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Joel Osteen - Make Room For More

February 15, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Make Room For More | February 15, 2026

>joel: god bless you. it's
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you today.
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Great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay connected
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during the week,
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With us during the week, through our daily podcast,
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Through our daily podcast, our youtube channel, social
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Our youtube channel, social media. and you can come visit
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Media. and you can come visit us in person. we'd love to
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Us in person. we'd love to have you be a part of one
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Have you be a part of one of our services.
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I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this elderly woman.
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About this elderly woman. she was at the store and
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She was at the store and accidentally locked her keys
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Accidentally locked her keys in the car. she had a coat
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In the car. she had a coat hanger; she was trying and
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Hanger; she was trying and trying, but she couldn't get
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Trying, but she couldn't get it open. she prayed and asked
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It open. she prayed and asked god to help her. about that
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God to help her. about that time, this guy pulls up on a
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Time, this guy pulls up on a motorcycle, very rough
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Motorcycle, very rough looking, dressed in leather,
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Looking, dressed in leather, tattoos, a skull cap. fifteen
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Tattoos, a skull cap. fifteen seconds later, he had the car
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Seconds later, he had the car open. she hugged him and
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Open. she hugged him and said, “lord, thank you for
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Said, “lord, thank you for sending me such a nice man.”
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Sending me such a nice man.” he said, “lady, i'm not a
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He said, “lady, i'm not a nice man. i just got out of
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Nice man. i just got out of prison for theft.” she hugged
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Prison for theft.” she hugged him and said, “lord, thank
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Him and said, “lord, thank you. you even sent me a
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You. you even sent me a professional.” (laughter)
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Professional.” (laughter) all right y'all. say it like
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All right y'all. say it like you mean it. this is my
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You mean it. this is my bible. i am what it says
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Bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it says
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I am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will be
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I can do. today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Taught the 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. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about make room for more.
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About make room for more. it's easy to get stuck in
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It's easy to get stuck in life and think we've reached
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Life and think we've reached our limits. “this is as happy
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Our limits. “this is as happy as i'll ever be, as much as
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As i'll ever be, as much as i'll ever have. i've gone as
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I'll ever have. i've gone as far as my background allows.”
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Far as my background allows.” but god didn't create us to
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But god didn't create us to reach one level and get
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Reach one level and get stuck. the psalmist said,
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Stuck. the psalmist said, “open your mouth wide and god
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“open your mouth wide and god will fill it.” the key is you
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Will fill it.” the key is you have to make room for god to
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Have to make room for god to increase you. in your
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Increase you. in your thinking, you have to enlarge
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Thinking, you have to enlarge your vision. raise your level
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Your vision. raise your level of expectancy. don't go into
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Of expectancy. don't go into a new year with an old
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A new year with an old mindset. yes, it's good to be
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Mindset. yes, it's good to be content. it's important to be
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Content. it's important to be grateful, but you shouldn't
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Grateful, but you shouldn't be satisfied. there needs to
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Be satisfied. there needs to be something you're believing
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Be something you're believing for that you can't accomplish
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For that you can't accomplish on your own. that stretches
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On your own. that stretches your faith, where you get up
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Your faith, where you get up in the morning thanking god
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In the morning thanking god that he's opening new doors,
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That he's opening new doors, causing you to excel, with
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Causing you to excel, with more talent, more creativity,
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More talent, more creativity, more influence.
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More influence. the scripture talks about how
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The scripture talks about how god has blessings stored up
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God has blessings stored up for the righteous. there are
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For the righteous. there are blessings that have your name
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Blessings that have your name on them. they already belong
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On them. they already belong to you, but they're in
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To you, but they're in storage. there's healing with
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Storage. there's healing with your name on it. there's
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Your name on it. there's abundance, a paid off house.
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Abundance, a paid off house. there's promotion, a book, a
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There's promotion, a book, a big business. there's a
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Big business. there's a spouse, a baby. how do you
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Spouse, a baby. how do you get it out of storage? number
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Get it out of storage? number one, you keep god first
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One, you keep god first place, you honor him. and
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Place, you honor him. and number two, you have to make
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Number two, you have to make room for it. is there any
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Room for it. is there any capacity in your thinking for
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Capacity in your thinking for god to do greater things? not
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God to do greater things? not ordinary, not what the
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Ordinary, not what the circumstances tell you, but
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Circumstances tell you, but something uncommon. to live
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Something uncommon. to live debt free, to break the
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Debt free, to break the addiction, to see your
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Addiction, to see your children back on course, to
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Children back on course, to run your own business. if
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Run your own business. if you'll open your mouth wide,
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You'll open your mouth wide, god will fill it. he has
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God will fill it. he has unlimited resources. the
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Unlimited resources. the supply is never the problem;
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Supply is never the problem; it's our capacity to receive.
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It's our capacity to receive. if you think you'll barely
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If you think you'll barely get by, “i don't know, joel,
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Get by, “i don't know, joel, this problem is big. i'm not
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This problem is big. i'm not that talented. i never get
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That talented. i never get any good breaks.” your mouth
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Any good breaks.” your mouth is too small. your vision is
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Is too small. your vision is limiting your life. make some
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Limiting your life. make some room. “god, i believe you
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Room. “god, i believe you have greater things in store.
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Have greater things in store. i know your face is shining
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I know your face is shining on me. i live under the open
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On me. i live under the open windows of heaven. i believe
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Windows of heaven. i believe it's going to be a blessed,
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It's going to be a blessed, favor filled year.” that's
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Favor filled year.” that's creating space. that's giving
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Creating space. that's giving god room to show out in your
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God room to show out in your life.
