Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Living Cause Driven

March 11, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Living Cause Driven | March 11, 2026

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> (music playing) god bless you!
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God bless you! it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today.
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us throughout the week.
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With us throughout the week. we have a daily podcast that
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We have a daily podcast that you can download.
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You can download. you can go to our youtube
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You can go to our youtube channel and watch the
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Channel and watch the messages anytime; or you can
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Messages anytime; or you can follow us on social media.
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Follow us on social media. i promise you this: we'll
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I promise you this: we'll keep you encouraged and
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Keep you encouraged and inspired.
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Inspired. thanks for tuning in.
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Thanks for tuning in. thanks again for coming out.
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Thanks again for coming out. 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 husband
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I heard about this husband and wife.
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And wife. they were celebrating their
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They were celebrating their 60th birthdays together,
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60th birthdays together, when an angel suddenly
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When an angel suddenly appeared and said god was
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Appeared and said god was going to grant them each one
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Going to grant them each one special request.
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Special request. they were so excited.
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They were so excited. the wife said, "my request
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The wife said, "my request is that we'd be able to
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Is that we'd be able to travel all over the world."
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Travel all over the world." and poof, when the smoke
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And poof, when the smoke cleared, she had tickets in
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Cleared, she had tickets in her hand.
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Her hand. her husband put his head
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Her husband put his head down in shame; he said,
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Down in shame; he said, "my request is that i would
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"my request is that i would be married to a woman thirty
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Be married to a woman thirty years younger than me."
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Years younger than me." and poof, when the smoke
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And poof, when the smoke cleared, he was ninety years
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Cleared, he was ninety years old. (laughter)
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Old. (laughter) all right! that's what he
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All right! that's what he gets. here we go y'all.
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Gets. here we go y'all. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today, i will be taught the
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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Alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name.
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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 living cause driven.
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About living cause driven. there should be something
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There should be something we're involved in that's
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We're involved in that's bigger than ourselves.
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Bigger than ourselves. it's good to have personal
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It's good to have personal goals and dreams, things we
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Goals and dreams, things we want to accomplish.
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Want to accomplish. but if you're only focused
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But if you're only focused on yourself, you won't reach
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On yourself, you won't reach your highest potential.
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Your highest potential. you were created to help
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You were created to help someone else, to be a
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Someone else, to be a blessing.
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Blessing. to lift the fallen, to
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To lift the fallen, to encourage those that are
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Encourage those that are down, to fight for those
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Down, to fight for those that can't fight for
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That can't fight for themselves.
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Themselves. you need to have a cause
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You need to have a cause that you're passionate
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That you're passionate about, some way that you can
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About, some way that you can make the world a better
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Make the world a better place.
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Place. it may be to volunteer at
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It may be to volunteer at the women's shelter, to
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The women's shelter, to mentor those young men, to
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Mentor those young men, to do repairs for the elderly
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Do repairs for the elderly neighbors.
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Neighbors. maybe your cause is to
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Maybe your cause is to support great organizations,
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Support great organizations, to help build that
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To help build that children's home, to fund the
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Children's home, to fund the ministry, to pay the single
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Ministry, to pay the single mom's rent.
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Mom's rent. the cause may be to break
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The cause may be to break the addiction, so your
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The addiction, so your children don't have to deal
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Children don't have to deal with it.
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With it. or to come out of poverty
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Or to come out of poverty and lack to set a new
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And lack to set a new standard for your family.
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Standard for your family. when you live cause driven,
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When you live cause driven, you'll do things that you
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You'll do things that you normally wouldn't do.
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Normally wouldn't do. you'll get up early, you'll
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You'll get up early, you'll make sacrifices, you'll show
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Make sacrifices, you'll show up when you had other things
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Up when you had other things to do.
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To do. you're committed to the
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You're committed to the cause.
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Cause. you don't wake up in the
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You don't wake up in the morning and think, "
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Morning and think, " i don't feel like going to
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I don't feel like going to work, i don't want to deal
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Work, i don't want to deal with these problems."
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With these problems." your attitude is, "
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Your attitude is, " i'm on a mission, i have an
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I'm on a mission, i have an assignment, it's not just
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Assignment, it's not just about me, somebody needs
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About me, somebody needs what i have, somebody is
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What i have, somebody is counting on me.
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Counting on me. i'm going to be a positive
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I'm going to be a positive force for good in my
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Force for good in my neighborhood, in my family,
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Neighborhood, in my family, on my job."
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On my job." the reason some people are
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The reason some people are not happy is they're
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Not happy is they're ingrown.
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Ingrown. as long as you're only
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As long as you're only focused on you, you're not
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Focused on you, you're not going to be fulfilled.
