Joel Osteen - A Nevertheless Person

March 13, 2025 | S25:E72

Joel and Victoria Osteen's message of unconditional love and unending hope reaches everyone across the world.

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - A Nevertheless Person | March 13, 2025
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  • (applause) well god bless you.
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  • Well god bless you. it's always a joy to come
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  • It's always a joy to come into your homes and if
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  • Into your homes and if you're ever in our area,
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  • You're ever in our area, please stop by and be a
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  • Please stop by and be a part of one of our
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  • Part of one of our services.
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  • Services. i promise you we'll make
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  • I promise you we'll make you feel right at home.
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  • You feel right at home. but thanks so much for
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  • But thanks so much for tuning in and thank you
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  • Tuning in and thank you again for coming out today.
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  • Again for coming out today. i like to start with
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  • I like to start with something funny.
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  • Something funny. i heard about this old
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  • I heard about this old country farmer.
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  • Country farmer. he was taking his nephew
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  • He was taking his nephew camping for the first time.
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  • Camping for the first time. his nephew had 5 degrees,
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  • His nephew had 5 degrees, he was one of the
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  • He was one of the smartest men alive.
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  • Smartest men alive. they set their tent up and
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  • They set their tent up and quickly fell asleep.
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  • Quickly fell asleep. in the middle of the night,
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  • In the middle of the night, the farmer woke his nephew
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  • The farmer woke his nephew up and said, "look up!
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  • Up and said, "look up! what do you see?"
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  • What do you see?" he said, "i see millions
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  • He said, "i see millions of stars."
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  • Of stars." farmer said, "i know that,
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  • Farmer said, "i know that, but what does it tell you?"
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  • But what does it tell you?" he said, "astronomically,
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  • He said, "astronomically, it tells me there are
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  • It tells me there are billions of galaxies.
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  • Billions of galaxies. meteorologically, it tells
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  • Meteorologically, it tells me it's going to be a
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  • Me it's going to be a beautiful day.
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  • Beautiful day. theologically, it tells me
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  • Theologically, it tells me god's a great creator.
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  • God's a great creator. what does it tell you?"
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  • What does it tell you?" old farmer shook his head
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  • Old farmer shook his head and said, "tells me
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  • And said, "tells me somebody stole our tent."
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  • Somebody stole our tent." (laughter)
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  • (laughter) hold up your bible, say
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  • Hold up your bible, say it like you mean it: this
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  • It like you mean it: this is my bible.
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  • Is my bible. i am what it says i am,
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  • I am what it says i am, i have what it says i have,
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  • I have what it says i have, i can do what it says i
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  • I can do what it says i can do.
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  • Can do. today i will be taught the
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  • Today i will be taught the word of god.
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  • Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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  • I boldly confess: my mind is alert.
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  • Is alert. my heart is receptive.
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  • My heart is receptive. i'll never be the same in
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  • I'll never be the same in jesus' name.
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  • Jesus' name. god bless you.
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  • God bless you. i want to talk to you today
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  • I want to talk to you today about "a nevertheless
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  • About "a nevertheless person".
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  • Person". we all face situations that
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  • We all face situations that seem impossible.
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  • Seem impossible. we don't see how we could
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  • We don't see how we could ever accomplish a dream,
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  • Ever accomplish a dream, get the break we need, meet
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  • Get the break we need, meet the right person.
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  • The right person. in the natural we feel
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  • In the natural we feel stuck.
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  • Stuck. maybe the medical report
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  • Maybe the medical report says you're not going to
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  • Says you're not going to get better.
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  • Get better. or you raised a child in
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  • Or you raised a child in church and now they're off
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  • Church and now they're off course, not interested in
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  • Course, not interested in doing what's right.
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  • Doing what's right. or in our careers we gave
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  • Or in our careers we gave it our best effort, we
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  • It our best effort, we worked hard, took the extra
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  • Worked hard, took the extra training, but now we've
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  • Training, but now we've peaked, gone as far as our
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  • Peaked, gone as far as our education allows.
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  • Education allows. what do you do when you've
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  • What do you do when you've done the right thing but it
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  • Done the right thing but it hasn't worked out?
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  • Hasn't worked out? you're standing on god's
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  • You're standing on god's promises, believing that
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  • Promises, believing that he's restoring health, that
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  • He's restoring health, that you'll lend and not borrow,
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  • You'll lend and not borrow, that he'll give you the
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  • That he'll give you the desires of your heart.
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  • Desires of your heart. but every circumstance
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  • But every circumstance looks like it's not going
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  • Looks like it's not going to happen.
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  • To happen. your logic, your reasoning
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  • Your logic, your reasoning tells you, "forget it.
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  • Tells you, "forget it. it's not going to work out,
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  • It's not going to work out, it's not your lot in life."
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  • It's not your lot in life." it's easy to get
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  • It's easy to get discouraged and give up on
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  • Discouraged and give up on what we're believing for.
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  • What we're believing for. this is where peter was in
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  • This is where peter was in luke chapter 5.
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  • Luke chapter 5. he'd been out fishing all
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  • He'd been out fishing all night and caught nothing.
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  • Night and caught nothing. he was an experienced
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  • He was an experienced fisherman.
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  • Fisherman. he went to the places where
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  • He went to the places where he knew there were always
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  • He knew there were always fish.
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  • Fish. he tried again and again,
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  • He tried again and again, hour after hour, came up
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  • Hour after hour, came up empty.
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  • Empty. they were fishing with
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  • They were fishing with large nets, not just a few
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  • Large nets, not just a few poles.
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  • Poles. you would've thought they
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  • You would've thought they would've caught something,
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  • Would've caught something, at least a few fish, even
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  • At least a few fish, even if it wasn't the kind they
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  • If it wasn't the kind they were looking for, but
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  • Were looking for, but peter said, "we've caught
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  • Peter said, "we've caught nothing."
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  • Nothing." in other words, it couldn't
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  • In other words, it couldn't get any worse.
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  • Get any worse. they came up totally empty.
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  • They came up totally empty. early the next morning,
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  • Early the next morning, after a long night of being
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  • After a long night of being in the boat, frustration,
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  • In the boat, frustration, nothing worked out, as they
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  • Nothing worked out, as they were coming into the shore,
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  • Were coming into the shore, they saw jesus.
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  • They saw jesus. jesus asked peter if he
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  • Jesus asked peter if he could borrow his boat to
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  • Could borrow his boat to teach people from the
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  • Teach people from the beach.
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  • Beach. in a few hours when he was
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  • In a few hours when he was done, jesus told peter to
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  • Done, jesus told peter to do something that seemed
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  • Do something that seemed illogical. it didn't make
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  • Illogical. it didn't make sense to peter's natural
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  • Sense to peter's natural reasoning.
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  • Reasoning. jesus said, "peter, go back
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  • Jesus said, "peter, go back out into the waters, throw
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  • Out into the waters, throw out your nets and you will
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  • Out your nets and you will catch a great haul of
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  • Catch a great haul of fish."
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  • Fish." you can imagine how peter
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  • You can imagine how peter must have felt.
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  • Must have felt. "are you kidding?
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  • "are you kidding? go back out there again?
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  • Go back out there again? we've been out all night.
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  • We've been out all night. no fish are biting.
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  • No fish are biting. we're experts, we know what
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  • We're experts, we know what we're doing.
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  • We're doing. plus, it was morning now.
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  • Plus, it was morning now. the fish go down deeper to
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  • The fish go down deeper to stay out of the daylight."
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  • Stay out of the daylight." every circumstance told
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  • Every circumstance told peter, "don't do it.
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  • Peter, "don't do it. it's going to be a waste of
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  • It's going to be a waste of your time."
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  • Your time." if peter would have
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  • If peter would have reasoned it out, only
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  • Reasoned it out, only looked at it logically, he
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  • Looked at it logically, he would've talked himself
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  • Would've talked himself out of it.
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  • Out of it. he could've told jesus,
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  • He could've told jesus, "i appreciate your
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  • "i appreciate your suggestions, thank you for
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  • Suggestions, thank you for your advice but we're not
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  • Your advice but we're not going to do it. it's not
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  • Going to do it. it's not going to do any good."
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  • Going to do any good." instead, peter did
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  • Instead, peter did something that we all must
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  • Something that we all must do if we're going to see
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  • Do if we're going to see promises come to pass.
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  • Promises come to pass. he said, "jesus, we fished
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  • He said, "jesus, we fished all night and caught
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  • All night and caught nothing. nevertheless,
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  • Nothing. nevertheless, at your word we'll go
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  • At your word we'll go back and try again."
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  • Back and try again." he didn't deny the facts.
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  • He didn't deny the facts. he was saying in effect,
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  • He was saying in effect, "the odds are against us,
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  • "the odds are against us, it looks impossible.
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  • It looks impossible. nevertheless, because of
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  • Nevertheless, because of what you say i'm going to
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  • What you say i'm going to do it."
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  • Do it." he went back out into the
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  • He went back out into the water, threw out his nets
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  • Water, threw out his nets and caught so many fish
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  • And caught so many fish that they began to break.
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  • That they began to break. practical people would've
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  • Practical people would've missed their miracle.
