Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - A New Mindset

April 14, 2025 | S25:E104

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 New Mindset | April 14, 2025

> joel: god bless you.
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> joel: god bless you. it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today.
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Today. i hope you'll stay
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I hope you'll stay connected with us during
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Connected with us during the week, through our daily
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The week, through our daily podcast, our youtube
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Podcast, our youtube channel, social media.
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Channel, social media. we'll keep you encouraged
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We'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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And inspired. 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
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I heard about this 85-year-old man.
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85-year-old man. he was out fishing one
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He was out fishing one morning.
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Morning. he heard a voice saying,
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He heard a voice saying, "pick me up."
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"pick me up." he looked around, didn't
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He looked around, didn't see anybody, and thought he
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See anybody, and thought he was dreaming.
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Was dreaming. he heard it again, "pick me
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He heard it again, "pick me up."
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Up." he looked down and saw a
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He looked down and saw a frog.
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Frog. he said in amazement, "are
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He said in amazement, "are you talking to me?"
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You talking to me?" the frog said, "yes, pick
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The frog said, "yes, pick me up and kiss me and i'll
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Me up and kiss me and i'll turn into a beautiful
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Turn into a beautiful bride."
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Bride." the man quickly picked him
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The man quickly picked him up and put him in his front
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Up and put him in his front pocket.
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Pocket. the frog said, "wait a
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The frog said, "wait a minute.
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Minute. i said kiss me and i'll
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I said kiss me and i'll turn into a bride."
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Turn into a bride." the man said, "no thanks,
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The man said, "no thanks, at my age, i'd rather have
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At my age, i'd rather have a talking frog."
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A talking frog." say it like you mean it.
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Say it like you mean it. this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am. i
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have. i
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Have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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Can do what it says i can do.
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Do. today, i will be taught the
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Today, i will be taught the word of god.
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Word of god. i boldly confess: my mind
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is
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Is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will 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 new mindset.
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About a new mindset. it's easy to get stuck in
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It's easy to get stuck in life and think we've gone
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Life and think we've gone as far as we can.
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As far as we can. we can't break the
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We can't break the addiction, we can't get
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Addiction, we can't get well, we'll never
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Well, we'll never accomplish a dream. what's
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Accomplish a dream. what's holding us back many times
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Holding us back many times is our own thinking.
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Is our own thinking. jesus said, "you can't put
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Jesus said, "you can't put new wine into old
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New wine into old wineskins."
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Wineskins." wineskins in that day were
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Wineskins in that day were made out of leather.
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Made out of leather. when they got old, the
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When they got old, the leather would become hard
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Leather would become hard and rigid.
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And rigid. if you put new wine in it,
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If you put new wine in it, the wine would expand and
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The wine would expand and cause the wineskin to
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Cause the wineskin to burst. this is saying, you
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Burst. this is saying, you can't have a new life with
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Can't have a new life with old thinking.
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Old thinking. if you think you've reached
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If you think you've reached your limits, then you have.
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Your limits, then you have. if you think the problem is
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If you think the problem is too big, then it is.
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Too big, then it is. if you think you'll never
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If you think you'll never meet the right person, you
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Meet the right person, you probably won't.
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Probably won't. it's not that god doesn't
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It's not that god doesn't have blessings, favor,
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Have blessings, favor, increase, it's that your
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Increase, it's that your wineskin is old.
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Wineskin is old. you have to get a new
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You have to get a new mindset.
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Mindset. start believing bigger,
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Start believing bigger, dreaming bigger, expecting
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Dreaming bigger, expecting bigger.
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Bigger. you're not limited by your
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You're not limited by your circumstances, by the
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Circumstances, by the pandemic, by your boss, by
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Pandemic, by your boss, by how you were raised.
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How you were raised. one touch of god's favor
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One touch of god's favor will catapult you ahead.
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Will catapult you ahead. god took david, a shepherd
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God took david, a shepherd boy, from a low-income
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Boy, from a low-income family, and turned him into
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Family, and turned him into a king.
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A king. he gave abraham and sarah a
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He gave abraham and sarah a baby when they were almost
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Baby when they were almost a hundred years old.
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A hundred years old. he healed my mother from
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He healed my mother from terminal cancer, he gave us
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Terminal cancer, he gave us the compaq center when all
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The compaq center when all the odds were against us.
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The odds were against us. he has things in your
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He has things in your future that will amaze you.
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Future that will amaze you. paul said in ephesians, "in
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Paul said in ephesians, "in the ages to come, we would
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The ages to come, we would see the surpassing
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See the surpassing greatness of god's favor."
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Greatness of god's favor." we are living in the day
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We are living in the day paul talked about.
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Paul talked about. we are in the ages to come.
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We are in the ages to come. this is when god has far
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This is when god has far and beyond favor, favor
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And beyond favor, favor that you've never seen.
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That you've never seen. but my question is, is your
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But my question is, is your wineskin keeping you from
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Wineskin keeping you from receiving this new wine?
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Receiving this new wine? is limited thinking keeping
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Is limited thinking keeping god from pouring out the
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God from pouring out the fullness of what he has in
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Fullness of what he has in store?
