Joel Osteen

Joel Osteen - Nothing To Prove

March 18, 2026 | 27:29

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Joel Osteen | Joel Osteen - Nothing To Prove | March 18, 2026

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> (music playing) > joel: god bless you!
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> joel: god bless you! it's great to be with you
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It's great to be with you today. i hope you'll stay
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Today. i hope you'll stay connected with us
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Connected with us throughout the week.
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Throughout the week. we have a daily podcast
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We have a daily podcast that you can download.
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That you can download. you can go to our youtube
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You can go to our youtube channel and watch the
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Channel and watch the messages anytime and you can
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Messages anytime and you can follow us on social media.
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Follow us on social media. i promise you, we'll keep
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I promise you, we'll keep you encouraged and inspired.
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You encouraged and inspired. thanks so much for tuning
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Thanks so much for tuning in. thanks again for coming
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In. thanks again for coming out today.
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Out today. i like to start with
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I like to start with something funny.
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Something funny. i heard about this
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I heard about this middle-aged woman;
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Middle-aged woman; she had a heart attack.
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She had a heart attack. on the operating table, she
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On the operating table, she asked god if this was it.
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Asked god if this was it. god said, "no, you have
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God said, "no, you have forty more years."
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Forty more years." upon recovery, she decided
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Upon recovery, she decided to stay in the hospital and
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To stay in the hospital and have a face lift, tummy
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Have a face lift, tummy tuck, liposuction, an
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Tuck, liposuction, an extreme makeover.
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Extreme makeover. two months later, as she was
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Two months later, as she was leaving the hospital, she
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Leaving the hospital, she was hit by a car and killed.
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Was hit by a car and killed. she got to heaven and said,
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She got to heaven and said, "god, i don't understand it.
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"god, i don't understand it. i thought you said i had
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I thought you said i had forty more years."
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Forty more years." god said, "i'm sorry, i
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God said, "i'm sorry, i didn't recognize you."
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Didn't recognize you." (laughter)
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(laughter) no spiritual value; but
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No spiritual value; but let's say it. ready?
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Let's say it. ready? this is my bible.
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This is my bible. i am what it says i am.
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I am what it says i am. i have what it says i have.
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I have what it says i have. i can do what it says i can
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I 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 is
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I boldly confess: my mind is alert. my heart is receptive.
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Alert. my heart is receptive. i will never be the same in
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I will never be the same in jesus' name. god bless you.
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Jesus' name. god bless you. i want to talk to you today
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I want to talk to you today about nothing to prove.
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About nothing to prove. too often we're trying to
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Too often we're trying to get our worth out of what
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Get our worth out of what we do.
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We do. how well we perform, am i
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How well we perform, am i a good enough mother, am
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A good enough mother, am i talented enough, strong
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I talented enough, strong enough, successful enough?
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Enough, successful enough? we think if we work harder,
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We think if we work harder, outperform our coworker, out
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Outperform our coworker, out dress our friend, out drive
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Dress our friend, out drive our neighbor, then we'll
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Our neighbor, then we'll feel good about ourselves.
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Feel good about ourselves. we live in this proving mode
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We live in this proving mode with this need to impress.
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With this need to impress. the problem is we're getting
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The problem is we're getting our value from the wrong
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Our value from the wrong place.
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Place. if you don't know who you
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If you don't know who you are, a child of the most
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Are, a child of the most high god, then you'll spend
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High god, then you'll spend your energy trying to get
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Your energy trying to get other people to validate
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Other people to validate you.
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You. when you're secure in who
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When you're secure in who god made you to be, when
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God made you to be, when you're comfortable with your
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You're comfortable with your gifts; you're content with
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Gifts; you're content with your looks, you're happy
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Your looks, you're happy with your personality,
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With your personality, then you don't go around
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Then you don't go around competing with others,
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Competing with others, jealous of a friend that's
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Jealous of a friend that's more talented, living to
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More talented, living to impress that cousin that's
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Impress that cousin that's more attractive.
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More attractive. you know you're one of a
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You know you're one of a kind, a masterpiece, made
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Kind, a masterpiece, made in the image of god.
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In the image of god. when you know who you are,
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When you know who you are, you won't live in a proving
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You won't live in a proving mode, trying to impress
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Mode, trying to impress people, getting your value
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People, getting your value out of what they think and,
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Out of what they think and, "do they accept me, do they
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"do they accept me, do they compliment me, do they
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Compliment me, do they approve me?
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Approve me? if not, let me work harder,
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If not, let me work harder, let me prove to them that
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Let me prove to them that i'm good enough."
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I'm good enough." no, you don't need their
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No, you don't need their applause.
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Applause. them validating you is not
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Them validating you is not going to move you toward
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Going to move you toward your destiny.
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Your destiny. them cheering you on is
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Them cheering you on is nice, but if you're getting
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Nice, but if you're getting your worth out of that, if
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Your worth out of that, if they quit doing it, then
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They quit doing it, then you'll feel devalued, not
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You'll feel devalued, not good enough.
