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Joel Osteen - Necessary Endings

July 5, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Necessary Endings | July 5, 2026

>joel: god bless you.
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>joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Daily podcast, our youtube channel, social media. and
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Channel, social media. and you can come visit us in
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You can come visit us in person. we'd love to have
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Person. we'd love to have you be a part of one of
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You be a part of one of our services.
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Our services. 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 pastor. he found
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About this pastor. he found a dead mule on the church
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A dead mule on the church grounds. he called the health
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Grounds. he called the health department, they said they
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Department, they said they couldn't pick it up without
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Couldn't pick it up without authorization from the mayor.
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Authorization from the mayor. well the mayor was known to
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Well the mayor was known to be rude and hard to get along
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Be rude and hard to get along with. when the pastor called,
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With. when the pastor called, the mayor didn't disappoint.
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The mayor didn't disappoint. he started ranting and
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He started ranting and raving. he finally said,
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Raving. he finally said, “isn't it your job to bury
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“isn't it your job to bury the dead? why did you even
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The dead? why did you even call me?” the pastor asked
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Call me?” the pastor asked god to give him the right
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God to give him the right response. he said, “yes
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Response. he said, “yes mayor, it is my job to bury
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Mayor, it is my job to bury the dead, but i always like
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The dead, but i always like to notify the next of
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To notify the next of kin first.”
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Kin first.” 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.
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Be taught the word of god. i boldly confess: my mind is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about necessary endings. we
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About necessary endings. we all have times when things
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All have times when things come to an end that we
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Come to an end that we weren't expecting. we were
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Weren't expecting. we were going along fine, enjoying
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Going along fine, enjoying life, then the company
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Life, then the company downsizes, and we're let go,
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Downsizes, and we're let go, a relationship doesn't work
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A relationship doesn't work out, the door closes on a
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Out, the door closes on a dream. we didn't have any
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Dream. we didn't have any control over it. it's easy to
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Control over it. it's easy to get discouraged, “god, where
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Get discouraged, “god, where were you?” but god is called
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Were you?” but god is called the alpha and the omega, the
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The alpha and the omega, the beginning and the end. he has
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Beginning and the end. he has designed certain things to
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Designed certain things to come to an end to move us
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Come to an end to move us into a new level of our
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Into a new level of our destiny. we may not
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Destiny. we may not understand it, it doesn't
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Understand it, it doesn't make sense, but it's a
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Make sense, but it's a necessary ending. without
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Necessary ending. without that door closing, you
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That door closing, you wouldn't see the greater
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Wouldn't see the greater things god has in store.
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Things god has in store. we believe in holding on to
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We believe in holding on to our dreams, standing on the
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Our dreams, standing on the promises, but sometimes it
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Promises, but sometimes it takes more faith to accept
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Takes more faith to accept what god is doing. to
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What god is doing. to recognize that the ending is
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Recognize that the ending is a part of his plan. the same
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A part of his plan. the same god that opens doors, closes
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God that opens doors, closes doors. the same place you saw
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Doors. the same place you saw abundance in one season, may
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Abundance in one season, may seem like a famine in
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Seem like a famine in another. you had a great
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Another. you had a great friendship with that
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Friendship with that coworker, but now things have
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Coworker, but now things have changed. they've moved on. if
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Changed. they've moved on. if you don't understand that god
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You don't understand that god has necessary endings, you'll
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Has necessary endings, you'll fight every closed door, try
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Fight every closed door, try to hold on to things god is
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To hold on to things god is done with. the ending
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Done with. the ending wasn't random. you're not
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Wasn't random. you're not just unlucky, a bad break.
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Just unlucky, a bad break. it was the hand of god.
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It was the hand of god. the author and the
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The author and the finisher. when that door
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Finisher. when that door closes, keep your fingers and
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Closes, keep your fingers and your feelings out of the
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Your feelings out of the door. you'll be tempted to
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Door. you'll be tempted to hold on, “why did this
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Hold on, “why did this happen? it's not fair.” let
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Happen? it's not fair.” let it go. god is in control of
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It go. god is in control of your life. he's the one that
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Your life. he's the one that opens doors and closes doors.
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Opens doors and closes doors. he's the one that changes
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He's the one that changes seasons. you were in spring,
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Seasons. you were in spring, now maybe you're going into
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Now maybe you're going into winter. that means you're
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Winter. that means you're getting prepared to blossom
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Getting prepared to blossom in new ways. i've learned,
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In new ways. i've learned, god never brings things to an
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God never brings things to an end, without having something
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End, without having something better coming, something more
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Better coming, something more rewarding, more fulfilling.
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Rewarding, more fulfilling. new relationships, new
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New relationships, new dreams, new mountains to
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Dreams, new mountains to climb. instead of seeing it
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Climb. instead of seeing it as a bad break, try a new
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As a bad break, try a new perspective. “this was a
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Perspective. “this was a necessary ending. god stopped
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Necessary ending. god stopped it, so i could see the
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It, so i could see the greater things he has in
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Greater things he has in store.” when god brought
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Store.” when god brought the israelites out of
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The israelites out of slavery, they were in
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Slavery, they were in the desert, headed toward
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The desert, headed toward the promised land. there
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The promised land. there were two million people,
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Were two million people, but nothing to eat. so,
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But nothing to eat. so, every morning god gave
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Every morning god gave them manna. it was something
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Them manna. it was something like bread that formed on the
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Like bread that formed on the ground. for forty years, they
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Ground. for forty years, they had this supernatural
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Had this supernatural provision. wherever they
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Provision. wherever they went, they could count on
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Went, they could count on that manna would be there.
