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Joel Osteen - Miracles Out Of Mistakes

March 10, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Miracles Out Of Mistakes | March 10, 2026

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[music] >> joel osteen: well, god
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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Bless you. thanks for letting us come
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Thanks for letting us come into your homes.
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Into your homes. and if you're ever in our
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And if you're ever in our area, please stop by.
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Area, please stop by. be a part of one of our
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Be a part of one of our services.
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Services. these are the finest people
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These are the finest people in all of houston, texas,
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In all of houston, texas, right here at lakewood.
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We'd love to have ya.
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We'd love to have ya. but thanks so much for
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But thanks so much for tunin' in.
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Tunin' in. i like to start with
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I like to start with somethin' funny.
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Somethin' funny. and i heard about this
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And i heard about this elderly minister.
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Elderly minister. he was close to death.
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He was close to death. he sent word for two of his
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He sent word for two of his members, an irs agent and a
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Members, an irs agent and a lawyer, to come to his house.
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Lawyer, to come to his house. upon arrival, he motioned for
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Upon arrival, he motioned for them to sit on each side of
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Them to sit on each side of the bed.
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The bed. the men were very moved that
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The men were very moved that they could be with the
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They could be with the minister in his final
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Minister in his final moments.
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Moments. one point, the lawyer asked
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One point, the lawyer asked very sincerely, "sir, why did
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Very sincerely, "sir, why did you choose both of us?"
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You choose both of us?" the minister mustered up some
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The minister mustered up some strength and said, "jesus
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Strength and said, "jesus died between two sinners.
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Died between two sinners. that's the way i wanna go."
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That's the way i wanna go." say it like you mean it:
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Say it like you mean it: "this is my bible.
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"this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today i will be taught the
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Today i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I boldly confess my mind is alert.
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Alert. my heart is receptive.
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My heart is receptive. i will never be the same,
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I will never be the same, in jesus' name."
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God bless you.
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God bless you. i wanna talk to you today
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I wanna talk to you today about "miracles out of
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About "miracles out of mistakes."
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Mistakes." we've all made wrong choices
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And done things that we knew
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And done things that we knew were not the best.
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Were not the best. and it's one thing when other
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And it's one thing when other people do us wrong.
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People do us wrong. we had a bad break.
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We had a bad break. it wasn't our fault.
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It wasn't our fault. we can have faith that god
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We can have faith that god will restore.
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Will restore. he'll pay us back.
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He'll pay us back. but when we bring the trouble
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But when we bring the trouble on ourselves, when we blow
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On ourselves, when we blow it, it's easy to live in
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It, it's easy to live in regrets, thinkin' that,
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Regrets, thinkin' that, "god's not gonna help us.
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"god's not gonna help us. we made the mess."
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We made the mess." but here's the beauty.
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But here's the beauty. god knew you would mess up
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God knew you would mess up before he called you.
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Before he called you. he knew we would get off
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He knew we would get off course, at times give in to
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Course, at times give in to temptation.
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Temptation. he didn't base his plan for
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He didn't base his plan for your life on you making
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Your life on you making perfect decisions.
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Perfect decisions. god has a plan even for your
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God has a plan even for your mistakes.
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Mistakes. and what you think is a
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And what you think is a failure, you blew it, nothing
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Failure, you blew it, nothing good could come out of that,
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Good could come out of that, god has a way of makin'
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God has a way of makin' miracles out of mistakes.
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Miracles out of mistakes. he can take what should've
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He can take what should've left you lonely,
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Left you lonely, disappointed, what should've
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Disappointed, what should've limited your career, instead
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Limited your career, instead of setting you back, god
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Of setting you back, god knows how to turn it around
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Knows how to turn it around and set you up to move you
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And set you up to move you towards your destiny.
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Towards your destiny. paul said it this way: "all
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Paul said it this way: "all things work together for good
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Things work together for good when you love the lord."
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When you love the lord." "all things" means even our
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"all things" means even our mistakes.
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Mistakes. the times we blew it, got off
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The times we blew it, got off course, god knows how to work
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Course, god knows how to work it for our good.
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It for our good. and you may be in a
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And you may be in a complicated situation, a
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Complicated situation, a problem that seems like it'll
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Problem that seems like it'll never work out.
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Never work out. there are other people
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There are other people involved, different
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Involved, different personalities, legal
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Personalities, legal circumstances.
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Circumstances. it seems too complex.
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It seems too complex. but god has it all figured
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But god has it all figured out.
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Out. he can see things you can't
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He can see things you can't see.
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See. his ways are better than our
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His ways are better than our ways.
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Ways. you may have brought the
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You may have brought the trouble on yourself.
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Trouble on yourself. god is sayin', "i'm going to
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God is sayin', "i'm going to correct those complications.
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Correct those complications. i'm going to resolve complex
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I'm going to resolve complex issues.