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Life. if you've been dealing with
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If you've been dealing with an illness a long time, it's
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An illness a long time, it's easy to accept it, think
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Easy to accept it, think that's the way it's always
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That's the way it's always going to be. no, you need
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Going to be. no, you need make room for health. god is
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Make room for health. god is still in the healing
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Still in the healing business. he's called jehovah
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Business. he's called jehovah rapha, the lord our healer.
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Rapha, the lord our healer. it may have been that way for
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It may have been that way for years, but this is your year
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Years, but this is your year to get well. to see a divine
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To get well. to see a divine turnaround. if you're
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Turnaround. if you're struggling in your finances,
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Struggling in your finances, don't get stuck in a rut.
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Don't get stuck in a rut. “i'll never have enough. i'm
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“i'll never have enough. i'm at a disadvantage. nobody in
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At a disadvantage. nobody in my family can get ahead.” god
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My family can get ahead.” god has ways to bless you that
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Has ways to bless you that you can't see right now. he
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You can't see right now. he brought a coin out of a
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Brought a coin out of a fish's mouth to pay taxes for
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Fish's mouth to pay taxes for peter. he sent quail into the
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Peter. he sent quail into the desert to feed two million
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Desert to feed two million people. he gave us the funds
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People. he gave us the funds to buy the compaq center. he
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To buy the compaq center. he has supernatural provision.
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Has supernatural provision. is there any room in your
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Is there any room in your thinking? are you believing
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Thinking? are you believing for greater things, expecting
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For greater things, expecting god's favor? or have you let
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God's favor? or have you let doubt, discouragement,
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Doubt, discouragement, delays, take up all the space
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Delays, take up all the space in your mind? jesus could not
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In your mind? jesus could not do any miracles in his
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Do any miracles in his hometown, because of their
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Hometown, because of their unbelief. there was no room.
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Unbelief. there was no room. they thought, “we know this
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They thought, “we know this man, jesus. we grew up with
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Man, jesus. we grew up with him. he's nothing special. he
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Him. he's nothing special. he can't do miracles.” their
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Can't do miracles.” their limited mindsets limited
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Limited mindsets limited their life. don't let that be
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You.
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A while back, i ordered some
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A while back, i ordered some exercise equipment. i had
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Exercise equipment. i had been using the same bench and
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Been using the same bench and workout machine at home for
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Workout machine at home for almost thirty years. this
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Almost thirty years. this company was scheduled to come
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Company was scheduled to come and put down a new rubber
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And put down a new rubber floor. they were backed up
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Floor. they were backed up and weren't going to be there
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And weren't going to be there for a month. all my equipment
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For a month. all my equipment was coming the next week. it
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Was coming the next week. it was a bunch of boxes and
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Was a bunch of boxes and crates that you had to
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Crates that you had to assemble. i was planning on
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Assemble. i was planning on storing it in the garage,
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Storing it in the garage, where jonathan used to park
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Where jonathan used to park when he lived at home. the
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When he lived at home. the problem was, over the last
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Problem was, over the last five years, that garage has
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Five years, that garage has been turned into a storage
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Been turned into a storage room, with all kinds of old
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Stuff. old landscape lights,
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Stuff. old landscape lights, from a couple trees that blew
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From a couple trees that blew down in a storm. parts of an
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Down in a storm. parts of an old ac unit, bikes that had
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Old ac unit, bikes that had flat tires, we hadn't ridden
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Flat tires, we hadn't ridden in twenty years. i was
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In twenty years. i was keeping just in case we
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Keeping just in case we needed it. there was an old
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Needed it. there was an old ladder, rickety, top rung
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Ladder, rickety, top rung broken off, not safe. i was
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Broken off, not safe. i was always planning to give it to
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Always planning to give it to paul, but i kept putting it
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Paul, but i kept putting it off. i finally came to the
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Off. i finally came to the point, if i'm going to
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Point, if i'm going to receive this new equipment
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Receive this new equipment that i really want, i'm going
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To have to make room for it.
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To have to make room for it. i've got to clean out all
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I've got to clean out all this junk that's taking up
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This junk that's taking up valuable space.
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Valuable space. it's the same principle in
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It's the same principle in our mind. sometimes we're
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Our mind. sometimes we're holding on to things we don't
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Holding on to things we don't need, and it's taking up
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Need, and it's taking up space for the new things god
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Space for the new things god has in store. there's no
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Has in store. there's no capacity for increase; maybe
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Capacity for increase; maybe we're holding on to doubt.
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We're holding on to doubt. “it's not going to happen for
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“it's not going to happen for me, joel. i'm not that
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Me, joel. i'm not that talented. i've had a lot of
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Talented. i've had a lot of bad breaks.” do yourself a
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Bad breaks.” do yourself a favor, clean out the doubt.
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Favor, clean out the doubt. that's taking up space for
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That's taking up space for good breaks, for open doors,
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Good breaks, for open doors, for promotion. some people
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For promotion. some people are holding on to
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Are holding on to unforgiveness, thinking about
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Unforgiveness, thinking about how, “they hurt me. they did
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How, “they hurt me. they did me wrong. i'm a victim.” all
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Me wrong. i'm a victim.” all that negativity is keeping
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That negativity is keeping you from the restoration, the
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You from the restoration, the new beginnings, the beauty
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New beginnings, the beauty for ashes. it's not that god
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For ashes. it's not that god doesn't want to, but there's
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Doesn't want to, but there's no room. pay attention to
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No room. pay attention to what's taking space in your
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What's taking space in your mind.
