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Joel Osteen - Manasseh Is Coming

August 5, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Manasseh Is Coming | August 5, 2025

God bless you.
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God bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever
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Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by
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In our area, please stop by and be a part of one
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And be a part of one of our services.
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Of our services. i promise you we'll make you
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I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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Feel right at home. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny, and i heard
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Something funny, and i heard about this husband that died,
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About this husband that died, and he left his wife $20,000,
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And he left his wife $20,000, and after the funeral,
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And after the funeral, his wife told a friend
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His wife told a friend that she was totally broke.
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That she was totally broke. the friend said,
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The friend said, "what do you mean?
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"what do you mean? i thought you said
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I thought you said you had $20,000."
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You had $20,000." she said, "well, i spent
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She said, "well, i spent $5,000 on the funeral
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$5,000 on the funeral and $15,0000
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And $15,0000 on the memorial stone."
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On the memorial stone." the friend said, "wow, that
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The friend said, "wow, that was some kind of stone.
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Was some kind of stone. how big was it?"
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How big was it?" she held up her finger
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She held up her finger and said,
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And said, "three and a half carats,"
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"three and a half carats," and that sounds
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And that sounds kind of like victoria to me,
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Kind of like victoria to me, but she won't even wait
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But she won't even wait till i'm gone.
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Till i'm gone. she'll just go do it now,
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She'll just go do it now, but come on, say it like
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But come on, say it like you mean it: "this is my bible.
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You mean it: "this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I can do what it says i can do.
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I can do. today i will be taught
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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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,
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I will never be the same, in jesus's name."
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In jesus's name." god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "manasseh is coming."
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About "manasseh is coming." we all go through things that
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We all go through things that are not fair, situations that
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Are not fair, situations that cause heartache and pain.
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Cause heartache and pain. we were doing the right
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We were doing the right thing, but somebody walked
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Thing, but somebody walked away, or we came down
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Away, or we came down with an illness.
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With an illness. our child got off course.
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Our child got off course. it's easy to get discouraged
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It's easy to get discouraged and think,
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And think, "that's our lot in life.
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"that's our lot in life. everyone has
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Everyone has disappointments."
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Disappointments." but if you'll stay in faith
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But if you'll stay in faith and not get bitter, god will
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And not get bitter, god will bless you in such a way that
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Bless you in such a way that you don't remember the pain
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You don't remember the pain of the past, and yes, you
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Of the past, and yes, you went through difficulties,
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Went through difficulties, things you don't understand,
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Things you don't understand, but now you're so blessed,
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But now you're so blessed, so fulfilled, so happy.
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So fulfilled, so happy. you don't dwell on who hurt
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You don't dwell on who hurt you, on what didn't work out,
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You, on what didn't work out, on how you weren't raised
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On how you weren't raised in a healthy environment.
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In a healthy environment. you may not totally
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You may not totally forget it, but it's not
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Forget it, but it's not on the top of your mind
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On the top of your mind like it used to be.
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Like it used to be. you don't wake up
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You don't wake up thinking about it.
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Thinking about it. you don't go through the day
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You don't go through the day bitter.
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Bitter. you're too blessed to be
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You're too blessed to be angry.
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Angry. you're too blessed to hold
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You're too blessed to hold a grudge.
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A grudge. you're too blessed to think
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You're too blessed to think about what didn't work out,
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About what didn't work out, and this is what happened
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And this is what happened with joseph.
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With joseph. he went through a lot
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He went through a lot of unfair things.
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Of unfair things. he was betrayed by his
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He was betrayed by his brothers, thrown into a pit,
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Brothers, thrown into a pit, and eventually sold into
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And eventually sold into slavery, and it's one thing
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Slavery, and it's one thing to have people come
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To have people come against you, but this was
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Against you, but this was his own family.
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His own family. these were the people that
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These were the people that were supposed to love him.
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Were supposed to love him. made it much more painful.
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Made it much more painful. joseph was falsely accused
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Joseph was falsely accused by a lady and put in prison.
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By a lady and put in prison. in the prison, he interpreted
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In the prison, he interpreted a dream for the pharaoh, and
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A dream for the pharaoh, and the pharaoh was so impressed
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The pharaoh was so impressed that he put joseph in charge
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That he put joseph in charge of all of egypt, and joseph
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Of all of egypt, and joseph ended up bringing up
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Ended up bringing up his whole family to egypt,
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His whole family to egypt, including his brothers,
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Including his brothers, the ones that threw him
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The ones that threw him into the pit.
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Into the pit. he gave them a place to live
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He gave them a place to live and provided them land so
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And provided them land so they could grow their crops,
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They could grow their crops, and one day, joseph and his
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And one day, joseph and his wife had a baby, and the
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Wife had a baby, and the scripture says, "joseph named
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Scripture says, "joseph named his son manasseh, for he
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His son manasseh, for he said, 'the lord has caused me
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Said, 'the lord has caused me to forget the pain
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To forget the pain of my past.'"