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Good enough. you'll have to work harder,
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You'll have to work harder, do more to impress them,
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Do more to impress them, it's a treadmill.
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It's a treadmill. you're doing all this work
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You're doing all this work but not going anywhere.
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But not going anywhere. take the pressure off.
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Take the pressure off. you have nothing to prove.
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You have nothing to prove. your destiny is not
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Your destiny is not contingent on them liking
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Contingent on them liking you.
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You. their approval is not
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Their approval is not keeping you from your
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Keeping you from your purpose.
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Purpose. it's a distraction.
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It's a distraction. you're spending time and
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You're spending time and energy trying to impress,
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Energy trying to impress, outperform, to show them
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Outperform, to show them that you're good enough,
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That you're good enough, when in fact, you're already
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When in fact, you're already good enough.
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Good enough. you've already been
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You've already been approved.
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Approved. god created you in his own
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God created you in his own image.
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Image. now run your race.
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Now run your race. they may be more talented.
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They may be more talented. celebrate them.
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Celebrate them. you're not competing with
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You're not competing with them.
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Them. you don't have to prove to
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You don't have to prove to them that you're talented
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Them that you're talented too.
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Too. you have gifts that they
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You have gifts that they don't have.
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Don't have. be confident in who god made
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Be confident in who god made you to be.
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You to be. i've seen ladies that are
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I've seen ladies that are naturally a size fourteen.
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Naturally a size fourteen. you can meet someone that's
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You can meet someone that's naturally a size six.
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Naturally a size six. it's not necessarily about
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It's not necessarily about discipline, diet, will
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Discipline, diet, will power, it's about genetics.
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Power, it's about genetics. it's about who god made you
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It's about who god made you to be.
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To be. if you're competing in a
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If you're competing in a race you're not supposed to
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Race you're not supposed to be in, you're going to live
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Be in, you're going to live frustrated.
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Frustrated. you could not eat for three
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You could not eat for three years and still not be a
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Years and still not be a size six.
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Size six. why are you competing in a
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Why are you competing in a race that was never designed
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Race that was never designed for you?
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For you? what are you trying to
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What are you trying to prove?
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Prove? that if you get small
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That if you get small enough, strong enough,
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Enough, strong enough, successful enough, then you
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Successful enough, then you can feel good about
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Can feel good about yourself.
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Yourself. get out of that race.
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Get out of that race. you can feel good about who
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You can feel good about who you are right now.
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You are right now. you are in a class all by
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You are in a class all by yourself.
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Yourself. when god made you, he threw
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When god made you, he threw away the mold.
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Away the mold. he stepped back and said,
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He stepped back and said, "that was good, another
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"that was good, another masterpiece."
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Masterpiece." he put his dna in you.
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He put his dna in you. who said you don't look
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Who said you don't look good, who said you're not
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Good, who said you're not talented enough, who said
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Talented enough, who said you needed to be taller,
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You needed to be taller, more creative, have a better
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More creative, have a better personality?
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Personality? don't believe those lies.
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Don't believe those lies. quit comparing, quit
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Quit comparing, quit competing and run your race.
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Competing and run your race. when our children were
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When our children were small, most of my siblings
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Small, most of my siblings home schooled their
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Home schooled their children.
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Children. i asked my sister lisa about
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I asked my sister lisa about it.
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It. she said, "when you send
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She said, "when you send them off to school, that's
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Them off to school, that's eight hours a day that
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Eight hours a day that they're being influenced by
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They're being influenced by someone else."
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Someone else." i thought, "that's eight
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I thought, "that's eight hours that i get a break."
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Hours that i get a break." we felt this pressure to be
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We felt this pressure to be like them.
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Like them. sometimes we do things with
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Sometimes we do things with the wrong motives.
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The wrong motives. "i'm going to homeschool my
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"i'm going to homeschool my children, so you won't look
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Children, so you won't look down on me, i'm going to
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Down on me, i'm going to prove that i'm a good parent
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Prove that i'm a good parent too."
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Too." you have to follow your own
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You have to follow your own heart.
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Heart. when you compare with
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When you compare with others, you'll start
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Others, you'll start competing.
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Competing. the problem is you're not
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The problem is you're not running their race.
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Running their race. the grace on their life is
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The grace on their life is going to be different than
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Going to be different than the grace on your life.
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The grace on your life. it's not a one size fits
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It's not a one size fits all.
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All. if you think you have to do
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If you think you have to do what they're doing or you're
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What they're doing or you're going to look less than, you
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Going to look less than, you have to prove that you're
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Have to prove that you're just as strong, just as
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Just as strong, just as committed, just as talented,
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Committed, just as talented, then you're going to get
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Then you're going to get distracted from your
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Distracted from your destiny.
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Destiny. we put our children in
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We put our children in school.