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Mind. maybe we're letting
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Maybe we're letting insecurity, inferiority take
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Insecurity, inferiority take up all this room. “i'm not
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Up all this room. “i'm not attractive. i don't have a
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Attractive. i don't have a good personality. i'm too
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Good personality. i'm too short. i'm not as smart as my
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Short. i'm not as smart as my cousin.” you need to get that
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Cousin.” you need to get that junk out of your garage. god
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Junk out of your garage. god says you're a masterpiece.
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Says you're a masterpiece. that you are fearfully and
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That you are fearfully and wonderfully made. that you
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Wonderfully made. that you have royal blood flowing
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Have royal blood flowing through your veins. that he's
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Through your veins. that he's crowned you with his favor.
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Crowned you with his favor. but as long as you keep the
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But as long as you keep the insecurity, feeling not
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Insecurity, feeling not valuable, there's no room for
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Valuable, there's no room for the confidence, the favor
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The confidence, the favor that god has for you. he
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That god has for you. he needs capacity to show you
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Needs capacity to show you his goodness. what's
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His goodness. what's occupying your space, doubt,
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Occupying your space, doubt, worry, can't do it, not
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Worry, can't do it, not enough, problem too big? it's
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Enough, problem too big? it's time for a cleaning.
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Time for a cleaning. i met this couple after the
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I met this couple after the service. they had both been
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Service. they had both been raised in very low-income
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Raised in very low-income families. all they saw
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Families. all they saw growing up was not enough,
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Growing up was not enough, struggle, trying to survive.
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Struggle, trying to survive. what we've seen modeled, how
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What we've seen modeled, how we were raised, often becomes
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We were raised, often becomes normal to us. it's what we
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Normal to us. it's what we expect. we don't realize,
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Expect. we don't realize, it's a limited mindset. it's
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It's a limited mindset. it's keeping us from rising
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Keeping us from rising higher. that's why it's so
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Higher. that's why it's so important to go back to god's
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Important to go back to god's word and find out who you
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Word and find out who you really are. life will try to
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Really are. life will try to define you. people,
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Define you. people, circumstances will put labels
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Circumstances will put labels on you and try to convince
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On you and try to convince you to take on that identity.
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You to take on that identity. who they say you are.
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Who they say you are. average, undisciplined,
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Average, undisciplined, angry, inferior,
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Angry, inferior, unattractive. if you don't
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Unattractive. if you don't know better, those lies will
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Know better, those lies will take up all the valuable
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Take up all the valuable space in your mind. there's
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Space in your mind. there's no room for god to work.
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No room for god to work. that's why we make that
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That's why we make that declaration every service, i
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Declaration every service, i am who god says i am. i am
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Am who god says i am. i am blessed, prosperous,
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Blessed, prosperous, forgiven, talented, well
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Forgiven, talented, well able. that's clearing out the
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Able. that's clearing out the negative.
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This couple was told by their
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This couple was told by their parents that they would
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Parents that they would always struggle like they had
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Always struggle like they had and never have enough, that's
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And never have enough, that's just who they are. the
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Just who they are. the grandparents of the woman
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Grandparents of the woman said, “all you'll have in
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Said, “all you'll have in life is beans and rice, but
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That's good enough.” they
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That's good enough.” they meant well. they were saying,
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Meant well. they were saying, “don't expect too much. we
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“don't expect too much. we made it on beans and rice,
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Made it on beans and rice, and you can too.” but can i
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And you can too.” but can i tell you, beans and rice is
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Tell you, beans and rice is not your destiny. that may
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Not your destiny. that may have been what you've seen,
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Have been what you've seen, but that's not who you are.
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But that's not who you are. you're a barrier breaker.
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You're a barrier breaker. you're a new generation. you
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You're a new generation. you know more, so you can do
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Know more, so you can do more. you believe bigger, so
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More. you believe bigger, so you can live bigger. god said
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You can live bigger. god said in hosea, “my people are
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In hosea, “my people are destroyed for a lack of
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Destroyed for a lack of knowledge.” if you think
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Knowledge.” if you think beans and rice is your
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Beans and rice is your destiny, then you'll live
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Destiny, then you'll live lacking, struggling, hoping
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Lacking, struggling, hoping to get by. but when you
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To get by. but when you realize, god created you in
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Realize, god created you in his own image. he said you
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His own image. he said you would reign in life as a
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Would reign in life as a king. that you are the head
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King. that you are the head and not the tail. that you
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And not the tail. that you will lend and not borrow.
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Will lend and not borrow. that whatever you touch will
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That whatever you touch will prosper and succeed. that's
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Prosper and succeed. that's not being arrogant. that's
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Not being arrogant. that's not being greedy. that's
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Not being greedy. that's believing you are who god
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Says you are.
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This couple started watching
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This couple started watching us on television and their
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Us on television and their thinking began to change.
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Thinking began to change. that didn't set well with
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That didn't set well with them that they would always
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Them that they would always struggle and never have
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Struggle and never have enough. they started
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Enough. they started believing that they were
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Believing that they were children of the most high.
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Children of the most high. that although they may
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That although they may be limited, he is unlimited.
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Be limited, he is unlimited. that he can open doors no
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That he can open doors no person can shut. that he
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Person can shut. that he makes rivers in the desert.