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Of my past.'" that's what manasseh means,
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That's what manasseh means, and joseph had been through
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And joseph had been through all this heartache,
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All this heartache, betrayals, lonely nights,
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Betrayals, lonely nights, injustice, but now god had
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Injustice, but now god had blessed him in such a way.
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Blessed him in such a way. he was so fulfilled,
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He was so fulfilled, so grateful, he didn't think
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So grateful, he didn't think about the heartache
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About the heartache he had been through.
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He had been through. when my father went
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When my father went to be with the lord,
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To be with the lord, that was painful to me.
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That was painful to me. i was close to him,
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I was close to him, and he was taken sooner
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And he was taken sooner than i wanted.
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Than i wanted. but like joseph, god has
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But like joseph, god has blessed me in such a way
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Blessed me in such a way that i don't remember
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That i don't remember the heartache, and yes,
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The heartache, and yes, i miss my father.
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I miss my father. i don't forget him.
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I don't forget him. of course, i honor his
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Of course, i honor his legacy, but god has brought
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Legacy, but god has brought gifts out of me
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Gifts out of me that i didn't know i had.
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That i didn't know i had. he's given me talent and
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He's given me talent and ability, favor, influence.
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Ability, favor, influence. "well, joel, i've been
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"well, joel, i've been through difficulties,
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Through difficulties, and i still remember the loss,
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And i still remember the loss, the sickness, the heartache.
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The sickness, the heartache. didn't happen for me."
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Didn't happen for me." you may not realize it,
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You may not realize it, but you're pregnant.
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But you're pregnant. manasseh is coming.
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Manasseh is coming. god hasn't forgotten
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God hasn't forgotten about you.
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About you. he's seen the heartache,
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He's seen the heartache, the lonely nights,
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The lonely nights, the injustice.
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The injustice. god has collected
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God has collected every tear that you've shed,
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Every tear that you've shed, and you may not be able
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And you may not be able to forget on your own.
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To forget on your own. the good news is, god is
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The good news is, god is going to cause you to forget.
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Going to cause you to forget. god not only brought joseph
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God not only brought joseph out of slavery.
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Out of slavery. that would have been justice,
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That would have been justice, but he had his brothers
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But he had his brothers come back and apologize.
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Come back and apologize. they were at the mercy
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They were at the mercy of joseph.
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Of joseph. he was in charge
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He was in charge of the whole nation.
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Of the whole nation. he was blessed with land,
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He was blessed with land, resources, opportunity.
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Resources, opportunity. joseph had influence
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Joseph had influence and favor.
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And favor. his children were blessed.
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His children were blessed. god didn't just bring him
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God didn't just bring him out, he brought him out in an
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Out, he brought him out in an exceptional way, where he
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Exceptional way, where he didn't remember the pain of
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Didn't remember the pain of the past, and we all have
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The past, and we all have things that we need
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Things that we need to forget: a bad break,
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To forget: a bad break, a mistake we made,
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A mistake we made, a closed door
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A closed door that brought heartache.
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That brought heartache. do your best
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Do your best to not dwell on it.
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To not dwell on it. when the thought comes up,
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When the thought comes up, try not to think about it.
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Try not to think about it. but at some point,
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But at some point, god is going to do something
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God is going to do something out of the ordinary
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Out of the ordinary that causes you to forget.
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That causes you to forget. you're not going to have
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You're not going to have to struggle with it
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To struggle with it in your thoughts.
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In your thoughts. your mind is going to be so
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Your mind is going to be so filled with god's goodness
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Filled with god's goodness that that negative memory
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That that negative memory doesn't have any space
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Doesn't have any space to come back up.
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To come back up. sometimes people tell me,
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Sometimes people tell me, "joel, i'm praying for you.
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"joel, i'm praying for you. i know you have critics.
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I know you have critics. i know people come against
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I know people come against you," and i appreciate them
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You," and i appreciate them praying.
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Praying. they mean well, but i feel so
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They mean well, but i feel so blessed.
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Blessed. god has honored me in such a
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God has honored me in such a way, i don't even think about
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Way, i don't even think about the negative.
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The negative. my mind is so overwhelmed
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My mind is so overwhelmed with gratitude,
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With gratitude, with thanksgiving.
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With thanksgiving. when i drive up to this
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When i drive up to this building, the former compaq
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Building, the former compaq center, and think about how i
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Center, and think about how i used to watch the rockets
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Used to watch the rockets play basketball here, how
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Play basketball here, how i had season tickets right
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I had season tickets right over there, and now it's
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Over there, and now it's our church, i'm still amazed.
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Our church, i'm still amazed. sometimes i'm flipping
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Sometimes i'm flipping through the channel, watching
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Through the channel, watching television, and i see myself
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Television, and i see myself come up speaking.
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Come up speaking. i think, "how in the world
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I think, "how in the world did i get there?"
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Did i get there?" and yes, there have been
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And yes, there have been difficult times.