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Going to be fulfilled. look around at how you can
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Look around at how you can be a blessing.
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Be a blessing. when you give your time,
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When you give your time, energy, resources, to care
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Energy, resources, to care for the hurting, to lift
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For the hurting, to lift those that are
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Those that are disadvantaged, to help bring
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Disadvantaged, to help bring their dreams to pass, you
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Their dreams to pass, you will see god's favor in new
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Will see god's favor in new ways.
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Ways. are you waiting for god to
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Are you waiting for god to bless you, when god is
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Bless you, when god is waiting for you to be a
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Waiting for you to be a blessing?
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Blessing? the next level of your
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The next level of your destiny is connected to
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Destiny is connected to helping someone else.
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Helping someone else. david was seventeen years
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David was seventeen years old, out in the shepherd's
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Old, out in the shepherd's fields taking care of sheep.
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Fields taking care of sheep. it looked like he was stuck
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It looked like he was stuck there.
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There. he didn't come from an
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He didn't come from an influential family.
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Influential family. he didn't have an important
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He didn't have an important position.
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Position. all the circumstances said,
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All the circumstances said, he would live an average,
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He would live an average, ordinary life, never do
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Ordinary life, never do anything great.
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Anything great. one day his father asked him
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One day his father asked him to take lunch to his
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To take lunch to his brothers, they were in the
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Brothers, they were in the army in another city.
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Army in another city. he could have said, "
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He could have said, " dad i don't want to do that.
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Dad i don't want to do that. i'm not an errand boy.
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I'm not an errand boy. i'm busy with these sheep,
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I'm busy with these sheep, find somebody else."
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Find somebody else." he could have refused but
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He could have refused but this small act of obedience,
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This small act of obedience, doing something kind for his
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Doing something kind for his brothers, going out of his
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Brothers, going out of his way to be good to them is
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Way to be good to them is what led to his destiny.
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What led to his destiny. don't discount the small
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Don't discount the small things you can do for
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Things you can do for people.
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People. bringing them a cup of
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Bringing them a cup of coffee, giving them a ride
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Coffee, giving them a ride home, making dinner for that
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Home, making dinner for that neighbor that's not well,
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Neighbor that's not well, staying late to help train
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Staying late to help train that coworker.
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That coworker. these small acts of
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These small acts of obedience can lead to big
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Obedience can lead to big blessings.
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Blessings. when david arrived in the
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When david arrived in the city and gave lunch to his
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City and gave lunch to his brothers, he heard goliath,
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Brothers, he heard goliath, the philistine giant
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The philistine giant taunting the israelites.
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Taunting the israelites. for forty days, he came out
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For forty days, he came out twice a day, in the morning
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Twice a day, in the morning and the evening and shouted
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And the evening and shouted threats.
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Threats. when the israelites heard
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When the israelites heard them, they were terrified.
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Them, they were terrified. they ran away afraid.
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They ran away afraid. but something rose up in
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But something rose up in david, a holy anger.
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David, a holy anger. he said, "who is this
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He said, "who is this uncircumcised philistine
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Uncircumcised philistine that he should defy the
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That he should defy the armies of the living god."
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Armies of the living god." he asked what would be done
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He asked what would be done for the man that killed
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For the man that killed goliath.
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Goliath. david's older brother
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David's older brother overheard what he was
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Overheard what he was asking.
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Asking. he was critical of david.
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He was critical of david. he could sense the favor on
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He could sense the favor on his life.
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His life. he said " david what are you
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He said " david what are you even doing here? what have
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Even doing here? what have you done with those few
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You done with those few sheep you're supposed to
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Sheep you're supposed to be taking care of?"
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Be taking care of?" he was saying, "david,
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He was saying, "david, you can't do anything
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You can't do anything about this giant.
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About this giant. look how small you are."
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Look how small you are." david could have been
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David could have been offended, argued.
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Offended, argued. instead, he answered back in
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Instead, he answered back in verse 29, "is there not a
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Verse 29, "is there not a cause?" he was saying,
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Cause?" he was saying, "you may be afraid, you may
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"you may be afraid, you may be passive, but this giant
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Be passive, but this giant is not going to dishonor my
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Is not going to dishonor my god, this is a cause worth
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God, this is a cause worth fighting for."
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Fighting for." something was birthed in
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Something was birthed in david at that moment, a
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David at that moment, a fire, a passion to bring
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Fire, a passion to bring goliath down.
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Goliath down. what took david from the
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What took david from the shepherd's fields into his
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Shepherd's fields into his destiny was a cause.
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Destiny was a cause. he was willing to get
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He was willing to get involved in something bigger
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Involved in something bigger than himself.
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Than himself. he didn't have to care; he
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He didn't have to care; he could have dismissed it.
