Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - More Than Enough

September 16, 2025 | 30:0

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - More Than Enough | September 16, 2025

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[music] >> joel osteen: well,
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>> joel osteen: well, god bless you.
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God bless you. it's a joy to come into your
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It's a joy to come into your homes, and if you're ever
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Homes, and if you're ever in our area, please stop by
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In our area, please stop by and be a part of
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And be a part of one of our services.
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One of our services. i promise you, we will make
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I promise you, we will make you feel right at home.
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I like to start with
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I like to start with something funny, and i heard
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Something funny, and i heard about this man.
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About this man. he was on vacation in
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He was on vacation in jerusalem with his family
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Jerusalem with his family when his mother-in-law
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When his mother-in-law suddenly died.
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Suddenly died. he went to make arrangements
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He went to make arrangements to get her body back home,
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To get her body back home, and the consulate said it
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And the consulate said it would cost $5,000 to have her
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Would cost $5,000 to have her shipped, but he could have
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Shipped, but he could have her buried right there in
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Her buried right there in jerusalem for just $150.
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Jerusalem for just $150. the man thought about it a
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The man thought about it a moment, said, "no, i'd like
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Moment, said, "no, i'd like to have her shipped."
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To have her shipped." the consulate said, "wow,
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The consulate said, "wow, you must have really loved
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You must have really loved your mother-in-law."
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Your mother-in-law." he said, "no,
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He said, "no, it's not so much that.
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It's not so much that. i just remember a case here
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I just remember a case here years ago where there buried
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Years ago where there buried somebody, and on
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Somebody, and on the third day, they rose.
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The third day, they rose. i can't take that chance."
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All right, i have
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All right, i have a great mother-in-law.
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A great mother-in-law. come on, let's say it
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Come on, let's say it together: "this is my bible.
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Together: "this is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says
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I can do what it says i can do.
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I can do. today, i will be taught
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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The word of god. i boldly confess my mind is
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I boldly confess my mind is alert, my heart is receptive,
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Alert, my heart is receptive, i will never be the same,
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I will never be the same, in jesus's name.
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In jesus's name. god bless you.
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God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about "more than enough."
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About "more than enough." we're not supposed to go
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We're not supposed to go through life constantly
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Through life constantly struggling, not able
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Struggling, not able to fulfill our dreams,
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To fulfill our dreams, or not able to be
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Or not able to be a blessing to anyone else.
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A blessing to anyone else. lack is not your destiny.
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Lack is not your destiny. you were created to live an
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You were created to live an abundant life, but if you've
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Abundant life, but if you've struggled for a long time,
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Struggled for a long time, it's easy to develop a
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It's easy to develop a scarcity mentality,
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Scarcity mentality, thinking, "i'll never be able
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Thinking, "i'll never be able to afford a nice house.
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To afford a nice house. i'll never have the funds
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I'll never have the funds to really bless my family."
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To really bless my family." but as long as you think,
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But as long as you think, "not enough," you'll never
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"not enough," you'll never have more than enough.
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Have more than enough. you have to get rid of that
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You have to get rid of that scarcity mentality and start
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Scarcity mentality and start having an abundant mentality.
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Having an abundant mentality. god has ways to increase you
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God has ways to increase you that you've never thought of.
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That you've never thought of. he's not limited by your job,
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He's not limited by your job, by your education, or by
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By your education, or by the family you were raised in.
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The family you were raised in. if you'll take the limits off
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If you'll take the limits off of him, god will bless you
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Of him, god will bless you beyond your normal income,
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Beyond your normal income, beyond your salary,
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Beyond your salary, beyond what anyone
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Beyond what anyone in your family has seen.
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In your family has seen. i talked to a gentleman
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I talked to a gentleman the other day.
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The other day. he volunteers at lakewood,
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He volunteers at lakewood, and he works in sales, and
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And he works in sales, and one of his clients called and
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One of his clients called and said that their boss wanted
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Said that their boss wanted to speak with him,
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To speak with him, and at first,
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And at first, he was kind of alarmed
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He was kind of alarmed and thought something might
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And thought something might be wrong, but this boss was
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Be wrong, but this boss was so impressed with his work,
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So impressed with his work, he wanted to see if he would
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He wanted to see if he would come and run his whole
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Come and run his whole sales department.
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Sales department. it was a huge promotion.
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It was a huge promotion. the boss said,
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The boss said, "if you'll take the position,
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"if you'll take the position, then i'll give you ownership
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Then i'll give you ownership in this company."
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In this company." he said, "joel,
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He said, "joel, i didn't see this coming.
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I didn't see this coming. i never dreamed i would be
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I never dreamed i would be this blessed."
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This blessed." he went from working
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He went from working at a company to owning
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At a company to owning part of a company.
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Part of a company. you don't know what god
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You don't know what god has in store for you.
