Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Mistaken Identity

October 19, 2025 | 29:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Mistaken Identity | October 19, 2025

I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny. i heard
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Something funny. i heard about this cat and mouse that
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About this cat and mouse that died on the same day and went
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Died on the same day and went to heaven. after a few weeks,
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To heaven. after a few weeks, peter saw the mouse and asked
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Peter saw the mouse and asked him how he liked it. he said,
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Him how he liked it. he said, “oh it's so great, but it's
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“oh it's so great, but it's so big. i wish i could get a
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So big. i wish i could get a pair of roller skates.” peter
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Pair of roller skates.” peter said, “no problem.” and got
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Him some skates. a few weeks
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Him some skates. a few weeks later, peter saw the cat and
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Later, peter saw the cat and asked him how he liked it. he
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Asked him how he liked it. he said, “oh it's fantastic, and
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Said, “oh it's fantastic, and just when i thought it
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Just when i thought it couldn't get any better, i
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Couldn't get any better, i discovered the meals on
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Discovered the meals on wheels.” (laughter)
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Wheels.” (laughter) say it like you mean it. this
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible. i am what it
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Is my bible. i am what it says i am. i have what it
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Says i am. i have what it says i have. i can do what it
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Says i have. i can do what it says i can do. today, i will
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Says i can do. today, i will be taught the word of god. i
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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Boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about mistaken identity.
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About mistaken identity. victoria and i went on a
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Victoria and i went on a hiking trip a while back. one
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Hiking trip a while back. one of the activities they
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Of the activities they offered was a class on
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Offered was a class on falconry. this instructor had
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Falconry. this instructor had a half a dozen birds in
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A half a dozen birds in cages. one of them was a
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Cages. one of them was a hawk. it was huge. it had a
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Hawk. it was huge. it had a wingspan of over five feet,
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Wingspan of over five feet, so strong and powerful. he
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So strong and powerful. he had it on his arm. there was
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Had it on his arm. there was a little wire around the
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A little wire around the hawk's claws, it was
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Hawk's claws, it was connected to his jacket. a
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Connected to his jacket. a couple of times during the
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Couple of times during the presentation, something
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Presentation, something bothered the hawk, it wanted
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Bothered the hawk, it wanted to fly away, but it could
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To fly away, but it could only go a couple of feet
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Only go a couple of feet because of the tether. he
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Because of the tether. he would put that hawk right up
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Would put that hawk right up next to his face, where they
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Next to his face, where they would touch each other. he
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Would touch each other. he would look him in the eyes
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Would look him in the eyes and rub his belly, where that
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And rub his belly, where that beak was just a couple inches
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Beak was just a couple inches from his nose. that's one of
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From his nose. that's one of the hawk's main weapons. at
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The hawk's main weapons. at one point i asked the
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One point i asked the instructor, “why doesn't this
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Instructor, “why doesn't this hawk harm you, claw you or
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Hawk harm you, claw you or try to use its beak to get
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Try to use its beak to get away.” he began to explain a
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Away.” he began to explain a concept called
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Concept called mis-imprinting. when a bird
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Mis-imprinting. when a bird is hatched, it imprints on
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Is hatched, it imprints on the first moving thing it
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The first moving thing it sees. whether a bird, another
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Sees. whether a bird, another animal or a person. it
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Animal or a person. it develops this psychological
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Develops this psychological connection and that's what
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Connection and that's what the bird begins to identify
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The bird begins to identify as. he said, “when this hawk
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As. he said, “when this hawk hatched, i was the first
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Hatched, i was the first thing it saw. it thinks i'm
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Thing it saw. it thinks i'm its mother. he's been
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Its mother. he's been mis-imprinted.” he told how
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Mis-imprinted.” he told how even though the hawk is
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Even though the hawk is powerful, even though it's a
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Powerful, even though it's a natural born predator, it
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Natural born predator, it can't survive in the wild. it
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Can't survive in the wild. it doesn't know how to hunt, how
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Doesn't know how to hunt, how to defend itself, how to
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To defend itself, how to interact with other birds.
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Interact with other birds. all because in its early
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All because in its early years, it got confused about
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Years, it got confused about its true identity.
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Its true identity. i read where researchers
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I read where researchers found this canada goose that
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Found this canada goose that was living with a bunch of
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Was living with a bunch of ducks. even though the goose
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Ducks. even though the goose was bigger, made to fly
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Was bigger, made to fly higher, it always acted like
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Higher, it always acted like a duck. they discovered that
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A duck. they discovered that it was hatched in a duck's
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It was hatched in a duck's nest. the first thing it saw
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Nest. the first thing it saw were all these ducks. it
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Were all these ducks. it didn't know any better. it
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Didn't know any better. it imprinted on the wrong
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Imprinted on the wrong species. the result was
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Species. the result was lifelong confusion. never
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Lifelong confusion. never soared, couldn't protect
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Soared, couldn't protect itself, didn't reproduce like
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Itself, didn't reproduce like it was designed. it had
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It was designed. it had mistaken identity.