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Could have dismissed it. but david stood up for
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But david stood up for something that in one sense
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Something that in one sense didn't have anything to do
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Didn't have anything to do with him.
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With him. he wasn't in the army.
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He wasn't in the army. goliath wasn't taunting him.
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Goliath wasn't taunting him. he could have gone back home
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He could have gone back home and lived an average,
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And lived an average, ordinary life.
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Ordinary life. but when you fight giants
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But when you fight giants for someone else, when you
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For someone else, when you stand up for those that
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Stand up for those that can't stand, you're not just
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Can't stand, you're not just helping them, that cause is
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Helping them, that cause is going to launch you into
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Going to launch you into your destiny.
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Your destiny. david could have been
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David could have been satisfied in the shepherd's
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Satisfied in the shepherd's fields.
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Fields. satisfied with an ordinary
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Satisfied with an ordinary life.
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Life. "i don't want to have to get
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"i don't want to have to get out of my comfort zone.
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Out of my comfort zone. people may criticize me,
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People may criticize me, there may be big giants,
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There may be big giants, i'll just play it safe."
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I'll just play it safe." safe is not your destiny.
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Safe is not your destiny. average is not what you're
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Average is not what you're called to be.
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Called to be. take on some giants.
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Take on some giants. i've made up my mind, i'm
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I've made up my mind, i'm not going to live comfort
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Not going to live comfort driven, i'm going to live
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Driven, i'm going to live cause driven.
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Cause driven. when we're comfort driven,
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When we're comfort driven, we don't have to stretch,
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We don't have to stretch, make sacrifices, take any
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Make sacrifices, take any risks.
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Risks. when i'm comfort driven, i'm
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When i'm comfort driven, i'm not going to be criticized,
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Not going to be criticized, talked about, have
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Talked about, have opposition.
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Opposition. the problem is you'll never
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The problem is you'll never reach your destiny if you
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Reach your destiny if you live comfort driven.
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Live comfort driven. as long as david was in the
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As long as david was in the shepherd's fields, minding
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Shepherd's fields, minding his own business, satisfied,
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His own business, satisfied, he was average, he was
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He was average, he was ordinary.
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Ordinary. had he not been willing to
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Had he not been willing to run that errand, to take
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Run that errand, to take lunch to his brothers, he
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Lunch to his brothers, he would have never taken the
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Would have never taken the throne.
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Throne. don't miss the small things.
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Don't miss the small things. had he let his brother
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Had he let his brother discourage him, make him
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Discourage him, make him upset, bitter, he would have
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Upset, bitter, he would have missed his destiny.
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Missed his destiny. if he'd thought goliath was
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If he'd thought goliath was too big, "i'd love to help
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Too big, "i'd love to help but i'm afraid; man, he's
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But i'm afraid; man, he's twice my size", he wouldn't
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Twice my size", he wouldn't have ever become the king.
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Have ever become the king. the cause has to be bigger
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The cause has to be bigger than the giant.
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Than the giant. the cause has to be bigger
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The cause has to be bigger than the opposition, bigger
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Than the opposition, bigger than how you feel.
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Than how you feel. you may be outnumbered, what
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You may be outnumbered, what you're up against is
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You're up against is stronger, more experienced.
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Stronger, more experienced. don't worry, you and god are
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Don't worry, you and god are a majority.
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A majority. they cannot stand against
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They cannot stand against our god.
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Our god. like with david, there are
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Like with david, there are giants waiting for you.
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Giants waiting for you. when you defeat them for
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When you defeat them for others, doors to your
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Others, doors to your destiny will open.
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Destiny will open. when you find your cause,
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When you find your cause, the king is going to come
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The king is going to come out.
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Out. when your dream is connected
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When your dream is connected to helping others, to making
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To helping others, to making your community better, to
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Your community better, to lifting those that were
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Lifting those that were down, you thought you were
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Down, you thought you were just helping them, you
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Just helping them, you didn't realize you were
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Didn't realize you were helping yourself.
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Helping yourself. so many of you do this: you
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So many of you do this: you support the ministry.
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Support the ministry. you attend, you watch, you
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You attend, you watch, you volunteer, you serve in the
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Volunteer, you serve in the community.
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Community. a lot of times it's on your
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A lot of times it's on your day off.
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Day off. you could be doing something
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You could be doing something for yourself but you're
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For yourself but you're investing in others.
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Investing in others. god sees your sacrifice.
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God sees your sacrifice. he sees you helping when
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He sees you helping when nobody is giving you the
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Nobody is giving you the credit, getting up early to
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Credit, getting up early to pick up the friend, cooking
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Pick up the friend, cooking an extra meal for that
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An extra meal for that neighbor, spending your
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Neighbor, spending your vacation serving at that
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Vacation serving at that orphanage.
