus
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Congregation, “jesus brought me here and jesus
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Brought me here and jesus is taking me away.”
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Is taking me away.” the song leader then led,
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The song leader then led, “what a friend we have in
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“what a friend we have in jesus.”
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Jesus.” say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have
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What it says i am. i have what it says i have. i can
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What it says i have. i can do what it says i can do.
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Do what it says i can do. today, i will be taught the
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Today, i will be taught the word of god. i boldly
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Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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Confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about listen to the whisper.
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About listen to the whisper. we don't always realize how
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We don't always realize how god speaks to us.
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God speaks to us. we've seen in the movies
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We've seen in the movies where god spoke to moses,
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Where god spoke to moses, the voice boomed out of
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The voice boomed out of the heavens, sounded like
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The heavens, sounded like thunder. it was so
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Thunder. it was so powerful and dramatic;
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Powerful and dramatic; it gave you goosebumps.
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It gave you goosebumps. but most of the time god
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But most of the time god speaks to us in a gentle
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Speaks to us in a gentle whisper.
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Whisper. it's not something loud.
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It's not something loud. it's not forceful.
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It's not forceful. it's called the still
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It's called the still small voice.
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Small voice. we feel an impression, a
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We feel an impression, a prompting, not in our head
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Prompting, not in our head but in our heart. it's like
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But in our heart. it's like a suggestion, something
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A suggestion, something that we suddenly know we're
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That we suddenly know we're supposed to do.
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Supposed to do. that's not random, that's
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That's not random, that's not you just thinking up
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Not you just thinking up things, that's god speaking
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Things, that's god speaking to you.
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To you. six times in the gospels,
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Six times in the gospels, jesus said, “he that has
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Jesus said, “he that has ears, let him hear what the
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Ears, let him hear what the spirit is saying.” everyone
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Spirit is saying.” everyone has ears.
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Has ears. he wasn't talking about
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He wasn't talking about physically; he's talking
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Physically; he's talking about your inner ears.
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About your inner ears. he was saying, are you
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He was saying, are you sensitive to the whisper?
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Sensitive to the whisper? are you paying attention to
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Are you paying attention to what you're feeling in your
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What you're feeling in your spirit?
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Spirit? it's easy to ignore it,
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It's easy to ignore it, push it down.
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Push it down. but if you'll start obeying
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But if you'll start obeying these promptings, the
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These promptings, the suggestions, the gentle
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Suggestions, the gentle whispers, god will lead you
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Whispers, god will lead you down the best path for your
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Down the best path for your life.
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Life. you see that coworker and
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You see that coworker and suddenly you have the
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Suddenly you have the desire to be good to them. you
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Desire to be good to them. you feel compassion, something
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Feel compassion, something says, “let them know that
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Says, “let them know that you care.” you'll be
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You care.” you'll be tempted to reason it out.
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Tempted to reason it out. “they look like they're
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“they look like they're doing fine.
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Doing fine. they don't need my
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They don't need my encouragement.” don't
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Encouragement.” don't ignore the whisper.
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Ignore the whisper. god wouldn't have given you
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God wouldn't have given you that impression if they
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That impression if they didn't need it.
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Didn't need it. you don't know what people
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You don't know what people are going through.
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Are going through. you can't judge by the
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You can't judge by the outside.
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Outside. that whisper is god leading
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That whisper is god leading you.
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You. the more you obey that
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The more you obey that still small voice, the more
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Still small voice, the more god can entrust you with.
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God can entrust you with. sometimes you feel an
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Sometimes you feel an unrest, an uneasiness, like
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Unrest, an uneasiness, like an alarm is going off,
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An alarm is going off, telling you not to do
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Telling you not to do something.
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Something. stay away from that person,
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Stay away from that person, don't take that business
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Don't take that business deal.
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Deal. when we look back over our
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When we look back over our life at mistakes we've
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Life at mistakes we've made, disappointments,
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Made, disappointments, failures, if we're honest,
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Failures, if we're honest, most of the time, we can
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Most of the time, we can see how god tried to warn
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See how god tried to warn us.
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Us. we felt the uneasiness.
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We felt the uneasiness. we knew something wasn't
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We knew something wasn't right, but we wanted our
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Right, but we wanted our way so badly, we overrode
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Way so badly, we overrode it.
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It. if there's an unrest, if
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If there's an unrest, if that whisper is saying,
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That whisper is saying, back off, it's not because
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Back off, it's not because god is punishing you,
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God is punishing you, keeping you from something
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Keeping you from something good, he's protecting you.
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Good, he's protecting you. he's keeping you from
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He's keeping you from heartache.
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Heartache. the reason that whisper is
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The reason that whisper is saying no is because he has
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Saying no is because he has something better in store.
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Something better in store. when you have big
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When you have big decisions, things you're
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Decisions, things you're concerned about, it's
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Concerned about, it's important to get quiet and
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Important to get quiet and listen to the whisper.
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Listen to the whisper. listen to what you're
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Listen to what you're feeling.