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Store? why don't you get a new
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Why don't you get a new mindset?
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Mindset? "god, i don't see a way,
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"god, i don't see a way, but i know you have a way.
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But i know you have a way. the medical report doesn't
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The medical report doesn't look good, but i know
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Look good, but i know you're my healer.
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You're my healer. i'm struggling in my
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I'm struggling in my finances, but i believe
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Finances, but i believe abundance is coming.
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Abundance is coming. this dream looks
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This dream looks impossible, but i know you
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Impossible, but i know you can open doors that no
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Can open doors that no person can shut."
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Person can shut." in acts 3, there was a man
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In acts 3, there was a man who had been crippled since
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Who had been crippled since birth.
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Birth. every morning, people would
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Every morning, people would carry him to the gate of
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Carry him to the gate of the temple so he could beg.
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The temple so he could beg. he had been doing this for
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He had been doing this for years.
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Years. all he had known was to get
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All he had known was to get up, go to the temple, ask
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Up, go to the temple, ask people for money.
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People for money. he was stuck in a negative
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He was stuck in a negative routine, just going through
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Routine, just going through the motions of life, not
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The motions of life, not expecting anything to
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Expecting anything to change.
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Change. in a sense, he had an
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In a sense, he had an excuse.
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Excuse. "i'm crippled, i'm at a
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"i'm crippled, i'm at a disadvantage.
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Disadvantage. i didn't get what other
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I didn't get what other people got."
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People got." when someone passed by,
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When someone passed by, he'd hold up his cup.
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He'd hold up his cup. "can you spare some change?
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"can you spare some change? can you help me out?"
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Can you help me out?" every once and a while,
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Every once and a while, someone would throw in a
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Someone would throw in a few coins.
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Few coins. next person that went by,
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Next person that went by, same thing, he'd hold up
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Same thing, he'd hold up the cup, jiggle around the
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The cup, jiggle around the coins.
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Coins. this cup was his life, this
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This cup was his life, this cup was how he survived.
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Cup was how he survived. all through the day,
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All through the day, hundreds of times as people
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Hundreds of times as people entered the temple, he
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Entered the temple, he didn't have to think twice,
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Didn't have to think twice, he was on autopilot, just
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He was on autopilot, just put out his cup.
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Put out his cup. one day peter and john were
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One day peter and john were headed up to the temple to
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Headed up to the temple to pray.
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Pray. as they passed through the
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As they passed through the gate, there was this man.
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Gate, there was this man. just like he always did, he
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Just like he always did, he held up his cup.
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Held up his cup. he asked them for some
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He asked them for some money.
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Money. most people just passed on
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Most people just passed on by, didn't pay any
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By, didn't pay any attention.
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Attention. but peter stopped and
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But peter stopped and looked at the man.
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Looked at the man. the man looked up; thought
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The man looked up; thought he was going to get a gift.
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He was going to get a gift. but peter said, "silver and
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But peter said, "silver and gold have i none."
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Gold have i none." he was saying, "put down
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He was saying, "put down your cup because what god
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Your cup because what god is about to do is not going
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Is about to do is not going to fit in that cup."
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To fit in that cup." i'm sure at first the man
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I'm sure at first the man was kind of disappointed,
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Was kind of disappointed, "why did you stop, why did
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"why did you stop, why did you get my hopes up if
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You get my hopes up if you're not going to do
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You're not going to do something for me?"
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Something for me?" peter went on to say, "i
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Peter went on to say, "i don't have any money for
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Don't have any money for you but in the name of
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You but in the name of jesus, rise and walk."
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Jesus, rise and walk." peter didn't ask the man
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Peter didn't ask the man for permission.
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For permission. he didn't say would you
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He didn't say would you like to try to walk, i
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Like to try to walk, i think maybe you were healed.
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Think maybe you were healed. he took the man by the
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He took the man by the right hand and pulled him
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Right hand and pulled him up.
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Up. i can see his cup get
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I can see his cup get knocked over, the few coins
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Knocked over, the few coins spill out.
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Spill out. he doesn't know what's
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He doesn't know what's going on.
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Going on. this has never happened.
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This has never happened. no one has ever spoken
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No one has ever spoken faith over him. no one has
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Faith over him. no one has ever told him that he could
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Ever told him that he could walk.
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Walk. his wineskin, his thinking
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His wineskin, his thinking was going tilt, tilt, tilt.
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Was going tilt, tilt, tilt. "this man peter is telling
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"this man peter is telling me to get up, doesn't he
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Me to get up, doesn't he know i'm crippled, doesn't
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Know i'm crippled, doesn't he know i'm limited by this
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He know i'm limited by this cup, that my routine is to
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Cup, that my routine is to beg?
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Beg? i'm at a disadvantage.
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I'm at a disadvantage. i'm dysfunctional.
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I'm dysfunctional. why is he telling me to do
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Why is he telling me to do something that i'm not able
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Something that i'm not able to do?"
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To do?" as he was contemplating it
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As he was contemplating it all, trying to figure it
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All, trying to figure it out, peter pulled him up.
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Out, peter pulled him up. instantly his legs were
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Instantly his legs were healed.