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Has in store for you. you don't know the
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You don't know the promotions, the
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Promotions, the opportunities, the favor that
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Opportunities, the favor that he's already ordained to come
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He's already ordained to come across your path.
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Across your path. psalm 35 says: "god takes
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Psalm 35 says: "god takes pleasure in prospering you."
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Pleasure in prospering you." it brings a smile to god's
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It brings a smile to god's face to make things happen
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Face to make things happen that amaze you.
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That amaze you. as a parent, when you do
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As a parent, when you do something special for your
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Something special for your child, something out of the
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Child, something out of the ordinary that they weren't
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Ordinary that they weren't expecting, you know how that
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Expecting, you know how that brings you joy, makes you
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Brings you joy, makes you feel good.
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Feel good. it's the same way with our
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It's the same way with our heavenly father.
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Heavenly father. it gives him pleasure to see
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It gives him pleasure to see you blessed, and you may not
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You blessed, and you may not see how this can happen, but
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See how this can happen, but the scripture says, "god will
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The scripture says, "god will supply all of our needs
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Supply all of our needs according to his riches."
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According to his riches." it doesn't say, "according to
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It doesn't say, "according to your job, according to your
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Your job, according to your talent, if the boss likes
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Talent, if the boss likes you, if the economy's up, if
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You, if the economy's up, if you have the right friends."
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You have the right friends." it's not according to what
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It's not according to what you have.
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You have. it's according to what he
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It's according to what he has, and the good news is,
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Has, and the good news is, god owns it all.
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God owns it all. he makes streets out of gold,
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He makes streets out of gold, and if he doesn't have what
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And if he doesn't have what you need, he can create it.
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You need, he can create it. he speaks and worlds come
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He speaks and worlds come into existence.
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Into existence. in the scripture, a young
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In the scripture, a young lady named ruth was barely
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Lady named ruth was barely making it.
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Making it. her husband had died,
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Her husband had died, and she was living
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And she was living with her mother-in-law
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With her mother-in-law in a foreign country.
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In a foreign country. she had no income,
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She had no income, nobody to help them.
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Nobody to help them. all the circumstances said
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All the circumstances said she was stuck.
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She was stuck. this was her destiny, a life
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This was her destiny, a life of struggle and lack, but
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Of struggle and lack, but 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. your circumstances may look
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Your circumstances may look permanent, but you can't see
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Permanent, but you can't see what god is doing behind
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What god is doing behind the scenes.
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The scenes. he's already spoken to the
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He's already spoken to the right people to help you.
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Right people to help you. he's already lined up good
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He's already lined up good breaks, promotion that you
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Breaks, promotion that you don't see coming.
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Don't see coming. it's going to happen
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It's going to happen unexpectedly, out of the
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Unexpectedly, out of the ordinary.
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Ordinary. you're not going to have to
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You're not going to have to go after it.
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Go after it. it's going to come after you.
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It's going to come after you. the scripture says, "when you
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The scripture says, "when you keep god first place, his
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Keep god first place, his blessings will chase you
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Blessings will chase you down."
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Down." one translation says, "they
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One translation says, "they will catch you by surprise."
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Will catch you by surprise." god is going to surprise you.
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God is going to surprise you. he's going to open doors
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He's going to open doors bigger than you've imagined.
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Bigger than you've imagined. he's going to bring people
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He's going to bring people that will use their
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That will use their influence, their platform, to
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Influence, their platform, to push you further along.
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Push you further along. it's going to be uncommon,
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It's going to be uncommon, unusual.
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Unusual. you're going to know it was
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You're going to know it was the hand of god.
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The hand of god. it's like this building,
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It's like this building, the former compaq center.
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The former compaq center. i never dreamed one day
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I never dreamed one day we'd own it, never dreamed
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We'd own it, never dreamed we'd be having church here.
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We'd be having church here. this is one of those
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This is one of those surprises that chased us
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Surprises that chased us down.
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Down. we couldn't have made this
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We couldn't have made this happen, our strength,
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Happen, our strength, our ability.
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Our ability. it was the goodness of god.
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It was the goodness of god. god's dream for your life is
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God's dream for your life is much bigger than your own.
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Much bigger than your own. what god has in your future
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What god has in your future is going to boggle your mind.
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Is going to boggle your mind. the places he's going to take
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The places he's going to take you, the people you're going
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You, the people you're going to meet, the levels you're
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To meet, the levels you're going to reach.
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Going to reach. paul said in corinthians, "no
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Paul said in corinthians, "no person has seen, heard, or
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Person has seen, heard, or imagined what god has in
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Imagined what god has in store for those that love the
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Store for those that love the lord," and you may think
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Lord," and you may think you've reached your limits.
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You've reached your limits. god is saying, "you better
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God is saying, "you better think again.