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  • Missed their miracle. people that only look at
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  • People that only look at things logically,
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  • Things logically, realistically,
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  • Realistically, statistically would've
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  • Statistically would've talked themselves out
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  • Talked themselves out of it.
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  • Of it. god is looking for
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  • God is looking for nevertheless people.
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  • Nevertheless people. for people who say, "the
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  • For people who say, "the medical report doesn't
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  • Medical report doesn't look good. nevertheless,
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  • Look good. nevertheless, god is restoring health
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  • God is restoring health back unto me.
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  • Back unto me. my child is still off
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  • My child is still off course. nevertheless,
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  • Course. nevertheless, as for me and my house,
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  • As for me and my house, we will serve the lord.
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  • We will serve the lord. business is slow, no fish
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  • Business is slow, no fish are biting, doesn't look
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  • Are biting, doesn't look like i could ever get out
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  • Like i could ever get out of debt. nevertheless,
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  • Of debt. nevertheless, blessings are chasing me
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  • Blessings are chasing me down. i will lend and not
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  • Down. i will lend and not borrow."
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  • Borrow." or maybe, "i've had this
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  • Or maybe, "i've had this addiction for years, gone
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  • Addiction for years, gone through treatment, rehab,
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  • Through treatment, rehab, nothing has worked.
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  • Nothing has worked. i should be discouraged,
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  • I should be discouraged, but i'm a nevertheless
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  • But i'm a nevertheless person. i know freedom
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  • Person. i know freedom is in my future. i know
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  • Is in my future. i know one touch of god's favor
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  • One touch of god's favor can turn it around."
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  • Can turn it around." it may not make sense
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  • It may not make sense to your logic. in the
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  • To your logic. in the natural, you don't see
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  • Natural, you don't see how you could accomplish
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  • How you could accomplish a dream, meet the right
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  • A dream, meet the right person, see your family
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  • Person, see your family restored. you've given
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  • Restored. you've given it your best efforts,
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  • It your best efforts, exhausted your resources,
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  • Exhausted your resources, but came up empty. no fish.
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  • But came up empty. no fish. all the circumstances say
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  • All the circumstances say it's not going to happen.
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  • It's not going to happen. you're right where peter
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  • You're right where peter was. you can either give
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  • Was. you can either give up, get discouraged, or
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  • Up, get discouraged, or you can dig your heels in
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  • You can dig your heels in and say, "it looks
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  • And say, "it looks impossible, the odds are
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  • Impossible, the odds are against me, i tried and it
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  • Against me, i tried and it didn't work out.
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  • Didn't work out. nevertheless, i still
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  • Nevertheless, i still believe. nevertheless,
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  • Believe. nevertheless, i'm going to try again.
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  • I'm going to try again. nevertheless, i'm going
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  • Nevertheless, i'm going to keep hoping, praying,
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  • To keep hoping, praying, expecting."
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  • Expecting." friends, if you don't
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  • Friends, if you don't learn to become a
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  • Learn to become a nevertheless person,
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  • Nevertheless person, you won't reach the
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  • You won't reach the fullness of your destiny.
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  • Fullness of your destiny. because there will be
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  • Because there will be situations where there's
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  • Situations where there's no way out. the obstacle
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  • No way out. the obstacle is too big, the opponents
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  • Is too big, the opponents are too strong. without
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  • Are too strong. without god's favor, you'll get
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  • God's favor, you'll get stuck.
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  • Stuck. god puts us in these
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  • God puts us in these situations on purpose to
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  • Situations on purpose to where we come to the end
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  • Where we come to the end of our ability. there's
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  • Of our ability. there's nothing more we can do.
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  • Nothing more we can do. this is what faith is all
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  • This is what faith is all about. if you can achieve
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  • About. if you can achieve it on your own, you don't
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  • It on your own, you don't need god's help.
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  • Need god's help. but his dream for your life
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  • But his dream for your life is to take you further than
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  • Is to take you further than you can imagine.
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  • You can imagine. that's why he plants things
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  • That's why he plants things in your heart that are too
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  • In your heart that are too big for you to accomplish
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  • Big for you to accomplish on your own.
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  • On your own. it's easy to think, "man, i
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  • It's easy to think, "man, i don't have the talent, the
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  • Don't have the talent, the experience, the
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  • Experience, the connections."
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  • Connections." too often we let this
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  • Too often we let this overwhelm us, we get
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  • Overwhelm us, we get discouraged thinking,
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  • Discouraged thinking, "man, i'm out of my league.
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  • "man, i'm out of my league. this is over my head.
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  • This is over my head. i'll never live in that
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  • I'll never live in that nice neighborhood.
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  • Nice neighborhood. i don't have the funds.
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  • I don't have the funds. i'll never get well, joel.
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  • I'll never get well, joel. i've been sick for years.
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  • I've been sick for years. i'll never start my
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  • I'll never start my business, write that book,
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  • Business, write that book, build that orphanage.
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  • Build that orphanage. the odds are all against
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  • The odds are all against me."
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  • Me." no, you are exactly where
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  • No, you are exactly where god wants you.
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  • God wants you. he would not have put the
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  • He would not have put the dream in your heart if he
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  • Dream in your heart if he didn't already have a way
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  • Didn't already have a way to bring it to pass.
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  • To bring it to pass. all through the scripture
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  • All through the scripture we see "nevertheless
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  • We see "nevertheless people".
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  • People". when david went out to face
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  • When david went out to face goliath, he was a teenager
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  • Goliath, he was a teenager taking care of his father's
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  • Taking care of his father's sheep.
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  • Sheep. he didn't have any military
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  • He didn't have any military training, any experience,
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  • Training, any experience, any armor.
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  • Any armor. goliath was twice his size,
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  • Goliath was twice his size, a skilled warrior.
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  • A skilled warrior. david could've looked at
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  • David could've looked at it only in the natural
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  • It only in the natural and gotten depressed.
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  • And gotten depressed. but david was a
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  • But david was a nevertheless person.
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  • Nevertheless person. he thought, "all i have is
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  • He thought, "all i have is this slingshot and a few
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  • This slingshot and a few stones.
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  • Stones. this giant is much bigger,
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  • This giant is much bigger, much stronger, nevertheless
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  • Much stronger, nevertheless if god be for me, who dare
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  • If god be for me, who dare be against me?"
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  • Be against me?" david didn't just stop with
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  • David didn't just stop with the facts.
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  • The facts. if he would've, he would've
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  • If he would've, he would've talked himself out of it.
  • 00:08:47.149 --> 00:08:49.285
  • Talked himself out of it. the key is you have to add
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  • The key is you have to add the "nevertheless".
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  • The "nevertheless". you may have the facts, the
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  • You may have the facts, the medical report may say,
  • 00:08:54.924 --> 00:08:56.859
  • Medical report may say, "you're not going to get
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  • "you're not going to get well". that's fine.
  • 00:08:57.660 --> 00:08:58.828
  • Well". that's fine. i'm not asking you to deny
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  • I'm not asking you to deny the facts, i'm asking you
  • 00:09:00.229 --> 00:09:01.697
  • The facts, i'm asking you to add the "nevertheless".
  • 00:09:01.764 --> 00:09:04.367
  • To add the "nevertheless". "these giants look huge,
  • 00:09:04.433 --> 00:09:05.835
  • "these giants look huge, nevertheless my god is
  • 00:09:05.901 --> 00:09:07.403
  • Nevertheless my god is much bigger.
  • 00:09:07.470 --> 00:09:08.904
  • Much bigger. medical report says i'm
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  • Medical report says i'm done, nevertheless nothing
  • 00:09:10.206 --> 00:09:12.475
  • Done, nevertheless nothing can snatch me out of god's
  • 00:09:12.541 --> 00:09:13.843
  • Can snatch me out of god's hands.
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  • Hands. i've been single a long
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  • I've been single a long time. i don't think i'll
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  • Time. i don't think i'll ever meet the right person.
  • 00:09:18.280 --> 00:09:19.815
  • Ever meet the right person. nevertheless, i know a
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  • Nevertheless, i know a divine connection is
  • 00:09:21.784 --> 00:09:22.952
  • Divine connection is headed my way."
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  • Headed my way." or perhaps, "the
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  • Or perhaps, "the specialist, the experts
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  • Specialist, the experts say that my spouse and
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  • Say that my spouse and i can't ever have a child.
  • 00:09:29.458 --> 00:09:31.560
  • I can't ever have a child. nevertheless, i believe
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  • Nevertheless, i believe there's a baby that already
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  • There's a baby that already has my name on them."
  • 00:09:34.930 --> 00:09:36.832
  • Has my name on them." this is what abraham did.
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  • This is what abraham did. god gave him the promise
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  • God gave him the promise that he and his wife, sarah
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  • That he and his wife, sarah would have a baby.
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  • Would have a baby. in the natural, they were
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  • In the natural, they were way too old.
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  • Way too old. sarah had already gone
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  • Sarah had already gone through the change of life.
  • 00:09:48.277 --> 00:09:50.112
  • Through the change of life. this would defy the laws
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  • This would defy the laws of nature.
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  • Of nature. in fact, when abraham told
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  • In fact, when abraham told her what god said, the
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  • Her what god said, the scripture says that sarah
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  • Scripture says that sarah laughed.