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Orphanage. get ready, your crown is
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Get ready, your crown is coming.
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Coming. you've been fighting for
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You've been fighting for others, now god is about to
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Others, now god is about to fight for you.
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Fight for you. the king is going to come
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The king is going to come out of the cause.
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Out of the cause. you're going to see doors
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You're going to see doors open that you never dreamed
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Open that you never dreamed would open.
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Would open. favor, influence,
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Favor, influence, opportunity, all because you
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Opportunity, all because you fought for someone else.
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Fought for someone else. you got involved in
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You got involved in something bigger than
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Something bigger than yourself.
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Yourself. a friend of mine grew up in
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A friend of mine grew up in a small town in kentucky.
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A small town in kentucky. they were poor and didn't
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They were poor and didn't have too much.
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Have too much. but from the time he was a
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But from the time he was a little boy, he had a desire
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Little boy, he had a desire to help children in need.
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To help children in need. he saw on the television
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He saw on the television where you could support a
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Where you could support a hungry child in another
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Hungry child in another country for fifteen dollars
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Country for fifteen dollars a month.
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A month. he didn't have any money,
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He didn't have any money, but at eight years old he
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But at eight years old he started mowing lawns in the
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Started mowing lawns in the neighborhood so he could
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Neighborhood so he could help.
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Help. he needed the funds, but he
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He needed the funds, but he was living cause driven,
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Was living cause driven, fighting for someone else.
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Fighting for someone else. when he could have been out
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When he could have been out playing, he was mowing
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Playing, he was mowing lawns, making sacrifices,
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Lawns, making sacrifices, for someone he would never
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For someone he would never meet.
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Meet. that seems like a nice thing
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That seems like a nice thing to do, a compassionate
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To do, a compassionate person, but it's more than
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Person, but it's more than that.
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That. when you tap into your
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When you tap into your cause, there's a crown
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Cause, there's a crown that's connected.
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That's connected. by the grace of god, he was
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By the grace of god, he was able to attend college.
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Able to attend college. in the summers, he would
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In the summers, he would take trips overseas with
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Take trips overseas with doctors to help care for
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Doctors to help care for these children like he
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These children like he supported.
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Supported. he ended up going to medical
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He ended up going to medical school.
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School. he became very successful in
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He became very successful in his practice, all the while
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His practice, all the while doing what he could to take
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Doing what he could to take care of children.
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Care of children. one of his medical suppliers
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One of his medical suppliers heard how he supported
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Heard how he supported children and asked if he
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Children and asked if he needed anything.
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Needed anything. they started giving him all
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They started giving him all kinds of medicines,
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Kinds of medicines, vaccines, antibiotics.
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Vaccines, antibiotics. it grew and grew, to where
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It grew and grew, to where he had to get a warehouse to
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He had to get a warehouse to contain it all.
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Contain it all. today our friend dr. todd
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Today our friend dr. todd price and his wife sue have
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Price and his wife sue have given over a billion dollars
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Given over a billion dollars in medical supplies to
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In medical supplies to children around the world.
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Children around the world. his organization has treated
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His organization has treated over sixty million children
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Over sixty million children for parasites.
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For parasites. he told me from the time he
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He told me from the time he was a little boy, he always
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Was a little boy, he always prayed that god would send a
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Prayed that god would send a wealthy person to help those
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Wealthy person to help those children in need.
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Children in need. he said, "i never realized,
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He said, "i never realized, i would become that person."
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I would become that person." the scripture says, "when
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The scripture says, "when you help the poor, when
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You help the poor, when you feed the hungry, when
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You feed the hungry, when you lift the fallen, then
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You lift the fallen, then your light will break forth
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Your light will break forth like the dawn."
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Like the dawn." your healing, your
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Your healing, your abundance, your breakthrough
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Abundance, your breakthrough will come.
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Will come. dr. price didn't have to
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Dr. price didn't have to help those children.
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Help those children. he didn't have to take
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He didn't have to take risks, use his vacation time
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Risks, use his vacation time to travel around the world,
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To travel around the world, stay in little villages.
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Stay in little villages. he could have enjoyed a
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He could have enjoyed a nice, average life, but he
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Nice, average life, but he would have never seen god's
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Would have never seen god's favor like he's seen, he
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Favor like he's seen, he would have never been this
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Would have never been this fulfilled.
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Fulfilled. he discovered the cause was
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He discovered the cause was connected to the crown.
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Connected to the crown. the cause opened doors to
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The cause opened doors to his destiny greater than he
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His destiny greater than he ever imagined.