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Makes rivers in the desert. now, instead of all the doubt
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Now, instead of all the doubt and negativity they had been
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And negativity they had been programmed with, there was
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Programmed with, there was faith, expectancy. instead of
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Faith, expectancy. instead of talking defeat, they started
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Talking defeat, they started declaring god's promises over
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Declaring god's promises over their life. what were they
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Their life. what were they doing? creating capacity to
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Doing? creating capacity to receive. if you'll open your
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Mouth wide, god will fill it.
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Mouth wide, god will fill it. this couple took a step of
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This couple took a step of faith and on very normal
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Faith and on very normal incomes, they started
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Incomes, they started building a house. the man was
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Building a house. the man was in construction. whenever
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In construction. whenever they had extra funds, they
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They had extra funds, they would hire contractors and
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Would hire contractors and buy more supplies. just
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Buy more supplies. just little by little. a couple of
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Little by little. a couple of years later, he said, “joel,
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Years later, he said, “joel, we can't explain it, but we
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We can't explain it, but we moved into this beautiful new
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Moved into this beautiful new house, in a great
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House, in a great neighborhood, all debt free.”
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Neighborhood, all debt free.” on paper it didn't make
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On paper it didn't make sense, but god knows how to
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Multiply what you have. his
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Multiply what you have. his favor will cause you to defy
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Favor will cause you to defy the odds. a few years after
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The odds. a few years after that, they sold the house for
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That, they sold the house for twice what they had built it
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Twice what they had built it for. the wife told me
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For. the wife told me something i'll never forget.
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Something i'll never forget. she said, “joel, my
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She said, “joel, my grandparents told me all we'd
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Grandparents told me all we'd ever have were beans and
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Ever have were beans and rice. but i always knew, one
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Rice. but i always knew, one day we would have steak.” if
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Day we would have steak.” if you're going to see those
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You're going to see those blessings that are stored up,
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Blessings that are stored up, you have to do like her and
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You have to do like her and take the limits off. enlarge
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Take the limits off. enlarge your vision. don't let how
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Your vision. don't let how you were raised, what was
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You were raised, what was passed down, what somebody
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Passed down, what somebody said, even mistakes you've
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Said, even mistakes you've made, convince you to settle
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Made, convince you to settle for beans and rice. to live
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For beans and rice. to live with the illness, to never be
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With the illness, to never be free from the depression, to
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Free from the depression, to always be lonely. you have to
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Always be lonely. you have to stir your faith up. nothing
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Stir your faith up. nothing wrong with beans and rice,
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Wrong with beans and rice, but how about some
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But how about some enchiladas, how about some
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Enchiladas, how about some fajitas, how about some chili
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Fajitas, how about some chili con queso. you have to make
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Con queso. you have to make room for more. i know we're
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Room for more. i know we're all grateful for what god has
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All grateful for what god has done. we're content in every
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Done. we're content in every situation, but that doesn't
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Situation, but that doesn't mean you're supposed to be
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Mean you're supposed to be satisfied. if you quit
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Satisfied. if you quit stretching, believing,
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Stretching, believing, expecting, then you are
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Expecting, then you are limiting your life. is there
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Limiting your life. is there any capacity for god to do
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Any capacity for god to do something greater? something
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Something greater? something other people would never
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Other people would never believe could happen. that's
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Believe could happen. that's what faith is. it's capacity.
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What faith is. it's capacity. it's saying, “god, i'm open.
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It's saying, “god, i'm open. i know you have greater
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I know you have greater things in store.”
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Things in store.” there was a lady in the
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There was a lady in the scripture who was a widow.
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Scripture who was a widow. her husband was a prophet,
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Her husband was a prophet, but he passed. now she and
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But he passed. now she and her two sons were living
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Her two sons were living together. she was so in debt,
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Together. she was so in debt, that the creditors were
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That the creditors were coming to take her sons as
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Coming to take her sons as payment. she came to the
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Payment. she came to the prophet elisha, he was a
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Prophet elisha, he was a friend of the family, and she
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Friend of the family, and she told him the problem. he
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Told him the problem. he asked her what she had in her
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Asked her what she had in her house. she said, “nothing at
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House. she said, “nothing at all, except a small jar of
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All, except a small jar of oil.” elisha told her to go
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Oil.” elisha told her to go to her friends and neighbors
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To her friends and neighbors and borrow as many empty
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And borrow as many empty vessels, large pots, as she
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Vessels, large pots, as she could find. one version says,
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Could find. one version says, “borrow not a few.” she could
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“borrow not a few.” she could have thought, “elisha what
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Have thought, “elisha what good is that going to do. i
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Good is that going to do. i need funds. i need provision.
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Need funds. i need provision. i don't need empty pots.”
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I don't need empty pots.” sometimes god will ask you to
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Sometimes god will ask you to do things that don't make
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Do things that don't make sense. but obedience creates
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Sense. but obedience creates capacity. do what he's asking
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Capacity. do what he's asking you to do even when you don't
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You to do even when you don't understand it. even when it's
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Understand it. even when it's a hard thing. god may ask you
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A hard thing. god may ask you to apologize, when you know
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To apologize, when you know it was the other person's
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It was the other person's fault. you know they were
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Fault. you know they were wrong. but god is asking you
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Wrong. but god is asking you to be the bigger person. you
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To be the bigger person. you can't always see what he's
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Can't always see what he's doing, but you can be sure,
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Doing, but you can be sure, your obedience is making room
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Your obedience is making room for a blessing. forgiving
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For a blessing. forgiving those that hurt you is never
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Those that hurt you is never easy, it doesn't seem fair,
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Easy, it doesn't seem fair, but holding on to the hurt is
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But holding on to the hurt is taking up space for god to
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Taking up space for god to pay you back. when you let it
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Pay you back. when you let it go, there's room for him to
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Go, there's room for him to make it up to you. god will
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Make it up to you. god will do it better than you ever
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Do it better than you ever could.
