Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Living At Rest

July 24, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Living At Rest | July 24, 2025

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[congregation applauding] >> joel osteen: god bless
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>> joel osteen: god bless you.
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You. it's a joy to be with you
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It's a joy to be with you today and if you're ever in
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Today and if you're ever in our area, please stop by and
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Our area, please stop by and be a part of one of our
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Be a part of one of our services.
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Services. i promise ya, we'll make ya
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I promise ya, we'll make ya feel right at home.
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I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny and i heard
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Something funny and i heard about this church service.
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About this church service. one sunday morning,
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One sunday morning, everything was going great
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Everything was going great until a bolt of lightning hit
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Until a bolt of lightning hit the sanctuary.
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The sanctuary. when the smoke cleared, satan
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When the smoke cleared, satan himself was standing at the
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Himself was standing at the podium.
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Podium. people panicked and took off
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People panicked and took off running as fast as they
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Running as fast as they could.
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Could. everyone, that is, except one
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Everyone, that is, except one lady.
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Lady. she sat in the front row,
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She sat in the front row, just as calm as can be.
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Just as calm as can be. satan was appalled.
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Satan was appalled. he said, "lady, do you know
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He said, "lady, do you know who i am?"
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Who i am?" she said, "i sure do."
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She said, "i sure do." he said, "aren't you afraid
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He said, "aren't you afraid of me?"
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Of me?" she said, "not in the least
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She said, "not in the least bit."
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Bit." he said, "why not?"
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He said, "why not?" she said, "why should i be?
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She said, "why should i be? i've been married to your
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I've been married to your brother for 30 years."
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Brother for 30 years." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. "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, my heart is receptive.
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Alert, my heart is receptive. i will never be the same, in
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I will never be the same, in jesus' name."
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Jesus' name." god bless you.
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I wanna talk to you today
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I wanna talk to you today about "living at rest."
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About "living at rest." rest doesn't mean that you're
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Rest doesn't mean that you're on vacation,
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On vacation, you never do anything.
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We all have to work and deal
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We all have to work and deal with challenges and interact
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With challenges and interact with different people.
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With different people. but we're supposed to do it
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But we're supposed to do it from a place of peace, not
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From a place of peace, not stressed out, worried, and
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Stressed out, worried, and fighting everything
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Fighting everything that we don't like.
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And hebrews 4 tells us to
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And hebrews 4 tells us to enter into the rest of god.
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Enter into the rest of god. that's a place where we know
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That's a place where we know god's in control.
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God's in control. we know he's fighting
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We know he's fighting our battles.
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But here's the key.
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But here's the key. once you enter this rest,
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Once you enter this rest, you're not going to
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You're not going to automatically stay there.
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Automatically stay there. life is full of
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Life is full of peace-stealers.
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Peace-stealers. there will always be people
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There will always be people and circumstances trying to
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And circumstances trying to pull you out.
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Pull you out. if you're going to live in
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If you're going to live in peace, you have to put up
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Peace, you have to put up some boundaries and not allow
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Some boundaries and not allow everything in.
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Everything in. you can't watch the news
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You can't watch the news 24 hours a day and expect
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24 hours a day and expect to stay at rest.
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To stay at rest. your mind wasn't meant to
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Your mind wasn't meant to take in all the tragedies,
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Take in all the tragedies, accidents, killings, over and
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Accidents, killings, over and over.
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Over. that's going to pull you out
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That's going to pull you out of rest.
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Of rest. do yourself a favor, turn it
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Do yourself a favor, turn it off.
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Off. be careful what you feed your
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Be careful what you feed your inner person.
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Inner person. if you watch all the news
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If you watch all the news about the price of oil going
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About the price of oil going down and lay-offs and
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Down and lay-offs and bankruptcies, it's gonna
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Bankruptcies, it's gonna cause you to live stressed
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Cause you to live stressed out, worried, on edge.
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Out, worried, on edge. you can't feed on negativity
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You can't feed on negativity and discouragement and expect
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And discouragement and expect to stay positive and
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To stay positive and faith-filled.
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Faith-filled. i like to watch the news, of
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I like to watch the news, of course, to know what's going
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Course, to know what's going on in the world but after
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On in the world but after about 15 minutes, i've
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About 15 minutes, i've learned everything i need to
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Learned everything i need to know.
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Know. i don't keep taking it in
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I don't keep taking it in again and again.
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Again and again. the 24-hour news, most of
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The 24-hour news, most of that repeats every
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That repeats every 30 minutes.
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30 minutes. it was designed for people
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It was designed for people flipping on and off, not to
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Flipping on and off, not to watch over and over.
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Watch over and over. put on some good news.
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Put on some good news. feed your inner person
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Feed your inner person encouraging things that build
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Encouraging things that build you up and cause you to stay
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You up and cause you to stay positive, hopeful, and
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Positive, hopeful, and inspired.