  • 00:09:57.586 --> 00:09:58.854
  • Laughed. it was so far out in her
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  • It was so far out in her mind she thought it was
  • 00:10:00.289 --> 00:10:01.390
  • Mind she thought it was funny.
  • 00:10:01.457 --> 00:10:02.858
  • Funny. she said, "oh, yea right,
  • 00:10:02.925 --> 00:10:03.859
  • She said, "oh, yea right, abraham. you and me have
  • 00:10:03.926 --> 00:10:05.661
  • Abraham. you and me have a baby? i don't think so.
  • 00:10:05.728 --> 00:10:07.296
  • A baby? i don't think so. we're way too old."
  • 00:10:07.363 --> 00:10:09.131
  • We're way too old." has god ever put something
  • 00:10:09.198 --> 00:10:10.533
  • Has god ever put something in your heart so big?
  • 00:10:10.599 --> 00:10:12.768
  • In your heart so big? seemed so unlikely your
  • 00:10:12.835 --> 00:10:14.537
  • Seemed so unlikely your first thought was to laugh?
  • 00:10:14.603 --> 00:10:17.139
  • First thought was to laugh? he whispers in your spirit,
  • 00:10:17.206 --> 00:10:19.108
  • He whispers in your spirit, "one day you're going to
  • 00:10:19.175 --> 00:10:19.875
  • "one day you're going to live in that nice
  • 00:10:19.942 --> 00:10:20.843
  • Live in that nice neighborhood. you're
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  • Neighborhood. you're going to lead your
  • 00:10:22.178 --> 00:10:22.978
  • Going to lead your company in sales.
  • 00:10:23.045 --> 00:10:24.313
  • Company in sales. you're going to write
  • 00:10:24.380 --> 00:10:25.047
  • You're going to write that best selling book.
  • 00:10:25.114 --> 00:10:26.682
  • That best selling book. you're going to see your
  • 00:10:26.749 --> 00:10:27.383
  • You're going to see your whole family come to know
  • 00:10:27.450 --> 00:10:28.718
  • Whole family come to know the lord.
  • 00:10:28.784 --> 00:10:29.585
  • The lord. you're going to marry
  • 00:10:29.652 --> 00:10:30.119
  • You're going to marry somebody fantastic."
  • 00:10:30.186 --> 00:10:31.921
  • Somebody fantastic." on the surface, it seems so
  • 00:10:31.987 --> 00:10:33.622
  • On the surface, it seems so far out.
  • 00:10:33.689 --> 00:10:34.857
  • Far out. we think, "oh yea right,
  • 00:10:34.924 --> 00:10:36.258
  • We think, "oh yea right, that could never happen."
  • 00:10:36.325 --> 00:10:38.294
  • That could never happen." when abraham heard sarah
  • 00:10:38.360 --> 00:10:39.962
  • When abraham heard sarah laughing, he could've
  • 00:10:40.029 --> 00:10:41.297
  • Laughing, he could've gotten discouraged,
  • 00:10:41.363 --> 00:10:42.798
  • Gotten discouraged, thought, "yea right.
  • 00:10:42.865 --> 00:10:43.833
  • Thought, "yea right. what was i thinking?
  • 00:10:43.899 --> 00:10:45.234
  • What was i thinking? let me come back to
  • 00:10:45.301 --> 00:10:45.835
  • Let me come back to reality. man, i'm way
  • 00:10:45.901 --> 00:10:47.169
  • Reality. man, i'm way too old."
  • 00:10:47.236 --> 00:10:48.204
  • Too old." if he would've looked at
  • 00:10:48.270 --> 00:10:49.305
  • If he would've looked at it only logically,
  • 00:10:49.371 --> 00:10:51.107
  • It only logically, practically, realistically,
  • 00:10:51.173 --> 00:10:52.908
  • Practically, realistically, he would've given up.
  • 00:10:52.975 --> 00:10:55.111
  • He would've given up. abraham did what we all
  • 00:10:55.177 --> 00:10:56.345
  • Abraham did what we all must do to see that promise
  • 00:10:56.412 --> 00:10:58.114
  • Must do to see that promise come to pass.
  • 00:10:58.180 --> 00:10:59.882
  • Come to pass. he added the
  • 00:10:59.949 --> 00:11:00.783
  • He added the "nevertheless".
  • 00:11:00.850 --> 00:11:01.951
  • "nevertheless". "yes, i'm too old.
  • 00:11:02.017 --> 00:11:03.252
  • "yes, i'm too old. nevertheless, god can
  • 00:11:03.319 --> 00:11:04.754
  • Nevertheless, god can make a way.
  • 00:11:04.820 --> 00:11:06.021
  • Make a way. yes, it's impossible.
  • 00:11:06.088 --> 00:11:07.456
  • Yes, it's impossible. nevertheless, god can
  • 00:11:07.523 --> 00:11:09.158
  • Nevertheless, god can do the impossible.
  • 00:11:09.225 --> 00:11:10.760
  • Do the impossible. yes, it defies the laws of
  • 00:11:10.826 --> 00:11:12.161
  • Yes, it defies the laws of nature. nevertheless,
  • 00:11:12.228 --> 00:11:14.597
  • Nature. nevertheless, god supersedes the
  • 00:11:14.663 --> 00:11:16.132
  • God supersedes the laws of nature."
  • 00:11:16.198 --> 00:11:18.167
  • Laws of nature." whatever looks impossible
  • 00:11:18.234 --> 00:11:19.935
  • Whatever looks impossible in your life, start adding
  • 00:11:20.002 --> 00:11:22.037
  • In your life, start adding the "nevertheless".
  • 00:11:22.104 --> 00:11:24.240
  • The "nevertheless". those thoughts make you
  • 00:11:24.306 --> 00:11:25.107
  • Those thoughts make you feel, "man, i'm too small
  • 00:11:25.174 --> 00:11:26.475
  • Feel, "man, i'm too small to ever get chosen for
  • 00:11:26.542 --> 00:11:27.543
  • To ever get chosen for that lead role.
  • 00:11:27.610 --> 00:11:28.778
  • That lead role. nevertheless, god's favor
  • 00:11:28.844 --> 00:11:30.713
  • Nevertheless, god's favor is shining down on me.
  • 00:11:30.780 --> 00:11:32.548
  • Is shining down on me. i don't have the strength,
  • 00:11:32.615 --> 00:11:33.949
  • I don't have the strength, the talent, the experience
  • 00:11:34.016 --> 00:11:35.151
  • The talent, the experience for that promotion.
  • 00:11:35.217 --> 00:11:36.619
  • For that promotion. nevertheless, god's causing
  • 00:11:36.685 --> 00:11:38.053
  • Nevertheless, god's causing me to stand out."
  • 00:11:38.120 --> 00:11:39.989
  • Me to stand out." or, "joel, i don't have
  • 00:11:40.055 --> 00:11:41.090
  • Or, "joel, i don't have the funds, the resources
  • 00:11:41.157 --> 00:11:42.558
  • The funds, the resources to go to college.
  • 00:11:42.625 --> 00:11:43.859
  • To go to college. nevertheless, god can
  • 00:11:43.926 --> 00:11:45.594
  • Nevertheless, god can open doors that no man
  • 00:11:45.661 --> 00:11:46.729
  • Open doors that no man can shut."
  • 00:11:46.796 --> 00:11:48.731
  • Can shut." i know a young man.
  • 00:11:48.798 --> 00:11:49.999
  • I know a young man. he had a dream to play
  • 00:11:50.065 --> 00:11:50.966
  • He had a dream to play baseball in college.
  • 00:11:51.033 --> 00:11:53.068
  • Baseball in college. he lived way out in the
  • 00:11:53.135 --> 00:11:53.803
  • He lived way out in the country and he was the star
  • 00:11:53.869 --> 00:11:55.471
  • Country and he was the star player on his high school
  • 00:11:55.538 --> 00:11:56.672
  • Player on his high school team.
  • 00:11:56.739 --> 00:11:58.107
  • Team. but there wasn't a lot of
  • 00:11:58.174 --> 00:11:59.108
  • But there wasn't a lot of competition in that
  • 00:11:59.175 --> 00:12:01.243
  • Competition in that division.
  • 00:12:01.310 --> 00:12:02.511
  • Division. different scouts had come
  • 00:12:02.578 --> 00:12:03.145
  • Different scouts had come to see him play but they
  • 00:12:03.212 --> 00:12:04.914
  • To see him play but they all told him he wasn't big
  • 00:12:04.980 --> 00:12:06.549
  • All told him he wasn't big enough to play in a major
  • 00:12:06.615 --> 00:12:07.850
  • Enough to play in a major university.
  • 00:12:07.917 --> 00:12:09.218
  • University. he had an offer from a
  • 00:12:09.285 --> 00:12:10.252
  • He had an offer from a small, private school and
  • 00:12:10.319 --> 00:12:12.388
  • Small, private school and while he was grateful he
  • 00:12:12.454 --> 00:12:13.455
  • While he was grateful he knew he had something
  • 00:12:13.522 --> 00:12:14.456
  • Knew he had something bigger in his heart.
  • 00:12:14.523 --> 00:12:16.525
  • Bigger in his heart. he was invited to go try
  • 00:12:16.592 --> 00:12:17.660
  • He was invited to go try out at this large college.