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Healed. his bones and ankles became
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His bones and ankles became strong.
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Strong. he couldn't believe it.
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He couldn't believe it. he started walking.
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He started walking. then he took off running,
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Then he took off running, jumping, dancing, thanking
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Jumping, dancing, thanking god.
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God. it's significant that he
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It's significant that he had to put his cup down
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Had to put his cup down before he could receive the
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Before he could receive the miracle.
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Miracle. he was hoping to get a few
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He was hoping to get a few coins, but god had a
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Coins, but god had a blessing where he'd never
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Blessing where he'd never have to use the cup again.
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Have to use the cup again. he was thinking maybe he
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He was thinking maybe he could get enough change to
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Could get enough change to get some new crutches, but
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Get some new crutches, but god was thinking i have a
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God was thinking i have a new set of legs.
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New set of legs. i'm going to do something
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I'm going to do something you've never seen.
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You've never seen. i'm going to show you far
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I'm going to show you far and beyond favor.
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And beyond favor. how many of us, like this
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How many of us, like this man, have our cup?
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Man, have our cup? we may not be crippled,
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We may not be crippled, we're not begging but we're
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We're not begging but we're in a negative routine,
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In a negative routine, stuck in a rut, not
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Stuck in a rut, not expecting things to change.
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Expecting things to change. we've gone through
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We've gone through disappointments, had
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Disappointments, had setbacks; now we've lowered
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Setbacks; now we've lowered our expectations, watered
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Our expectations, watered down our dreams. we let
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Down our dreams. we let what hasn't worked out be
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What hasn't worked out be an excuse to settle where
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An excuse to settle where we are.
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We are. i can't break this
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I can't break this addiction, everyone in my
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Addiction, everyone in my family has it."
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Family has it." god is saying, "get rid of
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God is saying, "get rid of your cup."
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Your cup." the blessings he has for
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The blessings he has for you cannot be contained in
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You cannot be contained in a cup.
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A cup. as long as you have a cup
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As long as you have a cup mentality, you'll be
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Mentality, you'll be sitting at the gate,
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Sitting at the gate, thinking you're stuck, at
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Thinking you're stuck, at the mercy of other people,
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The mercy of other people, hoping someone will give
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Hoping someone will give you a break.
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You a break. you don't need people.
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You don't need people. yes, god will use people,
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Yes, god will use people, but people are not your
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But people are not your source.
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Source. quit looking to your
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Quit looking to your cousin, your neighbor, your
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Cousin, your neighbor, your friend, your pastor, and
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Friend, your pastor, and start looking to god.
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Start looking to god. people are limited, god is
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People are limited, god is unlimited.
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Unlimited. people can give you a
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People can give you a short-term fix, but god can
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Short-term fix, but god can take you from being
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Take you from being crippled to walking, from
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Crippled to walking, from borrowing to lending, from
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Borrowing to lending, from addictions to freedom, from
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Addictions to freedom, from sickness to health, from
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Sickness to health, from lack to abundance.
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Lack to abundance. peter took the man by the
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Peter took the man by the arm and pulled him up.
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Arm and pulled him up. if he had not forced him to
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If he had not forced him to get up, the man would have
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Get up, the man would have never walked.
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Never walked. he'd have never seen the
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He'd have never seen the miracle if he had sat there
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Miracle if he had sat there and thought about it.
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And thought about it. "this cup is okay, at least
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"this cup is okay, at least i'm surviving.
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I'm surviving. i could never walk; i was
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I could never walk; i was born this way."
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Born this way." no, god sent me today to
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No, god sent me today to pull you up.
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Pull you up. quit making excuses.
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Quit making excuses. quit coming up with reasons
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Quit coming up with reasons why you can't be
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Why you can't be successful, can't get well,
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Successful, can't get well, can't live free, can't get
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Can't live free, can't get married, can't go to the
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Married, can't go to the new level.
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New level. get rid of that cup.
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Get rid of that cup. you weren't created to just
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You weren't created to just get a few coins here and
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Get a few coins here and there, survive, make it
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There, survive, make it through.
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Through. what god is going to do in
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What god is going to do in your life will not fit in a
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Your life will not fit in a cup.
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Cup. you may be limited, but god
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You may be limited, but god is unlimited.
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Is unlimited. he's about to do something
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He's about to do something that you've never seen.
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That you've never seen. the scripture says, "he
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The scripture says, "he will open the windows of
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Will open the windows of heaven and pour out
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Heaven and pour out blessings that you cannot
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Blessings that you cannot contain."
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Contain." that cup cannot contain the
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That cup cannot contain the blessings, favor, healing,
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Blessings, favor, healing, that belongs to you.
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That belongs to you. the reason peter told the
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The reason peter told the man to put the cup down,
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Man to put the cup down, that he didn't have any
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That he didn't have any silver and gold, was to
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Silver and gold, was to show us that a cup
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Show us that a cup mentality will keep you
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Mentality will keep you from the fullness of what
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From the fullness of what god has in store.
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God has in store. is your thinking limiting
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Is your thinking limiting your life?
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Your life? are you missing out on
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Are you missing out on favor, healing, new
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Favor, healing, new relationships because
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Relationships because you're holding a cup?