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Ever imagined. i realize we're not going to
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I realize we're not going to all go around the world, not
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All go around the world, not all going to start big
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All going to start big organizations, but there's
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Organizations, but there's someone you can fight for,
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Someone you can fight for, there's something you can do
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There's something you can do outside of yourself, that
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Outside of yourself, that makes your community better,
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Makes your community better, makes your school better,
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Makes your school better, makes your family better.
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Makes your family better. find your cause and you'll
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Find your cause and you'll find favor.
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Find favor. this is what nehemiah did.
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This is what nehemiah did. he was a cupbearer to the
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He was a cupbearer to the king.
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King. he wasn't in management; he
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He wasn't in management; he didn't have wealth or
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Didn't have wealth or influence.
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Influence. he had an ordinary position.
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He had an ordinary position. he heard how the walls of
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He heard how the walls of jerusalem had been torn
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Jerusalem had been torn down, how the city was
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Down, how the city was unprotected.
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Unprotected. he was living a thousand
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He was living a thousand miles away.
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Miles away. he could have thought, "
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He could have thought, " that's their problem.
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That's their problem. i can't do anything about
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I can't do anything about it."
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It." but something came alive on
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But something came alive on the inside.
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The inside. he knew he was supposed to
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He knew he was supposed to rebuild those walls.
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Rebuild those walls. how could he do it?
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How could he do it? he had no money, no staff,
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He had no money, no staff, no influence.
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No influence. when you're cause driven,
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When you're cause driven, you'll pray bold prayers,
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You'll pray bold prayers, you'll believe for the
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You'll believe for the impossible, you'll expect
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Impossible, you'll expect doors to open.
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Doors to open. i've learned what god
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I've learned what god orders, he pays for.
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Orders, he pays for. when it's to advance the
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When it's to advance the kingdom, when it's to bring
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Kingdom, when it's to bring about positive change, the
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About positive change, the resources will be there, the
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Resources will be there, the right people will show up.
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Right people will show up. you don't have to figure it
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You don't have to figure it all out.
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All out. all you have to do is
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All you have to do is believe.
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Believe. nehemiah asked the king for
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Nehemiah asked the king for permission to return to
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Permission to return to jerusalem to rebuild the
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Jerusalem to rebuild the walls.
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Walls. you can imagine asking your
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You can imagine asking your boss for six months off to
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Boss for six months off to go do a personal project.
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Go do a personal project. you would think the king
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You would think the king would say, "
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Would say, " excuse me.
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Excuse me. you're on my payroll, i need
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You're on my payroll, i need you to be here."
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You to be here." but for some reason, the
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But for some reason, the king agreed.
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King agreed. he said, "
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He said, " fine, you can go."
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Fine, you can go." if that wasn't enough,
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If that wasn't enough, nehemiah said, "
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Nehemiah said, " i need another favor.
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I need another favor. i'm going to need
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I'm going to need protection.
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Protection. will you give me a letter
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Will you give me a letter addressed to all the cities
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Addressed to all the cities i have to travel through, so
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I have to travel through, so they won't harm me?"
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They won't harm me?" the king agreed.
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The king agreed. he said, "
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He said, " one last thing king, i don't
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One last thing king, i don't have any materials to
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Have any materials to rebuild the wall.
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Rebuild the wall. i need a letter from you
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I need a letter from you asking the lumber mills to
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Asking the lumber mills to give me what i need."
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Give me what i need." the scripture says, "
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The scripture says, " the king granted nehemiah
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The king granted nehemiah his requests because the
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His requests because the favor of god was on his
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Favor of god was on his life."
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Life." it's good to ask for
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It's good to ask for yourself, but when you're
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Yourself, but when you're asking for someone else,
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Asking for someone else, when you're taking a stand
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When you're taking a stand for those that can't, when
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For those that can't, when you're kingdom minded and
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You're kingdom minded and not just me minded, god will
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Not just me minded, god will show out in your life.
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Show out in your life. what's holding some people
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What's holding some people back is they're only focused
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Back is they're only focused on their goals, their
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On their goals, their dreams, their projects.
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Dreams, their projects. why don't you invest some of
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Why don't you invest some of your time, energy,
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Your time, energy, resources, in someone else?
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Resources, in someone else? fight their giants, help
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Fight their giants, help their dreams come to pass,
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Their dreams come to pass, mentor their child, care for
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Mentor their child, care for them as they come through
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Them as they come through that illness.
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That illness. that cause is connected to
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That cause is connected to your crown.
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Your crown. that's what's going to open
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That's what's going to open new doors to your destiny.
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New doors to your destiny. defeating goliath, someone
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Defeating goliath, someone else's giant, is what took
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Else's giant, is what took david to the throne.
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David to the throne. it's good to have your
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It's good to have your dreams, it's good to have
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Dreams, it's good to have your goals, but you need to
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Your goals, but you need to be a part of something
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Be a part of something bigger than just you.