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Could. this widow went out knocking
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This widow went out knocking on the neighbors' doors,
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On the neighbors' doors, asking to borrow empty pots.
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Asking to borrow empty pots. think about how foolish she
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Think about how foolish she looked. i can hear people
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Looked. i can hear people start talking, gossiping,
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Start talking, gossiping, “did that crazy lady come to
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“did that crazy lady come to your house asking for an
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Your house asking for an empty jar? what's wrong with
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Empty jar? what's wrong with her?” people may not
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Her?” people may not understand you. they may
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Understand you. they may think you're far out. “why
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Think you're far out. “why did you live a holy life? why
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Did you live a holy life? why don't you party with us?”
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Don't you party with us?” don't worry about what people
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Don't worry about what people think. be concerned about
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Think. be concerned about what god thinks. he controls
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What god thinks. he controls the universe. noah looked
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The universe. noah looked foolish building an ark. a
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Foolish building an ark. a five-hundred-foot boat when
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Five-hundred-foot boat when it had never rained. but his
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It had never rained. but his obedience saved his life. his
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Obedience saved his life. his obedience made room for god
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Obedience made room for god to do something that had
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To do something that had never been done.
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After the widow gathered all
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After the widow gathered all these pots, elisha told her
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These pots, elisha told her to pour the little oil that
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To pour the little oil that she had into a big jar.
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She had into a big jar. imagine a little six-inch jar
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Imagine a little six-inch jar and this two foot jar. again,
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She could have questioned
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She could have questioned him, “what good is that going
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Him, “what good is that going to do elisha? i need money.
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To do elisha? i need money. i'm not here to play games,
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I'm not here to play games, to transfer the oil.” but
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To transfer the oil.” but god's ways are not our ways.
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God's ways are not our ways. you have to trust when you
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You have to trust when you don't understand. be obedient
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Don't understand. be obedient when it doesn't make sense.
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When it doesn't make sense. this lady poured the little
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This lady poured the little bit of oil, and it kept
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Bit of oil, and it kept pouring and pouring; it
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Pouring and pouring; it filled up the whole pot. that
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Filled up the whole pot. that didn't make sense. when you
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Didn't make sense. when you do what doesn't make sense,
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Do what doesn't make sense, god will do what doesn't make
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God will do what doesn't make sense. she was standing there
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Sense. she was standing there in amazement. she kept
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In amazement. she kept pouring the oil until all the
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Pouring the oil until all the vessels were full. then she
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Vessels were full. then she went out and sold the oil,
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Went out and sold the oil, paid off her debts and had
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Paid off her debts and had plenty to live on.
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Plenty to live on. but here's what's
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But here's what's interesting, the oil never
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Interesting, the oil never ran out, until she filled all
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Ran out, until she filled all the vessels. let's say she
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The vessels. let's say she borrowed twenty empty pots.
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Borrowed twenty empty pots. the oil filled all twenty. if
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The oil filled all twenty. if she had borrowed thirty pots,
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She had borrowed thirty pots, the oil would have filled all
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The oil would have filled all thirty. if she'd borrowed
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Thirty. if she'd borrowed three pots, it would have
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Three pots, it would have just filled three. with
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Just filled three. with god, the problem is never
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God, the problem is never supply, it's capacity. how
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Supply, it's capacity. how many vessels are you
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Many vessels are you gathering? what are you
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Gathering? what are you expecting this year? what are
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Expecting this year? what are you believing for? “joel, if
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You believing for? “joel, if i can just make it through
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I can just make it through this year, i'll be happy. if
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This year, i'll be happy. if my child just doesn't get in
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My child just doesn't get in trouble, if i can just
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Trouble, if i can just survive this depression that
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Survive this depression that i'm dealing with.” jesus told
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I'm dealing with.” jesus told a blind man, “according to
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A blind man, “according to your faith, it will be done
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Your faith, it will be done unto you.” it wasn't god's
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Unto you.” it wasn't god's faith, it's our faith. it's
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Faith, it's our faith. it's how many vessels we have. do
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How many vessels we have. do yourself a favor, get some
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Yourself a favor, get some more empty pots. stretch,
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More empty pots. stretch, believe, expect. that's how
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Believe, expect. that's how you create capacity.
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You create capacity. some people gather a couple
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Some people gather a couple vessels. that will help them
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Vessels. that will help them survive. other people,
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Survive. other people, they'll get a dozen. they'll
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They'll get a dozen. they'll make it okay. but there's
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Make it okay. but there's another group that pray bold
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Another group that pray bold prayers. they expect over and
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Prayers. they expect over and above favor. they're obedient
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Above favor. they're obedient in the hard things. they've
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In the hard things. they've been coming to lakewood. they
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Been coming to lakewood. they gather vessel after vessel
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Gather vessel after vessel after vessel. they have
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After vessel. they have capacity for healing, for
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Capacity for healing, for greater resources, more
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Greater resources, more influence, more creativity,
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Influence, more creativity, more generosity. many of you
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More generosity. many of you have been doing this. your
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Have been doing this. your mouth is open wide. get
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Mouth is open wide. get ready, god is about to fill
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Ready, god is about to fill it. something big is coming
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It. something big is coming that you can't explain. you
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That you can't explain. you didn't have the resources,
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Didn't have the resources, the training, but suddenly,
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The training, but suddenly, the door opened for you.