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Difficult times. it was hard losing my dad,
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It was hard losing my dad, and people have tried to stop
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And people have tried to stop us, but what i'm saying is,
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Us, but what i'm saying is, i'm too blessed to be
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I'm too blessed to be offended.
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Offended. i'm too blessed to live
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I'm too blessed to live stressed out.
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Stressed out. i'm too blessed
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I'm too blessed to go around bitter.
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To go around bitter. god didn't promise we
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God didn't promise we wouldn't have difficulties.
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Wouldn't have difficulties. sometimes we have a double
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Sometimes we have a double dose, more than our share.
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Dose, more than our share. the good news is, trouble
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The good news is, trouble doesn't have the final say.
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Doesn't have the final say. the betrayal, the sickness,
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The betrayal, the sickness, the loss is not how your
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The loss is not how your story ends.
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Story ends. god is not only going to
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God is not only going to bring you out, he's going to
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Bring you out, he's going to bring you out with double,
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Bring you out with double, double the joy, double the
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Double the joy, double the peace, double the influence,
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Peace, double the influence, double the fulfillment.
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Double the fulfillment. it says, "your joy will go on
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It says, "your joy will go on forever."
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Forever." that means the trouble is
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That means the trouble is temporary.
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Temporary. the sickness, the loneliness,
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The sickness, the loneliness, the addiction,
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The addiction, the depression,
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The depression, it's not going to last.
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It's not going to last. the pain is temporary, but
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The pain is temporary, but the joy will go on forever,
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The joy will go on forever, and you may have been through
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And you may have been through a lot in your past.
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A lot in your past. maybe you have things coming
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Maybe you have things coming against you now, and you
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Against you now, and you don't see how it could ever
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Don't see how it could ever turn around.
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Turn around. get ready, manasseh is
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Get ready, manasseh is coming.
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Coming. god has something ahead of
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God has something ahead of you where you will be so
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You where you will be so blessed, so fulfilled, so
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Blessed, so fulfilled, so prosperous that you will live
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Prosperous that you will live out of a place of joy, a
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Out of a place of joy, a place of gratitude, where you
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Place of gratitude, where you think, "god, you've amazed me
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Think, "god, you've amazed me with your goodness.
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With your goodness. you've done more than i could
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You've done more than i could ever dream."
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Ever dream." you're not going to wake up
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You're not going to wake up thinking about the haters.
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Thinking about the haters. you're going to wake up
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You're going to wake up thinking about how blessed
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Thinking about how blessed you are.
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You are. you're not going to go
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You're not going to go through the day bitter
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Through the day bitter because of bad breaks.
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Because of bad breaks. you're going to go through
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You're going to go through saying, "lord, thank you for
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Saying, "lord, thank you for your favor.
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Your favor. thanks for being so good to
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Thanks for being so good to me."
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Me." you won't go to bed
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You won't go to bed discouraged, dwelling
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Discouraged, dwelling on what didn't work out.
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On what didn't work out. you'll lie down in peace,
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You'll lie down in peace, with your mind filled with
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With your mind filled with gratitude, so focused on the
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Gratitude, so focused on the greatness of our god.
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I talked to a lady that
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I talked to a lady that didn't have a good childhood.
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Didn't have a good childhood. she was raised in poverty,
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She was raised in poverty, very poor, and many times,
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Very poor, and many times, she and her siblings didn't
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She and her siblings didn't have enough food.
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Have enough food. her father wasn't in her
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Her father wasn't in her life, and she was taken
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Life, and she was taken advantage of by other men.
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Advantage of by other men. there was a lot of abuse and
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There was a lot of abuse and hurt and pain.
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Hurt and pain. her mother would take her to
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Her mother would take her to church every week, and
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Church every week, and growing up, through all the
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Growing up, through all the heartache, and through all
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Heartache, and through all the things she didn't
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The things she didn't understand, she would tell
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Understand, she would tell people that jesus was her
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People that jesus was her father, and against all odds,
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Father, and against all odds, god opened doors for her.
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God opened doors for her. he caused people to show her
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He caused people to show her favor and made things happen
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Favor and made things happen that she couldn't have made
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That she couldn't have made happen.
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Happen. today, she's one of the most
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Today, she's one of the most influential and
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Influential and well-respected people in the
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Well-respected people in the world.
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World. when she walks through her
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When she walks through her house, at a certain place,
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House, at a certain place, she can look out and see the
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She can look out and see the ocean, and she said every
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Ocean, and she said every time she passes by that
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Time she passes by that place, under her breath she
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Place, under her breath she says, "thank you, jesus."
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Says, "thank you, jesus." dozens of times a day, she
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Dozens of times a day, she thanks god for his goodness.
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Thanks god for his goodness. she had a rough start.
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She had a rough start. she was abused, life wasn't
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She was abused, life wasn't fair, but like joseph, she
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Fair, but like joseph, she gave birth to manasseh.