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Issues. i'm going to make thing work
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I'm going to make thing work out that you could've never
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Made work on your own."
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Made work on your own." that's what
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That's what he did for abraham.
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He did for abraham. in the scripture, god gave
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In the scripture, god gave him the promise that he and
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Him the promise that he and his wife, sarah, were going
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His wife, sarah, were going to have a baby.
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To have a baby. year after year went by and
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Year after year went by and nothin' happened.
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Nothin' happened. they decided to try to help
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They decided to try to help god out.
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God out. sarah told abraham to sleep
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Sarah told abraham to sleep with her maid, hagar.
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With her maid, hagar. he did, and they had a baby
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He did, and they had a baby boy that they named ishmael.
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Boy that they named ishmael. they were so excited,
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They were so excited, thanking god for the promise.
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Thanking god for the promise. but ishmael wasn't the
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But ishmael wasn't the promised child.
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Promised child. no disrespect to him, ishmael
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No disrespect to him, ishmael was a mistake.
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Was a mistake. he was born out of abraham
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He was born out of abraham and sarah's impatience.
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And sarah's impatience. they got in a hurry, took
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They got in a hurry, took matters into their own hands,
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Matters into their own hands, and had this baby.
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And had this baby. now, there was strife and
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Now, there was strife and division in their home.
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Division in their home. sarah was upset with abraham,
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Sarah was upset with abraham, sayin', "what in the world
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Sayin', "what in the world were you thinkin' sleepin'
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Were you thinkin' sleepin' with my maid?"
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With my maid?" he said, "what do you mean?
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He said, "what do you mean? you're the one who told me to
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You're the one who told me to do it."
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Do it." she said, "you shouldn't have
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She said, "you shouldn't have listened to me.
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Listened to me. you should've known better."
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You should've known better." every time sarah saw hagar,
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Every time sarah saw hagar, she became
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She became more and more upset.
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Finally, she gave abraham the
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Finally, she gave abraham the ultimatum, "either that lady
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Ultimatum, "either that lady and her son leaves, or i'm
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And her son leaves, or i'm leavin'.
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Leavin'. i'm not stayin' in the house
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I'm not stayin' in the house with that woman."
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With that woman." abraham was in a complicated
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Abraham was in a complicated situation, two women mad at
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Situation, two women mad at him.
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Him. he's tryin' to please both of
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He's tryin' to please both of them.
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Them. he needed divine
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He needed divine intervention.
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He was at a crossroads.
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He was at a crossroads. he has to send his son away,
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He has to send his son away, out into the desert.
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Out into the desert. looked like that would be the
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Looked like that would be the end of ishmael.
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End of ishmael. the problem was, he loved
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The problem was, he loved ishmael.
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Ishmael. that was his son.
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That was his son. he was conflicted, thinkin',
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He was conflicted, thinkin', "i love sarah, and i love
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"i love sarah, and i love ishmael.
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Ishmael. how did i get myself into
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How did i get myself into this mess?"
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This mess?" god could've said, "abraham,
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If you'd a listened to me,
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If you'd a listened to me, you wouldn't have this mess.
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You wouldn't have this mess. should've waited.
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Should've waited. should've been more patient.
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Should've been more patient. was your own fault."
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Was your own fault." instead, god said, in effect,
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Instead, god said, in effect, "yes, abraham, it's
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"yes, abraham, it's complicated.
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Complicated. yes, it's dysfunctional.
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Yes, it's dysfunctional. there's strife and division.
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There's strife and division. but i wouldn't have let you
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But i wouldn't have let you get in this mess if i didn't
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Get in this mess if i didn't know how to bring you out of
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Know how to bring you out of this mess."
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This mess." and god told abraham, "i'm
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And god told abraham, "i'm going to bring out of your
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Going to bring out of your son ishmael a great nation.
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Son ishmael a great nation. i'm going to multiply his
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I'm going to multiply his descendants and make him
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Descendants and make him extremely fruitful."
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Extremely fruitful." and even though ishmael was
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And even though ishmael was considered a mistake, born
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Considered a mistake, born out of what the scripture
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Out of what the scripture calls, "works of the flesh,"
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Calls, "works of the flesh," tryin' to make it happen on
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Tryin' to make it happen on our own, god, in his mercy,
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Our own, god, in his mercy, said, "i'm going to take that
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Said, "i'm going to take that mistake and make a miracle.
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Mistake and make a miracle. i'm going to bring somethin'
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I'm going to bring somethin' significant out of him,
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Significant out of him, abraham, in spite of your
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Abraham, in spite of your failures, in spite of how you
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Failures, in spite of how you blew it."
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Blew it." and like abraham, we all have
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And like abraham, we all have some ishmaels, times we blew
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Some ishmaels, times we blew it, tried to make it happen
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It, tried to make it happen on our own, got involved in
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On our own, got involved in things we shouldn't have.