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Feeling. you can't hear it if you're
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You can't hear it if you're always busy, noisy,
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Always busy, noisy, stressed out, getting
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Stressed out, getting opinions from others, on
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Opinions from others, on the phone all the time.
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The phone all the time. it's not that god isn't
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It's not that god isn't speaking, it's that it's
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Speaking, it's that it's too loud around us.
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Too loud around us. you need times of peace,
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You need times of peace, times where you can get
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Times where you can get quiet and hear the whisper.
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Quiet and hear the whisper. every morning, i start the
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Every morning, i start the day off saying, “god, help
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Day off saying, “god, help my spiritual ears to be
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My spiritual ears to be sensitive to your voice.
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Sensitive to your voice. help me to hear what you're
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Help me to hear what you're saying.” it's not going to
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Saying.” it's not going to be your mind, just a
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Be your mind, just a feeling down in here, an
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Feeling down in here, an impression.
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Impression. all of the sudden, you have
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All of the sudden, you have a desire to check on your
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A desire to check on your children.
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Children. or a prompting to go a
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Or a prompting to go a certain place.
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Certain place. it's easy to dismiss it,
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It's easy to dismiss it, “oh, that's nothing, that's
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“oh, that's nothing, that's just me daydreaming.” no,
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Just me daydreaming.” no, that's god speaking to you.
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That's god speaking to you. pay attention to the
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Pay attention to the whispers.
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Whispers. there are times these
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There are times these whispers are going to ask
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Whispers are going to ask you to do things you don't
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You to do things you don't understand.
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Understand. things that don't make
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Things that don't make sense.
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Sense. if you reason it out, look
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If you reason it out, look at it only from a logical
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At it only from a logical point of view, you'll talk
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Point of view, you'll talk yourself out of it.
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Yourself out of it. when victoria and i were
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When victoria and i were first married, we found
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First married, we found this townhome that we
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This townhome that we really loved.
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Really loved. it was a beautiful place
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It was a beautiful place with big windows looking
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With big windows looking out to the woods, tall
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Out to the woods, tall ceilings.
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Ceilings. we got it for an amazing
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We got it for an amazing price, almost half of what
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Price, almost half of what it was worth.
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It was worth. we were so grateful.
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We were so grateful. we never dreamed that in
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We never dreamed that in our mid-twenties we would
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Our mid-twenties we would have a place that nice.
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Have a place that nice. about a year later,
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About a year later, victoria said, “joel, i
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Victoria said, “joel, i feel so strongly, we need
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Feel so strongly, we need to sell this place and buy
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To sell this place and buy a house.” i thought, “what
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A house.” i thought, “what do you mean?
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Do you mean? this place is perfect.
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This place is perfect. we just got here.” that
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We just got here.” that didn't make sense to my
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Didn't make sense to my mind, but when i got quiet
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Mind, but when i got quiet and listened down in here,
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And listened down in here, i could hear that same
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I could hear that same thing.
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Thing. don't be surprised if that
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Don't be surprised if that still small voice whispers
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Still small voice whispers things that go against your
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Things that go against your logic.
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Logic. god's ways are not our ways.
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God's ways are not our ways. that's a test. you have to
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That's a test. you have to trust that god knows what's
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Trust that god knows what's best for you.
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Best for you. we took that step of faith
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We took that step of faith and sold it.
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And sold it. a few months later,
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A few months later, victoria called and said,
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Victoria called and said, “joel, i found our new
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“joel, i found our new house, meet me at the
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House, meet me at the property.” i pulled up, it
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Property.” i pulled up, it was this old rundown house,
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Was this old rundown house, hadn't been lived in in
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Hadn't been lived in in years.
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Years. it had broken windows,
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It had broken windows, foundation problems. the
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Foundation problems. the kitchen had buckets of
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Kitchen had buckets of water on the floor from the
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Water on the floor from the holes in the roof.
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Holes in the roof. it wasn't even livable, but
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It wasn't even livable, but it was on a beautiful half
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It was on a beautiful half acre lot, close into the
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Acre lot, close into the city.
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City. all of our logic said, “are
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All of our logic said, “are you crazy?
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You crazy? you moved out of your
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You moved out of your beautiful town home to this
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Beautiful town home to this piece of junk.” but down in
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Piece of junk.” but down in my spirit, i could hear
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My spirit, i could hear that whisper saying, “this
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That whisper saying, “this is it.
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Is it. move forward.” the
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Move forward.” the scripture talks about,
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Scripture talks about, “peace that passes
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“peace that passes understanding.” that means
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Understanding.” that means sometimes your logic is not
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Sometimes your logic is not going to understand.
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Going to understand. your intellect is not going
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Your intellect is not going to get it, but down in your
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To get it, but down in your spirit, there will be a
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Spirit, there will be a peace, a rest, a knowing.
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Peace, a rest, a knowing. you can't explain it, it
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You can't explain it, it doesn't make sense on
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Doesn't make sense on paper, you just know that
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Paper, you just know that you know it's right for you.
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You know it's right for you. we bought the house and
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We bought the house and were going to fix it up.