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Inspired. one friday night, victoria
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One friday night, victoria and i went to watch this
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And i went to watch this movie about a war.
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Movie about a war. it was very violent.
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It was very violent. heads were being blown off
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Heads were being blown off and people being tortured and
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And people being tortured and families ripped apart and i
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Families ripped apart and i went in there in peace,
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Went in there in peace, simply wanting to be
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Simply wanting to be entertained.
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Entertained. but when i left, i was on
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But when i left, i was on edge.
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Edge. i felt like i'd been run over
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I felt like i'd been run over by a truck.
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By a truck. that whole night, i dreamed i
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That whole night, i dreamed i was in the middle of that
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Was in the middle of that war.
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War. victoria kept waking me up,
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Victoria kept waking me up, "joel, you're having a
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"joel, you're having a nightmare.
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Nightmare. wake up."
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Wake up." what we take in through our
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What we take in through our eyes and ears eventually gets
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Eyes and ears eventually gets into our subconscious mind.
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Into our subconscious mind. and if you're taking in all
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And if you're taking in all the negative, violence,
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The negative, violence, discouragement, that's gonna
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Discouragement, that's gonna depress your spirit.
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Depress your spirit. the next day, i had to get up
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The next day, i had to get up and finish preparing my
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And finish preparing my message for saturday night
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Message for saturday night and i learned my lesson.
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And i learned my lesson. i can't take that in the
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I can't take that in the night before and be my best
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Night before and be my best the next day.
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The next day. and you need to be aware of
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And you need to be aware of what's pulling you out of
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What's pulling you out of that rest.
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That rest. sometimes, it's own our
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Sometimes, it's own our choices.
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Choices. if you get on social media
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If you get on social media and you're constantly
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And you're constantly comparing your life to
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Comparing your life to everyone else's, that's going
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Everyone else's, that's going to discourage you.
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To discourage you. you'll never feel good about
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You'll never feel good about who you are, as long as
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Who you are, as long as you're competing with others
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You're competing with others because there'll always be
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Because there'll always be somebody more beautiful, more
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Somebody more beautiful, more talented, more successful.
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Talented, more successful. that's a peace-stealer.
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That's a peace-stealer. put up a boundary and say, "i
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Put up a boundary and say, "i am not going to live in
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Am not going to live in somebody else's world,
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Somebody else's world, obsessed with what they're
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Obsessed with what they're doin', where they're goin',
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Doin', where they're goin', what they're eatin', what
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What they're eatin', what they're drivin'.
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They're drivin'. i'm gonna run my own race."
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I'm gonna run my own race." listen, you can miss your
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Listen, you can miss your destiny, caught up in
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Destiny, caught up in somebody else's life.
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Somebody else's life. successful people are too
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Successful people are too focused on their own race to
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Focused on their own race to look around to see what
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Look around to see what everybody else is doing.
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Everybody else is doing. quit comparing, it'll pull
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Quit comparing, it'll pull you out of your rest.
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You out of your rest. i say this respectfully but
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I say this respectfully but some people are
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Some people are peace-stealers.
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Peace-stealers. and i'm all for helping
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And i'm all for helping people, loving them, taking
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People, loving them, taking time to care, but some people
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Time to care, but some people won't deal with their own
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Won't deal with their own issues as long as they can
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Issues as long as they can dump it on you.
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Dump it on you. that's the easy way out.
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That's the easy way out. as long as you'll bail them
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As long as you'll bail them out, you feel sorry for them,
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Out, you feel sorry for them, you let them unload their
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You let them unload their burdens, they'll do it again
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Burdens, they'll do it again and again.
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And again. what they're doing is they
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What they're doing is they dump it all on you and then
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Dump it all on you and then they go home and go to bed,
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They go home and go to bed, while you stay up and worry
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While you stay up and worry about what are we gonna do
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About what are we gonna do about this.
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About this. here's what i'm saying.
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Here's what i'm saying. it's easy to take on a false
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It's easy to take on a false sense of responsibility where
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Sense of responsibility where you jump every time they
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You jump every time they call, try to keep them fixed.
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Call, try to keep them fixed. but you are not responsible
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But you are not responsible for other people's happiness.
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For other people's happiness. don't let their unhappiness
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Don't let their unhappiness keep you from being happy.
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I don't know about you but i
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I don't know about you but i have enough drama in my own
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Have enough drama in my own life, i don't need somebody
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Life, i don't need somebody else's drama.
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Else's drama. if they won't make good
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If they won't make good decisions, if they wanna live
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Decisions, if they wanna live upset, bitter, offended, in a
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Upset, bitter, offended, in a crisis mode,
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Crisis mode, that's their choice.
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You can't stop that but you
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You can't stop that but you shouldn't let them control
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Shouldn't let them control you and make you feel guilty
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You and make you feel guilty if you don't help, let them
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If you don't help, let them call you all hours of the
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Call you all hours of the day.
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Day. you are not a garbage can.
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You are not a garbage can. you have to protect your
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You have to protect your peace.