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That manna would be there. but when they got close to
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But when they got close to the promised land, the
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The promised land, the scripture says, “the manna
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Scripture says, “the manna ceased and they never saw
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Ceased and they never saw manna again.” imagine going
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Manna again.” imagine going out one morning to get
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Out one morning to get breakfast, like you've done
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Breakfast, like you've done for four decades, and all of
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For four decades, and all of the sudden there's no manna.
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The sudden there's no manna. they were confused,
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They were confused, discouraged. “god, what's
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Discouraged. “god, what's going on? where are you? did
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Going on? where are you? did we do something wrong?” what
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We do something wrong?” what do you do when what's worked
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Do you do when what's worked in the past doesn't work
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In the past doesn't work anymore? it seems like the
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Anymore? it seems like the favor is gone. i'm sure they
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Favor is gone. i'm sure they were worried. but the reason
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Were worried. but the reason god stopped the manna is they
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God stopped the manna is they were about to go into the
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Were about to go into the promised land. had he not
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Promised land. had he not stopped that temporary
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Stopped that temporary provision, they would have
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Provision, they would have been satisfied to live off
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Been satisfied to live off the manna the rest of their
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The manna the rest of their lives. they were comfortable,
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Lives. they were comfortable, they were satisfied, but god
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They were satisfied, but god was not satisfied. he didn't
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Was not satisfied. he didn't want them to live off of
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Want them to live off of manna, he was taking them to
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Manna, he was taking them to the land flowing with milk
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The land flowing with milk and honey, a land of
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And honey, a land of abundance. where the clusters
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Abundance. where the clusters of grapes were so large it
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Of grapes were so large it took two people to carry
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Took two people to carry them. the manna ceasing
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Them. the manna ceasing wasn't a bad break, it wasn't
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Wasn't a bad break, it wasn't random, it was a necessary
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Random, it was a necessary ending. god stopped the manna
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Ending. god stopped the manna to push them into the
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To push them into the fullness of what he had in
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Fullness of what he had in store. they could have been
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Store. they could have been stubborn, “i'm not going to
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Stubborn, “i'm not going to this new place. i'm going
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This new place. i'm going to keep believing for this
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To keep believing for this manna. i've seen it before,
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Manna. i've seen it before, i believe it will come back
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I believe it will come back again.” when something comes
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Again.” when something comes to an end, don't stay where
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To an end, don't stay where god was, go where god is.
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God was, go where god is. go into the new thing. it
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Go into the new thing. it doesn't mean the old was bad.
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Doesn't mean the old was bad. the manna you had, that was
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The manna you had, that was a good season. you were
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A good season. you were grateful. you can celebrate
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Grateful. you can celebrate the time you had, celebrate
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The time you had, celebrate the friendship, the
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The friendship, the opportunity, the life of that
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Opportunity, the life of that loved one that passed. that
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Loved one that passed. that was all a part of god's plan
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Was all a part of god's plan for your life. but now you
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For your life. but now you have to accept the new thing
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Have to accept the new thing god is doing. don't get stuck
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God is doing. don't get stuck in the old. god likes
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In the old. god likes freshness. he's not going
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Freshness. he's not going to let you get stagnate. he
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To let you get stagnate. he changes seasons. he closes
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Changes seasons. he closes doors to force us into new
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Doors to force us into new opportunities, new growth,
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Opportunities, new growth, new relationships. if you
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New relationships. if you don't understand that he has
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Don't understand that he has necessary endings, then
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Necessary endings, then you'll get bitter when the
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You'll get bitter when the manna ceases. “why did this
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Manna ceases. “why did this door close? why did this
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Door close? why did this person walk away? why did
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Person walk away? why did this contract get cancelled?”
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This contract get cancelled?” god knows what he's doing.
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God knows what he's doing. without that ending, you
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Without that ending, you wouldn't see your promised
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Wouldn't see your promised land. we get comfortable
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Land. we get comfortable with the manna, too. we
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With the manna, too. we don't like change. we don't
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Don't like change. we don't want to have to stretch.
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Want to have to stretch. but god loves us too much
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But god loves us too much to let us stay in the
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To let us stay in the desert. he's not going to
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Desert. he's not going to let you stay at one level.
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Let you stay at one level. he'll close doors, stop
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He'll close doors, stop provision, cause people to
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Provision, cause people to walk away. when the manna
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Walk away. when the manna ceases, it's not because
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Ceases, it's not because you've lost his favor, it's
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You've lost his favor, it's because a new door is about
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Because a new door is about to open. you're going to see
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To open. you're going to see favor in greater ways. you're
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Favor in greater ways. you're going to discover talent you
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Going to discover talent you didn't know you had, see
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Didn't know you had, see friendships, opportunities,
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Friendships, opportunities, fulfillment more than you've
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Fulfillment more than you've imagined. the right attitude
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Imagined. the right attitude is, “god, i trust you. i
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Is, “god, i trust you. i don't like this, but i know
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Don't like this, but i know it's a necessary ending. that
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It's a necessary ending. that you're ordering my steps. you
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You're ordering my steps. you wouldn't have allowed this
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Wouldn't have allowed this manna to cease, unless you
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Manna to cease, unless you had something better coming.”