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Were going to fix it up. the day we closed on the
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The day we closed on the property, i was standing in
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Property, i was standing in the front yard and this car
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The front yard and this car pulled up.
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Pulled up. a lady got out and asked if
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A lady got out and asked if we wanted to sell the
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We wanted to sell the property.
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Property. i said, “no ma'am, we just
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I said, “no ma'am, we just bought it.” she said, “how
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Bought it.” she said, “how about i pay you more and
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About i pay you more and you make a good profit?” i
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You make a good profit?” i said, “no thanks, we really
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Said, “no thanks, we really want to stay here.” she
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Want to stay here.” she said, “congratulations, you
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Said, “congratulations, you just bought your dream
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Just bought your dream house.” i didn't know what
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House.” i didn't know what she meant.
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She meant. the neighborhood was in the
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The neighborhood was in the process of changing the
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Process of changing the deed restrictions, so you
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Deed restrictions, so you could subdivide the
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Could subdivide the property.
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Property. a year later, a builder
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A year later, a builder knocked on our door and
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Knocked on our door and wanted to buy it.
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Wanted to buy it. we sold half of the
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We sold half of the property for more than we
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Property for more than we paid for the whole property.
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Paid for the whole property. he built two houses, one
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He built two houses, one for him and one for us.
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For him and one for us. our house he built for no
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Our house he built for no fee, we just paid the
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Fee, we just paid the materials and the labor.
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Materials and the labor. it was more than we could
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It was more than we could ever imagine.
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Ever imagine. we went from a townhouse to
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We went from a townhouse to a beautiful new house in a
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A beautiful new house in a nice area in houston.
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Nice area in houston. this all started from a
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This all started from a whisper, a simple
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Whisper, a simple suggestion down in our
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Suggestion down in our spirit.
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Spirit. if you'll be sensitive to
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If you'll be sensitive to that still small voice, not
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That still small voice, not talk yourself out of it,
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Talk yourself out of it, god will lead you places
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God will lead you places that you've never dreamed.
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That you've never dreamed. the holy spirit is on the
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The holy spirit is on the inside of each one of us.
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Inside of each one of us. he's called our helper, our
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He's called our helper, our counselor, our guide.
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Counselor, our guide. the more sensitive we are
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The more sensitive we are to his whispers, what we're
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To his whispers, what we're feeling, the promptings,
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Feeling, the promptings, the nudging, the further
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The nudging, the further we're going to go.
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We're going to go. this is something i've
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This is something i've learned so strongly,
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Learned so strongly, especially in the last
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Especially in the last twenty years.
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Twenty years. i won't go against what i'm
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I won't go against what i'm feeling on the inside.
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Feeling on the inside. i trust my sensor.
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I trust my sensor. that's where god speaks to
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That's where god speaks to you.
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You. no matter how good the
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No matter how good the opportunity looks, no
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Opportunity looks, no matter how impressive, if
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Matter how impressive, if you don't have peace about
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You don't have peace about it, don't move forward. or
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It, don't move forward. or just the opposite, it may
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Just the opposite, it may seem impossible, the odds
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Seem impossible, the odds are against us, all the
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Are against us, all the circumstances say it's not
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Circumstances say it's not going to happen, but if you
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Going to happen, but if you have peace, that knowing,
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Have peace, that knowing, take that step of faith.
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Take that step of faith. when you develop this skill
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When you develop this skill of listening to the
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Of listening to the whisper, following that
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Whisper, following that still small voice, god will
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Still small voice, god will not only take you further,
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Not only take you further, but he'll protect you from
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But he'll protect you from things that would have
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Things that would have caused you heartache and
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Caused you heartache and pain.
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Pain. my brother-in-law kevin was
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My brother-in-law kevin was working on his washing
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Working on his washing machine a while back.
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Machine a while back. kevin can fix anything.
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Kevin can fix anything. he disconnected the hose in
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He disconnected the hose in the back, turned the water
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The back, turned the water off at the valve.
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Off at the valve. he needed to run up to the
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He needed to run up to the store and get some parts.
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Store and get some parts. as he was about to leave,
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As he was about to leave, something said to him, out
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Something said to him, out of the blue, he wasn't even
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Of the blue, he wasn't even thinking about it, “you
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Thinking about it, “you need to put a cap on that
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Need to put a cap on that faucet in case the valve
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Faucet in case the valve breaks.” normally when you
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Breaks.” normally when you turn the faucet off, you
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Turn the faucet off, you don't need to cap it, but
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Don't need to cap it, but he heard it several times.
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He heard it several times. not out loud, just an
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Not out loud, just an impression, a gentle
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Impression, a gentle whisper.
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Whisper. he was in a hurry, thought,
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He was in a hurry, thought, “there's no need, i'm just
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“there's no need, i'm just being overly cautious.” a
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Being overly cautious.” a few hours later, his
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Few hours later, his children called, “daddy,
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Children called, “daddy, hurry home, there's water
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Hurry home, there's water all over the house, the
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All over the house, the kitchen, the den, the
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Kitchen, the den, the study.” he said, “joel, i
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Study.” he said, “joel, i heard it so strongly but i
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Heard it so strongly but i kept ignoring it.” pay
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Kept ignoring it.” pay attention to the whispers.