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Things we shouldn't have. now it's a mess.
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Now it's a mess. the accuser constantly
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The accuser constantly whispers, "god's not gonna
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Whispers, "god's not gonna bless you.
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Bless you. you knew better.
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You knew better. just sit on the sidelines of
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Just sit on the sidelines of life."
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Life." don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. god has mercy for every
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God has mercy for every mistake.
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Mistake. god loves to make the enemy
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God loves to make the enemy pay for bringin' that
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Pay for bringin' that trouble.
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Trouble. and if you'll stay in faith,
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And if you'll stay in faith, god will not only bring you
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God will not only bring you through it, he'll take the
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Through it, he'll take the mess you made, clean it up,
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Mess you made, clean it up, and bring you out better.
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And bring you out better. abraham had a son named
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Abraham had a son named isaac.
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Isaac. isaac had a son named jacob.
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Isaac had a son named jacob. jacob had a son named joseph.
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Jacob had a son named joseph. abraham was joseph's great,
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Abraham was joseph's great, great grandfather.
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Great grandfather. you remember, as a teenager,
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You remember, as a teenager, joseph's brothers were
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Joseph's brothers were jealous of him and threw him
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Jealous of him and threw him into a pit.
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Into a pit. they were going to leave him
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They were going to leave him there to die.
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There to die. but the scripture says, "a
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But the scripture says, "a caravan of ishmaelites came
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Caravan of ishmaelites came passin' by."
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Passin' by." these were the descendants of
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These were the descendants of ishmael, part of the great
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Nation that god promises
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Nation that god promises abraham.
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Abraham. when joseph's brothers saw
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When joseph's brothers saw the ishmaelites, they changed
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The ishmaelites, they changed their mind and decided to
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Their mind and decided to sell joseph to them.
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Sell joseph to them. if it had not been for the
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If it had not been for the ishmaelites, joseph would
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Ishmaelites, joseph would have died there in the pit.
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Have died there in the pit. he would've never made it the
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He would've never made it the palace, never been in charge
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Palace, never been in charge of the food supply.
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Of the food supply. during the famine, the
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During the famine, the israelites years later
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Israelites years later wouldn't have had what they
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Wouldn't have had what they needed to survive.
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What am i saying?
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What am i saying? the mistake of abraham became
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The mistake of abraham became the miracle of his great,
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The miracle of his great, great grandson joseph.
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Great grandson joseph. this is how amazing god is.
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This is how amazing god is. he has a plan, even for our
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He has a plan, even for our mistakes.
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Mistakes. even when we blow it, the
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Even when we blow it, the scripture says, "god is going
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Scripture says, "god is going to work all things for our
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To work all things for our good."
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Good." he can not only correct a
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He can not only correct a complicated situation, but he
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Complicated situation, but he can somehow use it years
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Can somehow use it years later to bless your
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Later to bless your descendants.
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Descendants. some of you are thinkin', "my
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Some of you are thinkin', "my descendants are gonna really
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Descendants are gonna really be blessed, all the mistakes
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Be blessed, all the mistakes i've made."
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I've made." but sometimes we make
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But sometimes we make mistakes like abraham, when
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We're trying to do the right
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We're trying to do the right thing.
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Thing. our heart is in the right
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Our heart is in the right place, but we miss it.
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Place, but we miss it. we believe god will help us
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We believe god will help us because he's merciful, and we
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Because he's merciful, and we were doin' our best.
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Were doin' our best. other times, we know what the
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Other times, we know what the right thing is.
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Right thing is. we know what we should do,
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We know what we should do, but we do just the opposite.
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But we do just the opposite. this is when we think, "i
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This is when we think, "i don't deserve god's goodness.
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Don't deserve god's goodness. joel, i made the mess.
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Joel, i made the mess. i knew i shouldn't hang
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I knew i shouldn't hang around these friends.
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Around these friends. i did it anyway.
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I did it anyway. now i'm in trouble.
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Now i'm in trouble. now i have this addiction.
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Now i have this addiction. i knew i should control my
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I knew i should control my temper.
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Temper. i knew i should bite my
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I knew i should bite my tongue, but i kept giving in.
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Tongue, but i kept giving in. now i don't have my job.
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Now i don't have my job. now i lost a relationship."
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Now i lost a relationship." when we bring trouble on
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When we bring trouble on ourselves, thoughts of guilt
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Ourselves, thoughts of guilt and condemnation bombard our
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And condemnation bombard our mind, sayin', "god's not
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Mind, sayin', "god's not gonna help you.
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Gonna help you. you knew better.
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You knew better. just sit on the sidelines of
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Just sit on the sidelines of life."
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Life." this is how jonah felt in the
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This is how jonah felt in the scripture.