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You're holding a cup? hoping for some change when
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Hoping for some change when god wants to show you the
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God wants to show you the surpassing greatness of his
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Surpassing greatness of his favor?
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Favor? don't go into a new year
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Don't go into a new year with low expectations.
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With low expectations. have a bigger vision.
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Have a bigger vision. get your hopes up.
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Get your hopes up. you have to give god
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You have to give god permission to bless you.
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Permission to bless you. this is what my father did.
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This is what my father did. he grew up with a cup
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He grew up with a cup mentality.
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Mentality. his family was very poor.
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His family was very poor. there were farmers.
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There were farmers. they lost everything during
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They lost everything during the great depression.
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The great depression. he had to drop out of high
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He had to drop out of high school to work on the farm.
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School to work on the farm. all he had seen was defeat,
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All he had seen was defeat, lack, mediocrity.
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Lack, mediocrity. it looked like that was his
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It looked like that was his future.
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Future. but at seventeen years old,
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But at seventeen years old, he gave his life to christ,
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He gave his life to christ, the first one in the family.
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The first one in the family. he felt god calling him to
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He felt god calling him to become a minister.
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Become a minister. he had no training, no
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He had no training, no money, no connections.
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Money, no connections. when he told his parents,
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When he told his parents, they said, "john you're
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They said, "john you're making a big mistake.
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Making a big mistake. you're going to get out
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You're going to get out there and fail.
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There and fail. you better stay here on the
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You better stay here on the farm with us."
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Farm with us." sometimes good people will
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Sometimes good people will try to convince you to keep
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Try to convince you to keep your cup.
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Your cup. they've had a cup, they've
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They've had a cup, they've been limited, they've
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Been limited, they've accepted mediocrity.
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Accepted mediocrity. you have to put your foot
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You have to put your foot down and say, "no thanks,
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Down and say, "no thanks, this cup is not for me.
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This cup is not for me. i'm not watering down my
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I'm not watering down my dreams to match my
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Dreams to match my environment.
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Environment. i'm not letting how i was
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I'm not letting how i was raised set the limits for
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Raised set the limits for my life.
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My life. i'm not going to lower my
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I'm not going to lower my expectations to what i
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Expectations to what i think will happen, god, i
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Think will happen, god, i know you are all powerful.
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Know you are all powerful. that you have a great plan
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That you have a great plan for my life."
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For my life." take the limits off of god
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Take the limits off of god and take the limits off of
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And take the limits off of yourself.
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Yourself. who says you can't do
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Who says you can't do something great?
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Something great? who says you can't start
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Who says you can't start your own business?
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Your own business? who says you can't get well?
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Who says you can't get well? who says you can't go where
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Who says you can't go where no one in your family has
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No one in your family has gone?
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Gone? god is calling you to be a
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God is calling you to be a trend setter, a difference
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Trend setter, a difference maker, a barrier breaker.
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Maker, a barrier breaker. you don't need that cup.
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You don't need that cup. quit looking at what you
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Quit looking at what you lost, what you don't have.
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Lost, what you don't have. the odds may be against you
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The odds may be against you but the most high god is
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But the most high god is for you.
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For you. he's breathing in your
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He's breathing in your direction right now.
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Direction right now. you're not on your own.
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You're not on your own. you and god are a majority.
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You and god are a majority. nothing can stand against
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Nothing can stand against him. what he has purposed
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Him. what he has purposed for your life will come to
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For your life will come to pass.
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Pass. now get in agreement with
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Now get in agreement with god.
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God. all he needs to work with
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All he needs to work with is mustard seed faith.
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Is mustard seed faith. you don't have to have
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You don't have to have great faith, just a little
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Great faith, just a little bit of faith.
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Bit of faith. "god, i believe you can
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"god, i believe you can take me where i can't go on
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Take me where i can't go on my own, that i'm about to
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My own, that i'm about to see the surpassing
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See the surpassing greatness of your favor."
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Greatness of your favor." my father told me that when
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My father told me that when he was seventeen, he made
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He was seventeen, he made up his mind that his
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Up his mind that his children would never be
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Children would never be raised in the defeat and
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Raised in the defeat and poverty that he was raised
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Poverty that he was raised in. what happened?
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In. what happened? he got rid of his cup.
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He got rid of his cup. victory starts in our mind.
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Victory starts in our mind. abundance starts in our
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Abundance starts in our thinking.
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Thinking. he had no reason to believe
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He had no reason to believe that.
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That. nothing looked promising in
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Nothing looked promising in his future, but this is
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His future, but this is what faith is all about.
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What faith is all about. "god, i believe you can
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"god, i believe you can open doors i can't open,
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Open doors i can't open, you can bring talent out
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You can bring talent out that i haven't seen, you
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That i haven't seen, you can make streams in the
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Can make streams in the desert. you can take what
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Desert. you can take what was meant for harm and turn
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Was meant for harm and turn it to my advantage."
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It to my advantage." he left the farm at
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He left the farm at seventeen, didn't have a
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Seventeen, didn't have a car, he had to hitchhike.