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Mistaken identity. i wonder how many of us have
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I wonder how many of us have been mis-imprinted. we were
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Been mis-imprinted. we were made in the image of god. he
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Made in the image of god. he has crowned us with his
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Has crowned us with his favor. he calls us blessed,
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Favor. he calls us blessed, strong, free. but perhaps the
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Strong, free. but perhaps the first thing we saw was
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First thing we saw was mediocrity, insecurity,
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Mediocrity, insecurity, addictions, people that
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Addictions, people that compromised. now we've let
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Compromised. now we've let that become our identity. we
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That become our identity. we think that's who we are. can
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Think that's who we are. can i tell you that is a
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I tell you that is a mis-imprint. that may be what
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Mis-imprint. that may be what you've seen, but that is not
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You've seen, but that is not who you are. you're a child
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Who you are. you're a child of the most high god. don't
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Of the most high god. don't take on that false identity.
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Take on that false identity. don't get connected to the
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Don't get connected to the wrong species so to speak.
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Wrong species so to speak. you may have been raised by a
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You may have been raised by a bunch of ducks. no offense,
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Bunch of ducks. no offense, but people that didn't soar.
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But people that didn't soar. that accepted mediocrity. or
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That accepted mediocrity. or by turkeys, people that were
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By turkeys, people that were critical, complain, jealous.
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Critical, complain, jealous. by chickens, people insecure,
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By chickens, people insecure, inferior, no vision. you
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Inferior, no vision. you didn't know any better. you
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Didn't know any better. you let that imprint on you.
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Let that imprint on you. that's become your identity.
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That's become your identity. the good news is you can be
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The good news is you can be re-imprinted. you can
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Re-imprinted. you can override any wrong imprinting.
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Override any wrong imprinting. the scripture says, “you are
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The scripture says, “you are transformed by the renewing
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Transformed by the renewing of your mind.” the way you
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Of your mind.” the way you correct that mis-imprinting
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Correct that mis-imprinting is to go back to who god says
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Is to go back to who god says you are. you are not how you
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You are. you are not how you were raised. you are not how
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Were raised. you are not how someone treated you. you are
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Someone treated you. you are not what they said. that's
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Not what they said. that's not your identity. they
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Not your identity. they didn't breathe life into you.
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Didn't breathe life into you. they didn't know you before
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They didn't know you before you were formed in your
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You were formed in your mother's womb. god did. go
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Mother's womb. god did. go back to the one who created
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Back to the one who created you and agree with who he
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You and agree with who he says you are. something
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Says you are. something powerful happens when you
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Powerful happens when you say, “i am blessed. i am
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Say, “i am blessed. i am valuable. i am free. i am
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Valuable. i am free. i am forgiven. i am victorious.”
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Forgiven. i am victorious.” in the unseen realm, chains
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In the unseen realm, chains are broken, forces of
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Are broken, forces of darkness are pushed back.
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Darkness are pushed back. don't go through life with
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Don't go through life with mistaken identity.
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Mistaken identity. are there areas where you've
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Are there areas where you've been mis-imprinted. you've
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Been mis-imprinted. you've let your environment, the
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Let your environment, the examples you've seen, become
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Examples you've seen, become your identity and now it's
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Your identity and now it's limiting you. like that hawk,
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Limiting you. like that hawk, you have all this god given
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You have all this god given potential. all this talent,
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Potential. all this talent, strength and skill, but
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Strength and skill, but you've identified with
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You've identified with something lesser. you see
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Something lesser. you see yourself as not able, not
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Yourself as not able, not disciplined, not talented.
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Disciplined, not talented. why don't you start a new
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Why don't you start a new recording in your mind.
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Recording in your mind. that's what's going to
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That's what's going to transform you, by what you're
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Transform you, by what you're thinking. as long as you're
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Thinking. as long as you're thinking like a duck, you're
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Thinking like a duck, you're going to quack. as long as
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Going to quack. as long as you're thinking like a
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You're thinking like a chicken, you're going to go
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Chicken, you're going to go around pecking, looking down.
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Around pecking, looking down. not expecting anything good.
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Not expecting anything good. a chicken has wings but can't
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A chicken has wings but can't really fly. that's not who
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Really fly. that's not who you were created to be. god
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You were created to be. god said you will soar like the
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Eagles. god said you are the
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Eagles. god said you are the head and not the tail. he
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Head and not the tail. he said your children will be
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Said your children will be mighty in the land. if this
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Mighty in the land. if this is going to happen, there has
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Is going to happen, there has to be some re-imprinting.
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To be some re-imprinting. some renewing, transforming,
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Some renewing, transforming, because most likely we've all
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Because most likely we've all been mis-imprinted in some
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Area.
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It's not just from how you
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It's not just from how you were raised, but you go
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Were raised, but you go through a disappointment,
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Through a disappointment, your business went down. you
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Your business went down. you make mistakes; guilt and
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Make mistakes; guilt and condemnation come. you're
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Condemnation come. you're fighting depression, anxiety,
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And thoughts say you'll
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And thoughts say you'll always struggle. don't take
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Always struggle. don't take on that identity. if you're
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On that identity. if you're dealing with a sickness, keep
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Dealing with a sickness, keep this thought. you are not a
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This thought. you are not a sick person trying to get
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Sick person trying to get well, you are a well person
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Well, you are a well person fighting off sickness.
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Fighting off sickness. health, wholeness, vitality;
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Health, wholeness, vitality; that's who you are. anything
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That's who you are. anything else is only temporary. it's
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Else is only temporary. it's just passing through. “joel,
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Just passing through. “joel, all my family is depressed.
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All my family is depressed. grandmother was depressed.
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Grandmother was depressed. mother was depressed. the
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Mother was depressed. the dog's depressed. the
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Dog's depressed. the goldfish.” can i challenge
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Goldfish.” can i challenge you, you're the one to break
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You, you're the one to break out of that rut. you're the
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Out of that rut. you're the one to set a new standard.