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Peace. like a business, you need to
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Like a business, you need to have hours of operation.
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Have hours of operation. times when you're open, times
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Times when you're open, times when you're closed.
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When you're closed. i'm open for them from 2 to 4
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I'm open for them from 2 to 4 in the afternoon.
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In the afternoon. when they call you at
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When they call you at 8 o'clock at night, when you're
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8 o'clock at night, when you're in peace, spending time with
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In peace, spending time with your family, enjoying your
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Your family, enjoying your children, that phone rings.
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Children, that phone rings. normally, you'd rush over and
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Normally, you'd rush over and answer it, get all uptight.
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Answer it, get all uptight. no, next time, sorry, not
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No, next time, sorry, not open for business right now.
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Open for business right now. "you mean, joel, don't answer
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"you mean, joel, don't answer the phone?"
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The phone?" yes, that's why god created
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Yes, that's why god created voicemail.
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Don't let their crisis steal
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Don't let their crisis steal your peace.
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Your peace. have you noticed some people
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Have you noticed some people are alarmist?
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Are alarmist? everything is a major
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Everything is a major problem, a major crisis.
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Problem, a major crisis. they need you right now.
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They need you right now. tomorrow will be too late.
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Tomorrow will be too late. they have a spirit of alarm.
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They have a spirit of alarm. if you don't put up a
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If you don't put up a boundary, you'll get pulled
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Boundary, you'll get pulled in and they'll get you all
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In and they'll get you all stirred up, stressed out.
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Don't fall into that trap.
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Don't fall into that trap. if you don't make them
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If you don't make them respect you, you'll be
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Respect you, you'll be dealing with the same issue
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Dealing with the same issue 20 years from now.
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20 years from now. your destiny is too important
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Your destiny is too important to let people who are not
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To let people who are not dealing with their own issues
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Dealing with their own issues hold you back.
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Hold you back. recognize that's a
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Recognize that's a peace-stealer.
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Peace-stealer. you need to make some
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You need to make some changes.
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Changes. "well, joel, what if i hurt
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"well, joel, what if i hurt their feelings?"
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Their feelings?" well, what if you miss your
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Well, what if you miss your destiny?
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Destiny? god didn't call you to keep
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God didn't call you to keep everyone happy.
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Everyone happy. and sure, do your part.
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And sure, do your part. be a giver.
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Be a giver. go the extra mile.
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Go the extra mile. but don't become a garbage
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But don't become a garbage dump where you allow someone
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Dump where you allow someone to always dump their burdens
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To always dump their burdens on you.
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On you. that's out of balance.
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That's out of balance. you have to protect your
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You have to protect your emotional energy.
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You have a limited supply
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You have a limited supply each day.
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Each day. if you're taking in all this
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If you're taking in all this extra drama, involved in
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Extra drama, involved in things you should never be
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Things you should never be involved in, you're not going
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Involved in, you're not going to have the emotional energy
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For what you need, for your
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For what you need, for your dreams, for your children,
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Dreams, for your children, for your assignment.
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For your assignment. i'm not saying to be selfish.
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I'm not saying to be selfish. i'm saying be wise.
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I'm saying be wise. you can't fix everyone.
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You can't fix everyone. you can't make people do
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You can't make people do what's right.
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What's right. you're not called to
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You're not called to straighten everyone out.
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Straighten everyone out. you're not the savior.
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You're not the savior. we already have a savior.
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We already have a savior. i've learned some people
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I've learned some people don't really wanna change.
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Don't really wanna change. they like the attention it
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They like the attention it brings to have you at their
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Brings to have you at their beck and call.
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Beck and call. now, a lot of times, instead
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Now, a lot of times, instead of helping them, we're really
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Of helping them, we're really enabling their dysfunction.
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Enabling their dysfunction. we're doing them a
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We're doing them a disservice.
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Disservice. if you don't bail them out,
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If you don't bail them out, maybe they'll start taking
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Maybe they'll start taking responsibility.
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Responsibility. if they can't reach you every
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If they can't reach you every 3 minutes, maybe they'll
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3 minutes, maybe they'll learn to encourage
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Learn to encourage themselves.
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Themselves. life is too short to go
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Life is too short to go through it being controlled.
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Through it being controlled. you shouldn't spend all your
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You shouldn't spend all your time trying to straighten
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Time trying to straighten everybody out.
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Everybody out. some of your relatives that
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Some of your relatives that are upset with each other,
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Are upset with each other, they're going to be upset
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They're going to be upset 30 years from now.
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30 years from now. don't waste your valuable
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Don't waste your valuable time being upset with them.
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Time being upset with them. they don't wanna be happy,
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They don't wanna be happy, that's fine, but don't let
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That's fine, but don't let them keep you from being
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Them keep you from being happy.
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Happy. turn it over to god and enjoy
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Turn it over to god and enjoy your life.