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Gave birth to manasseh. god has blessed her in such a
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God has blessed her in such a great way that it's caused
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Great way that it's caused her to forget, and we've all
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Her to forget, and we've all had things that could steal
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Had things that could steal our joy, cause us to lose our
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Our joy, cause us to lose our passion for life, settle for
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Passion for life, settle for mediocrity.
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Mediocrity. god is saying to you today,
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God is saying to you today, "manasseh is coming."
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"manasseh is coming." there is something in your
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There is something in your future that's going to erase
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Future that's going to erase the pain of the past.
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The pain of the past. god is not going to just
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God is not going to just bring you out.
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Bring you out. he's not going to just heal
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He's not going to just heal you, restore you, vindicate
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You, restore you, vindicate you.
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You. that would be good, but that
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That would be good, but that wouldn't make you forget the
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Wouldn't make you forget the pain.
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Pain. god is going to do something
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God is going to do something out of the ordinary,
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Out of the ordinary, something unusual, something
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Something unusual, something that you didn't see coming.
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That you didn't see coming. when manasseh shows up,
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When manasseh shows up, you're going to say, "wow,
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You're going to say, "wow, god, i never dreamed i'd be
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God, i never dreamed i'd be this blessed.
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This blessed. i never dreamed i'd meet
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I never dreamed i'd meet somebody this great.
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Somebody this great. i never dreamed we'd own the
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I never dreamed we'd own the compaq center one day."
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Compaq center one day." a friend of mine was married
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A friend of mine was married for over 20 years, and he
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For over 20 years, and he came home from a business
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Came home from a business trip and found a note from
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Trip and found a note from his wife saying she was
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His wife saying she was leaving.
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Leaving. she had found another man and
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She had found another man and their marriage was over, and
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Their marriage was over, and my friend was devastated.
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My friend was devastated. he loved his wife, and for
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He loved his wife, and for several years, he tried to
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Several years, he tried to convince her to change her
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Convince her to change her mind, and prayed, believed,
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Mind, and prayed, believed, stood in faith, but she never
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Stood in faith, but she never did, and at one point,
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Did, and at one point, he realized it was over.
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He realized it was over. didn't understand it.
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Didn't understand it. didn't seem fair.
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Didn't seem fair. but i've learned,
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But i've learned, don't put a question mark
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Don't put a question mark where god has put a period.
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Where god has put a period. we're not going to understand
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We're not going to understand everything that happens.
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Everything that happens. life is not always fair.
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You can't make people do
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You can't make people do what's right.
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What's right. god's given us our own free
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God's given us our own free will, and sometimes people
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Will, and sometimes people make choices that hurt us.
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Make choices that hurt us. what the brothers did
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What the brothers did wasn't fair to joseph.
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Wasn't fair to joseph. he hadn't done them
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He hadn't done them any wrong.
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Any wrong. the good news is, god is a
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The good news is, god is a god of justice.
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He knows how to not only
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He knows how to not only heal the hurts,
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Heal the hurts, that would be good enough.
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That would be good enough. we would be grateful to be
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We would be grateful to be restored, but god is so
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Restored, but god is so amazing, he's going to cause
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Amazing, he's going to cause you to forget the pain of
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You to forget the pain of your past, and when you go
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Your past, and when you go through a bad break, an
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Through a bad break, an injustice, you become
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Injustice, you become pregnant.
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Pregnant. manasseh is conceived in your
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Manasseh is conceived in your spirit.
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Spirit. maybe you weren't treated
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Maybe you weren't treated right growing up, a friend
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Right growing up, a friend betrayed you, you're taking
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Betrayed you, you're taking the treatment, trying to beat
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The treatment, trying to beat the illness.
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The illness. life has thrown you a curve.
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Life has thrown you a curve. the good news is, you're
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The good news is, you're pregnant.
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Pregnant. there's a baby coming,
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There's a baby coming, something out of the
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Something out of the ordinary, an explosive
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Ordinary, an explosive blessing, a divine
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Blessing, a divine connection, a supernatural
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Connection, a supernatural healing.
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Healing. you couldn't have made it
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You couldn't have made it happen.
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Happen. you weren't next in line.
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You weren't next in line. what was that?
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What was that? manasseh, god blessing you in
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Manasseh, god blessing you in such a way that you forget
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Such a way that you forget the injustice.
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The injustice. you forget the pain.
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You forget the pain. you forget what you've been
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You forget what you've been through, and this friend of
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Through, and this friend of mine, he used to be so
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Mine, he used to be so outgoing and fun to be
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Outgoing and fun to be around, but when his wife
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Around, but when his wife left, he lost his passion.
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Left, he lost his passion. he was a different person,
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He was a different person, and i told him what i'm
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And i told him what i'm telling you.
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Telling you. that is not how your story
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That is not how your story ends.
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Ends. god is going to not just
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God is going to not just bring you through, but he's
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Bring you through, but he's going to do something to make
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Going to do something to make it up to you.
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It up to you. about a year later, he met a
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About a year later, he met a beautiful young lady.