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Attention to the whispers. especially when it won't go
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Especially when it won't go away, it keeps coming back,
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Away, it keeps coming back, that's god speaking to you.
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That's god speaking to you. sometimes the whisper is
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Sometimes the whisper is very practical, “you're
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Very practical, “you're drinking too much caffeine.
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Drinking too much caffeine. you're not eating healthy.
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You're not eating healthy. this is not good for you.”
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This is not good for you.” you keep hearing it again
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You keep hearing it again and again, pushing it down.
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And again, pushing it down. don't ignore it.
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Don't ignore it. or maybe you hear that
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Or maybe you hear that whisper, “you need to get
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Whisper, “you need to get to work on time.
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To work on time. you need to treat your
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You need to treat your spouse better.
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Spouse better. you need to watch your
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You need to watch your words.” gentle whispers,
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Words.” gentle whispers, impressions in your spirit,
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Impressions in your spirit, not your mind.
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Not your mind. your intellect may say it's
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Your intellect may say it's fine, but down in here,
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Fine, but down in here, it's something you know you
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It's something you know you should do.
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Should do. when we understand that the
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When we understand that the whispers are for our
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Whispers are for our benefit, the whispers is
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Benefit, the whispers is god leading us down the
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God leading us down the best path, then we won't
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Best path, then we won't ignore it.
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Ignore it. we won't push it down;
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We won't push it down; we'll be quick to obey.
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We'll be quick to obey. at the mall, you don't feel
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At the mall, you don't feel good about that purchase,
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Good about that purchase, you don't override it, you
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You don't override it, you put it back.
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Put it back. at home, you feel that
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At home, you feel that prompting to spend time
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Prompting to spend time with your child, you turn
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With your child, you turn the tv off and obey.
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The tv off and obey. at work, something says,
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At work, something says, “don't hang around that
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“don't hang around that person.” you feel uneasy,
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Person.” you feel uneasy, the alarm is going off.
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The alarm is going off. you don't reason it out,
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You don't reason it out, “they look fine to me.” you
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“they look fine to me.” you trust your sensor.
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Trust your sensor. you make the change.
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You make the change. my father was driving down
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My father was driving down the freeway one day.
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The freeway one day. when he got off on the
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When he got off on the feeder, he felt something
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Feeder, he felt something whisper, “you better slow
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Whisper, “you better slow down, there's a policeman
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Down, there's a policeman around the curve.” just an
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Around the curve.” just an impression, a prompting.
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Impression, a prompting. he didn't pay any attention.
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He didn't pay any attention. he kept speeding along.
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He kept speeding along. he got around the curve
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He got around the curve and, sure enough, there was
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And, sure enough, there was a policeman, with his radar
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A policeman, with his radar gun, waving him into the
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Gun, waving him into the parking lot.
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Parking lot. daddy pulled in. the
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Daddy pulled in. the officer came up to his car.
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Officer came up to his car. my father said, “officer,
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My father said, “officer, you won't believe this, but
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You won't believe this, but the lord told me you were
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The lord told me you were here.” the officer looked
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Here.” the officer looked at him like.
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At him like. “yeah right, who is this
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“yeah right, who is this guy?” he took his drivers'
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Guy?” he took his drivers' license and went to his car.
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License and went to his car. he came back in a couple
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He came back in a couple minutes and gave it back to
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Minutes and gave it back to my father.
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My father. he said, “listen here
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He said, “listen here preacher, i'm going to let
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Preacher, i'm going to let you go, but next time the
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You go, but next time the lord speaks to you, you
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Lord speaks to you, you better listen.”
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Better listen.” how many times is god
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How many times is god whispering to us throughout
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Whispering to us throughout the day but we're not
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The day but we're not sensitive to it?
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Sensitive to it? just a whisper, “slow down
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Just a whisper, “slow down on the freeway, be kinder
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On the freeway, be kinder to your spouse, call that
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To your spouse, call that friend and encourage them,
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Friend and encourage them, stop by and see your
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Stop by and see your parents.
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Parents. turn off that computer, get
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Turn off that computer, get some more sleep, take care
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Some more sleep, take care of yourself.” gentle
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Of yourself.” gentle whispers.
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Whispers. they're not loud.
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They're not loud. god is not going to force
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God is not going to force you to do it.
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You to do it. it's just an impression.
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It's just an impression. the word “obey” in the
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The word “obey” in the original language means
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Original language means “give ear to.” to be
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“give ear to.” to be obedient, you have to give
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Obedient, you have to give your ear to what god is
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Your ear to what god is saying.
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Saying. you have to be a listener.
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You have to be a listener. be sensitive to the whisper.
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Be sensitive to the whisper. what are you feeling in
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What are you feeling in your spirit?
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Your spirit? it may not be words, just a
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It may not be words, just a knowing.
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Knowing. something deep down you
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Something deep down you know you're supposed to do.