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Years ago, i had a friend
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Years ago, i had a friend that i grew up with and, over
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That i grew up with and, over time, our paths went in
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Time, our paths went in different directions.
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Different directions. i joined the basketball team
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I joined the basketball team and he got involved in other
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And he got involved in other things.
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Things. and he resented the fact that
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And he resented the fact that i wasn't around as much.
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I wasn't around as much. and several times, he tried
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And several times, he tried to straighten me out, told me
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To straighten me out, told me how i wasn't giving him as
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How i wasn't giving him as much time as i should and why
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Much time as i should and why wasn't i there for him, on
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Wasn't i there for him, on and on.
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And on. and i went overboard to try
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And i went overboard to try to be good to him.
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To be good to him. but nothing i did was good
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But nothing i did was good enough.
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Enough. i could have moved in and
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I could have moved in and been his roommate, and he'd
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Been his roommate, and he'd still have found something
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Still have found something wrong.
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Wrong. and one day, i realized he's
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And one day, i realized he's counting on me to try to keep
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Counting on me to try to keep him happy and i already have
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A full-time job trying to
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A full-time job trying to keep myself happy.
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Keep myself happy. and every time he'd call, i'd
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And every time he'd call, i'd get uptight, on edge, what
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Get uptight, on edge, what have i done wrong now?
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Have i done wrong now? what does he need?
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What does he need? and you know, of course, as a
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And you know, of course, as a friend, you wanna help
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Friend, you wanna help people.
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People. i wanted to be responsible.
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I wanted to be responsible. but after about 5 years of
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But after about 5 years of doing this, i learned what
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Doing this, i learned what i'm telling you.
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I'm telling you. i can't reach my destiny
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I can't reach my destiny spending all my time trying
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Spending all my time trying to keep him happy.
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To keep him happy. i don't have the emotional
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I don't have the emotional energy for all of his drama.
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Energy for all of his drama. and i say this very
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And i say this very respectfully 'cause he's a
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Respectfully 'cause he's a good man but i realized he's
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Good man but i realized he's a peace-stealer.
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I made up my mind i wasn't
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I made up my mind i wasn't going to go the next 20 years
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Going to go the next 20 years like that.
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Like that. i put up some boundaries.
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I put up some boundaries. i quit running every time he
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I quit running every time he called.
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Called. i quit feeling guilty when i
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I quit feeling guilty when i couldn't meet his demands.
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Couldn't meet his demands. eventually, he got upset,
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Started talking about me,
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Started talking about me, went his own way.
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Went his own way. but here's the point.
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But here's the point. sometimes, you have to make
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Sometimes, you have to make hard decisions to reach your
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Hard decisions to reach your destiny.
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Destiny. my personality type is i want
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My personality type is i want everybody to like me, i'll
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Everybody to like me, i'll never tell you "no," i wanna
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Never tell you "no," i wanna please you.
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Please you. but i've learned you can't
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But i've learned you can't fulfill your assignment,
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Fulfill your assignment, trying to please everyone.
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Trying to please everyone. if you're trying to keep
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If you're trying to keep everybody around you happy,
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Everybody around you happy, the one person who will not
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The one person who will not be happy is you.
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Be happy is you. "well, joel, what if they get
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"well, joel, what if they get upset and start talking about
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Upset and start talking about me?"
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Me?" they won't be the first, and
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They won't be the first, and they're not gonna be the
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They're not gonna be the last.
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Last. i would rather have people
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I would rather have people upset with me than to not
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Upset with me than to not become who i was created to
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Become who i was created to be.
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Be. if you'll put these
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If you'll put these boundaries up, you'll live
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Boundaries up, you'll live more peacefully, you'll be
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More peacefully, you'll be more effective, and you'll
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More effective, and you'll move quicker into
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Move quicker into your destiny.
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But when you tell someone, "i
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But when you tell someone, "i love you but you can't call
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Love you but you can't call me every 3 minutes.
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Me every 3 minutes. i can't keep you cheered up.
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I can't keep you cheered up. i love you but i can't keep
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I love you but i can't keep bailing you out again and
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Bailing you out again and again."
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Again." if they get upset, they
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Really weren't your friend,
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Really weren't your friend, they were controllers.
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They were controllers. they're a manipulator.
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They're a manipulator. they like you for what you
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They like you for what you can do for them, not for who
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Can do for them, not for who you are.
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You are. you don't need friends like
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You don't need friends like that.
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That. make a change and god will
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Make a change and god will give you true friends.
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Give you true friends. here's the key.
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Here's the key. if you're doing all the
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If you're doing all the giving and never receiving,
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Giving and never receiving, that's out of balance.
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That's out of balance. heard somebody say, "if you
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Heard somebody say, "if you surround yourself with people
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Surround yourself with people that need you more than they
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That need you more than they feed you, then that's a red
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Feed you, then that's a red flag."
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Flag." the longer i live, the more i
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The longer i live, the more i realize the importance of
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Realize the importance of having the right people in
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Having the right people in our lives.