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Bigger than just you. david would have stayed in
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David would have stayed in the shepherd's fields, if he
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The shepherd's fields, if he didn't find his cause.
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Didn't find his cause. nehemiah would have lived
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Nehemiah would have lived and ordinary life, had he
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And ordinary life, had he not found his cause.
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Not found his cause. when he went to jerusalem to
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When he went to jerusalem to rebuild the walls, he had
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Rebuild the walls, he had all kinds of opposition.
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All kinds of opposition. the city wouldn't give him
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The city wouldn't give him permits, the critics tried
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Permits, the critics tried to stop him, bandits came
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To stop him, bandits came and fought him.
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And fought him. it was one thing after
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It was one thing after another.
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Another. but when you're cause
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But when you're cause driven, you don't go by how
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Driven, you don't go by how you feel.
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You feel. you're not moved by the
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You're not moved by the opposition.
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Opposition. you're on a mission, you
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You're on a mission, you have an assignment.
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Have an assignment. the cause helps you to stay
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The cause helps you to stay focused, persistent,
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Focused, persistent, determined.
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Determined. it should have taken
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It should have taken nehemiah years to finish
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Nehemiah years to finish rebuilding it, but he did it
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Rebuilding it, but he did it in just fifty-two days.
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In just fifty-two days. i believe there are some
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I believe there are some nehemiah's in here today,
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Nehemiah's in here today, there are some david's
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There are some david's watching.
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Watching. you could live an ordinary,
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You could live an ordinary, average life but you're
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Average life but you're fighting for others.
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Fighting for others. you're investing in things
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You're investing in things bigger than yourself, making
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Bigger than yourself, making sacrifices to help those
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Sacrifices to help those around you.
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Around you. you can't help others
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You can't help others without god helping you.
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Without god helping you. that cause doesn't come by
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That cause doesn't come by itself; it's connected to a
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Itself; it's connected to a crown.
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Crown. you're going to see favor
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You're going to see favor that you've never seen.
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That you've never seen. you're going to come out of
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You're going to come out of ordinary into the uncommon,
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Ordinary into the uncommon, unusual, resources that your
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Unusual, resources that your family has never seen.
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Family has never seen. influence, opportunity like
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Influence, opportunity like you've never imagined.
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You've never imagined. the greatness god put in you
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The greatness god put in you is going to come out of the
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Is going to come out of the cause.
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Cause. it's not about finding your
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It's not about finding your crown; it's about finding
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Crown; it's about finding your cause.
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Your cause. where is a giant you can
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Where is a giant you can defeat, where is a lunch
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Defeat, where is a lunch that you can take to your
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That you can take to your brothers, where is a wall
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Brothers, where is a wall you can rebuild.
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You can rebuild. if you'll find the cause,
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If you'll find the cause, the crown will come.
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The crown will come. what's interesting is the
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What's interesting is the walls of jerusalem had been
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Walls of jerusalem had been down for over six decades.
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Down for over six decades. god could have had a king
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God could have had a king rebuild them, a governor,
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Rebuild them, a governor, the army, the prophets.
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The army, the prophets. but god chose a cupbearer,
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But god chose a cupbearer, an ordinary person.
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An ordinary person. the cause brought the
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The cause brought the greatness out of nehemiah.
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Greatness out of nehemiah. without this cause, we
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Without this cause, we wouldn't be talking about
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Wouldn't be talking about him.
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Him. without a cause, david
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Without a cause, david wouldn't have become the
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Wouldn't have become the greatest king that ever
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Greatest king that ever lived.
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Lived. i'm asking you to find a
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I'm asking you to find a cause.
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Cause. live for something bigger
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Live for something bigger than yourself.
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Than yourself. the greatness will come out
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The greatness will come out when you help others, when
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When you help others, when you build their dream, when
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You build their dream, when you support advancing the
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You support advancing the kingdom.
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Kingdom. "joel, i didn't come out this
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"joel, i didn't come out this morning to hear about
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Morning to hear about helping others, i want to
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Helping others, i want to know how i can be blessed."
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Know how i can be blessed." this is how you'll be
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This is how you'll be blessed.
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Blessed. this is how your greatness
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This is how your greatness comes out.
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Comes out. this is how you'll discover
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This is how you'll discover your crown.
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Your crown. is there not a cause?
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Is there not a cause? sometimes the cause is to
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Sometimes the cause is to improve yourself so that
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Improve yourself so that your family and those that
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Your family and those that come after you will be
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Come after you will be better off.
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Better off. my father was raised very
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My father was raised very poor.
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Poor. his family lost everything
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His family lost everything during the great depression.