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Car, he had to hitchhike. he began ministering in the
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He began ministering in the prisons, the senior
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Prisons, the senior citizens' homes, on the
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Citizens' homes, on the street corners.
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Street corners. god opened door after door.
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God opened door after door. he went on to pastor great
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He went on to pastor great churches.
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Churches. he and my mom founded
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He and my mom founded lakewood; he pastored here
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Lakewood; he pastored here for nearly forty years.
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For nearly forty years. where would i be if my
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Where would i be if my father had not gotten rid
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Father had not gotten rid of that cup?
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Of that cup? he had plenty of excuses to
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He had plenty of excuses to live defeated.
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Live defeated. "we're poor, we're in a
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"we're poor, we're in a depression, i had to drop
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Depression, i had to drop out of school."
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Out of school." god knew everything that
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God knew everything that would come against you,
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Would come against you, every bad break, every
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Every bad break, every disappointment, every hurt.
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Disappointment, every hurt. if you'll get rid of your
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If you'll get rid of your cup, he'll make up for the
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Cup, he'll make up for the wrongs.
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Wrongs. they won't keep you from
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They won't keep you from your destiny, they will
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Your destiny, they will launch you into your
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Launch you into your destiny.
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Destiny. god said in psalms, "open
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God said in psalms, "open your mouth wide and i will
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Your mouth wide and i will fill it."
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Fill it." are you asking for coins,
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Are you asking for coins, so you can survive, when
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So you can survive, when god is wanting to give you
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God is wanting to give you new legs, so you can run?
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New legs, so you can run? why don't you get rid of
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Why don't you get rid of that cup?
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That cup? you're not limited by how
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You're not limited by how you were raised, by what
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You were raised, by what didn't work out.
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Didn't work out. if that was going to stop
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If that was going to stop your purpose, god wouldn't
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Your purpose, god wouldn't have allowed it.
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Have allowed it. it's a test. are you going
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It's a test. are you going to settle for the cup, live
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To settle for the cup, live with a limited mentality?
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With a limited mentality? or are you going to do like
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Or are you going to do like my father, get rid of that
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My father, get rid of that cup and believe for the
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Cup and believe for the greatness god put in you.
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Greatness god put in you. you can still become all
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You can still become all god's created you to be.
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God's created you to be. when you're in agreement
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When you're in agreement with god, he'll make things
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With god, he'll make things happen that you couldn't
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Happen that you couldn't make happen.
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Make happen. he'll open doors you
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He'll open doors you couldn't open.
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Couldn't open. he'll cause opportunity,
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He'll cause opportunity, good breaks, the right
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Good breaks, the right people to come looking for
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People to come looking for you.
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You. in 2 kings there's the
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In 2 kings there's the story of a widow.
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Story of a widow. her husband has died, she's
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Her husband has died, she's run out of funds to pay her
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Run out of funds to pay her bills.
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Bills. now the creditors are
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Now the creditors are coming to take her sons as
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Coming to take her sons as payment.
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Payment. all she has of any value is
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All she has of any value is a small jar of oil.
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A small jar of oil. elisha the prophet came by
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Elisha the prophet came by and told her to go to her
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And told her to go to her neighbors and borrow as
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Neighbors and borrow as many empty containers as
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Many empty containers as she could find.
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She could find. he specifically said,
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He specifically said, "borrow not a few."
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"borrow not a few." get as many as you can."
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Get as many as you can." she went out and gathered
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She went out and gathered maybe a dozen containers
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Maybe a dozen containers and came back.
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And came back. elisha told her to take the
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Elisha told her to take the little oil that she had and
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Little oil that she had and pour it into one of the
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Pour it into one of the empty containers.
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Empty containers. it didn't make sense, but
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It didn't make sense, but she did it.
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She did it. she filled up the first
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She filled up the first container, then another and
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Container, then another and another and another.
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Another and another. the oil never ran out until
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The oil never ran out until she finished filling up all
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She finished filling up all the containers.
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The containers. she went out and sold the
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She went out and sold the oil and had plenty to pay
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Oil and had plenty to pay her debts.
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Her debts. the key phrase in this
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The key phrase in this story is borrow not a few.
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Story is borrow not a few. she determined how much oil
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She determined how much oil she was going to have. the
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She was going to have. the oil only ran out when she
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Oil only ran out when she didn't have any more
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Didn't have any more containers.
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Containers. that's why god told her,
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That's why god told her, borrow not a few.
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Borrow not a few. if she had borrowed twice
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If she had borrowed twice as many containers, she
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As many containers, she would have had twice as
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Would have had twice as much oil.
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Much oil. what if she had said,
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What if she had said, "elisha i've got this cup,
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"elisha i've got this cup, let's just use it."
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Let's just use it." she'd only had a cup full
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She'd only had a cup full of oil.
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Of oil. god was showing us this
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God was showing us this principle.
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Principle. if you'll open your mouth
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If you'll open your mouth wide, he will fill it.
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Wide, he will fill it. he has an unlimited supply.
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He has an unlimited supply. but too often because of
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But too often because of disappointments, delays,
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Disappointments, delays, things that haven't worked
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Things that haven't worked out, we've watered down our
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Out, we've watered down our dreams. we've lowered our
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Dreams. we've lowered our expectations.