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Beautiful young lady. when i saw them together,
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When i saw them together, they were beaming with joy.
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They were beaming with joy. they fell in love and got
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They fell in love and got married.
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Married. he said, "joel, i have never
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He said, "joel, i have never been this happy in all of my
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Been this happy in all of my life.
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Life. i didn't know what true love
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I didn't know what true love really was."
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Really was." what happened?
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What happened? he gave birth to manasseh.
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He gave birth to manasseh. god knows how to cause you to
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God knows how to cause you to forget the pain of your past,
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Forget the pain of your past, and somebody may have walked
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And somebody may have walked out on you.
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Out on you. that's not easy.
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That's not easy. i know the hurt is real,
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I know the hurt is real, but it is not the end.
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But it is not the end. god has the final say.
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God has the final say. he is going to bring you
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He is going to bring you someone so great, so loving,
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Someone so great, so loving, so kind, so fun, so good
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So kind, so fun, so good looking, so well off, you're
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Looking, so well off, you're not even going to miss that
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Not even going to miss that old goat that left you.
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Old goat that left you. i mean, that person
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I mean, that person that left you.
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That left you. manasseh is coming.
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Manasseh is coming. god is going to pay you back.
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God is going to pay you back. now get your hopes up.
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Now get your hopes up. quit believing those lies
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Quit believing those lies that you've seen your best
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That you've seen your best days.
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Days. you've been through too much.
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You've been through too much. you'll never be happy.
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You'll never be happy. god has something amazing in
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God has something amazing in front of you, amazing people,
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Front of you, amazing people, amazing opportunities,
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Amazing opportunities, amazing resources.
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Amazing resources. he has something that you've
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He has something that you've never seen, something more
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Never seen, something more rewarding, more fulfilling
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Rewarding, more fulfilling than you've ever dreamed, and
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Than you've ever dreamed, and i love that it says, "god
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I love that it says, "god will cause us to forget,"
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Will cause us to forget," because sometimes, we can't
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Because sometimes, we can't forget on our own.
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Forget on our own. if you've ever had something
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If you've ever had something happen that really hurt, you
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Happen that really hurt, you lost a loved one, someone
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Lost a loved one, someone walked out of a relationship,
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Walked out of a relationship, an unexpected illness, we can
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An unexpected illness, we can do our best to let it go and
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Do our best to let it go and move forward, but those
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Move forward, but those negative thoughts keep coming
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Negative thoughts keep coming back.
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Back. "you're a victim.
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"you're a victim. it's not fair.
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It's not fair. it's never going to change."
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It's never going to change." we can't totally forget on
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We can't totally forget on our own.
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Our own. that's why god is going to
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That's why god is going to bless you in such a way that
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Bless you in such a way that he causes you to forget.
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He causes you to forget. in the scripture, ruth lost
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In the scripture, ruth lost her husband.
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Her husband. she was devastated.
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She was devastated. she was a young lady, now a
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She was a young lady, now a widow.
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Widow. her dreams were shattered.
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Her dreams were shattered. i can imagine, every morning
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I can imagine, every morning when she woke up, that was
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When she woke up, that was the first thing on her mind.
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The first thing on her mind. "ruth, you're a victim.
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"ruth, you're a victim. life's not fair."
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Life's not fair." one day, she was out
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One day, she was out working in the fields,
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Working in the fields, minding her own business,
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Minding her own business, and the scripture says,
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And the scripture says, "god caused boaz,
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"god caused boaz, the owner of those fields,
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The owner of those fields, to notice her,"
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To notice her," and you may have gone
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And you may have gone through a situation.
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Through a situation. it's not fair, and you don't
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It's not fair, and you don't see how it could ever work
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See how it could ever work out, but you don't know
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Out, but you don't know who god is going to cause
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Who god is going to cause to notice you.
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To notice you. god knows how to cause you to
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God knows how to cause you to stand out, how to cause you
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Stand out, how to cause you to look good.
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To look good. a dozen people
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A dozen people can bypass you.
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Can bypass you. god can cause the right one
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God can cause the right one to notice you and say, "wow,
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To notice you and say, "wow, look at her, she's amazing."
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Look at her, she's amazing." "look at him,
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"look at him, he's outstanding."
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He's outstanding." god will cause them to see
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God will cause them to see you the way he wants them
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You the way he wants them to see you.
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To see you. when i walked into the
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When i walked into the jewelry store and met
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Jewelry store and met victoria for the first time,
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Victoria for the first time, god caused her to see me
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God caused her to see me tall, dark, handsome.
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Tall, dark, handsome. we got married and she found
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We got married and she found out none of that was true.
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Out none of that was true. right now, god is causing
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Right now, god is causing the right people to be
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The right people to be attracted to you.
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Attracted to you. he's causing the right
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He's causing the right opportunities, the right
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Opportunities, the right breaks to track you down.
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Breaks to track you down. ruth had gone through all
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Ruth had gone through all this heartache.