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One to set a new standard. don't pass down the wrong
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Don't pass down the wrong identity. there may have been
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Identity. there may have been generations of mis-imprinting
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Generations of mis-imprinting in your family line, but the
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In your family line, but the buck can stop with you. you
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Buck can stop with you. you can re-imprint who you are.
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Can re-imprint who you are. you can start the right
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You can start the right identity. when you transform
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Identity. when you transform your mind, you will transform
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Your mind, you will transform your life, and even impact
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Your life, and even impact generations to come.
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I talked to a lady that had
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I talked to a lady that had gone through a divorce. it
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Gone through a divorce. it was very hurtful. there was
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Was very hurtful. there was infidelity involved. she was
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Infidelity involved. she was not only discouraged but she
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Not only discouraged but she was very down on herself.
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Was very down on herself. thoughts whispered, “you're
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Thoughts whispered, “you're not good enough. he wouldn't
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Have left you if you were
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Have left you if you were more attractive, had a better
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More attractive, had a better personality.” if you believe
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Personality.” if you believe those lies, they will begin
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Those lies, they will begin to mis-imprint you. you will
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To mis-imprint you. you will take on the wrong identity.
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Take on the wrong identity. even though you're a
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Even though you're a masterpiece, made in god's
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Masterpiece, made in god's image, you'll start living
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Image, you'll start living like you're unworthy, not
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Like you're unworthy, not valuable, nothing to offer.
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Valuable, nothing to offer. the enemy works overtime in
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The enemy works overtime in this area. he'd love to
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This area. he'd love to distort your identity to keep
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Distort your identity to keep you from recognizing who you
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You from recognizing who you really are. so, like that
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Really are. so, like that hawk, even though you're
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Hawk, even though you're powerful, talented, have all
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Powerful, talented, have all this potential, you'll never
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This potential, you'll never step into the greatness god
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Step into the greatness god put in you. that hawk,
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Put in you. that hawk, unfortunately, can't change.
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Unfortunately, can't change. he's been mis-imprinted
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He's been mis-imprinted permanently, but not you. you
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Permanently, but not you. you can be transformed by the
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Can be transformed by the renewing of your mind. pay
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Renewing of your mind. pay attention to what you're
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Attention to what you're thinking. are there things
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Thinking. are there things limiting you, telling you
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Limiting you, telling you you're not enough. you can't
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You're not enough. you can't be successful. you'll always
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Be successful. you'll always be addicted, lonely,
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Be addicted, lonely, struggling. why do you think
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Struggling. why do you think that way? could it be that's
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That way? could it be that's the enemy trying to deceive
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The enemy trying to deceive you into mistaking your
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You into mistaking your identity. thinking that
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Identity. thinking that you're a chicken, when
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You're a chicken, when really, you're an eagle. you
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Really, you're an eagle. you were created to soar.
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Were created to soar. we can see this way back in
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We can see this way back in the garden of eden with adam
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The garden of eden with adam and eve. they were living in
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And eve. they were living in paradise enjoying their
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Paradise enjoying their lives, blessed and grateful.
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Lives, blessed and grateful. but when they ate the
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But when they ate the forbidden fruit, suddenly
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Forbidden fruit, suddenly they were afraid. they felt
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They were afraid. they felt guilty, ashamed. they
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Guilty, ashamed. they recognized they were naked.
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Recognized they were naked. they ran and hid and tried to
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They ran and hid and tried to stay away from god. the first
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Stay away from god. the first thing the enemy did was to
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Thing the enemy did was to try to change their identity.
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Try to change their identity. “you're not worthy. you're
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“you're not worthy. you're not valuable. you don't
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Not valuable. you don't deserve it anymore.” he was
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Deserve it anymore.” he was trying to mis-imprint them.
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Trying to mis-imprint them. he uses the same strategy
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He uses the same strategy today. when we make mistakes,
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Today. when we make mistakes, go through failures, he
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Go through failures, he always goes for our identity.
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Always goes for our identity. “you're a failure. you're
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“you're a failure. you're unworthy. you're not talented
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Unworthy. you're not talented enough.” if you take on that
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Enough.” if you take on that identity, start seeing
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Identity, start seeing yourself that way, you will
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Yourself that way, you will miss your destiny.
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Later in the day, god came
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Later in the day, god came walking through the garden,
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Walking through the garden, “adam where are you?” adam
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“adam where are you?” adam said, “god we're hiding
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Said, “god we're hiding because we're naked.” god
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Because we're naked.” god said, “adam, who told you,
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Said, “adam, who told you, you were naked?” anything
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That's trying to make you
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That's trying to make you feel less than, not enough,
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Feel less than, not enough, you need to ask yourself,
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You need to ask yourself, where did that come from.
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Where did that come from. that's the enemy whispering
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That's the enemy whispering his lies. god is saying, who
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His lies. god is saying, who told you you're not talented
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Told you you're not talented enough? who told you you're
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Enough? who told you you're not attractive? who told you
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Not attractive? who told you you'll always struggle? who
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You'll always struggle? who told you you can't accomplish
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Told you you can't accomplish your dreams? tune out all the
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Your dreams? tune out all the lies and reprogram your mind
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Lies and reprogram your mind with who god says you are.