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School. for the first four or five
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For the first four or five years they did great.
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Years they did great. eventually when we started
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Eventually when we started traveling a lot, we did home
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Traveling a lot, we did home school them.
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School them. the point is run your race.
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The point is run your race. you have nothing to prove.
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You have nothing to prove. you don't have to prove to
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You don't have to prove to god that you're worthy, he's
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God that you're worthy, he's already made you worthy.
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Already made you worthy. you don't have to prove that
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You don't have to prove that you deserve his goodness, he
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You deserve his goodness, he knew every mistake you would
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Knew every mistake you would make, every fault, every
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Make, every fault, every weakness and he's already
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Weakness and he's already accepted and approved you.
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Accepted and approved you. quit trying to win over his
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Quit trying to win over his approval.
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Approval. thinking if you read your
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Thinking if you read your bible enough, pray enough,
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Bible enough, pray enough, quote enough scripture,
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Quote enough scripture, serve enough, give enough.
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Serve enough, give enough. rest in who he made you to
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Rest in who he made you to be.
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Be. you're not supposed to live
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You're not supposed to live striving, pressured, hoping
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Striving, pressured, hoping you can measure up, hoping
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You can measure up, hoping you can do good enough,
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You can do good enough, maybe you can earn his
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Maybe you can earn his blessings.
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Blessings. you don't have to earn it.
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You don't have to earn it. when he breathed life into
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When he breathed life into you, he put his blessing on
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You, he put his blessing on you.
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You. you're already qualified.
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You're already qualified. take the pressure off and
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Take the pressure off and walk in that blessing.
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Walk in that blessing. you weren't created to live
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You weren't created to live in this proving mode.
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In this proving mode. trying to impress others,
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Trying to impress others, outperform your coworker,
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Outperform your coworker, not feeling good about
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Not feeling good about yourself unless you're
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Yourself unless you're achieving, impressing,
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Achieving, impressing, outperforming.
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Outperforming. living to impress people
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Living to impress people will keep you from your
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Will keep you from your destiny.
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Destiny. that's time and energy that
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That's time and energy that you need for your dreams,
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You need for your dreams, for your goals.
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For your goals. you may impress people.
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You may impress people. you may win their approval,
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You may win their approval, they compliment you, "man,
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They compliment you, "man, you look great today, you
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You look great today, you sure are successful."
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Sure are successful." praise from people just
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Praise from people just feeds our ego.
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Feeds our ego. we should live to impress
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We should live to impress god.
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God. he controls the universe.
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He controls the universe. promotion is not going to
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Promotion is not going to come from that person you
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Come from that person you impress.
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Impress. proving to your friend that
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Proving to your friend that you're talented, you're
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You're talented, you're successful, may make you
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Successful, may make you feel good, but they don't
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Feel good, but they don't open doors, they don't part
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Open doors, they don't part red seas, they don't line up
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Red seas, they don't line up favor, divine connections.
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Favor, divine connections. instead of impressing
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Instead of impressing people, we should spend our
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People, we should spend our time impressing god.
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Time impressing god. when you're secure in who god
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When you're secure in who god made you to be, you don't
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Made you to be, you don't feel less than because you
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Feel less than because you can't do what somebody else
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Can't do what somebody else does.
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Does. god has given us different
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God has given us different gifts.
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Gifts. i don't feel inferior
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I don't feel inferior because my brother is a
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Because my brother is a medical doctor, and i don't
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Medical doctor, and i don't have a college degree.
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Have a college degree. i realize he got the brains,
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I realize he got the brains, but i got the looks.
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But i got the looks. my security is not in how i
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My security is not in how i perform, in what i do, what
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Perform, in what i do, what i wear, what title is behind
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I wear, what title is behind my name, my security is in
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My name, my security is in the fact that i'm a child of
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The fact that i'm a child of almighty god.
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Almighty god. i say this with humility,
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I say this with humility, but i realize i'm a
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But i realize i'm a masterpiece.
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Masterpiece. i'm fearfully and
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I'm fearfully and wonderfully made.
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Wonderfully made. i'm equipped, empowered,
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I'm equipped, empowered, approved and anointed.
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Approved and anointed. you have to get your value
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You have to get your value from who you are and not
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From who you are and not what you do.
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What you do. otherwise, you'll spend your
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Otherwise, you'll spend your whole life competing with
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Whole life competing with others, trying to prove your
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Others, trying to prove your importance, trying to
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Importance, trying to convince them to be for you.
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Convince them to be for you. "look at the car i drive,
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"look at the car i drive, look at the business i've
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Look at the business i've built, look at my position,
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Built, look at my position, look how great of shape i'm
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Look how great of shape i'm in."
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In." that's all good but it's
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That's all good but it's superficial.
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Superficial. if it changes, then your
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If it changes, then your self-worth will change.
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Self-worth will change. i was riding to a friend's
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I was riding to a friend's house from the gym.