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Had something better coming.” when i was nineteen years
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When i was nineteen years old, i came back from college
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Old, i came back from college to start a television
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To start a television ministry at lakewood. my
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Ministry at lakewood. my brother and sisters all got
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Brother and sisters all got their four-year degree, but
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Their four-year degree, but i took the one-year plan. i
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I took the one-year plan. i didn't need as much as them.
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Didn't need as much as them. i always knew i wanted to
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I always knew i wanted to work at the church. i loved
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Work at the church. i loved production, editing,
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Production, editing, lighting. i was young, i had
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Lighting. i was young, i had a lot of enthusiasm, but i
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A lot of enthusiasm, but i didn't have a lot of
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Didn't have a lot of training. we hired this man
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Training. we hired this man that was in his sixties, a
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That was in his sixties, a very seasoned producer. he
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Very seasoned producer. he had worked for the today show
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Had worked for the today show and went on to produce big
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And went on to produce big network specials. he was very
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Network specials. he was very talented and very
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Talented and very experienced. he and i hit it
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Experienced. he and i hit it off. he was so friendly. i
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Off. he was so friendly. i was with him night and day,
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Was with him night and day, learning so much. he taught
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Learning so much. he taught me about what the right
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Me about what the right camera angles were, about
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Camera angles were, about good pacing, about lighting.
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Good pacing, about lighting. as i watched him direct the
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As i watched him direct the program with my father up
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Program with my father up there speaking, i was in awe.
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There speaking, i was in awe. i thought, “he is so amazing.
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I thought, “he is so amazing. how does he know how to do
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How does he know how to do all this?” i felt so blessed
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All this?” i felt so blessed to have him.
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To have him. one morning after about year,
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One morning after about year, he came in and said, “joel,
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He came in and said, “joel, i'm moving back to
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I'm moving back to california. i've done
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California. i've done everything i need to do
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Everything i need to do here.” i almost passed out.
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Here.” i almost passed out. i said, “are you kidding? you
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I said, “are you kidding? you can't move. everything is
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Can't move. everything is going to fall apart. who's
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Going to fall apart. who's going to do the program?” he
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Going to do the program?” he looked at me and said, “you
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Looked at me and said, “you are. you know how to do what
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Are. you know how to do what i do. you can direct, you can
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I do. you can direct, you can edit, you can put the program
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Edit, you can put the program together.” i thought,
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Together.” i thought, “there's no way.” we offered
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“there's no way.” we offered him more money. we said, “you
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Him more money. we said, “you can live in california, just
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Can live in california, just fly in a couple weekends a
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Fly in a couple weekends a month.” none of it worked.
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Month.” none of it worked. he was set. “i'm done here.”
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He was set. “i'm done here.” when god closes a door, you
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When god closes a door, you can't open it. if someone
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Can't open it. if someone wants to leave, you have to
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Wants to leave, you have to accept that their part in
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Accept that their part in your story is over. some
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Your story is over. some people are like scaffolding.
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People are like scaffolding. they come into your life for
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They come into your life for a season, to get you to a
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A season, to get you to a certain point. but if they
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Certain point. but if they stayed, they would limit your
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Stayed, they would limit your growth. that scaffolding has
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Growth. that scaffolding has to come off, so you can rise
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To come off, so you can rise higher. i was praying, “god
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Higher. i was praying, “god change his mind. god cause
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Change his mind. god cause him to want to stay.”
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Him to want to stay.” sometimes we're praying
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Sometimes we're praying against what god has
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Against what god has ordained, what he has set
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Ordained, what he has set in motion. we think, “the
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In motion. we think, “the enemy is shutting this door.”
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Enemy is shutting this door.” no, the enemy is not in
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No, the enemy is not in control of your doors. god is
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Control of your doors. god is your doorkeeper. he's the one
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Your doorkeeper. he's the one that opens and closes doors.
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That opens and closes doors. he brings people in and moves
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He brings people in and moves people out. my friend left
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People out. my friend left and went back to california.
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And went back to california. i had to get out of my
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I had to get out of my comfort zone, stretch, grow,
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Comfort zone, stretch, grow, and start doing things i
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And start doing things i never thought i could do. as
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Never thought i could do. as i stepped up, i discovered it
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I stepped up, i discovered it wasn't as hard as i thought.
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Wasn't as hard as i thought. the first month went by, i
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The first month went by, i thought, “i'm not too bad at
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Thought, “i'm not too bad at this.” six months went by, i
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This.” six months went by, i thought, “i'm pretty good at
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Thought, “i'm pretty good at this.” a year later, i
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This.” a year later, i thought, “what did we ever
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Thought, “what did we ever need him for?” had god not
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Need him for?” had god not closed that door, i would
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Closed that door, i would have never stepped into my
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Have never stepped into my potential. had that manna not
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Potential. had that manna not ceased, i'd still be in the
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Ceased, i'd still be in the desert. i wouldn't have seen
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Desert. i wouldn't have seen the abundance, the favor,
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The abundance, the favor, that god had in store for me.