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With who god says you are. you may have gone through
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You may have gone through disappointments, times you
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Disappointments, times you didn't measure up. you have
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Didn't measure up. you have good reasons to live
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Good reasons to live condemned, discouraged, but
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Condemned, discouraged, but nothing that's happened to
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Nothing that's happened to you has changed who you are.
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You has changed who you are. you are still a child of the
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You are still a child of the most high, full of power,
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Most high, full of power, full of potential. no mistake
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Full of potential. no mistake you've made, no failure, no
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You've made, no failure, no weakness has changed your
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Weakness has changed your identity. you are still
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Identity. you are still worthy, valuable, a
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Worthy, valuable, a masterpiece.
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This is what happened with
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This is what happened with the israelites. they been in
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The israelites. they been in slavery four hundred years in
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Slavery four hundred years in egypt. generation after
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Egypt. generation after generation of being
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Generation of being mistreated, looked down on.
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Mistreated, looked down on. god saw the injustice. he
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God saw the injustice. he supernaturally delivered
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Supernaturally delivered them. pharaoh let the people
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Them. pharaoh let the people go, and they headed toward
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Go, and they headed toward the promised land. you can
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The promised land. you can imagine after all that time
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Imagine after all that time in captivity and being
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In captivity and being oppressed what their identity
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Oppressed what their identity was. even though they were
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God's chosen people, had his
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God's chosen people, had his blessing, they still saw
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Blessing, they still saw themselves as slaves. they
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Themselves as slaves. they came out of egypt, but egypt
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Came out of egypt, but egypt never came out of them. that
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Never came out of them. that imprint was so strong,
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Imprint was so strong, generations deep. “we're
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Generations deep. “we're slaves, man. we're poor.
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Slaves, man. we're poor. we're defeated.” things can
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We're defeated.” things can become engrained in us to
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Become engrained in us to where it's passed from
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Where it's passed from generation to generation.
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Generation to generation. it's what they saw growing
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It's what they saw growing up, poverty, struggle,
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Up, poverty, struggle, injustice. the babies that
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Injustice. the babies that were born, didn't know any
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Were born, didn't know any different. they identified
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Different. they identified with it. took on that
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With it. took on that mindset. here's how powerful
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Mindset. here's how powerful a mis-imprint can be. they
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A mis-imprint can be. they were finally free, but they
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Were finally free, but they kept wanting to go back to
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Kept wanting to go back to egypt. every time they faced
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Egypt. every time they faced adversity, “moses, why did
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Adversity, “moses, why did you bring us out here in the
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You bring us out here in the desert to die?” that didn't
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Desert to die?” that didn't make sense. who would want to
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Make sense. who would want to go back to being mistreated,
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Go back to being mistreated, injustice. that's what
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Injustice. that's what happens when we've been
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Happens when we've been mis-imprinted. when we've let
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Mis-imprinted. when we've let the enemy distort our
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The enemy distort our identity.
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Identity. there may be negative things
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There may be negative things that have been in your family
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That have been in your family line for a long time. they
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Line for a long time. they seem normal to you. everyone
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Seem normal to you. everyone is addicted, or has a problem
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Is addicted, or has a problem with anger, staying faithful
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With anger, staying faithful in relationships, thinking
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In relationships, thinking they can be successful. that
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They can be successful. that will continue to get passed
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Will continue to get passed down until someone rises up.
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Down until someone rises up. someone has to recognize,
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Someone has to recognize, “this is not who we are. this
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“this is not who we are. this is a mistaken identity. this
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Is a mistaken identity. this is a mis-imprint.” you can be
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Is a mis-imprint.” you can be the one to break the negative
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The one to break the negative cycle. you can set the new
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Cycle. you can set the new standard. it starts in your
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Standard. it starts in your thinking. you have to delete
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Thinking. you have to delete any strongholds that are
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Any strongholds that are contradicting who god says
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Contradicting who god says you are. thoughts tell you,
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You are. thoughts tell you, “you'll never break that
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“you'll never break that addiction.” god says, “whom
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Addiction.” god says, “whom the son sets free will be
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The son sets free will be free indeed.” don't believe
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Free indeed.” don't believe the lie that the addiction is
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The lie that the addiction is just who are. you are free.
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Just who are. you are free. you are whole. no weapon
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You are whole. no weapon formed against you will
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Formed against you will prosper. “joel, i've had a
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Prosper. “joel, i've had a lot of bad breaks, doors
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Lot of bad breaks, doors closed, this person walked
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Closed, this person walked away.” you're right where the
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Away.” you're right where the israelites were. don't make
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Israelites were. don't make the mistake they made and
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The mistake they made and take on that identity, or
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Take on that identity, or you'll always want to go
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You'll always want to go back, thinking, “this is who
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Back, thinking, “this is who i am.” no god has beauty for
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I am.” no god has beauty for those ashes. he said he would
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Those ashes. he said he would pay you back double for the
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Pay you back double for the unfair things. that may have
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Unfair things. that may have happened to you, but it
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Happened to you, but it didn't change who you are.
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Didn't change who you are. you are still a masterpiece.
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You are still a masterpiece. you're still a prized
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You're still a prized possession. you still have a
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Possession. you still have a future and a hope.
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Future and a hope. how about the lie that you've
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How about the lie that you've made too many mistakes.