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This heartache. she thought she'd seen her
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She thought she'd seen her best days.
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Best days. when god caused boaz to
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When god caused boaz to notice her, he was one of the
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Notice her, he was one of the wealthiest men in that area.
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Wealthiest men in that area. they ended up falling in
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They ended up falling in love, getting married.
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Love, getting married. they had a child.
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They had a child. ruth never dreamed she'd be
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Ruth never dreamed she'd be that blessed.
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That blessed. she never dreamed she'd own
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She never dreamed she'd own those fields with her
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Those fields with her husband, never dreamed she'd
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Husband, never dreamed she'd have children.
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Have children. now, when she woke up, those
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Now, when she woke up, those thoughts telling her, "ruth,
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Thoughts telling her, "ruth, you're a victim.
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You're a victim. you've been through too much.
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You've been through too much. you'll never be happy."
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You'll never be happy." they didn't come anymore.
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They didn't come anymore. god had blessed her in such a
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God had blessed her in such a way that he caused her to
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Way that he caused her to forget the pain of the past.
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Forget the pain of the past. god has some blessings coming
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God has some blessings coming your way that's going to
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Your way that's going to cause you to forget what you
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Cause you to forget what you lost, forget who hurt you,
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Lost, forget who hurt you, forget what you've been
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Forget what you've been through.
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Through. you're going to give birth to
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You're going to give birth to manasseh.
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Manasseh. you may have had a double
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You may have had a double dose of trouble.
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Dose of trouble. get ready, a double dose of
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Get ready, a double dose of favor is headed your way.
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Favor is headed your way. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with job.
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Job. everything was going great,
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Everything was going great, then the bottom fell out.
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Then the bottom fell out. he lost his business, lost
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He lost his business, lost his family, lost his health,
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His family, lost his health, had big boils all over his
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Had big boils all over his body.
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Body. it was very painful, and job
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It was very painful, and job was a good man.
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Was a good man. the scripture says that "he
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The scripture says that "he loved god and lived with
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Loved god and lived with integrity."
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Integrity." but just because we honor god
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But just because we honor god doesn't mean we're not going
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Doesn't mean we're not going to have difficulties and
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To have difficulties and things we don't understand.
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Things we don't understand. what job couldn't see is that
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What job couldn't see is that god allowed the difficulty.
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God allowed the difficulty. satan had to ask god for
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Satan had to ask god for permission to test job, and
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Permission to test job, and god only let him test him up
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God only let him test him up to a certain point, and when
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To a certain point, and when you go through difficulties,
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You go through difficulties, things that don't make sense.
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Things that don't make sense. you have to remind yourself,
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You have to remind yourself, "god is still in control."
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"god is still in control." the person that hurt you, the
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The person that hurt you, the betrayal, the unexpected
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Betrayal, the unexpected illness is not a surprise to
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Illness is not a surprise to god.
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God. don't get bitter.
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Don't get bitter. don't start complaining.
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Don't start complaining. it's a test.
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It's a test. job didn't think he could
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Job didn't think he could ever be happy.
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Ever be happy. negative thoughts came, and
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Negative thoughts came, and he made the mistake of
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He made the mistake of believing them.
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Believing them. he said in chapter 7:
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He said in chapter 7: "'i will never again
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"'i will never again experience pleasure.'"
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Experience pleasure.'" he was saying, "i've been
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He was saying, "i've been through too much.
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Through too much. it's all downhill from
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It's all downhill from here."
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Here." he was so discouraged,
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He was so discouraged, a few verses later, he said,
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A few verses later, he said, "i hate my life."
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"i hate my life." he didn't want to keep
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He didn't want to keep living, but even though he
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Living, but even though he had given up, even though he
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Had given up, even though he was complaining, cursing his
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Was complaining, cursing his future, god hadn't given up.
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Future, god hadn't given up. god still had a plan.
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God still had a plan. job didn't realize, he was
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Job didn't realize, he was pregnant.
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Pregnant. when god allowed the
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When god allowed the difficulty, when god allowed
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Difficulty, when god allowed that test, at the same time,
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That test, at the same time, god planted a seed in job.
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God planted a seed in job. he conceived manasseh.
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He conceived manasseh. chapter 17, job said: "'my
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Chapter 17, job said: "'my eyes are dim from weeping.
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Eyes are dim from weeping. i am but a shadow of my
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I am but a shadow of my former self.'"
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Former self.'" maybe like job, you feel like
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Maybe like job, you feel like a shadow of what you used to
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A shadow of what you used to be.
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Be. at one time you were strong,
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At one time you were strong, healthy, full of energy, but
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Healthy, full of energy, but now you're fighting that
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Now you're fighting that illness, dealing with the
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Illness, dealing with the pain.
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Pain. you feel tired and weak.
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You feel tired and weak. or at one time, you were
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Or at one time, you were blessed in your business.
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Blessed in your business. you had more than enough,
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You had more than enough, successful, but now things
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Successful, but now things have gone down.