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House from the gym. this was years ago.
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This was years ago. he invited us to come over
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He invited us to come over after we played basketball,
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After we played basketball, i jumped in the car with
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I jumped in the car with him.
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Him. he had this very nice sports
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He had this very nice sports car, really beautiful.
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Car, really beautiful. as we were driving to his
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As we were driving to his house, i noticed we drove
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House, i noticed we drove the long way.
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The long way. we could have saved a few
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We could have saved a few miles, but he went all the
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Miles, but he went all the way around.
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Way around. i asked why he didn't go the
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I asked why he didn't go the easy way.
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Easy way. he said, "my ex-girlfriend
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He said, "my ex-girlfriend lives on this street.
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Lives on this street. i always drive by to make
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I always drive by to make sure she sees what she's
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Sure she sees what she's missed out on."
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Missed out on." they had been broken up for
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They had been broken up for almost ten years.
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Almost ten years. but still every chance he
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But still every chance he gets, he was going out of
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Gets, he was going out of his wave to prove that she
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His wave to prove that she was missing out, prove that
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Was missing out, prove that he was successful, prove
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He was successful, prove that he was happy without
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That he was happy without her.
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Her. what's funny is he found out
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What's funny is he found out later, that she had moved
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Later, that she had moved across town a couple of
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Across town a couple of years earlier.
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Years earlier. all that time he was driving
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All that time he was driving by, proving his point, she
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By, proving his point, she wasn't even there.
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Wasn't even there. i wonder how many times
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I wonder how many times we're trying to prove
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We're trying to prove something, and the person is
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Something, and the person is not even paying attention.
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Not even paying attention. trying to impress people
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Trying to impress people that don't care, competing
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That don't care, competing with someone that doesn't
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With someone that doesn't even know we're competing.
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Even know we're competing. yes, it's good to have
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Yes, it's good to have goals, it's good to have
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Goals, it's good to have people that challenge us and
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People that challenge us and inspire us to go further,
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Inspire us to go further, but we're not going to be
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But we're not going to be blessed if our motives are
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Blessed if our motives are not pure.
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Not pure. when we're trying to prove
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When we're trying to prove to people to feed our ego,
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To people to feed our ego, to pay them back, to show
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To pay them back, to show them how great we are, or to
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Them how great we are, or to make up for our lack of
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Make up for our lack of self-worth, that's a
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Self-worth, that's a dead-end street.
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Dead-end street. let god fight your battles.
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Let god fight your battles. let him promote you.
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Let him promote you. let him vindicate you.
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Let him vindicate you. his favor is not so we can
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His favor is not so we can prove that we're talented,
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Prove that we're talented, prove that we're as good as
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Prove that we're as good as someone else.
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Someone else. it's to fulfill our
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It's to fulfill our assignment.
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Assignment. it's to advance the kingdom.
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It's to advance the kingdom. who are you trying to
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Who are you trying to impress?
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Impress? who are you competing with?
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Who are you competing with? how much energy are you
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How much energy are you spending trying to feel good
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Spending trying to feel good enough, talented enough,
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Enough, talented enough, smart enough, worthy enough.
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Smart enough, worthy enough. try a different approach.
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Try a different approach. come out from under that
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Come out from under that pressure, striving and
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Pressure, striving and working.
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Working. you have nothing to prove.
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You have nothing to prove. what people think about you
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What people think about you doesn't determine your
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Doesn't determine your destiny.
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Destiny. accomplishing more is nice
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Accomplishing more is nice but it's not going to make
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But it's not going to make you more valuable.
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You more valuable. your income may increase but
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Your income may increase but your value is not going to
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Your value is not going to increase.
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Increase. don't get baited into being
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Don't get baited into being competitive, trying to
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Competitive, trying to outperform, thinking that's
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Outperform, thinking that's going to give you more
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Going to give you more worth.
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Worth. run your race.
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Run your race. stay focused on what you're
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Stay focused on what you're called to do.
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Called to do. don't live for people's
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Don't live for people's applause, live for god's
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Applause, live for god's applause.
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Applause. in luke 3, jesus was being
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In luke 3, jesus was being baptized in the jordan river
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Baptized in the jordan river by john the baptist.
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By john the baptist. when he came up out of the
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When he came up out of the water, a voice boomed out of
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Water, a voice boomed out of the heavens and said, "this
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The heavens and said, "this is my beloved son, in whom i
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Is my beloved son, in whom i am well pleased."
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Am well pleased." a dove came down and landed
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A dove came down and landed on jesus, representing the
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On jesus, representing the holy spirit.
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Holy spirit. what's interesting is jesus
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What's interesting is jesus had not started his
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Had not started his ministry.
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Ministry. he had never healed anyone,
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He had never healed anyone, never opened a blind eye,
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Never opened a blind eye, never turned water into
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Never turned water into wine.
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Wine. yet his father said, "i am
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Yet his father said, "i am well pleased with you."