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Made too many mistakes. you've gotten too far off
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You've gotten too far off course. you can't be blessed
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Course. you can't be blessed now.” some of the heroes of
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Now.” some of the heroes of faith in the bible made great
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Faith in the bible made great mistakes. the apostle paul,
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Mistakes. the apostle paul, you remember, he started off
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You remember, he started off trying to kill believers. he
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Trying to kill believers. he was the greatest enemy of the
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Was the greatest enemy of the church, in a split second,
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Church, in a split second, god changed him. he went on
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God changed him. he went on to write over half of the
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To write over half of the books in the new testament.
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Books in the new testament. that would have never
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That would have never happened if he would have
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Happened if he would have kept the wrong imprint. “i'm
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Kept the wrong imprint. “i'm washed up. i've done too much
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Washed up. i've done too much wrong. i don't deserve it.”
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Wrong. i don't deserve it.” those mistakes didn't lessen
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Those mistakes didn't lessen your value. the enemy is
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Your value. the enemy is called the accuser. he's
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Called the accuser. he's going to try to use what
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Going to try to use what you've done wrong to
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You've done wrong to mis-imprint you. to get you
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Mis-imprint you. to get you to see yourself as unworthy
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To see yourself as unworthy and not valuable, just sit on
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And not valuable, just sit on the sidelines. do yourself a
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The sidelines. do yourself a favor, tune all that out and
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Favor, tune all that out and get in agreement with god.
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Get in agreement with god. reprogram your thinking. “i
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Reprogram your thinking. “i am forgiven. i am redeemed.
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Am forgiven. i am redeemed. i'm restored. i am the
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I'm restored. i am the righteousness of god.”
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Righteousness of god.” the israelites came to the
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The israelites came to the promised land. they were
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Promised land. they were camped next door. moses sent
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Camped next door. moses sent twelve men in to spy out the
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Twelve men in to spy out the land. after forty days ten
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Land. after forty days ten came back and said, “moses,
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Came back and said, “moses, there are giants in the land.
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There are giants in the land. we were in our own sights as
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We were in our own sights as grasshoppers, as we were in
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Grasshoppers, as we were in their sights.” the giants you
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Their sights.” the giants you face in life don't determine
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Face in life don't determine who you are, they reveal who
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Who you are, they reveal who you are. notice how they saw
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You are. notice how they saw themselves. we were as
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Themselves. we were as grasshoppers. you're talking
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Grasshoppers. you're talking about the power of a wrong
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About the power of a wrong imprint. these people had
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Imprint. these people had just seen god deliver them
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Just seen god deliver them out of slavery. part the red
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Out of slavery. part the red sea and drown their enemies.
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Sea and drown their enemies. they saw manna, breakfast,
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They saw manna, breakfast, each morning in the desert,
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Each morning in the desert, supernatural protection. you
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Supernatural protection. you would think they would see
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Would think they would see themselves as mighty,
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Themselves as mighty, powerful, knowing that they
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Powerful, knowing that they were god's chosen people, but
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Were god's chosen people, but it was just the opposite.
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It was just the opposite. they never got rid of their
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They never got rid of their slave mentality. they saw
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Slave mentality. they saw themselves as weak, not able.
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Themselves as weak, not able. because of their mistaken
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Because of their mistaken identity, they never did go
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Identity, they never did go into the promised land. don't
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Into the promised land. don't let that be you.
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Let that be you. are there areas where you've
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Are there areas where you've had a mis-imprint. where what
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Had a mis-imprint. where what you've seen, what you've been
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You've seen, what you've been through, how someone treated
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Through, how someone treated you has caused you to have a
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You has caused you to have a distorted image of who you
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Distorted image of who you are. you've taken on the
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Are. you've taken on the identity of the environment
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Identity of the environment you've been in. here you're
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You've been in. here you're this strong, powerful eagle,
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This strong, powerful eagle, destined to soar, but you've
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Destined to soar, but you've got a duck mentality, a
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Got a duck mentality, a limited mindset because of
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Limited mindset because of what you've seen. you have to
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What you've seen. you have to know, that's not who you are.
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Know, that's not who you are. your environment is not your
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Your environment is not your identity. your identity comes
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Identity. your identity comes from your creator. god
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From your creator. god breathed his life into you.
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Breathed his life into you. whether you're in the palace
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Whether you're in the palace or in the slums, none of that
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Or in the slums, none of that changes your worth. that
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Changes your worth. that doesn't change your value.
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Doesn't change your value. but here's the key, how you
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But here's the key, how you see yourself is what matters.
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See yourself is what matters. if you see yourself as
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If you see yourself as limited, not able, not
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Limited, not able, not attractive, you'll live that
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Attractive, you'll live that way. but if you'll see
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Way. but if you'll see yourself as valuable, strong,
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Yourself as valuable, strong, successful, you will live a
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Successful, you will live a victorious life.
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This is what my father had to
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This is what my father had to do. daddy was raised very
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Do. daddy was raised very poor. his parents were
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Poor. his parents were farmers. they lost everything
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Farmers. they lost everything during the great depression.
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During the great depression. many times, they didn't have
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Many times, they didn't have enough food to eat. daddy
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Enough food to eat. daddy didn't know any better,
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Didn't know any better, that's the identity that he
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That's the identity that he took on. poor, defeated,
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Never do anything
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Never do anything significant. but at seventeen
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Significant. but at seventeen years old, walking home from
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Years old, walking home from a night club at two o'clock
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A night club at two o'clock in the morning, he began to
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In the morning, he began to think about god and what he
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Think about god and what he was going to do with his
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Was going to do with his life. his family knew nothing
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Life. his family knew nothing about faith, they had no kind
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About faith, they had no kind of religion. the next day he
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Of religion. the next day he went to church with a friend
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Went to church with a friend and gave his life to christ.