  • 00:12:17.726 --> 00:12:19.728
  • Out at this large college. there were other players
  • 00:12:19.795 --> 00:12:20.830
  • There were other players there from big cities, big
  • 00:12:20.896 --> 00:12:22.298
  • There from big cities, big programs.
  • 00:12:22.364 --> 00:12:23.999
  • Programs. they were bigger, stronger,
  • 00:12:24.066 --> 00:12:25.201
  • They were bigger, stronger, had more experience.
  • 00:12:25.267 --> 00:12:27.403
  • Had more experience. but when he stepped up to
  • 00:12:27.469 --> 00:12:28.804
  • But when he stepped up to bat in front of the
  • 00:12:28.871 --> 00:12:30.105
  • Bat in front of the coaches, all the scouts,
  • 00:12:30.172 --> 00:12:31.640
  • Coaches, all the scouts, the pressure was on.
  • 00:12:31.707 --> 00:12:33.242
  • The pressure was on. he said, "joel, it was like
  • 00:12:33.309 --> 00:12:34.944
  • He said, "joel, it was like something came all over
  • 00:12:35.010 --> 00:12:36.979
  • Something came all over me and i felt like i was
  • 00:12:37.046 --> 00:12:38.380
  • Me and i felt like i was 10 feet tall."
  • 00:12:38.447 --> 00:12:39.615
  • 10 feet tall." he hit the ball harder,
  • 00:12:39.682 --> 00:12:41.417
  • He hit the ball harder, further, more consistently
  • 00:12:41.483 --> 00:12:43.652
  • Further, more consistently than all those top
  • 00:12:43.719 --> 00:12:44.820
  • Than all those top prospects.
  • 00:12:44.887 --> 00:12:46.288
  • Prospects. out of several hundred
  • 00:12:46.355 --> 00:12:47.089
  • Out of several hundred young men that tried out to
  • 00:12:47.156 --> 00:12:48.657
  • Young men that tried out to walk on the team that day,
  • 00:12:48.724 --> 00:12:50.326
  • Walk on the team that day, he was the only one chosen
  • 00:12:50.392 --> 00:12:52.161
  • He was the only one chosen to make the team.
  • 00:12:52.228 --> 00:12:53.495
  • To make the team. he was given a full 4-year
  • 00:12:53.562 --> 00:12:55.297
  • He was given a full 4-year scholarship, went on to
  • 00:12:55.364 --> 00:12:56.699
  • Scholarship, went on to have a great college
  • 00:12:56.765 --> 00:12:57.633
  • Have a great college career. (applause)
  • 00:12:57.700 --> 00:12:59.969
  • Career. (applause) the odds may be against
  • 00:13:00.035 --> 00:13:01.270
  • The odds may be against you. you don't think you
  • 00:13:01.337 --> 00:13:02.071
  • You. you don't think you have the talent, the
  • 00:13:02.137 --> 00:13:03.072
  • Have the talent, the experience, the
  • 00:13:03.138 --> 00:13:03.639
  • Experience, the connections.
  • 00:13:03.706 --> 00:13:04.907
  • Connections. neither did david.
  • 00:13:04.974 --> 00:13:06.742
  • Neither did david. don't talk yourself out of
  • 00:13:06.809 --> 00:13:07.743
  • Don't talk yourself out of what god put in your heart.
  • 00:13:07.810 --> 00:13:10.312
  • What god put in your heart. start adding the
  • 00:13:10.379 --> 00:13:10.980
  • Start adding the "nevertheless".
  • 00:13:11.046 --> 00:13:12.414
  • "nevertheless". "god, i don't have the
  • 00:13:12.481 --> 00:13:13.015
  • "god, i don't have the size. nevertheless, you
  • 00:13:13.082 --> 00:13:14.850
  • Size. nevertheless, you can get me to where i'm
  • 00:13:14.917 --> 00:13:16.118
  • Can get me to where i'm supposed to be.
  • 00:13:16.185 --> 00:13:17.686
  • Supposed to be. i don't have the strength,
  • 00:13:17.753 --> 00:13:18.687
  • I don't have the strength, the talent. nevertheless,
  • 00:13:18.754 --> 00:13:19.855
  • The talent. nevertheless, i know your favor
  • 00:13:19.922 --> 00:13:20.956
  • I know your favor surrounds me like a
  • 00:13:21.023 --> 00:13:21.924
  • Surrounds me like a shield."
  • 00:13:21.991 --> 00:13:23.392
  • Shield." when you add the
  • 00:13:23.459 --> 00:13:24.493
  • When you add the "nevertheless", that's what
  • 00:13:24.560 --> 00:13:26.195
  • "nevertheless", that's what allows god to do amazing
  • 00:13:26.262 --> 00:13:27.796
  • Allows god to do amazing things.
  • 00:13:27.863 --> 00:13:29.231
  • Things. too many people, instead of
  • 00:13:29.298 --> 00:13:30.799
  • Too many people, instead of having this nevertheless
  • 00:13:30.866 --> 00:13:31.934
  • Having this nevertheless mentality, they have a "no
  • 00:13:32.001 --> 00:13:33.469
  • Mentality, they have a "no way" mentality.
  • 00:13:33.535 --> 00:13:35.804
  • Way" mentality. "no way i can get out of
  • 00:13:35.871 --> 00:13:36.705
  • "no way i can get out of debt, joel. i'm too far
  • 00:13:36.772 --> 00:13:38.340
  • Debt, joel. i'm too far down in the hole.
  • 00:13:38.407 --> 00:13:39.742
  • Down in the hole. no way i'll break this
  • 00:13:39.808 --> 00:13:40.509
  • No way i'll break this addiction. i've had it
  • 00:13:40.576 --> 00:13:41.944
  • Addiction. i've had it for so many years.
  • 00:13:42.011 --> 00:13:43.812
  • For so many years. no way i'll be successful.
  • 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:45.414
  • No way i'll be successful. i come from the wrong
  • 00:13:45.481 --> 00:13:46.382
  • I come from the wrong family."
  • 00:13:46.448 --> 00:13:47.850
  • Family." you are prophesying your
  • 00:13:47.917 --> 00:13:49.084
  • You are prophesying your future. if you think it's
  • 00:13:49.151 --> 00:13:51.153
  • Future. if you think it's impossible, it becomes
  • 00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:52.922
  • Impossible, it becomes impossible. god is not
  • 00:13:52.988 --> 00:13:55.524
  • Impossible. god is not looking for "no way"
  • 00:13:55.591 --> 00:13:56.625
  • Looking for "no way" people, he's looking for
  • 00:13:56.692 --> 00:13:58.060
  • People, he's looking for nevertheless people.
  • 00:13:58.127 --> 00:13:59.662
  • Nevertheless people. for people who say,
  • 00:13:59.728 --> 00:14:01.130
  • For people who say, "i don't see how i could
  • 00:14:01.196 --> 00:14:02.031
  • "i don't see how i could ever get out of this
  • 00:14:02.097 --> 00:14:03.132
  • Ever get out of this problem, nevertheless
  • 00:14:03.198 --> 00:14:05.467
  • Problem, nevertheless god always causes me to
  • 00:14:05.534 --> 00:14:06.702
  • God always causes me to triumph. this legal
  • 00:14:06.769 --> 00:14:08.470
  • Triumph. this legal situation looks like it's
  • 00:14:08.537 --> 00:14:09.872
  • Situation looks like it's going to be the end of me.
  • 00:14:09.939 --> 00:14:11.373
  • Going to be the end of me. nevertheless, no weapon
  • 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.175
  • Nevertheless, no weapon formed against me will
  • 00:14:13.242 --> 00:14:14.176
  • Formed against me will prosper.
  • 00:14:14.243 --> 00:14:15.644
  • Prosper. my dreams are taking a lot
  • 00:14:15.711 --> 00:14:16.845
  • My dreams are taking a lot longer than i thought.
  • 00:14:16.912 --> 00:14:18.447
  • Longer than i thought. nevertheless, what god
  • 00:14:18.514 --> 00:14:20.049
  • Nevertheless, what god started in my life, he'll
  • 00:14:20.115 --> 00:14:21.483
  • Started in my life, he'll bring to completion."
  • 00:14:21.550 --> 00:14:23.585
  • Bring to completion." shake off the no-way
  • 00:14:23.652 --> 00:14:24.720
  • Shake off the no-way mentality.
  • 00:14:24.787 --> 00:14:26.322
  • Mentality. have this nevertheless
  • 00:14:26.388 --> 00:14:27.122
  • Have this nevertheless mentality.
  • 00:14:27.189 --> 00:14:28.924
  • Mentality. friends, don't let a
  • 00:14:28.991 --> 00:14:29.792
  • Friends, don't let a no-way mentality keep
  • 00:14:29.858 --> 00:14:31.794
  • No-way mentality keep you from god's best.
  • 00:14:31.860 --> 00:14:34.296
  • You from god's best. it may look impossible, i'm
  • 00:14:34.363 --> 00:14:36.065
  • It may look impossible, i'm not asking you to deny it,
  • 00:14:36.131 --> 00:14:38.500
  • Not asking you to deny it, just add the nevertheless.