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Our lives. you won't reach the fullness
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You won't reach the fullness of your destiny with people
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Of your destiny with people that are constantly dragging
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That are constantly dragging you down.
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You down. you're having to always spend
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You're having to always spend your time and energy keeping
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Your time and energy keeping them fixed, keeping them
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Them fixed, keeping them encouraged.
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Encouraged. you need people who feed you,
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You need people who feed you, people that inspire and
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People that inspire and challenge you.
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Challenge you. people who are happy, where
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People who are happy, where you laugh and have fun.
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You laugh and have fun. people who are consistent,
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People who are consistent, not live in a crisis mode,
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Not live in a crisis mode, moody, up and down, but
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Moody, up and down, but people that are stable.
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People that are stable. i read a study that said
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For every happy
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For every happy friend you have,
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Friend you have, you are 20% more likely to be
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You are 20% more likely to be happy.
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Happy. if i understand this right,
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If i understand this right, if you can just find five
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If you can just find five happy friends, there's a good
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Happy friends, there's a good chance you're gonna be happy.
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Chance you're gonna be happy. this is what the scripture
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This is what the scripture says, "if you walk with wise
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Says, "if you walk with wise people, you will become
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People, you will become wise."
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Wise." it's true in the negative
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It's true in the negative just like the positive.
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Proverbs says if you hang
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Proverbs says if you hang around a gossip, you'll
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Around a gossip, you'll become a gossip.
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Become a gossip. think of it like this.
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Think of it like this. for every peace-stealer you
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For every peace-stealer you allow in your life, you are
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Allow in your life, you are 20% more likely to live
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20% more likely to live stressed, on edge, to have a
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Stressed, on edge, to have a crisis.
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Crisis. i'm asking you to find happy
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I'm asking you to find happy friends.
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Friends. i'm not saying you have to
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I'm not saying you have to cut people off, never speak
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Cut people off, never speak to them again.
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To them again. i am saying you should put up
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I am saying you should put up some boundaries.
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Some boundaries. you don't have to make a big
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You don't have to make a big announcement.
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Announcement. like i did, just little by
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Like i did, just little by little, spend less and less
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Little, spend less and less time with that person.
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Time with that person. if you don't get the wrong
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If you don't get the wrong people out of your life,
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People out of your life, you'll never meet the right
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You'll never meet the right ones.
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Ones. especially in your inner
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Especially in your inner circle, the people who are
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Circle, the people who are closest to you need to be
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Closest to you need to be stable, consistent, happy,
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Stable, consistent, happy, godly, responsible people
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Godly, responsible people that move you towards your
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That move you towards your destiny.
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Destiny. like iron sharpens iron, you
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Like iron sharpens iron, you make each other better.
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Make each other better. and this is the reason many
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And this is the reason many people are stuck.
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Who do you have in your life?
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Who do you have in your life? what are you giving your time
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What are you giving your time and energy to?
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And energy to? putting out fires, trying to
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Putting out fires, trying to keep someone happy, feeling
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Keep someone happy, feeling guilty 'cause you can't meet
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Guilty 'cause you can't meet their demands?
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Their demands? that's gonna wear you out.
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That's gonna wear you out. it's time to make a change.
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It's time to make a change. you can't please everyone.
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You can't please everyone. we see this principle with
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We see this principle with jesus.
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Jesus. after a long day of teaching
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After a long day of teaching the people and praying for
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The people and praying for them, the scripture says, "he
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Them, the scripture says, "he left the crowds and went away
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Left the crowds and went away to rest."
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To rest." there were still many people
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There were still many people that needed prayer, many
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That needed prayer, many needs that had not been met.
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Needs that had not been met. i'm sure some of them
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I'm sure some of them thought, "wow, we traveled
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Thought, "wow, we traveled all this way and he didn't
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All this way and he didn't even wait to pray for us.
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Even wait to pray for us. he let us down."
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Jesus wasn't being rude.
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Jesus wasn't being rude. he wasn't overlooking needs.
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He wasn't overlooking needs. he was taking care of
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He was taking care of himself.
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Himself. he knew he needed to get away
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He knew he needed to get away and get quiet so he could be
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And get quiet so he could be refreshed and restored.
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Refreshed and restored. there will always be people
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There will always be people that need you, somebody that
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That need you, somebody that needs rescuing, needs
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Needs rescuing, needs encouraging, needs your help.
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Encouraging, needs your help. if you try to meet all the
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If you try to meet all the needs, you'll end up run
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Needs, you'll end up run down.
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Down. over time, even burn out.
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Over time, even burn out. your number one priority is
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Your number one priority is to keep yourself healthy.
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To keep yourself healthy. you shouldn't be pressured
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You shouldn't be pressured into doing things that you
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Into doing things that you know are gonna wear you out
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Know are gonna wear you out and, over time, even keep you
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And, over time, even keep you from your destiny.