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And gave his life to christ. the first one in the family.
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The first one in the family. he felt god calling him to
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He felt god calling him to become a minister. that
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Didn't make sense. he didn't
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Didn't make sense. he didn't have any training, any kind
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Have any training, any kind of experience. he told his
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Of experience. he told his parents that he was going to
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Parents that he was going to leave the farm and go out and
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Leave the farm and go out and start ministering. they
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Start ministering. they didn't understand and tried
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Didn't understand and tried to talk him out of it.
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To talk him out of it. all his parents had known was
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All his parents had known was a life of struggle,
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A life of struggle, mediocrity, trying to
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Mediocrity, trying to survive. that's what had been
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Survive. that's what had been engrained in my father's
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Engrained in my father's thinking. it had been passed
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Thinking. it had been passed down for generations. it
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Down for generations. it looked like it would
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Looked like it would continue, but my father rose
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Up and said, “no, this is not
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Up and said, “no, this is not who we are. this is a
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Who we are. this is a mis-imprint. we are not
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Mis-imprint. we are not defeated, can't do it,
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Defeated, can't do it, limited people, we are
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Limited people, we are children of almighty god. we
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Children of almighty god. we are blessed, strong,
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Are blessed, strong, prosperous, holy, forgiven,
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Prosperous, holy, forgiven, victorious.” he transformed
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Victorious.” he transformed his life by renewing his
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His life by renewing his mind. he took on a new
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Mind. he took on a new identity, who god says we
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Identity, who god says we are. he changed the course
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Are. he changed the course for our family line. myself,
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For our family line. myself, my siblings, we grew up with
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My siblings, we grew up with a different imprint. are
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A different imprint. are there wrong imprints robbing
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There wrong imprints robbing you from your true identity?
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You from your true identity? you can change it. it starts
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You can change it. it starts in your thinking. it's what
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In your thinking. it's what god said to adam, “who told
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God said to adam, “who told you you can't rise higher?”
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You you can't rise higher?” get rid of those lies and
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Get rid of those lies and start believing what god says
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Start believing what god says about you.
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In judges chapter 6, gideon
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In judges chapter 6, gideon was hiding in a winepress,
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Was hiding in a winepress, afraid of the enemy army
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Afraid of the enemy army surrounding the city. every
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Surrounding the city. every time their crops blossomed,
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Time their crops blossomed, these bandits would come and
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These bandits would come and try to take it away. while
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Gideon was so worried and
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Gideon was so worried and fearful, an angel appeared
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Fearful, an angel appeared and said, “mighty hero, the
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And said, “mighty hero, the lord is with you. you are to
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Lord is with you. you are to deliver the israelites from
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Deliver the israelites from the midianites.” god called
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The midianites.” god called him a mighty hero when he was
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Him a mighty hero when he was afraid, and intimidated. god
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Afraid, and intimidated. god calls you who you really are.
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Calls you who you really are. gideon was confused. he said
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Gideon was confused. he said to the angel, “how can i
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To the angel, “how can i deliver the israelites? i
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Deliver the israelites? i come from the poorest family;
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Come from the poorest family; i am the least one in my
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I am the least one in my father's house.” what was
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Father's house.” what was gideon's problem? he had been
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Gideon's problem? he had been mis-imprinted. what he saw,
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Mis-imprinted. what he saw, his environment. “we're less
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His environment. “we're less than. we're at a
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Than. we're at a disadvantage. we can't leave
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Disadvantage. we can't leave our mark.” the fact is gideon
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Our mark.” the fact is gideon was a mighty hero. he was a
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Was a mighty hero. he was a history maker. that's who god
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History maker. that's who god destined him to be, but he
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Destined him to be, but he let the wrong identity take
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Let the wrong identity take root. he believed those lies
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Root. he believed those lies that he was his environment.
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That he was his environment. he was like everyone around
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He was like everyone around him. but this angel showed up
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Him. but this angel showed up to tell him who he really was.
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To tell him who he really was. gideon kept making excuses,
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Gideon kept making excuses, “i don't see how. we come
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“i don't see how. we come from the wrong family. this
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From the wrong family. this obstacle is too big.” he went
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Obstacle is too big.” he went back and forth with the
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Back and forth with the angel. finally, he agreed to
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Angel. finally, he agreed to go out and lead the
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Go out and lead the israelites. that's when he
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Israelites. that's when he discovered favor, strength
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Discovered favor, strength and courage that he had never
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And courage that he had never seen. by the time the battle
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Seen. by the time the battle was over, the people were
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Was over, the people were shouting, “a sword for the
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Shouting, “a sword for the lord and a sword for gideon.”
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Lord and a sword for gideon.” a little earlier he was
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A little earlier he was hiding, now he's leading the
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Hiding, now he's leading the charge with people shouting
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Charge with people shouting his name. gideon went on to
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His name. gideon went on to become a hero of faith.
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Become a hero of faith. this would have never
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This would have never happened if the angel had not
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Happened if the angel had not shown up to correct his
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Shown up to correct his identity. as long as he saw
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Identity. as long as he saw himself as limited, weak, he
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Himself as limited, weak, he would have stayed there in
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Would have stayed there in hiding, missed his destiny.