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That god had in store for me. at the time, i didn't like
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At the time, i didn't like it. i was fighting it, but
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It. i was fighting it, but i realize now it was a
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I realize now it was a necessary ending. it was the
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Necessary ending. it was the hand of god shutting a door
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Hand of god shutting a door to force me into my purpose.
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To force me into my purpose. quit being discouraged over
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Quit being discouraged over who walked away. if they left
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Who walked away. if they left you, you didn't need them. if
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You, you didn't need them. if they walked away, let them
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They walked away, let them go. god has new
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Go. god has new relationships, new
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Relationships, new opportunities. if you had to
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Opportunities. if you had to have them to fulfill
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Have them to fulfill your destiny, they wouldn't
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Your destiny, they wouldn't be able to leave. in the
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Be able to leave. in the scripture, ruth and
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Scripture, ruth and her sister-in-law orpah both
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Her sister-in-law orpah both lost their husbands. their
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Lost their husbands. their mother-in-law, naomi, since
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Mother-in-law, naomi, since her sons had died, she was
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Her sons had died, she was moving back to her hometown
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Moving back to her hometown of bethlehem. she told ruth
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Of bethlehem. she told ruth and orpah to go back to their
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And orpah to go back to their hometowns. hopefully they
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Hometowns. hopefully they would find another husband.
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Would find another husband. orpah said, “that's a great
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Orpah said, “that's a great idea.” she kissed naomi and
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Idea.” she kissed naomi and moved on. but ruth said,
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Moved on. but ruth said, “naomi, i'm not going to
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“naomi, i'm not going to leave you. your god will be
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Leave you. your god will be my god. your home will be my
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My god. your home will be my home.” naomi said, “no, ruth
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Home.” naomi said, “no, ruth i'm an old woman. don't come
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I'm an old woman. don't come with me. there's no future
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With me. there's no future here. go live your life.” but
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Here. go live your life.” but ruth wouldn't leave her. she
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Ruth wouldn't leave her. she went back with naomi. she met
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Went back with naomi. she met her husband there and ended
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Her husband there and ended up becoming the great, great
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Up becoming the great, great grandmother of king david. my
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Grandmother of king david. my point is, the people that are
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Point is, the people that are supposed to stay with you,
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Supposed to stay with you, you won't be able to get rid
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You won't be able to get rid of. you can't talk them out
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Of. you can't talk them out of it. they'll stick with you
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Of it. they'll stick with you through thick and thin. on
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Through thick and thin. on the other hand, the people
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The other hand, the people that are supposed to go, you
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That are supposed to go, you can't convince them to stay.
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Can't convince them to stay. when god closes the door,
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When god closes the door, you can't pay them enough,
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You can't pay them enough, compliment them enough, treat
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Compliment them enough, treat them good enough. you have to
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Them good enough. you have to accept that it's a necessary
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Accept that it's a necessary ending. that god is changing
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Ending. that god is changing the season. they may be a
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The season. they may be a good person, you enjoyed the
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Good person, you enjoyed the time together, but to become
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Time together, but to become who you were created to be,
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Who you were created to be, they have to exit the stage.
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They have to exit the stage. you have to move forward into
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You have to move forward into new relationships, new
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New relationships, new opportunities, new growth.
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Opportunities, new growth. one of the hardest things for
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One of the hardest things for us is to let things go. we
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Us is to let things go. we fight closed doors, get
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Fight closed doors, get discouraged over who walked
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Discouraged over who walked away, bitter over the dream
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Away, bitter over the dream that didn't work out. you
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That didn't work out. you have to realize, god stopped
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Have to realize, god stopped it, not to make your life
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It, not to make your life miserable, but to get you in
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Miserable, but to get you in to your promised land. the
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To your promised land. the manna ceased because he's
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Manna ceased because he's taking you into something
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Taking you into something bigger, better, more
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Bigger, better, more fulfilling. it may not make
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Fulfilling. it may not make sense right now, the
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Sense right now, the disappointment, the loss,
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Disappointment, the loss, the rejection. but later on,
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The rejection. but later on, you'll see what god was up
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You'll see what god was up to. if he hadn't closed that
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To. if he hadn't closed that door, you wouldn't have
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Door, you wouldn't have stepped into the new level.
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Stepped into the new level. if he hadn't caused that
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If he hadn't caused that person to move on, you
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Person to move on, you wouldn't have met that divine
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Wouldn't have met that divine connection. if that
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Connection. if that opportunity didn't dry up,
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Opportunity didn't dry up, you wouldn't have discovered
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You wouldn't have discovered the potential in you. trust
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The potential in you. trust him when you don't
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Him when you don't understand. he opens doors
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Understand. he opens doors and he closes doors. it's not
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And he closes doors. it's not random. it's a necessary
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Random. it's a necessary ending. it happened to my
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Ending. it happened to my father; he was pastoring a
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Father; he was pastoring a church in the late 1950's.