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Expectations. we're not stretching,
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We're not stretching, believing for great things,
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Believing for great things, believing to get well.
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Believing to get well. god has the oil, but we
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God has the oil, but we don't have the containers.
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Don't have the containers. he's saying to you what he
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He's saying to you what he said to this woman, "borrow
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Said to this woman, "borrow not a few."
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Not a few." don't shortchange yourself.
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Don't shortchange yourself. don't live with a cup
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Don't live with a cup mentality.
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Mentality. "i'll never get out of
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"i'll never get out of debt; god just help me to
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Debt; god just help me to pay my bills.
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Pay my bills. our family will never get
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Our family will never get along; god, just help us to
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Along; god, just help us to not kill each other."
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Not kill each other." no, pray bold prayers.
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No, pray bold prayers. god is going to fill the
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God is going to fill the containers you bring him.
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Containers you bring him. it's not a supply problem,
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It's not a supply problem, it's a capacity problem.
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It's a capacity problem. are you putting limits on
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Are you putting limits on what god wants to do in
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What god wants to do in your life?
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Your life? are you focused on what you
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Are you focused on what you think can happen only in
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Think can happen only in your ability?
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Your ability? you're looking at the
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You're looking at the natural, but god is
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Natural, but god is supernatural.
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Supernatural. he controls the universe.
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He controls the universe. he parts red seas.
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He parts red seas. he brought water out of a
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He brought water out of a rock.
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Rock. he fed thousands with two
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He fed thousands with two fish.
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Fish. don't base your containers
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Don't base your containers on what you can do, base it
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On what you can do, base it on what god can do.
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On what god can do. i know a lady that's a
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I know a lady that's a single parent mother.
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Single parent mother. she's gone through some
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She's gone through some health issues and has some
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Health issues and has some tough times.
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Tough times. her home was damaged in a
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Her home was damaged in a storm, she had to start all
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Storm, she had to start all over, but despite all that
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Over, but despite all that she would be at lakewood
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She would be at lakewood every week with her
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Every week with her children.
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Children. they didn't have much, but
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They didn't have much, but they knew god was on their
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They knew god was on their side and he could make a
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Side and he could make a way.
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Way. from the time her son troy
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From the time her son troy was a little boy, he had a
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Was a little boy, he had a dream to go to college.
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Dream to go to college. it didn't look like this
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It didn't look like this mother would be able to
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Mother would be able to afford it.
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Afford it. the odds were against him,
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The odds were against him, but he didn't have a
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But he didn't have a defeated mentality.
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Defeated mentality. he could have thought,
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He could have thought, "we're poor, i'm at a
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"we're poor, i'm at a disadvantage, i'm limited."
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Disadvantage, i'm limited." but he got rid of the cup.
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But he got rid of the cup. he didn't make excuses to
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He didn't make excuses to settle.
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Settle. he didn't let other people
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He didn't let other people talk him out of it.
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Talk him out of it. all growing up, he would
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All growing up, he would tell his friends that he
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Tell his friends that he was going to get a
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Was going to get a scholarship.
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Scholarship. his goal is to become the
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His goal is to become the secretary of state.
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Secretary of state. other students would look
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Other students would look at him like he was not all
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At him like he was not all there, there was no way.
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There, there was no way. it didn't bother him, he
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It didn't bother him, he just kept believing it,
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Just kept believing it, declaring it, thinking like
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Declaring it, thinking like it was going to happen.
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It was going to happen. when he graduated, his
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When he graduated, his mother brought me a
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Mother brought me a newspaper article.
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Newspaper article. it talked about how troy
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It talked about how troy was awarded not one
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Was awarded not one scholarship, not two, not
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Scholarship, not two, not five, not eight.
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Five, not eight. he received nine
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He received nine scholarships worth 1.3
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Scholarships worth 1.3 million dollars to attend
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Million dollars to attend georgetown university.
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Georgetown university. not just for his bachelor's
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Not just for his bachelor's degree, but for his
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Degree, but for his master's and his doctorate.
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Master's and his doctorate. i was driving down the
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I was driving down the freeway and i saw a
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Freeway and i saw a billboard. it had troy's
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Billboard. it had troy's picture on it, with his
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Picture on it, with his graduation hat.
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Graduation hat. the caption read, meet our
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The caption read, meet our next secretary of state.
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Next secretary of state. both of her sons received
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Both of her sons received full scholarships.
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Full scholarships. when you get rid of that
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When you get rid of that cup, god will open the
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Cup, god will open the windows of heaven. you have
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Windows of heaven. you have not seen heard or imagined
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Not seen heard or imagined what he has in store.
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What he has in store. don't let a limited mindset
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Don't let a limited mindset keep you from the abundant
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Keep you from the abundant life that belongs to you.
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Life that belongs to you. this is what happened with
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This is what happened with the israelites.
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The israelites. god brought them out of
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God brought them out of slavery, he delivered them
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Slavery, he delivered them from the pharaoh.