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Think again. you haven't seen anything
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You haven't seen anything yet.
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Yet. i'm about to bring you into
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I'm about to bring you into overflow, into abundance,
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Overflow, into abundance, into more than enough."
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Into more than enough." whatever level you're at, get
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Whatever level you're at, get ready, another level is
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Ready, another level is coming.
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Coming. ruth would go out into the
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Ruth would go out into the fields every morning and pick
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Fields every morning and pick up the leftover wheat that
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Up the leftover wheat that the workers had missed.
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The workers had missed. they were living off of
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They were living off of leftovers.
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Leftovers. she and her mother-in-law
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She and her mother-in-law were barely surviving.
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Were barely surviving. i'm sure they weren't
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I'm sure they weren't thinking about abundance.
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Thinking about abundance. nothing in their
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Nothing in their circumstances said they would
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Circumstances said they would ever have more than enough.
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Ever have more than enough. if ruth heard this message,
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If ruth heard this message, she'd say, "not me, joel,
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She'd say, "not me, joel, it's impossible.
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It's impossible. all the odds are
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All the odds are against me."
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Against me." but ruth didn't know what god
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But ruth didn't know what god was up to, and your
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Was up to, and your circumstances may be against
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Circumstances may be against you, but the most high god
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You, but the most high god is for you.
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Is for you. he's called, "jehovah-jireh,
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He's called, "jehovah-jireh, the lord our provider."
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The lord our provider." he said, "you will lend
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He said, "you will lend and not borrow."
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And not borrow." he says, "you are above and
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He says, "you are above and not beneath."
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Not beneath." you may not be there yet, but
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You may not be there yet, but god is not finished.
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God is not finished. he's working behind the
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He's working behind the scenes.
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Scenes. things are happening that you
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Things are happening that you cannot see.
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Cannot see. keep being faithful.
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Keep being faithful. keep doing the right thing.
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Keep doing the right thing. keep going to work with a
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Keep going to work with a good attitude.
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Good attitude. "joel, nobody gives me credit
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"joel, nobody gives me credit at the office.
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At the office. i'll never be promoted."
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I'll never be promoted." you are not working
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You are not working unto people.
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Unto people. you are working unto god.
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You are working unto god. your job is not your source.
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Your job is not your source. god is your source.
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God is your source. i can assure you,
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I can assure you, god is keeping the records.
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God is keeping the records. your time is coming.
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Your time is coming. ruth was faithful.
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Ruth was faithful. she'd been through loss, in a
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She'd been through loss, in a foreign country, no income,
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Foreign country, no income, yet you never read where ruth
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Yet you never read where ruth complained.
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Complained. she didn't get bitter.
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She didn't get bitter. she didn't give up on life.
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She didn't give up on life. she kept doing the right
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She kept doing the right thing, being her best, taking
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Thing, being her best, taking care of her mother-in-law,
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Care of her mother-in-law, going out every day,
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Going out every day, gathering up the food.
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Gathering up the food. she could've thought, "god,
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She could've thought, "god, i'm made for more than this.
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I'm made for more than this. i'm not going to go pick up
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I'm not going to go pick up leftover wheat.
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Leftover wheat. that's beneath me.
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That's beneath me. ruth passed the test
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Ruth passed the test in the small things.
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In the small things. before god can trust you with
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Before god can trust you with much, you have to prove to
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Much, you have to prove to him you'll be faithful with
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Him you'll be faithful with little.
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Little. don't discount where you are.
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Don't discount where you are. if you don't take care of
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If you don't take care of that old car, why should god
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That old car, why should god bless you with a new one?
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Bless you with a new one? if you complain about that
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If you complain about that apartment, why should god
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Apartment, why should god bless you with a house?
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Bless you with a house? if you're not faithful at the
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If you're not faithful at the job where you are now, why
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Job where you are now, why should god bless you with
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Should god bless you with your own business?
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Your own business? pass the small test.
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Pass the small test. one day, while ruth was out
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One day, while ruth was out working in the fields, god
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Working in the fields, god spoke to boaz, the owner of
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Spoke to boaz, the owner of those fields, and told him to
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Those fields, and told him to be good to ruth.
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Be good to ruth. he had his workers leave
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He had his workers leave wheat on the ground on
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Wheat on the ground on purpose for ruth.
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Purpose for ruth. now, when she went out,
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Now, when she went out, she had more than enough.
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She had more than enough. she gathered it
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She gathered it in a fraction of the time.
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When she went home, i can
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When she went home, i can imagine, her mother-in-law
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Imagine, her mother-in-law said, "ruth, what in
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Said, "ruth, what in the world happened?
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The world happened? did you win the lottery?
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Did you win the lottery? how did you get so much wheat
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How did you get so much wheat in so little time?"
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In so little time?" ruth had no explanation.