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Scripture. god told him to go to the
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God told him to go to the city of nineveh.
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City of nineveh. he had clear directions.
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He had clear directions. he knew exactly what he was
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He knew exactly what he was supposed to do.
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Supposed to do. but jonah didn't wanna go to
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But jonah didn't wanna go to nineveh.
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Nineveh. he got on a boat headed in
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He got on a boat headed in the opposite direction.
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The opposite direction. the scripture says, "the lord
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The scripture says, "the lord caused a great wind to blow
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Caused a great wind to blow on the sea."
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On the sea." and such a violent storm
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And such a violent storm arose that it threatened to
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Break the boat apart.
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Break the boat apart. it's interesting that the
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It's interesting that the lord sent the storm.
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Lord sent the storm. god knows how to get our
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God knows how to get our attention.
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Attention. and when you know you're
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And when you know you're goin' the wrong way, like
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Goin' the wrong way, like this boat, things are going
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This boat, things are going to start to fall apart.
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To start to fall apart. you can't pray away all the
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You can't pray away all the winds.
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Winds. you can say, "peace, be
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You can say, "peace, be still," all day long, but the
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Still," all day long, but the winds may not calm down.
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Winds may not calm down. it's because you're causin'
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It's because you're causin' the trouble.
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The trouble. and god loves you too much to
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And god loves you too much to let you miss your destiny.
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Let you miss your destiny. he's not going to let you go
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He's not going to let you go year after year on the wrong
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Year after year on the wrong course and never get your
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Course and never get your attention.
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Attention. and sometimes it's the enemy
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And sometimes it's the enemy fighting us, trying to keep
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Fighting us, trying to keep us from our destiny.
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Us from our destiny. that's why we have storms,
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That's why we have storms, difficulties.
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Difficulties. other times, we're bringin'
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Other times, we're bringin' the trouble on ourselves.
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The trouble on ourselves. if we'd just get back on the
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If we'd just get back on the right course, do what we know
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We should do, those winds
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We should do, those winds would calm down.
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Would calm down. the people sailing with jonah
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The people sailing with jonah said, "who's responsible for
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Said, "who's responsible for causin' all this trouble?"
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Causin' all this trouble?" jonah said, "it's me.
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Jonah said, "it's me. i'm a hebrew.
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I'm a hebrew. i worship god.
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I know where i'm supposed to
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I know where i'm supposed to be goin', but i'm runnin'
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Be goin', but i'm runnin' from the lord."
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From the lord." and when you're runnin' from
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And when you're runnin' from the lord, you're runnin' from
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The lord, you're runnin' from your destiny.
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Your destiny. it's not only gonna cause you
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It's not only gonna cause you trouble, it's going to bring
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Trouble, it's going to bring trouble to the people around
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Trouble to the people around you.
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You. when they threw jonah
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When they threw jonah overboard, the winds died
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Overboard, the winds died down.
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Down. the storm stopped.
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The storm stopped. our decisions don't just
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Our decisions don't just affect us.
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Affect us. they affect our family.
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They affect our family. they affect our children.
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They affect our children. if you don't do the right
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If you don't do the right thing for yourself, at least
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Thing for yourself, at least do it for your children.
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Do it for your children. at least do it for your
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At least do it for your family.
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Family. jonah was big enough to
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Jonah was big enough to admit, "i'm the cause."
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Admit, "i'm the cause." that's the first step to
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That's the first step to victory.
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Victory. as long as you're makin'
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As long as you're makin' excuses, thinkin', "it
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Excuses, thinkin', "it doesn't matter," then the
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Doesn't matter," then the winds, the storms, the
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Winds, the storms, the difficulty, are going to
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Difficulty, are going to continue.
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Continue. when jonah was out in the
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Ocean, thrown overboard, i'm
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Ocean, thrown overboard, i'm sure he thought, "i'm done,
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Sure he thought, "i'm done, and i have nobody to blame.
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And i have nobody to blame. it was all my fault."
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It was all my fault." all of the sudden, a huge
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All of the sudden, a huge fish swallowed jonah.
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Fish swallowed jonah. god, in his great mercy, was
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God, in his great mercy, was sayin', "jonah, you can run,
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Sayin', "jonah, you can run, but you can't hide.
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But you can't hide. the psalmist said, "if you go
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The psalmist said, "if you go down to the depths of the
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Down to the depths of the ocean or way up in the
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Ocean or way up in the heavens, god will be right
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Heavens, god will be right there."
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There." you can't get away from him.
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You can't get away from him. you haven't made too many
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You haven't made too many mistakes.
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Mistakes. you haven't blown it too many
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You haven't blown it too many times.
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Times. god's calling on your life is
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God's calling on your life is irrevocable.
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Irrevocable. that means god is not going
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That means god is not going to change his mind because
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To change his mind because you got off course.