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From your destiny. if jesus was willing to walk
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If jesus was willing to walk away from needs to protect
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Away from needs to protect his peace, to stay at rest,
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His peace, to stay at rest, then we need to be willing to
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Then we need to be willing to walk away from things that we
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Walk away from things that we know are stealing our peace.
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In mark chapter 4, the
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In mark chapter 4, the disciples were in a boat, on
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Disciples were in a boat, on the middle of a lake, when a
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The middle of a lake, when a huge storm arose.
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Huge storm arose. and they were so afraid and
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And they were so afraid and so worried they said,
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So worried they said, "somebody, go wake jesus up.
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"somebody, go wake jesus up. we're going to die."
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We're going to die." jesus, as you know, was
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Jesus, as you know, was asleep in the hull of the
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Asleep in the hull of the boat, at rest in the middle
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Boat, at rest in the middle of the storm.
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Of the storm. they came in all frantic,
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They came in all frantic, "jesus, jesus, wake up.
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"jesus, jesus, wake up. we're about to drown."
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We're about to drown." he woke up, spoke to the
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He woke up, spoke to the storm, and everything calmed
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Storm, and everything calmed down.
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Down. what's interesting is these
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What's interesting is these disciples had seen jesus heal
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Disciples had seen jesus heal a paralyzed man, cure the
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A paralyzed man, cure the leper, do all kinds of
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Leper, do all kinds of miraculous signs.
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Miraculous signs. you would think, since they
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You would think, since they had seen the miracles and
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Had seen the miracles and jesus had just told them,
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Jesus had just told them, "let's go to the other side
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"let's go to the other side of the lake," they would
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Of the lake," they would believe they would make it.
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Believe they would make it. but doubt crept in.
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But doubt crept in. fear crept in.
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Fear crept in. they panicked
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They panicked and woke jesus up.
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Like with these disciples,
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Like with these disciples, there will always be people
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There will always be people that try to get us out of our
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That try to get us out of our rest.
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Rest. they may be good people, they
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They may be good people, they may mean well, but they tend
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May mean well, but they tend to focus on the negative,
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To focus on the negative, blow things out of
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Blow things out of proportion, see everything as
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Proportion, see everything as a crisis.
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A crisis. if you allow them, they'll
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If you allow them, they'll get you all roiled up, all
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Get you all roiled up, all stirred up.
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Stirred up. you have to put your foot
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You have to put your foot down and say, "no, i'm
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Down and say, "no, i'm staying at rest.
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Staying at rest. don't wake me up with your
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Don't wake me up with your worry.
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Worry. don't wake me up with your
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Don't wake me up with your fear.
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Fear. don't wake me up with your
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Don't wake me up with your doubt.
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Doubt. i know god is still on the
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I know god is still on the throne.
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Throne. he brought me through in the
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He brought me through in the past and he'll bring me
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Past and he'll bring me through this next time."
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Now, the situation in the
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Now, the situation in the natural may be a crisis.
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Natural may be a crisis. i mean, they were in a storm.
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I mean, they were in a storm. say, "well, joel, i got a bad
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Say, "well, joel, i got a bad medical report."
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Medical report." your child is off course.
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Your business has gone down.
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Your business has gone down. but when you know the god who
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But when you know the god who controls the universe is on
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Controls the universe is on your boat, the god who speaks
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Your boat, the god who speaks to storms and they obey is
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To storms and they obey is right there with you, then
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Right there with you, then you'll have a different
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You'll have a different perspective.
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Perspective. you won't let circumstances
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You won't let circumstances pull you out of rest.
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Pull you out of rest. you won't let people who are
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You won't let people who are panicking and stressed out
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Panicking and stressed out cause you to panic.
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Cause you to panic. you won't stay focused on the
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You won't stay focused on the size of the problem, you'll
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Size of the problem, you'll stay focused on the size of
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Stay focused on the size of your god.
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Your god. now, don't let your own
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Now, don't let your own negative thoughts wake you up
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Negative thoughts wake you up from your rest.
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From your rest. don't let people wake you up
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Don't let people wake you up with their worry, their
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With their worry, their doubt.
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Doubt. stay in peace and god will do
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Stay in peace and god will do what he promised.
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What he promised. he'll get you to where you're
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He'll get you to where you're supposed to be.
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Supposed to be. but how we respond in the
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Storms of life, in the
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Storms of life, in the difficult times, that
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Difficult times, that influences how people respond
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Influences how people respond around us.
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Around us. if jesus would have woke up,
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If jesus would have woke up, all panicked, "oh wow, this
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All panicked, "oh wow, this is really bad," those
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Is really bad," those disciples probably would have
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Jumped overboard.
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Jumped overboard. "oh boy, if he's worried,
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"oh boy, if he's worried, we're really worried."
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We're really worried." but because he stayed at
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But because he stayed at rest, not only could he bring
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Rest, not only could he bring peace but people around him
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Peace but people around him calmed down.