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From the pharaoh. he took them toward the
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He took them toward the promised land, but they
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Promised land, but they complained, they were
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Complained, they were negative, they didn't think
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Negative, they didn't think they could make it in. they
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They could make it in. they ended up wandering around
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Ended up wandering around the same mountain for forty
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The same mountain for forty years.
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Years. they became conditioned in
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They became conditioned in their thinking to not
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Their thinking to not expect anything good.
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Expect anything good. they were in a rut, "we're
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They were in a rut, "we're stuck out here.
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Stuck out here. we'll always struggle, be
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We'll always struggle, be in lack, have this
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In lack, have this hardship."
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Hardship." before they went into the
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Before they went into the promised land, god had to
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Promised land, god had to change their mindset.
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Change their mindset. he told them in
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He told them in deuteronomy, "you have
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Deuteronomy, "you have passed around this mountain
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Passed around this mountain long enough."
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Long enough." he announced to them that
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He announced to them that they were about to break
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They were about to break out of the rut, that he was
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Out of the rut, that he was about to do something new,
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About to do something new, that they were not just
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That they were not just going to dream about the
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Going to dream about the promised land, but they
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Promised land, but they were going to live in the
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Were going to live in the promised land.
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Promised land. it's significant that god
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It's significant that god didn't just take them in,
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Didn't just take them in, didn't just surprise them.
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Didn't just surprise them. he had to get them to
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He had to get them to change their mind, to get
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Change their mind, to get their hopes up, to break
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Their hopes up, to break out of that cup mentality
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Out of that cup mentality and get a vision for
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And get a vision for abundance, for favor, for
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Abundance, for favor, for victory.
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Victory. you may have struggled in
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You may have struggled in some areas a long time.
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Some areas a long time. you've done your best to
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You've done your best to pray, believe, fight the
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Pray, believe, fight the good fight of faith, but
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Good fight of faith, but nothing has changed.
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Nothing has changed. you feel stuck, like it's
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You feel stuck, like it's never going to happen.
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Never going to happen. god is saying to you what
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God is saying to you what he said to them, "you've
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He said to them, "you've passed around that mountain
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Passed around that mountain long enough."
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Long enough." he's about to do a new
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He's about to do a new thing, something that
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Thing, something that you've never seen, but you
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You've never seen, but you have to do your part and
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Have to do your part and get a new mindset.
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Get a new mindset. no more, "i'll never get
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No more, "i'll never get out of this problem, the
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Out of this problem, the obstacles are too big.
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Obstacles are too big. i'll never get ahead, never
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I'll never get ahead, never break this addiction, never
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Break this addiction, never meet the right person."
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Meet the right person." don't let that old wineskin
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Don't let that old wineskin keep you out of your
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Keep you out of your promised land.
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Promised land. there's nothing more
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There's nothing more powerful than a changed
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Powerful than a changed mind.
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Mind. you can change jobs, change
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You can change jobs, change relationships, change your
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Relationships, change your looks.
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Looks. the calendar can change, we
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The calendar can change, we can go into a new year but
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Can go into a new year but if your thinking is the
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If your thinking is the same, nothing will be
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Same, nothing will be different.
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Different. why don't you change your
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Why don't you change your mind?
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Mind? break out of those ruts
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Break out of those ruts that have held you back.
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That have held you back. have a new perspective.
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Have a new perspective. god is putting an end to
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God is putting an end to what's restricted you.
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What's restricted you. no more wandering, no more
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No more wandering, no more seeing the promised land
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Seeing the promised land and not experiencing it,
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And not experiencing it, you're about to go into
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You're about to go into your promised land.
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Your promised land. it's going to be better
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It's going to be better than you imagined.
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Than you imagined. you're going to see houses
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You're going to see houses that you didn't build,
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That you didn't build, vineyards that you didn't
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Vineyards that you didn't plant.
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Plant. promises that you've given
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Promises that you've given up on are still going to
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Up on are still going to come to pass.
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Come to pass. dreams that seem impossible
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Dreams that seem impossible are still going to happen.
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Are still going to happen. now when those thoughts
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Now when those thoughts come, saying, "it's been
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Come, saying, "it's been too long, it's never going
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Too long, it's never going to happen."
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To happen." just tell doubt, "i've
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Just tell doubt, "i've changed my mind.
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Changed my mind. i know what god promised is
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I know what god promised is on the way.
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On the way. i'm a believer and not a
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I'm a believer and not a doubter."
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Doubter." tell fear, "i've changed my
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Tell fear, "i've changed my mind.
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Mind. i'm not going to live
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I'm not going to live worried, stressed, afraid.
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Worried, stressed, afraid. i know god has me in the
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I know god has me in the palm of his hand."
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Palm of his hand." tell guilt, shame, the
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Tell guilt, shame, the past, "i've changed my mind.
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Past, "i've changed my mind. i'm not living condemned,
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I'm not living condemned, listening to the accusing
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Listening to the accusing voices.
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Voices. i'm forgiven, i'm redeemed,
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I'm forgiven, i'm redeemed, restored, my future is
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Restored, my future is bright."
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Bright." or when thoughts tell you,
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Or when thoughts tell you, "it's just going to be
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"it's just going to be another average year,
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Another average year, nothing good is in store,
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Nothing good is in store, don't expect anything
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Don't expect anything different."