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Well pleased with you." god was pleased with who he
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God was pleased with who he was and not with what he
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Was and not with what he could do.
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Could do. his value didn't come from
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His value didn't come from his performance.
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His performance. i could understand god
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I could understand god saying he was pleased after
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Saying he was pleased after he raised lazarus, after he
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He raised lazarus, after he multiplied the five loaves,
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Multiplied the five loaves, after he cured the lepers.
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After he cured the lepers. but god doesn't base your
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But god doesn't base your value on what you do, on how
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Value on what you do, on how well you perform, on how
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Well you perform, on how talented you are, how many
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Talented you are, how many people look up to you.
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People look up to you. it's based on the fact that
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It's based on the fact that you're his child, he
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You're his child, he breathed life into you.
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Breathed life into you. he made you in his own
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He made you in his own image.
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Image. there's nothing you can do
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There's nothing you can do that will make you more
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That will make you more valuable.
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Valuable. no matter how good you
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No matter how good you perform, no matter how
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Perform, no matter how successful, it doesn't
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Successful, it doesn't change how god sees you
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Change how god sees you right now.
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Right now. we think, "man, if i could
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We think, "man, if i could perform better, if i could
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Perform better, if i could be more disciplined, if i
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Be more disciplined, if i could become more
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Could become more successful, then god will
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Successful, then god will smile down on me, then he
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Smile down on me, then he would show me his favor."
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Would show me his favor." he's already smiling on you.
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He's already smiling on you. he's already crowned you
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He's already crowned you with his favor.
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With his favor. sure, you may have areas you
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Sure, you may have areas you need to improve in, we all
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Need to improve in, we all do, but that doesn't change
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Do, but that doesn't change your value.
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Your value. when god looks at you, he
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When god looks at you, he says, that's charles, that's
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Says, that's charles, that's my son in whom i am well
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My son in whom i am well pleased.
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Pleased. that's nancy, that's maria,
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That's nancy, that's maria, that's rhonda, that's my
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That's rhonda, that's my daughters, in whom i am well
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Daughters, in whom i am well pleased.
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Pleased. when you understand if god
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When you understand if god is pleased with you, it
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Is pleased with you, it doesn't really matter what
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Doesn't really matter what other people think about
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Other people think about you.
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You. they may not be for you,
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They may not be for you, they may try to discredit
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They may try to discredit you, withhold their
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You, withhold their approval; big deal.
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Approval; big deal. they didn't breathe life
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They didn't breathe life into you, they didn't know
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Into you, they didn't know you before you were formed
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You before you were formed in your mother's womb, they
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In your mother's womb, they didn't call you, equip you,
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Didn't call you, equip you, anoint you.
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Anoint you. why are you trying to prove
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Why are you trying to prove to people who you are, when
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To people who you are, when god has already said he is
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God has already said he is well pleased with you.
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Well pleased with you. why are you spending time
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Why are you spending time and energy trying to impress
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And energy trying to impress that neighbor, prove to that
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That neighbor, prove to that person that walked away that
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Person that walked away that you really are okay, prove
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You really are okay, prove to that coworker that you
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To that coworker that you are talented.
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Are talented. you don't have anything to
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You don't have anything to prove.
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Prove. they don't control your
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They don't control your destiny.
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Destiny. they can't stop what god has
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They can't stop what god has purposed for your life.
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Purposed for your life. get your eyes off of people,
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Get your eyes off of people, off of your faults, and off
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Off of your faults, and off of how you think you don't
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Of how you think you don't measure up.
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Measure up. you are approved, you are
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You are approved, you are accepted, you are anointed.
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Accepted, you are anointed. now step into your destiny.
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Now step into your destiny. after jesus was baptized,
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After jesus was baptized, after this great moment,
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After this great moment, where god announced that he
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Where god announced that he was pleased with him, the
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Was pleased with him, the sprit came down like a dove,
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Sprit came down like a dove, the scripture says, "the
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The scripture says, "the spirit led jesus into the
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Spirit led jesus into the wilderness to be tempted."
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Wilderness to be tempted." on one side of the jordan
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On one side of the jordan river, it was lush, green,
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River, it was lush, green, fruits, vegetables, so
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Fruits, vegetables, so fertile and beautiful.
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Fertile and beautiful. on the other side it was
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On the other side it was barren, dry, nothing
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Barren, dry, nothing growing, hot, dusty.
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Growing, hot, dusty. you would think after this
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You would think after this incredible moment, surely
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Incredible moment, surely the spirit would take jesus
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The spirit would take jesus into the nice, comfortable,
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Into the nice, comfortable, fertile land, so he could
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Fertile land, so he could start his ministry with
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Start his ministry with ease, but it was just the
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Ease, but it was just the opposite.
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Opposite. he was led into the desert
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He was led into the desert to be temped.
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To be temped. you can be in the desert by
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You can be in the desert by design.