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Ruth had no explanation. she said, "i don't know how
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She said, "i don't know how it happened.
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It happened. for some reason, these
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For some reason, these workers left
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Workers left all this extra wheat."
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All this extra wheat." that was god saying,
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That was god saying, "surprise.
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"surprise. here's a blessing you're not
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Here's a blessing you're not going to have to work for.
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Going to have to work for. it's going to come to you.
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It's going to come to you. you just show up, and it'll
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You just show up, and it'll be waiting for you.
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Be waiting for you. god has some of these
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God has some of these blessings in store for you.
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Blessings in store for you. you're not going to have to
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You're not going to have to make it happen.
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Make it happen. you just keep being faithful,
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You just keep being faithful, keep doing the right thing,
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Keep doing the right thing, and suddenly, there's more
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And suddenly, there's more than enough.
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Than enough. suddenly, the compaq center.
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Suddenly, the compaq center. suddenly, ownership
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Suddenly, ownership in a company.
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In a company. suddenly, the house falls
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Suddenly, the house falls into your hands.
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Into your hands. you can't explain it.
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You can't explain it. you didn't see it coming.
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You didn't see it coming. what happened?
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What happened? god surprised you.
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God surprised you. one of his blessings chased
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One of his blessings chased you down, and what's
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You down, and what's interesting is, god spoke to
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Interesting is, god spoke to boaz to be good to ruth, but
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Boaz to be good to ruth, but ruth didn't know about it.
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Ruth didn't know about it. god didn't tell her, "i'm
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God didn't tell her, "i'm going to speak to this man
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Going to speak to this man and he's going
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And he's going to bless you."
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To bless you." all ruth knew was, suddenly,
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All ruth knew was, suddenly, her life became much easier.
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Her life became much easier. suddenly, there was
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Suddenly, there was an abundance of wheat
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An abundance of wheat on the ground.
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On the ground. you don't know who god has
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You don't know who god has already spoken to about you.
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Already spoken to about you. there are people god has
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There are people god has already lined up to leave
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Already lined up to leave wheat on the ground for you,
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Wheat on the ground for you, people that will cause things
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People that will cause things to happen that you had
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To happen that you had nothing to do with,
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Nothing to do with, but suddenly,
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But suddenly, you'll go to a new level.
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You'll go to a new level. suddenly, you'll come
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Suddenly, you'll come into more than enough.
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Into more than enough. you can't explain it.
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You can't explain it. you can't take credit for it.
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You can't take credit for it. there was nothing in your
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There was nothing in your circumstances that said it
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Circumstances that said it was going to happen.
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Was going to happen. that was god simply taking
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That was god simply taking pleasure in prospering you,
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Pleasure in prospering you, god showing his favor on you,
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God showing his favor on you, causing you to stand out, and
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Causing you to stand out, and the story could end here, and
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The story could end here, and it would be a happy ending.
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It would be a happy ending. ruth and her mother-in-law
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Ruth and her mother-in-law had plenty, but god likes to
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Had plenty, but god likes to exceed our expectations.
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Exceed our expectations. boaz fell in love with ruth.
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Boaz fell in love with ruth. they ended up getting
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They ended up getting married.
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Married. now, instead of working in
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Now, instead of working in those fields, ruth owned the
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Those fields, ruth owned the fields.
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Fields. she never had to go out and
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She never had to go out and pick up wheat like that
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Pick up wheat like that again.
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Again. she came into a new level,
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She came into a new level, abundance, overflow.
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Abundance, overflow. those workers she used to
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Those workers she used to follow behind.
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Follow behind. now, they all work for here.
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Now, they all work for here. she went from the tail to the
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She went from the tail to the head, from borrowing to
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Head, from borrowing to lending, from being in lack
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Lending, from being in lack to having more than enough.
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To having more than enough. if ruth were here today,
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If ruth were here today, she would tell you,
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She would tell you, "it may look impossible.
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"it may look impossible. the odds may be against you,
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The odds may be against you, but stay in faith.
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But stay in faith. you don't know who god is
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You don't know who god is whispering to right now
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About you.
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About you. you don't know who's going
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You don't know who's going to open a door for
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To open a door for you for no reason.
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You for no reason. you don't know who's
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You don't know who's about to show you favor
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About to show you favor that you didn't see coming.
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That you didn't see coming. but sometimes religion tries
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But sometimes religion tries to make us feel like we're
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To make us feel like we're not supposed to be blessed.
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Not supposed to be blessed. we're not supposed to have
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We're not supposed to have resources.
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Resources. but the scripture says that
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But the scripture says that job was the wealthiest man in
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Job was the wealthiest man in the east.
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The east. he was very blessed with
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He was very blessed with resources, livestock,
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Resources, livestock, a successful business.
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A successful business. god said about job, "there
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God said about job, "there was no better man than him."