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Know you're supposed to do. i've heard it said, the
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I've heard it said, the loudest voice in your life
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Loudest voice in your life should be the still small
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Should be the still small voice.
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Voice. the whispers will be quiet.
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The whispers will be quiet. other voices, thoughts,
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Other voices, thoughts, reasoning, people's
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Reasoning, people's opinions, news will be much
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Opinions, news will be much louder, but you have to
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Louder, but you have to learn to give the whispers
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Learn to give the whispers the most attention.
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The most attention. when you let the still
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When you let the still small voice be the voice
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Small voice be the voice you follow, you'll make the
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You follow, you'll make the best decisions.
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Best decisions. a friend of mine that
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A friend of mine that attends lakewood was a
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Attends lakewood was a senior in college.
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Senior in college. there was a young man in
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There was a young man in her math class that she
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Her math class that she became friends with.
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Became friends with. she would see him from time
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She would see him from time to time.
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To time. they would talk or go to
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They would talk or go to the math lab together.
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The math lab together. one day, something said to
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One day, something said to her, invite that young man
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Her, invite that young man to church.
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To church. she didn't know him that
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She didn't know him that well.
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Well. she didn't know what he
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She didn't know what he believed.
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Believed. she thought, “that's going
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She thought, “that's going to be kind of strange.
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To be kind of strange. he's going to think that's
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He's going to think that's too forward.” on and on.
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Too forward.” on and on. she kept coming up with all
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She kept coming up with all these excuses and wouldn't
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These excuses and wouldn't do it.
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Do it. a week went by, two weeks,
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A week went by, two weeks, a month, but she couldn't
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A month, but she couldn't get away from it.
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Get away from it. one way you know it's from
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One way you know it's from god, is it won't go away.
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God, is it won't go away. that impression, that
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That impression, that prompting, it keeps coming
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Prompting, it keeps coming back.
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Back. every time she saw him,
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Every time she saw him, down deep, she heard that
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Down deep, she heard that whisper, “invite him to
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Whisper, “invite him to church.” sometimes, god
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Church.” sometimes, god will ask you to do things
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Will ask you to do things that are uncomfortable,
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That are uncomfortable, where you have to stretch
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Where you have to stretch and take a step of faith.
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And take a step of faith. the last week of school,
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The last week of school, she got her nerve up and
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She got her nerve up and did it.
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Did it. she invited him to lakewood.
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She invited him to lakewood. they both graduated and
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They both graduated and went their separate ways.
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Went their separate ways. she never knew what he did
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She never knew what he did with the invitation, but
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With the invitation, but she felt good that she
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She felt good that she obeyed that still small
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Obeyed that still small voice.
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Voice. two years later, she met
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Two years later, she met her husband here at
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Her husband here at lakewood.
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Lakewood. they fell in love and were
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They fell in love and were married, life was good.
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Married, life was good. one day, they were leaving
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One day, they were leaving the service and she saw the
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The service and she saw the young man from college at
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Young man from college at the back of the auditorium.
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The back of the auditorium. he had a badge on, he was
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He had a badge on, he was an usher.
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An usher. she was amazed.
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She was amazed. she said, “i can't believe
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She said, “i can't believe you're here and that you
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You're here and that you volunteer.” her husband
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Volunteer.” her husband went over to him and gave
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Went over to him and gave him a big hug and said,
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Him a big hug and said, “hey, how you been doing?”
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“hey, how you been doing?” they began to talk like
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They began to talk like they were old friends.
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They were old friends. she looked at her husband
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She looked at her husband and said, “how do you know
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And said, “how do you know him?” her husband said,
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Him?” her husband said, “he's the one that invited
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“he's the one that invited me to lakewood.
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Me to lakewood. he's the reason that i'm
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He's the reason that i'm here.” that whole time she
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Here.” that whole time she was hearing that whisper,
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Was hearing that whisper, “invite him to lakewood,”
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“invite him to lakewood,” she thought she was doing
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She thought she was doing him a favor; in fact, she
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Him a favor; in fact, she was doing herself a favor.
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Was doing herself a favor. that gentle whisper was
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That gentle whisper was saying in effect, “invite
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Saying in effect, “invite your husband to church.”
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Your husband to church.” god sees the big picture.
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God sees the big picture. he knows how to connect the
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He knows how to connect the dots.
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Dots. we're never going to
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We're never going to understand, at the time,
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Understand, at the time, all he's doing.
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All he's doing. how he's arranging, moving,
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How he's arranging, moving, and preparing.
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And preparing. any time you feel that
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Any time you feel that whisper, that impression,
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Whisper, that impression, it may be to be good to
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It may be to be good to someone else, but it will
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Someone else, but it will be instrumental in reaching
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Be instrumental in reaching your destiny.
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Your destiny. there will be these times
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There will be these times where you're uncomfortable,
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Where you're uncomfortable, you have to stretch, you
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You have to stretch, you have to push past the fear,
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Have to push past the fear, the uncertainty and do what
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The uncertainty and do what you know god is asking you
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You know god is asking you to do.