  • 00:14:38.567 --> 00:14:40.703
  • Just add the nevertheless. these enemies look huge,
  • 00:14:40.769 --> 00:14:42.438
  • These enemies look huge, nevertheless me and god are
  • 00:14:42.504 --> 00:14:44.606
  • Nevertheless me and god are a majority.
  • 00:14:44.673 --> 00:14:46.442
  • A majority. this sickness looks
  • 00:14:46.508 --> 00:14:47.376
  • This sickness looks permanent, nevertheless
  • 00:14:47.443 --> 00:14:49.078
  • Permanent, nevertheless it's only temporary.
  • 00:14:49.144 --> 00:14:51.046
  • It's only temporary. the number of my days god
  • 00:14:51.113 --> 00:14:52.081
  • The number of my days god will fulfill.
  • 00:14:52.147 --> 00:14:53.849
  • Will fulfill. "i don't see how i could
  • 00:14:53.916 --> 00:14:54.883
  • "i don't see how i could ever get out of debt in the
  • 00:14:54.950 --> 00:14:56.085
  • Ever get out of debt in the natural, nevertheless
  • 00:14:56.151 --> 00:14:57.720
  • Natural, nevertheless explosive blessings are
  • 00:14:57.786 --> 00:14:59.154
  • Explosive blessings are chasing me down."
  • 00:14:59.221 --> 00:15:00.889
  • Chasing me down." or maybe, "i've been
  • 00:15:00.956 --> 00:15:02.024
  • Or maybe, "i've been through a loss, a
  • 00:15:02.091 --> 00:15:03.192
  • Through a loss, a disappointment,
  • 00:15:03.258 --> 00:15:04.560
  • Disappointment, nevertheless i know god has
  • 00:15:04.626 --> 00:15:06.228
  • Nevertheless i know god has beauty for these ashes.
  • 00:15:06.295 --> 00:15:08.230
  • Beauty for these ashes. he can turn mourning into
  • 00:15:08.297 --> 00:15:09.064
  • He can turn mourning into dancing."
  • 00:15:09.131 --> 00:15:10.899
  • Dancing." don't be a no-way person,
  • 00:15:10.966 --> 00:15:12.735
  • Don't be a no-way person, be a nevertheless person.
  • 00:15:12.801 --> 00:15:14.803
  • Be a nevertheless person. this means you choose to
  • 00:15:14.870 --> 00:15:16.538
  • This means you choose to believe even when the odds
  • 00:15:16.605 --> 00:15:18.007
  • Believe even when the odds are against you.
  • 00:15:18.073 --> 00:15:19.975
  • Are against you. you stay in faith even when
  • 00:15:20.042 --> 00:15:21.410
  • You stay in faith even when it looks impossible.
  • 00:15:21.477 --> 00:15:23.345
  • It looks impossible. a few years after victoria
  • 00:15:23.412 --> 00:15:24.513
  • A few years after victoria and i were married, we
  • 00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:25.681
  • And i were married, we moved out of our town
  • 00:15:25.748 --> 00:15:28.217
  • Moved out of our town house into a very old,
  • 00:15:28.283 --> 00:15:30.886
  • House into a very old, rundown house that was
  • 00:15:30.953 --> 00:15:32.721
  • Rundown house that was close in to the city.
  • 00:15:32.788 --> 00:15:33.822
  • Close in to the city. the house wasn't worth
  • 00:15:33.889 --> 00:15:34.757
  • The house wasn't worth anything, but it was on a
  • 00:15:34.823 --> 00:15:36.358
  • Anything, but it was on a half acre lot right across
  • 00:15:36.425 --> 00:15:38.060
  • Half acre lot right across the street from a nice
  • 00:15:38.127 --> 00:15:39.294
  • The street from a nice neighborhood.
  • 00:15:39.361 --> 00:15:40.863
  • Neighborhood. many times in the evenings,
  • 00:15:40.929 --> 00:15:42.631
  • Many times in the evenings, we would go out and take
  • 00:15:42.698 --> 00:15:43.599
  • We would go out and take walks through the
  • 00:15:43.665 --> 00:15:44.733
  • Walks through the subdivision and one night
  • 00:15:44.800 --> 00:15:46.301
  • Subdivision and one night as we were walking, we came
  • 00:15:46.368 --> 00:15:47.736
  • As we were walking, we came to this big 2-story house
  • 00:15:47.803 --> 00:15:50.839
  • To this big 2-story house that was in the final
  • 00:15:50.906 --> 00:15:51.807
  • That was in the final stages of construction.
  • 00:15:51.874 --> 00:15:53.776
  • Stages of construction. they were putting the
  • 00:15:53.842 --> 00:15:54.643
  • They were putting the finishing touches on it.
  • 00:15:54.710 --> 00:15:56.011
  • Finishing touches on it. we walked up to it and the
  • 00:15:56.078 --> 00:15:57.279
  • We walked up to it and the door was open, so we went
  • 00:15:57.346 --> 00:15:58.847
  • Door was open, so we went in.
  • 00:15:58.914 --> 00:16:00.115
  • In. it was so magnificent.
  • 00:16:00.182 --> 00:16:02.117
  • It was so magnificent. it had high ceilings, big
  • 00:16:02.184 --> 00:16:03.852
  • It had high ceilings, big tall windows, it was so
  • 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:06.221
  • Tall windows, it was so new.
  • 00:16:06.288 --> 00:16:07.556
  • New. everything was pristine.
  • 00:16:07.623 --> 00:16:09.725
  • Everything was pristine. here, we were living in
  • 00:16:09.792 --> 00:16:10.592
  • Here, we were living in this 60 year old house that
  • 00:16:10.659 --> 00:16:12.428
  • This 60 year old house that had been run down, nobody
  • 00:16:12.494 --> 00:16:14.196
  • Had been run down, nobody had taken care of it, had
  • 00:16:14.263 --> 00:16:15.931
  • Had taken care of it, had foundation problems, leaks
  • 00:16:15.998 --> 00:16:17.266
  • Foundation problems, leaks in the ceiling.
  • 00:16:17.332 --> 00:16:19.201
  • In the ceiling. we fixed it up so we could
  • 00:16:19.268 --> 00:16:20.169
  • We fixed it up so we could live in it, but the
  • 00:16:20.235 --> 00:16:21.503
  • Live in it, but the contrast between our old,
  • 00:16:21.570 --> 00:16:23.772
  • Contrast between our old, rundown house and this
  • 00:16:23.839 --> 00:16:26.408
  • Rundown house and this beautiful new house was
  • 00:16:26.475 --> 00:16:28.811
  • Beautiful new house was like my brother paul to me.
  • 00:16:28.877 --> 00:16:31.313
  • Like my brother paul to me. i mean, there was no
  • 00:16:31.380 --> 00:16:32.081
  • I mean, there was no comparison. (laughter)
  • 00:16:32.147 --> 00:16:34.883
  • Comparison. (laughter) as we were walking... now
  • 00:16:34.950 --> 00:16:36.185
  • As we were walking... now y'all are not listening.
  • 00:16:36.251 --> 00:16:39.054
  • Y'all are not listening. as we were walking out of
  • 00:16:39.121 --> 00:16:40.122
  • As we were walking out of the house that day, down
  • 00:16:40.189 --> 00:16:41.090
  • The house that day, down the front sidewalk, 26
  • 00:16:41.156 --> 00:16:43.792
  • The front sidewalk, 26 years old, in awe of what
  • 00:16:43.859 --> 00:16:45.594
  • Years old, in awe of what we'd just seen, victoria
  • 00:16:45.661 --> 00:16:47.062
  • We'd just seen, victoria stopped, turned to me and
  • 00:16:47.129 --> 00:16:49.364
  • Stopped, turned to me and said, "joel, one day we're
  • 00:16:49.431 --> 00:16:51.233
  • Said, "joel, one day we're going to live in a house
  • 00:16:51.300 --> 00:16:52.401
  • Going to live in a house just like this."
  • 00:16:52.468 --> 00:16:54.169
  • Just like this." i looked at her like she
  • 00:16:54.236 --> 00:16:55.304
  • I looked at her like she had lost her mind.
  • 00:16:55.370 --> 00:16:57.606
  • Had lost her mind. i went on to tell her all
  • 00:16:57.673 --> 00:16:58.841
  • I went on to tell her all the reasons why we were
  • 00:16:58.907 --> 00:17:00.209
  • The reasons why we were never going to live in a
  • 00:17:00.275 --> 00:17:01.343
  • Never going to live in a house like that.
  • 00:17:01.410 --> 00:17:03.145
  • House like that. i went down the list.
  • 00:17:03.212 --> 00:17:04.146
  • I went down the list. "victoria, i work for a
  • 00:17:04.213 --> 00:17:05.247
  • "victoria, i work for a ministry, we're never going
  • 00:17:05.314 --> 00:17:06.682
  • Ministry, we're never going to have those funds, we can
  • 00:17:06.748 --> 00:17:08.617
  • To have those funds, we can barely afford this 60 year
  • 00:17:08.684 --> 00:17:10.119
  • Barely afford this 60 year old house with crooked
  • 00:17:10.185 --> 00:17:11.453
  • Old house with crooked floors. it's going to
  • 00:17:11.520 --> 00:17:12.821
  • Floors. it's going to take us 30 years to pay
  • 00:17:12.888 --> 00:17:13.622
  • Take us 30 years to pay it off." i was passionate
  • 00:17:13.689 --> 00:17:15.858
  • It off." i was passionate about my doubt. i wanted
  • 00:17:15.924 --> 00:17:17.259
  • About my doubt. i wanted her to doubt with me.