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The door opened for you. maybe the medical report said
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Maybe the medical report said you'd have to live with that
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You'd have to live with that sickness, but a turnaround is
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Sickness, but a turnaround is coming. god is going to do
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Coming. god is going to do what medicine couldn't do.
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What medicine couldn't do. perhaps, you thought that
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Perhaps, you thought that breakup stopped your destiny.
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Breakup stopped your destiny. that you had seen your best
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That you had seen your best days, but god is about to
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Days, but god is about to surprise you. someone better
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Surprise you. someone better than you ever imagined. you
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Than you ever imagined. you didn't have to go after them;
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Didn't have to go after them; they came after you. now keep
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They came after you. now keep believing. keep making room
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Believing. keep making room for more; you're going to
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For more; you're going to step into increase and favor
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That catapults you ahead.vor
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That catapults you ahead.vor this is what my father had to
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This is what my father had to do. he was raised very poor.
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Do. he was raised very poor. he had to drop out of high
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He had to drop out of high school to help on the family
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School to help on the family farm just to survive. all the
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Farm just to survive. all the circumstances said he would
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Circumstances said he would live a defeated, struggling,
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Live a defeated, struggling, get by life. that's all he
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Get by life. that's all he had seen. but at seventeen,
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Had seen. but at seventeen, he gave his life to christ,
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He gave his life to christ, the first one in the family.
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The first one in the family. something rose up in him. the
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Something rose up in him. the spirit of the living god
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Spirit of the living god saying, “you were made for
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Saying, “you were made for more. this defeat is not your
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More. this defeat is not your destiny.” like my father, you
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May have gotten off to a
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May have gotten off to a rough start, but how you
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Rough start, but how you start is not how you're going
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Start is not how you're going to end. you're the one to set
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To end. you're the one to set a new standard. daddy's
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A new standard. daddy's parents told him that all he
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Parents told him that all he knew how to do was work on
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Knew how to do was work on the farm. he better not leave
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The farm. he better not leave that place. he'd get out
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That place. he'd get out there and fail. but sometimes
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There and fail. but sometimes to make room, you have to get
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To make room, you have to get out of a limited environment.
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Out of a limited environment. you have to break away from
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You have to break away from people that are telling you
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People that are telling you what you can't do, and how
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What you can't do, and how you're not going to make it,
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You're not going to make it, you don't have what it takes.
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You don't have what it takes. god told abraham, “leave your
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God told abraham, “leave your country and leave your family
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Country and leave your family and go to the land that i
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And go to the land that i will show you.” abraham
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Will show you.” abraham didn't have all the answers.
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Didn't have all the answers. he didn't know where he was
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He didn't know where he was going, but he knew he
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Going, but he knew he couldn't see the favor and
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Couldn't see the favor and blessing, staying where he
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Blessing, staying where he was. the people in his city
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Was. the people in his city worshipped idols. the sun,
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Worshipped idols. the sun, the moon. had he stayed
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The moon. had he stayed there, it would have limited
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There, it would have limited his life. to make room for
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His life. to make room for more you may have to make
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More you may have to make changes with who you hang
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Changes with who you hang around, where you go. get out
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Around, where you go. get out of places that are causing
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Of places that are causing you to compromise, that are
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You to compromise, that are polluting your thinking.
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Polluting your thinking. that's taking up space for
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That's taking up space for the promised land that god is
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The promised land that god is taking you to.
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Taking you to. my father left the farm at
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My father left the farm at seventeen; he didn't have a
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Seventeen; he didn't have a car, he had to hitchhike, but
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Car, he had to hitchhike, but he left with a new mindset.
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He left with a new mindset. he told me, “joel, i made up
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He told me, “joel, i made up my mind at seventeen that my
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My mind at seventeen that my children would never be
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Children would never be raised in the poverty and
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Raised in the poverty and defeat i was raised in.” he
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Defeat i was raised in.” he emptied out all the lack and
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Emptied out all the lack and not enough and made room for
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Not enough and made room for increase, for god to open new
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Increase, for god to open new doors, to break barriers of
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Doors, to break barriers of the past. when i was a little
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The past. when i was a little boy, sitting in the
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Boy, sitting in the feedstore, that was the first
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Feedstore, that was the first building lakewood had,
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Building lakewood had, seating ninety people. daddy
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Seating ninety people. daddy would get up and say to the
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Would get up and say to the congregation, “look out over
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Congregation, “look out over there. can you see that new
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There. can you see that new auditorium seating a thousand
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Auditorium seating a thousand people?” there was nothing
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People?” there was nothing but an empty field. but week
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But an empty field. but week after week, my father said,
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After week, my father said, “i can see that new
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“i can see that new auditorium.” he was making
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Auditorium.” he was making room for it. he built that
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Room for it. he built that one and many more. at 65
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One and many more. at 65 years old, daddy was in the
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Years old, daddy was in the hospital about to have
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Hospital about to have emergency open heart surgery,
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Emergency open heart surgery, a very critical time. all the
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A very critical time. all the family was in the room
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Family was in the room praying, believing. he asked
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Praying, believing. he asked me to run home and get his
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Me to run home and get his running shoes and put them by
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Running shoes and put them by the bed. i thought, “you're
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The bed. i thought, “you're not going to need these shoes
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Not going to need these shoes for a long time. this surgery
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For a long time. this surgery is a big deal.” but he wanted
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Is a big deal.” but he wanted those shoes there to show
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Those shoes there to show that he was planning to get
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That he was planning to get well. that he would be
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Well. that he would be running again, healthy and
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Running again, healthy and whole. he was making room,
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Whole. he was making room, saying, “this is not the end.