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Design. sometimes god will lead you
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Sometimes god will lead you into the wilderness.
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Into the wilderness. the good news is god will
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The good news is god will not take you in to something
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Not take you in to something that he's not going to bring
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That he's not going to bring you out of.
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You out of. stay faithful in the
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Stay faithful in the wilderness.
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Wilderness. pass the test.
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Pass the test. keep doing the right thing.
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Keep doing the right thing. one of the tests jesus had
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One of the tests jesus had to pass in the desert was
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To pass in the desert was not proving himself.
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Not proving himself. after forty days, the enemy
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After forty days, the enemy came to jesus and said, "if
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Came to jesus and said, "if you are the son of god turn
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You are the son of god turn these stones into bread."
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These stones into bread." he was saying, "jesus, prove
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He was saying, "jesus, prove to us who you are.
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To us who you are. prove that you're really the
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Prove that you're really the son of god.
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Son of god. prove that the voice we all
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Prove that the voice we all heard was really true."
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Heard was really true." jesus wouldn't do it.
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Jesus wouldn't do it. he said, "man doesn't live
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He said, "man doesn't live by bread alone."
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By bread alone." he was saying, "i don't have
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He was saying, "i don't have anything to prove.
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Anything to prove. i don't need you to be for
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I don't need you to be for me.
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Me. i don't need your
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I don't need your validation.
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Validation. i'm not going to waste my
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I'm not going to waste my time trying to convince you
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Time trying to convince you who i am."
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Who i am." the enemy took jesus to a
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The enemy took jesus to a high place overlooking the
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High place overlooking the temple.
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Temple. he said it again, "if you
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He said it again, "if you are the son of god, jump off
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Are the son of god, jump off this ledge."
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This ledge." jesus said in effect, "why
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Jesus said in effect, "why do i need to show you who i
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Do i need to show you who i am, when just forty days
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Am, when just forty days ago, you heard my father
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Ago, you heard my father announcing who i am.
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Announcing who i am. if i was his child in the
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If i was his child in the water, then i'm his child in
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Water, then i'm his child in the desert.
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The desert. i don't need to impress you.
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I don't need to impress you. i'm not going to show off
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I'm not going to show off hoping you'll be convinced
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Hoping you'll be convinced who i am.
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Who i am. i have a destiny to
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I have a destiny to fulfill."
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Fulfill." like jesus, you have nothing
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Like jesus, you have nothing to prove.
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To prove. don't get distracted by the
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Don't get distracted by the negative chatter, people
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Negative chatter, people that discount you.
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That discount you. don't start competing with
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Don't start competing with someone that's not in your
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Someone that's not in your race, trying to outperform,
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Race, trying to outperform, or impress them so they'll
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Or impress them so they'll be for you.
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Be for you. you don't need them to be
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You don't need them to be for you.
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For you. the enemy wanted jesus to
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The enemy wanted jesus to show off, "jump so everyone
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Show off, "jump so everyone will see how powerful you
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Will see how powerful you are, so you can impress all
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Are, so you can impress all these people."
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These people." jesus wouldn't use his power
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Jesus wouldn't use his power for the wrong motives, just
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For the wrong motives, just to bring attention to
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To bring attention to himself, just to show how
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Himself, just to show how great he was.
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Great he was. before he was crucified, he
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Before he was crucified, he said, "i could have called
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Said, "i could have called ten thousand angels down to
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Ten thousand angels down to turn things around, but i'm
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Turn things around, but i'm not living to impress
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Not living to impress people, i'm not living to
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People, i'm not living to prove who i am, i know who i
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Prove who i am, i know who i am.
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Am. i'm living to fulfill my
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I'm living to fulfill my purpose."
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Purpose." when your motives are right,
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When your motives are right, and you need favor, you need
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And you need favor, you need a breakthrough, god will
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A breakthrough, god will step in and make things
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Step in and make things happen that you couldn't
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Happen that you couldn't make happen.
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Make happen. but if anyone could have
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But if anyone could have proved something, it was
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Proved something, it was jesus.
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Jesus. he has all power.
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He has all power. he could have shut the enemy
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He could have shut the enemy up.
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Up. he could have created a
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He could have created a steak dinner in the desert.
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Steak dinner in the desert. he could have flown down off
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He could have flown down off that ledge, like a fighter
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That ledge, like a fighter pilot, everyone in
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Pilot, everyone in amazement.
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Amazement. he was showing us, you don't
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He was showing us, you don't need people's validation.
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Need people's validation. you may have the power to
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You may have the power to prove something, you have
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Prove something, you have the talent, the funds, you
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The talent, the funds, you could get even, you could
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Could get even, you could show off, you could impress,
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Show off, you could impress, but you realize it's a
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But you realize it's a distraction.
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Distraction. like with jesus, we're all
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Like with jesus, we're all going to face these tests.