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Hiding, missed his destiny. maybe god sent me today to
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Maybe god sent me today to help correct any wrong
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Help correct any wrong identities. to remind you who
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Identities. to remind you who you really are. there's a
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You really are. there's a mighty hero in you. you are
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Mighty hero in you. you are strong. you are valuable. you
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Strong. you are valuable. you are talented, attractive,
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Are talented, attractive, favored, empowered. don't let
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Favored, empowered. don't let a wrong identity keep you
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A wrong identity keep you from your greatness.
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From your greatness. reprogram your thinking with
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Reprogram your thinking with what god says about you. tune
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What god says about you. tune out all the mis-information,
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Out all the mis-information, the negative, limited, not
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The negative, limited, not enough, too many mistakes.
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Enough, too many mistakes. the enemy would love for you
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The enemy would love for you to become mis-imprinted so
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To become mis-imprinted so you will miss your destiny.
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You will miss your destiny. but this is a new day. god is
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But this is a new day. god is re-imprinting you. there's a
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Re-imprinting you. there's a new image taking root. no
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New image taking root. no more grasshopper mentality,
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More grasshopper mentality, but a mighty hero mentality.
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But a mighty hero mentality. no more can't do it, but well
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No more can't do it, but well able. no more not valuable,
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Able. no more not valuable, but masterpiece, made in the
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But masterpiece, made in the image of almighty god.
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A friend of mine was raised
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A friend of mine was raised here in the fifth ward
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Here in the fifth ward in houston back in the
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In houston back in the 1960's. it was pretty rough
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1960's. it was pretty rough back then; a lot of gangs and
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Back then; a lot of gangs and drugs. his father wasn't
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Drugs. his father wasn't around. while his mother was
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Around. while his mother was working, he started skipping
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Working, he started skipping school, getting into trouble.
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School, getting into trouble. stealing things, robbing. one
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Stealing things, robbing. one day, the police were chasing
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Day, the police were chasing him, he was running through a
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Him, he was running through a neighborhood. he crawled
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Neighborhood. he crawled under this house that was up
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Under this house that was up on blocks. they had a police
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On blocks. they had a police dog after him. he opened the
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Sewer and covered himself in
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Sewer and covered himself in waste and filth so the dog
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Waste and filth so the dog couldn't smell him. he got
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Couldn't smell him. he got away. but sitting in that
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Away. but sitting in that filth, something said, “you
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Filth, something said, “you were made for more than this.
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Were made for more than this. this is not who you are.” he
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Went by a gym one day and saw
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Went by a gym one day and saw some people in there boxing.
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Some people in there boxing. he walked in as a teenager;
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He walked in as a teenager; told the man he wanted to
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Told the man he wanted to box. the man was rude and
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Box. the man was rude and said, “get out of here kid. i
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Said, “get out of here kid. i don't have time for you.” as
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Don't have time for you.” as he was leaving so dejected,
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He was leaving so dejected, another man came over and
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Another man came over and said, “listen son, if you
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Want to box, i'll train you.
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Want to box, i'll train you. and if you'll work hard and
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And if you'll work hard and stick with it, you can become
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Stick with it, you can become an olympic champion.” he
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An olympic champion.” he didn't even know the young
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Didn't even know the young man. he had never met him,
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Man. he had never met him, but he saw something in him.
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But he saw something in him. like the angel with gideon,
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Like the angel with gideon, sometimes you need people to
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Sometimes you need people to speak faith into you, to tell
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Speak faith into you, to tell you who you really are.
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Nobody had ever told that
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Nobody had ever told that young man he could do
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Young man he could do something great. all he heard
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Something great. all he heard was, “you're not good enough.
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Was, “you're not good enough. you'll never amount to
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You'll never amount to anything. you can't even stay
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Anything. you can't even stay out of trouble.” that day a
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Stronghold was broken in his
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Stronghold was broken in his mind. that mis-imprinting
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Mind. that mis-imprinting began to change. he thought,
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Began to change. he thought, “maybe i'm not who i think i
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“maybe i'm not who i think i am. maybe i'm not defeated,
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Am. maybe i'm not defeated, undisciplined, with no
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Undisciplined, with no future.” he began to
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Future.” he began to reprogram his mind. that
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Reprogram his mind. that coach not only told him what
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Coach not only told him what he could become, but he gave
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He could become, but he gave him a pair of boxing shoes
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Him a pair of boxing shoes and boxing gloves. no one had
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And boxing gloves. no one had ever given him anything. he
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Ever given him anything. he had never boxed before, but
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Had never boxed before, but one year later, george
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One year later, george foreman was an olympic
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Foreman was an olympic champion. he won the gold
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Champion. he won the gold medal. he went on to become
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Medal. he went on to become the heavy weight champion of
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The heavy weight champion of the world. when he retired,
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The world. when he retired, he became a pastor, across
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He became a pastor, across town, always talking about
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Town, always talking about what god can do, and how he
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What god can do, and how he can turn any situation around.
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Can turn any situation around. it's amazing what happens
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It's amazing what happens when we get rid of the wrong
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When we get rid of the wrong identity. i wonder if there
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Identity. i wonder if there are areas where you've been
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Are areas where you've been mis-imprinted. like george,
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Mis-imprinted. like george, like gideon, “i'm just
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Like gideon, “i'm just average, joel. i can't do
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Average, joel. i can't do anything great. i've been
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Anything great. i've been through too much.” the truth
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Through too much.” the truth is you're a mighty hero. you
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Is you're a mighty hero. you have greatness in you. you
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Have greatness in you. you have to clear out all the
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Have to clear out all the lies that are trying to
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Lies that are trying to deceive you into being less
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Deceive you into being less than you were created to be.