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Church in the late 1950's. he had been there for
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He had been there for years. the church was
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Years. the church was growing. they had just
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Growing. they had just built a new sanctuary. his
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Built a new sanctuary. his future looked so bright. my
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Future looked so bright. my sister lisa was born with a
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Sister lisa was born with a birth injury. the doctors
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Birth injury. the doctors told my parents that she may
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Told my parents that she may never walk or be able to feed
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Never walk or be able to feed herself. my father went to a
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Herself. my father went to a hotel downtown for a few days
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Hotel downtown for a few days to pray and read the
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To pray and read the scripture. he told how he
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Scripture. he told how he took off his denominational
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Took off his denominational glasses and he read the bible
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Glasses and he read the bible like he was reading it for
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Like he was reading it for the first time. he saw how
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The first time. he saw how jesus went around healing
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Jesus went around healing people, how he's a god that
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People, how he's a god that can do the impossible. he was
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Can do the impossible. he was taught in seminary that the
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Taught in seminary that the day of miracles was over.
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Day of miracles was over. he came back to his church
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He came back to his church so fired up and started
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So fired up and started preaching this new message of
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Preaching this new message of faith and victory. he thought
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Faith and victory. he thought they would be so excited, but
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They would be so excited, but it was just the opposite. it
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It was just the opposite. it didn't fit into their
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Didn't fit into their tradition. it caused so much
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Tradition. it caused so much contention, so much discord,
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Contention, so much discord, they ended up asking my
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They ended up asking my parents to leave.
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Parents to leave. they never dreamed that would
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They never dreamed that would happen. these were their
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Happen. these were their friends, people they had
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Friends, people they had spent years with. now they
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Spent years with. now they felt the sting of rejection.
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Felt the sting of rejection. it was unfair, it didn't make
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It was unfair, it didn't make sense. but here's the key, it
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Sense. but here's the key, it wasn't the enemy pushing them
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Wasn't the enemy pushing them out. it was the hand of god
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Out. it was the hand of god shutting that door. they
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Shutting that door. they couldn't see it. it was
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Couldn't see it. it was painful. but instead of
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Painful. but instead of sitting around in self-pity,
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Sitting around in self-pity, thinking about what didn't
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Thinking about what didn't work out, they went out and
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Work out, they went out and found an old run down
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Found an old run down feedstore. on mother's day in
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Feedstore. on mother's day in 1959, they started lakewood.
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1959, they started lakewood. they weren't in the big,
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They weren't in the big, beautiful sanctuary, stained
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Beautiful sanctuary, stained glass windows, like they had
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Glass windows, like they had just built, they were in this
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Just built, they were in this little feedstore. instead of
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Little feedstore. instead of having a thousand members,
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Having a thousand members, they had ninety. it looked
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They had ninety. it looked like it was a big setback,
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Like it was a big setback, the truth is, it was a big
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The truth is, it was a big setup for what god was about
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Setup for what god was about to do. my parents stayed
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To do. my parents stayed faithful, the church grew
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Faithful, the church grew from ninety, to two hundred.
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From ninety, to two hundred. then they had to build an
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Then they had to build an auditorium for a thousand,
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Auditorium for a thousand, then four thousand, then
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Then four thousand, then eight thousand. sixty-four
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Eight thousand. sixty-four years later, we're still
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Years later, we're still going strong. looking back
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Going strong. looking back now, we can see that was a
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Now, we can see that was a necessary ending. had the
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Necessary ending. had the manna not stopped, had
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Manna not stopped, had the people not asked them
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The people not asked them to leave, we wouldn't have
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To leave, we wouldn't have lakewood. they wouldn't have
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Lakewood. they wouldn't have seen the abundance, the new
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Seen the abundance, the new levels, the new growth. the
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Levels, the new growth. the fact is they were happy with
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Fact is they were happy with the manna. but god has so
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The manna. but god has so much more in store. you have
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Much more in store. you have seen, heard, or imagined what
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Seen, heard, or imagined what he has in your future.
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He has in your future. sometimes to take you to next
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Sometimes to take you to next level, he has to close a
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Level, he has to close a door. he'll do things you
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Door. he'll do things you don't understand, that don't
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Don't understand, that don't make sense. it looks like a
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Make sense. it looks like a bad break, a disappointment,
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Bad break, a disappointment, but really it's a necessary
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But really it's a necessary ending. it's god closing a
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Ending. it's god closing a door because he's about to
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Door because he's about to open a much bigger door.
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Open a much bigger door. he's going to take you where
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He's going to take you where you've never imagined.
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You've never imagined. yes, the rejection was
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Yes, the rejection was unfair, the people that
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Unfair, the people that walked away was discouraging,
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Walked away was discouraging, the loss was painful. you're
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The loss was painful. you're right where the israelites
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Right where the israelites were, the manna ceased. you
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Were, the manna ceased. you could be down, “god, i don't
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Could be down, “god, i don't understand.” have this new
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Understand.” have this new perspective. the manna
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Perspective. the manna ceasing is a sign you're
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Ceasing is a sign you're about to come into abundance,
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About to come into abundance, overflow, divine connections,
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Overflow, divine connections, good breaks that catapult you
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Good breaks that catapult you ahead. it's easy to trust god
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Ahead. it's easy to trust god when everything is going our
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When everything is going our way, doors are opening,
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Way, doors are opening, children succeeding,
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Children succeeding, relationships healthy. the
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Relationships healthy. the question is will you trust
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Question is will you trust him when doors close, when
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Him when doors close, when people walk away, when the
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People walk away, when the dream doesn't work out? it's
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Dream doesn't work out? it's not happenstance, not just a
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Not happenstance, not just a bad break. it's a necessary
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Bad break. it's a necessary ending. it's god positioning
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Ending. it's god positioning you for the new things he's
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You for the new things he's about to do. god wouldn't
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About to do. god wouldn't have closed the door unless
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Have closed the door unless he was going to open up a
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He was going to open up a better door. he wouldn't have
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Better door. he wouldn't have let orpah walk away unless he
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Let orpah walk away unless he was bringing somebody better.