  • 00:17:17.326 --> 00:17:18.293
  • Her to doubt with me. (laughter)
  • 00:17:18.360 --> 00:17:20.095
  • (laughter) i went on and on but she
  • 00:17:20.162 --> 00:17:22.097
  • I went on and on but she no more paid me attention.
  • 00:17:22.164 --> 00:17:23.899
  • No more paid me attention. it was like i was talking
  • 00:17:23.966 --> 00:17:25.033
  • It was like i was talking to a tree.
  • 00:17:25.100 --> 00:17:26.568
  • To a tree. she said, "no, joel.
  • 00:17:26.635 --> 00:17:27.803
  • She said, "no, joel. i can feel it right down
  • 00:17:27.870 --> 00:17:28.971
  • I can feel it right down in here. one day, we're
  • 00:17:29.037 --> 00:17:30.806
  • In here. one day, we're going to live in a house
  • 00:17:30.873 --> 00:17:31.640
  • Going to live in a house just like this one."
  • 00:17:31.707 --> 00:17:33.509
  • Just like this one." (applause)
  • 00:17:33.575 --> 00:17:34.143
  • (applause) the difference between
  • 00:17:34.209 --> 00:17:35.277
  • The difference between her and me is i saw the
  • 00:17:35.344 --> 00:17:37.146
  • Her and me is i saw the facts. i knew what we
  • 00:17:37.212 --> 00:17:38.714
  • Facts. i knew what we made, i knew how
  • 00:17:38.780 --> 00:17:40.282
  • Made, i knew how impossible it was. i let
  • 00:17:40.349 --> 00:17:41.817
  • Impossible it was. i let the facts talk me out
  • 00:17:41.884 --> 00:17:43.552
  • The facts talk me out of it. i had a "no-way"
  • 00:17:43.619 --> 00:17:45.220
  • Of it. i had a "no-way" mentality. victoria saw
  • 00:17:45.287 --> 00:17:46.622
  • Mentality. victoria saw the same facts, she knew
  • 00:17:46.688 --> 00:17:48.857
  • The same facts, she knew our same situation but
  • 00:17:48.924 --> 00:17:51.026
  • Our same situation but she didn't stop with the
  • 00:17:51.093 --> 00:17:52.561
  • She didn't stop with the facts, she added the
  • 00:17:52.628 --> 00:17:54.129
  • Facts, she added the nevertheless.
  • 00:17:54.196 --> 00:17:55.964
  • Nevertheless. her attitude was, "yes,
  • 00:17:56.031 --> 00:17:57.399
  • Her attitude was, "yes, it's impossible right now,
  • 00:17:57.466 --> 00:17:58.967
  • It's impossible right now, nevertheless with god
  • 00:17:59.034 --> 00:18:00.836
  • Nevertheless with god all things are possible."
  • 00:18:00.903 --> 00:18:02.337
  • All things are possible." (applause)
  • 00:18:02.404 --> 00:18:03.639
  • (applause) she was saying, "in the
  • 00:18:03.705 --> 00:18:04.706
  • She was saying, "in the natural it's not going
  • 00:18:04.773 --> 00:18:05.874
  • Natural it's not going to happen, but we serve
  • 00:18:05.941 --> 00:18:07.910
  • To happen, but we serve a supernatural god. he
  • 00:18:07.976 --> 00:18:09.778
  • A supernatural god. he knows how to open the
  • 00:18:09.845 --> 00:18:10.779
  • Knows how to open the windows of heaven."
  • 00:18:10.846 --> 00:18:12.281
  • Windows of heaven." that's exactly what
  • 00:18:12.347 --> 00:18:13.315
  • That's exactly what happened. about a
  • 00:18:13.382 --> 00:18:14.449
  • Happened. about a year later, a builder
  • 00:18:14.516 --> 00:18:15.784
  • Year later, a builder knocked on our door.
  • 00:18:15.851 --> 00:18:17.753
  • Knocked on our door. we didn't go to him,
  • 00:18:17.819 --> 00:18:19.121
  • We didn't go to him, he came to us.
  • 00:18:19.188 --> 00:18:20.856
  • He came to us. we sold half of our
  • 00:18:20.923 --> 00:18:22.024
  • We sold half of our property for more than
  • 00:18:22.090 --> 00:18:23.625
  • Property for more than we'd paid for the whole
  • 00:18:23.692 --> 00:18:24.693
  • We'd paid for the whole thing. he built two new
  • 00:18:24.760 --> 00:18:26.295
  • Thing. he built two new houses on it, one for us.
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  • Houses on it, one for us. we ended up living in a
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  • We ended up living in a house just like the one
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  • House just like the one we had seen. victoria
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  • We had seen. victoria barely let me come in
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  • Barely let me come in there. i almost had to
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  • There. i almost had to live in the garage.
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  • Live in the garage. (laughter)
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  • (laughter) what's interesting is
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  • What's interesting is peter went back to the
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  • Peter went back to the same place where he had
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  • Same place where he had not caught any fish the
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  • Not caught any fish the whole night before.
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  • Whole night before. suddenly, it was filled
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  • Suddenly, it was filled with fish.
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  • With fish. sometimes we think, "well,
  • 00:18:47.115 --> 00:18:48.183
  • Sometimes we think, "well, i've tried once. it didn't
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  • I've tried once. it didn't work out. it's never going
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  • Work out. it's never going to happen."
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  • To happen." how do you know god
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  • How do you know god hasn't put the fish for
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  • Hasn't put the fish for you there now? don't give
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  • You there now? don't give up and quit believing.
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  • Up and quit believing. go back and try again.
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  • Go back and try again. god controls the whole
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  • God controls the whole universe. it may not have
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  • Universe. it may not have happened yet, that doesn't
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  • Happened yet, that doesn't mean it's not going to
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  • Mean it's not going to happen.
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  • Happen. just like with peter, god
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  • Just like with peter, god has an abundance of what
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  • Has an abundance of what you need waiting for you.
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  • You need waiting for you. you haven't missed it, it's
  • 00:19:13.108 --> 00:19:14.176
  • You haven't missed it, it's not too late.
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  • Not too late. if you'll have this
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  • If you'll have this nevertheless mentality,
  • 00:19:17.045 --> 00:19:18.780
  • Nevertheless mentality, god will lead you into
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  • God will lead you into favor, into healing, into
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  • Favor, into healing, into abundance, into the
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  • Abundance, into the fullness of your destiny.
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  • Fullness of your destiny. this is what happened to
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  • This is what happened to a young lady named
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  • A young lady named elizabeth blackwell.
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  • Elizabeth blackwell. she lived back in the
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  • She lived back in the 1800s. she had a dream
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  • 1800s. she had a dream to become a medical
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  • To become a medical doctor. that was unheard
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  • Doctor. that was unheard of back then. there were
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  • Of back then. there were no female physicians.
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  • No female physicians. she applied at medical
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  • She applied at medical schools and was turned
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  • Schools and was turned down 29 times. most
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  • Down 29 times. most people would've given
  • 00:19:45.107 --> 00:19:46.141
  • People would've given up, thought, "yes i get
  • 00:19:46.208 --> 00:19:47.309
  • Up, thought, "yes i get the message. it's not
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  • The message. it's not meant for me."
  • 00:19:48.277 --> 00:19:49.278
  • Meant for me." not elizabeth blackwell.
  • 00:19:49.344 --> 00:19:51.213
  • Not elizabeth blackwell. she was a nevertheless
  • 00:19:51.280 --> 00:19:52.180
  • She was a nevertheless person. she knew god put
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  • Person. she knew god put the dream in her heart.
  • 00:19:54.950 --> 00:19:56.685
  • The dream in her heart. he had the final say.
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  • He had the final say. every circumstance said
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  • Every circumstance said it wasn't going to happen.
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  • It wasn't going to happen. her attitude was,
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  • Her attitude was, "nevertheless, i'm going
  • 00:20:02.958 --> 00:20:04.126
  • "nevertheless, i'm going to keep trying."
  • 00:20:04.192 --> 00:20:05.961
  • To keep trying." she applied to medical
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  • She applied to medical school number 30. this
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  • School number 30. this time the administration
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  • Time the administration was faintly open to it
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  • Was faintly open to it but they had to get
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  • But they had to get approval from the
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  • Approval from the students. when they told
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  • Students. when they told all the young men that a
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  • All the young men that a female wanted to attend,
  • 00:20:18.040 --> 00:20:20.375
  • Female wanted to attend, they voted unanimously
  • 00:20:20.442 --> 00:20:21.810
  • They voted unanimously "yes". they were thrilled.
  • 00:20:21.877 --> 00:20:23.779
  • "yes". they were thrilled. (laughter) she graduated
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  • (laughter) she graduated from medical school and
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  • From medical school and became the first female
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  • Became the first female physician in america.