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You got off course. he's not going to leave ya
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He's not going to leave ya alone until you get back on
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Alone until you get back on the right path.
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The right path. the sooner you do that, the
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The sooner you do that, the better off you're going to
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Better off you're going to be.
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Be. jonah was sitting in the
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Jonah was sitting in the belly of the whale.
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Belly of the whale. it was dark, uncomfortable.
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It was dark, uncomfortable. it stunk.
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It stunk. most people would've
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Most people would've complained.
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Complained. not jonah.
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Not jonah. he was grateful to be alive.
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He was grateful to be alive. he knew it was the mercy of
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He knew it was the mercy of god havin' that fish there
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God havin' that fish there waiting for him.
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Waiting for him. and god will allow storms
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And god will allow storms when we get off-course.
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When we get off-course. he may allow something to get
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He may allow something to get our attention, but he's not
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Our attention, but he's not going to let those
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Going to let those difficulties take your life.
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Difficulties take your life. three days later, that whale
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Three days later, that whale spit jonah up on dry ground.
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Spit jonah up on dry ground. and the scripture says, "the
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And the scripture says, "the word of the lord came a
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Word of the lord came a second time to jonah."
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Second time to jonah." god gave him another chance.
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What did god say this time?
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What did god say this time? "go to the city of nineveh."
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"go to the city of nineveh." same thing he said the first
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Same thing he said the first time.
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Time. friends, god is not going to
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Friends, god is not going to change his mind.
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Change his mind. you might as well do what
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You might as well do what he's asking you to do.
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He's asking you to do. he'll give ya a second
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He'll give ya a second chance, a third chance, a
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Chance, a third chance, a twentieth chance.
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Twentieth chance. but it's going to be stormy
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But it's going to be stormy until you get back on the
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Until you get back on the right course.
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Right course. yes, he'll have a fish there
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Yes, he'll have a fish there to save you.
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To save you. yes, he'll make a miracle out
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Yes, he'll make a miracle out of that mistake.
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Of that mistake. but at some point, you have
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To take responsibility and
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To take responsibility and say, "i'm the jonah.
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Say, "i'm the jonah. i'm goin' against what i know
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I'm goin' against what i know is not right.
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Is not right. i'm hangin' out with these
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I'm hangin' out with these friends that i know are
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Friends that i know are pullin' me down.
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Pullin' me down. i'm livin' negative,
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I'm livin' negative, critical, hard to get along
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Critical, hard to get along with.
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With. i'm not bein' disciplined in
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I'm not bein' disciplined in what i'm watching."
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What i'm watching." that's going to cause it to
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That's going to cause it to be rocky.
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Be rocky. not just for you, but for the
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Not just for you, but for the people around you.
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People around you. and god is not asking you to
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And god is not asking you to be perfect.
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Be perfect. he's not askin' you to never
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He's not askin' you to never make a mistake.
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Make a mistake. but he is asking us to deal
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But he is asking us to deal with the things that are
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With the things that are holdin' us back, to not let
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Holdin' us back, to not let the same areas of compromise
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The same areas of compromise keep us down year after year.
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Keep us down year after year. he has some ninevehs for you
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He has some ninevehs for you to go to, some people for you
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To go to, some people for you to impact, new levels of your
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To impact, new levels of your destiny.
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Destiny. david said it this way, "the
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David said it this way, "the steps of a good man are
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Steps of a good man are ordered by the lord.
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Ordered by the lord. though he fall, he will not
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Though he fall, he will not be destroyed, for the lord
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Be destroyed, for the lord will be there to pick him
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Will be there to pick him up."
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Up." this is saying, "even though
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This is saying, "even though god is directin' our steps,
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God is directin' our steps, there will be times that we
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There will be times that we fall."
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Fall." we make mistakes.
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We make mistakes. we get off course.
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We get off course. god doesn't say, "that's it.
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God doesn't say, "that's it. i'm done with you."
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I'm done with you." just like with jonah, god
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Just like with jonah, god will be right there to help
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Will be right there to help pick ya up.
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Pick ya up. he'll help ya get back on the
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He'll help ya get back on the right course.
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Right course. it's like the navigation
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System you may have in your
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System you may have in your car.
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Car. most of us have a gps system
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Most of us have a gps system even on our cell phone.
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Even on our cell phone. you type in the address and
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You type in the address and the computer calculates the
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The computer calculates the best route.
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Best route. then it starts tellin' ya
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Then it starts tellin' ya where to go, things like,
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Where to go, things like, "turn right in 300 feet.
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"turn right in 300 feet. stay to the left and enter
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Stay to the left and enter the freeway."
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The other day i was drivin'
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The other day i was drivin' to a friend of mine's house.
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To a friend of mine's house. he lives about 30 miles away.