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Was bringing somebody better. he's taking you from glory to
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He's taking you from glory to glory. now one level of glory
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Glory. now one level of glory may come to an end, so you
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May come to an end, so you can step into the greater
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Can step into the greater glory. don't get stuck
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Glory. don't get stuck looking back, trying to
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Looking back, trying to figure out, “why didn't it
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Figure out, “why didn't it work out? why did they treat
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Work out? why did they treat me this way? why did my
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Me this way? why did my business slow down?” just
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Business slow down?” just keep moving forward, honoring
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Keep moving forward, honoring god, knowing that it was a
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God, knowing that it was a necessary ending, that god
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Necessary ending, that god wouldn't have stopped it if
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Wouldn't have stopped it if he didn't have something
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He didn't have something better coming. are you
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Better coming. are you fighting endings, bitter over
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Fighting endings, bitter over what god stopped, discouraged
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What god stopped, discouraged over what didn't last? what
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Over what didn't last? what if you knew that it had to
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If you knew that it had to happen. that even though it
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Happen. that even though it felt like a bad break, it was
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Felt like a bad break, it was god leading you into the
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God leading you into the fullness of your destiny.
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Fullness of your destiny. jesus was hanging on the
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Jesus was hanging on the cross, wearing a crown of
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Cross, wearing a crown of thorns. before he passed, he
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Thorns. before he passed, he said, “it is finished.” it
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Said, “it is finished.” it seemed like he was done. they
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Seemed like he was done. they had finally killed him. he
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Had finally killed him. he even admitted it was over.
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Even admitted it was over. but the truth is, it was a
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But the truth is, it was a necessary ending. it was all
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Necessary ending. it was all a part of god's plan. if he
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A part of god's plan. if he wasn't supposed to be
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Wasn't supposed to be crucified, he would have
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Crucified, he would have never gone to the cross. he
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Never gone to the cross. he told the soldiers, “i could
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Told the soldiers, “i could call down ten thousand angels
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Call down ten thousand angels right now to come rescue me.”
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Right now to come rescue me.” he was saying, “you think
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He was saying, “you think you're in control, that
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You're in control, that you're getting the best of
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You're getting the best of me. but my father is in
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Me. but my father is in control. you didn't take my
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Control. you didn't take my life; i'm laying it down.”
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Life; i'm laying it down.” without that ending, we
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Without that ending, we wouldn't have salvation. his
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Wouldn't have salvation. his life in his physical body
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Life in his physical body ceased, but only so he could
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Ceased, but only so he could rise again and come back with
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Rise again and come back with a glorified body, with all
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A glorified body, with all power, with the keys of death
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Power, with the keys of death and hell. when it's a
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And hell. when it's a necessary ending, god is up
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Necessary ending, god is up to something big. thoughts
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To something big. thoughts will whisper, “where is god
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Will whisper, “where is god now? how come you're going
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Now? how come you're going through this hurt, this
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Through this hurt, this breakup, this loss?” no don't
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Breakup, this loss?” no don't worry. your time is coming.
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Worry. your time is coming. god wouldn't have allowed it
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God wouldn't have allowed it if you weren't about to step
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If you weren't about to step into your promised land.
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Into your promised land. mary magdalene and some other
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Mary magdalene and some other women went to the tomb that
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Women went to the tomb that sunday morning. they were
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Sunday morning. they were going to put perfume on
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Going to put perfume on jesus' body. an angel met
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Jesus' body. an angel met them there and said, “why do
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Them there and said, “why do you seek the living among the
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You seek the living among the dead? jesus is not here, he
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Dead? jesus is not here, he has risen.” the angel was
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Has risen.” the angel was saying, “why are you going to
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Saying, “why are you going to where god was? you need to go
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Where god was? you need to go to where god is.” why are you
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To where god is.” why are you stuck on who hurt you, who
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Stuck on who hurt you, who walked away, who pushed you
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Walked away, who pushed you out? that had to end, that
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Out? that had to end, that door had to close, that manna
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Door had to close, that manna had to cease. so you could go
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Had to cease. so you could go to the next level of victory,
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To the next level of victory, abundance, favor. when jesus
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Abundance, favor. when jesus said, “it is finished.” that
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Said, “it is finished.” that was symbolic. it was showing
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Was symbolic. it was showing us that when god puts an end
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Us that when god puts an end to things, in the natural
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To things, in the natural sometimes, it will look like
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Sometimes, it will look like it's done. jesus breathed his
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It's done. jesus breathed his last breath. his lungs
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Last breath. his lungs weren't moving anymore, no
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Weren't moving anymore, no pulse. the soldiers even
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Pulse. the soldiers even declared, “he died. he
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Declared, “he died. he couldn't save himself.” all
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Couldn't save himself.” all the circumstances said it was
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The circumstances said it was over. god wouldn't have
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Over. god wouldn't have allowed the end if he didn't
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Allowed the end if he didn't have a greater beginning
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Have a greater beginning coming. don't go by what it
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Coming. don't go by what it looks like. god is doing
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Looks like. god is doing things you can't see. in the
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Things you can't see. in the natural, it may look like the
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Natural, it may look like the enemy got the best of you.