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Calmed down. when you live at rest, your
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When you live at rest, your family will be more peaceful.
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Family will be more peaceful. when you don't get stressed
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When you don't get stressed out at the office when
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Out at the office when everybody else does, people
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Everybody else does, people around you will calm down.
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Around you will calm down. when you're stable,
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When you're stable, consistent, in a good mood,
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Consistent, in a good mood, despite what's going on
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Despite what's going on around you, like jesus,
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Around you, like jesus, because you have peace on the
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Because you have peace on the inside, you'll bring peace to
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Inside, you'll bring peace to the outside.
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The outside. now, don't let people wake
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Now, don't let people wake you up with their negativity.
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You up with their negativity. like at a hotel, when you
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Like at a hotel, when you don't wanna be bothered, you
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Don't wanna be bothered, you put the "do not disturb" sign
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Put the "do not disturb" sign out on the door.
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Out on the door. why don't you put a "do not
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Why don't you put a "do not disturb" sign on your life?
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Disturb" sign on your life? you're announcing, "i'm
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You're announcing, "i'm staying at rest.
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Staying at rest. don't wake me up with your
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Don't wake me up with your turmoil.
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Turmoil. don't wake me up with your
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Don't wake me up with your drama.
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Drama. don't wake me up with your
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Don't wake me up with your fear."
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Fear." tell those peace-stealers,
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Tell those peace-stealers, "look at the sign on the
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"look at the sign on the door, 'do not disturb.'
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Door, 'do not disturb.' i have entered into the
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I have entered into the rest of god."
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Rest of god." one time, i couldn't find the
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One time, i couldn't find the remote control for our
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Remote control for our television at home.
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Television at home. i had looked everywhere and
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I had looked everywhere and went in the kitchen.
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Went in the kitchen. thought somebody had carried
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Thought somebody had carried it in there.
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It in there. looked under the cushions at
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Looked under the cushions at the couch and finally i
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The couch and finally i called victoria.
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Called victoria. asked her if she'd seen it.
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She said, "no, the last time
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She said, "no, the last time i saw it, it was right where
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I saw it, it was right where it was supposed to be."
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It was supposed to be." and kept looking and looking.
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And kept looking and looking. about 15 minutes later,
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About 15 minutes later, victoria called back and
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Victoria called back and said, "i found the remote
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Said, "i found the remote control."
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Control." i said, "good.
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I said, "good. where is it?"
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Where is it?" she said, "in my purse with
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She said, "in my purse with me here at target."
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Me here at target." i was the one that put it
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I was the one that put it there while we were moving
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There while we were moving some furniture but i was
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Some furniture but i was tempted to wake up from my
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Tempted to wake up from my rest.
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Rest. that "do not disturb" sign, i
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That "do not disturb" sign, i found most of the time it's
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Found most of the time it's not for other people, it's
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Not for other people, it's for you.
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For you. it's to remind us to stay in
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It's to remind us to stay in peace.
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Peace. are you allowing things to
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Are you allowing things to pull you out of rest?
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Pull you out of rest? anyone can be peaceful when
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Anyone can be peaceful when everything's going their way.
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Everything's going their way. the real test comes when life
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The real test comes when life happens, when the remote
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Happens, when the remote control is at target, when
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Control is at target, when the carwash puts an extra
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The carwash puts an extra racing stripe down your car.
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Racing stripe down your car. when the disciples come
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When the disciples come rushing in, panicking, "we're
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Rushing in, panicking, "we're in a storm.
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In a storm. this is really bad," the easy
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This is really bad," the easy thing to do is to panic with
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Thing to do is to panic with them, get all upset.
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Them, get all upset. recognize what's happening.
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Recognize what's happening. those are peace-stealers,
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Those are peace-stealers, trying to pull you out of
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Trying to pull you out of your rest.
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Your rest. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with the israelites.
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The israelites. god had just delivered them
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God had just delivered them out of slavery.
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Out of slavery. they were headed toward the
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They were headed toward the promised land.
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Promised land. life was good.
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Life was good. until the pharaoh changed his
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Until the pharaoh changed his mind.
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Mind. he and his army came chasing
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He and his army came chasing after them.
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After them. the israelites ended up at a
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The israelites ended up at a dead end at the red sea.
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Dead end at the red sea. they had nowhere to go.
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They had nowhere to go. looked like they'd certainly
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Be recaptured or maybe even
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Be recaptured or maybe even killed.
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Killed. they begin to panic, they
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They begin to panic, they were so afraid.
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Were so afraid. the scripture says, "they
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The scripture says, "they were terrified and said,
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Were terrified and said, 'moses, why did you bring us
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'moses, why did you bring us out here in the desert to
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Out here in the desert to die?'"
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Die?'" moses knew if they
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Moses knew if they would have stayed upset,
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Would have stayed upset, fearful, worried, that would
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Fearful, worried, that would have stopped god from
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Have stopped god from working.
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Working. he said to the people,
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He said to the people, "don't be afraid.