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Saying, “this is not the end. healing is coming.
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Healing is coming. restoration is coming. i will
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Restoration is coming. i will run and not be weary.” he
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Run and not be weary.” he came out of that surgery and
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Came out of that surgery and lived many more years,
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Lived many more years, healthy and whole, traveling
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Healthy and whole, traveling the world. what's taking up
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The world. what's taking up the space in your thinking?
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The space in your thinking? is there any room for god to
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Is there any room for god to do something bigger, to heal
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Do something bigger, to heal you, to free you, to bring
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You, to free you, to bring the right person, to use you
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The right person, to use you in a greater way. god is
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In a greater way. god is looking for capacity. he's
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Looking for capacity. he's looking for people who are
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Looking for people who are stretching, who are believing
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Stretching, who are believing for bigger things.
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When jesus was about to be
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When jesus was about to be born, there was a census, and
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Born, there was a census, and everyone had to travel back
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Everyone had to travel back to their hometown. joseph and
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To their hometown. joseph and mary traveled by donkey
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Mary traveled by donkey eighty miles to bethlehem. it
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Eighty miles to bethlehem. it was late at night. they were
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Tired. mary was nine months
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Tired. mary was nine months pregnant. joseph saw this
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Pregnant. joseph saw this inn, a place to stay. he
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Inn, a place to stay. he knocked on the door and told
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Knocked on the door and told the innkeeper, “my wife is
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The innkeeper, “my wife is pregnant. we've traveled a
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Pregnant. we've traveled a long way. we need a room.
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Long way. we need a room. she's about to have a baby.”
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She's about to have a baby.” the innkeeper said, “i'm
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The innkeeper said, “i'm sorry. there's no room. we're
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Sorry. there's no room. we're full.” he turned, started to
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Full.” he turned, started to walk away and i can hear
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Walk away and i can hear joseph saying, “hey wait a
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Joseph saying, “hey wait a minute, sir, you've got to
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Minute, sir, you've got to understand, this is no
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Understand, this is no ordinary child. this is
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Ordinary child. this is something special. the hand
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Something special. the hand of god is on our baby.” the
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Of god is on our baby.” the innkeeper says, “yeah right.
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Innkeeper says, “yeah right. i told you we don't have any
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I told you we don't have any room.” he shut the door and
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Room.” he shut the door and went his way.
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Imagine thirty years later,
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Imagine thirty years later, that innkeeper begins to hear
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That innkeeper begins to hear about this man jesus. how
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About this man jesus. how he's healing the sick,
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He's healing the sick, opening blind eyes, feeding
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Opening blind eyes, feeding the multitude. all this news
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The multitude. all this news about his miracles and his
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About his miracles and his influence. suddenly the
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Influence. suddenly the innkeeper has a flash back.
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Innkeeper has a flash back. he sees mary and joseph and
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He sees mary and joseph and realizes, “that's the young
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Realizes, “that's the young couple that came to the inn
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Couple that came to the inn that night. he's the man that
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That night. he's the man that was asking me for a place to
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Was asking me for a place to stay. had i known this baby
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Was going to change the
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Was going to change the world, had i known what god
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World, had i known what god was offering me, i would have
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Was offering me, i would have made room. i would have moved
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Made room. i would have moved things around. i would have
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Things around. i would have let them stay in my own
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Let them stay in my own quarters. if i had known i
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Quarters. if i had known i could be a part of history.”
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Could be a part of history.” the truth is the innkeeper
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The truth is the innkeeper wasn't a bad person. he
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Wasn't a bad person. he wasn't being mean; he was
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Wasn't being mean; he was just full. he was busy. he
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Just full. he was busy. he was practical. “this is the
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Was practical. “this is the way it always works. we can't
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Way it always works. we can't make an adjustment. we don't
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Make an adjustment. we don't have any room.” most people
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Have any room.” most people are not bad people, they're
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Are not bad people, they're just full. life is busy.
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Just full. life is busy. they're distracted. they've
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They're distracted. they've got sports on sunday. they're
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Got sports on sunday. they're too tired to get up in the
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Too tired to get up in the morning and thank god for his
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Morning and thank god for his goodness. they don't
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Goodness. they don't recognize who's knocking.
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Recognize who's knocking. i wonder if we're missing
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I wonder if we're missing blessings because there's no
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Blessings because there's no room in our inn. we're not
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Room in our inn. we're not seeing the favor, the destiny
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Seeing the favor, the destiny moments because our inn is
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Moments because our inn is full. the doubt, the hurts,
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Full. the doubt, the hurts, things people have said, how
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Things people have said, how we were raised. when destiny
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We were raised. when destiny comes knocking, “sorry i
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Comes knocking, “sorry i can't do that, i'm not
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Can't do that, i'm not qualified. i've got these
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Qualified. i've got these friends i want to hang around
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Friends i want to hang around with.” no make room in your
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With.” no make room in your inn. god is about to come
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Inn. god is about to come knocking with something
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Knocking with something unusual, something far and
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Unusual, something far and beyond, but it may look
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Beyond, but it may look ordinary. it may seem common.