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Enemy got the best of you. the door closed, the person
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The door closed, the person walked away, the business
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Walked away, the business didn't make it. the only
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Didn't make it. the only reason the manna stopped is
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Reason the manna stopped is because there's a promised
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Because there's a promised land in your future. there's
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Land in your future. there's something bigger, better,
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Something bigger, better, more rewarding than you can
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More rewarding than you can imagine. i talked to a lady
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Imagine. i talked to a lady that owns her own business.
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That owns her own business. she had leased space in
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She had leased space in this shopping mall for
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This shopping mall for many years, always paid
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Many years, always paid her bills and was a good
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Her bills and was a good tenant. one day she received
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Tenant. one day she received an email from her landlord
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An email from her landlord saying they were going to
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Saying they were going to double her rent. it came out
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Double her rent. it came out of nowhere; he didn't give
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Of nowhere; he didn't give her any warning. she couldn't
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Her any warning. she couldn't make a profit paying that
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Make a profit paying that much. they were basically
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Much. they were basically forcing her out of business.
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Forcing her out of business. she was discouraged, she
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She was discouraged, she didn't understand it. one
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Didn't understand it. one night she was flipping
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Night she was flipping through the channels and came
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Through the channels and came across our program. i was
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Across our program. i was talking about how sometimes
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Talking about how sometimes god will allow a door to
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God will allow a door to close to open something
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Close to open something better. how it won't always
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Better. how it won't always make sense but to trust that
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Make sense but to trust that he has our best interest at
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He has our best interest at heart. she hadn't been able
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Heart. she hadn't been able to sleep. she was so worried,
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To sleep. she was so worried, but she came back to that
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But she came back to that place of peace, believing
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Place of peace, believing that god was ordering her
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That god was ordering her steps. a couple weeks later,
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Steps. a couple weeks later, a man called that she had
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A man called that she had never met, and said he had
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Never met, and said he had twice the space, in a better
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Twice the space, in a better shopping center, for half the
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Shopping center, for half the cost. she couldn't believe
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Cost. she couldn't believe it. she didn't find him; he
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It. she didn't find him; he came to her. she moved in
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Came to her. she moved in there and told me in the
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There and told me in the lobby, “joel, i've never been
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Lobby, “joel, i've never been so blessed. i never dreamed i
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So blessed. i never dreamed i would have this much
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Would have this much business.” it looked like a
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Business.” it looked like a setback, but really it was
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Setback, but really it was god setting her up to do
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God setting her up to do something more than she could
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Something more than she could ask or imagine. i know we
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Ask or imagine. i know we have to hold on to our
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Have to hold on to our dreams, we have to stand
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Dreams, we have to stand in faith, but we also have
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In faith, but we also have to realize that god has
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To realize that god has necessary endings. sometimes
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Necessary endings. sometimes he'll stop things. he'll
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He'll stop things. he'll cause the manna to cease.
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Cause the manna to cease. he'll push you out like with
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He'll push you out like with my father. it's because he
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My father. it's because he has something better coming.
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Has something better coming. trust him with your closed
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Trust him with your closed doors. he controls the
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Doors. he controls the seasons. sometimes you're
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Seasons. sometimes you're in spring for a long time,
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In spring for a long time, blossoming, fruitful, then
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Blossoming, fruitful, then the season changes. you come
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The season changes. you come into winter. god will stop
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Into winter. god will stop things that were working. if
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Things that were working. if you're stubborn, you try to
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You're stubborn, you try to force it, get upset because
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Force it, get upset because it's not what it used to be,
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It's not what it used to be, then you'll live frustrated.
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Then you'll live frustrated. be open to what god is doing.
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Be open to what god is doing. he's the author and the
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He's the author and the finisher. there are times
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Finisher. there are times he'll say, “this season is
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He'll say, “this season is finished.” it was a good
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Finished.” it was a good season, it was productive,
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Season, it was productive, you enjoyed it but to see the
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You enjoyed it but to see the new things he has in store,
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New things he has in store, that season will come to an
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That season will come to an end. that's when you have to
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End. that's when you have to trust, “god, you know what's
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Trust, “god, you know what's best for me. i may not like
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Best for me. i may not like this but i'm going to stay
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This but i'm going to stay in faith, knowing that this
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In faith, knowing that this is a necessary ending and
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Is a necessary ending and it's leading me to a greater
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It's leading me to a greater new beginning.”
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New beginning.” in 1 kings 17, god told
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In 1 kings 17, god told elijah to go to the brook
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Elijah to go to the brook called cherith and the ravens
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Called cherith and the ravens would feed him there. he
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Would feed him there. he arrived at the brook and just
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Arrived at the brook and just like god promised, he had
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Like god promised, he had provision week after week.
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Provision week after week. he didn't have to go get
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He didn't have to go get the food. every day, like
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The food. every day, like clockwork, the ravens came to
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Clockwork, the ravens came to him. i'm sure he thought, “it
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Him. i'm sure he thought, “it doesn't get any better than
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Doesn't get any better than this. i am so blessed.”