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Was no better man than him." david left an inheritance to
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David left an inheritance to his son solomon to build the
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His son solomon to build the temple that some scholars say
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Temple that some scholars say would be over a billion
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Would be over a billion dollars today.
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Dollars today. david's called, "a man after
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David's called, "a man after god's own heart."
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God's own heart." abraham is the father of our
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Abraham is the father of our faith.
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Faith. he's the one god chose to
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He's the one god chose to start the new covenant.
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Start the new covenant. he too was very wealthy in
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He too was very wealthy in cattle, sheep, gold, silver.
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Cattle, sheep, gold, silver. what am i saying?
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What am i saying? god has no problem with you
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God has no problem with you having money, as long as
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Having money, as long as money doesn't have you.
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Money should not be our goal.
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Money should not be our goal. fulfilling our destiny
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Fulfilling our destiny should be our goal.
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Should be our goal. money is simply a tool.
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Money is simply a tool. money can send your children
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Money can send your children to college.
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To college. money could help you
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Money could help you accomplish your dreams.
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Accomplish your dreams. money can renovate a compaq
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Money can renovate a compaq center.
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Center. money can build an orphanage.
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Money is not a problem.
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Money is not a problem. it's the love of money
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It's the love of money that's the problem.
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That's the problem. if you make money your goal
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If you make money your goal and you only focus on
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And you only focus on yourself, and live to show
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Yourself, and live to show off what you have, life is
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Off what you have, life is not going to be very
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Not going to be very fulfilling.
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Fulfilling. there are some things that
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There are some things that money can't buy.
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Money can't buy. money can't buy peace.
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Money can't buy peace. money can't buy good
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Money can't buy good relationships.
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Relationships. money can't buy health.
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Money can't buy health. i know some very wealthy
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I know some very wealthy people that are not well.
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People that are not well. money shouldn't be our focus,
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Money shouldn't be our focus, but the fact is, it takes
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But the fact is, it takes money to fulfill dreams.
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Money to fulfill dreams. now, don't let a religious
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Now, don't let a religious spirit convince you that
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Spirit convince you that you're not supposed to have
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You're not supposed to have anything.
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Anything. constantly struggling, being
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Constantly struggling, being overwhelmed by debt, not able
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Overwhelmed by debt, not able to pay your bills is not
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To pay your bills is not god's best.
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God's best. jesus did not come and give
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Jesus did not come and give his life so that we could
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His life so that we could barely get by and live off of
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Barely get by and live off of leftovers.
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Leftovers. he came that we might live an
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He came that we might live an abundant life.
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"abundant" means "plenty,"
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"abundant" means "plenty," plenty of joy, plenty of good
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Plenty of joy, plenty of good health, plenty of strength,
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Health, plenty of strength, plenty of opportunities,
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Plenty of opportunities, plenty of creativity,
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Plenty of creativity, plenty of courage.
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Plenty of courage. god wants you to be so
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God wants you to be so blessed that you have to
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Blessed that you have to choose which opportunities
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Choose which opportunities you take.
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You take. you have to choose which
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You have to choose which contracts you accept.
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Contracts you accept. david said, "my cup runs
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David said, "my cup runs over."
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Over." "running over" means you have
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"running over" means you have so much, you can't contain it
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So much, you can't contain it all.
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All. "well, joel, this sounds
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"well, joel, this sounds good, but i don't see how it
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Good, but i don't see how it can happen for me.
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Can happen for me. it seems far out."
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It seems far out." can i tell you, we serve a
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Can i tell you, we serve a far-out god, an exceeding,
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Far-out god, an exceeding, abundantly, above-and-beyond
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Abundantly, above-and-beyond god?
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God? that's why he has you hearing
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That's why he has you hearing this.
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This. he wants you to get rid of
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He wants you to get rid of that scarcity mentality and
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That scarcity mentality and start having an abundant
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Start having an abundant mentality.
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A couple of years after
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A couple of years after victoria and i were married,
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Victoria and i were married, one evening, we were walking
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One evening, we were walking through a nice neighborhood
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Through a nice neighborhood not too far from
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Not too far from our townhouse.
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Our townhouse. there was a big two-story
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There was a big two-story house being built.
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House being built. it was almost finished.
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It was almost finished. nobody was there.
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Nobody was there. so we went in to look around.
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So we went in to look around. it had big windows,
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It had big windows, a spacious entryway with
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A spacious entryway with a curved staircase, vaulted
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A curved staircase, vaulted ceilings, great backyard.
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Ceilings, great backyard. it was so beautiful, and as
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It was so beautiful, and as we were walking out, victoria
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We were walking out, victoria said, "joel, one day, we're
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Said, "joel, one day, we're going to live in a house just
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Going to live in a house just like this one."
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Like this one." she might as well have said,
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She might as well have said, "one day, we're going to go
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"one day, we're going to go to the moon."