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He lives about 30 miles away. and the lady on the gps came
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And the lady on the gps came on and said, "exit in a
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On and said, "exit in a quarter of a mile."
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Quarter of a mile." well, victoria and i were
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Well, victoria and i were talkin', and there was a lot
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Talkin', and there was a lot of traffic, and accidentally,
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Of traffic, and accidentally, i passed up that exit.
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I passed up that exit. and if you miss a turn, or
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And if you miss a turn, or you don't obey what the
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You don't obey what the lady's tellin' you to do, she
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Lady's tellin' you to do, she doesn't come back on and say,
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Doesn't come back on and say, "you missed your exit, go
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"you missed your exit, go back and try again."
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Back and try again." she says, "recalculating
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She says, "recalculating route."
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Route." the navigation system is
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The navigation system is designed for people who make
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Designed for people who make mistakes.
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Mistakes. it doesn't give you one way,
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It doesn't give you one way, and if you miss it, that's
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And if you miss it, that's it.
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It. as long as you have gas in
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As long as you have gas in your car, or battery in your
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Your car, or battery in your cell phone, it's gonna tell
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Cell phone, it's gonna tell ya how to get to your
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Ya how to get to your destination.
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Destination. i have never missed a turn
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I have never missed a turn and had the lady come on and
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And had the lady come on and say, "i'm sorry.
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Say, "i'm sorry. you can't get there from
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You can't get there from here.
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Here. you're just too lost."
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You're just too lost." never once has she said,
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Never once has she said, "you've disobeyed too many of
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"you've disobeyed too many of my commands.
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My commands. i'm done with you.
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I'm done with you. you're finished."
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One time i knew the way i
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One time i knew the way i wanted to go.
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Wanted to go. i was in a neighborhood that
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I was in a neighborhood that i was familiar with.
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I was familiar with. but the gps system was
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But the gps system was tellin' me to go a different
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Tellin' me to go a different route.
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Route. it wanted me to turn left and
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It wanted me to turn left and then go way down the street.
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Then go way down the street. well, i wanted to go down the
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Well, i wanted to go down the street first and then turn
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Street first and then turn left.
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Left. same difference.
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Same difference. but for about 2 miles, every
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But for about 2 miles, every block it told me, "turn
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Block it told me, "turn left," and then said,
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Left," and then said, "recalculating route."
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I heard that every 10
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I heard that every 10 seconds, "recalculating
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Seconds, "recalculating route.
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Route. recalculating route."
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Recalculating route." what's interesting is no
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What's interesting is no matter how stubborn i was, no
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Matter how stubborn i was, no matter how much i ignored
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Matter how much i ignored that lady, she never got mad
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That lady, she never got mad at me.
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At me. she never came on and said,
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She never came on and said, "you're a loser.
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"you're a loser. don't ever get on this
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Don't ever get on this system.
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System. i'm never gonna help you."
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I'm never gonna help you." she just kept recalculating
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She just kept recalculating the route, trying to get me
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The route, trying to get me to my destination.
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To my destination. if the gps lady can
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If the gps lady can continually recalculate when
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Continually recalculate when we get off course, how much
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We get off course, how much more will the creator of the
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More will the creator of the universe recalculate our
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Universe recalculate our route when we make a mistake?
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Route when we make a mistake? if she doesn't give up on us,
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If she doesn't give up on us, why do we think our heavenly
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Why do we think our heavenly father is going to give up on
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Father is going to give up on us?
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Us? "well, joel, it's because
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"well, joel, it's because i've gotten so far off
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I've gotten so far off course.
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Course. i shouldn't have given in to
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I shouldn't have given in to this addiction.
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This addiction. i should have raised my
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I should have raised my children better.
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Children better. i should've stayed in church,
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I should've stayed in church, kept god first place."
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Kept god first place." the good news is, you haven't
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The good news is, you haven't made too many wrong turns.
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Made too many wrong turns. you haven't missed too many
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You haven't missed too many exits.
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Exits. your heavenly father is not
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Your heavenly father is not mad at you.
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Mad at you. he's sayin', "recalculating
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He's sayin', "recalculating route.
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Route. i still have a way to get you
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I still have a way to get you to your destiny.
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To your destiny. that mistake didn't stop my
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That mistake didn't stop my plan.
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Plan. that delay didn't cancel your
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That delay didn't cancel your purpose."
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Purpose." why don't you quit beating
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Why don't you quit beating yourself up?
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Yourself up? quit reliving your failures
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Quit reliving your failures and all the times you've
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And all the times you've missed it, and get back on
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Missed it, and get back on the right path.
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The right path. it's not too late.
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It's not too late. god's mercy is bigger than
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God's mercy is bigger than any mistake you've made.
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Any mistake you've made. unlike the gps lady, god
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Unlike the gps lady, god knows the end from the
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Knows the end from the beginning.
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Beginning. he knew every mistake you
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He knew every mistake you would make.