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Ordinary. it may seem common. just another couple needing a
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Just another couple needing a place to stay. don't miss
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Place to stay. don't miss your destiny moments. god
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Your destiny moments. god wants to use you to make a
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Wants to use you to make a greater impact, to be an
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Greater impact, to be an example of his goodness. but
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Example of his goodness. but you have to do your part and
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You have to do your part and empty out all the things that
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Empty out all the things that are cluttering your mind and
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Are cluttering your mind and cluttering your life. the
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Cluttering your life. the people, the distractions,
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People, the distractions, social media, the
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Social media, the comparisons, that's taking up
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Comparisons, that's taking up valuable space. create some
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Valuable space. create some capacity. go grab some empty
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Capacity. go grab some empty vessels. not a few but
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Vessels. not a few but enlarge your vision. believe
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Enlarge your vision. believe for the dreams god whispered
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For the dreams god whispered in your spirit. you wouldn't
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In your spirit. you wouldn't be hearing this if god wasn't
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Be hearing this if god wasn't about to do something you've
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About to do something you've never seen. the question is,
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Never seen. the question is, is there any room in your
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Is there any room in your inn? are you creating any
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Inn? are you creating any space for victory? if you'll
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Space for victory? if you'll open your mouth wide, i
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Open your mouth wide, i believe and declare, god is
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Believe and declare, god is about to fill it. not with
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About to fill it. not with beans and rice, but fajitas.
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Beans and rice, but fajitas. blessings, promotion,
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Blessings, promotion, breakthroughs, the fullness
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Breakthroughs, the fullness of your destiny, in jesus'
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Of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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Name. if you receive it, can you say amen? (applause)
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Many people believe
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Many people believe that god can heal.
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That god can heal. but when nothing is improving,
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But when nothing is improving, our prayers are
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Our prayers are not being answered,
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Not being answered, it's easy to think:
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It's easy to think: will god heal me?
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Will god heal me? the truth is,
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The truth is, god still loves to heal.
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God still loves to heal. i've witnessed
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I've witnessed god's healing power
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God's healing power firsthand in my own family.
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Firsthand in my own family. when situations
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When situations seemed impossible,
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Seemed impossible, and medically
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And medically speaking,
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Speaking, there were no options,
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There were no options, god stepped in and made a way.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you our new devotional,
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Our new devotional, god still loves to heal.
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God still loves to heal. it's filled with scripture
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It's filled with scripture and encouragement
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And encouragement designed to strengthen
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Designed to strengthen your faith
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Your faith and help
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And help you believe for healing.
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You believe for healing. even when you can't see it,
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Even when you can't see it, god is still working.
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God is still working. as you stand firm and declare
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As you stand firm and declare his promises,
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His promises, healing is on the way.
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Healing is on the way. the same god who healed in
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The same god who healed in the bible
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The bible is still healing today.
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Is still healing today. your generous support
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Your generous support is so important to help us
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Is so important to help us share the message of hope.
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Share the message of hope. and as our way of saying
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And as our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount,
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For your gift of any amount, pastor
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Pastor joel would like to send you
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Joel would like to send you a copy of god
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A copy of god still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. this new seasonal devotional
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This new seasonal devotional will guide you
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Will guide you through a weekly rhythm
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Through a weekly rhythm where you'll be encouraged
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Where you'll be encouraged by life-changing insight
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By life-changing insight that will strengthen
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That will strengthen and encourage
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And encourage you in your faith.
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You in your faith. jesus cares
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Jesus cares about you physically,
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About you physically, mentally, and emotionally.
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Mentally, and emotionally. he forgives us, delivers
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He forgives us, delivers us, and he heals
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Us, and he heals us and makes us whole.
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Us and makes us whole. with this
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With this inspiring devotional resource,
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Inspiring devotional resource, you'll go on a healing journey.
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You'll go on a healing journey. you'll enter into god's rest
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You'll enter into god's rest and restoration, knowing
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And restoration, knowing his promises are true
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His promises are true yesterday, today, and forever.
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Yesterday, today, and forever. receive your copy
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Receive your copy of this powerful new book
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Of this powerful new book and experience god's goodness
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And experience god's goodness and healing power.
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And healing power. my mother
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My mother was miraculously healed
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Was miraculously healed from terminal cancer.
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From terminal cancer. my sister
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My sister lisa was healed
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Lisa was healed from a birth injury
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From a birth injury similar to cerebral palsy.
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Similar to cerebral palsy. what god did for us,
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What god did for us, he can do for you.
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He can do for you. victoria and i
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Victoria and i are going to be praying for you
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Are going to be praying for you this month,
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This month, especially for healing for
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Especially for healing for you and your family.
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You and your family. not just physically,
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Not just physically, but mentally
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But mentally and emotionally
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And emotionally that you will be
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That you will be completely whole.
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Completely whole. we appreciate your prayer
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We appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity
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Your generosity is impacting people
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Is impacting people around the world and special
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Around the world and special thank you to our champion
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Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for all you do
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For all you do to make the ministry possible.
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To make the ministry possible. until we meet again,
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Until we meet again, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of god
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Your copy of god still loves to heal.
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Still loves to heal. available this month
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Available this month by simply visiting us
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By simply visiting us at joelosteen.com
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At joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Joel Osteen - Make Room For More

February 15, 2026 | 27:29

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