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To the moon." that was so far beyond
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That was so far beyond anything i could imagine, and
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Anything i could imagine, and being the great man of faith
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Being the great man of faith that i am, i went on to tell
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That i am, i went on to tell her all the reasons why it
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Her all the reasons why it wasn't going to happen.
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Wasn't going to happen. i said, "victoria,
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I said, "victoria, are you kidding?
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Are you kidding? i work for a ministry.
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I work for a ministry. we'll never have
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We'll never have that kind of income.
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That kind of income. we could save up for
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We could save up for 30 years, and we still
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30 years, and we still won't have enough."
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Won't have enough." i did my best to talk her out
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I did my best to talk her out of it, but she acted like
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Of it, but she acted like she didn't even hear me.
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She didn't even hear me. she said, "no, joel,
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She said, "no, joel, i'm telling you, one day,
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I'm telling you, one day, it's going to happen."
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It's going to happen." a few months later, we sold
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A few months later, we sold our townhouse and bought this
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Our townhouse and bought this old, rundown house, very
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Old, rundown house, very dilapidated, but it was on a
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Dilapidated, but it was on a big lot close in to the city.
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Big lot close in to the city. the day we closed on the
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The day we closed on the property, a realtor pulled up
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Property, a realtor pulled up while we were standing
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While we were standing in the front yard.
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In the front yard. we didn't know the lady.
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We didn't know the lady. she said, "would you like
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She said, "would you like to sell the house?"
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To sell the house?" i said, "no, we just
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I said, "no, we just purchased it."
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Purchased it." she said, "congratulations,
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She said, "congratulations, you just brought
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You just brought your dream house."
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Your dream house." i thought, "what's she
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I thought, "what's she talking about?"
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Talking about?" she explained how the
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She explained how the neighborhood was in the
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Neighborhood was in the process of changing the deed
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Process of changing the deed restrictions to where you
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Restrictions to where you could subdivide the lots.
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Could subdivide the lots. a year later, we sold half of
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A year later, we sold half of the property for more than
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The property for more than we paid for the whole thing.
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We paid for the whole thing. two years after that,
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Two years after that, we were living in one of
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We were living in one of those houses just like
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Those houses just like we had seen that night.
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We had seen that night. like with ruth, it was as if
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Like with ruth, it was as if god had somebody leave wheat
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God had somebody leave wheat on the ground on purpose for
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On the ground on purpose for us.
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Us. we didn't know they were
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We didn't know they were going to change the deed
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Going to change the deed restrictions, but god has an
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Restrictions, but god has an advantage.
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Advantage. he can see what's happening
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He can see what's happening behind the scenes.
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Behind the scenes. he knows things that you
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He knows things that you could never know.
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Could never know. the scripture says, "god
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The scripture says, "god knows where the hidden riches
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Knows where the hidden riches are."
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Are." he has inside information,
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He has inside information, and when you honor him, he
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And when you honor him, he will lead you into blessings
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Will lead you into blessings that you didn't see coming.
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That you didn't see coming. favor, promotion,
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Favor, promotion, opportunities that surprises
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Opportunities that surprises you, it takes you to a level
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You, it takes you to a level that you didn't think you
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That you didn't think you could reach.
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Could reach. when we needed a larger
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When we needed a larger auditorium, the compaq center
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Auditorium, the compaq center came across our path.
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Came across our path. those same thoughts came to
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Those same thoughts came to my mind, just like with the
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My mind, just like with the house, "joel, you'll never
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House, "joel, you'll never get that building.
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Get that building. you're wasting your time.
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You're wasting your time. you don't have a chance."
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You don't have a chance." this time, something was
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This time, something was different.
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Different. i had learned my lesson.
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I had learned my lesson. i said, "no thanks, i'm in
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I said, "no thanks, i'm in agreement with god.
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Agreement with god. it's bigger than i've
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It's bigger than i've imagined.
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Imagined. it looks impossible, but i
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It looks impossible, but i know god can do the
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Know god can do the impossible.
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Impossible. all along the way, we saw the
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All along the way, we saw the hand of god.
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Hand of god. he brought the right people
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He brought the right people to help us.
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To help us. he changed city council
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He changed city council members' minds.
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Members' minds. we sold a piece of property
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We sold a piece of property at just the right time to
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At just the right time to make a critical payment.
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Make a critical payment. i thought we'd have to build
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I thought we'd have to build an auditorium, but god said,
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An auditorium, but god said, "surprise, i have an
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"surprise, i have an auditorium already built
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Auditorium already built right on the main freeway."
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Right on the main freeway." when you look around, you are
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When you look around, you are looking at the goodness
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Looking at the goodness of god.
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Of god. you are looking at abundance.
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You are looking at abundance. you are looking at
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You are looking at more than enough.