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  • Physician in america. she went on to start the
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  • She went on to start the new york infirmary and
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  • New york infirmary and later founded women's
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  • Later founded women's medical college.
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  • Medical college. what am i saying?
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  • What am i saying? just because your fish
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  • Just because your fish weren't there the last time
  • 00:20:37.693 --> 00:20:39.428
  • Weren't there the last time doesn't mean they're not
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  • Doesn't mean they're not going to be there the next
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  • Going to be there the next time.
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  • Time. you've got to do like
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  • You've got to do like elizabeth and say, "god,
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  • Elizabeth and say, "god, the odds are against me.
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  • The odds are against me. everything says i'm done.
  • 00:20:48.370 --> 00:20:50.839
  • Everything says i'm done. i tried and got turned
  • 00:20:50.906 --> 00:20:51.940
  • I tried and got turned down. nevertheless, at
  • 00:20:52.007 --> 00:20:54.176
  • Down. nevertheless, at your word i'm going to
  • 00:20:54.242 --> 00:20:55.711
  • Your word i'm going to keep believing. i'm going
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  • Keep believing. i'm going to keep trying."
  • 00:20:57.112 --> 00:20:58.613
  • To keep trying." when you're a nevertheless
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  • When you're a nevertheless person, god will get you
  • 00:20:59.915 --> 00:21:01.650
  • Person, god will get you to where you're supposed
  • 00:21:01.717 --> 00:21:02.551
  • To where you're supposed to be. he'll bring the
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  • To be. he'll bring the fish to you.
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  • Fish to you. david said in psalm 3,
  • 00:21:05.721 --> 00:21:07.956
  • David said in psalm 3, "lord, how are they
  • 00:21:08.023 --> 00:21:09.358
  • "lord, how are they increased that trouble me?"
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  • Increased that trouble me?" he was saying, "god, it
  • 00:21:12.094 --> 00:21:12.928
  • He was saying, "god, it looks like my enemies are
  • 00:21:12.994 --> 00:21:13.962
  • Looks like my enemies are multiplying."
  • 00:21:14.029 --> 00:21:16.064
  • Multiplying." david not only had other
  • 00:21:16.131 --> 00:21:17.466
  • David not only had other armies coming against him,
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  • Armies coming against him, but his own son absalom
  • 00:21:19.167 --> 00:21:21.503
  • But his own son absalom turned on him and was
  • 00:21:21.570 --> 00:21:22.938
  • Turned on him and was trying to take the throne.
  • 00:21:23.004 --> 00:21:24.973
  • Trying to take the throne. david could've gotten
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  • David could've gotten discouraged and thought,
  • 00:21:26.208 --> 00:21:27.209
  • Discouraged and thought, "that's it. i can handle
  • 00:21:27.275 --> 00:21:29.044
  • "that's it. i can handle other people trying to
  • 00:21:29.111 --> 00:21:30.011
  • Other people trying to stop me, but now it's
  • 00:21:30.078 --> 00:21:31.413
  • Stop me, but now it's my own family? i'm done."
  • 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:33.482
  • My own family? i'm done." this could've been the
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  • This could've been the point where david faded
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  • Point where david faded off into the sunset and
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  • Off into the sunset and we don't read about him
  • 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:39.121
  • We don't read about him anymore. but david didn't
  • 00:21:39.187 --> 00:21:41.089
  • Anymore. but david didn't just talk about the
  • 00:21:41.156 --> 00:21:42.257
  • Just talk about the problem. he stated the
  • 00:21:42.324 --> 00:21:44.192
  • Problem. he stated the facts, then he took it
  • 00:21:44.259 --> 00:21:45.594
  • Facts, then he took it one step further. "lord,
  • 00:21:45.660 --> 00:21:48.029
  • One step further. "lord, how are they increased
  • 00:21:48.096 --> 00:21:49.464
  • How are they increased that trouble me? but you,
  • 00:21:49.531 --> 00:21:50.932
  • That trouble me? but you, oh lord, are a shield
  • 00:21:50.999 --> 00:21:53.335
  • Oh lord, are a shield unto me." notice, david
  • 00:21:53.402 --> 00:21:55.170
  • Unto me." notice, david added the nevertheless.
  • 00:21:55.237 --> 00:21:57.372
  • Added the nevertheless. "i'm having a lot of
  • 00:21:57.439 --> 00:21:58.106
  • "i'm having a lot of trouble, nevertheless
  • 00:21:58.173 --> 00:21:59.574
  • Trouble, nevertheless god is my shield."
  • 00:21:59.641 --> 00:22:01.476
  • God is my shield." what's the message?
  • 00:22:01.543 --> 00:22:03.178
  • What's the message? don't let the enemy have
  • 00:22:03.245 --> 00:22:04.880
  • Don't let the enemy have the last word. always add
  • 00:22:04.946 --> 00:22:07.482
  • The last word. always add the nevertheless.
  • 00:22:07.549 --> 00:22:08.950
  • The nevertheless. "the medical report
  • 00:22:09.017 --> 00:22:09.918
  • "the medical report doesn't look good,
  • 00:22:09.985 --> 00:22:11.086
  • Doesn't look good, nevertheless the lord
  • 00:22:11.153 --> 00:22:12.120
  • Nevertheless the lord is my healer.
  • 00:22:12.187 --> 00:22:14.356
  • Is my healer. my co-workers did me
  • 00:22:14.423 --> 00:22:15.123
  • My co-workers did me wrong, nevertheless god
  • 00:22:15.190 --> 00:22:17.359
  • Wrong, nevertheless god is fighting my battles.
  • 00:22:17.426 --> 00:22:19.027
  • Is fighting my battles. he's my vindicator.
  • 00:22:19.094 --> 00:22:20.295
  • He's my vindicator. i went through a bad break.
  • 00:22:20.362 --> 00:22:21.863
  • I went through a bad break. nevertheless, what's meant
  • 00:22:21.930 --> 00:22:23.265
  • Nevertheless, what's meant for my harm i know god
  • 00:22:23.331 --> 00:22:25.033
  • For my harm i know god will turn to my advantage."
  • 00:22:25.100 --> 00:22:26.968
  • Will turn to my advantage." friends, some of the things
  • 00:22:27.035 --> 00:22:28.370
  • Friends, some of the things that have you worried right
  • 00:22:28.437 --> 00:22:29.938
  • That have you worried right now, upset, discouraged,
  • 00:22:30.005 --> 00:22:31.973
  • Now, upset, discouraged, it would all change if
  • 00:22:32.040 --> 00:22:33.442
  • It would all change if you would start adding
  • 00:22:33.508 --> 00:22:35.010
  • You would start adding the nevertheless.
  • 00:22:35.076 --> 00:22:36.845
  • The nevertheless. if you just stop with the
  • 00:22:36.912 --> 00:22:38.013
  • If you just stop with the facts at how impossible
  • 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:40.215
  • Facts at how impossible it is, it's going to cause
  • 00:22:40.282 --> 00:22:41.183
  • It is, it's going to cause you to get discouraged.
  • 00:22:41.249 --> 00:22:42.918
  • You to get discouraged. every time something
  • 00:22:42.984 --> 00:22:43.985
  • Every time something negative happens, every
  • 00:22:44.052 --> 00:22:45.153
  • Negative happens, every bad break, disappointment,
  • 00:22:45.220 --> 00:22:47.022
  • Bad break, disappointment, delay, answer back with a
  • 00:22:47.088 --> 00:22:49.424
  • Delay, answer back with a nevertheless.
  • 00:22:49.491 --> 00:22:51.259
  • Nevertheless. you get stuck in traffic,
  • 00:22:51.326 --> 00:22:52.160
  • You get stuck in traffic, "i should be upset,
  • 00:22:52.227 --> 00:22:53.395
  • "i should be upset, nevertheless i know god
  • 00:22:53.462 --> 00:22:55.096
  • Nevertheless i know god is directing my steps."
  • 00:22:55.163 --> 00:22:57.065
  • Is directing my steps." and when you face these
  • 00:22:57.132 --> 00:22:58.099
  • And when you face these situations that look
  • 00:22:58.166 --> 00:22:59.334
  • Situations that look impossible, we all do,
  • 00:22:59.401 --> 00:23:01.303
  • Impossible, we all do, don't talk yourself
  • 00:23:01.369 --> 00:23:02.370
  • Don't talk yourself out of it. get rid of
  • 00:23:02.437 --> 00:23:03.839
  • Out of it. get rid of a no-way mentality. have
  • 00:23:03.905 --> 00:23:05.941
  • A no-way mentality. have this nevertheless
  • 00:23:06.007 --> 00:23:07.242
  • This nevertheless mentality. if you'll do
  • 00:23:07.309 --> 00:23:08.643
  • Mentality. if you'll do this, i believe and declare
  • 00:23:08.710 --> 00:23:11.046
  • This, i believe and declare god is about to turn some
  • 00:23:11.112 --> 00:23:12.614
  • God is about to turn some things around. he's about
  • 00:23:12.681 --> 00:23:14.149
  • Things around. he's about to open some new doors.