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To do. every act of obedience
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Every act of obedience leads to a blessing.
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Leads to a blessing. you may not see it right
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You may not see it right now, but down the road god
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Now, but down the road god will connect the dots.
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Will connect the dots. that gentle whisper may be
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That gentle whisper may be telling you to forgive, let
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Telling you to forgive, let go of that hurt, quit
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Go of that hurt, quit holding on to the grudge.
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Holding on to the grudge. that's uncomfortable.
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That's uncomfortable. your mind will say, “no
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Your mind will say, “no way, they hurt you too
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Way, they hurt you too badly.” you get to choose.
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Badly.” you get to choose. which voice are you going
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Which voice are you going to obey?
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To obey? the loud, forceful, don't
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The loud, forceful, don't change, take the easy way
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Change, take the easy way out voice?
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Out voice? no, let the gentle whisper
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No, let the gentle whisper be the voice you follow.
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Be the voice you follow. it may be uncomfortable,
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It may be uncomfortable, but god knows what he's
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But god knows what he's doing.
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Doing. when you're sensitive to
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When you're sensitive to the still small voice, when
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The still small voice, when you're in tune with what
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You're in tune with what you're feeling in your
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You're feeling in your spirit, not just living by
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Spirit, not just living by your intellect, but
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Your intellect, but listening to the
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Listening to the promptings, then you're
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Promptings, then you're going down the best path
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Going down the best path for your life.
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For your life. in 1 kings 19, the prophet
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In 1 kings 19, the prophet elijah was in a difficult
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Elijah was in a difficult place.
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Place. he had just called down
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He had just called down fire from heaven, destroyed
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Fire from heaven, destroyed 450 of the false prophets
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450 of the false prophets of baal.
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Of baal. it was one of his greatest
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It was one of his greatest victories.
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Victories. but when the king's wife
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But when the king's wife heard about all these men
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Heard about all these men they had lost, she was
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They had lost, she was furious.
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Furious. she set out to kill elijah.
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She set out to kill elijah. he was hiding in a cave,
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He was hiding in a cave, discouraged and afraid.
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Discouraged and afraid. he needed direction.
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He needed direction. god told him to go stand on
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God told him to go stand on the mountain, he was about
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The mountain, he was about to pass.
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To pass. verse 11 says, “there was a
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Verse 11 says, “there was a great and powerful wind
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Great and powerful wind that tore the mountains
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That tore the mountains apart and shattered the
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Apart and shattered the rocks.” you would think
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Rocks.” you would think surely god just showed up,
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Surely god just showed up, that was so powerful, but
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That was so powerful, but it goes on to say, “god was
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It goes on to say, “god was not in the wind.” “after
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Not in the wind.” “after the wind, there was a great
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The wind, there was a great earthquake, something even
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Earthquake, something even bigger, that split the
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Bigger, that split the ground open, but the lord
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Ground open, but the lord was not in the earthquake.
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Was not in the earthquake. after the earthquake, there
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After the earthquake, there was a great fire, that
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Was a great fire, that burned things up, but god
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Burned things up, but god was not in the fire.
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Was not in the fire. after the fire, the
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After the fire, the scripture says, there came
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Scripture says, there came a gentle whisper.”
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A gentle whisper.” god was showing us how he
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God was showing us how he speaks.
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Speaks. when all the circumstances
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When all the circumstances are loud.
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Are loud. it's noisy.
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It's noisy. thoughts telling you what's
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Thoughts telling you what's not going to work out,
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Not going to work out, people coming against you.
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People coming against you. it's easy to get stressed,
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It's easy to get stressed, confused.
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Confused. you have to come back to
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You have to come back to that quiet place.
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That quiet place. the reason god whispers is
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The reason god whispers is because he's close to you.
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Because he's close to you. you don't whisper to
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You don't whisper to strangers.
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Strangers. you don't whisper to people
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You don't whisper to people you barely know.
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You barely know. you whisper to your spouse,
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You whisper to your spouse, you whisper to your child,
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You whisper to your child, you whisper to someone you
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You whisper to someone you know and love.
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Know and love. that's why god whispers to
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That's why god whispers to you.
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You. you're his child, he loves
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You're his child, he loves you, he trusts you, he
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You, he trusts you, he wants the best for you.
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Wants the best for you. he's not going shout, be
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He's not going shout, be loud, forceful, he'll lead
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Loud, forceful, he'll lead you by these gentle
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You by these gentle whispers, by the still
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Whispers, by the still small voice.
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Small voice. psalm 25 says, “the secret
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Psalm 25 says, “the secret of the lord is with them
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Of the lord is with them that fear him.” when you
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That fear him.” when you honor god, he'll tell you
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Honor god, he'll tell you secrets.
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Secrets. he'll whisper things in
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He'll whisper things in your spirit that you had no
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Your spirit that you had no way of knowing.
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Way of knowing. he knows, like he did with
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He knows, like he did with me, when you need to spend
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Me, when you need to spend time with someone.
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Time with someone. he knows where the property
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He knows where the property is that's going to increase.