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Have gone down. you're struggling, barely
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You're struggling, barely making it.
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Making it. perhaps at one time, you had
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Perhaps at one time, you had a great marriage.
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A great marriage. you were happy, excited about
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You were happy, excited about life, but things have
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Life, but things have changed.
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Changed. you're just going through the
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You're just going through the motions, trying to keep it
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Motions, trying to keep it together.
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Together. it may not look good, but
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It may not look good, but what you can't see is
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What you can't see is manasseh is coming.
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Manasseh is coming. being half of who you were is
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Being half of who you were is not how your story ends.
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Not how your story ends. the scripture says, "the path
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The scripture says, "the path of the righteous gets
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Of the righteous gets brighter and brighter," not
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Brighter and brighter," not less and less.
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Less and less. the good news is, your water
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The good news is, your water is about to break.
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Is about to break. it's not long before you're
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It's not long before you're going to give birth.
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Going to give birth. god is going to do something
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God is going to do something not to just restore you, not
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Not to just restore you, not to just bring you out, but
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To just bring you out, but he's going to bless you in
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He's going to bless you in such a way that you forget
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Such a way that you forget what you've been through.
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What you've been through. job thought his life was
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Job thought his life was over.
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Over. he was complaining, negative,
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He was complaining, negative, but some scholars say that
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But some scholars say that that trial only lasted nine
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That trial only lasted nine months.
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Months. that's interesting, that's
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That's interesting, that's the same amount of time that
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The same amount of time that a woman is pregnant.
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A woman is pregnant. nine months later, god turned
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Nine months later, god turned it around and brought job out
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It around and brought job out with double.
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With double. just like isaiah said, "he
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Just like isaiah said, "he had a double dose of trouble,
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Had a double dose of trouble, so god gave him double
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So god gave him double blessings."
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Blessings." he came out with twice the
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He came out with twice the cattle, twice the sheep,
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Cattle, twice the sheep, twice the joy.
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Twice the joy. the scripture says, "after
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The scripture says, "after this, job lived 140 years and
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This, job lived 140 years and saw his grandchildren down to
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Saw his grandchildren down to four generations."
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Four generations." after what?
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After what? after the loss, after the
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After the loss, after the trouble, after the sickness.
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Trouble, after the sickness. that means after the divorce,
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That means after the divorce, after the unexpected illness,
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After the unexpected illness, you're going to see years of
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You're going to see years of health, happiness, favor.
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Health, happiness, favor. i can hear job saying, "what
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I can hear job saying, "what was i thinking, saying my
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Was i thinking, saying my life was over?
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Life was over? look at what god has done.
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Look at what god has done. i'm seeing my
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I'm seeing my great-great-great-great-grand
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Great-great-great-great-grand children."
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Children." he was so blessed, so
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He was so blessed, so fulfilled, he didn't think
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Fulfilled, he didn't think about what he had been
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About what he had been through.
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Through. joseph was 17 years old when
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Joseph was 17 years old when his brothers betrayed him,
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His brothers betrayed him, 30 years old when
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30 years old when he took the throne.
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He took the throne. those 13 years weren't easy.
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Those 13 years weren't easy. it was difficult, but if you
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It was difficult, but if you study the rest of joseph's
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Study the rest of joseph's life, after he was 30, after
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Life, after he was 30, after he took the throne, you don't
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He took the throne, you don't read anything about him
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Read anything about him having problems, having
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Having problems, having armies coming against him,
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Armies coming against him, having betrayals.
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Having betrayals. the difficulty was for a
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The difficulty was for a season.
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Season. his son manasseh had
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His son manasseh had children.
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Children. his son had children.
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His son had children. his son had children.
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His son had children. after the betrayal, after he
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After the betrayal, after he was falsely accused, after
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Was falsely accused, after spending time in prison,
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Spending time in prison, joseph lived to see three
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Joseph lived to see three generations in peace, in
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Generations in peace, in stability, in abundance.
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Stability, in abundance. he was so grateful, so happy,
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He was so grateful, so happy, he didn't think about his
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He didn't think about his brothers betraying him.
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Brothers betraying him. i can imagine, every time he
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I can imagine, every time he saw manasseh, he would say,
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Saw manasseh, he would say, "lord, thank you for being so
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"lord, thank you for being so good to me."
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Good to me." isaiah said, "god will
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Isaiah said, "god will restore double, and your joy
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Restore double, and your joy will go on forever."
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Will go on forever." the trouble is temporary.
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The trouble is temporary. the joy is permanent.
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The joy is permanent. you may be in a tough time
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You may be in a tough time today.
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Today. get ready, manasseh is
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Get ready, manasseh is coming.
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Coming. there is something in your
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There is something in your future that is going to cause
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Future that is going to cause you to forget what you've
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You to forget what you've been through.
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Been through. you may not be able to forget
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You may not be able to forget on your own.
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On your own. the good news is, god is
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The good news is, god is going to cause you to forget.