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Different." tell discouragement, tell
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Tell discouragement, tell low expectations, "i've
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Low expectations, "i've changed my mind.
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Changed my mind. this is going to be a
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This is going to be a blessed year, a bountiful
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Blessed year, a bountiful year, a favor filled year.
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Year, a favor filled year. something good is going to
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Something good is going to happen to me."
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Happen to me." when you change your mind,
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When you change your mind, when you get in agreement
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When you get in agreement with god, angels go to
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With god, angels go to work, miracles are set in
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Work, miracles are set in motion, healing,
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Motion, healing, breakthroughs, favor comes
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Breakthroughs, favor comes looking for you.
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Looking for you. my challenge today is don't
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My challenge today is don't let a cup mentality keep
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Let a cup mentality keep you from living an abundant
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You from living an abundant life.
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Life. what god has for you cannot
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What god has for you cannot be contained in a cup.
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Be contained in a cup. get rid of low expectations.
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Get rid of low expectations. quit making excuses to
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Quit making excuses to settle where you are.
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Settle where you are. you've gone around that
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You've gone around that mountain long enough.
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Mountain long enough. if you'll get rid of that
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If you'll get rid of that cup, i believe and declare,
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Cup, i believe and declare, like the crippled man,
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Like the crippled man, you're about to see god do
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You're about to see god do something unusual.
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Something unusual. not a few coins to sustain
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Not a few coins to sustain you, but new legs so you
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You, but new legs so you can run.
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Can run. like the widow woman,
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Like the widow woman, supernatural provision.
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Supernatural provision. like the israelites, what's
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Like the israelites, what's held you back is being
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Held you back is being broken.
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Broken. you're about to go into
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You're about to go into your promised land and see
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Your promised land and see the fullness of your
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The fullness of your destiny, in jesus' name.
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Destiny, in jesus' name. if you receive it, can i
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If you receive it, can i get an amen?
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Get an amen? (applause)
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When we
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When we face challenges, it's easy
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Face challenges, it's easy to feel like god
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To feel like god has forgotten about us.
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Has forgotten about us. we don't see
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We don't see anything happening,
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Anything happening, and thoughts tell us
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And thoughts tell us it's not going to work out.
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It's not going to work out. but god is not called the great
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But god is not called the great i was or the great i will be.
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I was or the great i will be. he's called the great i am.
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He's called the great i am. in my new book,
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In my new book, he is i am,
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He is i am, you'll discover
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You'll discover that god is with you
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That god is with you in every area of your life.
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I am is always in the present,
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I am is always in the present, not at a later time.
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Not at a later time. god is working
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God is working in your life right now.
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In your life right now. i am means i am your healer.
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I am means i am your healer. i am your provider.
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I am your provider. i am your waymaker.
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I am your waymaker. whether you're
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Whether you're facing a challenge
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Facing a challenge or pursuing your dreams,
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Or pursuing your dreams, stay in faith.
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Stay in faith. the great i am
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The great i am is right there with you.
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Is right there with 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, he is i am:
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He is i am: god is for you here and now.
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God is for you here and now. are you in need of protection
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Are you in need of protection or provision today?
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Or provision today? jesus assures us,
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Jesus assures us, "i am
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"i am the good shepherd."
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The good shepherd." does the path ahead
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Does the path ahead seem uncertain or dark?
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Seem uncertain or dark? jesus declares,
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Jesus declares, "i am the light of the world."
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"i am the light of the world." do you feel like your career,
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Do you feel like your career, calling, or marriage
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Calling, or marriage is beyond hope?
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Is beyond hope? jesus promises,
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Jesus promises, "i am the resurrection
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"i am the resurrection and the life."
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And the life." with every i am statement,
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With every i am statement, you'll discover
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You'll discover more about who god is
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More about who god is and what he has made
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And what he has made available for you.
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Available for you. not someday, but today.
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Not someday, but today. request your copy today
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Request your copy today and watch god's promise
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And watch god's promise come alive.
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Come alive. no matter what you face,
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No matter what you face, he is here and now for you.
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He is here and now for you. be sure to request your copy of
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Be sure to request your copy of he is i am:
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He is i am: god is for you here and now
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God is for you here and now today.
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Today. visit joelosteen.com
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Visit joelosteen.com or call 888-567-joel.
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You're never alone.
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You're never alone. the great
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The great i am is behind the scenes
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I am is behind the scenes making ways, opening doors,
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Making ways, opening doors, turning things in your favor.
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Turning things in your favor. victoria
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Victoria and i want you to know
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And i want you to know we love you
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We love you and we pray for you every day.
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And we pray for you every day. thanks for your prayer
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Thanks for your prayer and support of the ministry.
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And support of the ministry. your generosity
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Your generosity is making a difference
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Is making a difference in people's lives
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In people's lives around the world.
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Around 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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If you're not a partner, i hope you'll consider
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Today. visit joelosteen.com
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Yes, be reminded that the power of i am is
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That the power of i am is for you each and every day.
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Joel Osteen - A New Mindset

April 14, 2025 | S25:E104

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