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Going to face these tests. are you going to get baited
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Are you going to get baited in and start competing in
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In and start competing in things that don't matter,
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Things that don't matter, trying to prove your
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Trying to prove your self-worth, trying to
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Self-worth, trying to impress people, so they'll
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Impress people, so they'll think good of you, trying to
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Think good of you, trying to prove your value, when your
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Prove your value, when your heavenly father has already
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Heavenly father has already taken care of that?
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Taken care of that? he's already said he's well
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He's already said he's well pleased with you.
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Pleased with you. if we would spend the same
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If we would spend the same time that we're normally
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Time that we're normally trying to prove, trying to
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Trying to prove, trying to impress, trying to feel
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Impress, trying to feel better about ourselves,
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Better about ourselves, pursuing our goals, working
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Pursuing our goals, working on our assignment, focused
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On our assignment, focused on our purpose, how much
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On our purpose, how much further along would we be?
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Further along would we be? how much more of god's favor
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How much more of god's favor would we see?
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Would we see? it takes pressure to live in
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It takes pressure to live in a proving mode.
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A proving mode. if you fall into that trap,
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If you fall into that trap, the enemy won't leave you
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The enemy won't leave you alone.
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Alone. you prove one thing, he'll
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You prove one thing, he'll come again.
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Come again. "if you won't turn these
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"if you won't turn these rocks into bread, then at
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Rocks into bread, then at least jump off the temple,
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Least jump off the temple, at least prove that your
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At least prove that your mighty."
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Mighty." three times he tried to get
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Three times he tried to get jesus to prove who he was.
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Jesus to prove who he was. he kept coming back again
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He kept coming back again and again.
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And again. you have to be determined,
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You have to be determined, "i am not going to give in
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"i am not going to give in to the temptation to prove,
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To the temptation to prove, to compete, to outperform,
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To compete, to outperform, to show people that i'm
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To show people that i'm strong enough, smart enough,
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Strong enough, smart enough, talented enough.
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Talented enough. i have nothing to prove."
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I have nothing to prove." years ago, my father wanted
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Years ago, my father wanted to build a new sanctuary.
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To build a new sanctuary. we were in an auditorium
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We were in an auditorium that held a thousand people.
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That held a thousand people. the church was growing, we
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The church was growing, we needed a larger place to
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Needed a larger place to meet.
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Meet. for several years he had
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For several years he had been making plans, saving
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Been making plans, saving the funds, but he just
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The funds, but he just couldn't get it going.
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Couldn't get it going. four or five of his pastor
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Four or five of his pastor friends, men that were much
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Friends, men that were much younger than him, were
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Younger than him, were building these large
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Building these large sanctuaries.
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Sanctuaries. when my father would hear
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When my father would hear about it, he'd get all fired
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About it, he'd get all fired up and try to make it
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Up and try to make it happen.
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Happen. in the back of his mind he
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In the back of his mind he thought, "i can't let them
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Thought, "i can't let them out do me.
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Out do me. i'm getting older, it looks
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I'm getting older, it looks like i'm falling behind."
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Like i'm falling behind." there was this underlying
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There was this underlying pressure to try to compete,
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Pressure to try to compete, to keep up, to prove that he
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To keep up, to prove that he was successful, prove that
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Was successful, prove that he wasn't too old.
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He wasn't too old. he was tempted to give in to
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He was tempted to give in to it, but he recognized that
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It, but he recognized that wasn't his race.
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Wasn't his race. he wasn't competing with
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He wasn't competing with them.
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Them. he didn't have to keep up.
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He didn't have to keep up. he passed the test.
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He passed the test. several years later,
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Several years later, everything fell into place.
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Everything fell into place. he built a beautiful new
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He built a beautiful new debt free sanctuary.
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Debt free sanctuary. it's important to keep the
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It's important to keep the right motives.
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Right motives. why do you want to
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Why do you want to accomplish the dream, why do
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Accomplish the dream, why do you want that bigger house,
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You want that bigger house, why do you want the
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Why do you want the promotion?
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Promotion? if your motives are pure, to
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If your motives are pure, to fulfill your destiny, to
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Fulfill your destiny, to help more people, to
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Help more people, to accomplish your assignment,
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Accomplish your assignment, then god will bless it.
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Then god will bless it. but if it's to keep up with
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But if it's to keep up with my neighbors, not look bad
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My neighbors, not look bad in front of my family,
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In front of my family, impress the people under me,
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Impress the people under me, it's going to be a struggle.
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It's going to be a struggle. god favor is not to build
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God favor is not to build our ego, it's to build the
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Our ego, it's to build the kingdom.
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Kingdom. when david went out to face
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When david went out to face goliath, his brothers made
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Goliath, his brothers made fun of him, his father
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Fun of him, his father didn't think he had what it
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Didn't think he had what it takes, king saul thought he
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Takes, king saul thought he was too small.