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More than enough. proverbs says, "when you fear
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Proverbs says, "when you fear the lord."
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The lord." that doesn't mean be afraid.
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That doesn't mean be afraid. that means you reverence him.
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That means you reverence him. you ask him for guidance.
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You ask him for guidance. you trust him with your
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You trust him with your dreams.
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Dreams. you do your best to walk in
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You do your best to walk in his ways.
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His ways. when you do this, it says,
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When you do this, it says, "you will have honor, wealth,
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"you will have honor, wealth, and a long life."
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And a long life." i believe one reason god has
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I believe one reason god has blessed me more than i can
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Blessed me more than i can imagine is not because i'm
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Imagine is not because i'm perfect, not because i don't
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Perfect, not because i don't have weaknesses, but i've
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Have weaknesses, but i've done my best to honor god.
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Done my best to honor god. i learned from the time i was
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I learned from the time i was a little boy to keep god
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A little boy to keep god first place, to make pleasing
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First place, to make pleasing him my aim in life, to always
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Him my aim in life, to always hunger and thirst after
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Hunger and thirst after righteousness.
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Righteousness. that means to strive to do
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That means to strive to do the right thing, to treat
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The right thing, to treat people with respect, to be
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People with respect, to be a person of excellence
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A person of excellence and integrity.
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And integrity. when you reverence the lord,
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When you reverence the lord, god promises you honor,
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God promises you honor, wealth, and a long life.
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Wealth, and a long life. one way we reverence god is
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One way we reverence god is by bringing the tithe,
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By bringing the tithe, the first 10% of our income,
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The first 10% of our income, to the house of the lord.
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To the house of the lord. when we do that, it says
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When we do that, it says in malachi, "god will open
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In malachi, "god will open the windows of heaven
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The windows of heaven and pour out a blessing
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And pour out a blessing too great to contain."
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Too great to contain." this is what happened with
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This is what happened with hezekiah.
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Hezekiah. he had to build buildings to
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He had to build buildings to hold all the blessings that
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Hold all the blessings that god gave him.
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God gave him. make sure you're doing your
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Make sure you're doing your part, and god has promised he
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Part, and god has promised he will pour out blessings you
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Will pour out blessings you cannot contain, blessings
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Cannot contain, blessings that will take you
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That will take you in the overflow.
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In the overflow. we see this in luke
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We see this in luke chapter 5.
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Chapter 5. jesus was teaching on the
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Jesus was teaching on the shore of galilee, and it was
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Shore of galilee, and it was so crowded, he asked peter if
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So crowded, he asked peter if he could borrow his boat.
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He could borrow his boat. they had never met before,
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They had never met before, but peter agreed.
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But peter agreed. when jesus finished teaching,
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When jesus finished teaching, he told peter to launch out
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Into the deep and he would
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Into the deep and he would catch a great amount of fish.
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Catch a great amount of fish. there were no fish there a
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There were no fish there a little earlier, but peter
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Little earlier, but peter went back out and caught so
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Went back out and caught so many fish that his net began
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Many fish that his net began to break, overflow,
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To break, overflow, abundance.
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Abundance. he had to call other boats to
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He had to call other boats to help him get the fish back to
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Help him get the fish back to the shore.
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The shore. here's the principle.
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Here's the principle. a few hours earlier, peter
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A few hours earlier, peter had fished all night and
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Had fished all night and caught nothing.
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Caught nothing. but when he honored jesus by
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But when he honored jesus by letting him use his boat,
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Letting him use his boat, when he put god first place,
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When he put god first place, now, instead of dealing with
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Now, instead of dealing with no fish, instead of being in
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No fish, instead of being in lack, struggling, his focus
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Lack, struggling, his focus has gone from not having
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Has gone from not having enough to, how is he going to
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Enough to, how is he going to get all the fish back to the
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Get all the fish back to the shore?
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Shore? how is he going to manage
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How is he going to manage all the profits?
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All the profits? that's god's dream,
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That's god's dream, to pour out blessings
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To pour out blessings you cannot contain.
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You cannot contain. so, instead of living
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So, instead of living worried, wondering if you're
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Worried, wondering if you're going to make it, wondering
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Going to make it, wondering if there's going to be
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If there's going to be enough, you spend that same
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Enough, you spend that same energy trying to figure out
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Energy trying to figure out how you're going to invest
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How you're going to invest the increase, how you're
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The increase, how you're going to be a good steward
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Going to be a good steward with what god has blessed you
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With what god has blessed you with.
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With. it all starts by keeping god
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It all starts by keeping god first place.
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The israelites had been in
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The israelites had been in slavery 400 years, struggle,
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Slavery 400 years, struggle, lack, mistreated.