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During the great depression. he grew up with a poverty
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He grew up with a poverty mindset, never able to drink
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Mindset, never able to drink a full glass of milk, just a
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A full glass of milk, just a small portion then they'd
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Small portion then they'd pour water in it.
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Pour water in it. but at seventeen years old,
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But at seventeen years old, he gave his life to christ,
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He gave his life to christ, the first one in his family.
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The first one in his family. he felt a calling to become
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He felt a calling to become a minister.
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A minister. his parents tried to
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His parents tried to discourage him.
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Discourage him. they told him all he knew
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They told him all he knew how to do was work on the
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How to do was work on the farm.
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Farm. if he left, he wasn't going
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If he left, he wasn't going to make it.
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To make it. the cause has to be louder
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The cause has to be louder than the naysayers, what god
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Than the naysayers, what god puts in your heart has to be
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Puts in your heart has to be stronger than the negative
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Stronger than the negative chatter.
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Chatter. my father he made up his
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My father he made up his mind at seventeen that his
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Mind at seventeen that his children would never be
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Children would never be raised in the poverty he was
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Raised in the poverty he was raised in.
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Raised in. he had no money, no
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He had no money, no transportation, no
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Transportation, no experience but he left the
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Experience but he left the farm with a cause.
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Farm with a cause. he went out and started
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He went out and started ministering.
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Ministering. he knew very little about
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He knew very little about the bible.
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The bible. he'd only been to church
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He'd only been to church several times.
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Several times. he called job, job.
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He called job, job. he preached his first
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He preached his first message on samson.
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Message on samson. at the end he realized, he'd
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At the end he realized, he'd been calling him tarzan.
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Been calling him tarzan. he didn't have much
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He didn't have much training, but he had a
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Training, but he had a cause.
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Cause. "
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" i'm going to honor god with
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I'm going to honor god with my life, i'm going to break
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My life, i'm going to break this stronghold of poverty,
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This stronghold of poverty, i'm going to set a new
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I'm going to set a new standard for my family."
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Standard for my family." he didn't have a ride, he
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He didn't have a ride, he had to hitchhike.
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Had to hitchhike. he didn't have a church, he
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He didn't have a church, he preached in the prisons, in
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Preached in the prisons, in the senior citizens homes.
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The senior citizens homes. he didn't have a big
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He didn't have a big organization supporting him.
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Organization supporting him. first offering he ever
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First offering he ever received was an apple.
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Received was an apple. there were plenty of times
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There were plenty of times he was tempted to get
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He was tempted to get discouraged, feel like it
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Discouraged, feel like it would never work out, but he
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Would never work out, but he would ask himself, is there
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Would ask himself, is there not a cause?
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Not a cause? when you live cause driven,
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When you live cause driven, your focus is not on how you
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Your focus is not on how you feel, not on what people are
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Feel, not on what people are saying, not on what's not
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Saying, not on what's not working out.
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Working out. your focus is on the cause.
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Your focus is on the cause. "i'm not just fighting for
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"i'm not just fighting for me; i'm fighting for my
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Me; i'm fighting for my children.
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Children. i'm fighting to take our
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I'm fighting to take our family to a new level."
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Family to a new level." he kept going when no doors
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He kept going when no doors were opening.
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Were opening. he stayed in faith when
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He stayed in faith when people were against him.
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People were against him. he kept being his best when
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He kept being his best when it was taking longer than he
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It was taking longer than he thought.
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Thought. cause driven, not feeling
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Cause driven, not feeling driven, not circumstance
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Driven, not circumstance driven.
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Driven. as he kept doing the right
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As he kept doing the right thing, faithful year after
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Thing, faithful year after year, he came into his
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Year, he came into his crown.
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Crown. he saw favor like no one in
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He saw favor like no one in his family had seen.
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His family had seen. he broke that spirit of
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He broke that spirit of poverty.
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Poverty. god opened big doors.
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God opened big doors. he started lakewood,
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He started lakewood, pastored here for almost
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Pastored here for almost forty years, made a great
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Forty years, made a great difference with his life.
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Difference with his life. how did he step out of the
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How did he step out of the ordinary into the uncommon?
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Ordinary into the uncommon? he had a cause bigger than
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He had a cause bigger than himself.
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Himself. he didn't just think about
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He didn't just think about him, he thought about his
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Him, he thought about his family, he thought about how
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Family, he thought about how he could be a blessing to
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He could be a blessing to others, he invested his life
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Others, he invested his life in something bigger than
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In something bigger than himself.
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Himself. being cause driven is what's
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Being cause driven is what's going to help you to stay
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Going to help you to stay determined and stay focused.
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Determined and stay focused. when jesus was about to be
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When jesus was about to be crucified, he didn't feel
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Crucified, he didn't feel like going through with it.