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Is that's going to increase. he knows, like my friend,
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He knows, like my friend, where your spouse is.
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Where your spouse is. he knows where the good
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He knows where the good breaks are, the promotion,
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Breaks are, the promotion, the resources, the
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The resources, the abundance.
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Abundance. he'll give you inside
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He'll give you inside information.
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Information. a gentle whisper, it's the
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A gentle whisper, it's the secret of the lord. it
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Secret of the lord. it won't always make sense.
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Won't always make sense. it may not seem logical.
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It may not seem logical. the facts say otherwise.
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The facts say otherwise. trust the whisper.
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Trust the whisper. obey the promptings, the
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Obey the promptings, the knowing, the still small
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Knowing, the still small voice.
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Voice. that's god whispering
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That's god whispering secrets.
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Secrets. a man i know bought some
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A man i know bought some property years ago way out
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Property years ago way out in the middle of nowhere.
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In the middle of nowhere. he hardly paid anything for
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He hardly paid anything for it, less than a hundred
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It, less than a hundred dollars an acre.
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Dollars an acre. he bought several hundred
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He bought several hundred acres.
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Acres. logically speaking, as an
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Logically speaking, as an investment, it looked like
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Investment, it looked like a waste of money.
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A waste of money. the land was dry and barren.
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The land was dry and barren. you couldn't grow crops on
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You couldn't grow crops on it.
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It. you couldn't raise cattle.
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You couldn't raise cattle. it was just rocks, clay and
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It was just rocks, clay and cactus.
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Cactus. he used to go check on it
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He used to go check on it every once in a while.
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Every once in a while. it always puzzled me as to
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It always puzzled me as to why he bought the property.
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Why he bought the property. i thought maybe he had
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I thought maybe he had family in the area or some
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Family in the area or some kinds of plans to develop
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Kinds of plans to develop it.
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It. he said, “no, joel, i was
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He said, “no, joel, i was just driving by and i felt
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Just driving by and i felt so drawn to it.
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So drawn to it. i knew it was supposed to
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I knew it was supposed to be mine.” just a whisper.
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Be mine.” just a whisper. just a prompting that he
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Just a prompting that he felt in his spirit.
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Felt in his spirit. god will ask you to do
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God will ask you to do things that are not always
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Things that are not always logical.
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Logical. the battle will take place
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The battle will take place between your mind, all the
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Between your mind, all the loud voices and the gentle
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Loud voices and the gentle whisper.
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Whisper. when it's from god, it's
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When it's from god, it's more of a knowing.
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More of a knowing. you can't explain it, on
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You can't explain it, on paper it may not make
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Paper it may not make sense, your reason can't
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Sense, your reason can't justify it but deep down
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Justify it but deep down you have this peace.
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You have this peace. you know you're supposed to
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You know you're supposed to do it.
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Do it. fifteen years later, he
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Fifteen years later, he received notice that the
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Received notice that the state was putting in a
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State was putting in a highway.
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Highway. it just so happened, out of
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It just so happened, out of all that land, it was going
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All that land, it was going to run right through his
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To run right through his property.
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Property. they had to buy him out.
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They had to buy him out. he ended up making more
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He ended up making more than one hundred times what
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Than one hundred times what he paid for it.
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He paid for it. this man is an older
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This man is an older gentleman, kind of country.
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Gentleman, kind of country. a reporter from the
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A reporter from the regional paper was talking
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Regional paper was talking to him and said, “sir, you
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To him and said, “sir, you sure know how to pick a
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Sure know how to pick a piece of property.” he
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Piece of property.” he said, “yes, my father told
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Said, “yes, my father told me about this place.” the
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Me about this place.” the reporter said, “i didn't
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Reporter said, “i didn't know your dad was in real
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Know your dad was in real estate.” the man pointed up
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Estate.” the man pointed up and said, “i'm talking
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And said, “i'm talking about my heavenly father.
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About my heavenly father. he knows where everything
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He knows where everything is.” when you listen to
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Is.” when you listen to this still small voice,
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This still small voice, you'll come across
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You'll come across blessings, favor, good
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Blessings, favor, good breaks.
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Breaks. things you had no way of
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Things you had no way of knowing.
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Knowing. you can't explain it.
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You can't explain it. you don't have any data to
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You don't have any data to back it up, but you do have
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Back it up, but you do have the most high god living on
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The most high god living on the inside of you.
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The inside of you. he'll whisper secrets to
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He'll whisper secrets to your spirit.
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Your spirit. some of these whispers are
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Some of these whispers are destiny moments.
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Destiny moments. they are vital for you to
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They are vital for you to see the fullness of what
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See the fullness of what god has in store.
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God has in store. the reason you feel it so
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The reason you feel it so strongly is because it's
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Strongly is because it's about to launch you into a
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About to launch you into a new level of your destiny.
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New level of your destiny. god is about to whisper
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God is about to whisper some secrets.
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Some secrets. he's going to give you
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He's going to give you insight into things that
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Insight into things that propel you ahead.