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Would make. he has already recalculated
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He has already recalculated your route.
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Your route. you can still fulfill the
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You can still fulfill the best plan god has for your
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Best plan god has for your life.
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Life. abraham and sarah did.
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Abraham and sarah did. they made that mistake.
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Abraham had a baby out of
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Abraham had a baby out of wedlock.
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Wedlock. at one point, abraham lied
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At one point, abraham lied and told everyone sarah, his
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And told everyone sarah, his wife, was his sister.
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Wife, was his sister. god didn't say, "i'm done
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God didn't say, "i'm done with you.
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With you. you are one dysfunctional
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You are one dysfunctional family.
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Family. you lie.
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You lie. you're impatient."
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You're impatient." god kept recalculating the
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God kept recalculating the route, kept giving them
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Route, kept giving them another chance.
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Another chance. at the age of 100, abraham
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At the age of 100, abraham saw the promise come to pass.
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Saw the promise come to pass. isaac was born, the promised
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Isaac was born, the promised child.
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My father was married at a
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My father was married at a very early age.
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Very early age. unfortunately, that marriage
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Unfortunately, that marriage didn't work out, and daddy
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Didn't work out, and daddy was devastated.
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Was devastated. he resigned from his church.
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He resigned from his church. denominational leaders told
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Denominational leaders told him that he would never
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Him that he would never pastor again.
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Pastor again. he thought his days of
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He thought his days of ministry was over.
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Ministry was over. didn't think he'd ever have a
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Didn't think he'd ever have a family.
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Family. he left the ministry and
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He left the ministry and started selling insurance.
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Started selling insurance. every thought told him,
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Every thought told him, "you're a failure.
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"you're a failure. you blew it.
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You blew it. nothing good is in your
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Nothing good is in your future."
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Future." what he couldn't hear was god
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Sayin', "recalculating route.
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Sayin', "recalculating route. i still have a way.
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I still have a way. i make miracles out of
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I make miracles out of mistakes."
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Mistakes." god didn't abandon him when
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God didn't abandon him when he got off course.
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He got off course. he failed, but like david
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He failed, but like david said, god was right there to
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Said, god was right there to pick him back up.
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Pick him back up. now, eventually, my father
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Now, eventually, my father shook off the guilt.
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Shook off the guilt. he quit listening to the
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He quit listening to the accusing voices.
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Accusing voices. two years later he got back
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Two years later he got back in the ministry.
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In the ministry. and one day he was at the
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And one day he was at the hospital, visiting some of
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Hospital, visiting some of his members, when he noticed
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His members, when he noticed a beautiful young nurse.
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A beautiful young nurse. it was my mother.
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It was my mother. he was so taken by her, he
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He was so taken by her, he started lookin' for any
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Started lookin' for any opportunity he could find to
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Opportunity he could find to go up to that hospital.
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Go up to that hospital. he would visit your great
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He would visit your great uncles, second cousins,
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Next-door neighbor, if you
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Next-door neighbor, if you asked him to.
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Asked him to. he was almost hopin' some of
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He was almost hopin' some of his members would get sick so
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His members would get sick so he could go to the hospital.
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He could go to the hospital. my mother didn't know what
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My mother didn't know what was goin' on.
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Was goin' on. she told a friend, "that
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She told a friend, "that pastor has the sickest
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Pastor has the sickest congregation i've ever seen."
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Congregation i've ever seen." finally dawned on her he was
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Finally dawned on her he was up there to see her.
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Up there to see her. long story short, they fell
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Long story short, they fell in love.
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In love. got married.
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Got married. had five children.
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Had five children. i'm glad god recalculated the
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Route, or i wouldn't be here
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Route, or i wouldn't be here today.
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Today. but my father went on to have
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But my father went on to have a ministry, touched the
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A ministry, touched the world.
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World. married to my mother for over
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Married to my mother for over 44 years.
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44 years. what am i sayin'?
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What am i sayin'? no mistake you've made is too
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No mistake you've made is too much for the mercy of god.
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Much for the mercy of god. he knows how to reroute.
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He knows how to reroute. quit beating yourself up,
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Quit beating yourself up, livin' guilty, thinkin'
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Livin' guilty, thinkin' you've seen your best days.
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You've seen your best days. you wouldn't be alive unless
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You wouldn't be alive unless god had something greater in
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God had something greater in your future.
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Your future. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with moses.
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Moses. he made a mistake.
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He made a mistake. as a young man he knew god
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As a young man he knew god had called him to deliver the
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Had called him to deliver the israelites from slavery.
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Israelites from slavery. but like abraham and sarah,
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But like abraham and sarah, he got in a hurry and tried
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He got in a hurry and tried to do it in his own strength.
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To do it in his own strength. he saw a hebrew slave bein'
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He saw a hebrew slave bein' mistreated.