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Like going through with it. he was in such distress, so
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He was in such distress, so discouraged that he sweat
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Discouraged that he sweat drops of blood.
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Drops of blood. we think he won the victory
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We think he won the victory on calvary, but really the
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On calvary, but really the victory was won in the
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Victory was won in the garden of gethsemane.
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Garden of gethsemane. that's where he made the
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That's where he made the decision to stick with it.
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Decision to stick with it. he prayed three times, "
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He prayed three times, " father, if it's possible,
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Father, if it's possible, let this cup pass from me."
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Let this cup pass from me." all of his emotions said
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All of his emotions said give up.
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Give up. his feelings said don't go
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His feelings said don't go through with it.
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Through with it. his mind said it's not worth
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His mind said it's not worth it.
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It. if he had not lived cause
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If he had not lived cause driven, we wouldn't have
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Driven, we wouldn't have salvation.
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Salvation. in the darkest time, he made
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In the darkest time, he made a decision,
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A decision, "this is not about me, this
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"this is not about me, this is about helping others.
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Is about helping others. this is about fulfilling my
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This is about fulfilling my purpose."
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Purpose." the scripture says the
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The scripture says the angels came and ministered
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Angels came and ministered to him.
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To him. in those difficult times,
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In those difficult times, when you're trying to break
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When you're trying to break the addiction, trying to
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The addiction, trying to keep your marriage together,
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Keep your marriage together, trying to take your family
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Trying to take your family to a new level.
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To a new level. you'll be tempted to think,
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You'll be tempted to think, "it's too hard, it's been too
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"it's too hard, it's been too long, this pressure is too
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Long, this pressure is too much."
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Much." you're in the garden of
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You're in the garden of gethsemane.
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Gethsemane. you have to do like jesus,
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You have to do like jesus, make a decision that the
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Make a decision that the cause is worth it.
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Cause is worth it. the scripture says,
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The scripture says, "he endured the pain of the
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"he endured the pain of the cross, looking forward to
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Cross, looking forward to the joy that was coming."
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The joy that was coming." because he was focused on
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Because he was focused on the cause, he was able to
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The cause, he was able to endure the pain of the
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Endure the pain of the moment.
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Moment. when it's the most
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When it's the most difficult, the good news is
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Difficult, the good news is that means you're close to
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That means you're close to your crown.
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Your crown. you're close to your
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You're close to your breakthrough.
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Breakthrough. you've come too far to stop
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You've come too far to stop now.
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Now. god didn't bring you here to
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God didn't bring you here to leave you.
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Leave you. dig down deep.
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Dig down deep. stay determined.
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Stay determined. stay focused.
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Stay focused. keep doing the right thing.
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Keep doing the right thing. it's not just for you,
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It's not just for you, you're doing it for your
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You're doing it for your family, you're doing it to
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Family, you're doing it to advance the kingdom.
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Advance the kingdom. if you'll keep fighting for
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If you'll keep fighting for someone else, like with
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Someone else, like with jesus, the angels are going
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Jesus, the angels are going to show up to strengthen
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To show up to strengthen you.
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You. he sees you giving, helping
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He sees you giving, helping others, being good to
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Others, being good to people, taking on their
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People, taking on their giants.
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Giants. you didn't have to, nobody
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You didn't have to, nobody would have faulted you, but
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Would have faulted you, but like nehemiah, you answered
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Like nehemiah, you answered the cause, you stepped up to
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The cause, you stepped up to make a difference.
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Make a difference. now get ready, the king in
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Now get ready, the king in you is about to step out.
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You is about to step out. your crown is about to show
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Your crown is about to show up.
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Up. i believe and declare you're
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I believe and declare you're coming out of the ordinary
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Coming out of the ordinary into the uncommon.
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Into the uncommon. god is about to favor you in
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God is about to favor you in a new way.
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A new way. promotion, influence, divine
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Promotion, influence, divine connections, dreams coming
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Connections, dreams coming to pass, addictions being
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To pass, addictions being broken, strongholds coming
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Broken, strongholds coming down, the fullness of your
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Down, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Destiny, in jesus' name. and if you receive it, can
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And if you receive it, can you say amen today? (amen)
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We all go through disappointments
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Through disappointments and things that are not fair.
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And things that are not fair. but god sees every hurt,
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But god sees every hurt, every injustice,
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Every injustice, and he's promised to pay
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And he's promised to pay you back for the unfair things.
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You back for the unfair things. i'd love to send you
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You stay in faith and not get bitter
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And not get bitter and think, why me?
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And think, why me? now, that setback
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Joel Osteen - Living Cause Driven

March 11, 2026 | 27:29

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