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This. i am so blessed.” he was comfortable. he knew
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He was comfortable. he knew god's favor was on him. but
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God's favor was on him. but after a few months, the
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After a few months, the ravens quit coming, the brook
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Ravens quit coming, the brook dried up. god told him to
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Dried up. god told him to leave that place and go to
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Leave that place and go to the city of zarephath and a
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The city of zarephath and a widow would take care of him
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Widow would take care of him there. he could have thought,
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There. he could have thought, “this couldn't be god. this
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“this couldn't be god. this is where i've seen provision.
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Is where i've seen provision. this is where i've seen
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This is where i've seen favor.” he could have been
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Favor.” he could have been stubborn and tried to stay in
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Stubborn and tried to stay in what used to be. the problem
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What used to be. the problem was there was no provision
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Was there was no provision there anymore. he didn't do
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There anymore. he didn't do something wrong. he didn't
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Something wrong. he didn't run out of favor. it was god
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Run out of favor. it was god stopping it to move him into
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Stopping it to move him into a new level of his destiny.
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A new level of his destiny. when he got to zarephath,
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When he got to zarephath, that's when his ministry
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That's when his ministry began. he saw some of the
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Began. he saw some of the greatest miracles recorded in
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Greatest miracles recorded in the scripture. but it's
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The scripture. but it's significant that it happened
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Significant that it happened after the brook dried up,
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After the brook dried up, after the ravens quit coming.
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After the ravens quit coming. that door closing wasn't a
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That door closing wasn't a bad break. he wasn't unlucky,
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Bad break. he wasn't unlucky, it was a necessary ending.
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It was a necessary ending. don't fight the things god
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Don't fight the things god brings to an end. it may be
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Brings to an end. it may be the way you thought your
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The way you thought your dream would work out. “i
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Dream would work out. “i thought i'd always be by this
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Thought i'd always be by this brook, joel. i thought i'd
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Brook, joel. i thought i'd always have this friend.” in
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Always have this friend.” in my own life, i thought i'd
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My own life, i thought i'd always be behind the scenes.
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Always be behind the scenes. i'd always be in television
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I'd always be in television production. when my father
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Production. when my father passed, god put an end to
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Passed, god put an end to that. he had to close that
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That. he had to close that door, so i would step into
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Door, so i would step into the new thing he had in
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The new thing he had in store. stay open. god's ways
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Store. stay open. god's ways are not our ways. sometimes
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Are not our ways. sometimes the brook will dry up,
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The brook will dry up, sometimes the manna will
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Sometimes the manna will cease, sometimes orpah will
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Cease, sometimes orpah will walk away. those aren't
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Walk away. those aren't random. those are necessary
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Random. those are necessary endings. it's the hand of
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Endings. it's the hand of god closing one door to open
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God closing one door to open another door. yes, hold on to
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Another door. yes, hold on to your dreams, hold on to the
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Your dreams, hold on to the promises, but stay open to
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Promises, but stay open to how god's going to do it.
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How god's going to do it. some of the things we're
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Some of the things we're worried about, losing sleep,
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Worried about, losing sleep, trying to make work out, we
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Trying to make work out, we don't realize god is the one
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Don't realize god is the one changing the seasons, moving
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Changing the seasons, moving people out, pushing us into
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People out, pushing us into our purpose. when seasons are
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Our purpose. when seasons are changing, don't get stuck
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Changing, don't get stuck where god was, go where god
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Where god was, go where god is. he's doing a new thing.
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Is. he's doing a new thing. the manna ceasing means
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The manna ceasing means you're about to go into your
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You're about to go into your promised land. if you'll do
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Promised land. if you'll do this, i believe and declare,
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This, i believe and declare, like the israelites, you're
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Like the israelites, you're going to see supernatural
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Going to see supernatural provision, abundance,
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Provision, abundance, opportunity. like elijah,
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Opportunity. like elijah, that closed door is leading
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That closed door is leading to the best part of your
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To the best part of your life, greater favor, greater
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Life, greater favor, greater relationships, better health,
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Relationships, better health, the fullness of your destiny,
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The fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name. if you
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In jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say amen?
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Some of us have been
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Some of us have been carrying the same weight
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Carrying the same weight for years:
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For years: mistakes, regrets,
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Mistakes, regrets, what people said.
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What people said. what if you were never meant to
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What if you were never meant to carry any of it?
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Carry any of it? it's easy
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It's easy in life to wear labels.
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In life to wear labels. mistakes we've made
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Mistakes we've made and what people have said.
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And what people have said. disappointments we face.
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Disappointments we face. those labels can diminish
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Those labels can diminish our sense of value
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Our sense of value and cause us to forget
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And cause us to forget who we really are.
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I have a new book called
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It'll help and live it.
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It'll help and live it. you see yourself
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You see yourself the way god sees you:
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The way god sees you: valuable, talented, worthy,
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Valuable, talented, worthy, a masterpiece.
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A masterpiece. you've been fearfully
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You've been fearfully and wonderfully made.
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You and your family every day, believing
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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 and savior.
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I make you my lord and savior. if you prayed that
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If you prayed that simple prayer,
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But until we see you again next week,
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Next week, may the lord bless
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May the lord bless you and keep you.
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Joel Osteen - Necessary Endings

July 5, 2026 | 27:29

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