  • 00:23:14.216 --> 00:23:16.017
  • To open some new doors. there are explosive
  • 00:23:16.084 --> 00:23:17.319
  • There are explosive blessings coming your
  • 00:23:17.385 --> 00:23:18.220
  • Blessings coming your way. because you're a
  • 00:23:18.286 --> 00:23:19.955
  • Way. because you're a nevertheless person, like
  • 00:23:20.021 --> 00:23:21.423
  • Nevertheless person, like abraham, you're going to
  • 00:23:21.490 --> 00:23:22.657
  • Abraham, you're going to see the promise come to
  • 00:23:22.724 --> 00:23:23.959
  • See the promise come to pass. like david, you're
  • 00:23:24.025 --> 00:23:25.827
  • Pass. like david, you're going to overcome
  • 00:23:25.894 --> 00:23:26.995
  • Going to overcome obstacles that were much
  • 00:23:27.062 --> 00:23:28.063
  • Obstacles that were much bigger and like peter,
  • 00:23:28.129 --> 00:23:29.731
  • Bigger and like peter, god's going to bring the
  • 00:23:29.798 --> 00:23:31.132
  • God's going to bring the fish to you. an abundance
  • 00:23:31.199 --> 00:23:33.735
  • Fish to you. an abundance of what you need in
  • 00:23:33.802 --> 00:23:35.237
  • Of what you need in jesus' name. if you
  • 00:23:35.303 --> 00:23:36.738
  • Jesus' name. if you receive it, can you say
  • 00:23:36.805 --> 00:23:37.973
  • Receive it, can you say "amen" today?
  • 00:23:38.039 --> 00:23:40.876
  • "amen" today? well we never like to
  • 00:23:40.942 --> 00:23:41.610
  • Well we never like to close our broadcast
  • 00:23:41.676 --> 00:23:42.677
  • Close our broadcast without giving you an
  • 00:23:42.744 --> 00:23:43.612
  • Without giving you an opportunity to make jesus
  • 00:23:43.678 --> 00:23:45.180
  • Opportunity to make jesus the lord of your life.
  • 00:23:45.247 --> 00:23:46.748
  • The lord of your life. would you pray with me?
  • 00:23:46.815 --> 00:23:48.350
  • Would you pray with me? just say, "lord, jesus,
  • 00:23:48.416 --> 00:23:51.353
  • Just say, "lord, jesus, i repent of my sins. come
  • 00:23:51.419 --> 00:23:53.188
  • I repent of my sins. come into my heart, i make you
  • 00:23:53.255 --> 00:23:56.424
  • Into my heart, i make you my lord and savior."
  • 00:23:56.491 --> 00:23:58.460
  • My lord and savior." friends, if you prayed
  • 00:23:58.527 --> 00:23:59.961
  • Friends, if you prayed that simple prayer, we
  • 00:24:00.028 --> 00:24:01.329
  • That simple prayer, we believe you got born
  • 00:24:01.396 --> 00:24:02.297
  • Believe you got born again. get in a good
  • 00:24:02.364 --> 00:24:03.698
  • Again. get in a good bible-based church, keep
  • 00:24:03.765 --> 00:24:05.033
  • Bible-based church, keep god first place.
  • 00:24:05.100 --> 00:24:06.401
  • God first place. he's going to take you
  • 00:24:06.468 --> 00:24:07.369
  • He's going to take you places that you've never
  • 00:24:07.435 --> 00:24:08.603
  • Places that you've never dreamed.
  • 00:24:08.670 --> 00:24:09.437
  • We all carry
  • 00:24:10.405 --> 00:24:11.006
  • We all carry a mental picture
  • 00:24:11.072 --> 00:24:12.040
  • A mental picture of what our life can be.
  • 00:24:12.107 --> 00:24:14.075
  • Of what our life can be. is yours limited?
  • 00:24:14.142 --> 00:24:15.510
  • Do you picture yourself stuck?
  • 00:24:15.644 --> 00:24:17.579
  • Do you picture yourself stuck? inadequate? defeated?
  • 00:24:17.646 --> 00:24:19.614
  • Inadequate? defeated? are you willing
  • 00:24:19.681 --> 00:24:20.382
  • Are you willing to change your mindset
  • 00:24:20.448 --> 00:24:21.683
  • To change your mindset in order to experience
  • 00:24:21.750 --> 00:24:23.051
  • In order to experience a life of blessing
  • 00:24:23.118 --> 00:24:24.185
  • A life of blessing and abundance?
  • 00:24:24.252 --> 00:24:25.387
  • And abundance? we all have a picture
  • 00:24:25.453 --> 00:24:26.588
  • We all have a picture in our mind of our self,
  • 00:24:26.655 --> 00:24:28.423
  • In our mind of our self, our family, our future.
  • 00:24:28.490 --> 00:24:30.559
  • Our family, our future. and if that picture is negative
  • 00:24:30.625 --> 00:24:32.127
  • And if that picture is negative and you see yourself
  • 00:24:32.193 --> 00:24:33.194
  • And you see yourself at a disadvantage
  • 00:24:33.261 --> 00:24:34.362
  • At a disadvantage and your problems too big,
  • 00:24:34.429 --> 00:24:35.997
  • And your problems too big, it's going to limit your life.
  • 00:24:36.064 --> 00:24:37.899
  • It's going to limit your life. my new book,
  • 00:24:37.966 --> 00:24:38.567
  • My new book, the abundance mind-set,
  • 00:24:38.633 --> 00:24:40.302
  • The abundance mind-set, will help you see yourself
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  • Will help you see yourself the right way.
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  • The right way. if you'll change
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  • If you'll change those negative pictures,
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  • Those negative pictures, start seeing yourself blessed,
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  • Start seeing yourself blessed, healthy, rising
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  • Healthy, rising high, or accomplishing dreams,
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  • High, or accomplishing dreams, then things will begin to shift
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  • Then things will begin to shift in your favor.
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  • In your favor. you have to see it
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  • You have to see it on the inside
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  • On the inside before it'll
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  • Before it'll come to pass on the outside.
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  • Come to pass on the outside. we'll send you
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  • We'll send you the mind-set journal too.
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  • The mind-set journal too. these tools will help
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  • These tools will help you get your inner vision
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  • You get your inner vision in the right place,
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  • In the right place, so you can move into the favor
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  • So you can move into the favor and blessing
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  • And blessing that god has for you.
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  • That god has for you. as our way of saying thank you
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  • As our way of saying thank you for your gift of any amount
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  • For your gift of any amount this month,
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  • This month, we would like to send you
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  • We would like to send you a copy of joel's book,
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  • A copy of joel's book, the abundance mind-set
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  • The abundance mind-set and this inspiring
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  • And this inspiring mind-set journal.
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  • Mind-set journal. joel shares powerful scriptures
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  • Joel shares powerful scriptures and encouraging thoughts
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  • And encouraging thoughts about how to move
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  • About how to move from barely enough
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  • From barely enough to more than enough.
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  • To more than enough. how to be someone else's
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  • How to be someone else's miracle and experience
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  • Miracle and experience miracles in your own life.
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  • Miracles in your own life. as you make the book
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  • As you make the book and journal
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  • And journal a part of your daily walk,
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  • A part of your daily walk, you'll be built up every day
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  • You'll be built up every day regarding how to tap into
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  • Regarding how to tap into god's favor and blessing.
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  • God's favor and blessing. how not to talk yourself
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  • How not to talk yourself out of the dreams
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  • Out of the dreams and opportunities
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  • And opportunities he has already prepared
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  • He has already prepared for you.
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  • For you. how to experience
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  • How to experience life to the fullest.
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  • Life to the fullest. request your copies today
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  • Request your copies today and begin to see
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  • And begin to see a new mental
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  • A new mental picture of yourself
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  • Picture of yourself that will lead to new measures
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  • That will lead to new measures of blessing,
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  • Of blessing, favor, promotion,
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  • Favor, promotion, and abundance.
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  • And abundance. let's go into 2025
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  • Let's go into 2025 with an abundant mindset.
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  • With an abundant mindset. i believe you're going
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  • I believe you're going to see the goodness
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  • To see the goodness of god in new ways.
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  • Of god in new ways. victoria and i want you to know
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  • Victoria and i want you to know we pray for
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  • We pray for you and your family every day
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  • You and your family every day for god's very best.
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  • For god's very best. we want to thank you
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  • We want to thank you for your prayer and support.
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  • For your prayer and support. you are impacting people
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  • You are impacting people all over the world.
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  • All over the world. a special
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  • A special thank you to our champion
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  • Thank you to our champion of hope partners
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  • Of hope partners for your monthly support.
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  • For your monthly support. if you're not a partner,
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  • If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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  • I hope you'll consider becoming one.
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  • Becoming one. remember,
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  • Remember, you can watch the services
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  • Until we see you again, may the lord bless
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  • May the lord bless you and keep you.
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  • You and keep you. be sure to request
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  • This month, we are also offering
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  • We have a great opportunity. we call it homecoming weekend.
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  • We call it homecoming weekend. we'd love to meet you
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  • We'd love to meet you and your family.
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  • And your family. you can see the building
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  • You can see the building and attend one of the services.
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  • It's a great time to be a part
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  • To be a part of the lakewood family.
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  • Of the lakewood family. looking forward
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  • To seeing you
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  • To seeing you homecoming weekend.
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