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Than you were created to be. you can be transformed by the
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You can be transformed by the renewing of your mind. start
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Renewing of your mind. start dwelling on what god says
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Dwelling on what god says about you. not the limited,
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About you. not the limited, can't do it, not valuable
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Can't do it, not valuable thoughts. how about the
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Thoughts. how about the strong, talented, mighty hero
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Strong, talented, mighty hero thoughts. god is going to
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Thoughts. god is going to take you further than you can
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Take you further than you can imagine. gideon never dreamed
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Imagine. gideon never dreamed he would be a hero of faith.
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He would be a hero of faith. my father never dreamed he
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My father never dreamed he would leave the farm and go
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Would leave the farm and go on to impact people all over
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On to impact people all over the world. what god is going
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The world. what god is going to do in your life is going
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To do in your life is going to supersede anything you can
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To supersede anything you can imagine. don't limit him with
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Imagine. don't limit him with a wrong identity. you may
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A wrong identity. you may have had some mis-imprinting,
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Have had some mis-imprinting, things you believed that you
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Things you believed that you didn't know any better. but i
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Didn't know any better. but i believe and declare, today
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Believe and declare, today god is re-imprinting.
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God is re-imprinting. strongholds are being broken,
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Strongholds are being broken, forces that have held you
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Forces that have held you back are coming down. the
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Back are coming down. the mighty hero is coming out.
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Mighty hero is coming out. your true identity, in jesus'
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Your true identity, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can
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Name. if you receive it, can you say amen today? (applause)
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Are you in
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Are you in a situation where
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A situation where you feel lost?
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You feel lost? afraid? hopeless?
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Afraid? hopeless? where there seems to be
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Where there seems to be no solutions?
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No solutions? no answers?
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No answers? no way out?
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No way out? it's time for your turnaround.
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It's time for your turnaround. we all face situations
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We all face situations that look like
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That look like they'll never change.
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They'll never change. it's easy to get discouraged.
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I'd love to send you
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I'd love to send you my book, turnaround:
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My book, turnaround: how god can take you
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How god can take you from a setback to a comeback,
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From a setback to a comeback, where you'll discover
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Where you'll discover how god can turn sickness
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How god can turn sickness into health, lack
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Into health, lack into abundance, addictions
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Into abundance, addictions into freedom.
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Into freedom. it'll inspire you
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It'll inspire you to keep believing
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To keep believing and having expectancy
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And having expectancy for things
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For things to turn in your favor.
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To turn in your favor. recent weeks,
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Recent weeks, we've been celebrating
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We've been celebrating the incredible
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The incredible life of my mother.
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Life of my mother. her miraculous turnaround
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Her miraculous turnaround story of overcoming
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Story of overcoming terminal cancer
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Terminal cancer over 40 years ago.
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Over 40 years ago. it's a testimony of the power
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It's a testimony of the power of god's promises.
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Of god's promises. just because you don't see
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Just because you don't see a way, doesn't mean
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A way, doesn't mean god doesn't have a way.
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God doesn't have a way. stay in faith.
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Stay in faith. your turnaround is on the way.
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Your turnaround is on the way. as our way of saying thank you
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As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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For your gift of any amount this month,
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This month, we would like to send you
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We would like to send you a copy of joel's
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A copy of joel's brand new book, turnaround:
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Brand new book, turnaround: how god can take you
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How god can take you from setback to comeback.
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From setback to comeback. each section highlights
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Each section highlights a faith turnaround
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A faith turnaround point to help
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Point to help you see a positive change
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You see a positive change in your life.
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In your life. as you meditate
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As you meditate on his promises,
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On his promises, you'll begin
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You'll begin to see your greatest challenges
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To see your greatest challenges turn around.
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Turn around. request your copy today
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Request your copy today and see the turnaround
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And see the turnaround and breakthrough
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And breakthrough you've been waiting for.
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You've been waiting for. god won't let you
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God won't let you get in a problem
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Get in a problem that he can't bring you out of.
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That he can't bring you out of. there are turnarounds
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There are turnarounds in your future.
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In your future. thanks so much
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Thanks so much for being with us today.
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For being with us today. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family
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You and your family and we sure
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And we sure appreciate your prayer
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Appreciate your prayer and support.
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And support. your generosity is helping
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Your generosity is helping bring hope to people
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Bring hope to people around the world.
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Around the world. special thank you
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Special thank you to our champion
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To our champion of hope partners
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Of hope partners for your monthly gifts.
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For your monthly gifts. if you're not a partner,
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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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Becoming one. remember,
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Remember, you can watch the services
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You can watch the services online every sunday morning,
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Online every sunday morning, download our daily podcast,
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Download our daily podcast, watch on youtube,
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Watch on youtube, the new joel osteen network,
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The new joel osteen network, social media,
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Social media, of course you can listen on
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Of course you can listen on sirius xm 24 hours a day.
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Sirius xm 24 hours a day. we'll keep you
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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Encouraged and inspired. until we see you next time,
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Until we see you next time, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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You and keep you. be sure to request
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Be sure to request your copy of turnaround:
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Your copy of turnaround: how god can take you
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How god can take you from setback to comeback.
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From setback to comeback. visit joelosteen.com
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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Joel Osteen - Mistaken Identity

October 19, 2025 | 29:0

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