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Going to cause you to forget. right now, he's working
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Right now, he's working behind the scenes.
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Behind the scenes. you may not see any sign
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You may not see any sign of it, but i can assure you,
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Of it, but i can assure you, you are pregnant.
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You are pregnant. you are going to give birth
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You are going to give birth to blessings
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To blessings that catapult you ahead.
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That catapult you ahead. god is about to do something
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God is about to do something unusual, out of the ordinary,
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Unusual, out of the ordinary, to make up for what you've
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To make up for what you've been through.
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Been through. like ruth, that loss is not
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Like ruth, that loss is not the end.
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The end. the right people are going to
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The right people are going to notice you.
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Notice you. like job, those bad breaks
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Like job, those bad breaks are not your destiny.
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Are not your destiny. double is coming, and like
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Double is coming, and like joseph, those years of
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Joseph, those years of heartache are not your final
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Heartache are not your final chapter.
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Chapter. i believe and declare, you
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I believe and declare, you are coming into years of
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Are coming into years of health, happiness, favor,
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Health, happiness, favor, growth, abundance, the
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Growth, abundance, the fullness of your destinies,
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Fullness of your destinies, in jesus's name, and if you
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In jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you say,
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Receive it, can you say, "amen," today?
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I'd like to give you
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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An opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say: "lord jesus,
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Just say: "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord
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I make you my lord and savior."
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And savior." friends, if you prayed
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Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer,
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That simple prayer, we believe
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We believe you got born again.
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You got born again. get in a good
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Get in a good bible-based church.
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Bible-based church. keep god first place.
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Keep god first place. victoria and i will be
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak
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Right back to speak a blessing over you.
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It's easy to get stuck
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It's easy to get stuck in life
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In life because of fear
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Because of fear and lack of confidence,
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And lack of confidence, or we've been
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Or we've been through disappointments.
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Through disappointments. but i'm excited
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But i'm excited about victoria's new book,
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About victoria's new book, graced to go.
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Graced to go. it'll help you move past
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It'll help you move past what's holding you back
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What's holding you back and step into new levels
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And step into new levels of your destiny.
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Of your destiny. my heart for this book
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My heart for this book is that you will discover
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Is that you will discover the courage,
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The courage, the gifts, and the faith
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The gifts, and the faith that god has put in you
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That god has put in you so that you can see
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So that you can see your dreams come to pass.
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Your dreams come to pass. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. the obstacles are not too big.
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The obstacles are not too big. the grace of god equips
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The grace of god equips you to go beyond
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You to go beyond your comfort zone
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Your comfort zone and overcome
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And overcome what looks impossible.
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What looks impossible. you are stronger than you think.
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You are stronger than you think. you are not alone.
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You are not alone. you are graced to go.
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You are graced to go. as our way of saying
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As our way of saying thank you
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Thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month, we'll send you
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This month, we'll send you victoria osteen's
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Victoria osteen's brand new book,
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Brand new book, graced to go:
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Graced to go: step into the
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Step into the bigger, bolder life
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Bigger, bolder life that belongs to you.
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That belongs to you. this inspiring resource
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This inspiring resource will help
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You break through fear, insecurity,
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Fear, insecurity, or regret
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Or regret and activate the faith
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And activate the faith to move forward.
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To move forward. each chapter will
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Each chapter will stir your spirit,
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Stir your spirit, renew your perspective,
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Renew your perspective, and empower you to live boldly.
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And empower you to live boldly. you don't have to wait
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You don't have to wait for perfect conditions.
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For perfect conditions. god's grace meets you
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God's grace meets you where you are
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Where you are and propels you into a future
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And propels you into a future full of purpose and peace.
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Full of purpose and peace. with an additional gift,
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With an additional gift, we'll send you the
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We'll send you the graced to go bold bundle,
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Graced to go bold bundle, featuring graced to go
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Featuring graced to go by victoria osteen,
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By victoria osteen, and pray bold
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And pray bold by joel osteen.
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By joel osteen. these two powerful books
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These two powerful books will stir your faith,
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Will stir your faith, break hesitation,
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Break hesitation, and help you believe big again.
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And help you believe big again. grace is power.
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Grace is power. when you receive it by faith,
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When you receive it by faith, it enables you
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It enables you to take the next step
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To take the next step so you can become
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So you can become all you were created to be.
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All you were created to be. victoria and i are so grateful
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Victoria and i are so grateful to spend this time with you.
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To spend this time with you. we pray for
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We pray for you and your family every day,
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You and your family every day, and thank you so much
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And thank you so much for your prayer and support.
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For your prayer and support. your generosity
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Your generosity is helping people
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Is helping people around the world.
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Special thank you to our champion of hope partners
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These two powerful books will stir your faith,
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Will stir your faith, break hesitation,
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To spend the day with you here at lakewood.
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It'll be a time of inspiration and encouragement.
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And encouragement. we'd love to meet you.
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Joel Osteen - Manasseh Is Coming

August 5, 2025 | 30:0

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