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Mistreated. he didn't think anyone was
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He didn't think anyone was watching so he killed the man
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Watching so he killed the man who was mistreating him.
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Who was mistreating him. the next day somebody told
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The next day somebody told the pharaoh.
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The pharaoh. moses had to run for his
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Moses had to run for his life.
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Life. he spent years on the
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He spent years on the backside of the desert in
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Backside of the desert in hiding.
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Hiding. this is not what he had
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This is not what he had planned.
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Planned. it looked like he had missed
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It looked like he had missed his destiny.
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His destiny. it was nobody's fault except
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It was nobody's fault except his own.
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His own. god didn't write him off.
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God didn't write him off. god didn't say, "moses, you
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God didn't say, "moses, you knew better.
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Knew better. why didn't you wait?"
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Why didn't you wait?" god simply said,
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God simply said, "recalculating route."
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Forty years later, moses was
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Forty years later, moses was still in the desert, thinkin'
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Still in the desert, thinkin' he was forgotten, givin' up
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He was forgotten, givin' up on his dreams.
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On his dreams. and suddenly, a bush exploded
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And suddenly, a bush exploded in front of him, like
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In front of him, like spontaneous combustion.
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Spontaneous combustion. it burned and burned.
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It burned and burned. strange thing was the bush
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Strange thing was the bush didn't burn up.
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Didn't burn up. intrigued, moses walked over
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Intrigued, moses walked over to see what was goin' on.
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To see what was goin' on. a voice boomed out, "moses,
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A voice boomed out, "moses, moses, take off your sandals.
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Moses, take off your sandals. you are standing on holy
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You are standing on holy ground."
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Ground." moses was confused, thinkin',
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Moses was confused, thinkin', "i failed.
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"i failed. i've made mistakes.
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I've made mistakes. i thought i was done.
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I thought i was done. but i hear him callin' my
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But i hear him callin' my name."
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Name." not once, but twice, "moses,
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Not once, but twice, "moses, moses."
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Moses." if god would've said it once,
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If god would've said it once, he would've thought, "i'm
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He would've thought, "i'm hearin' things.
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Hearin' things. this sun is gettin' to me."
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This sun is gettin' to me." god said it twice on purpose
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God said it twice on purpose so there would be no doubt
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So there would be no doubt about it.
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About it. and at the age of 80, after a
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And at the age of 80, after a 40-year detour, god
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40-year detour, god recalculated the route.
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Recalculated the route. moses went on to deliver the
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Moses went on to deliver the israelites.
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Israelites. he fulfilled his purpose.
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I believe today god is
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I believe today god is recalculating some routes.
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Recalculating some routes. you may have made mistakes.
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You may have made mistakes. you think you've blown it too
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You think you've blown it too many times.
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Many times. you need to get ready.
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You need to get ready. like moses, a burning bush is
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Like moses, a burning bush is comin' your way.
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Comin' your way. you messed up.
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You messed up. but if you'll listen, you'll
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But if you'll listen, you'll hear god callin' your name.
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Hear god callin' your name. he's sayin', "get your
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He's sayin', "get your passion back.
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Passion back. shake off the guilt.
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Shake off the guilt. get ready to take new
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Get ready to take new ground."
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Ground." you can still become all
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You can still become all god's created you to be.
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God's created you to be. he's not finished with you.
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He's not finished with you. and if you'll do this, i
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And if you'll do this, i believe and declare god is
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Believe and declare god is going to make miracles out of
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Going to make miracles out of your mistakes.
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Your mistakes. he's going to correct
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He's going to correct complicated situations,
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Complicated situations, restore what the enemy's
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Restore what the enemy's stolen, and take ya into the
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Stolen, and take ya into the fullness of your destiny, in
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Fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Jesus' name. and if you receive it today,
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And if you receive it today, can you say, "amen"?
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Can you say, "amen"? >> joel: we're blessed to
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>> joel: we're blessed to oppurtinity to make jesus the
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Oppurtinity to make jesus the 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
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Just say “lord jesus.
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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 and savior.”
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I make you my lord and savior.” friends if you prayed that
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Friends if you prayed that simple prayer. we believe
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Simple prayer. we believe you got born
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You got born again. get in a good bible based
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Again. get in a good bible based church and keep god first
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Church and keep god first place.
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Place. victoria and i will be
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak a blessing
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Right back to speak a blessing over you.
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We all go
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We all go through disappointments
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Through disappointments and things that are not fair.
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And things that are not fair. but god sees every hurt,
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But god sees every hurt, every injustice,
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Every injustice, and he's promised to pay
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And he's promised to pay you back for the unfair things.
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You back for the unfair things. i'd love to send you
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And think, why me? now, that setback
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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Joel Osteen - Miracles Out Of Mistakes

March 10, 2026 | 27:29

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