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The lord will fight for you
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The lord will fight for you if you hold your peace and
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If you hold your peace and remain at rest."
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Remain at rest." notice, there was a
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Notice, there was a condition.
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Condition. god will fight your battles
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God will fight your battles if you'll stay at rest, if
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If you'll stay at rest, if you'll quit worrying about
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You'll quit worrying about the medical report, if you'll
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The medical report, if you'll quit being upset over the
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Quit being upset over the contract you didn't get, if
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Contract you didn't get, if you'll quit being stressed by
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You'll quit being stressed by those people that talkin'
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Those people that talkin' about ya.
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About ya. if you'll remain at rest, god
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If you'll remain at rest, god will fight your battles.
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Will fight your battles. i'm asking you today to
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I'm asking you today to identify the peace-stealers
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Identify the peace-stealers in your life.
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In your life. what's causing you to be
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What's causing you to be stressed?
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Stressed? are you carrying a load that
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Are you carrying a load that you're not supposed to carry,
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You're not supposed to carry, allowing someone to dump
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Allowing someone to dump their burdens on you, trying
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Their burdens on you, trying to be the savior?
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To be the savior? turn that over to god.
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Turn that over to god. don't let them pull you out
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Don't let them pull you out of rest.
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Of rest. are you allowing traffic,
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Are you allowing traffic, people, a grouchy boss, to
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People, a grouchy boss, to upset you?
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Upset you? they may not change but you
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They may not change but you can change.
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Can change. put up this "do not disturb"
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Put up this "do not disturb" sign, not just for others,
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Sign, not just for others, but to remind you to stay in
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But to remind you to stay in peace.
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Peace. friends, life is too short to
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Friends, life is too short to go through it letting
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Go through it letting peace-stealers determine our
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Peace-stealers determine our destiny.
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Destiny. if you'll make this decision
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If you'll make this decision with me that you're going to
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With me that you're going to live at rest, you'll not only
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Live at rest, you'll not only enjoy your life more, but i
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Enjoy your life more, but i believe and declare god will
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Believe and declare god will do for you what he did for
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Do for you what he did for the israelites.
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The israelites. he'll part red seas, he'll
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He'll part red seas, he'll restore your health, he'll
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Restore your health, he'll bring vindication, promotion,
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Bring vindication, promotion, the fullness of your destiny,
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The fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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In jesus' name. if you receive it today, can
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If you receive it today, can you say, "amen"?
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We never like to close our
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We never like to close our broadcast without giving you
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Broadcast without giving you an opportunity to make jesus
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An opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus, i
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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Repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord and
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I make you my lord and savior."
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Savior." friends, if you prayed that
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe you
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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Got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church, keep god first place.
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Church, keep god first place. he's gonna take you places
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He's gonna take you places that you've never dreamed.
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Sometimes in life,
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Sometimes in life, people don't choose us.
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People don't choose us. we've all felt overlooked
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We've all felt overlooked and like we're not good enough.
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And like we're not good enough. it's easy to live inferior,
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It's easy to live inferior, thinking we don't measure up.
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Thinking we don't measure up. people may have left you out.
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People may have left you out. the good news is
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The good news is god has chosen you.
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God has chosen you. he's the one that matters.
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And in my new book, chosen:
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And in my new book, chosen: your life is marked
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Your life is marked for distinction,
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For distinction, you'll discover,
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You'll discover, before you were born,
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Before you were born, god not only knew you,
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God not only knew you, but he handpicked you
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But he handpicked you and placed
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And placed a calling on your life.
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A calling on your life. you are equipped and empowered
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You are equipped and empowered to fulfill your destiny.
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To fulfill your destiny. when you understand
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When you understand that you're chosen,
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That you're chosen, fear and doubt can't stay,
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Fear and doubt can't stay, you'll live
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You'll live with the boldness
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With the boldness to step into the greatness
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To step into the greatness god put in you.
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God put in you. i'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my new book, chosen,
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This month, we would like to send you
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In the scriptures, jesus encouraged us by saying,
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Jesus encouraged us by saying, "you didn't choose me.
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"you didn't choose me. i chose you."
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I chose you." this powerful guide
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You were designed to live. as a child of god,
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As a child of god, you have a calling,
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You have a calling, a purpose,
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A purpose, a destiny still
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A destiny still to be fulfilled.
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That god is moving on your behalf.
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Your next days are going to be your best days.
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Are going to be your best days. you're not average.
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You're not average. you're not ordinary.
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You're not ordinary. you've been chosen
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You've been chosen by almighty god.
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By almighty god. victoria and i want you to know
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Victoria and i want you to know how much we love you.
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How much we love you. we pray for
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We pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. and thanks so much
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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And a special thank you to our champion
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Becoming one. remember,
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Encouraged and inspired. until we see you next time,
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Until we see you next time, may the lord bless you
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Joel Osteen - Living At Rest

July 24, 2025 | 30:0

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