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Lack, mistreated. they had no resources, no
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They had no resources, no money, just the opposite of
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Money, just the opposite of abundance, and, yes, we all
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Abundance, and, yes, we all go through seasons of
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Go through seasons of struggle, seasons where
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Struggle, seasons where we're not seeing increase.
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We're not seeing increase. you may be there now, but
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You may be there now, but that is not how your story
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That is not how your story ends.
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Ends. don't give up in the middle.
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Don't give up in the middle. something is coming.
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Something is coming. god is a god of justice.
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God is a god of justice. he's not only going to bring
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He's not only going to bring you out, he's going to make
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You out, he's going to make up for what you've been
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Up for what you've been through.
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Through. psalm 105 says: "god brought
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Psalm 105 says: "god brought the israelites safely out of
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The israelites safely out of egypt loaded with silver and
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Egypt loaded with silver and gold."
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Gold." they didn't come out of that
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They didn't come out of that injustice empty-handed.
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Injustice empty-handed. they came out loaded.
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They came out loaded. that's what god wants for
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That's what god wants for you, not to be loaded with
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You, not to be loaded with burdens, debt, depression,
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Burdens, debt, depression, sicknesses, but loaded with
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Sicknesses, but loaded with blessings, loaded with
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Blessings, loaded with resources, loaded with joy.
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Resources, loaded with joy. when we were little children
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When we were little children and we would see someone we
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And we would see someone we thought was well-off, we'd
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Thought was well-off, we'd say, "man, look at them.
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Say, "man, look at them. they're loaded.
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They're loaded. when i look at you today, i
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When i look at you today, i see loaded people, loaded
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See loaded people, loaded with favor, loaded with good
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With favor, loaded with good breaks, loaded with
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Breaks, loaded with creativity.
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Creativity. now, do your part.
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Now, do your part. keep god first place.
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Keep god first place. take the limits off of him
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Take the limits off of him and have this
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And have this abundant mentality.
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If you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, increase is
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And declare, increase is coming in ways bigger than
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Coming in ways bigger than you've ever imagined.
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You've ever imagined. god is going to open doors
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God is going to open doors you never dreamed would open.
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You never dreamed would open. because you reverence him,
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Because you reverence him, you're going to have honor,
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You're going to have honor, wealth, and a long, blessed,
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Wealth, and a long, blessed, abundant, favor-filled life,
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Abundant, favor-filled life, in jesus's name, and if you
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In jesus's name, and if you receive it, can you say,
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Receive it, can you say, "amen," today?
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"amen," today? i'd like to give you an
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I'd like to give you an opportunity to make jesus
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Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
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The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
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Would you pray with me? just say, "lord jesus,
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Just say, "lord jesus, i repent of my sins.
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I repent of my sins. come into my heart.
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Come into my heart. i make you my lord
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I make you my lord and savior."
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And savior." friend, if you prayed that
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Friend, if you prayed that simple prayer, we believe
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Simple prayer, we believe you got born again.
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You got born again. get in a good bible-based
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Get in a good bible-based church, and keep god
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Church, and keep god first place.
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First place. victoria and i will be
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Victoria and i will be right back to speak
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Right back to speak a blessing over you.
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God's healing isn't earned,
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God's healing isn't earned, it's received,
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It's received, and you can discover
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And you can discover how in the next 31 days.
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How in the next 31 days. life has a way of
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Life has a way of wearing us down
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Wearing us down physically, mentally,
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Physically, mentally, emotionally.
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Emotionally. but god didn't create us
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But god didn't create us to just survive, but to thrive.
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To just survive, but to thrive. i'm excited about
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I'm excited about our new devotional,
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Happy, healthy, and free.
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Happy, healthy, and free. for 31 days,
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For 31 days, i'll take you
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I'll take you on a wellness journey
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On a wellness journey for your spirit, body,
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And soul.
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It's filled with daily
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It's filled with daily declarations,
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Declarations, scriptures, encouragement.
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Scriptures, encouragement. as you get your mind in tune
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As you get your mind in tune with what god says,
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With what god says, you'll experience a refreshing,
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A revitalization.
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Ayou were created to be strong,
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Ayou were created to be strong, to be passionate,
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To be passionate, to live happy,
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To live happy, healthy, and free.
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Healthy, and free. when you contact us today,
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When you contact us today, we'll send you
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We'll send you happy, healthy, and free:
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Happy, healthy, and free: a 31-day wellness journey
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A 31-day wellness journey 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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Promises, and receive the healing he's
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The healing he's already made available to you.
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Already made available to you. spirit, soul, and body.
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Mind, and body in just 31 days. god is going to restore
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What the enemy tried to steal. your joy,
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Your joy, your peace, your health.
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Your peace, your health. victoria and i pray for
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Victoria and i pray for you and your family every day.
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You and your family every day. thanks so much for your prayer
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Joel Osteen - More Than Enough

September 16, 2025 | 30:0

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