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Was too small. david had all these people
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David had all these people that didn't believe in him,
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That didn't believe in him, but he didn't go out to
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But he didn't go out to prove to them who he was,
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Prove to them who he was, prove that he wasn't too
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Prove that he wasn't too small, prove that he was
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Small, prove that he was anointed.
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Anointed. it wasn't about proving; it
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It wasn't about proving; it was about fulfilling his
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Was about fulfilling his purpose.
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Purpose. he saw goliath as someone
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He saw goliath as someone standing in the way of the
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Standing in the way of the israelites, a giant defying
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Israelites, a giant defying the armies of the living
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The armies of the living god.
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God. if david had gone out just
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If david had gone out just to prove to people, to show
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To prove to people, to show them who he was, to feed his
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Them who he was, to feed his ego, he wouldn't have seen
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Ego, he wouldn't have seen god's favor.
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God's favor. his motives were to advance
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His motives were to advance the kingdom.
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The kingdom. he wasn't doing it for
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He wasn't doing it for people's applause, for fame,
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People's applause, for fame, notoriety, "hey, this is
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Notoriety, "hey, this is going to make me look good."
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Going to make me look good." it was about honoring god.
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It was about honoring god. when you have the right
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When you have the right motives, god will take your
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Motives, god will take your sling shot and cause you to
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Sling shot and cause you to defeat a giant.
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Defeat a giant. 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 you to look
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He'll cause you to look good, to be honored, to be
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Good, to be honored, to be admired.
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Admired. you weren't seeking that,
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You weren't seeking that, trying to impress, trying to
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Trying to impress, trying to outperform, you were seeking
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Outperform, you were seeking the kingdom.
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The kingdom. my question today, how much
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My question today, how much pressure are you putting on
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Pressure are you putting on yourself trying to prove,
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Yourself trying to prove, trying to measure up, trying
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Trying to measure up, trying to get validation?
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To get validation? this can be a new day.
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This can be a new day. you can go out of here much
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You can go out of here much lighter.
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Lighter. you have nothing to prove.
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You have nothing to prove. you don't have to keep up
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You don't have to keep up with everyone, you're not in
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With everyone, you're not in competition with others.
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Competition with others. you don't have to perform
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You don't have to perform better for god to approve
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Better for god to approve you.
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You. he's already said, you're my
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He's already said, you're my beloved son, my beloved
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Beloved son, my beloved daughter, in whom i am well
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Daughter, in whom i am well pleased.
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Pleased. it wasn't based on what you
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It wasn't based on what you did or didn't do, it's based
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Did or didn't do, it's based on who you are, his child.
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On who you are, his child. you're not supposed to live
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You're not supposed to live striving, stressed,
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Striving, stressed, competing, get off that
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Competing, get off that treadmill.
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Treadmill. rest in who god made you to
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Rest in who god made you to be.
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Be. run your race, focus on your
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Run your race, focus on your goals and keep the right
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Goals and keep the right motives.
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Motives. if you'll do this, i believe
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If you'll do this, i believe and declare, you're going to
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And declare, you're going to live freer, you're going to
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Live freer, you're going to see god's favor in greater
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See god's favor in greater ways, accomplishing dreams,
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Ways, accomplishing dreams, overcoming obstacles,
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Overcoming obstacles, becoming all you were
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Becoming all you were created to be, in jesus'
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Created to be, in jesus' name.
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Name. if you receive it, can you
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If you receive it, can you say amen today?
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Say amen today? joel's message
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Joel's message resonated with me
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Resonated with me because i tried to listen
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Because i tried to listen to other people
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To other people and some of them
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And some of them were like hellfire
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Were like hellfire and brimstone.
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And brimstone. so i took what joel said
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So i took what joel said in the i am's and
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In the i am's and i physically replaced them with
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I physically replaced them with i am strong, i am worthy.
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I am strong, i am worthy. i started
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I started saying those over and over
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Saying those over and over and over throughout my day,
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And over throughout my day, and i said, you know,
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And i said, you know, i will do this for one year.
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I will do this for one year. and it actually changed
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And it actually changed my mindset
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My mindset from being a victim
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From being a victim to being a victor.
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To being a victor. what a powerful story.
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What a powerful story. one life changed by hope,
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One life changed by hope, by faith,
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By faith, by the goodness of god.
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By the goodness of god. this is the reason
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This is the reason we do what we do.
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We do what we do. every message,
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Every message, every broadcast, every prayer.
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Every broadcast, every prayer. it's about reaching people
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It's about reaching people right where they are,
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Right where they are, and reminding them
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And reminding them that god is not finished
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That god is not finished with them.
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With them. the truth is,
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The truth is, none of this happens
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None of this happens without you.
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Without you. this is the time of year
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This is the time of year when my team and i make plans
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When my team and i make plans for how we can impact
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For how we can impact as many people as possible
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As many people as possible over the next 12 months.
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Over the next 12 months. so thank you
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Joel Osteen - Nothing To Prove

March 18, 2026 | 27:29

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