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Propel you ahead. you are one whisper away
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You are one whisper away from stepping into greater
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From stepping into greater favor, greater influence,
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Favor, greater influence, greater resources,
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Greater resources, something more than you've
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Something more than you've imagined.
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Imagined. now it may not happen the
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Now it may not happen the way you think.
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Way you think. it may not make sense
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It may not make sense logically.
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Logically. your mind will try to talk
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Your mind will try to talk you out of it.
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You out of it. follow the still small
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Follow the still small voice.
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Voice. you can trust your sensor.
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You can trust your sensor. i believe that god is
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I believe that god is whispering something to all
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Whispering something to all of us.
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Of us. it may be an area we need
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It may be an area we need to grow, come up higher,
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To grow, come up higher, make better decisions.
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Make better decisions. we've heard it.
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We've heard it. we keep ignoring it, but it
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We keep ignoring it, but it won't go away.
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Won't go away. now is the time to act.
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Now is the time to act. maybe it's a whisper where
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Maybe it's a whisper where we need to stretch, get out
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We need to stretch, get out of our comfort zone, take a
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Of our comfort zone, take a step of faith.
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Step of faith. my challenge is pay
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My challenge is pay attention to the whispers.
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Attention to the whispers. be sensitive to what you're
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Be sensitive to what you're feeling, the promptings.
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Feeling, the promptings. let the still small voice
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Let the still small voice be the loudest voice in
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Be the loudest voice in your life, the voice that
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Your life, the voice that you choose to obey.
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You choose to obey. if you'll do this, i
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, god is
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Believe and declare, god is going to whisper secrets to
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Going to whisper secrets to you, he's going to give you
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You, he's going to give you inside information.
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Inside information. you're about to rise
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You're about to rise higher, accomplish dreams
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Higher, accomplish dreams and become all you were
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And become all you were created to be, in jesus'
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Created to be, in jesus' name.
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Name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen?
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It's easy to get stuck
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It's easy to get stuck in life
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In life because of fear
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Because of fear and lack of confidence,
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And lack of confidence, or we've been
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Or we've been through disappointments.
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Through disappointments. but i'm excited
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But i'm excited about victoria's new book,
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About victoria's new book, graced to go.
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Graced to go. it'll help you move past
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It'll help you move past what's holding you back
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What's holding you back and step into new levels
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And step into new levels of your destiny.
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Of your destiny. my heart for this book
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My heart for this book is that you will discover
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Is that you will discover the courage,
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The courage, the gifts, and the faith
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The gifts, and the faith that god has put in you
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That god has put in you so that you can see
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So that you can see your dreams come to pass.
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Your dreams come to pass. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. the obstacles are not too big.
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The obstacles are not too big. the grace of god equips
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The grace of god equips you to go beyond
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You to go beyond your comfort zone
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Your comfort zone and overcome
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And overcome what looks impossible.
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What looks impossible. you are stronger than you think.
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You are stronger than you think. you are not alone.
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You are not alone. you are graced to go.
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You are graced to go. as our way of saying
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As our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month, we'll send you
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This month, we'll send you victoria osteen's
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Victoria osteen's brand new book,
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Brand new book, graced to go:
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Graced to go: step into the
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Step into the bigger, bolder life
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Bigger, bolder life that belongs to you.
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That belongs to you. this inspiring resource
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This inspiring resource will help
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You break through fear, insecurity,
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Fear, insecurity, or regret
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Or regret and activate the faith
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And activate the faith to move forward.
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To move forward. each chapter will
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Each chapter will stir your spirit,
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Stir your spirit, renew your perspective,
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Renew your perspective, and empower you to live boldly.
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And empower you to live boldly. you don't have to wait
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You don't have to wait for perfect conditions.
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For perfect conditions. god's grace meets you
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God's grace meets you where you are
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Where you are and propels you into a future
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And propels you into a future full of purpose and peace.
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Full of purpose and peace. with an additional gift,
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With an additional gift, we'll send you the
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We'll send you the graced to go bold bundle,
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Graced to go bold bundle, featuring graced to go
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Featuring graced to go by victoria osteen,
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By victoria osteen, and pray bold
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And pray bold by joel osteen.
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By joel osteen. these two powerful books
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These two powerful books will stir your faith,
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Will stir your faith, break hesitation,
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Break hesitation, and help you believe big again.
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And help you believe big again. grace is power.
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Grace is power. when you receive it by faith,
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When you receive it by faith, it enables you
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It enables you to take the next step
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To take the next step so you can become
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So you can become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. victoria and i are so grateful
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Victoria and i are so grateful to spend this time with you.
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To spend this time with you. we pray for
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We pray for you and your family every day,
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You and your family every day, and thank you so much
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And thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Special thank you to our champion of hope partners
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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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These two powerful books will stir your faith,
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Will stir your faith, break hesitation,
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To spend the day with you here at lakewood.
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And behind the scenes. it'll be a time of inspiration
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It'll be a time of inspiration and encouragement.
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Joel Osteen - Listen To The Whisper

August 4, 2025 | 30:0

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